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Bad: Whereas at the retailer, I used to be not welcomed in. I walked round for nearly 7 minutes on the lookout for their books, and nobody requested if I needed help. Canine are the initials of the top is a broad nostril, thick black funds black yellow canine and canine means chocolate smeđe.Nos color usually disappears. Accepted colourways are Merles (blue, brindle or fawn), Harlequin, and shades of fawn with or without a black mask. A St Albans man, 32, was arrested on Friday over the incident following a tip-off to Crime Stoppers. Relating to shade, this dog has 2 colours on their feathers, specifically, black pink and black, but, usually, this dog has a black colour. Coupons are redeemable for in-store purchases of canine or cat food, treats, chews, rawhide or cat litter. He likes to be involved, even shredding paper along with his beak whereas I clip coupons. Name Alan Baker at Direct Energy Solar at 845-467-0438 or alan.baker@ on your free session – and for those who do an set up, mention this advert to help the animals at Pets Alive!
Coupons issued from 10/31/sixteen-eleven/27/16 are redeemable from 10/31/16-half of/17 and coupons issued from 11/28/16-1/2/17 are redeemable from 11/28/sixteen-1/29/17. Learn about their behaviors and what goes into their day by day care and all of the methods you possibly can assist: socializing, cleansing stalls, mucking fields, grooming and far more!
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If you have a PC, click here to see the night sky from Cattle Point facing South across the Salish Sea to the Olympic Mountains and Port Angeles. Apple does not support flash so this will not display on iPads or iPhones.
If you are looking at this on an iPad or iPhone, click here to see an old fashioned chart of the sky. The image will be "real time".
So, holding your device above your head with EAST in your left hand and WEST in your right hand. You face SOUTH with NORTH behind you. It will feel wrong but it is correct.
If you are ready for a real-time astronomy app, then try Star Walk.
Star Walk is a cool iPhone app that will show you what you are looking at in the sky.
Solar System Visualization
Also if you have a Windows PC, click here to see the "flash" visualization of the Solar System.

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Find Out How CRM Software System WorksPosted in CRM Software on May 2nd, 2007
If your business is having trouble getting over the proverbial hump, a quality CRM software system may be the key to reaching that next level. CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management, and this type of software can be an effective way to learn more about your customer base while improving the bottom line. In this article, we'll discuss this unique business tool, and find out how CRM software system works to improve both relationships and profits.
The basic idea behind an effective CRM strategy is to learn more about the customers you currently have so that you are better able to serve them. While this sounds simple enough, the fact of the matter is that often times businesses are unaware of this information, or worse yet do not think it is important. This is a crucial error that may be costing your business hundreds of thousands of dollars every year. A quality CRM software system works to give you insight into what makes your client base tick; so that you will be able to provide them with the options that they are really looking for. How does a CRM software system work to gain such information? Let's take a closer look.
Wouldn't it be great if you could implement a CRM software system and see the results just roll in? Unfortunately, that is not how it works. Rather, a successful CRM system hinges on your ability to collect and gain insight into your customers through a wide variety of methods. Through marketing campaigns, phone surveys, web site traffic, and mailings, you can start to get a clearer picture as to the preferences of your customers. You can then input this data into a CRM software system, which will analyze your findings for certain patterns. The next step involves employees of your company sifting through these findings to gain better insight into what strategies to focus on next. Proper employee training is just one of the keys to a successful CRM software system. Let's now turn our attention towards a couple more keys.
To take advantage of the benefits offered by a CRM software system, you must first have a clear understanding of your customer base. For instance, a bank will need a different strategy than say a hardware store. With different clients expecting different types of service, every business has a responsibility to identify the needs of their customer base, and then work a plan based around these needs. Secondly, it is vital that you collect as much information and insight as you can. This will increase the chances for your CRM software system to come up with an innovative and successful business model, which should hopefully increase your profit margin. Lastly, it is important that all of your employees have the proper training and belief in the capabilities offered by a CRM software system. This will help to ensure that everything is being done towards the common goal of improving customer service.
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A Word In Season – Volume Two
Dr. R. J. Rushdoony
Dan & Becky Knopp
These daily messages on the faith for all of life are unlike any compilation of Christian "devotional" ever published. In these pages, you won't find the overly introspective musings of a Christian pietist; what you'll discover are the hard-hitting convictions of a man whose sole commitment was faithfulness to God's law-word and representing that binding Word to his readers.
Although Dr. R. J. Rushdoony is most known for his scholarly works on theology, history, philosophy, economics, education, and statecraft, A Word in Season reveals the intense, but simple, approach to applying one's faith to every area of life and thought. This is all done in a format of bite-sized readings on the uncompromised faith.
The multi-volume series is taken from over 430 articles written by Rushdoony over the span of 25 years (1966-1991) for the California Farmer, an agricultural periodical that provided him a regular column entitled "The Pastor's Pulpit." It has long been a desire of many to see these insightful and challenging articles published in a book format. We're happy to announce that the wait is over. Read and enjoy!
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Connected vehicles have the potential to deliver tremendous value to both consumers and the transportation industry. As part of the larger intelligent transportation ecosystem changes, connected vehicle applications provide connectivity between and among vehicles, infrastructure, and wireless devices. This, in turn, can to assist in preventing crashes, easing traffic congestion and delivering new and exciting applications directly to the vehicle….Read more
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ATIS Advances Connected Vehicle Cybersecurity Through Industry-to-Industry Collaboration
WASHINGTON — Aug. 10, 2017 — Connected vehicle cybersecurity took a major step forward today with publication of the ATIS report, Improving Vehicle Cybersecurity: ICT Industry Experience & Perspectives. Cybersecurity is vitally important to the future of automated vehicles. Both the information and communications technology (ICT) industry and vehicle original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are proactively addressing cybersecurity challenges. This new ATIS…Read more
ATIS Forms Alliance with Auto-ISAC to Advance Connected Car Cybersecurity
WASHINGTON — Nov. 8, 2016 — ATIS today announced its strategic alliance with the Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Auto-ISAC) to advance the shared goal of connected car cybersecurity. ATIS formed its Connected Car Cybersecurity Initiative to spearhead direct industry-to-industry dialogue between the ICT industry and vehicle original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to address improved cybersecurity for connected cars. The Auto-ISAC is…Read more


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The India's decision of not sending its cricket team to Lahore to participate in the four-nation Asian Test Championship has given a body blow to the spirit of India and Pakistan peace talks. The decision was taken afteréa meetingébetween Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and three senior cabinet colleagues, Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani , External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh and Uma Bharti, the Indian Sports Minister . Reports also reveal that Mr Jaswant Singh was in favour of India's participation, but Mr Advani and Ms Bharti coerced the Prime Minister into making yet another decision against his wishes
The hawks in the BJP-led coalition government are denying all chances to normalise relations between the two neighbour countries. Millions of cricket fans on both sides of the border are disappointed by the latest Indian pull-out, believing that sports and politics should not be mixed.éIndia seems to view cricket encounters with Pakistan as wars by other means. In contrast, Pakistan is willing to play with Indiaéat home or away tournaments. It is in better interests of both countries to meet in cricket grounds rather giving hawks a chance to prepare grounds to encounter in battle fields.
In another interesting development this week India has appealed to Pakistan to help it in countering the decision by the United States Patent Office to give a "varietal patent" to Texas company Ricetec for selling its rice as a superior strain of Basmati. If it is inétheir business interests, New Delhi does not mind 'cross-border terrorism'. The Lahore declaration was signed due to Nawaz Sharif's acceptance of India's formula 'Business first andéKashmir later'. But the General Pervaiz Musharraf's insistence on 'Kashmir first and Business later' did not allow inking a Declaration.
Would it not be the right approach to play cricket andéput Basmati rice biryani in banquet menu of next Summit talks between Indian Prime Minister Atal Baharee Vajpayee and Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf to resolve the core issue of Kashmir. And a message to BJP hard-liners from millions of cricket fans from both side of the border é Give us a break. This is not Cricket by any means.


