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Last weekend, the Florida Alliance for Arts Education began its annual series of Arts Integration Symposia. Susan and Mary had a great time sharing arts integration materials and strategies for integrating the arts with each other and with the general curriculum through the theme of the Harlem Renaissance. Keynote speaker Trent Tomengo, Seminole State College Humanities Professor, said that he wished all students could experience the Harlem Renaissance in the manner that we were teaching. We know that they can! Our teacher participants were enthusiastic and ready to jump in!
Using strategies from our latest book Teaching through the ARTS: WRITING, Midsummer Night by Hayden Palmer, 1939, came to life. After exploring the artwork using the Read the Picture strategy, participants "stepped into" the painting to create the sounds conjured up by the image. Babies crying, mamas calling, birds singing and scolding, multiple conversations, children playing, and more brought the image to life while causing participants to think about the lives of people during the Harlem Renaissance period. This simple Soundscape, using only vocal sounds, deepened the experience of this image while actively engaging viewers with the artistic content.
Visual art works help students to, well… visualize content. The Savoy was one of the important night clubs and a really popular place to go during the Harlem Renaissance. Reginald Marsh captures the excitement and engagement of dancers in his 1932 painting entitled Tuesday Night at the Savoy.
Jazz great Duke Ellington and his band were regular performers at the Savoy. People are still dancing to his hit tune: It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got that Swing. Find a version that you like to bring the painting and Duke and his band alive for your young learner.
Share some books about the people of the Harlem Renaissance to further extend students learning. Some books that we like: Duke Ellington by Andrea Davis Pinkney with illustrations by Brian Pinkney; Ellington was not a street by Ntozake Shange; Charlie Parker Played be-bop by Chris Raschka (very easy reading). Heighten the experience of reading the books by playing your own "sound track" of that music (jazz, be-bop…) as you read to your child. Ntozake Shange's i live in music is written as poetry. She combines 21 diverse artworks by Romare Bearden with her lyrical tribute to the rhythms that connect us as people.
Bringing the arts into history is a natural… and definitely grabs students' interest and attention. The Harlem Renaissance wasn't an isolated time in our history. The music of Africa, of Slave Songs, Gospel and more all formed the foundation from which new sounds emerged. The many styles of music from the era of the Harlem Renaissance celebrate man's creativity and need for expression through the arts.
Although the experiences that we shared at the Harlem Renaissance Symposium aren't in Teaching through the ARTS: WRITING, all of the strategies are found there. The strategies can be plugged in to just about any content. We'd love to hear about the many uses that you'll find for these materials! Please email us at email@example.com.
Teach on!
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One of my favorite people, Karin Montgomery Kaser, is a school counselor, who thanks to difficult economic times in education, must work half-days at an elementary school and half-days at junior high. Everyone knows half-days always turn into a full's day's worth of work to do crammed into a half day's worth of time. Here's the philosophy Karin has created to help her deal with her life: "If I frame the daily absurdity with art and poetry, then some days I cry, but mostly I am happy."
Month: November 2010
Banishing the Melanoma
The Marbled Blotch
So I went to the dermatologist because I thought the thing on the back of my
knee was a cancer. It looked like the ones that my mom gets taken off her
face from time to time. Nope, it was OK, and I had the whole body check,
ending with what I thought was a lovely dark brown marbled splotch on the
left side of my left knee.
"That doesn't look good," the resident, Gretchen, said. Three torturous needle pricks of lidocaine later, she
scraped off that artistic piece of leg for the lab. Dr. Parker, the teacher doctor, said he'd call within
the week with results, and he did. He gave me the name and phone number of the surgeon he
wanted me to use. Same place, OHSU Center for Health and Healing. 5th floor.
So far in my experience, there's been more slice and dice than healing. And three
crummy pricks. (Aren't there always crummy pricks in every story?) Ariana, the surgeon's receptionist described for me the two methods that could be used.
One was excision. I know that means "cut it out." OK. The other was the Mohs method, which as she described it seemed like another level to Dante's Hell, one he didn't know about when he wrote
The Inferno. Cut out, wait, analyze and come back for more of the same, again and again, until there's only clean tissue. Oh, yippee! Then Ariana told me I could not wait until December when my husband had a free day at work, that December would be TOO LATE and this had to be done as soon as possible. So November 16th was the date we chose together.
Since he's coming with, Neal will have to miss work that day. She called later
with the semi-good news that after analyzing what Gretchen had scraped off,
the surgeon will use the "excise" method. There's already a big hole where
Gretchen did her handiwork last week so I don't think that part of my
anatomy will be very happy to be re-sliced. And I'm not looking forward to
the lidocaine pricks since that's an area always inflammed thanks to my
fibromyalgia pressure point and zumba dance. And that's the knee that might have
to be replaced. To Knee or not to Knee. Going through all that new knee or not process comes next.
