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News - Date: 09 September 2018
Written by: Ndivhuwo Musetha / Viewed: 1432
Various grievances from members of the Vhembe Pastor's Forum were discussed during a meeting with executive mayor Florence Radzilani in Thohoyandou last Wednesday.
The meeting was arranged to give pastors an opportunity to air their grievances with the executive mayor's office.
Before they could give their presentation, Radzilani expressed her dissatisfaction about some of the pastors who talked negatively about political leaders whenever they were given platforms to speak to people during events.
The forum, which was led by Dean Alunamutwe Randitsheni, then gave through a written presentation and said that that they were unfairly treated whenever they applied for church stands in Vhembe.
The pastors said they were charged different tariffs, some of which were very high. They said each municipality used its own rate. Such rates, they said, were very different even though the application was the same.
The pastors' concern is that a traditional leader will charge his or her own fee, before a municipality charges its own fee. "Our challenge is that some municipalities charge us six times more than what their compatriot will charge us for a similar application. We find this very challenging. Our request to you, Executive Mayor, is to help us get a flat rate in all four the municipalities," the pastors pleaded.
Another other challenge was that some municipalities demanded that enough parking space should be available at the church before the plan could be approved. According to the pastors, some municipalities, such asThulamela, demanded that if a church had a capacity of 1 000, the parking bays also had to correspond, otherwise the plan would not be approved.
Their concern was that businesspeople were not given the same treatment. Their argument was that most of the church members did not own cars, especially those in rural area. "Most of our churches are in rural areas, so the majority our members are pedestrians. We do not understand why we are forced to have more space for parking in such circumstances," said the pastors.
The pastors also raised their concerns about continuous strikes at the University of Venda. Randitsheni said the trend must stop to avoid the degrading of Univen's status, which might lead to lower funding by the government. "If we allow these strike actions to continue, soon there will be job losses. As times goes on, the university might end up closing and our children will have to travel far for tertiary education," warned Randitsheni.
In her response, Radzilani, who was assigned the task to open dialogue with the university, said she was equally concerned about the issue, which affected the youth who were future leaders.
Cllr Mavhungu Luruli, portfolio head of development and planning, said that they were going to involve the pastors in the committee that dealt with their concerns. She also said different municipalities charged different rates because of their different status.
Further engagements were going to be made to find solutions to the pastors' grievances, said Luruli.
Vhembe Executive Mayor Florence Radzilani (fourth from right), Dean Randitsheni, Cllr Luruli and other delegates, photographed after the meeting.


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T 'was the night after Christmas and all through Santa's shop, not a creature was stirring; everything had come to a stop. The gifts had been delivered with great care, in hopes that it would bring joy to children everywhere.
Santa laid awake unable to slumber, thoughts in his head made his mind cluttered. He was truly flustered. The sleigh was a mess; the reindeer needed some rest, these next few days would surely be quite the test.
The North Pole was in need of its yearly outage, it was time to renovate this old cottage. But confused installers lead to the loss of millions of lost dollars.
Spreadsheets and PowerPoints gave him no resolution, he felt as though he would never find a solution. Suddenly a loud screech took the red out of his rosy red cheeks. When to his amazement what did he see, but the Outage Hawk Soaring high and free.
Could this be the end to his troubles? The end to his outage stumbles? Santa spoke to the Hawk with a mumble… "Can you help me with my outage trouble?" "Why of course" answered the Hawk with a chuckle.
My workshop is in need of a new table, all of the stockings are in need of fresh labels, and the sleigh is in need of shiny new handle.
My dear Santa we can help you with your outage, and when it is finished you will be quite astounded.

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Jesus Christ and John the Baptist: let us prepare the way of the LORD with sincere worship and open hearts.
The shepherds told everyone what the angel had said to them about the child (Luke 2:17).
Who were the very first people to spread the good news about Jesus Christ? Peter? John? Paul? Nope. Surprise! It was the shepherds at Jesus' birth! As the Gospel of Luke tells us, these humble peasants proclaimed the good news when they arrived at the manger. They shared with all there (including Mary and Joseph) the angel's announcement that this infant was "the Savior, the Messiah, the Lord!"
The astonished journey of the shepherds to the manger forms the background to one of my favorite Christmas carols, "Go Tell It on the Mountain." I was reminded how much I love it at last Sunday's Service of Lessons and Carols.
Becca Gater and the choir sang lines from it with such spirit! You couldn't help but clap and shout. An unforgettable moment. So I thought I would fill you in on a bit of the song's background.
In our sanctuary hymnal (# 115), the words to the carol are assigned in the upper left corner to "John W. Work II, 1907." That's half the story. Like so many carols, this one had a long history of revisions. John Work the 2nd had edited the words as received from his father, John Work the 1st, and his (that is, the father's) words were in turn edits of the original he had discovered somewhere in the South. In fact, the original words were the "work" of some unknown slave or group of slaves.
John Work Sr. and John Work Jr. –and even John Work the 3rd—were trained musicians. Themselves African Americans, they recognized the inestimable value of Negro Spirituals and made it their calling to rescue dozens from oblivion. Among them is "Go Tell It on the Mountain," a spiritual that doesn't fit the norm. Most focus on suffering and the hope of deliverance. They do so for obvious reasons: slavery and its chains. But this spiritual is different. It is about Christmas, and it captures well the joyful wonder of lowly shepherds who see an angel, hear good news, visit the Christ, and proclaim who he is.
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It is the beginning of a new year, the time when many people make resolutions. What are yours squeeps? If you don't have one, might I suggest making a resolution to squee more? Starting right now with this picture of a miniature horse dressed as an angel!
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Kanye West has announced that he is working on a joint 5 track album entitled 'Watch the Throne' with Jay-Z. He said in an interview for MTV:
"We're going to the south of France at the end of this month, just to record new ideas," he said. "We'll probably be done with the album in a day or whatever."


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News: Dance Umbrella launches new initiative to support up and coming choreographers
London's flagship festival of international dance has launched Four by Four, a new initiative to support up and coming choreographers, in celebration of its 40th anniversary year.
All three of Dance Umbrella's Artistic Directors – Val Bourne CBE, Betsy Gregory and Emma Gladstone – have invited an established artist from their time at the helm to nominate a 'choreographer of the future'.
Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Stephen Petronio, Akram Khan and Rocío Molina will each nominate four young, up-and-coming choreographers to receive funding from Four by Four to create a show that will be performed in future Dance Umbrella festivals. The selected recipients will be announced during this year's festival, which takes place from 26 September – 21 October in venues across London.
Emma Gladstone, Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Dance Umbrella, said:
"We are delighted to announce our Four by Four nominators today. Through this new development programme we are able to continue to support and nurture exceptional talent, which is what Dance Umbrella has always striven to do. For this special anniversary year I wanted to find a way to acknowledge the history of DU whilst still looking to the future, and asking the wisdom of artists who have had a significant impact on the festival and the wider contemporary dance scene felt a good way to do that. "
Dance Umbrella has an established track record in supporting pioneering dance artists. In the festival's first decade, choreographers including Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Trisha Brown, Merce Cunningham, Compagnie Cré-Ange, Steve Paxton and Mark Morris were among the international artists invited to perform in London, together with the UK's Siobhan Davies, MAAS Movers, Rosemary Butcher, Richard Alston, Michael Clark, Jonathan Burrows and Shobana Jeyasingh.
Explore the full Dance Umbrella 2018 programme.
Photo: Everything That Rises Must Dance by Sasha Milavic Davies, which receives its world premiere at Dance Umbrella this autumn. Photo by Sarah Ainslie.


