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Sacred Heart School is a Catholic School in the Sandhurst Diocese. It is part of an extensive education system, offering children exciting opportunuties in learning.
Sacred Heart School, Corryong is defined by the loving heart of Jesus at our centre. Through this love, we grow in faith, in hope and in charity. The culture of the school is one of respect for people, places and the environment. We are a community of deep care and abundant hope.
Our teachers have high expectations of student learning and behaviour.
Teaching and learning is at the heart of our school day. Our small school advantage enables us to support all students in our inclusive environment that celebrates diversity and awakens possibility. Our comprehensive learning programs foster the gifts and talents of our students and provide engaging opportunities to celebrate their endeavours. Individual laptops connect our students to the global community of which we are a part.
Amongst our generous new facilities and the spectacular mountain landscape, you will experience the close, caring, supportive relationships between our staff, students and parents.
Welcome to Sacred Heart School, Corryong.
Zoe Nugent
The Sandhurst Catholic Education Office and Schools acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which their Offices and Schools are built. We commit to working in partnership with Aboriginal people for reconciliation and justice.
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I started my career in the Telstra Graduate Program, where I was able to see different parts of the business and hear from our senior leaders.
This taught me what I needed to do to be successful here, which is to be willing to learn and be open to new opportunities as they arise. Since completing the Program, I've been fortunate enough to join a new team or function every couple of years.
With each new role, I've been able to learn new skills. This means I'm not a specialist in anything in particular, I'm more of a generalist. I believe this career growth and the opportunity to learn from others has kept me here for so long.
So what is next?
I plan to keep building on what I've already achieved here, and continue on my journey as a young leader within the business.
As an Analytics Lead in the BTS Analytics team, I manage a small team and it's one of the best parts of my job. As a leader, you can really see just how much you can achieve together as a team.
This is reflective across the entire business.
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"Talent is a core resource" has always been a consensus in the marketing industry. Despite the boom in artificial intelligence, creativity and communication cannot be replaced. Recently, Spearhead Group (300071), an A-share listed company in the marketing industry, announced the draft of a "generous" restricted A-share incentive scheme, which is aimed at providing talented people with a broad space for development and guarantee of substantial benefits.
It is learned that Spearhead plans to grant a total of no more than 35 million A shares of the company to 68 incentive objects who are company directors, senior management, middle management, subsidiary executives and core business backbone identified by the Board of Directors to have a direct impact on the company's business performance and future development, nearly 520,000 shares per person. In addition to the setting of personal assessment criteria, unlock requirements also involve overall profit, that is, the absolute amount of the annual net profit shall not be less than 200 million yuan, 230 million yuan and 265 million yuan respectively within the three years since 2017.
The announcement has caused widespread attention from the industry and investors after made. Spearhead said that as the process of economic globalization accelerated, the advertising marketing industry had achieved rapid development. The Group would, as always, concentrate its efforts to "find talents, retain talents and make good use of talents", and advocate that outstanding talents and the company achieve common development to meet future challenges.
Introduce alents in a scientific way, and enlist able men in the industry
"Outstanding talents are the main driving force for a company to move to a new level." Steaph Huang, Spearhead Co-president and D&S Chairman, who is known as "President of Whampoa Military Academy in the public relations industry", said many times. For marketing companies, providing their clients with continuous, high-quality and innovative marketing communication services is a test of organization and team creativity, resources and industry accumulation, so companies need to spare no effort to introduce talents and retain and develop talents with reasonable compensation mechanism and management system.
Based on the continuous innovation and upgrading of talent introduction, training, incentive and management system, most of the top industry talents and excellent business and management staff introduced by SPEARHEAD and its subsidiaries have been retained and well integrated. In last December, the original 360 Vice President Sun Jiami, who has years' experience in the management of both parties to a contract and international vision, officially became D&S President, fully responsible for the operation and management of the company. Under her leadership, the team has taken a series of major projects over the past more than half a year, such as "public relations agent for Dongfeng Race Team in the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18" and "2017-2018 integrated marketing strategy and creativity agent for Southeast Auto", continuing to create value for the Group and themselves.
D&S sharing of innovation in public relations in the new media environment
Guarantee the space for profit monetization, and create paths to achieve value
In addition to the effective management of internal talents, how to stabilize the core team becoming the main body of a company through extensional merger and acquisition and ensure sustained performance growth is also a compulsory course for listed companies.
In 2016, the industry fund with the investment of a subsidiary of Spearhead bought full control of the world's leading independent third-party mobile advertising trading platform Smaato. During the sincere, fair and friendly negotiation process, both sides achieved the maximization of common interests through efficient communication, optimized trading structure design and assistance of professional institutions. Smaato CEO and Co-Founder Ragnar Kruse said during the interview, "This is an exciting process with equality and respect." Furthermore, Spearhead effectively addressed the issues concerning interests and long-term incentives of the team through a sound incentive mechanism and security system. At present, Smaato's core team is stable, and its performance maintains a sustained growth.
As for business collaboration between the subsidiaries of the Group and how to maximize resource utilization and value creation, Spearhead makes active attempts through promoting the "MW Program". It directly enhances business contacts between the subsidiaries through a number of collaborative incentive policies, and provides more open space for outstanding talents to "truly meet their demand for long and short-term incentives", enhance advantages in business competition and promote performance growth. Since 2016, Spearhead has achieved remarkable results in domestic business collaboration with the strong support of business management model innovation, financial system improvement, etc.
Group discussion part of Spearhead "MW Program" Launch Ceremony
Innovate the talent training mechanism, and open up channels for future training
After talents are found and retained, how to continue to train excellent talents, how to make the fresh blood become a "future star", and how to reserve talents for the rapid development of the industry and companies have become key to more and more marketing companies to make good use of talents. It is learned that some forward-looking companies are also active in establishing an interactive learning and growth system and building a learning and innovation-oriented team besides offering multi-level training on new employee orientation, business and basic management.
For example, in terms of making good use of talents, Spearhead gives full play to the advantages of the headquarters, and introduces the Executive MBA program and the senior and middle management leadership improvement program to motivate employees to enhance their own ability and grow together with the company.
Spearhead senior and middle management leadership improvement program
At the same time, Spearhead's subsidiary D&S launched the "D&S Whampoa Lecture" program, requiring full participation in the public relations, advertising and crisis management courses and occasional training from external experts, and encouraging internal learning and exchanges to consolidate business management knowledge. In addition to the internal and external training, its subsidiary Allyes also actively promoted "practical training", opened the stage to potential teams and individuals, and conducted training and assessment of actual business capacity in work to achieve echelon training of talents.
Moreover, actively spreading professional views and ideas to universities and colleges, scientific research institutions, industry forums and other activities is also an unremitting effort made by marketing personnel to open up the future talent training channels for the industry and promote the sustainable development of the industry and companies. Among them, the influence of industry associations is particularly striking. China Advertising Association of Commerce has organized Chinese marketing personnel to participate in D&AD (Design and Art Design), ADFEST (Asia Pacific Advertising Festival), AWA (Advertising Week Asia) and other international exchange activities in the industry several times. The press conference of the recent 12th China 4A Golden Seal Awards also announced that China 4A (The Association of Accredited Advertising Agencies of China) and Creative Industry Promotion Committee would jointly host the China Creativision activities, introduce D&AD and ADFEST, invite world famous legends in the industry to speak in China, and organize master classes and excellent works exhibitions to give Chinese creative marketing personnel more learning and exchange opportunities.
In the current environment where marketing personnel have a rise in social status, Spearhead's incentive of 35 million shares has undoubtedly given the company and even the whole marketing industry "a shot in the arm". This has also fully confirmed the public statement of Spearhead Chairman Polo Liu on a number of occasions: in the current market environment, it is performance, namely real figures, that makes a company big and strong. The feasibility of the company's future strategic layout can be more credible only when operation and management performance is good, and talent is an indispensable important guarantee.
Source: The Economic Observer
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BC won't change name of Yawkey Athletics Center
Boston can change the name of Yawkey Way all it wants, but BC says it's sticking with the Yawkey name for its athletic center, named to honor a $15-million grant from the Yawkey Foundation, the Heights reports.
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If I were the Yawkey Foundation and they did change it, I'd want my money back.
That is likely the source of the issue
Within the past few years, there's been an upswell of donors suing organizations, colleges included, because the terms of their donation/grant were not honored. If the naming of the building was in the terms of the donation/grant, they could take some or all of the money back from BC.
BC may not have a choice, either keep the building name or return the money.
Sure, as long as neither
Sure, as long as neither Yawkey or the Foundation never look any tax breaks on the donation. If they did, it should be seen as a donation. If they did not, it can rightfully be seen as a purchase of naming rights. When
Unilever P&G bought the naming rights of the stadium in Foxboro, they didn't get to write that off as a donation, and neither should Yawkey.
Edit: wrong multinational.
Unilever? Nope, Gillette
Unilever? Nope, Gillette/Procter & Gamble.
Why would you even want the
Why would you even want the money from an org named after a racist?
If BC really cared about its principles, it would give the money back, regardless of how it impacted them.
What about the MBTA?
I am waiting to see if they change the name of Yawkey station. If they do then they will have to change the name of Lechmere station and several other stations named after slave owners.
Richard Lechmere was a slave
Richard Lechmere was a slave owner AND a Tory, who fled to England at the start of the revolution and never returned. Nothing should be complicated about that case.
Why is a charitable foundation funding a Div I program?
Racist history aside, I'd always thought the Yawkey Foundation was at least a legit charity… like used for building facilities for hospitals, community centers, or at the very "worst" the children's museum… WTF was the Yawkey Foundation doing funding a college athletic department?
an organization with balls.
You could argue that the other way too, couldn't you?
You could just as easily argue that telling a wealthy donor to screw off by changing the name of the building would take big brass ones, no?
He who pays the piper...
... calls the tune. The difference between, say, on the one hand Princeton changing the name of stuff named for Woodrow Wilson, and, on the other, BC changing the name of the Yawkey center, is that Princeton chose to bestow the Woodrow Wilson name of its own volition; whereas BC sold the right to name the Yawkey center in a financial transaction. Once you've sold something you can't take it back.
I'll be so happy when this
I'll be so happy when this renaming craze winds down.
Split the difference
Call it the Yawkey Foundation Athletics Center.
The Yawkey Foundation does some great things and deserves to be honored for giving $15M (albeit, they could have also used that money to help more people than an athletics center).
Tom Yawkey doesn't.
Tom Yawkey doesn't.
Two reasons
1) Fitzpatrick.
2) Pumpsie Green.
Of course
All this could be avoided by just performing the charitable act without any attention whoring at all.
Only partly a charitable act
All this could be avoided by just performing the charitable act without any attention whoring at all.
It's pretty clear from the excerpted contractual language that this could just as easily be characterized as "buying naming rights" as it could "performing a charitable act."
So give them their money back
So give them their money back. That will fix things.
Corporations buy naming rights for money making purposes.
Jean Yawkey didn't leave money to BC and MGH to "further her brand." (I swear this is like kids who know snippets of information but can't quite pull it all together as a coherent thought.)
Of course she did
Jean Yawkey didn't leave money to BC and MGH to "further her brand."
Of course she did. Look at names on older Boston buildings. Study the old Boston Yankees and their Calvinism a bit. Why do you think the foundation insists on naming rights if you don't think they believe they're getting something of value in return?
bc will move a dead cardinal's body
but they wont change the name of a building named after a racist? sounds right.
Not shocking given the level
Not shocking given the level of racism I've seen thrown around at BC football games by their white suburban fans. Gotta pander to the donors, after all.
Lest we forget, the money comes from Jean Yawkey.
She is the one who left the bulk of her fortune to various charitable trusts which help people around Boston, including money that came years later after the sale of the team. She did more good all these keyboard warriors ever will. Talk about your attention whores.
This BC Double Eagle is Embarrassed
BC should change the name. If the Yawkey Foundation wants their money back, then so be it. $15 million is about 215 tuitions. Besides, I am SURE they have $15 million laying around somewhere- they made off like a bandit when they bought Lake Street from the Archdiocese. BC should do what's right and step up. If they really want to make a difference, they'll change the center to make up for some of the wrongs the college needs to address. Maybe call it the Lou Montgomery Athletic Center.