Well, not really. Having a colonoscopy on the 8th of December comes next. Girls just
want to have fun!!!
I am calling Ariana tomorrow to see if I can take Xanax before I arrive at
their office. I get so nervous that the adrenalin rush after-effects leave
me limp, light-headed and unable to control my muscles. Xanax might unnerve
me enough to sail smoothly through it all.
Complaining is what I do best, as you can see. Really, I am ecstatic
knowing that I felt I had to see a dermatologist even if it was for the
wrong thing. I think my friend Frank, who died from this very thing, sent
me the message I needed to go. So thanks, Frank. I'm always open to
messages from any dimension. Anyone have anything to say about my
intestines? Anyone?

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With Phil Jackson and Lamar Odom out, Kobe one year older, and CP3 playing in Lob City…the Lakers might very well be on the ropes, but those hoping L.A. might take another half step back as Kobe Bryant deals with his dissolving marriage, will likely be disappointed according to Jason Kidd.
"Kobe's a warrior, I mean, I dont' see his game coming down, I think he'll handle it professionally."
I asked Kidd about it at practice this morning for two reasons. He played with Kobe on Team USA so he knows him, and Kidd went through an unfortunate semi public divorce as well in 2007.
It's fascinating to me because when the Lakers fall off the upper echelon in the NBA it's big news, and all respect to Kidd but I think we are about to see it. When Bryant was in the thick of the Eagle Colorado mess, the 2003-2004 season, his per game scoring average dropped 6 points, they lost to the Pistons in the finals, and the divide between him and Shaq had become so big that O'neal never played another game for the Lakers. All coincidences? Kobe might be a warrior, but there are some things that no amount of mental toughness can overcompensate for. And unless Andrew Bynum can stay healthy and fully develop, the Mavericks biggest challenge for a WC title will likely come from OKC, Memphis, or San Antonio.
Do I need to mention what happened the last time Phil quit and Kobe lost a sidekick? Ok I already did, so admit it, Lakers are done until some other fledgling franchise gets talked into trading them their best player.
Brendan Haywood, Under or Overvalued?
I don't think I've ever been more confused about Haywood. A player I've considered to pretty good in today's NBA, and not just because the position is as lean as ever.
He is one of the better centers in the league, but didn't start last year. His defense against Portland and OKC might have been the difference in those series. The only other two guys on the roster who can play the 5 are name Mahinmi and Bust-o. But hes' not officially the starter?
I had a Talk with Shawn Marion Wednesday in between segments at the Fan Sports Lounge. He told me to make sure I give Brendan Haywood his props for being a huge reason they won the title, and said he's capable of picking up the slack left by Chandler. He really made me realize, Dallas got their rings because they got better play overall from the center position, not just because of the impact Chandler made. It looks that way because he was last to join.
So, here I am at practice, prepared to reconsider Haywood as a potential major cog for the attempt at repeating. Haywood's name came up, and Coach Carlisle said he's not sure if he'll be in the starting lineup. What??!! So I queried, if not him…are you going small or is he just saying that to motivate Haywood, because Mahinmi and Wright (Bust-o) aren't ready. At the time I asked it, it felt like an awkward moment but I couldn't believe the assembled media was letting Rick off the hook so I had to ask it (common theme).
Anyway, his answer was, at this point he has to assume Haywood will start but nothing is set in stone. Translation, Haywood ain't a self starter and I can't say he's the starter or he might not compete in practice. Which also happens to be the main reason he has not realized his potential outside of a contract year and their playoff run, appears to drag his lip when he's a bench player, and is still considered the Mavs most likely target for Amnesty if they decide to use it.
Paging Deshawn Stevenson, Deshawn Stevenson to the AAC.
Still waiting to hear where he'll end up. I think the Mavericks could really use him but for some reason they don't see him as crucial. Maybe Dirk and Jason Kidd should go lobby the coaching staff to include Stevenson like they did last year in the regular season, and playoffs.
I've seen a lot of playoff games and Finals over the years, and it's my opinion that on a team with a superstar scoring player, defensive qualities like Stevenson shows are more crucial than the inconsistent offensive skills Vince Carter is showing at this point in his career. I'm not hating on Vince and I'm excited he's here, I just strongly believe that position needs a better defensive option. And btw, this knee tendonitis thing that reportedly cleared up magically Thursday night, is going to force him to sit out more than a few games and practices. If it's a problem in camp, it's not going anywhere anytime soon, especially with this schedule.
On nights that it is bad, Carlisle will have Terry, West, Roddy, and Dominique Jones at his disposal. Terry is good offensively but is not a stopper. Delonte West is a good defender as long as the other guy isn't too big, but will also be needed at pg a lot, Dojo is likely not ready yet, and I'm pretty sure Roddy is still trying to figure out what all the lines on the court mean.