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Gimme a Call
Devi Banks' boyfriend Bryan has just dumped her, right before senior prom. She's spent the last three years devoting herself to him. She blew off studying and all her friends to be with him and now he's gone and she has nothing. As if things weren't bad enough she just dropped her cell phone in the fountain at the mall! AND, now whenever she tries making a call she gets some crazy girl pretending to be her-from three years ago! Or is she pretending....what if the girl on the other end of the phone really is her? 14-year Devi, pre Bryan Devi? Can 17-year old Devi convince 14-year old Devi to stay away from Bryan? To study hard to get into a good college and hold onto her friends? Devi is about to find out that sometimes changing your past doesn't work out so well in the future.
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Spring Roundtable – Bench Musings
Yesterday was my turn in the spring roundtable discussions, and I decided to focus on the players that will make up the bench. We all know what the starting lineup will be on opening day (so long as nobody gets injured in spring training, knock on wood). There are going to be a couple spots on the bench that may be up for grabs. Let's see what the other UCBers thought before I give my thoughts.
Doug Vollet – Baseball Geek in Galveston
I think Ty Kelly should make it over Dean Anna or Kozma given his OBP skills, but I'll bet he starts out at AAA while Kozma gets the "he's a veteran, he deserves to be up here" tag.
As a fan, I'd like to see what Piscotty could do against big league pitching. As a GM wannabe, I know it makes more sense for him to start out the season at AAA, given our pair of extra OF-ers in Grichuk and Bourjos.
Cruz is our de-facto backup catcher, but as last year proved, we don't rrust him for long stretches, so we should look into acquiring someone we *can* trust. As last year proved, yadi isn't invulnerable. One more awkward slide and we might be scrambling again.
That's my two cents.
Bill Ivie – I-70 Baseball
I think the bench is fairly well set, despite what fans may hope for. This roster looks pretty settled, barring any injuries.
With that, I would anticipate a bench of – Mark Reynolds, Pete Kozma, Tony Cruz, Randal Grichuk and Peter Bourjos.
That said, if Piscotty tears the cover off the ball in spring and Grichuk or Bourjos stumbles, I could see that changing. Anna or Kelly will have to play their way on to the team out of spring and, similar to what Doug said, I'm not sure they can overcome the "veteran" tag on Kozma.
I'm excited to have baseball back but this spring may be pretty vanilla if you're a Cards fan.
Dathan Brooks – Go Crazy, Big Boy
It seems like it always happens during these roundtables…but I agree with Bill. (Still hard to make myself type that–LOL)
Given MLB rules prohibiting Matheny from doing it, we need a backup catcher, and Cruz is it, for better or worse. RG & PB give OFers days off when needed, or allow Holliday to DH when the time comes, ratcheting the OF defense up a notch or five. I think Reynolds HAS to be on the bench. There's been a glaring lack of power off the bench the past couple of years, and while there are obviously several holes in his bat, if a pitcher makes a mistake to a veteran guy with power like him, it could be the difference in the game. That said, mark my words, there will be fans calling for Reynolds' crucifix by the ASB, due to those Ks. Kozma might be the only guy who could get bumped. Maybe Scruggs, maybe Piscotty, who knows…I agree that it's probably less probably for that, though.
Matt Whitener – Cheap Seats Please
I believe the bench to be fairly set as well, with some fairly defined roles.
Catcher is Cruz's because while he certainly has some limitations at the plate, he does call a good game and has a proven rapport with the staff. And that is really all that I want from a backup catcher. Everything else is a bonus. The team is making succession plans for Molina currently, but with Cody Stanley and Carson Kelly still in the oven, Cruz fills a low-cost/relative value need.
Mark Reynolds is the shoe in, and said that he is comfortable with spelling Carp at third as well. So he kills three birds with one stone in regards to value.
Peter Bourjos and Randal Grichuk are the obvious fills in the outfield, and a pretty nice surplus to have. In some regards, I would like to see Grichuk get more at-bats to develop still (his progress with secondary pitches will be something I'll be watching closely this spring/early in the year), but there's a need for him with the big club so I see why he is here. However, I would not be surprised if there is a strong push from a Stephen Piscotty or Tommy Pham that Grichuk's spot is not as secure as it may seem.
The infield is the interesting part, but I think by a device of both contract status and purpose that Kozma is the guy. There is still a need for a ranging middle infielder at both shortstop and second and Kozma fills that role. Also, I do not see the team simply releasing him at the end of camp either. I would like to see more of Dean Anna and Ty Kelly, but versatility is a strength for both as well and Greg Garcia has not played bad when given the opportunity either. However, I think that Kozma has the more defined and superior skill in his glove which holds more specific value here now. The only way I am against him making the club early on is if the team can get back a piece of value elsewhere in a trade.
So, I believe a bench of Reynolds, Kozma, Cruz, Bourjos and Grichuk gets the job done, for now.
However, as an addendum. I believe this will be a very busy year for guys from Memphis making their way onto the Cardinal roster as well, with Kelly, Anna, Piscotty, Pham, Scott Moore, Mike O'Neill and Xavier Scruggs all seeing some time here. And probably shaking up the scene significantly by the time its all said and done.
Mark Tomasik – RetroSimba
I expect the backups to be Tony Cruz at catcher, Mark Reynolds at first base and third base, Pete Kozma at shortstop and second base, Randal Grichuk and Peter Bourjos in the outfield.
Daniel Shoptaw – C70 at the Bat
I'll add to the echo chamber. I really can't see the bench being anything but what everyone else has listed, especially given the fact Kozma is out of options. If they could send him to Memphis, that might change the equation a bit, but I don't think they want to lose his glove.
I really can't see where, barring injury, any of this could change. As noted, this is a roster that's not at all in flux right now.
Eugene Tierney – 85% Sports
I agree with everyone else. Cruz, Reynolds, Kozma, Bourjos, and Grichuk will probably be the bench. I'd like to see Garcia over Kozma, but the option thing goes in Pete's favor.
Scruggs, Pham, Kelly, and Anna all are bound for Memphis and will only see MLB time for an injury or some major struggling.
Dan Buffa – Cardinals Farm
The bench is the most stable thing going into the season but I think there could be some shakeups along the way.
Mark Reynolds was brought in to back up the Matt's on the infield but he is a primary bench power threat at all times. He will strike out a lot but for a guy with seven straight 20 home run seasons like Reynolds, sometimes it hurts not to swing.
Pete Kozma is a Matheny guy, takes the de facto Descalso spot on the roster as the utility infielder/third catcher/blowout bullpen pitching option and I am fine with it. Kozma is a superb infield defender and his bat can catch fire here and there. What more do you want in a guy off the bench? Kelly and Anna will keep Kozma honest throughout the season.
Randal Grichuk has the leg up on Stephen Piscotty because of his playoff home runs, outfield defense and the fact Matheny likes what he brings to the table. Bourjos is there as well. I do expect Stephen Piscotty and Xavier Scruggs to make John Mozeliak's job hard throughout the season especially if they both sizzle in the spring. Tommy Pham isn't getting any younger and is a strong all around player when healthy, so expect him to knock on the door.
Due to the lack of challengers, Tony Cruz is the guy behind Yadier. Sure, he knows the staff and supplies good defense, but if Molina goes down Mo has to find a backup because Cruz simply isn't a starter. That is the one position where I worry about but it's tricky. Molina never sits unless he gets seriously injured, so it's not easy to find a guy and tell him he is going to sit a lot. This will come up stronger in 2016 and 2017 when Molina's innings and age start to factor in.
The bench is ready but spring could flip the tables a bit if certain players surprise with their performances. Piscotty, Pham and Kelly could challenge the proposed seat holders which makes it all the more fun to watch.
Daniel Solzman – Redbird Rants
I expect Tony Cruz, Mark Reynolds, and Peter Bourjos for sure to head north with the Cardinals. These three are the no-brainers.
Either Pete Kozma or Greg Garcia will, too, seeing as how the emergency backup catcher is now with the Rockies.
Either Randal Grichuk or Stephen Piscotty makes the club as the fifth outfielder.
My thoughts…
I agree with pretty much everyone here. I think that it will end up being Cruz, Reynolds, Kozma, Bourjos, and Grichuk on the bench to start the year.
I would prefer Grichuk to get another year at AAA, though. Last year was his first above AA, and if you add up the two years that he was at AA and AAA, 1014 PAs total, he's hitting around .257 with an on base percentage around .308. Not exactly great numbers. He needs more seasoning, especially against breaking balls. He may be able to launch fastballs quite far when he gets ahold of them, but I he needs more time to develop, and then he may be a good 4th outfielder in the future.
I'd like to see what Ty Kelly could do, especially since he's an on-base machine. The guy still has some pop, but with the way he's hit the last couple of years at the high levels, I'd prefer him as a bench bat instead of Grichuk. If we're not paying any attention to positions (and really trading a 2nd outfielder for a 3rd infielder, neither are going to see the field very often unless Matheny plays them when he shouldn't, which is very likely), then the only thing I care about is hitting, and comparing AA and AAA numbers, Kelly is a better hitter than Grichuk, hands down.
Those are just my thoughts. If you have any, feel free to leave them in the comments below.