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Letting Our Cre8ive Juices Come Alive
- June 1st, 2015
- Client Case Studies, Enterprise Development and Promotion
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Supporting the Nigerian Creative Sector is central to our mission at W-HBS. We are committed to providing services to aspiring, emerging and established creative entrepreneurs. This is because the industry helps us to achieve components in our mission such as job creation, economic growth and making the world a better place. There is a need to harness the huge potentials that the Nigerian creative sector has to contribute to the national GDP so as to increase the 1.6% contribution it made to the rebased GDP. It is also important to ensure that local content contribution to the growth of the sector is promoted. The entertainment sector is a key 'job creation' sector. For the movie sub-sector, the job creation potential is huge in the entire value chain from script writing to distribution. All of these advantages prompted our acceptance of the project to help refine the Business Plan for Viva Cinema, Ilorin to Bank of Industry standards.
W-HBS CEO Serves As A Judge At The Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA)
- March 10th, 2015
- CSR Case Studies, Enterprise Development and Promotion, News
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EO Nigeria GSEA 2015 featured 50 candidates from across Nigeria. 15 contestants emerged and contested at the national finals where they presented their business models and plans to a 16-man panel of judges made up of global EO officials, Lagos and Abuja Chapters officials as well as respected entrepreneurs like our CEO, Olanrewaju Oniyitan. The Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO), a global network of more than 10,200 business owners in 42 countries with a combined US$565 billion in annual revenue, converged on country as its local chapter organized the EO's prized learning session and Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) national finals. Since its establishment in 1987, fostering leadership has been one of EO's critical offerings, which has enabled the organization to aggressively expand its global impact and influence. EO GSEA is the premier global competition for high school, undergraduate and graduate students who own and operate businesses. Nominees compete against their peers from around the world for the chance to win capital and in-kind prizes from sponsor organisations. EO GSEA supports student entrepreneurs through mentorship, recognition and connections to take their businesses to the next level of success.
W-HBS CEO Speaks To Entrepreneurs From The Technology Incubation Centre
- September 10th, 2014
- CSR Case Studies, Enterprise Development and Promotion
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The Technology Incubation Centre (TIC) is promoted by the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology and the host State (Lagos State) and being coordinated by National Board of Technology Incubation with the mandate to nurture Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) involved in value addition and striking technological innovations. The incubatees of the TIC are meant to remain in the Centre for at least three (3) years before graduation to allow continuous intake of new entrants. On this note, the management of the TIC organised a pre-graduation workshop for the entrepreneurs of the Centre on Tuesday, 9th September 2014.
The Power Of Failure
- August 4th, 2014
- CSR Case Studies, Enterprise Development and Promotion
- 2 Comments
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill
When I prepare a Business Plan, is this an assurance that the business will not fail?
That was one of the questions from the participants of The Bridge Program training I recently took on "The Winning Business Plan". The reason I remember this question is because my audience was made up of secondary students (SS2) to undergraduates (Year 2). The basis of this question is rooted in The Fear Of Failure but I answered her question from a reverse viewpoint of the The Power Of Failure.
Looking at a challenge I faced recently with my daughter which led to the article: Mummy I Am A Loser - Four Lessons For Life And Business, I knew I had to plant the seed of The Power Of Failure in these youths and I believe every entrepreneur should also learn from it.
The 5 Key Attributes Of Successful Business Plans
- July 14th, 2014
- Enterprise Development and Promotion
- 1 Comments
The harsh reality, and an unfortunate one is that most business plans fail. How? There are two major reasons for preparing business plans:
- To raise money from lenders and/or investors
- To develop a successful business strategy and roadmap to grow the business
Employee Benefits – The Secret Weapon To Attract, Motivate and Retain Talent for SMEs
- July 7th, 2014
- Enterprise Development and Promotion
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Attracting and retaining top talent is a never-ending challenge for entrepreneurs. Beyond salaries, benefits can play a crucial role, but few companies have met this challenge with creative solutions.
Chosen and implemented effectively, well-structured employee benefits can demonstrate leadership's concern for the well-being of employees, reinforce cultural values, and foster deeper employee engagement.Research has shown that employee benefits really do matter to staff and many will consider choosing one job over another because of the benefits it offers. In a survey, the most important employee benefit listed by jobseekers was a Pension, closely followed by health insurance. Over half of those surveyed said they would be more likely to accept a job which offered health insurance over one that didn't. An employee benefit plan protects employees and their families from economic hardship brought about by sickness, disability, death or unemployment. Employee benefits play an increasingly important role in the lives of employees and their families, and have a significant financial and administrative impact on a business. Most companies, regardless of size, in Nigeria have to come to terms with an educated work force that has come to expect a comprehensive benefits program. In Nigeria, almost every employer, even SMEs, have to comply with mandatory benefits plans (this would be discussed in detail shortly). In addition, employers may also decide to add optional and creative benefits such as flexible compensation (cafeteria plans), performance-related bonuses, flexible work hours, staff bus/company car, service awards, daycare cost sharing (for new mothers), reimbursement of employee educational expenses amongst other creative ideas. However, Nigerian employers have to implement the following mandatory benefit plans to remain on the right side of the law:
27 Leadership Lessons From X-Men
- July 1st, 2014
- Enterprise Development and Promotion, Fun Stuff
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Let me start by saying, X-Men: Days Of Future Past does not disappoint at all. From the beginning moments of the movie, I was glued to the screen. Seeing X-Men characters I had never seen on the big screen before was breathtaking. Facing a global extinction of both the human and mutant races, Wolverine, played for the seventh time by Hugh Jackman, must go back in time to stop a war with machines called Sentinals before it ever starts. The opening scenes with Bishop, Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat, Ice Man, Blink, Warpath, and other mutants helped the movie ride in on a high note. From there, the movie only got better, along with the leadership lessons.
What Assembling A Dollhouse Can Teach Us About Success
- May 19th, 2014
- Enterprise Development and Promotion, Fun Stuff
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Have you ever tried to put together a dollhouse with a pile of small parts? My sister bought a lovely dollhouse for my twin girls and they were so excited to set it up. There was only one problem. When shipping the package, it was tampered with and the assembly instruction and pictures were missing. So the first job was to locate the product. I was fortunate to find the website (www.kidkraft.com) and product number on the packaging. I downloaded the 14-page long assembly instructions. See it for yourself here. I have attempted some build out of gifts in my time and learnt that confusing directions can lead to frustrations, dissolutions and failure. For anyone attempting to assemble a complicated item like a dollhouse, what is the most important part of all? The wall? The foundation? Screws, clips? No. All are very crucial, no doubt. The important item is the .......
The CEO's Personal Growth Can Limit the Organisation and Consultants Can't Fix It.
- April 29th, 2014
- Enterprise Development and Promotion
- 2 Comments
An organisation, a family, a nation is only as good as the quality of its leadership. In an organisation, no one has a greater level of influence than the CEO. If leadership is influence as John Maxwell eagerly proposes, it is good for business leaders to consider the kind of influence they have on their organisation. The influence of a CEO can never be overrated. Everything rises and falls on his leadership. For this reason, we need to shift our attention momentarily from staff development and competencies. We need to get the CEO to pay attention to personal growth. CEOs are saddled with huge responsibilities - running the business, managing people, deploying strategy, casting vision and all the essentials that come with the role. Indeed, uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. The demands of business, however cannot discount the need for the CEO to find time for personal growth – self renewal, reinvention, you can call it. In the words of Stephen Covey, the CEO must find time to sharpen his saw. Taking a cue from Covey's bestselling book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The CEO must sharpen himself in four critical areas - Spiritual, Mental, Social/Emotional and Physical.