Before we get the "Deron and Dwight to DFW campaign" in full gear, let's go ahead and bring Deshawn back for one year, and apologize for that ridiculous public intoxication arrest while we're at it.
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5 things to watch in the Pennsylvania special election
iStock/Thinkstock(PHILADELPHIA) — Voters in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District will head to the polls on Tuesday in a special election seen as a crucial test of the Republican Party's political strength ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.
The Democrat, 33-year old Marine Corps veteran and former assistant U.S. attorney Conor Lamb is taking on 60-year old, four-term state representative Rick Saccone to represent the southwestern Pennsylvania district where President Donald Trump defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by nearly 20 points in the 2016 presidential election.
Tuesday's special election was triggered by the resignation of Republican Rep. Tim Murphy last following a report that he allegedly asked an extramarital lover to end her pregnancy. The closely-watched contest has seen close to $10 million spent by conservative groups to boost Saccone and stave off concerns that the GOP is falling out of favor with the same blue-collar voters that propelled Donald Trump to the White House.
National attention on the race has reached a fever pitch over the past couple weeks, with both President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden swinging through the district in the past week to campaign.
Here are five things to watch ahead of Tuesday night's contest.
National figures factor in
While Democrats are largely portraying this year's midterm elections as a referendum on President Trump, the most frequently referenced national politician in PA-18 has been Nancy Pelosi — Republicans have relentlessly attempted to tie her to Conor Lamb.
Ads pushed by outside groups riff on Lamb's surname, featuring jingles such as "Nancy had a little lamb" and arguing that the Democrat would be one of Pelosi's "sheep."
But the Democrats Lamb has brought into the district to campaign for him, including Biden, Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, all show his desire to eschew any connection to the progressive base of the Democratic Party.
Saccone asserts that he was "Trump before Trump was Trump," referring to his promotion of populist policies during his first state representative campaign in 2010, and his claim that he wants to be Trump's "wingman" in Washington.
President Trump, who campaigned for Saccone on Saturday, praised Saccone during a rally in Pennsylvania.
"This is an extraordinary guy," the president said of the state representative. "We need him. He's a very competent person. He's a very hard worker. He knows things many people don't know."
By contrast, Lamb has avoided making the president a focal point of his campaign.
The Democrat has even pledged to work with the White House on issues in which there is a shared interest, such as the opioid epidemic.
The money gap
In what may be a signal of Democratic momentum heading towards November, Lamb has dominated fundraising efforts, raising more than $3.6 million since January, compared to Saccone's haul of just under $1 million over the same time period according to data from the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
The fundraising gap has led to criticism of Saccone from the Washington establishment, with some of their grievances — his inability to court donors and skeletal full-time campaign staff — appearing in news reports in recent days. But since Feb. 22, Saccone has upped his game. He's raised $284,458 while Lamb has raised $287,500 in the same period.
Instead, Saccone has been boosted by more than $10.6 million support from super PACs and outside groups, including $3.4 million from Congressional Leadership Fund, $3.5 million from the NRCC and $1.1 million from America First Action.
Outside money has played less of a role on Lamb's behalf. The DCCC has pitched in just $312,500 for television ads boosting Lamb. Pro-Lamb outside groups, in total, have spent about $1.7 million.
The opioid crisis
Saccone and Lamb have also battled over the best way to combat the opioid crisis, which has hit the state of Pennsylvania and the district especially hard.
According to a report from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the University of Pittsburgh, 4,600 Pennsylvanians died in 2016 as a result of a drug overdose, with the crisis affecting all parts of the state according to the state's Department of Health.
Saccone has emphasized his long record on the issue in the state legislature but has been criticized for saying that more funding to combat the crisis simply is not available.
"We don't have any more funding, OK? We're going to try to cut the budget. So, where do I take it from?" Saccone told the mother of an opioid addict at a panel on the crisis last year, "Do I take it from the autistic children?"
Lamb praised President Trump's declaration of the opioid crisis as a national health emergency as "important," but said he would also support additional federal legislation to combat the crisis, including investments in treatment and rehabilitation.
Union power to be tested
The United Steelworkers held a get-out-the-vote rally for Lamb on Friday afternoon, complete with appearances by Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, Rep. Mike Doyle, and union officials. The Democrat was further joined by mine workers in rural Greene County on Sunday.
Lamb's activities with the union members, particularly the steelworkers, took on greater importance after Trump signed stiff new tariffs on steel, a major industry in Pennsylvania. Under the new regulations, levies on steel imports will rise by 25 percent.
Political strategists speculated the timing of the announcement was done to help Saccone as steel, coal and other energy industries are a major employer in the district. The news of the tariff was met well in the 18th.