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Zanzibar`s Real African Art Gallery has a lot to offer, both to collectors of real African Art and to people who are looking for an African original gift to take back home.
Real African Art Gallery represents a lot of known and professional African painters and sculptors. Most of the art we sell are from Zanzibari and Tanzanian artists, but also from Tanzania and Uganda some other East-African countries.
The African artists that we represent are already world-famous and are having exhibitions overseas in countries like USA, Japan, England, China, Austria, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland and many more.
We started our gallery here at Gizenga street, Stone town in the summer of 2001 and since then we are constantly looking for new paintings and new artists to add to the Real African Art Gallery.
The African art market is growing bigger every year and collectors, individuals, art galleries and museums from all over the world are getting more and more interested in what the excellent African artists have to offer!
Throughout the world, people are organizing African art exhibitions in order to show the great variety and diversion of the many very skilled, professional and talented artists that are living and working on African soil.
Tunachagua tunavyovipenda na tunakutumia bidhaa moto moto kila wiki!!


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Enda Stevens insist the Blades mustn't underestimate Saturday's opponents Reading.
Jaap Stam's beaten play-off finalists last term have started slower this time around, but picked up a morale boosting victory at Leeds last week and Stevens says that proves the ability they have within their ranks.
He remarked: "Reading are a very good team, who came very close to promotion last season.
"They have a host of internationals amongst their squad and we know they are a very good passing side, so it should be a decent game.
"Because they've done so well last season, they're probably getting more respect this time around but it's still early days. Personally, I'd expect them to be there or thereabouts."
Stevens added: "Reading like to play from the back and they got a good win at Leeds last time out.
"We'll be ready and we will look to execute our plan to try and win another game."


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Contractors should demand higher profit margins from clients for their work, the head of construction at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in London, Jonathan Hook, wrote in the construction finance report published by the UK Building magazine this week.
His argument was sparked by PWC research that showed the profit margin of major UK contractors averaged 2.4% in 2003, almost identical to the previous year. Housebuilders' average margin was up 1.5% to 17.1%.
Return on capital employed among UK contractors dropped from 166% to 112%.


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Something just occurred to me.
I have been an Apple user since…..well, maybe 1982? Something like that. It was before the Mac came out anyway–a computer math class in high school in the early 80's, programming in AppleSoft on an Apple IIe. Not a bad computer, for that time, incidentally, even if it was possible for me to physically type enough text to fill up the entire RAM capacity of the computer. LOL
Anyway. The point is that I've been an Apple user for a long time. But something occurred to me, as I've been looking over my last few posts on this blog tonight. As a long-time Mac user, I've slung more than my fair share of criticism towards Microsoft, especially back in the DOS and Windows 95 days. Nevertheless, I have to admit that, possibly, my favorite application of all time is a Microsoft product: Microsoft Excel.
And, my most-loathed application of all time is Apple's Time Machine.
What a dilemma. I, a long-time Mac user, have proclaimed my all-time favorite application to be a Microsoft product, and my all-time most-hated application to be an Apple product. WTF?
Hmm. Well, I have no particular insight into that question at the moment, but I do feel moved to traverse the garden path for a bit, as it were:
Every once and a while, my dentist, knowing me to be a computer geek, asks me for a recommendation or other pertaining to hardware or software if he's got a big upgrade coming, or whatever. Over the years, I've found myself less and less sure of what to tell him. Gone are the days when I could brazenly brag about how I ran my iMac with no malware protection whatsoever. Granted, I still do that (depending on what you consider "malware protection"–for instance, is Adblock Plus considered "malware protection"? Or NoScript?). But long gone are the days when I would unconditionally recommend a Mac system.
At the same time, though, I have never gone so far as to actually recommend a Windows 7 system to anyone (with the exception of the odd Windows XP user wondering if it was a good idea to upgrade–short answer, "it ain't bad, you'll get used to it, and I don't hate it myself, which is more than I can say about a lot of upgrades").
Really, if someone came to me today, or during the past few years, and asked what sort of system they should buy, I'm honestly not sure what I would say. It's my feeling that there is really no good choice out there, or that (really) the best choice is to simply stick with what you have. Out of Windows, OS X and Linux, each has their advantages and disadvantages. I stick with OS X because it would cost me too much to switch, given the gains I would realize. Maybe the correct answer to the question is, "it doesn't really matter all that much."
Then again, it can be said that desktop systems aren't the main issue anymore. The real question these days is what sort of mobile device to get. Android? iPhone? Blackberry?!?! Hmmm.
[For me, the answer is "none of the above", because 1) I detest the expense involved in any of those systems, 2) I don't want people to be able to reach me that easily and 3) "the cloud" is a BAD idea in most cases. In the long run, I am guessing that this will spell my demise as a "tech" guy, due to the world's moving into a realm of stupidity and me refusing to follow. Oh well. Ask me if I care. No. Why do you ask?]


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Just God Things Blog – CONSISTENT
CONSISTENT by Mary Parks
I went to a small group today and one question really stuck with me:
The definition of consistent means acting or done in the same way over time, especially so as to be fair or accurate. And just for your amusement some synonyms are steady, stable, and unchanging.
That word has been haunting me for the past couple of months. Consistent. In our ever changing world we serve a consistent God. One thing will always remain the same and that is that God loved us so much that He sent His only son to die on the cross for our sins. I believe that one of God's characteristics is consistency. He is always going to be there and He is always going to know what you need before you even say a word. But, Jesus takes it to the next level. He is consistently seeking to surprise us. He is planting new dreams and making impossible situations possible. That is just another layer in this awesome God we serve.
- Consistency = Success
Have you ever wanted something so badly in your life? Like you were going to get it or you were going to die? Take a step back. How did you get there? You made a game plan and you stuck with it. If you want to lose weight, that doesn't happen with skipping your diet here and there. For me this was getting into the nursing program at Clemson. Oh the days that I did not want to study, but if I would have skipped a session, I might not have made the grades it took to get there. Consistency means to be constantly showing up and showing out. Hard work will pay off.
- The essence of Christianity is to be "like Christ", and Christ is consistent.
Was there ever a time in the Bible that God did not show up? God always likes to come to the party with some flare. He called Abraham to not kill Isaac right before it was supposed to happen. Jesus appeared in the midst of the storm when the disciples were freaking out and calmed it. He sent fire from above to consume an altar. He is always with His people. His love is never failing. His grace is never ending. And His mercy is relentless. He is a God that shows up. In turn, we need to show up for our family, friends, and neighbors.
- When we are consistent, that is when God is going to use us.
God has a plan for your life. And He wants to do something that has never been seen before. I know, how many times have we heard that? It almost sounds like a broken record, and the more we hear it, the less impact it has on our life. I hope to spark a new meaning to that phrase. The thing is that we live in a fast food world and want things instantaneously. If it doesn't happen just then, it isn't going to happen. But we have to prove to God that we are willing to stick out the plan for the long run. We have to be unwavering in our faith. He DOES have a plan that is PERFECT and PLEASING to Him. The road is not always going to be a clear and strait path and God has to be 110% sure you are going to make it to the end before He begins your blessing.
I am continuously learning different facets about God that I never even knew was possible. He made a promise to me this year that He was going to get me to fall in love with Him. That he was going to pursue me. It is a two-way street though. I have to set time aside every day to be with Him. I have to focus my mind on things above to catch God working in my life. I have to be consistent to really tune into discovering the God I serve. It is a beautiful and wonderful relationship that takes hard work and commitment like every other relationship you are currently in.
Nothing in this world is guaranteed, but I can promise you this, God is never changing and He will ALWAYS be there for you. I challenge you to not only to be a consistent to God, but to your friends, family members, as a student and employee. See how that changes and molds your relationships. And let me know how it turns out for you. 🙂