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Hey guys, let all the funny WC memes and stats keep coming in this thread...
Well, how's this for a stat!
World Cup 2018 Quarter Finalist Amazing facts:
FRANCE has 6 letter & URUGUAY has 7 letter
BRAZIL had 6 letter & BELGIUM has 7 letter
SWEDEN has 6 letter & ENGLAND has 7 letter
RUSSIA has 6 letter & CROATIA has 7 letter..
So it's 6 vs 7 on 6&7th July
for sure about neymar! :D
A picture speaks thousand words.
Developers roll-out their CODE to production...
Brazil rolls-out Neymar to the field..
and how about this? #PlayActing
Just some #neymar fun
Ronaldo be like....
When Ronaldo watches too much Pokemon..
Haha...how about this one?
Did someone just say memes?
England guys...England! Finally, #ItsComingHome
true that! #fifa2018
Sorry brazil! but neymar just rolled too much!!
People are scared of Messi..
I feel really bad for Messi!!
Vintage but still classic!!
Americans be like...
Hmmm now thats trueee
Now you see, if you put in the efforts it never goes in vain
But even with a team they were out of the game
This is soo relevant for the first match. :P
Zimbabwe was expelled by FIFA from qualifying in the World Cup Russia 2018 because they did not pay their coach. Haha.. Did they forget to pay? :-P
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Shareholders' proxy voting is set out in article 16 of Articles of Association, and developed in articles 13 and 15 of General Shareholders' Meeting Regulations.
"Article 13. Right to representation
1. All shareholders entitled to attend the General Meeting may appoint another person to represent them thereat, even if that person is not a shareholder, including any member of the Board of Directors or the Secretary or Deputy Secretaries to the Board, whether they are Directors or not. Proxies must be granted in writing specifically for each Meeting, using the formula specified by the Company for each Meeting and detailed on the attendance card or, as appropriate, by means of remote communication as provided for herein and under the supplementary rules thereon.
In any event, regardless of whether proxies are voluntary or mandatory or appointed in response to public solicitation, shareholders may only be represented at a General Shareholders' Meeting by one proxy holder. The Company shall allow split votes, so that proxies attending and recognised as shareholders but acting on behalf of their clients may cast votes as per their instructions.
Proxies may always be revoked. Personal attendance at the General Shareholders' Meeting by the grantor of a proxy shall have the effect of revoking the proxy.
2. In the event of public solicitation of proxy appointment, the document recording the appointment must contain the agenda or have it attached thereto, together with the request for instructions for exercising the right to vote and the indication of how the proxy holder will vote if precise instructions are not given. A public solicitation will be deemed to have taken place when a single person represents more than three shareholders.
The proxy appointment may also include any business that, even if not included in the agenda, may be legally transacted at the meeting.
If there are no voting instructions because resolutions to be adopted at the Meeting are on matters that legally do not have to be included in the agenda, the proxy holder may cast his vote in the manner he considers best suits the interests of the shareholder he represents.
If the grantor of the proxy has issued instructions, the proxy holder may vote otherwise should circumstances arise that were not known at the time the instructions were given and there is a risk of jeopardising the interests of the proxy grantor.
In both these cases, the proxy holder must inform the proxy grantor immediately, in writing, explaining the reasons for the vote.
In cases where a Director has publicly solicited appointment as a proxy and faces a conflict of interest, said Director will not be able to exercise the right to vote unless exact instructions have been received with regard to the proposed resolution being put to a vote, without prejudice to the possibility of appointing a substitute proxy for said issues."
Proxy voting using remote means of communication is developed in article 15 of General Shareholders' Meeting Regulations.
"Article 15. Proxy by remote means of communication
1. Shareholders entitled to attend may grant their proxy at the General Shareholders' Meeting by post, electronic communication or by any other means of remote communication, as provided for in these General Shareholders' Meeting Regulations and in such supplemental and enabling provisions as may be established by the Board of Directors.
Without prejudice to any other requirements and conditions that may be established by the Board of Directors, proxies shall be granted by sending to the Company the attendance card issued by the Secretary of the Board of Directors duly filled out and signed in the space provided for such purpose, and proxies by electronic means must be granted using a recognised electronic signature and any other kind of safeguard seen fit by the Board of Directors to ensure the authenticity and identity of the shareholder granting the proxy.
2. Attendance in person by the grantor of a proxy at the General Meeting will have the effect of revoking a proxy granted by post, e-mail or by any other means of remote communication provided for herein."
Common provisions for casing votes and granting proxies by means of remote communication is developed in article 16 of General Shareholders' Meeting Regulations
For the exercise of proxy voting rights, simultaneously with the call of the General Shareholders' Meeting, the Company will include on the website a link for the shareholders who wish to exercise it electronically.


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Remove the Guesswork from Odor Removal in La Crosse, WI
Cleaning up fire damage is serious business in the La Crosse, WI area. In the midst of ensuring your own safety, evaluating the safety of your home, and recovering damaged or burned objects, there's one remnant of fire that's hard to handle: odor.
Smoke odor remains long after the fire has been extinguished and is oftentimes dependent on multiple factors. Before diving into smoke odor removal, first take the time to evaluate the level of the smoke odor intensity:
- Exposure Length: Smoke odor intensity depends on the amount of time the fire and smoke filled your home. If the fire lasted for multiple hours, or even days, this will make smoke odor removal especially challenging
- Room Size: Although it may seem that smoke may cause more damage within a larger space, smoke trapped within a smaller room is far more concentrated. That means it'll likely be more intense, and more difficult to remove
- Fire Size: As one might guess, smaller fires produce less smoke. In terms of odor, less smoke often, but not always, means less damage
- Burned Materials: So much of odor removal depends on which materials burned during the fire. If primarily wood burned, it will result in a much different odor than if the majority of the items burned were made of plastic. Different types of items burned result in different types of odors
Odor removal is a challenge in La Crosse, WI, especially if the fire was large, long, concentrated, or composed of certain materials. Rather than trying to figure out how to remove these odors yourself, why not enlist the help of trained professionals?
The folks at ServiceMaster Disaster Restoration Services know exactly how to evaluate and remove smoke odor from your fire damaged home. Eliminate the guesswork from smoke odor removal and give us a call at (608) 783-6199 for all your post-fire damage restoration needs today!


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1. Prove one of the theorems about isosceles triangles
2. Prove another of the theorems about isosceles triangles.
3. Given that /AOE = 38o, O is the center of the circle, NO | OE, NO || AP, and NE is tangent to the circle at A,
.find /NAP
4. Given a triangle, construct the three perpendicular bisectors, the three angle bisectors, the three medians and the three altitudes. Draw in the circumscribed circle, the inscribed circle, and the Euler line.
5. Given that DE || BC, AB = 8, BC = 12, AD = 5, find DE.


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If you haven't yet read this week's edition of The Austin Chronicle – and seen the amazing front page photo/rendering – please check it out at once here! Stupendous reporting by Senior News Editor, Michael King, of breaking news regarding a multi-billion dollar plan to build a Major League Soccer (MLS) stadium in the middle of Lady Bird Lake, coupled with the new Light Rail line running straight through the center of the stadium as the train crosses the river.
How cool it is to live downtown?
This picture captures so much of the vibrancy of our growing downtown. The photographer, friend David Gottlieb, has one of the best vantage points in the city: Spring condos.
The influx of people for SXSW – traffic be damned – reminds me of what a 24/7 vibrant city looks and feels like. And, we're getting there. Checkout an even cooler picture…
Deconstruction @ 201 W. 5th Street
Clearing the way for a new, and much needed hotel in downtown Austin, 201 W. 5th has been demolished. The concept, "1 Hotel" was announced last September and is being designed by BOKA Powell.
What is not clear is when construction of the hotel will begin, leaving many people concerned about the blight of more surface level parking.
Below are photos taken over the past few days showing the incremental demolition of the old building.