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WASHINGTON – Consumer borrowing fell in June for a fifth straight month as households keep cutting back on credit card use.
Borrowing dropped at an annual rate of $1.3 billion in June, the Federal Reserve reported Friday. That marked the 16th drop in overall credit in the past 17 months.
Americans backed away from swiping their credit cards for the 21st straight month. That offset a rise in the number of auto loans.
Households are borrowing less and saving more, and that has dragged on the overall economy by lowering consumer spending.
The $1.3 billion June drop in borrowing was much smaller than the $5 billion decline that economists had expected. The government also revised the May decline to show a smaller drop of $5.3 billion rather than the initial $9.2 billion decrease.
While a smaller decline could signal the long slide on consumer credit is leveling off, economists cautioned against getting too optimistic given continued lackluster job growth and tight credit standards.
"As long as income and employment do not show marked improvements, consumers will avoid taking on new debt," said Gregory Daco, senior economist at IHS Global Insight. "Consumers remain bound by a weak labor market … high debt levels and a fragile housing market."
In a separate report Friday, the Labor Department said the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.5 percent and private employers added only a net 71,000 jobs in July. That is far below the 200,000 or more jobs that are needed each month to make a significant dent in the jobless rate.
Overall credit dropped 0.7 percent in June. It was the smallest decline since credit increased 1.8 percent in January, the only rise since the beginning of 2009. The decrease left consumer credit at an annual rate of $2.42 trillion.
The category that includes auto loans rose 2.4 percent in June following a 1.4 percent increase in May. Analysts are predicting another increase in July after auto sales posted solid gains.
Joshua Shapiro, chief U.S. economist at MFR Inc., said consumer credit has fallen by $163 billion since hitting a peak in July 2008 as households have struggled to repair their balance sheets in the midst of a deep recession.
But he said that household net worth is down by more than $11 trillion since hitting a peak in the spring of 2007, indicating that many households probably still feel under pressure to get their borrowing under better control.
"While off to a good start, household sector de-leveraging still has considerably further to go," he said in a note to clients.
The Fed's credit report covers credit card debt, auto loans and other debt not secured by real estate. It does not cover home mortgages or home equity lines of credit.
Earlier this week, the Commerce Department reported that the personal savings rate climbed to 6.4 percent of after-tax incomes in June. It was the highest reading in nearly a year and three times the 2.1 percent average for all of 2007, before the recession began.
For years, economists worried that the savings rate had fallen too low. But now the concern is that consumers aren't spending enough to help strengthen the recovery. Consumer spending accounts for 70 percent of total economic activity.


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This afternoon my daughter, Lauren, will lace up her running
shoes and run in the city cross country championship at Baylor High
School. As a senior, this is her 7th year to run at
that beautiful school. Many years she has run multiple
races there. Baylor's course is not her favorite, in
fact up until this year, she disliked that course very much.
Last night at the supper table, we were talking about the race today. She had the flu and missed about a week of running, (practice and 2 races). Her coach has given her the option of running with the varsity, (where she has earned a position), or forfeiting her spot on the 7 member varsity team and running on the JV team.
If she chooses to run JV then one of the girls who has run in her spot for two weeks will have to go back down to JV. For most students, this would not be a difficult decision. For my daughter, she is so compassionate-she is struggling with the decision.
What do you think she should do? As her parents we told her, that if she had not been sick, this would not even be a decision because she is the #2 or #3 runner. We advised her to go ahead and run the varsity race, (the runner she would displace is a sophomore, and has a couple of years left to run varsity.)
Tough decision, and we will be proud of her-whichever she chooses. In fact, we are already proud of her for her compassion and support of her teammates.


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WTC7 seems to be a classic controlled demolition. WTC 1 &2 destruction appears to have been enhanced by thermate (a variation of thermite) in addition. Pentagon was not struck by a passenger aircraft. It was a drone or missle.
Monday, September 20, 2004
Molly Ivins, Terrorism in Russia, David Brooks the Dunderhead
AUSTIN, Texas -- You open the paper and read the news from Iraq these days, and all you can say is, "Damn, damn, damn." I'm flat out of ideas about how we can fix this, but I maybe see a couple of wrong roads we should give a miss. I was much struck by a column last week by David Brooks in The New York Times written in an understandable rage against the perpetrators of the school massacre at Beslan, Russia. Condemning the perpetrators of Beslan with all the vigor at his command -- hyperbole is impossible -- leads Brooks to an unfortunate conclusion. Brooks particularly blames the American media, which he argues are "averting their eyes" and being "quick to divert their attention away from the core horror of this act" by paying attention to what he regards as irrelevant: the grievance that served as a justification or pretext for these terrorists' act of evil. In other words, he is so exercised at the utter, unmitigated evil of the terrorists, he thinks history is irrelevant. History does not excuse terrorism, but it sure as hell is relevant, if for no other reason than you have to understand an enemy in order to combat him. Of course we should pay attention to what shaped the Chechen terrorists -- since when is learning about terrorists or trying to understand what motivates them the same as condoning them or their actions? In the case of Chechnya, the history is so grim it draws dramatic attention to precisely how a cult of death can start. Chechnya has a long, bitter history of fighting Russia going back at least two centuries. Those of you who have been paying attention know that after World War II, Stalin deported almost the entire nation of Chechnya to Siberia and dumped most of them off in frozen fields with nothing. So most adult Chechens were born in Siberia. Because of the Chechens' desire for independence, two hideous wars followed, one under President Yeltsin and one under President Putin. Most of us remember the mind-numbingly desolate photos of Grozny, the capital, after the surrender -- beyond Dresden. That's how Chechen terrorism was born. Desire for independence is not something this country normally condemns. Brooks blames the terrorism on the "death cult thriving at the fringes of the Muslim world." At least in the case of the Chechens, that's akin to blaming Catholicism for the IRA. On a larger plane, Brooks thinks we refuse to recognize the absolute evil of the Beslan terrorists because it "undermines our faith in the essential goodness of human beings." Speak for yourself, Brooks. Seems to me the one thing that does not change through history is human nature. Theologians and philosophers will continue to debate human nature. I've always liked an observation about politics made by an old West Texas rancher: "I feel like I'm about equal parts good and bad. There's just not may people appealin' to the good in me." I think we're all capable of evil under extreme circumstances. I do know that most humans are kinder and better people when they are healthy, well-fed, raised by loving people in a secure environment and taught it is wrong to kill. But that doesn't change human nature. One trouble with defining terrorism as absolute evil is, as the saying goes, one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. Second, we appear to be stuck -- permanently stuck -- with war of unequal forces, since no country is dumb enough to declare war on the United States. So we need to learn every thing we can about how to fight these people effectively. Third, defining "terrorist" or any "other" as an absolute, irrational evil gives us a spurious and intoxicating sense of self-righteousness. We become the simon-pure contrast, thus missing any chance to consider if correcting or just changing our own conduct would be effective. One of the things I know about human nature is that in order to kill strangers face to face -- or, God forbid, their children -- you have to either be very afraid or convince yourself that your enemy is completely evil, other, non-human. People seem far more capable of killing other people if they can't see them, which is probably why war has gotten nastier as the technology has gotten better. We have killed an estimated 12,000-14,000 Iraqis since "mission accomplished" and are bombing Fallujah today. For all I know, in some future I cannot envision, this will turn out to be the right thing to have done. Peace and democracy will flourish in Iraq, and we will all bow down to the great wisdom of Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz. But so far, no good. According to both opinion polls in Iraq and in the larger Arab world, our invasion of Iraq has increased hatred of the United States and fanned terrorism. Ignorance and condemnation are not a strategy for dealing with that. To find out more about Molly Ivins and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate web page at www.creators.com.
A Requested and Must-Read Manifesto
Back to the depressing stuff. This author ignores the Orwellian Psyops that are part of the record, but still an interesting read.
Back to the depressing stuff. This author ignores the Orwellian Psyops that are part of the record, but still an interesting read.
Good News for a Change
Great story from NPR's Tavist Smiley Show 9/20/2004
Student Gets Help from Guardian Angel
Nigerian immigrant, Mary Shodiya, moved to America when she was 11. She wanted an education from this country. The academic achieving Shodiya ran into a snag when she discovered she would not qualify for any loans, grants or scholarships to attend Barnard College. She took action and that's where Judith Aidoo, her guardian angel stepped in. NPR's Tony Cox talks with both about how they met on the streets of New York and how Shodiya is attending the college of her dreams.
Student Gets Help from Guardian Angel
Nigerian immigrant, Mary Shodiya, moved to America when she was 11. She wanted an education from this country. The academic achieving Shodiya ran into a snag when she discovered she would not qualify for any loans, grants or scholarships to attend Barnard College. She took action and that's where Judith Aidoo, her guardian angel stepped in. NPR's Tony Cox talks with both about how they met on the streets of New York and how Shodiya is attending the college of her dreams.
He's Got Facts, She's Fascinated
This is a concern, I'd say.
This is a concern, I'd say.
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8:30-9:30 pm March 30, 2012 PST in Sherman Oaks California is the Earth Hour. The goal is to switch off as much electricity as possible during this one hour. During Earth Hour use candles, sit by a campfire or just meditate in the dark. The objective is to use as little power from the grid as possible. For more details: http://www.earthhour.org Blair Thompson will be observing Earth Hour with his family at home, talking around the fireplace.
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Zillow, Trulia, Realtor.com, Bane or Bust – part 3
In Part 1, and Part 2 of this series I covered marketing and evaluation. Part 3 investigates the positives and negatives of syndicating listings from the real estate
agents standpoint. Let me start with the conclusion. "NO". I believe that the future will find fewer and fewer agents "sharing' their listings with syndicating sites. An agents' first obligation is to their client and do the best to market and sell the house they have listed. As explored in part 1, the agent who is contacted by an interested buyer needs to personally know the house being asked about. Continue reading
Zillow, Trulia, Realtor.com, Bane or Bust Part 2 – Marketing
In Part One, Blair Thompson, spoke about the possibility of these syndicated models of evaluation being effective on homes everywhere as well as Sherman Oaks. This part will analyse some of the factors in determining if an agent should be "buying" into the syndication of their listings. This can be divided into 2 parts – 1) is it good for the client, the home seller 2) is it a good thing for the agent?
Zillow, Trulia, Realtor.com, Bane or Bust Part 1 – Evaluation Effectivenss
The attached article addresses the most current trends in thinking when it comes to so called "syndication" of an agents listings to every website, search engine, and agent on the web. MSN.Money In Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California and pretty much the whole nation the fundamental problem with any kind of syndication is that Real Estate is a Local Business dictated by very individual tastes and preferences. This is not a generic business such as Airline tickets that can be packaged and simplified into easily quantifiable factors of timing, location, and price. Continue reading