"Your steel is coming back," Trump told rally attendees on Saturday to cheers. "Those plants are going to be opening."
Both Lamb and Saccone said they support the president's steel tariff. Trump won this district in 2016 partly on his promise to help American workers.
What's next?
No matter the result on Tuesday night both Lamb and Saccone are expected to run again in November – in different districts.
Pennsylvania has a new congressional map mandated by the courts that changes the lines of House districts for the November 2018 election.
Lamb is expected to run in the neighboring district (the 17th Congressional District), currently held by Republican Keith Rothfus. He has not said publicly what his post-Tuesday plans are but his hometown is in the 17th district under the new lines.
Meanwhile, Saccone's hometown of Elizabeth falls in the new 18th Congressional District, which will tilt heavily blue given its inclusion of much of the city of Pittsburgh.
Saccone has indicated his interest in running again to represent the current 18th district's closest geographic approximation — what will then be the deep-red 14th Congressional District — despite the fact that he will not technically live in the district. Volunteers for Saccone gathered signatures for the forthcoming March 20 filing deadline on Saturday.
"The State Supreme Court's partisan map is causing mass confusion and chaos, but 57 percent of today's 18th district is in the new 14th district. My focus remains on the same people I have gotten to know throughout this campaign, not the numbering of Congressional districts," Saccone said in a statement.
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Nationally and internationally recognized for performance, composition, dance, teaching and scholarship, the Conservatory of Music and Dance attracts top talent from around the world.
All positions advertised below are tenured or tenure-track positions unless otherwise noted (NTT = Non-Tenure-Track).
Click on a hyperlinked job title below to read more about the position and begin the application process. If a job title is not yet posted, please email the Contact person for additional information. Click the "How To Apply" tab above for application assistance.
It is a fundamental policy of UMKC to provide equal opportunities regardless of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or Vietnam-era veteran status, in all educational, employment and contracting activities. UMKC is an Equal Access, Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer that is fully committed to achieving a diverse faculty and staff. All final candidates will be required to pass a criminal background check prior to beginning employment.


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How do I delete a story from my stories archive on Instagram?
To delete a story from your Stories Archive:
- Go to your profile and tap .
- Tap Archive.
- Tap the story you want to delete.
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- Tap Delete, then tap Delete again to confirm.
Keep in mind that when you delete a story from your archive, it will also be removed from other places you've shared it on Instagram (example: highlights).


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Allinea Software is the trusted leader in software development tools for parallel programming and high performance computing (HPC) - and one of the fastest growing companies in the sector.
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Strengths Finder 2.0
Loaded with hundreds of strategies for applying your strengths, this new book and accompanying website will change the way you look at yourself--and the world around you--forever.
In its latest national bestseller, StrengthsFinder 2.0, Gallup unveils the new and improved version of its popular assessment, language of 34 themes, and much more (see below for details). While you can read this book in one sitting, you'll use it as a reference for decades.


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If that title isn't summery I don't know what is, lol. Anyways, I have today some layering to show you (again). Just a while ago I showed you GOSH Vanilla Ice and I said then that I think it would probably look good over some other polish, so of course I had to try it out.
So this is one coat of Vanilla Ice over Borghese Raspberry Sorbetto. And I have to say, that Vanilla Ice really look good over Raspberry Sorbetto, it creates this like somekind of frosting look or like the polish was sugar coated. I really like the look and I think I have to try Vanilla Ice over some darker polish, or maybe even black.
Here's some pics of Raspberry Sorbetto by it self (two coats):
This is by the way my first ever Borghese polish. They are not available here in Finland, but I managed to get two Borgheses from Joy's blog sale, which was nice, because I'm always eager to try out new brands. And at least this one was really nice, it took just two coats to get it opaque and the color is great, so I have nothing to complain. For some reason though it did bubble a bit after top coat, even though it wasn't thick or anything like that. Maybe I'll have to try it again with different top coat to see, if the reason was that, or something..


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MANSTON, England — Fighting through sleep deprivation, severe turbulence and a last gasp emergency landing, Steve Fossett broke the record for the longest nonstop flight in aviation history.
The 61-year-old adventurer piloted his lightweight experimental plane, Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer, to set a new record of 26,389 miles in about 76 hours despite a complete electronic failure that threatened to turn his glorious return into a nightmare.
Fossett put emergency landing procedures into action when a generator light started to flash upon his descent.
The mechanical crisis forced him to land Saturday at Bournemouth International Airport, in southern England, instead of his planned landing point in nearby Kent, where hundreds of well wishers were gathered to greet him.
"He burst two tires on landing and the poor Global Flyer had to be dragged off the runway," said Steve Ridgway, chief executive of Virgin Atlantic, the company sponsoring Fossett's record bid.