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The Good Dude—the Worst Kind of Dude
God's ways are not our ways.
Nowhere is this revealed more than with the good dude.
Awesomeness Everywhere
For nearly 27 years, the Army surrounded me with good dudes.
The Army foments a stark dichotomy. The poorest performers I encountered often left me shaking my head and wondering, "Just where does a guy like this come from?"
The best guys were just that, the best. Amazing men. Patriots. Heroes, truly.
With much affection, I recall the various good dudes I served with. My first Platoon Sergeant set the bar high. My first First Sergeant raised it higher. Various warrant officers set the standard for professional excellence and competence. I worked for some of the most motivated and intelligent officers that you can imagine. Peers of mine will no doubt be general officers soon, deservedly so.
My tenure in specops further elevated the standard.
My first commander in the regiment advised me that, if I didn't do anything, took no action at all, the men would just go ahead and accomplish the mission, even without me. They knew what to do, far more than me. They were self-motivated, self-starters, driven to perfection. How to lead such men?
Where else could I give a young officer purview over a handful of men and tens of millions of dollars of equipment and dispatch him around the globe to accomplish any number of missions with minimal oversight or guidance? These were all good dudes, committed to the most serious and challenging missions.
I sought to emulate them. Reputation means everything in the community.
"You know such and such?"
"Yep, good dude."
A pipe-hitter. A trusted agent. A fire-and-forget kind of guy.
I put my life in their hands. They put their lives in mine as we accomplished the nation's business. These were some of the finest men I've had the privilege to know.
Awesomeness Personified
I recall with much fondness, the greatest soldier I served alongside.
He was a man of integrity, a man of commitment, a man of honor. He was a good dude. If I still cussed, he'd be a good ****'n dude.
He loved his wife and she loved him. He loved their daughters and they loved him. Apart from the Army, he was the quintessential family man, loving and committed to his family and their well-being. They adored him.
At work, he was the picture of composure, unflappable in any circumstance. This man could make anything happen, accomplish anything, motivate men to accomplish anything. He loved the soldiers and they knew it and they loved him for it.
In the years I knew him, he never once raised his voice in anger, didn't have to. The men just knew to respond. He always, and I do mean always, did the right thing, no matter how great or how small. Walk past a piece of garbage on the ground? No way. Walk past a soldier not doing the right thing? No way.
He was absolutely committed to the defense of the nation and the care of soldiers. He sacrificed, never asking them to do that which he did not expect of himself. I'd follow this man through the very gates of hell.
He was a good dude.
And to my eternal and undying shame, I never once told this man about the risen Lord Jesus…
…why would I? He's a good dude, right?
Not Awesome
It's easy with dirtbags. They obviously need Jesus.
The blatantly wicked make it just as easy.
The woman celebrating her umpteenth abortion, exalting in the death of her own children at her own hand— this is obvious wickedness that must be condemned. She obviously needs Jesus.
The man publicly celebrating his sexual perversion, demanding affirmation from everyone else and denouncing any form of disagreement—this is overt evil that must be condemned and confronted. This man definitely needs Jesus.
People living openly sinful lives, unabashedly and unashamedly, rejecting all things good and godly and mocking the things of God—they are clearly children of wrath who need, above all else, the Gospel of the risen Lord Jesus.
Liberal snowflakes who hate guns and America and want to take away your freedom of speech while aborting every baby, transferring all of your money to illegal immigrants, and forcing you to use a public restroom alongside drag queens while safely squirreled away in their college safe space—they need Jesus!
But what about the 'good' dude?
The good dude, the good man, the trusted agent—he makes things just a bit tougher.
Awesome God
It's really very easy.
There are no good dudes.
Both John and Paul remind us that we are either of Christ or we are not, and if we are not of Christ, we are of the world and our father is the Devil. (1 John 5:19, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Ephesians 2:1-3, John 3:19)
Isaiah tells us that our righteousness, our very best, is as a filthy rag in the eyes of the Lord, used menstrual garments at its most literal. (Isaiah 64:6)
Paul teaches us that all men have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. There is no one righteous, not a single one. No one seeks after God, no one. (Romans 3)
In short, there are no good dudes.
I don't know if my friend knew the Lord or not. He never once mentioned God. He never attended church that I knew of. His life bore no fruit of salvation in any way. He could've been a 'closet Christian' I reckon, as if there were such a thing, but from every outward appearance, he did not know the Lord Jesus.
And I never took it upon myself to introduce him…
…he was just such a good, freak'n dude.
Nothing is Awesome
I resolutely denounce works-based righteousness.
I'll stand and declare the Gospel with all of its authority, with all of its teeth, that God saves men in spite of themselves and their wickedness. In eternity past, God set His affections on a people, and He is in the business of calling them to Him, and all that the Father has given to the Son, will be saved.
He does this in spite of their sin, in spite of their utter inability to save themselves, that no man may boast. He does this to His own glory.
My friend is a sinner…in need of a savior.
Underneath his righteousness, rather, all of his righteous acts, resides a deeply flawed and sinful heart. He is dead in his sin, bound for eternal destruction. His goodness won't save him. His deeds won't save him. The acclaim of men, that he is a good dude, will definitely not save him.
Only the grace of the Lord through the shed blood of Christ on the cross can save him. But how will he believe unless someone is to go and tell him these things?
My failure to witness to my friend reveals a sense of unbelief on my behalf. I know these things to be true. I know what the Bible says about works and righteousness yet…he's just such a good dude!
God would never stand in judgement over a dude as good as this. Unfortunately I know, in my heart of hearts, this not to be the case. Scripture well affirms that,
Hell is full of good dudes.
Are you yourself a good dude?
Let us vow to never let man's idea of righteousness trump the universal need of all men, the need for salvation, no matter how 'good' they may be. I wonder if I still have my friends phone number…
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Rick on October 26, 2018 at 7:05 am
Excellent !!!
Jamie Myers on October 26, 2018 at 7:10 am
Call him, Bradford!! Find his number, do whatever it takes to meet w him, and have this conversation. The Lord laid on my heart to speak to my great-uncle when we were back home visiting and it didn't happen. I told myself I would do it "next time" but that next time never came. He died of a massive heart attack 3 months later. The regret and anguish I felt was overwhelming. Believe me when I say, you will not regret following through on this.
Allan Leroy Folsom on October 26, 2018 at 8:10 am
Well done sir.
Mike on October 26, 2018 at 8:22 am
Dude! This speaks to me as I have dealt with the guilt of knowing "good dudes" like this and loosing one in a training mission. Sadly I had never spoken to him about God and have no idea where eternity is for him. Thanks for sharing this and fighting the fight brother!
Jim Boyd on October 26, 2018 at 9:22 am
I'm haunted by the many good men I never shared the good news with. I press forward….
Mike on October 26, 2018 at 10:23 am
Good Job Smitty! Sharing this like it needs to be.
and talking to a few Good Dudes.
Jason Setliff on October 26, 2018 at 12:41 pm
Awesome!! Thanks for writing this!
Dub on October 29, 2018 at 7:42 pm
Sir, I have never been an "organized religion" person. I've always felt that God is in my heart however this is the first time I've read any of your writings. I must say I like the down to earth style and the message you are putting out there. I'm definitely not a "good dude" so I liked the message you are sending. A very well done message from a phenomenal officer, soldier, friend, and man!
Kenneth Poindexter on August 23, 2019 at 11:52 am
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Whisk together first 3 ingredients in a large heavy saucepan. Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, 8 to 10 minutes or until mixture thickens slightly. Remove from heat, and whisk in cream cheese and vanilla bean paste until cheese is melted. Cool completely (about 1 hour), stirring occasionally. Place plastic wrap directly on mixture (to prevent a film from forming), and chill 8 to 24 hours.
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Monday, April 7, 2014
Scraps of moon, by Denise Levertov
Gabriel Fauré - Cantique de Jean Racine
Scraps of moon
bobbing discarded on broken water
but sky-moon
complete, transcending
all violation
Here she seems to be talking to herself about
the shape of a life:
Only Once
All which, because it was
flame and song and granted us
joy, we thought we'd do, be, revisit,
turns out to have been what it was
that once, only; every invitation
did not begin
a series, a build-up: the marvelous
did not happen in our lives, our stories
are not drab with its absence: but don't
expect to return for more. Whatever more
there will be will be
unique as those were unique. Try
to acknowledge the next
song in its body-halo of flames as utterly
present, as now or never.
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A Whangarei teen treated as his father's "dogsbody" has been jailed for more than nine years, for his role in the country's largest methamphetamine-making operation.
Evanda Harding, 18, was sentenced in the High Court at Whangarei yesterday after a jury last month found him guilty of participating in an organised criminal group and two charges of manufacturing meth.
Harding had pleaded guilty at the start of his trial on June 27 to possession of meth for supply and two charges of possession of pseudoephedrine for supply.
Justice Simon Moore said he accepted Evanda Harding was not one of the principal offenders and his experience in the drug manufacturing operation was modest but he knew what was going on and continued nonetheless.
His involvement, the judge said, contributed to the scourge and misery meth has already had on our community.
Justice Moore sentenced him to nine years and six months. He did not impose a minimum period of imprisonment.
Two others- Casey Rewha and Kiata Pene - were also found guilty by a jury on three charges and will be sentenced in November.
Harding was involved in a clandestine drug manufacturing operation where at least 9kg of meth with a street value of between $3.2 and $4.5 million was cooked over 10 weeks in a property in Taipuha Rd at Waiotira, between Whangarei and Paparoa, from September to December 2014.
Police raided the property and arrested 14 people after watching drug cooking and distribution activities for seven months during their covert investigation dubbed Operation Easter.
Harding was arrested on the North Shore where police stopped the vehicle he was in with another person, and recovered more than 2kg of meth manufactured at Waiotira.
His lawyer, Maria Pecotic, described the then 17-year-old Evanda Harding as a "dogsbody" and a "mere puppet" for his powerful and domineering father, Brownie Harding, the ringleader of the drug outfit, who is to be sentenced today.
Ms Pecotic submitted a letter Evanda Harding's mother, Casey Rewha, wrote to the court but Crown prosecutor Richard Annandale said given Rewha's role in the drug operation, her correspondence needed to be viewed with circumspection.