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After a stellar January, we really blew it with our budget in February. Some of the expenditures were avoidable, some weren't, but it's safe to say that we blew our budget plans big time in February. Some of the "happenings" that occurred that caused us to spend more than we planned included:
- dinner out for my mom and stepdad after we spent the day helping them following a car accident in which my mom slid off the road and into a tree (she's fine, praise God) $43
- An unplanned outing when my nephew called last minute (he's 9) and asked us to attend his basketball game and join him for lunch. $47 for tickets and lunch out
- new jeans and shirts for my two youngest girls when they went on super sale – $42.90
- extra propane to heat the house – we had an unexpected super cold snap – $375
- Some unexpected house repairs – $208.14
These may not seem like huge overages to some, but for those on a mission to get out of debt, this is a lot of cash.
Although we had the cash to pay for all of this stuff, it still bugs me when we go over budget, but it happens. I could justify our overages all day long, but a better idea is to make a plan for recovering from the bust. Here's our plan to recover from the budget plans we wrecked this month.
Be Crazy Frugal in March
Yep, it's already on the books. We WILL NOT spend unplanned in March for non-necessities. We'll work hard to keep the grocery budget on task – even with our juicing – and avoid spontaneous purchases.
Look for Extra Income
I have come across some freelancing opportunities that I might have otherwise passed by, but because I want to make up for last month's overages, I'll be taking those jobs. Rick will also be working overtime whenever asked (although he pretty much does that anyway).
Forgive Ourselves
Budget busts happen. As long as you've got a plan for recovery and haven't justified the overages in a way that means you're destined to repeat them, go ahead and forgive yourself, Move on. Just do better next time.
Financial responsibility is important. Debt freedom means you have the time to do what you want to do. However, money is not the end all, be all of life. Loved ones and loving yourself in a healthy way tops money. Remember that. 🙂
Make Plans to Avoid Future Budget Busts
Another great way to recover from trashed budget plans is to make plans to avoid future budget busts. In our cash, we'll cushion our slush fund a bit more so that budget bust monies can come out of the slush fund when needed.
How do you recover when your budget goes off the rails?


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First Night would not be possible without the help of all our wonderful and dedicated volunteers. Last year approximately 260 men and women assisted in overseeing our many performance venues, answering questions, and ensuring that over 10,000 revelers rang in the New Year in a fun and safe manner. Thank you for choosing to spend your New Year's Eve with us!
Training sessions will only last about an hour and we will be reviewing everything volunteers need to know to help Saratoga Arts present the largest, most enjoyable, SAFEST, family-friendly, New Year's Eve event north of New York City.
Have you read the First Night Saratoga Volunteer Handbook? This is the go-to guide for all things First Night and has sections, like the frequently asked questions section, that we hope our volunteers will find invaluable as they prepare for the event.
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Is mass media skeptical? If the journalists who contribute to the wealth of publications worldwide value truth and objectivity, skepticism ought be rife in popular media. Shouldn't it?
What we find is the opposite – fringe claims, nonsense and silliness run amuck on the pages and the screen. I have pointed out a few egregious examples of outright media sloppiness on this blog before. So, why isn't the media a reliable source of scientific information?
Here's my take:
- Journalists, for the most part, aren't scientifically literate – The profession doesn't emphasise specialist knowledge like it used to. Many people writing about science or topics that deserve healthy skepticism are not versed in science or the scientific method.
- Balance in a science story carries an implicit bias. Balance leads to the dubious claims getting far too much weight. Further, people tend to falsely remember stories in which the false claims gets a decent hearing. A piece about weather does not require a credulous slant towards the one guy who makes a living denouncing the science of meteorology in favour of his "I can predict the weather solely by the moon" nonsense. Call it as it is – a statue bleeding oil is a fraud so call it that.
- Media outlets are not objective – Obvious but often overlooked fact. The selection of news, the selection of facts and lines within stories and their placement in the publication all bear the stamp of organisational bias. Media outlets must sell column inches and air time so the stories will reflect what the target audience wants to hear. See Christopher Hitchens comments about objectivity that follows this list.
- The media is designed to give readers what they want – not to challenge them – Journalist Christopher Hitchens points this out rather forcefully when he says the media generally just reinforce what people already think, not challenge. "It makes people dumber and then it takes them as being dumb and then doesn't ask a challenging question". He says they won't ask a tough question that the audience can't understand in the hope that they won't click to another channel out of boredom.
- Media today is part of the entertainment industry – The principle behind today's journalism is populism and a drive to diminish information down to an entertaining bite size for consumers (the correct term as readers and viewers doesn't capture the true relationship between sender and receiver). This arrangement is implicitly insulting to the public in the sense that the media wants to give you what you want rather than what is true.
- Media outlets are largely concerned with controversies – The, "side with the guy cast aside by the big scientific establishment" theme is appealing to many readers, probably because it sticks up for the little guy.
People use the word objective as if it meant even handed or fair minded or impartial or bipartisan – none of these words mean objective at all, objective means that in a confrontation with the evidence you would be willing to change your mind. – Christopher Hitchens
Bad media, good media and the rise of the blogs
Turn open the pages of any newspaper, read media websites through the eyes of skepticism and see what you find. No doubt you will find examples of what I discussed above. Of course, science journalism exists on a continuum – Fox News, Oprah and ideological skewed media (The Huffington Post) at the absolutely terrible end through to rigorous scholarship at the other.
In between these extremes, where most mainstream publications sit, there are many well intentioned stories that just get it wrong. A little scientific background is usually enough to help these journalists write stunningly clear and accurate stories. This does not guarantee a well written story will make it through the editorial process in the same state, due to the biases and traits mentioned above.
I have mentioned bad science journalism in this blog before. Indeed it is my goal to "right the wrongs" of bad science stories where possible so that anyone who stumbles upon my blog might learn something. Blogging, sadly, has taken the mantle of correcting mass media inaccuracies in this the digital age.
Critical thinking and some knowledge about science empowers us to cut through and clarify the essence of issues, even when the writers/producers do their very best to throw us off.