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Pope urges respect for gays
Pope Francis said in a news conference Monday
that gay people should not be marginalized, adding that he had no right
to judge them if they have goodwill. While the remarks did not deviate
from Catholic teaching on issues of sexual orientation, they represented
a clear shift from the tone of Francis' predecessors, observers say. The Washington Post (tiered subscription model)/On Faith
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Via JMG: Pope: Who Am I To Judge Gay People?
Pope Francis today refused to condemn gay people during a conversation with reporters on his return flight from Brazil. Via NBC News:
Pope Francis said "who am I to judge?" gay people as he discussed one of the most divisive issues affecting the Catholic Church Monday. "I have yet to find anyone who has a business card that says he is gay," the pontiff said at a press conference on his plane while returning from Brazil, where he talked about a number of subjects. "They say they exist. If someone is gay, who searches for the Lord and has goodwill, who am I to judge?" he added. The official position of the Catholic Church on the issue is that while homosexual desires or attractions are not in themselves sinful, the physical acts are.And now we'll get several days of interpretations of what the Pope really meant.
UPDATE: Here the same item as reported by the BBC.
Pope Francis has said gay people should not be judged or marginalised. Speaking to reporters on a flight back from Brazil, he said: "If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge him?" He also referred to the teachings of the Roman Catholic church, which say that while homosexual acts are sinful, homosexual orientation is not. The Pope's remarks are being seen as much more conciliatory than his predecessor's position on the issue.UPDATE II: And here's the story from Associated Press, which provides some much needed context.
Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip. "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" Francis asked. While stressing Catholic social teaching that calls for homosexuals to be treated with dignity and not marginalized, Francis said it was something else entirely to conspire to use private information for blackmail or to exert pressure. Francis was responding to reports that a trusted aide was involved in an alleged gay tryst a decade ago. He said he investigated the allegations according to canon law and found nothing to back them up. But he took journalists to task for reporting on the matter, saying the allegations concerned matters of sin, not crimes like sexually abusing children.
Labels: Catholic Church, homosexuality, Pope Francis
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Nancy Goldstein, writing for the Guardian.
Labels: HomoQuotable, IOC, LGBT rights, Nancy Goldstein, Russia, Sochi Olympics, Vladimir Putin
New message about Coca-Cola: Don't Sponsor the 2014 Olympics in Anti-Gay Russia!
Get others involved
Breaking News: Russian officials have officially announced that the law banning 'gay propaganda' will apply to all visitors - including those who will be attending and participating in the 2014 Olympic Games this February.
This means that any visitor who demonstrates gay pride or who is even assumed to be gay could be arrested by Russian authorities. We cannot let large companies like Coca-Cola support these discriminatory laws!
We need your help in spreading the word. Invite your friends to help us reach our goal of 10,000 signatures and we will deliver them to Coca-Cola's CEO Muhtar Kent!
Credit: Gay Star News
Want to get involved? See this petition on Causes
Via JMG: USCIS Updates FAQs On Gay Marriage
The USCIS has updated their FAQs page on same-sex marriage. Here are the first two questions:Reposted from Joe
Q1: I am a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident in a same-sex marriage to a foreign national. Can I now sponsor my spouse for a family-based immigrant visa? A1: Yes, you can file the petition. You may file a Form I-130 (and any applicable accompanying application). Your eligibility to petition for your spouse, and your spouse's admissibility as an immigrant at the immigration visa application or adjustment of status stage, will be determined according to applicable immigration law and will not be automatically denied as a result of the same-sex nature of your marriage.(Tipped by JMG reader Lynda)
Q2. I am a U.S. citizen who is engaged to be married to a foreign national of the same sex. Can I file a fiancé or fiancée petition for him or her?
A2. Yes. You may file a Form I-129F. As long as all other immigration requirements are met, a same-sex engagement may allow your fiancé to enter the United States for marriage.
Labels: DOMA, feds, immigration, marriage equality
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Marketing blog The Drum reports: "The Pembrokeshire Herald has apologised after someone tampered with an Enterprise Rent-A-Car ad to suggest that 'cock sucking' was an added bonus of the service. It is not."Reposted from Joe
Labels: advertising, Britain, silliness
Via JMG: National Gallup Poll: 52% Back Marriage
Gallup reports that if a national referendum on same-sex marriage were held in November, a slim majority of American would back it.Reposted from Joe
Across the nation's major demographic, political, and religious groups, support for the proposed law ranges from as high as 77% among self-described liberal Americans, and 76% among those with no religious affiliation, to as low as 23% among weekly churchgoers, and 30% among Republicans and conservatives. Other groups showing at least 60% support for legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide include Democrats, adults aged 18 to 34, those who rarely or never attend a church or other place of worship, moderates, Easterners, and Catholics. Others showing less than 50% support include Protestants, adults 55 and older, Southerners, and men.Hit the link for a more detail breakdown of the demos.
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Tomatoes Vinaigrette
It feels a bit early for tomatoes. In the Midwest we normally start seeing vine-ripened tomatoes in late August, sun-kissed, cherubic and plump. But well-tended greenhouses make access to delicious tomatoes a reality much earlier in the summer. I happened upon a few really good ones last week and jumped at the chance to eat them sliced raw with some coarse sea salt and olive oil just like we used to do in Rome.
They were so flavorful it took my breath away: Sweet, acidic, firm yet easily yielding to the side of a fork. It left me with an oddly unsettling nostalgia for my childhood. My mother is a skilled cook and has always understood the art of restraint in the kitchen. During the summer, she adorned our kitchen table with heirloom tomatoes lined up like soldiers on a thin wooden plank. Dinner during the hottest parts of the year usually involved tomatoes in some unadulterated form. Two of her favorites are BLTs and tomatoes vinaigrette, a strikingly simple amalgamation of raw chopped garlic and balsamic vinegar poured over warm pasta and tossed with chopped tomatoes and their juices. I remember that pasta tasting like summer.
Tomatoes Vinaigrette
Serves 4
- 3 very ripe tomatoes, roughly chopped (save the juices)
- 3 large garlic cloves, minced
- 3 tablespoons good balsamic vinegar
- 1 1/2 pounds rotini (any pasta shape with ridges or curls will do just fine)
- Good olive oil to drizzle
- Shaved Parmiggiano Reggiano cheese
- A handful of basil leaves
Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water.
While the pasta is cooking, roughly chop the tomatoes. Be sure to save the juices.
Using a sharp paring knife, mince the garlic by hand then soak it in the balsamic vinegar for a few minutes.
Drain the pasta. Transfer to a bowl and add the tomatoes with their juices. Drizzle the balsamic and garlic over the pasta as well as some good olive oil. Don't be stingy with the oil. Toss by hand or use a large spoon to stir up the mixture to emulsify the tomato juices with the oil and the vinegar.
Garnish with some Parmesan shavings and torn basil leaves.


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Relationships Australia
provides relationship support and advice on building better relationships
Young People and Relationships
Child and Youth Health
have a site on Teen Health 12-17 years
Relationships page
**Healthy relationships
Are you ready for sex?
Reach Out
site that aims to improve young people's mental health and well being by building skills and providing information, support and referrals in a format that appeals to young people.
Friends and relationships
Shine - Sexual Health information networking and education in SA
Provides resources on sexual health for young people
Academic Resources
ERIC - Education Resources and Information Centre is an online digital library of education research and information
A search on dating (social) and adolescents with full text available from the ERIC database produces the following results:
Includes papers such as:
Parents' Management of Adolescents' Romantic Relationships Through Dating Rules: Gender Variations and Correlates of Relationship Qualities – Madsen
Full text available at [http://www.springerlink.com/content/b715k7r257t1g8l6/]
"I Wanted to Get to Know Her Better": Adolescent Boys' Dating Motives, Masculinity Ideology, and Sexual Behavior – Andrew Smiler
Romantic Experience and Psychosocial Adjustment in Middle Adolescence -Wyndol Furman
A Gendered Approach to Adolescent Dating Violence: Conceptual and Methodological Issues -
Jacqueline White, Psychology of Women Quarterly, v33 n1 p1-15 Mar 2009
Full text available at: [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121666976/abstract]
Sex before marriage search results:
Ignorance Only: HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, and Federally Funded Abstinence-Only Programs in the United States. Texas: A Case Study
School-Based Sex Education: A New Millennium Update. ERIC Digest
Impacts of Abstinence Education on Teen Sexual Activity, Risk of Pregnancy, and Risk of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
WSRC Resources Include:
Teach it like it is: a relationship and sexual health curriculum resource for teachers of middle school students (aged 11-15) Developed by Shine SA
Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli 'Girls' Talk: Young women speak their hearts and minds' Finch Publishing, Sydney 1998