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the cat laid on the keyboard and suddenly windows was flipped around to be totally upside down. I've pressed all the keys, nothing works to get it the right way again!
You can press Ctrl, Alt and then any of the four arrow keys (Ctrl-Alt-Down will rotate screen by 180 degrees)! I have noticed that this doesn't work on certain Windows XP machines (It is dependent on video driver)
It worked with ctl + alt + the up arrow ( the right arrow only turned in 90 degrees and the down arrow did nothing!) Thanks again!!
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Informing his every decision is the fact that Marc Lesser is also an ordained Zen priest. After ten years living as a practitioner at the San Francisco Zen Center, four of those years as a monk, Lesser cut his business teeth as a draft horse farmer at the Zen Center's Green Gulch farm and as the director -- and main bread baker -- at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. After thirty years of Zen practice, Marc was ordained last year as a priest in the Zen lineage of Shunryu Suzuki roshi.
In Z. B. A.: Zen of Business Administration, Lesser describes the delicate path of running a business, and living a working life, as a spiritual practice. In the great Zen tradition of teaching stories, Lesser relates his own personal and professional struggles and how Zen practice has provided strength and insight for facing these inevitable difficulties. Lesser splits the book into four parts made of short, crafted chapters, each ending with specific questions and applications for daily practice. With chapter titles such as "Work: The Impossible Request," "Appreciating Uncertainty," and "Accomplishing More by Doing Less," ZBA explores how specific Zen teachings such as the eight-fold path apply directly to work and life. With the calm, wry voice of a wise teacher, Lesser provides readers with intimate, helpful advice, all the while acknowledging the paradox of applying spiritual practice to the business world.
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A Zen priest in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki roshi, Marc Lesser was the founder and CEO of Brush Dance. He has an M.B.A. from New York University's Graduate School of Business. Marc began practicing and studying Zen in 1974 at the San Francisco Zen Center and was ordained as a Zen priest in 2003. Marc leads retreats for business people at Zen Center's Green Gulch Farm and Tassajara. He lives in Northern California with his wife and two children.
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In episode one of Matthew Hayden's Home Ground he shows us how to make his mum's Macadamia Nut Pudding. Macadamias make a great addition to tons of meals. Not only do they have the Australian Heart Foundation tick of approval, but they contain a high percentage of monounsaturated fats - the good fats - which are also found in olive oil, avocados and almonds.
How to grow your own macadamia nuts
The best environment for growing macadamia nuts is the subtropical east coast of Australia. At present Australia has around 16,000 hectares of macadamias with about 60 per cent in New South Wales and 40 per cent in Queensland.
Like all tree nut crops, macadamias take a long time to grow. There will be no edible nuts until about the fourth or fifth year and the trees do not mature until about 12 to 16 years after planting.
Macadamia trees have limited tolerance to frost, heat, drought, fire and poor drainage. They also don't like strong winds as their branches are brittle and break easily.
Macadamias grow on a wide range of soils but perform best on deep, well-drained soils which are rich in organic matter. Macadamias are originally rainforest plants so they require reasonable watering.
Where possible you should avoid locations prone to extended wet weather in August and September. This favours flower diseases and makes pesticide application and harvesting more difficult.
How to harvest macadamia nuts
In Australia the nuts fall to the ground between March and September.
It's best to let the nuts fall naturally, however you can pick them from the trees.
To prepare them you need to remove the husks with a large pair of pliers. Then put the nuts in a shallow screen bottom tray in a dry place protected from the sun for two to three weeks.
To dry the nuts further, put them in a shallow pan in the oven at the lowest temperature for around 10 hours. Turn occasionally and watch that you don't burn them.
Store nuts in a cool, dry place until needed. Macadamia nuts will stay fresh and crunchier for longer if you keep them in the fridge.


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I'd been using delicious.com to keep track of websites that I saw and wanted to keep until later. I rarely followed up again, but the option to tag and then embed a "link roll" on a website was something I used on more than one site.
At some point prior to June 2014 the link rolls stopped working. This may have been related to the gradual decline (to me) in the usefulness of the service, possibly beginning as early as 2005 (when Yahoo acquired the then del.ico.us).
Forced into action I found this discuss of 5 Delicious Alternatives which led me to diigo.com. Diigo is a free bookmarking service that has link rolls (and possibly more), and can import (and cross-post) to delicious. As soon as I can edit my work websites again I'm going to update the link rolls to use diigo.


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Welcome to Eveleth-Gilbert Athletics!
The lessons learned in athletics are lessons that will be important throughout a lifetime. We strive to give every one of our student athletes a chance to improve themselves and be part of an effort larger than themselves. At the earlier ages we focus on participation, while our varsity teams pride themselves on being competitive, year in and year out. We want to be the best we can be and "get to the top" through hard work, perseverance and determination. At the same time we need to remember to have fun, enjoy the moment, and treat our teammates and competitors with sportsmanship and respect.
A successful student athlete should be able to look back at his or her high school career and smile at the rich memories they have and the life-long friends that they made.
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- X-Payments Cloud: General information
- Get Started with X-Payments Cloud
- Two-factor User Authentication
- General Settings
- Payment Configurations
- 3D-Secure Settings
- KOUNT Antifraud Screening
- NoFraud Fraud Prevention
- Signifyd Fraud Protection
- Manage Users
- Customize the User Interface
- Manage Payments
- Supported Payment Gateways
X-Payments Cloud general settings can be found on the 'General settings' page (Settings -> General settings). This page is available from both the X-Payments Cloud standalone admin panel:
and the X-Payments Cloud admin panel as accessed from within the admin back end of your online store:
The page itself looks as follows:
Before you start using X-Payments Cloud to accept payments, take time to review the settings on this page and adjust them as you require. Be sure to click the Save button at the bottom of the page to save your changes.
Below you will find an explanation of what each setting is used for.
- Current time and date: Specify the current time and date in your time zone. This is needed so X-Payments Cloud can record the time and date of payments correctly.
API Keys
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- Detect Cloudflare client IP address: This a proxy related setting. If your store server uses Cloudflare, it may interfere with the work of X-Payments. You may want to enable this option to resolve the IP address related issues that may arise if using Cloudflare.


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The more eager eyed Jankteki users may have noticed the latest release. It consists of a small in-game 'fixes' panel where you can manually manipulate the game state without having to look up relatively arcane chat commands. Here's a video of this feature in action: It's the first interaction I've done with the game directly and was made pretty simple through Clojurescript / Om's use of websockets. It was my first experience inspecting websocket frames through the Chrome Dev tools, and it must be said – I found it to be an utter joy. Hopefully this leaves room for other enhancements down the way. In the meantime, the next slate of work is going to be around creating a fuller user-model – adding notes, annotations, that sort of thing. Maybe even the dreaded "shitlist" feature. More information on all of this / priorities etc can be found on my Trello roadmap To keep up with this stuff, you might follow me on twitter (but this comes with its own price), you could subscribe to the YouTube, or you could just watch this space. Again, if you haven't yet, and this might be useful to you – download it from the Chrome Webstore and raise problems / missing features / pull requests on the Jankteki GitHub page.
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In the past year or so, the collectible card game, Android: Netrunner has just about taken over my life. I won't go on about why here, but it's great. You should play it. One of the more popular ways of playing it is through an online open-source implementation, jinteki.net. Legally dubious, it's a Clojure implementation of the game – involving a huge percentage of cards, providing automations for 1000s of rules and all sorts of interactions / exceptions / custom rulings. Needless to say, it's a fantastic amount of effort being provided by a dedicated team of developers, led by Minh Tran. As the game and platform have become more popular, the types of players on there have varied with it. More players is good, it's more people and decks to play against. It also comes with a trolly underbelly. Ragequits and rude users used to be unheard of there, they're now part of the landscape.
Enter: JanktekiNavigating all of this can be frustrating at times. Whether it's remembering who the bad players are, or looking for people you know to play (or watch play) – these are currently hard to do. And improving the platform at the same time as keeping up to date with card implementations is a slow process. So I built myself a tool – Jankteki, a chrome extension for jinteki.net. I intend for it to be a suite of tools to make using jinteki.net a slightly better experience day-to-day. It's called Jankteki, because the hacky nature of building features over a ReactJS UI makes for flickers, jank, and breakages all over the place. So use it at your own risk. The only real feature currently implemented is friends, which you can see wonderfully narrated here:
Why not raise a PR?I know a bit of Clojure, and I enjoy writing it – but I'm nowhere near being able to contribute to a project the scale of Jinteki. There's also the fact that my roadmap might not correlate with the Jinteki roadmap, I have features planned to scratch my itch that might be a year or two away from being even discussed in the main repo. Some of them might not even be the job of the main webapp.
And what is this roadmap?The full in-progress roadmap can be seen on a Trello board I am working from. But here's a quick overview (it is completely subject to change):
- I'm aiming to put in a toolbar for running console commands (deal net damage, remove counters, etc) in order that you don't have to remember syntax or look it up every time the game state needs manually adjusting.
- Notes for users. I constantly forget who people are from their usernames, a notes field could track that. It could be used to remember what type of decks they play. Or even to note who "gg"s before they leave (this is disproportionately important to me).
- The killer feature I've talked about, but not implemented yet (I half implemented it and took it out), is some sort of bad-players list. Just a way of flagging a user visually as someone to avoid in the future. It would purely be a personal shit-list, not like a communal feature – both by design, and cos it's outside the scope of this thing.
- Game log recording / analysis. This sits in the "I'm unsure this would ever become a feature of the webapp" column. But I love the idea of logging wins and losses vs opponents, factions – methods of losing – and obviously which deck you were playing as at the time. Just as a way of tracking how you're getting on and what works.
ProblemsBuilding this plugin hasn't been smooth. React's virtual DOM makes it a nightmare to manipulate constantly changing elements – an element that indicated a friend two seconds ago may contain something else completely. This plugin is also tightly coupled to class and element names in the jinteki.net codebase, if they change something, we're always going to be playing catch-up. I'm ok with that. I don't know how Minh will react to the existence of this (or if he'll even care :D), but I hope Jankteki will benefit the Jinteki.net team in both taking the demand for certain features, and also proving and disproving features before implementing them.
Links for JanktekiSo where to get it?:
- Install it from the Chrome Web Store
- Raise issues / PRs etc on github
- Check out the Trello