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The RunSafe Security Story
Very few in cybersecurity deeply understand both attacker mindset and techniques; how they deliberate; how they create exploits and how they prioritize targets. There is a wide knowledge gap between attacker mentality and defender methodology that stacks the odds in favor of an attacker. That's because attackers only need to find a single access point to infiltrate a network, while defenders must protect each and every asset 24/7/365.
Recognizing this plight, many security teams spend significant time, money and resources deploying cybersecurity products in a futile effort to protect assets. However, the available tools cannot keep up with evolving threats and multiplying vulnerabilities – especially those proliferating from the Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). As a result, organizations remain exposed, susceptible and often defenseless.
RunSafe Security is the pioneer of a unique cyberhardening technology for vulnerable embedded systems and devices. The company is led by former U.S. government cybersecurity specialists who know how attackers think about problems, how they weaponize attacks and how they choose targets.
With the ability to make every embedded system and device functionally identical but logically unique, RunSafe Security renders threats inert by eliminating attack vectors, significantly reducing vulnerabilities and denying malware the uniformity required to propagate. By precluding a single exploit from spreading across devices, RunSafe Security disrupts the traditional economics of attacks and denies the routine tactics and techniques that attackers prefer. Finally, the odds of an attacker compromising a vulnerability are in the defender's favor.


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1913 Parcel Post label, Croydon, Richmond Road, Thornton Heath, franked by a 4d SG 379 and tied by Thornton Heath rubber datestamps.
1913 RAILWAY EXPRESS envelope from Birmingham to London franked by two 4d Grey-Green, SG 379 and two 1d Scarlet, SG 342, tied by Birmingham cds; also franked with a 2d NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY Letter Stamp (faults) tied by...
1913 ss CHEVALIER Postcard addressed to Glasgow franked by a ½d Green, SG 344, and tied by a very fine 3rd Type "G.K & ARDRISHAIG PACKET/B/CHEVALIER" circular datestamp, struck upright which is unusual for this. VERY RARE.
1928 Envelope to Glasgow franked by 3 x ½d, SG 418, tied by very fine GALLOWAY SORTING CARRIAGE cds, Index 'U', W 770.
1934 George V 1d Carmine Postcard addressed to Worsley, nr Manchester franked by a ½d Green, SG 418, both tied by superb EAST ANGLIAN T.P.O. DOWN (KINGS LYNN SECTION), Index *, W 563a.
1934 Envelope addressed to Kingston, Surrey franked by a 1d, SG 419 and 1d, SG 420, both tied by very fine LONDON & HOLYHEAD T.P.O./NIGHT DOWN cds.
1914 O H M S Printed envelope addressed to London franked by a 1d, SG 357, tied by a FRENSHAM COMMON CAMP Skeleton datestamp.
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Practical paper about the 8 critical success actions for Information Security in the SANS Leadership Laboratory.
If you are interested on the presentation regarding the 8 critical success actions for an information security function, please leave a comment on this blog.
Paper on two forensic cases, hidden company files and a USB memory stick (submitted for the SANS GIAC Gold Forensic Analyst Certification).
Paper about the DMZ of a start-up (submitted for the SANS GIAC Gold Firewall Analyst Certification).
Paper on secure application development (submitted for the SANS GIAC Gold Security Essentials Certification).
Article on Blackberry deployment in SANS Advisor.
Paper on critical success factors in information security (co-author).


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'Vishwaroopam' has to make Rs 150 crores: Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan's ambitious project 'Vishwaroopam' is being touted as one of the costliest Indian films and the actor-filmmaker says they have to earn more than Rs 150 crores at the box office
The thriller, to be released simultaneously in Hindi and English on January 11, stars Haasan himself in the lead role, alongside Pooja Kumar, Rahul Bose, Andrea Jeremiah and Jaideep Ahlawat.
The film has reportedly been made on a budget of Rs 95 crores and Haasan says they are aiming at more than crossing the 100-crore mark, which is a fad in the film industry these days. "Let alone 100, this film will have to earn Rs 150 crores, otherwise it makes no sense to invest that kind of money. You have to make the content good, and then decide its price.
That's why the DTH price for the movie is high," Haasan said here today. The 58-year-old thespian has planned to release the film via DTH service first, where people can watch it in their homes a day before its theatrical release by paying Rs 1000 for a one-time viewing. Some distributors are unhappy with the decision of screening the film on DTH, as they think it will hamper their business.
Haasan is in the process of sorting out the issue. "I don't think one will affect the other. In India cinema-going is a culture. Watching the film at home and in a theatre are two different experiences. Film piracy takes away more money from the movie distributors than this. At least here the people will pay the money for watching the film," said Haasan.
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We are still months away from the iPhone 8 (it's release has yet to be confirmed), but that has not dampened the Apple rumor mill from running on it's normal 24/7 cycle. The anticipation is heightened by fact that the release will coincide with iPhone's 10th anniversary–and Apple is not one to shy away from make a splash. While little is known about the actual iPhone 8, what we do know is that whenever it is released, it will be running the newly upgraded iOS 11. To help you understand a little more about what you can expect from the new generations of iPhones and iPads, we have put together a list of the top 5 (or so…) new features available in iOS 11. A developer version of iOS 11 is available now, with the full release slated for the fall.
1)Revamped App Store
Coming up on our tenth anniversary ourselves, we have seen Apple and its offerings undergo a number of transformations over that time- well on pretty much everything except for the App Store. But with iOS 11 that has all changed, with a dramatic overhaul that hopes to make discovering apps and games easier. When the App Store was first introduced in 2007, there were only 500 apps available, but now the store contains over 2.2 million, making searchability a much greater priority. The new app store will revolve around its tabs, focusing on what's new and popular with curated content including in-depth interviews, helpful tips, and beautiful artwork. The newly redesigned app product page will give us new ways to market our apps, and show off their usability and features.
2)Increased AR Capabilities
In classic Apple style, they are entering another medium – Augmented Reality- fashionably late to the party, but ready to take their spot among the elite. By introducing ARKit, developers can help build high-quality AR experiences to iPhone and iPad using iOS device's cameras, motion sensors and processors. The OS is only in Beta but AR developers have already been gushing about how simplistic ARKit is to use. This paired with the fact that iOS devices are ready to roll out these new AR apps, makes the outlook for consumer AR extremely positive.
3)Redesigned App Drawer
Similarly to the App Store, the iMessage app drawer is seeing a redesign to create a more convenient experience, and keep you in the app longer- rather than head to similar messengers like WhatsApp, WeChat, or Facebook Messenger. What really excited us the most about the app drawer in iOS 11 is the ability for Apple Pay users to make and receive payments safely and securely without leaving iMessage. The received money gets placed in the new Apple Pay Cash account, and can be transferred to your bank account, used to pay for something online, or sent to another Apple Pay customer. The ability to transfer money within iMessage will make it much more convenient to split money with friends and family, and should help Apple Pay adoption rates rise dramatically.
4)Improved iPad Features
The iPad's continued evolution to full-fledged computer takes a giant leap forward with new iOS 11 features aimed at boosting productivity. A new customizable dock and redesigned app switcher will make multitasking easier with quicker access to your most used apps, while the new Files app will make all of your images and documents more accessible. And for those of you who purchased an Apple Pencil, but haven't found many use cases for it, it is now more deeply integrated into the iPad with support for inline drawing and Instant Notes.
5)Best of the Rest
Condensing our "best of iOS 11" list to just 5 features was a tough task considering the iOS 11 announcement at WWDC '17 was teeming with new improvements from Apple. With that being said, we have decided to cheat and throw all the best of the rest into this category. SIri has been upgraded to sound more natural and include more languages. For budding photographers, the camera sees an upgrade with images taken in Portrait Mode now utilizing optical image stabilization, True Tone flash, and HDR. The control centre now allows for customization and the notifications on the lock screen have been upgraded as well. There is also more support for the Apple Pencil, a one-handed keyboard, screen recording, and Instant-Wifi sharing…we told you iOS 11 was jam packed!
Now we just have to play the waiting game to see if there are some more secret features which can only be unlocked by the next edition iPhones.


text: The third annual conference on imaging genetics was held at Irvine this January. Neither Thomas nor I could go this year, but people tell me it was just as great as previous years. Now you can tell for yourself: videos of all the presentations can now be watched via this web-site. Among the speakers are Lisa Eyler, David Goldstein, Steven Potkin, and Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg.