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- Rapper Jay-Z told The New York Times he's gone to therapy and benefitted from it.
- He started to understand where his difficult emotions were coming from.
- He also learned to depersonalize others' aggression, because he realized they're dealing with their own difficult emotions.
Rapper Jay-Z says he's gone to therapy and benefitted from the process.
In an interview with New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet, Jay-Z said he "grew so much from the experience."
He went on: "The most important thing I got is that everything is connected. Every emotion is connected and it comes from somewhere. And just being aware of it. Being aware of it in everyday life puts you at such a ... you're at such an advantage."
What's more, Jay-Z said he learned how to deal with other people's aggression or difficult behavior:
"You realize that if someone's racist toward you, it ain't about you. It's about their upbringing and what happened to them, and how that led them to this point. You know, most bullies bully. It just happen. Oh, you got bullied as a kid so you trying to bully me. I understand.
"And once I understand that, instead of reacting to that with anger, I can provide a softer landing and maybe, 'Aw, man, is you O.K.?' I was just saying there was a lot of fights in our neighborhood that started with 'What you looking at? Why you looking at me? You looking at me?' And then you realize: 'Oh, you think I see you. You're in this space where you're hurting, and you think I see you, so you don't want me to look at you. And you don't want me to see you.'"
Jay-Z added that many young men, in order to survive, "shut down all emotions." Possibly alluding to troubles in his own marriage, he said "even with women, you gonna shut down emotionally, so you can't connect," and from there, things like infidelity happen.
Understanding the genesis of your emotions — something Jay-Z said he learned through therapy — is no small feat.
In her 2003 book "Radical Acceptance," psychologist and Buddhist meditation teacher Tara Brach uses the metaphor "dogs in the cellar" to describe how our past experiences continue to influence our behavior today. If you ignore those experiences and try to push them back down — i.e. locking the dogs in the cellar — they only get more powerful. The key is to accept and even embrace the pain, allowing it to dissipate.
The next step is understanding that others are necessarily dealing with their own dogs in the cellar — that, as Jay-Z says, "it's about their upbringing and what happened to them."
Empathy for yourself and for the people you interact with makes life a lot easier.


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Product reviewers have their own rating systems, which means that each reviewer list often recommends different brands. Weight gainers don't have that issue. The same brands are at the top of several different lists. The top five brands share a few similar components, but they also have diverse amounts and different types of ingredients. If you have food allergies, check the label of every product, because many contain milk, soy, egg, wheat or shellfish. Consult your physician before using weight gainers that are high in potassium because large quantities can cause serious side effects.
Top Five Weight Gainers
Weight gainers make it easy to boost calories simply by drinking one beverage, but they're primarily designed to support muscle building in athletes. As a result, they may contain more calories and nutrients than needed for those who aren't engaged in intensive training. Even though the top five are currently similar in more than one review -- remember, recommendations constantly change, as new products are released. In the end, it's best to decide on the calories you need and which ingredients work for your goals, then choose a product to meet your specifications.
Serious Mass by Optimum Nutrition was ranked in first place in one review and fourth place in two other reviews. Another product by Optimum Nutrition, Pro Gainer, is consistently at the top because it ranks either first or second in all three reviews. The remaining products in the top five of two reviews are BSN Tru Mass and Universal Nutrition Real Gains, while Dymatize Super Mass Gainer ranks third, fifth and sixth.
Extreme Calories for Weight Gain
Some weight gainers only have approximately 500 calories, but the products in the top five range from 602 calories to 1,300 calories per serving. Real Gains has 605 calories; Pro Gainer contains 650 calories and Tru Mass supplies 700 calories per serving. The top two gainers for calories are Serious Mass with 1,250 calories and Super Mass Gainer, which gives you 1,300 calories in one serving.
Calories from carbohydrate are supplied by maltodextrin, which is a complex starch extracted from corn, rice and potatoes. The two products with the greatest number of calories contain about 250 grams of carbs, which is 83 percent of the daily value. The three products that have fewer calories supply 84 to 90 grams -- or about 30 percent of the daily value for carbs. Remember, the daily value is based on a diet consisting of 2,000 calories daily. Since you're boosting caloric intake, these carb values fill a smaller percentage of your required carbs.
While four of the five top five weight gainers contain 6 to 8 grams of total fat, one of them -- Tru Mass -- has 17 grams in a serving. The higher quantity comes from medium chain triglycerides, which are rapidly absorbed and metabolized to fuel muscles and organs.
Protein in Weight Gainers
After calories, the next vital ingredient is the quantity and type of protein. All five weight gainers contain about the same quantity of protein. Tru Mass has the least, but it still contains 48 grams, which is 96 percent of the daily value, based on consuming 2,000 calories daily. Pro Gainer has the greatest amount of protein per serving, with 60 grams or 120 percent of the daily value. The remaining three have 50 to 54 grams of total protein in a serving.
The top five products contain mixtures of protein from different sources. They all contain whey protein concentrate; otherwise, each one has varying combinations from as many as six other sources: whey protein isolate, micellar casein, egg albumen, hydrolyzed whey protein, milk protein isolate and calcium caseinate. Pro Gainer and True Mass also contain glutamine peptides. The labels don't show the quantity of each type of protein, but some list the amount of individual amino acids per serving.
Nutrients in Weight Gainers
Four of the weight gainers are fortified with vitamins and minerals, but the amount and type of nutrients varies considerably from one product to the next. Serious Mass has 100 percent or more of the daily value of 17 nutrients, while Super Mass Gainer has about 50 percent to 100 percent of 15 nutrients. By comparison, Real Gains only lists 4 nutrients, ranging from 7 percent to 35 percent of the daily value and Pro Gainer has 20 percent to 50 percent of 22 vitamins and minerals. Tru Mass is not fortified, but it contains calcium, iron and magnesium from other ingredients such as sunflower powder.
Real Gains, Super Mass Gainer and Serious Mass contain 457 milligrams, 1,050 milligrams and 1,560 milligrams of potassium, respectively. Multivitamin-mineral supplements don't contain more than 99 milligrams of potassium per serving, because quantities of potassium over that amount become toxic, reports the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University. Getting more than 99 milligrams through supplements may cause nausea, diarrhea and vomiting. If blood levels of potassium get too high, you may experience tingling in the hands and feet, muscular weakness or a potentially serious abnormal heart rhythm.
- Supplement Reviews: Weight Gainer Reviews
- Body Builder Science: What Is the Best Mass Gainer Supplement in 2015? Our Top 3 Recommendations and Reviews
- Top 10 Supplements: Weight Gainer Rankings: Best Mass Builders of 2015
- A1 Supplements: Universal Nutrition Real Gains
- Optimum Nutrition: Pro Gainer
- BSN: True Mass
- Optimum Nutrition: Serious Mass
- Vita Cost: Dymatize Super Mass Gainer
- Nutrition Review: Medium Chain Triglycerides: Beneficial Effects on Energy, Atherosclerosis and Aging
- Oregon State University: Linus Pauling Institute: Potassium


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Visual Flight Rules
VFR night training is an essential element in the career of every pilot. It allows the pilot to perform night flights in good weather conditions. One of the main advantages is giving students the opportunity to learn the art of flying form a completely different angle. VFR night is an additional rating added to your LAPL(A) or PPL(A). It allows you to fly at night according to VFR. In accordance with the requirements of the PART-FCL, the candidate must perform a minimum of 5 hours of night operations as part of practical training in order to obtain authorization to fly by VFR.
Course of training
Training consists of 7 hours of theoretical training and a minimum of 5 hours of practical training. At the end of the course there is a practical exam with an ATO instructor.