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Ashish Kothari's Blog, September 18, 2017
Happy Birthday, Mr. Modi: you effectively murdered democracy today (again)
Yesterday (17th September), we witnessed the shameful spectacle of the prime minister of a nation celebrating his birthday by dedicating a dam to the nation, even as thousands of people were protesting that their houses and lands are being submerged by this dam without the rehabilitation due to them. Are we living in a democracy, or what farcically passes off as one?
There is no denying that the very fact that I can write this, that people can voice their protest on the streets or in jal satyagrahas, means that the democratic spirit is alive in India. But the counter-signs are also very evident. In theory, gram sabha consent is to be taken for village lands to be taken for other purposes; in theory, we have panchayati raj and the decentralization of power to people; in theory, adivasi peoples have the option of 'developing' in ways that suit their cultural and ecological roots. Yet all this is thrown to the winds when it comes to what the state considers 'national interest', which often is a convenient figleaf for naked power politics and corporate profits.
A quick word on Sardar Sarovar project, since that was the focus of the Prime Minister's birthday celebrations. This gigantic project has promised to bring water to thirsty Kachchh, Saurashtra, and southern Rajasthan, for the last 4 decades. Till date, with a project cost of over 90,000 crores, less than 50% of the canal network is ready, and most of these regions are waiting (even a fraction of this . Simultaneously, about 40,000 families amongst those to be displaced by their villages and towns getting submerged, are still in the valley without any reliable assurance of rehabilitation; about 6000 complaints regarding this are pending with the official Greivance Redressal Committee. Meanwhile, though, the central and state governments have thought it fit to take the dam to it full height and complete filling the reservoir. Even as Mr. Modi was celebrating at Kevadia, the dam site (where residents of 6 villages displaced in the 1980s are still protesting about the shoddy treatment meted out to them!), residents of the valley further upstream were sitting half-submerged in the rising waters of Sardar Sarovar's reservoir. Active with the Narmada Bachao Andolan which has been a beacon of democratic dissent for 32 years, these people were offering jal samadhi not only as a protest but to perhaps help atone for the sins of an uncaring state, maybe even help us collectively reduce the shame brought on by Mr. Modi's celebrations?
But of course this is not only about Mr. Modi. He merely represents, somewhat more ruthlessly than others, a way of thinking that considers people and nature as expendable in the pursuit of power and what the west has defined as 'development'. He is both a product and a legitimizer of a shallow form of democracy in which we have rights to go to the polls every 5 years but for the entire period between this, no effective right to participate in decisions that affect our lives; worse, which authorizes attempts to stifle citizens' dissent and freedom of speech. And he epitomizes a form of hyper-nationalism that invents myths of national history designed to vilify the 'other', bringing in its wake religious intolerance and casteism whose results we are seeing in the horrifying chain of killings and beatings of religious minorities, dalits, women.
None of these started with the present regime. Jawaharlal Nehru championed industrial development and mega-projects, dismissing in the process more humane, decentralized and swaraj-based pathways that Gandhi and others advocated. The Congress brought massive changes in macro-economic policies from the late 1980s, taking us headlong towards integration into the global economy and privatization; the BJP is only being more effective in pursuing the same model. The 1984 anti-Sikh riots, arguable India's worst since Independence and rivaled only by the 2002 anti-Muslim pogrom in Gujarat (with Modi then the state's Chief Minister), were under a Congress regime's gaze. And no-one should forget the suspension of democratic rights and processes during Mrs. Indira Gandhi's Emergency. Or the atrocities in Nandigram over land acquisition, while the Communist Party of India (Marxist) was in power. Or the many excesses that various regional parties have perpetrated in whatever state they have ruled.
So, no, Mr. Modi and the BJP are not to be credited with the start of these trends. But the current regime appears to be taking them to new heights, or to bullet train speeds if you prefer. Forces of religious and caste hatred have become bolder, as witnessed in the spate of incidents targeting Muslims and dalits, vigilantism in the name of the poor cow, and the killings of intellectuals and journalists who dared to challenge religious obscurantism. The carefully cultivated culture of 'silence', or of saying too little and too late to chastise the perpetrators, from the highest functionary of the country is as much as sign of things as the actual incidents themselves.
As alarming as these, are the actions and rhetoric relating to the imposition of 'developmentalism' as the prevailing economic orthodoxy. India has a large number of constitutional provisions and laws and policies that are meant to safeguard nature, the environment, and communities from being dealt with unfairly in the pursuit of development. Previous regimes were already poor in adhering to these; the BJP has made no bones about considering these to be unnecessary hindrances to the country's growth ambitions, and has tried actively diluting or bypassing them like never before. From the first day, those put into the crucial role of the Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change, had the clear mandate of speeding up green signals to mining, dams, ports, highways, industries and the like; not a mandate to protect the environment. In the previous regime we had a Minister for Tribal Affairs who at least had the honesty of pointing out to his colleagues how they were riding roughshod over adivasi rights while pursuing industrialization (or undemocratic conservation); his successor in the current regime appears to have given up on fulfilling his duty to protect these rights. And everyday we hear of one megalomaniacal project after the other being approved or inaugurated, the bullet train being the latest in a series of costly, showy ventures that benefit the rich while depriving the poor of resources needed to improve basic infrastructure. Is it surprising that inequality is at an all-time high in India, with nearly 60% of its wealth being cornered by 1% of its population!
Economic policies such as demonetization and GST have not considered, or deliberately ignored, the enormous negative impacts on tens of millions of people who eke out a living in the informal economy (witness for instance the widespread distress amongst craftspersons due to the sudden increase in taxation with GST's imposition). Contrary to its promises with regard to black money and corruption, the BJP has actually brought in a Finance Act 2017 that will enable political parties to get anonymous funds including from corporations, effectively taking crony capitalism a huge leap forward. And wielding the Foreign Contributions Regulatory Act (FCRA) as a sword to threaten any civil society organsiations that dare to raise such issues, the Ministry of Home Affairs has effectively become a Ministry for Hounding Activists.
There are many more examples and instances of how the last three years have become even more nightmarish for anyone who cares for basic dignity, justice, and sanity, than were the previous regimes. Several of the actions mentioned above have been dagger-thrusts into the body of democracy; today's birthday celebrations were yet another. The only thing that stands between the ongoing, slow murder of democracy is citizens' vigil, speaking out, refusing to accept that these things are being in our name, speaking truth to power, re-asserting swaraj as a form of radical power and sovereignty rooted in ethics, and showing real answers to the problems of deprivation, injustice, and ecological devastation. Fortunately, India has a rich tradition of these, and they are emerging stronger even as the threats increase.


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From left: Sofia Fraccarolli, Rachel Litchman, Lola Todman, Sendra Uebele, Nicholas Winstead, Bin Quan and Sean Cheng. Not pictured: Elizabeth Lemieux, Jenna Zucker and Quinlan Lewis-Mussa.
Blue Observation by Bin Quan
Gauntlet by Sean Cheng
Safe Haven by Quinlan Lewis-Mussa
The Stargazer by Nicholas Winstead
Re-Designing My Sanity project redesign video by Sofia Fraccarolli
Perception by Sendra Uebele
Ten Interlochen Arts Academy students have received awards at the national level of the Scholastic Art and Writing competition.
Six visual artists and four creative writers received a total of 22 national awards, including 10 silver medals, 10 gold medals and two American Voices and Visions Medals. The American Voices and Visions medal is given to the best-in-show work from each regional division.
The gold medal recipients will be honored at an awards ceremony in Carnegie Hall in New York on June 9. The gold medal-winning visual artists will also have their work displayed at the Art.Write.Now exhibition in New York City. Seniors Elizabeth Lemieux and Bin Quan will also receive $1,000 scholarships for their silver-medal portfolios.
Please join us in congratulating all of our winners!
Creative Writing:
- Elizabeth Lemieux (1 silver medal, 2 gold medals)
- Rachel Litchman (2 silver medals, 2 gold medals, American Voices Medal)
- Lola Todman (gold medal)
- Jenna Zucker (gold medal)
Visual Arts
- Sean Cheng (gold medal)
- Sofia Fraccarolli (silver medal)
- Quinlan Lewis-Mussa (silver medal)
- Bin Quan (3 silver medals, 2 gold medals)
- Sendra Uebele (silver medal)
- Nick Winstead (silver medal, gold medal, American Voices Medal)
Since 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have recognized the vision, ingenuity and talent of the nation's youth, and provided opportunities for creative teens to be celebrated. The Awards are presented by The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, whose mission is to identify students with exceptional artistic and literary talent and present their remarkable work to the world through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Students receive opportunities for recognition, exhibition, publication and scholarship.