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July 26th, 2014
THE MOVIE SHOWCAST - "IT'S MAGIC" (w/David Minkin) - "Lucy", "Hercules" & "And So it Goes"
Showcast Episode 60: Just in time for Woody Allen's "Magic in the Moonlight", magician David Minkin joins The Movie Guys in studio to talk movies and blow our minds with a couple of tricks. Plus, previews of "Hercules", "And So It Goes" and "Lucy" with guest co-host, and "Mom On Movies" podcaster Mike J. Nichols, who brings more "Star Wars" archives to the show.
The Movie Guys are Paul Preston, Karen Volpe, Adam Witt & Lee Kias
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I know first kick was Tuesday with L.A. beating Seattle 1-0, but the rest of the schedule gets underway tomorrow. With that in mind I wanted to put out some predications to get us thinking about the MLS season.
1. Over/Under on the number of teams from the Western conference that make the playoffs? 5 1/2
The West is just better and deeper than the East. With RBNY the favorite to win the East, there are a number of teams behind the three favorites (LA, FC Dallas and RSL) who would be slotted as the number two seed in the East. Colorado, San Jose and Seattle all would be favored ahead of the other nine Eastern conference teams in the playoff race.
2. With that said, here are the teams I think make the playoffs:
From the West: LA, Real Salt Lake, FC Dallas, San Jose, Seattle and Colorado.
From the East: RBNY, DC United, Houston Dynamo, Philadelphia Union.
3. Team that could surprise? Portland Timbers
John Spencer is putting together a nice team in the Northwest. He has the attackers in Kenny Cooper (who should be better than he was when he left MLS), Jorge Perlaza and Darlington Nagbe to create scoring chances and a solid defense. They may not make the playoffs but they have speed and guys who can put the ball in the back of the net. They will be a tough out come October.
4. Best turnaround? DC United
I would have said Houston before the Charlie Davies loan. Ben Olsen has overhauled their roster and in the process got younger and more athletic. The addition of Davies and Dax McCarty is going to pay off big time and their young group has shown they can play already. The question with them is between the pipes. If Bill Hamid can get back to full health quick they are going to once again be a force in the East.
5. MLS MVP? Landon Donovan
As much as I hate to follow the crowd he's the obvious choice. Sometime it's more about the players around the star in the MLS MVP vote and Donovan has the best supporting cast in the league. RSL's Javier Morales would be a good choice but he will not create for himself as much as Donovan and the club will be looking for a second scorer next to Alvaro Saborio.
The dark horse, in my opinion, is Sebastien Le Toux. He has the weapons around him in Carlos Ruiz and Danny Mwanga that can take advantage of his service and has shown that he can convert as well. Will he reproduce his 14 goal, 11 assist season? Not sure, but the team looks to have gotten better this year. If the Union finishes in the top three in the East look for Le Toux to be a strong candidate.
6. Rookie of the Year? Perry Kitchen
Kitchen will start from day one in DC and the guy oozes talent and leadership. He's held up well in the preseason and looks to have coped with the change in speed. The Dynamo's Will Bruin will be in the mix if he gets an opportunity early and produces, but if he doesn't, late runs do not always pay off in MLS awards voting.
7. Finally, MLS Cup winner? Real Salt Lake
It's all about the MLS playoffs and the team that will be in the best shape come October will be RSL because of their roster depth. L.A. is the popular pick but two of their three big stars, Juan Pablo Angel and David Beckham, are fragile and Donovan is going to have a long year with Gold Cup qualifying this summer. RSL is better equipped to deal with the rigors of a 34 game MLS season.
Okay, now's your chance to call me out or agree. Let me know what you think.
USMNT U-20 world cup qualifying roster announced
Thomas Rongen announced his 20 man roster for world cup qualifying which starts for them March 29th. The only Dynamo senior team player that was a possibility to be taken was Kofi Sarkodie but Rongen choose not to take the speedy full back. Dynamo Academy and Duke defender Sebastien Ibeagha was included in the 20 man group. Here is the full roster and some thoughts:
GOALKEEPERS (2): Zac MacMath (Philadelphia Union; St. Petersburg, Fla.), Cody Cropper (Ipswich Town; Athens, Ga.)
DEFENDERS (8): Gale Agbossoumonde (Djurgårdens IF; Syracuse, N.Y.), Greg Garza (G.D. Estoril Praia; Grapevine, Texas), Moises Hernandez (FC Dallas; Dallas, Texas), Sacir Hot (New York Red Bulls; Fair Lawn, N.J.), Sebastien Ibeagha (Duke; Missouri City, Texas), Perry Kitchen (D.C. United; Indianapolis, Ind.), Zarek Valentin (Chivas USA; Lancaster, Pa.), Korey Veeder (Columbus Crew; St. Petersburg, Fla.)
MIDFIELDERS (5): Sebastian Lletget (West Ham United; San Francisco, Calif.), Amobi Okugo (Philadelphia Union; Sacramento, Calif.), Moises Orozco (UANL Tigres; Oxnard, Calif.), Dillon Powers (Notre Dame; Plano, Texas), Kelyn Rowe (UCLA; Newport Beach, Calif.)
FORWARDS (5): Eder Arreola (UCLA; Chino Hills, Calif.), Conor Doyle (Derby County FC; McKinney, Texas), Joe Gyau (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim; Silver Spring, Md.), Omar Salgado (Vancouver Whitecaps FC; El Paso, Texas), Bobby Wood (TSV 1860 München; Irvine, Calif.)
– Let's start with the exclusions. Juan Agudelo will be with the senior team so that makes sense. Adrian Ruelas, Alex Zahavi, Fabian Huerzeler and Josh Gatt were all retained by their club. All of these guys will be in the competition for starting positions at the world cup, assuming the U.S. makes it.
– Joe Gyau could be the breakout star of the competition. Gyau tore up the last two camps and has played his way into Hoffenheim's reserves. He is electric on the wing and can also be a scoring threat.
– After Gyau the next breakout star could be Bobby Wood. The 1860 Munich forward is getting time with the senior club and will likely start with Agudelo not on the roster.
– U.S. fans will get a chance to see Sebastian Lletget up close and personal. The West Ham United youth player has been touted for a few years and now the talented central midfielder will get to show what he can do.
– The defense has good talent but there should be concern at full back. Greg Garza has not been up and down in recent matches but has continued to be run out at left back. Veeder and Valentin will be in the mix for the right back position but there are question marks on the left.
– Ibeagha will likely play a reserve role with Kitchen and Agbossoumonde the likely starters.
– The team will play a 4-3-3 that's why the midfielders are more of the holding variety and could make it hard for players like Alex Molano who are more attack minded central midfielders to make the final squad.
– Kelyn Rowe was very impressive in the January camp. The UCLA freshman has tons of talent. He may not be a big contributor this time around but he has a bright future.
Like the U-17 qualifying, ESPN3.com and ESPNDeportes will carry the U-20 matches. The first U.S. match is against Suriname on the 29th at 7:00PM CT with the second game April 2nd at 5:00PM CT. The top two teams from group B will advance to the quarterfinals against the qualifiers from group A (Guatemala, Honduras and Jamaica) where the four winners will advance to the world cup.
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Top Spicy Chicken Recipes
If you like spicy chicken recipes, here are some of my favorites ranging from creamy Ginger Coconut Milk Chicken to. Sometimes when thumbing through my huge collection of chicken recipes, I always see what i can do to spice things up and add a little zip to my chicken recipes. I hope you get a chance to try some of these spicy chicken recipes in your own kithchen and see what ideas you come up with yourself.