Ground control confirmed Fossett had broken the distance record of 24,987 miles as his plane flew over Shannon, Ireland, after crossing the Atlantic, his ground team said.
That eclipsed the 1986 record set by the lightweight Voyager aircraft, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager. It also beats the balloon record of 25,361 miles set in 1999 by the Breitling Orbiter 3.
'I was really lucky'
Fossett arrived at Kent International Airport on a private jet alongside the billionaire Virgin Atlantic owner Sir Richard Branson, where he was greeted by his wife, Peggy, and rapturous applause from the assembled crowd.
He said he realized he was in trouble when he began his descent for Kent and a light came on indicating the plane's generator had failed, prompting him to put emergency procedures in place.
"I was really lucky to make it here today, there was a lot going on. The tension of the final part really took it out of me, but I will be fine in the morning," he told reporters.
Plagued with difficulties
The finale was one of several episodes that nearly doomed his 3½-day voyage.
During takeoff Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, his plane lost about 750 pounds of fuel in a leak — and he nearly ran out of runway.
"I had to pull up with all my might" to get the plane in the air before the end of the airstrip.
Severe turbulence over India "almost broke the plane apart," he said, forcing him to strap on a parachute.
After the news conference he was presented with the Guinness World Record for the longest flight in history.
Branson, who was beaming with pride throughout the conference, said Fossett's record was a superhuman effort.
"He's just flown further than man, or woman, has ever flown," said Branson. "He has had pretty much no sleep since he set off from Kennedy a few days ago, and he has been through an incredible amount."
Fossett already holds the record for flying solo around the globe in a balloon and for being the first person to circle the globe solo in a plane without stopping or refueling. That flight last year lasted 67 hours and was hampered by a fuel leak.
A fuel leak delayed Fossett's scheduled takeoff from Tuesday to Wednesday and the plane's ventilation system malfunctioned midway through the trip, causing temperatures in the cockpit to rise to as much as 130 degrees. Fossett was forced to drink a large part of his water supply earlier than planned because of the heat, his flight team said.
While in the air, Fossett took power naps no longer than 10 minutes each and drank a steady diet of milkshakes. His plane was equipped with a parachute pack holding a one-man raft and a satellite rescue beacon.
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brain, brain capacity, brush teeth, Business, exercises, geneous, human development, Management, neurobics, problem solving
Probably it happened to you to meet certain person and to not know his/her name, or to tell somebody about a nice movie and to forget the name of your favorite actor that is playing the main role. Many people stuck into such situation. Especially if you are a manager and you work with lost of people. The huge amount of information that we accept every day sometimes create problems with the memory. If you want better memory, and perform better at work you have to keep your brain active and in a good condition. How?
Via Neurobics
According to James Robert Watson, PhD neurobics (neuron + aerobics) are stretching exercises to increase oxygen and give your brain's neurons more life by experiencing or participating in some new activity, place, or event. When you stretch your mind, it never returns to its previous shape. Research indicates that taxing the brain (making it 'sweat') with unfamiliar exercises can improve learning ability, memory, and problem solving.
Neurobic exercises differ from other brain exercises like logical puzzles, crosswords, sudoku, scrabble, etc.Why? Because they use human senses in a new way in order to stimulate the brain to create new associations between different types of information.
Neurobs can be applied by adults as well as children. It is used on children to increase their concentration in order they easily to gain new knowledge. Adults use it to keep their brain fit, because it you they don't the brain functions to memorize and to solve problems will deteriorate.
Today I will show you 3 neurobic-exercises ,which you can do with ease.
1. Shower with closed eyes.
Try to take a shower with closed eyes. When you are unable to see, the other senses will become more active. Therefore , the whole process of taking a shower will engage more the brain. There is another option-to turn off the lights at home and to try to move and find things using you memory and your sense of touch.
2. Brush your teeth with the weak hand.
Probably most of you brush your teeth with the right hand? Now try to brush them with the left hand (for the left-handed with the right hand). For most of you that is very difficult exercise because you need to be very concentrated when you do it especially for the first time. Moreover, that exercise activates a lot of connections of the "other"(less used) side of your brain. Another exercises the you can perform like combing your hair or to eat your soup with your "unaccustomed" hand.
3. Mute the TV.
Turn on the Television, but turn of the sound .Try to understand what the actors are talking about by their face expressions and their lips movements.
Extra tips
• Eat something for dinner that you usually eat for breakfast
• Make a strange combination for breakfast-pear+ orange.
• Eat with your "unaccustomed hand"
• Turn on music as a background when you eat.
• Eat on candle light
In my next post expect more interesting exercises.
Some of the above mentioned exercises and the tips in this article are provided by Dr. Cole.