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If you love native plants in your garden, landscaping, and roadside, mark your calendar June 14th and 15th, 9am to 7pm at C & A Trees, 2.5 miles south of Clarion on Rt. 68, a great place year round but especially sweet for the 14th & 15th of June. Think big choice–30 perennials, 3 vines, and 25 shrubs and small trees.
The sale is sponsored by Seneca Rocks Audubon Society as a fund- raiser; and they are hoping to make it an annual event. This means you will have an opportunity to design and redesign, fill in and expand each year. Every gardener loves an ongoing project, so think big and native. Charles Marlin
More images of native plants to be on sale will be posted soon.


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Creating Growth Through Innovation
By Bob Eckert | Updated 4/15/16
Conflict at work (or anywhere for that matter) well frankly it sucks. Sucks away our energy. Sucks away our creativity. Sucks away our health, joy and profit. It's just no fun.
We can prevail over conflict. Yet it's not easy. Conflict percolates continuously sometimes below the surface, behind closed doors or at the water cooler. At times openly. Enough to discourage even the most optimistic person about the prospect of change.
But change can, and has, been made by individuals. And when a critical mass of individuals in a work group decide to work towards effective change, we call them an innovation team.
So how do we get started to conquer conflict?
Yup, the first two steps of the model, if you are a regular reader here. So let's see how we put this into practice:
A great deal of attention is focused on persuading people to make "I" statements when confronting another person with whom they are having some form of conflict. For example, "I feel (name the emotion) when you do (name the behavior)." "I feel angry when you tell me how to make I statements."
While this is good in that the speaker seems to take ownership of their feelings, the truth is that the real and only goal of an "I" statement is to get the offender to change their behavior. It's about fault-finding, and it rarely succeeds in the long run, because it doesn't give the offender a way to change.
1. "I'm feeling (mad, sad, glad, afraid or some variant)."
2. "It's being caused by a story that I'm telling myself, that may or may not be true. I want to see if the story is true, and I'm asking that you be totally honest with me."
3. The story is Tell the story that you have created about the meaning of the other person's behavior/statements with respect to you). "Here are the behaviors you do and the story I translate them into. The story creates this feeling for me, here's how the story makes me feel, and here's what I desire instead." For example:
4. "This feeling, and what it does to the productivity of our relationship is not good, and I'd like to do something about it. There are two things I'd like to do:
That's it. Not simple you say? But of course! If this were simple, we'd all be relationship masters. We're not, but we could be!
Get good at it in ANY area of your life, and you'll be good at it in others so maybe you don't care about the company's mission, or those morons you have to work with. Do the job, collect your paycheck, and go home. Use work to help you become a better contributor to your family. Why not practice at work, in order to perfect this skill for your other life?
No matter where you practice, this is a skill that requires both humility and responsibility taking in order to create a New & Improved you!
When all individuals bring these attitudes to the table, there is a huge likelihood of effective growth for all, and a concurrent increase in a productive, creative relationship.
Only fear stands in the way. And what's the story you're telling yourself to generate that fear? •
Next: How to Manage Emotions to Foster Innovation
©2004 Bob Eckert. All rights reserved.


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24th April- The Permissible Actions towards Non-Muslims
The Permissible Actions towards Non-Muslims
1) It is permissible for non-Muslims to work in Muslim countries, without giving them authority over the Muslims.
The Prophet ﷺ hired a Mushrik during the Hijrah as a guide, and used the Jews of Khaibar to work on the Farm – and they received half the harvest.
2) It is permissible for the Muslim to help the needy amongst the كفار, and their sick people.
Surat Al Baqarah Verse 195:
وَأَنفِقُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ ۛ وَأَحْسِنُوا ۛ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
And spend in the way of Allah and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]. And do good; indeed, Allah loves the doers of good.
3) If you have a non-Muslim relative, it is recommended to join relations between them by giving them gifts, visiting them, etc, but don't take them as companions such that you perpetually are with them (with the exception of your parents) especially if you fear their fitnah. The non-Muslim has a right on you because he's your relative.
Surat Al Isra Verse 26:
وَآتِ ذَا الْقُرْبَىٰ حَقَّهُ وَالْمِسْكِينَ وَابْنَ السَّبِيلِ وَلَا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذِيرًا
And give the relative his right, and [also] the poor and the traveler, and do not spend wastefully.
Surat Luqman Verse 15:
وَإِن جَاهَدَاكَ عَلَىٰ أَن تُشْرِكَ بِي مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا ۖ وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفًا ۖ وَاتَّبِعْ سَبِيلَ مَنْ أَنَابَ إِلَيَّ ۚ ثُمَّ إِلَيَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness and follow the way of those who turn back to Me [in repentance]. Then to Me will be your return, and I will inform you about what you used to do.
Surat Al Mumtahana Verse 8:
لَّا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجُوكُم مِّن دِيَارِكُمْ أَن تَبَرُّوهُمْ وَتُقْسِطُوا إِلَيْهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِينَ
Allah does not forbid you from those who do not fight you because of religion and do not expel you from your homes – from being righteous toward them and acting justly toward them. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly.
5) It is recommended to entertain the Kaafir guest, but it is not permissible to accept their invitation because there is showing love for them in doing that. And when you entertain the non-Muslim guest, do so without humiliating yourself to him. Lowering and humiliating yourself to them is Haraam and one of the Major sins.
6) It is permissible to eat with them during occasions without making it a habit.
7) It is permissible to deal with the Kaafir in worldly matters (such as doing business, selling, buying, etc)
-The Prophet dealt with the Jews and bought from them.
-Also after the battle of Badr, the Prophet ransomed the prisoners in return that they teach the Muslim children reading and writing.
8) It is permissible for a Muslim man to marry a woman from the People of the Scriptures (Jews and Christians).
But there are conditions:
1) She should be chaste
2) He and his future children should be safe from her having an effect on their religion.
Due to this, it's not a recommended practice. It's better for the Muslim man and his future children that he marry a Muslim woman. 'Umar bin Khattab used to blame those who got married to non-Muslim women, and recommended that they divorce them. Mothers have more effect on the children than the father.
Surat Al Ma'idah Verse 5:
الْيَوْمَ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتُ ۖ وَطَعَامُ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ حِلٌّ لَّكُمْ وَطَعَامُكُمْ حِلٌّ لَّهُمْ ۖ وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ إِذَا آتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ مُحْصِنِينَ غَيْرَ مُسَافِحِينَ وَلَا مُتَّخِذِي أَخْدَانٍ ۗ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِالْإِيمَانِ فَقَدْ حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُ وَهُوَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
This day [all] good foods have been made lawful, and the food of those who were given the Scripture is lawful for you and your food is lawful for them. And [lawful in marriage are] chaste women from among the believers and chaste women from among those who were given the Scripture before you, when you have given them their due compensation, desiring chastity, not unlawful sexual intercourse or taking [secret] lovers. And whoever denies the faith – his work has become worthless, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers.
The Muslim man is not allowed to marry other than the Jewish and Christian woman, under the consensus of all the scholars. Otherwise his marriage is considered false – he's considered to have illegal relations between that woman, and all his children with her are considered illegitimate.
Surat Al Baqarah Verse 221:
وَلَا تَنكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكَاتِ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنَّ ۚ وَلَأَمَةٌ مُّؤْمِنَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن مُّشْرِكَةٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ ۗ وَلَا تُنكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنُوا ۚ وَلَعَبْدٌ مُّؤْمِنٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن مُّشْرِكٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكُمْ ۗ أُولَٰئِكَ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى النَّارِ ۖ وَاللَّهُ يَدْعُو إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَالْمَغْفِرَةِ بِإِذْنِهِ ۖ وَيُبَيِّنُ آيَاتِهِ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
And do not marry polytheistic women until they believe. And a believing slave woman is better than a polytheist, even though she might please you. And do not marry polytheistic men [to your women] until they believe. And a believing slave is better than a polytheist, even though he might please you. Those invite [you] to the Fire, but Allah invites to Paradise and to forgiveness, by His permission. And He makes clear His verses to the people that perhaps they may remember.
The Muslim woman is forbidden from marrying a non-Muslim.
9) It is permissible for the Muslims to seek the help of the disbelievers against people who transgressed against them.
There are two conditions to be fulfilled:
1) They have no other means of repelling that harm.
2) The Muslims should be safe from the disbelievers' plotting and harm, and the disbelievers shouldn't be given military leadership over the Muslims.
10) It is permissible for a Muslim to go to a non-Muslim doctor, if he's a trustworthy, good person.
11) It is permissible to pay the Zakat to non-Muslims you want to endear Islam to- المؤلفات قلوبهم .
Surat At Tawbah Verse 60:
إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَالْعَامِلِينَ عَلَيْهَا وَالْمُؤَلَّفَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَفِي الرِّقَابِ وَالْغَارِمِينَ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ ۖ فَرِيضَةً مِّنَ اللَّهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ
Zakah expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed to collect [zakah] and for bringing hearts together [for Islam] and for freeing captives [or slaves] and for those in debt and for the cause of Allah and for the [stranded] traveler – an obligation [imposed] by Allah . And Allah is Knowing and Wise.
12) It is permissible for a Muslim to partake with a non-Muslim in business, with the condition that the Muslim is the one supervising it. This is in order that nothing unlawful takes place.
13) It is permissible to accept a gift from a Kaafir (other than during their religious festivals – because it's related to their religious festival and indicates your approval of it) as long as the gift won't make you feel inferior towards them.
14) It is permissible for the Muslim to work under a company run by the disbelievers, as long as he's not humiliated, or working doing a personal service (i.e. being a servant) towards them. We shouldn't feel inferior to them.
[From تسهيل العقيدة الاسلامية by عبد الله بن عبد العزيز الجبرين]
Posted on April 24, 2016, in Loving for Allah's sake and tagged Allegiance, Allegiance with other faiths, dealing with non muslims, Dispraised Allegiance, Interfaith marriages, Muslim Behaviour, Non Muslims. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.