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Complementing our own award winning cask and craft beer range, we work with the markets key brand owners to supply thousands of products for your venue. Our wide portfolio ranges from keg, craft and cask beers to a wide range of ciders, wines, soft drinks and spirits, not to mention an ever evolving selection of premium, speciality and niche spirits, wine and champagne.
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Davids Coffee Table Project
Product Description
These simple projects have been suggested by the mill staff as easy projects beginner woodworkers, looking for new modern projects for in and about the house.
The sawmill can provide the timber, cut to size and you have to provide the machining, to fit it together. All the tools can be purchased from our online store. If you dont want to use the timber we have used, let us know and we can provide alternatives or if you have your own project that you want a quote to supply the timber for, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com and we will happily organise a quick quote, with the price, availability and delivery if required.
You will recieve the following cutting list supplied by Yandles sawmill
4) 32" x 6" x 1" parallel edged and planed ex
2) 38" x 3" x 1.5" parallel edged and planed ex
2) 30" x 3" x 1.5" parallel edged and planed ex
4) 20" x 3" x 3" parallel edged and planed ex
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2) 32" x 3.5" x 5/8" parallel edged and planed ex
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- Router or morticer
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This is a 'Flat Pack' style product, you will need to follow the step-by-step instructions to create this project
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Step one: Take the four 32 x 6 x 1 and join two to each other. Leave to dry. Once dry, join the two pieces together to make one 24" piece.
Step two: David chose to mitre the 1.5" pieces to make a frame. Making sure it fitted to the 24" piece he earlier created he then biscuit jointed the two pieces together. The other option would be to butt joint them(using square joints)
Step three: Route or mortice a 3.5" long and 5/8" deep channel into the top of two faces of all four legs. Slot in the 5/8" pieces and glue to make the base.
Step four: Sand to desired finish
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The Wally 100 Tango at 13:19 this afternoon took line honours in the 66th edition of the Rolex Giraglia with a real-time of 23h48m55s.
Thanks to the tactical talent of a French-led crew, with Marc Pajot and Thierry Peponnet taking turns at the helm of the black Maxi. It's still difficult to get an idea of the classification in compensated time with the fleet still very stretched out between Corsica and Genoa.
'I think it's a race that will last about 24 hours' Thierry Peponnet, the French champion and tactician of the Wally 100 Tango had said before the race, and his estimate was barely 12 minutes out. But he certainly hadn't expected to win with an overall time of 23h48m55s and a pretty demanding race.
'I'm not a great fan of offshore races, said Marc Pajot, a veteran of the America's Cup and helmsman on board the very fast Maxi designed by Mark Mills, 'but the Giraglia is always special. I've sailed a lot of them, but it's the first time I've won'.
Behind Tango, a sprint finish for Galateia in front of Magic Carpet who sail the race that sometimes brought to mind the three-way fight at the end of the Sergio Leone's The good, the bad and the ugly. They sailed the final miles in sight of each other, and the failing wind shuffled the pack, giving the final sprint to Tango.
The first three positions in real-time were a private affair among the three Wally 100s.
Currently the fleet is well stretched out over the 80 miles from the Giraglia to Genoa. Several yachts, especially the smaller ones, should round the rock tonight with most expected to arrive from early tomorrow morning.


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Most years we head down to Walt Disney World for our annual #rec.arts.disney.parks meetups. We've been doing this since 1999, missing only a couple December meets, and in one case, opted to go in October for a special RADP Fall meet which allowed us to attend Food & Wine Fest, the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, and best of all, visit with some of our RADP friends that can only go in October.. fun stuff!
This is where I should admit I don't post to the #radp usenet group much these days. Instead, my online friends have become my Florida Ohana.. radp 'cousins' if you will. A friendship originated from the internet, becoming a "IRL" friendship that is much stronger & much more real than the internet. =)
The focus on visiting WDW for me, has become much less about the parks & more about having fun with our Disney friends.
Suffice to say we had a good time this past trip (we flew out on the 3rd and returned the 12th of December). You can see the entire collection of pix from our trip HERE


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"We have to move from an engine of bureaucracy to an engine of innovation," said Undersecretary of Education Martha Kanter, announcing this week that at least 1,000 high schools around the country will be opening up Makerspaces over the next four years.
What is a Makerspace, you ask? "It's a place where you get to do things," Dale Dougherty, founder of O'Reilly Media's Make magazine and creator of Maker Faire, told Co.Exist. "I think it's sort of a mashup of a shop class, a computer lab, an art class, and maybe a bio lab."
The national Makerspace project is the brainchild of Dougherty and Saul Griffith, many-tentacled inventor and founder of Squid Labs, Instructables, and Howtoons, and is sponsored by a grant from DARPA MENTOR, the defense department's research arm related to advancing manufacturing and reviving the nation's strategic interest in making things; the organization is already sponsoring Makerspaces for adults, so this is a logical extension. There's some pretty heavy national goals riding on this initiative: getting American kids excited about science, math and technology again and fostering a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship. "I feel we're at this point in time where people are looking for some substantial change in education," says Dale. "And I want to be that new thing."
All over the country, kids in hackerspaces and tech shops and in their own garages are making Mentos-and-Diet-Coke rockets, learning to use miter saws and laser cutters, programming kinetic walking dinosaur robots with Arduino microcontrollers, building homemade speakers out of clear PVC that lights up when the music plays, designing and printing 3-D coffee mugs for mom, and ultimately creating something completely new, then documenting and sharing their creations with others for free online or in person at a meetup, like a Maker Faire.
Whether the anarchic spirit of all this can survive a typical public school, where the mantra is "sit still and follow directions," is anyone's guess. Dougherty says his inspiration is Alice Water's Edible Schoolyard movement: create the space and the practice will follow.


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Fresh Romantic Fragrance Magic Solid Perfume Secret Wish 15ml
Feature: Easy to use and highly collectible, they make uniuqe gifts for perfume lovers and Solid Perfume Compact collectors.Solid perfume is used the same as perfume, it can be used on wrist and back on ears. It is very easy to take for everywhere. Description: Name: Secet Wish Condition:New Ingredients: Petrolatum,Ceresin,Parfum(Fragrance),Paraffin,Tocopheryl Acetate,Kernel Oil,Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil,Kernel Oil Sorbitan Tristearate Top Note: Lemon,Calendula,Hami Melon Middle Note: Black Currant,Pineapple Base Note: White Cedarwood,Amber,Muscat Blanc Weight: about 34g Color: As picture Package included: 1 x Solid Perfume


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"Bee Brook ice locked" by my friend Richard Wanderman, on Flickr. Ricoh Imaging GR, high contrast JPEG. Macricostas Preserve, Washington, Connecticut, March 1, 2014. Richard says, "Bee Brook was also quite photogenic although it was tough to get down near the water because the snow and ice would collapse under our feet and going into the brook wasn't something we wanted to do on a cold day…" See post for image in PHOTOS.
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The 2018 national traditional rowing contest opened in Phan Thiet city of the central province of Binh Thuan on June 10.
The two-day competition is co-organised by the Vietnam Canoeing, Rowing and Sailing Federation and the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Binh Thuan province.
It draws the participation of more than 100 athletes from six localities of An Giang, Hai Duong, Quang Binh, Ho Chi Minh City, Dak Nong and Binh Thuan. The athletes will compete in three events of 200m, 500m and 1,000m.
The traditional rowing contest, part of the national tournament system, offers chances for rowers to sharpen their skills and share experience. It also facilitates the preparation of upcoming regional and international competitions.
The team from Hai Duong province triumphed in the men's 1,000m race for 12 rowers right after the opening ceremony.