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Each Passing day we see more press given to the idea that Ancient Aliens are our creators. Now it comes in the form of our human DNA, that it is coded with a encryption more or less. This code or encryption comes from a race that is billions of years old. The push from Hollywood and the main stream media is on for us to believe these sorts of ideas. Such as we are special to the master creators (Alien races). In most cases these articles or theories make you fell special and unique Like a star child. Here is a example of a article today, I believe it is from the the discovery channel. http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/could-an-alien-message-be-embedded-in-our-genetic-code-130401.htm I see more and more of these articles all of the time. The point being is you are special to God almighty, the creator of all. Not to a race of aliens (Fallen Angels). This is the Deception. remember there is only one answer. The Answer is the savior your lord Jesus Christ, Who died for all our sines to give us a path to the Father God. Pray on this, God shall show you. Ask and you shall receive. Praise God Almighty
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Alien, E .T's Agenda becomes more profound every day, with the Vatican and Universities all over the world.
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The Unseen Vatican, Pope John Paul II Resurection, signs and wonders in the sky. Strange passings in the Vatican
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The Unseen in the Vatican at the times of change and Prophecies
In these present times at the Vatican the pope has resigned and we watch on for the possible prophecies of St Malachy, almost written 1000 years ago about the next 112 pope's . Supposedly St Malachy has written something about the last 112 popes. He predicted the signs, crests or something to do with there names. The prophecies have been pretty accurate, so in the prophecy at the present time that is upon us now, is of the last pope. Peter the Roman ( Petrus Romanus ). The strange thing about all this is about two or three weeks ago they put a live webcam feed on the Exhumed Coffin of pope John Paul II, Yes very strange indeed . Why is this? . The stranger part is this, his coffin was being used as the ALTER on February the 24th 's mass at the Vatican with six large candles on top take a look here is the link http://conspiracynews.myfeedportal.com/i/pope-john-paul-ii-exhumed-body-altar-webcam Very Strange, but we have a possible writing in the bible about this very interesting scripture indeed. Remember that Vatican city became its own country or kingdom in 1929. Since then we have had 7 popes in the Kingdom. Here is the scripture, REVELATIONS CHAPTER 17 -10 (And there seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space..11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.). Interesting with all the things in the Vatican in motion. We have pope benedict retired living on Vatican grounds , One coffin with web cam on it, very interesting like they are waiting for a resurrection(pope john the II) and one pope to come , peter the roman (petrus Romans). These events are very similar to these prophecies above. With all this being said it seems to be prophecies of the false profit could be at hand. He will be able to call fire from the sky this man and many more wonders . This defiantly falls in line with my last post about. The last Pope, Fallen angels and Aliens. It is more or less further oddities to the story that can all tie together. We must be aware of (The great Deception) that Jesus spoke of, that the Deception will fall upon the earth in these days and Jesus say's " if is was not for me even my Elect would be deceived", Quote Jesus. These could be the beginning of the signs for the great deception. The Lord Jesus Christ said we would not know the time of his return, not even the Angels know. Only God in heaven knows the time. Jesus did say, watch for the signs that would appear before his coming and always be vigilant for his return. At this point Catholics, and other various religious sects, It is time to prayer and ask the Most high God Creator of all. Is this where I'm supposed to be at this time and place, whether it be a certain church, synagogue, mosque were ever it my be, pray to him seriously, with all your hearts and ask the lord God almighty creator of all to Guide your sprit to the right places the right spiritual Texts. Pray the Lord God to guide you in your reads and the Holy sprit to guide your readings in bibles, study them. King James versions is not bad read there are a few good bibles out there read them study them. They will speak back to you. Here is a great link, I like for the bible study with direct translations from the direct Greek it was scribed in Greek and Aramaic from the Apostles. .Excellent Translation. Here is the link http://www.2001translation.com/ Over all even if you are not a believer in anything or believe in something please read these things and speak to God. Almighty Creator of all. We need to be saved in our Lord Jesus Christ for he is our King. Acts: 16:31 says this "They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." Simple . But God requires us to believe and follow the Ten commandments and follow them with your heart. We also need to repent and have faith in our lord Jesus Christ> Another great lesson is faith with out works is dead. This means to have faith in your Lord Jesus but also help you fellow man and brothers and sisters who are less fortunate and need a helping hand in life in many way spiritually, emotionally ,physically, financially all these things God looks upon of us . Time is are always Limited but Gods words rain forever . Any question Ask. Especially on being Saved in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ it is very important thing . Please ask
God bless All
Apostle Paul, Israel, state of a nation
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apostale Paul, Jesus Christ, paul converted to christianity afther being a persecutor on May 10, 2010| Leave a Comment »
A nice pice written By a Ex IDF israeli