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Did you know that nestled just at the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina is an eccentric cluster of wineries? If you happen to be camping in the Appalachian Mountains, taking a tour of the local wineries is an excellent way to spend your holiday. Just be sure to save space for the bottles you will surely want to enjoy when you get back to your campsite!
When you travel to North Carolina wine country, you will discover outstanding wines, lovely winemakers, and beautiful landscapes. The windy mountain roads are beautiful along the route that leads from one vineyard to the next. While the mountain roads leading to some of these wineries are steep, if you have the correct RV weight distribution hitches, you have no reason fear.
If you choose to visit North Carolina wine country, these are the wineries I recommend:
Overmountain Vineyards
Perfectly named, Overmountain Vineyards overlooks the Appalachian Mountains offering guests a wide variety of wines to sample while enjoying the scenic view. This vineyard has a beautiful outdoor seating section with views of the vineyard and the mountain, and a friendly Great Dane to great you.
Located in Tryon, North Carolina, visitors can taste a variety of wines and tour the property on Wednesdays through Sundays year-round. Guests will receive personal attention from the staff and will leave with a souvenir glass.
Mountain Brook Vineyards
Mountain Brook Vineyards has a smaller tasting room, but don't let the size of the space fool you. Their wines are exceptional and award-winning. The view of the vineyard and the mountains can be seen from the peaceful tasting room. Guests will feel right at home in this comfortable space while being given the full attention of the wine makers themselves.
Visitors can enjoy a wine tasting Fridays – Sundays for only $10, and guests will get to take home a souvenir glass. When you visit Mountain Brook, you can sense the pride the owners take in the production of quality wine.
Parker Binns Vineyard
Parker Binns Vineyard has a vineyard and garden with a view that is beautiful enough for many brides to choose to have their weddings on site. The owners are charismatic and make wine tastings fun and personal. For example, the patio includes a firebrick oven where the cook pizzas on the weekends for guests.
In addition to a fun wine tasting experience offered Wednesdays – Sundays, guests will also enjoy listening to a variety of live music performances. Parker Binns Vineyard is easily a place where you can spend quite a bit of time (and money). Their wine is delicious and their wine-centric gift shop is perfect for stocking up on presents.
It's Wine O Clock Somewhere
I've just listed my three favorite vineyards, but North Carolina is home to over 400 vineyards and 185 wineries! When camping in North Carolina, whether in the mountains or along the coast, you should visit a tasting room. Plan to purchase a bottle – you won't want to go home without one.


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The following game is rated for mature audiences and some language may be offensive to anyone under the age of 50. Proceed at your own risk
Until Dawn was suggested to us and Kotaku.com highlighted how it would be great as a PS4 local multiplayer. The story starts off with a bunch of friends who met in a remote cabin belonging to the family of Josh, Hannah, and Beth. They invite their friends, Mike, Emily, Chris, Matt, Ashley, and Jessica who end up playing a prank on Hannah. Upset Hanna ran away crying into the deep and snow covered forest. Sister Beth ran after her and the two of them fall off a cliff after being chased by a man with a blowtorch.
The rest of the game took place a year later when the remaining survivors returned to gather again for a vacation together. Periodically, we met up with a Therapist who seemingly gives us a mental evaluation with a series of questions regarding our fears.Petethesweet1000 was the first one to speak with a kappa face. Xero arrived shortly after and resubscribed for the second month. We thank you for the support brother :). Followed by Trax who popped in frequently with a what up, Appleblade who eagerly waited for the bloodshed with us through the entire show , and MrX who stopped by a couple times telling us about his fantasies of winter and his pick up chick tricks.
At this point, we do not have any solid leads on who the culprit is, but the game did its best to tease us.
"I love producing ASMR formats, when I am surrounded in that atmosphere, I find the world much more fascinating." say Missy
"I had already experienced that scare but I thought it happened as soon as I opened the cabinet and when it didn't happen, I thought I was safe." say Missy
Light scare
Medium scare
Big Scare
The therapist's office seemed to have gotten worse further into the game and yes, Missy misunderstood the question and will eventually drive that therapist mad, for sure.
We stumbled upon some books to read in the lodge where Mike and Jessica went to bundle up for the evening. This one spoke of Native American traditions.
A old Native American story that Missy improves through the parts covered by Mike's hand.
Josh, Chris, and Ashley tried to summon answers from Hannah and Beth with the aid of the spiritual game, Ouija.
A pretty truck
Last scare of the evening
Mal gave another big warm welcome with a 5 month resub! Thank you 117Mal for your continued support despite your inability to catch our recent broadcasts. Also, The New Original also came by to hang out for a bit, KoolioYo said hello and kindly thanked Missy for her support, Micah, Vortex and Vixx said their hellos, and Vodka came in at the very end with a high five.
Thank you for the tips! We appreciate your support and commitment 🙂


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Weekend Blogging - 2.
Interesting Ads
Here are some really interesting ads.
Camera Van
Harrod Blank's Camera Van "is covered with a collection of more than 2,000 cameras, ten of them functional Canon EOS cameras controlled by shutter buttons on the dashboard and a monitor that serves as the viewfinder.
One night in the fall of 1993, Harrod Blank had a dream in which he covered his car with cameras and then drove around and took pictures of people on the streets. The public, unaware that the cameras worked, reacted naturally. At the end of the dream, Harrod looked at pictures taken with the van of faces frozen in the moment of awe, pictures so powerful that the next morning he decided to attempt to build such a vehicle in reality".
Wild Landscape
Real natural beauty taken by the photographer at its best. Just amazing.
Fruiti Artwork
Artist Stephanie Chubbuck created this zippered pear from blown glass!
Street Installations
You need to see this for yourselves!
Amazing Art Work
Some really amazing art work is created here & we bet you will enjoy his work.
Opt Art
Domino Artwork "is an example of "Opt Art", art constructed with the help of mathematical optimization techniques. Other examples include continuous line drawings produced via the solution of large-scale traveling salesman problems and pointillist works produced via linear programming".
Coffee Art
Coffee is an interesting medium to create art.
Money Wallet
Here are instructions of how to make your own money wallet.
Other Posts:
Reflective Art
Unbelievable X-rays
Pencil Furniture
Stone Art
Underwater Sculptures


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Despite the cold weather and little rain, 2nd Saturday in January was still a great night to come out and enjoy the art. The "West End" has seen a real growth spurt in the amount of visitors and new venues. Some of the galleries you will see are Twenty Miles East, Indigo Gallery, Foggy Windows, Fr. Bill Moore SS CC Studio Gallery, Cabrera's, Bella Muerte Gallery, Smoking Mirrors and the newest addition, Vintage Renewals. Another exciting item to report is the presence of Foodies or Food Trucks parking on the streets and selling their fine foods. Anybody check them out? Back to central colony, AC Projects opened with the photographic works of Steven Poster. N. Y. Delight featured surreal black and white photography by Cherie Savoie, her first solo exhibit K1000. The dA Gallery presented a show of works curated by our friend Leslie Brown. "Cubicle" included some cool ceramic office furniture set up throughout the gallery. At dba256, I, Juan Thorp, exhibited a series of my paintings through a three year period. There are 65 pieces to see all month. Just around the corner, you can see Ashley's installation "Shopping with kids"at the PO.
At Bunny Gunner we featured the art of Lindy Ivey and Fikrie Oz. They both created figurative pieces in oils that are a must see. 57 Underground opened with a group show titled "Mixed Messages" and SCA Project Gallery with a group show titled "Chants Prayers and Poems". Just next door Latino Art Museum brought out work from the Permanent Collection. See pomonaartscolony.com to see the full list of exhibitions.
Special thanks to photographers: Jill Carol, Richard Nunez, Denis Thorp and Susie Thorp


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I am healthy, just ask my vet.
On Saturday, I went to the vet's office for my annual exam and shots. I don't mind because when I'm there, I get pets and cuddles.
"She's so well behaved," Ms. Vet said.
I wagged my tail. I am aren't I, I thought as I sniffed at the air.
As Shelley, my pet mommy, sat in a chair in the examining room, I stood tall and proud on the steel table, getting poked and prodded.
Apparently, I have nice, clean teeth.
"She loves to chew her rawhide," Shelley says to explain. She had asked when she should take me in for a cleaning. No-o-o! Getting my teeth brushed is torture – to get that message across, I always shake my head and try to wiggle from the clutches of my scary blue toothbrush.
"That's good."
Shelley explained my diet: a blend of two adult dog food brands, two milk bones a day, cheese from the table and treats.
"You might want to hold back on the treats," Ms. Vet said.
They're not good for a healthy diet, Ms Vet said, adding that I can have some, but don't go overboard.
I need, need treats is what Shelley should have told her.
"She has good muscle mass," was another thing Ms. Vet mentioned.
Shelley said she takes me on walks (not enough) and plays with me (not enough there either).
Unlike Shelley, I'm at my ideal weight, plus, as a dog, I can't go get my own treats whenever I feel like it. Apparently, I have to earn them.
I'm destined to being healthy (and also very cute), as well as one trim, fit feline-loving, bird-adoring BFF.