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Bovine TB (bTB) devastates thousands of farming family businesses every year and tens of thousands of cattle are culled annually in England because of it. Find out more about bTB, its impact, and why we must use all available options to make England TB free.
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Jimmie Johnson's drive to history took a hard hit against the wall and Kyle Busch ran out of gas trying to complete an unprecedented NASCAR trifecta.
Kurt Busch won at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday, taking over the lead with 2½ laps left when his younger brother's car suddenly slowed down on the backstretch after leading 232 laps.
Johnson, the series points leader trying to become the first Sprint Cup driver to win four consecutive season championships, wrecked on the third lap.
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Chinese New Year Pilgrimage 2015
A total of close to 300 participants from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, Hongkong and Taiwan participated in this event this year. The theme chosen for the event was 'Love & Selfless Service', so as to commensurate with the theme of the forthcoming Tenth World Conference which will be held in conjunction with Swami's 90th birthday in November 2015.
Day 1 (24/2/2015) Chinese New Year Cultural Program –
The programme commenced at 5.00pm with the lighting of the lamp, jointly by Dr VK Ravindran (Zonal Chairman) Billy Fong (Central Coordinator Zone 4.1), Bro. Danesh Vatwani (Deputy Central Coordinator Zone 4.1) and Bro. Capt Ong of Singapore. Children from countries in Zone 4 then offered traditional Chinese delicacies to Bhagawan. The melodious and uplifting chanting of sacred Buddhist and Kuan Yin hymns lead by devotees from Indonesia followed.
The first cultural program for the day was Gu Zheng, an ancient Chinese musical instrument, performed by the students of Nanyang Zhi Hui School in Medan.
Bro. Billy Fong, the coordinator of the Chinese New Year celebration in his welcoming address, compare the annual mass homeward migration of Chinese people with the Sai-Chinese coming back to their real home in Prashanti to be with Swami to celebrate Chinese New Year. He delved in brief details on the greater significance of Swami's teachings on how we can practice love and overcome the obstacles towards experiencing and expanding love. As Love must `manifest into Selfless Service, he urges all participants to join the Grama Seva scheduled on the next day morning. He reiterate how Swami's teachings on Love and Selfless Service can bond the people of India and China which are the two living ancient civilization for the good of mankind.
A colourful traditional Chinese dance – 'Thousand Arms Kuan Yin' – followed next. Rich with colour and aesthetic patterns with symbolic formations, the participating children from Indonesia won the hearts in the audience for their graceful offering.
A musical medley of Chinese and English songs/bhajans followed next. As the session progressed, Aum Mani Padme Hum, the six-syllabled Sanskrit Buddhist Mantra, familiar to Prasanthi reverberated through followed by Happy New Year compositions… as well as Prasanthi Bhajans by Chinese devotees.
Day 2 (25/2/2015) Grama Seva
After a short briefing infront of Block N6, about 200 participants were ferried by 10 mini buses to a poor village of 300 families located about 30 minutes from Prashanti Ashram. The convoy includes two trucks carrying 300 gift bags (20kg each) of dry rations which includes 18 types of food items.
As they arrived at village, the villagers welcomed them with a bhajan and the Chinese participants queue in line to each distribute a gift bag to each of the villagers.
Day 2 (25/2/2015)Chinese New Year Cultural Program
The programme commence at 5pm with an address by Dr. VK Ravindran, Chairman of Zone 4 of the Sathya Sai International Organisation. Reiterating the theme of CNY 2015, being Love and Selfless Service, Dr Ravindran further outlined the various service initiatives by the Organisation, serving the needy.
The congregation of devotees broke into loud applause when Dr Ravi delivered the inspiring news that the Indonesian Government has decided to incorporate human values into the mainstream school curriculum on the model of Sri Sathya Sai Educare.
Students from the Nanyang Zhi Hui School of Medan, Indonesia then performed the Angklong, an ancient Chinese musical instrument. They played two songs followed by a bhajan song, Ganesha Sharanam.
Justice (Ms) Isabella Chu, from Hong Kong then spoke about her transformative and inspirational journey to Sai. She was a Christian and a devotee since 2012. She narrated how Swami had taught and trained her to transform her work into His work.
The students of Nanyang Zhi Hui School, Medan, Indonesia came back with a beautiful dance offering entitled "Dances of Joy".
Bhajans then continued with Mangala Aarathi.
Day 3 (26/2/2015) Chinese New Year Cultural Program
On the closing day of the three-day celebration of the Chinese New Year, devotees from Singapore presented a drama entitled "Change your Thoughts, Change your Life".
Manikam, the owner of Manikam Chinese Restaurant, on Chinese New Year Day decided to cheat his customers with a view to pad his wallet. But, fate decreed otherwise and instead he found himself being cheated by the customers and then fined by health inspectors to add to his ruin.
At this stage a holy man teaches him through episodes from the lives of two souls saved from a life of sin by the grace of the Lord that of a thief transformed by Chaitanya Deva, and that of Pundalika, who initially neglects his parents, but has a change in heart to begin serving them, with such devotion that Lord Vittala does not mind having to wait, standing on a brick, to grant devotion to this exceptional devotee.
The story of the business minded restaurateur, who turned a new leaf and began to serve his community, was very inspiring and well depicted through some talented performances by the actors.
The programme concluded with Bhajans by Chinese devotees and Mangala Arati to Bhagawan.


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While I agree with some of the points made in Comment (DW 3 July), I believe that not all those named actually chose to leave the consultancies they led.
Current economic challenges call for changes to business models, no doubt. Whatever people are saying in public, not all moves were self-motivated. A certain amount of face-saving is evident here.
The Charles Trevail issue is interesting as he has been so overt in his comments about the benefits of big over small. I hope you can get him to explain his next intent and how that sits with his recent comments.
I agree with your comments that such moves can be good for design. Unexpected change often works wonders, although some of those named have been abruptly stopped from developing what they believed to be workable and forced to change direction, regardless of their beliefs.
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My sophomore year in High School I took a careers test, like all of us have done. I was rather confused when my results came back and indicated that I would make a great air traffic controller. I thought that was about as far from what I wanted to do in life I quickly dismissed it. Looking back, that test couldn't have been better for what was in store as a strength and conditioning coach.
As it turns out, I AM an air traffic controller. I'm not clearing airplanes for landing and take offs. However, I am arranging for multiple sports teams to train in a common airspace all the time. I would even go so far as illustrating that organizing training times is as big a job as training teams. In fact, most recently when I meet with interns looking to get into the field of strength and conditioning, and especially high school strength and conditioning, I asked these individuals to pay close attention to not only programming workouts, but also how to schedule. High school weight rooms more often than not are not built with the end goal in mind. In fact, my first weight room was left over space the architects dedicated to a weight room. Simply put, organizing and arraigning training teams is a major component of the room.
Managing Gym Spaces Before and After School
During the school year the biggest factors in managing the facility are after school and before school, in that order. After school is the biggest conflict, and I have found that creating and using a Google doc is very beneficial. Sport coaches can look and see what the base schedule is and can talk to me about changes here and there. It is pretty common to allow in-season sports priority in a room based on practice schedules.
I have the luxury in my facility to break our room down into mini weight rooms. I will designate one side of the room for the football team, half of the other for other off-season teams, and a smaller area for general population training space. If in-season teams are coming in, they get first priority in the room. Thankfully in our model, most of our in-season teams come in after practice. This allows our off-season teams to train first and as they transition out, the in-season teams transition in.
Tips for Organizing Summer Training Programs
We are coming up on the summer training program and this time of the year is vital to scheduling. (I really do feel like an air traffic controller!) Here are a few helpful tips for efficiently managing summer training programs.
Train Your Largest Groups First, if possible
This often is the football team but I feel it is important to get the biggest group in and out first. The rest of the day gives particular attention to the other sports in conjunction with their sport specific time.
Grids and Rotation Efficiency
We, like a lot of other programs, grid out our time and train accordingly. While in the room it is very important to be on task and rotating thru the various movements with no wasted time. We utilize a countdown timer from Gopher Performance to keep us on task. We set the interval timer for x amounts of minutes and tell the athletes that they have a certain amount of minutes to get through the movements as efficiently as they can. The athletes are able to keep an eye on the clock, just as they do while in competition, and train accordingly. These rotations keep us on track and allow us to get through all of the prescribed movements without missing any aspects of the workout. Coaches are able to motivate and encourage the athletes as well just as in a sport practice setting.
Holding Yourself Accountable
Coaching note for those of your with sport coaches or just for yourself while in the room. I encourage coaches, and myself, to carry a stop watch while coaching. Every time you coach an athlete on something, start the stopwatch, then stop it while moving about the room, and restart when you get to the next athlete. I like the idea of being conscience of how much time we as coaches actually spend on coaching! Don't just be a presence in the room, be a difference maker. Make as much impact and hold ourselves accountable for being present in the moment as well as just blowing a whistle and yelling rotate. I think it is important for us coaches to be mindful of our time on task with athletes just as much as it is important for them to be in the room training.
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Johnson is a graduate of Normandale Community College, Augsburg College and the University of Minnesota, playing football at both NCC and Augsburg. "RJ" teaches physical education at Wayzata High School and is the Strength and Conditioning Coordinator for Wayzata Public Schools, a position he began in 2000. Wayzata Athletics have captured 52 team state titles in histenure; Johnson works directly with the three-time state champion football program as Director of Operations and Player Development. He is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist as well as a Registered Strength and Conditioning Specialist – both certifications with Distinction and is the Minnesota NSCA State Director. NSCA awards include Minnesota High School Strength and Conditioning Professional of the Year 2010; State Director of the Year 2013; Strength of America Award 2015; and 2017 National High School Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year. In 2017 he became a founding Board Member of the National High School Strength Coaches Association (NHSSCA); and serves as a Regional Director for the organization. A former volunteer firefighter, he also received an Award of Merit from the Minnesota Department of Health and Safety for participation in a lifesaving CPR/AED effort to revive a player that suffered sudden cardiac arrest while at practice. Johnson is a frequent clinician, speaker, author and his Wayzata Trojan Power program has been visited by over 50 other high school and small college programs. He also volunteered his time in the Rockford School District where he and his wife and four children reside by serving as the Rockford Area Youth Athletic Association President and Youth Football Director.