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October 1-7: Former Party General Secretary Do Muoi passes away
Monday, 2018-10-08 12:58:09
NDO - Former Party chief Do Muoi passes away, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong nominated for Presidential post and Vietnamese level-2 field hospital sent to South Sudan were among notable events over the past week.
Former Party General Secretary Do Muoi passes away
Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Do Muoi, passed away at the 108 Military Hospital at 11:12 pm on October 1, 2018, at the ripe old age of 101, said the National Commission of Health Services for Senior Officials.
He died of old age after a period of serious illness despite efforts by doctors and his family. His funeral was held as a national mourning on October 6 and 7.
Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong nominated for Presidential post
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. (Photo: VNA)
All members of the 12th Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee have agreed to introduce General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong as a candidate for the post of President, to be elected in the upcoming 14th National Assembly's sixth session.
The agreement was made on the second working day of the Party Central Committee's eighth session on October 3.
Party Central Committee's 8th plenum concludes
The Party Central Committee on October 6 wrapped up its 8th plenum after five days of working under the chair of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
It issued an announcement on the work of the plenum, including the conclusion on the socio-economic situation and the state budget in 2018 as well as the plan on socio-economic development and state budget projection for 2019.
Participants reached a consensus to nominate Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong for the National Assembly to elect to the position of the President in its coming 6th session.
Prime Minister leaves for 10th Mekong-Japan Summit
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse. (Photo: VNA)
On October 7, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, his spouse and entourage left Hanoi for Tokyo to attend the 10th Mekong-Japan Summit and visit Japan from October 8 to 10.
The 10th Mekong-Japan Summit marks 10 years of the Mekong-Japan cooperation mechanism, and three years of carrying out the Tokyo Strategy 2015. Vietnam's attendance at the event aims to affirm the country's commitment to this cooperation mechanism.
NA Chairwoman arrives in Turkey for MSEAP 3
National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and a high-ranking delegation from the Vietnamese legislature arrived in Istanbul, the capital city of Turkey, on the afternoon of October 7 (local time).
During the October 7-12 working trip, the NA leader will attend the third Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries' Parliaments (MSEAP 3) and visit Turkey at the invitation of Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin and Speaker of the NA of the Republic of Korea Moon Hee-sang, who are co-chairs of MSEAP, and Speaker of the Grand NA of Turkey Binali Yildirim.
PM attends conference reviewing three decades of attracting FDI
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc addresses the conference. (Photo: NDO/To Ha)
Opening doors to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) is the correct policy, contributing to the successful implementation of important socio-economic development goals in the past 30 years, thus making the FDI sector an indispensable part of the Vietnamese economy.
The statement was made by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc during a conference reviewing three decades of attracting FDI, held in Hanoi, on October 4.
As of August 2018, there were over 26,500 FDI projects in Vietnam with a total registered capital of more than US$34 billion. The FDI sector contributes nearly 20% of the GDP and accounts for 23.7% of the total social investment.
World Bank raises Vietnam's growth forecast for 2018 to 6.8%
The World Bank has upgraded its growth forecast for the Vietnamese economy in 2018 to 6.8%, from a previous estimate of 6.5%, citing a further improvement in the medium-term outlook.
However, the bank predicts that the economy will slow to 6.6% in 2019 and 6.5% in 2020 due to projected moderation in global demand, according to a report released on October 4.
Vietnam's level-2 field hospital sets off for South Sudan
Delegates at the send-off ceremony (Photo: nld.com.vn)
A Vietnamese level-2 field hospital set off for South Sudan to undertake a United Nation peacekeeping mission, following a deployment ceremony held by the Ministry of Defence at Tan Son Nhat Airport, Ho Chi Minh City, on October 1.
The level-2 field hospital's participation in the mission not only illustrates Vietnam's goodwill and responsibility in UN peacekeeping activities but also demonstrates the country's efforts and capacity in the work, contributing to bringing stability and peace for the people in countries and regions of instability, conflict, poverty, backwardness and diseases, said UN Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, Atul Khare.


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I am organizing a five day bookstagram blitz for Pas De Deux by Lynn Turner. This bookstagram blitz runs from 7 till 11 May. Everyone who signs-up for the tour receives a copy of Pas De Deux. Reading, reviewing and/ or making a picture of the book would be very much appreciated, but is optional. There is a giveaway during the tour.
Pas De Deux
By Lynn Turner
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Age category: Adult
Release Date: May 11, 2018 (more…)


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Early October, we both had flu. On the second Saturday, sunlight glimpsed through leaden clouds after overnight rain. We agreed a short walk in the fresh air would do us good. After two weeks of inactivity I thought it judicious to put a bandage on my foot and wear proper walking boots before venturing up to Crow Nest Wood. Almost immediately on hitting the first steep part of the path, my bad foot gave way, with a sharp pain – not in my ankle but on the top part. I hobbled on to reach a low wall where I could squat to tighten the bandage. I was able to proceed, with care, but I rued the decision to wear the boots which I suspected had caused the problem. A little further up, we found a gap in the large garden hedges allowing us to admire trees across the valley displaying autumnal splendour.
At the corner we took the left-hand path, remembering this was usually the quickest route to the top of the wood. But the stony surface and wet leaves compounded by several days' worth of overnight rain, made it arduous and extremely slippy at times. Soon, our noses were assaulted by the stink of sulfur from rotten trees. Disgusting-looking black fungi resembling tyres sprouted from one decayed trunk. Phil slid dangerously off the path to investigate. I had to laugh when he asked "How do I get back up now?" "That's your problem!"
Elsewhere, fungi appeared in more appealing shades of ochre and white. Small caps topped slender stems sprouting among sodden leaves at the edge of the path. An ivory puffball had become covered in green mould – Fungi on fungi as it were.
Among the twisty trees on the top path, green faded slowly from leaves to be replaced by a spectrum of yellows and russets. We continued to the babbling brook and perched on a rock to listen to the gushing waterfall. In search of more we continued towards the old quarry. Here, large patches of deep, squelching mud at last made me glad I had my proper boots on. As predicted, a cascade plummeted down the cliff-face of the quarry creating new streams and yet more deep mud patches. We zig-zagged up and down small paths to avoid them and return to the main route.
Mushrooms grew from a felled birch. White flecked with black, they almost merged with the monochrome stripes of the tree trunk. We mused on the weirdness of the woodland where things appeared dead and alive at the same time. I wondered why it was not a popular spot for witches!
We continued to Wood Top, turned left down to the station and into town for lunchtime pies. I stopped to chat to an old schoolfriend on the way. Back home, I had to immediately take off my muddy boots and jeans…
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slimy strikes in Nuremberg
With its unchanged popular Original Slimy classics, but also with many new and creative applications of its play and modelling masses, Slimy impressively presented itself at this year's Toy Fair in Nuremberg. In addition to the funny new Slimy Keychain products and Cloudy Dough kneading masses for creative design, specialist trade visitors were especially thrilled by the Slimy Bagman and Slimy Turbo Tubes! See below some impressions from JOKER / Trend Alliance booth at the fair!
GREAT Presence ON THE Zooevent IN Kassel
Also at this year's garden and Zooevent from from 26 to 28 September in Kassel the innovative PetCare care products for pets had again been one of the stars of the show and were chosen by the show management as one of their favorites for the fair champion. In addition to the new application concepts for the PawCare and EyeCare gel-compounds, also RollCare, the washable lint roller, and Pet-nic, the practically sealable food bowl for on the go, inspired the visitors. Besides the most important representatives of the pet supplies sector in Germany, also many international visitors came to the TrendAlliance PetCare stand in Hall 1-2!
From 20 to 21 September 2014, PetCare Provet, a special application for the therapeutic care of the paws and eyes of pets, was for the first time presented to a broad audience. A large number of veterinarians wanted to learn about the the advantages of the innovative concept at the booth of our distribution partner Henry Schein Medical. Both the interest and the reactions of the veterinarians were extremely positive. The official launch is scheduled for the second quarter of 2015. The VÖK is the annual conference for veterinarians in Austria, which also this year was attended by around 750 veterinarians.