Few Christians had the preparation Apostle Paul:
Philippians 3:5-6 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. and
Galatians 1:11-12 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Accordingly we should expect extraordinary things from him. After his preparation was complete, he was well equipped to differentiate between good and evil, just and unjust, as a true leader must be capable to do. In two occasions he showed true leadership, each time deciding in a different direction and teaching us important lessons. Paul converted to Christianity after being one of its bitterest persecutors. He bravely recognized his error:
Galatians 1:13-16 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
Equally impressing was his capability to show others their errors. The Apostolic Conference of Jerusalem (circa 50 AD) was the first major doctrinal meeting of the Church, the encounter is described in Acts 15 and in Galatians 2. The three leaders of the Church of Jerusalem – Apostles Peter, John and James – met Apostle Paul, who came from Antioch to resolve doctrinal issues regarding the joining of gentiles to the Church. From our point of view, the meeting could be interpreted as a meeting between equals. However at the time it didn't look that way. The three apostles in Jerusalem had walked with Jesus for three years and had been chosen by Him. Paul converted after the crucifixion. The three apostles led the then largest church of the world. Paul was a missionary spending most of his time in faraway lands. Paul was in disadvantage and had al the reasons to be fearsome of the encounter. Instead, Paul acted as instructed by Jesus in the Sermon to the Apostles:
Matthew 10:27-28 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
The results of the conference have shaped the Church ever since. Paul's interpretations were eventually adopted. In Galatians 2, we can also see the Apostle Peter accepting his error in a related event. Both events created a reality in which gentiles do not need to fulfill the Mosaic Law in order to be redeemed, as was earlier taught by Jesus. Many texts claim that. Galatians 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
As said, Paul was a remarkable leader, defining his role as: 1 Corinthians 9:16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
He left us no choice. Neither Jesus had: Matthew 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
A true Christian is instructed to show mercy to its fellow humans and to preach the Gospel of Love and Peace. Cooperating with evil is not an option. Defending other causes is not permitted. Preaching for the Mosaic Law is misunderstanding its theological role as the Road to Faith. Profiting from others' suffering is wrong. Sending troops to cause pain to others is not an option. Funding an army causing pain to others is not an option. Supporting discrimination between humans is wrong.
A true Christian leader will defend this – and related – principles not matter what and to death. A true Christian leader will put these before any "national" issues, because the only kingdom belongs to Him.
If they were true Christians they would have no problems explaining their actions. After all Jesus taught:
Matthew 1:19-20 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
If your actions are Christian, I dare you: come out and defend them! The fact that you can't shows they are not according to the Spirit. Wake up before you drag – in the name of Rabbi Schmeck – a two-thousand year Church to Hell.
You can't escape Physical Death the Ultimate Retirement
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 401k's, armagadon, Charles Daewin, Dark Things Awating sinners, Death, faith works is dead, father in Heaven, FInical Meltdown, future planining, IRA's, Jesus Christ, Judgment, Pandomnic Flu, physical death, Praise be to God, Resurrected, retirement, spirit of fear, the Bible, Thieves on April 28, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Most Humans try to escape Physical death all the time. They think of the future planning how to evade death they fear the unknown They prepare for retirement by planing there IRA's, 401ks, there nest egg. Jesus says do not store you treasure were mouths and thieves can steal and eat them, but store them in heaven were you reap your rewards in the true life. What great wisdom the bible contains. When we are on your death bed your are not thinking of your cars and houses, 401K's. Most people are thinking of what is going to happen to me next. I believe even the none believer are very afraid, even if they thought their was no after life it is the unknown for them. It is said even Charles Darwin (Google it) on his death bed asked forgiveness from God and believed, because he was afraid of the unknown. The unknown can be very scary look in our times today we are threatened with Pandemic Flu, Finical meltdowns, all kinds of unknowns. One thing that could be right around the corner is physical death always their waiting for your number to be called. To the believer it is written God has not given him a spirit of fear but of love, Happiness, Because he knows in do time he will be with his father in heaven. He has hope, a chance, Life. The life in the next world, The next age. To not have that hope must be a awful feeling for the none believer. To not know were his or here next stop. You know they have doubts it would only be Human. So this is the time know to pray and educate yourself one they holy bible and the true word of Jesus Christ. To pray and read before you enter that next world that is already there waiting. You don't want to enter the next world on the wrong side is chastisement and unknown dark things awaiting the sinner who has not washed his soul. Place for choices is here the Time is now. A Lot of Christians look for Armageddon but we will all have our judgment Armageddon one day either in our physical life time our later when we are Judged and resurrected. Live this life for God Love him with all your heart repent of your sins and do the good deeds God has prepared for his children and Remember faith with out good works is dead Praise be to God Almighty . In Jesus name.