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The introductory post to this blog series is available here.
The highlights from Bass' first lecture are available here and Borg's here.
My musings on the lectures are in brackets.
Diana Butler Bass' second lecture (of three total lectures) was titled, "Faith: From Convention to Experience."
[This title reminds me of James Fowler's important work on Stages of Faith, particularly the shift from Stage 3, "Conventional" faith to Stage 4, "Individuative-Reflective" faith. For more, see my post on "Everything Is Holy Now."]
The following chart displays the framework of this lecture. Recalling her emphasis in the first lecture on the "major shift away from organized forms of faith toward experience," the left-hand column describes the old paradigm, and the right-hand column describes the emerging paradigm.
Religious Questions
Old Light
Spiritual Questions
New Light
|Believing: What do I believe?
|Creeds, dogmas, faith statements; Ideas about God; Systematic, conceptual
|From 'What' to HOW can you be a Christian and be intelligent and be interested in science? HOW can I be a part of your church, when I can't affirm your creed?
|Behaving: How do I do that?
|Rules, piety, techniques; Authoritative, eternal
|From 'How' to WHAT are we going to do?: "Vocation and discernment." WHAT is God already doing? [Alternately, "Where can we parter with what God is already doing?]
|Belonging: Who am I?
|Membership; Inheritance, choice; Propositional
|From 'Who' to WHOSE? Whom do you love? Relational. From Membership to relationship. 'Joining in' instead of joining. Who am I in, with, and through God? From proposition (Who am I?) to prepositions: how we move next to and with others. [I would add and with "the Other," following Kester Brewin's new book.]
|Denominations continue to ask these conventional questions (thinking that they already have the books, creeds, and membership forms to answer these questions…)
|… but most people are increasingly living into different questions: relational and experiential. These are the questions of an integrated faith. [Remember her point in her first lecture about the need for "an 'Integrated Faith' of both mind and heart" in contrast to the twentieth-century 'divorce' of mind and heart between the various factions of Christianity.]
- Those people who remain entrenched within the increasingly-obsolete paradigm on the left-hand side want to start at the top (a classic top-down, managerial hierarchy) and move to the bottom. They want to start with believing the correct creeds, faith statements, ideas, and dogmas. Then, move to behaving correctly as determined by the authority structures. And finally, if correct believing and behaving are in place, consider if an individual should be given permission for belonging.
- The emerging paradigm INVERTS the order. [To invoke another Kester Brewin book, their default tendency is to be Organic/Networked/Decentralized/Bottom-Up/Communal/Flexible/Always Evolving]. They want to start with belonging. Then behaving emerges out of the social network and matrix of belonging. Finally, believing or intellectual theories may emerge out of this bottom-up, experiential process. [Phyllis Tickle also helpfully describes this dynamic in her book The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why.] To consider the Occupy protests, you first show up with your tent (Belonging). Then comes behaving (assembly, consensus governance). Finally, come demands (belief). But the old-school powers-that-be are frustrated with the Occupy movement because they are operating from an increasingly-obsolete paradigm that wants the beliefs/demands first and up-front — when the protesters are operating out of a completely inverse paradigm. [Paging Dr. Freud: "Kill your father!" to clear the space to figure out what you believe. And define your 'modus operandi' in opposition to the previous paradigm (Oedipus!). Or, paging Dr. Jung: the 'Shadow' of the previous paradigm (what was neglected or repressed) becomes the basis for the next paradigm. The shadow-ground switch allows growth.]
For more details on each of these bullet-points, you can pre-order Bass' forthcoming book Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening, which is scheduled to be released on February 14, 2012:
Stay tuned for the next installment on the highlights of Marcus Borg's second lecture in the series.
The Rev. Carl Gregg is a trained spiritual director, a D.Min. candidate, and the pastor of Broadview Church in Chesapeake Beach, Maryland. Follow him on Facebook (facebook.com/carlgregg) and Twitter (@carlgregg).


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Vomiting is one of the most common and nonspecific symptoms that a dog can have.
You'll need to look at how and what your dog is vomiting. If your dog vomits once or twice and then seems their normal self, it is probably not serious.
Non-Serious Causes
Most commonly: overeating. Animals that gulp their food and immediately exercise (especially puppies) are likely to vomit. This is not serious. Feeding in smaller portions more often helps eliminate this problem. In particular, if the vomit looks like a solid tube of partially or non digested food, your dog ate too fast.
Note that eating grass or other indigestible material is also a common cause of vomiting.
Types of Vomiting
- Repeated vomiting: The dog's last meal is first vomited; then a clear, frothy liquid comes up. This suggests a stomach irritant. Grass, spoiled food, other indigestibles, and certain infectious illnesses (such as gastroenteritis) all cause irritation of the stomach lining.
- Sporadic vomiting: The dog vomits off and on, but not continuously. No relationship to meals, poor appetite. Haggard appearance and listlessness may indicate an internal organ disorder, a chronic illness, a heavy worm infestation, or diabetes. A thorough checkup is called for.
- Vomiting blood: Fresh blood indicates a break in the mucus lining somewhere between the mouth and the upper small bowel. Common causes are foreign bodies, tumors, and ulcers. Material that looks like coffee grounds is old, partly digested blood — the problem is somewhere in the stomach or duodenum. Vomiting blood is always serious and requires a trip to the veterinarian.
- Fecal vomiting: If the vomit is foul and smells like feces, there is an obstruction somewhere in the intestinal tract. Blunt or penetrating abdominal trauma is another cause. The dog will become rapidly dehydrated with this type of vomiting and requires veterinary attention.
- Projectile vomiting: The vomit is forcefully expelled, sometimes for a distance of several feet. It is indicative of complete blockage in the upper gastrointestinal tract. Foreign bodies, hairballs, duodenal ulcers, tumors, and strictures are possible causes. Intracranial pressure can also cause projectile vomiting. Causes can be brain tumor, encephalitis, and blood clots. Take your dog to the vet.
- Vomiting foreign objects: Includes bone splinters, rubber balls, (pieces of) toys, sticks, and stones. Sometimes worms. You may want to have the vet check your pet for any other foreign objects, although not all of these will show up readily on X-ray scans.
- Emotional or stress vomiting: Sometimes, excited or upset dogs vomit. Remove the dog from the source of distress. If it is something the dog will encounter often, you will have to train them to remain calm around the source.
- Motion sickness: Throws up in the car. Most dogs will outgrow this problem. Check with your vet if it does not.


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