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Gate ASTER V2 Basic Module (Front Wired)
ASTER V2 is a younger brother of well-known TITAN V2. This world's first 4th generation AEG Control System is destined for V2 gearboxes (including stock, low- and mid-tuned) and even for high-tuned guns (in case of EXPERT firmware). It was designed to achieve maximum reliability at attractive price and hence it has extremely profitable price-performance ratio. Transform your AEG by replacing trigger contacts with computerized controller equipped with innovative optical sensors. Gain a unique tactical advantage thanks to the extremely fast trigger response and lots of other useful functions. ASTER's smart fuse protects your AEG's battery, motor and the controller, even in case of reverse battery connection. This feature, along with the optical sensors, makes ASTER the most durable drop-in unit on the market. You choose how to configure ASTER - simply via trigger or through USB-Link / Blu-Link* and our advanced GCS app. To enjoy full potential of ASTER, you can upgrade its firmware to ADVANCED or EXPERT.
ASTER gives you the option to adjust:
- Fire selector modes
- Pre-cocking
- Rof-control
- Smart trigger
- Battery protection
- Low battery warning
- Adaptive active brake
- Cycle detection
Kit includes:
- ASTER Module with BASIC firmware edition (rear or front wired)
- ASTER Patch
- "Programming via Trigger" Card
- Installation Kit
- Quickstart Guide
- NOTICE! In order to configure ASTER via GCS app, you need the USB-Link or Blu-Link which is not included in the kit.
- BASIC: The best for those who prefer simplicity but require highest quality. Economic version with limited number of functions. If you will decide to have more functions, there is always option to upgrade firmware from BASIC to ADVANCED.
- ADVANCED: The best for those who like complex solutions. Advanced version with wide variety of functions. It enables access to the Statistics and ASTER World Rankings.
- EXPERT: The best for experienced airsofters. Vast diversity of settings and options combined with maximum configuration capabilities allow to prepare for the most demanding mission (EXPERT firmware will be released in early Fall together with GCS Big Update).


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What saddens me is what I experience when working with my smaller clients. They have some clients with small and even tiny fleets (usually under 50 trucks and some very tiny – <10 trucks). Many are localized and/or generally operate a vehicle that is not subject to roadside inspections. These fleets have little to no interaction with DOT inspectors. As such, they rarely have enough inspections to rank in any category. Yet we see these New Entry companies being shut down before they even get off the ground. Why? Because they had 2 inspections and one was "bad" thus placing them in a percentile above the 35% limit for OOS. This triggers an audit and/or it is New Entry review time and they fail due to their scores or rather lack of scores and evidence that are compliant.
I recall when the New Entry audit was a training process instead of a punitive process. Now with auto fail; the doors are closed for 60 days. A small company like this has no course of recoupment. In 60 days, their accounts will be gone to their competitors. Yes, they need to know how to comply with DOT regulations. Totally in agreement here. Either make these companies pass a test, like our Canadian neighbors do, prior to obtaining their DOT number or return to the training process. Up the audit to 6 months instead of 18 months but don't close their doors unless they are egregious violators. We need to give small business a chance. I realize we also need to protect highway safety but we need to score a balance. We cannot allow one bad inspection from an untrained, non typical CMV driver to cost a business owner their livelihood.
I have worked with 3 clients in the past 2 months that fall into this category. Ironically, 2 of them, in opposite parts of the country, are being shut down for the same violation. They failed to connect a breakaway cable or it had come loose during transit. These are pickup truck operators, not CMV drivers for the norm. They come under scrutiny when they attach to a trailer, on rare occasions. As such a DOT number is required. Often, transport driving is the last of their qualifications. These are generally service professionals (e.g. technicians) that drive this vehicle as a means of transport to their job site. These are not commercial drivers per se. They are everyday folks that happen to be in a vehicle that occasionally become classified as a CMV due to it being used while they are generating revenue performing their skilled tasks (i.e. other than truck driving).
We all know that DOT regulations are geared towards the OTR company and the CDL driving professional. All other drivers try to fit into these rules and often with much difficulty. Yes, there are exemptions but they do not always fit either. It is this one size fits all mentality that causes non traditional use of CMVs such issues. It may also be these uses that skew the numbers. Perhaps they need a category all their own with rule sets that better apply to their application. This would allow peer group comparison against true peers and not just via size of fleet. I realize that mileage weighs into the algorithm but these non-traditional fleet (i.e. non trucking companies) need their own group(s). It would benefit fleets running locally or regionally to be thus categorized as well. Bottom-line, we need to move from this one size fits all mentality into real world scenarios. This is especially true when a person's entire business is at risk.
I look forward to seeing the outcome of this new rating proposal. Perhaps it will address some of these issues. Perhaps it will not. We need more "real people" involved in these processes and not just bureaucrats or those industry representatives that have risen so far from their humble beginnings as to forget what it takes to be a small business start up. As your own stats read the other week; most companies with DOT numbers are not the trucking giants but the small business person. Is it not time we have rules and regulations that can relate to both distinct groups?
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Cancer: it destroys organs, normal lives, families. This disease, that we as a society know all too well, starts in our cells and ends with one less person in the annual Christmas card. Dealing with cancer is consumed with Chemo, hair loss, and white blood cell counts, but in some cases there is something more than just mutating cells.
I was four when my Grandma was first diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. Her whole adult life, she was plagued with depression, only seeing the incorrect brush strokes of life's big picture. But cancer changed her. I grew up seeing my grandmother enduring hours of chemotherapy and starting to regularly attend my church. With hair loss came losing the importance of utmost perfection in her life. When counting white blood cells, blessings were counted too. On her long and twisted journey to becoming a better person, the cancer was always there, lurking. But I think that was what pushed her forward.
Cancer often ends lives, but with my Grandma's diagnosis she started a new one. Sometimes the darkest moments in our lives are the ones most needed. Cancer is horrible, scary and degrading, but as my Grandma used to always say 'you can either laugh or cry' and she laughed with a passion. This depressing, distressing, dismal disease can be either heartbreaking or heart-making.
Her journey ended, but she was glad to be able to have nine years to see her three granddaughters grow up and have the time to grow in her faith. When life sentences us with a last chance, it can be viewed as a second chance.
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More than 700 ethnic alumni returned to Rice Sept. 14-15 for a weekend of multicultural events in honor of the university's Centennial Celebration.
More than $100,000 was raised through donations and ticket sales to host events for the Association of Rice University Black Alumni (ARUBA), Rice University Community of Asian Alumni (RUCAA) and the Society of Latino Alumni of Rice (SOLAR.) The Office of Public Affairs' Multicultural Community Relations led the planning for all three events.
David Medina, director of multicultural community relations, said such events are important because they help alumni build a stronger connection to their alma mater.
"They re-engage and re-energize the alumni," Medina said. "These events provide alumni and students an opportunity to network with each other, which helps students become more engaged alumni after they graduate."
Many alumni who participated in the weekend of events have not participated in alumni affairs for a variety of reasons, Medina said.
"When we created an event that specifically addressed their interests, they felt honored to participate in that event," he said. "We also engaged community members who came on behalf of their colleagues, family and friends."
ARUBA kicked off the weekend with a panel discussion and viewing of the film "Young, Gifted and Black: Reflections from Black Alumni at Rice."
Hosted by KTRK-TV co-anchor Melanie Lawson, the event featured remarks by President David Leebron and Association of Rice Alumni Board Member Monique Shankle '86. The panel included Jan West '73, Terrence Gee '86 and Douglas Newman of Mouth Watering Media.
The 80-minute film explored the lives of 15 distinguished black alumni before they came to Rice, during their stay at Rice and their careers after Rice.
For alumna Karen Kossie '85, attending a religious service the day after the event drove home the success and impact of the film.
"We have what is called a 'testimony service' where congregants are given space to publicly acknowledge the goodness of God," she said. "Well, the ARUBA event received positive press during our worship hour. It was referenced in at least five testimonies."
The RUCAA events began early Sept. 15 with a breakfast and symposium, which featured programs by Ed Chen '59, Anne Chao '05 and Adria Baker, associate vice provost for international education.
The breakfast was followed by a luncheon at Cohen House with Leebron and University Representative Y. Ping Sun and a keynote address by Marinda Wu, national president-elect of the American Chemical Society.
George Hirasaki, the A.J. Hartsook Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, expressed thanks for including his students — current and former — in the event.
"Some saw each other for the first time since they graduated," he said. "It was very gratifying for me to see my former students doing well."
The weekend concluded with SOLAR receptions Saturday evening.
The evening began with a reception at the Turrell Skyspace and was followed by a dinner gala.
Attendees watched a screening of the 30-minute film "Reflexiones: The Latino Experience at Rice," and George P. Bush '98 presented a keynote address. A special presentation was made to University Professor Richard Tapia. The evening concluded with a dance.
Alumna and co-chair of the SOLAR event Sofia Adrogué '88 described the momentum created by SOLAR as "formidable."
"We represented over five decades of Rice University alumni and one brave professor," Adrogué said. "Individual as well as collective contributions are evidenced by the success of the evening and the legacy left with our film."
Lasting influence
Medina said that the success of the weekend was another way of showing the community at large how Rice is serving different groups of Houston.
"With experiences like these, we create more goodwill ambassadors for Rice," he said. "Those ambassadors then go out and tell a positive Rice story."


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Previously (from 2006 to 2015), Mr. DaGrosa was one of three Senior Partners of 1848 Capital Partners, LLC ("1848") and was responsible for all of the firm's private equity investments. In 2008, 1848 partnered with a large family office to acquire Jet Support Services, Inc. ("JSSI"), the largest independent provider of warranties for maintenance on private jets in the world. Mr. DaGrosa currently serves as Vice-Chairman of JSSI and co-manages JSSI's public securities investment portfolio.
In 2003, Mr. DaGrosa co-led an investor group to form Heartland Food Corp., a platform company used to acquire 128 Burger King restaurants out of bankruptcy. Mr. DaGrosa (along with his partners) helped build this portfolio company to 248 restaurants before successfully selling the business to GSO Capital (now part of The Blackstone Group).
From 1996 to 2003, Mr. DaGrosa was a partner at MapleWood Partners, LP, a private equity firm founded by one of the pioneers in the U.S. private equity business. Mr. DaGrosa served as the firm's Chief Administrative Partner where he was responsible for the firm's legal, accounting and banking relationships. In 2000, he took on the additional role of Co-Head of Transactions for the firm.
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5.4 Step 2: phenotypic analysis
5.5 Step 3: molecular interactions
5.6 Other experiments
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Chapter 6: Further application: adult stem cells and tissue regenerations
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6.2 Cell types in heart and their lineages
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In recent years, a number of academic and commercial software packages and databases have been developed for the analysis and screening of biological data; however, the usability of these data is compromised by so-called novel genes to which no biological function is assigned. Annotating new genes outlines an approach to the analysis of evolutionary-conserved, heart-enriched genes with unknown functions, offering a step-by-step description of the procedure from screening to validation. The book begins by offering an introduction to the databases and software available, before moving on to cover programming guidelines, including a specific case study on the use of C-It for in silico screening. The second half of the book offers a step-by-step guide to experimental validation concepts and procedures, as well as an overview of additional potential applications of this approach in the field of stem cells and tissue regeneration, before a concluding chapter summarises the concepts and theories presented.
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- Focuses not only on screening but also on biological validations
- Provides details of databases and software (web interface) products for biologists with minimal computation skills
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El Niño has strengthened and will likely peak in the late fall and last until the spring, bringing much-needed relief to regions in California affected by drought, federal weather officials said Thursday.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the highest legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories. It alone has parliamentary sovereignty over all other political bodies. At its head is the Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II.
The parliament has an upper house, the House of Lords, and a lower house, the House of Commons. The Queen is the third part of Parliament.
Parliament developed from the early medieval councils of bishops and earls that advised the sovereigns of England.
In the Middle Ages and early modern period there were three kingdoms within the British Isles — England, Scotland and Ireland — and these developed separate parliaments. The 1707 Acts of Union brought England and Scotland together under the Parliament of Great Britain, and the 1800 Act of Union included Ireland under the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The parliament at Westminster in London is sometimes called the "Mother of all Parliaments"[1]
Parliament of England
The English Parliament has its origins in the Anglo-Saxon Witenagemot. In 1066, William of Normandy brought a feudal system, where he sought the advice of a council before making laws. In 1215, this council got the Magna Carta from King John, which established that the king may not levy or collect any taxes (except the feudal taxes to which they were hitherto accustomed), save with the consent of his royal council, which slowly developed into a parliament.
In 1265, Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester called the first elected Parliament. The Laws in Wales Acts of 1535–42 annexed Wales as part of England and brought Welsh representatives to Parliament.
When Elizabeth I was succeeded in 1603 by the Scottish King James VI of Scotland, (James I of England), the countries both came under his rule but each kept its own Parliament.
Parliament of Scotland
In the Scotland in the High Middle Ages the King's Council of Bishops and Earls was the beginning of the Parliament of 1235.
Parliament of Ireland
The Irish Parliament was founded to represent the English community in the Lordship of Ireland, but the native or Gaelic Irish were not allowed to vote or stand for office, the first known meeting being in 1264. In 1541 Henry VIII declared the Kingdom of Ireland. The Gaelic Irish lords were now entitled to attend the Irish Parliament as equals of the majority of English descent.
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|The English Wikibooks has more information on:
- MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005
- Parliament of England
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom
- Parliamentary procedure
- ↑ Jones, Clyve. (2012). A short history of Parliament: England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Scotland, p1; excerpt, "It is a commonly held misconception that the Westminster parliament is the 'mother of all parliaments' ... but the original phrase in 1865 was 'England is the mother or all parliaments'"
Further reading
- Blackstone, Sir William 1765. Commentaries on the Laws of England. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Davies M. 2003. Companion to the Standing Orders and guide to the proceedings of the House of Lords, 19th ed.
- Farnborough, Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron 1896. Constitutional history of England since the Accession of George the Third, 11th ed. London: Longmans, Green and Co.
- "Parliament." (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed. London: Cambridge University Press.
Other websites
- The Parliament of the United Kingdom. Official website.
- The Parliamentary Archives of the United Kingdom. Official website.
- History of Parliament. Official website.
- The British Constitution A general introduction to the principles underlying the UK Constitution
- The Parliament of the United Kingdom. Parliament Live TV.
- Provides online viewing of debates in The House of Lords, House of Commons and Westminster Hall debates. In addition, committee meetings can be viewed live or viewed from beginning to end. Using a 56k dial up connection streamed debates can be followed, though with erratic video and sound prone to disruption.
- The British Broadcasting Corporation. (2005). "A–Z of Parliament."
- Information links to Government, political parties and statistics.
- The Guardian. (2005). "Special Report: House of Commons."
- The Guardian. (2005). "Special Report: House of Lords."
- Parliamentary procedure site at Leeds University
- Works by the Parliament of the United Kingdom at Project Gutenberg


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