Good times is death on thier minds Judgment armagadon, Each person in the histroy of the world faces this phenomonon


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Six months after a series of tornadoes tore through the Oklahoma City area, we're looking back this week at the role of private donations in the recovery effort.
Whenever a disaster strikes, Oklahomans and people from across the country generally pitch in and do whatever they can to help. But in the final part of our series, we find despite people's best intentions, oftentimes the help that arrives is not the help that's needed most.
When Feed the Children's Erin Engelke looks back on the community response to the May tornadoes, she recalls the outpouring of support from around the nation.
"People felt so called, personally touched, either they knew someone who had been impacted by the tornadoes or they themselves had been," Engelke said. "So we all felt so called to do absolutely everything we could to support the victims and the families that were affected."
The desperate desire to help often resulted in donations of tangible goods rather than cash. People called Engelke wanting to give bottled water, Gatorade and diapers. But she says people's perceptions of what was needed didn't always line up with what survivors were asking for.
"When victims are met with a disaster of this capacity, water only gets you so far," she said. "A lot of what we saw on the ground was, for a lot of these families, they didn't have cars to go to a donation site to pick up the donations that had been collected. Or they didn't have the cookware, let's say, to cook food in their home. Or they just needed a place to go."
Feed the Children received $2 million in cash donations, but roughly $11 million worth of in-kind products for the tornado relief effort.
University of Central Oklahoma Marketing Professor Stacia Wert-Gray understands society's reluctance to give cash rather than goods. It's a reluctance she feels herself.
"So I would never contribute to the American Red Cross," Wert-Gray said. "But I don't mind contributing to an effort locally that's going to be targeted to something I'm interested in. If I were to give $100 to the Red Cross, where is that going to go?"
According to the American Red Cross, they donate 91 cents of every dollar. But Wert-Gray's skepticism of non-profits and the overhead cost is common among donors following a call for monetary donations.
"Obviously you've got to have the means in place to track and make sure everything is above board," said Houston Hunt, VP of Marketing for News 9's parent company Griffin Communications. News 9 was one of many media outlets that helped put out the call for donations after the tornadoes.
"But the thing with cash or check or gift card is that it is flexible and it can do a multitude of things and help them towards recovery that a lot of in kind donations can't," Hunt said.
Erin Engelke with Feed the Children agrees. She wants people to understand how much further their help would go if they were willing to make monetary donations.
"They can buy the bleach or the work gloves and feel like they're tangibly doing something to make a difference," Engelke said. "But it's also important to realize that cash is king. We can do so much more with someone's financial donation than if they were to go purchase it themselves."
And in addition to cash, Engelke says what's really needed at this point are some more helping hands. The influx of volunteers that flooded into the area immediately after the storms has now petered out, but she says they're still very much needed to help residents replace furniture, organize their finances and move into new homes.
Ahead of the Storm: The Oklahoma Tornado Project stories are produced by KGOU News, with funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Reports may be used in any media with appropriate credit given to KGOU and CPB. For details, refer to our Terms of Use.


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This week has been a strange one, tainted by the awful events in Westminster on Wednesday. I've finished the week just feeling a bit off, really. I know there are terrible things happening all around the world on a daily basis, but I often live in a bit of a bubble. When something like this happens so close to home, my bubble is burst and I'm reminded what a cruel world this can be.
I'm certainly not going to let that one awful event define the week though, because there have been plenty of lovely things happening to put a smile on my face. I haven't joined in with Little Loves for a while, but I decided this is as good a week as any to start documenting the little loves of my week. So, here's what I've been enjoying this week.
I'm currently reading Kathryn Stockett's The Help, which I'm really enjoying so far. I saw the movie a while ago, which came about by accident. I couldn't find the remote to change the channel, and it came on after something I'd been watching. Fast forward a couple of hours and I'm sat enthralled, with tears dripping down my cheeks. I've wanted to read the book ever since, but have only just got round to it.
Last Friday the kids were off school for St Patrick's day. We used the extra day off to go to the cinema, to see Beauty and the Beast. The 1991 version is my favourite Disney animation, so I was very, very excited to go and see it. It was all kinds of awesome, we loved it. I absolutely love the fact that they kept all of the original songs, I was basically living my childhood once more. I can't be the only one who got goosebumps during the title song?!
This week I've made lots of excuses not to do the work I need to do. don't know what's wrong with me, but I just can't seem to get my butt in to gear. I mean, I'm always the queen of procrastination, but this week has been the worst.
I'm a big fan of dark, vampy lip colours; This week, I took that to a new level with some black lipstick. I used to wear black lippy back in my young teenage days when I went through my goth stage, and it wasn't a good look, but I'm loving it now. Even if I do look miserable AF in the photo…
I listen to The 1975 a lot at the moment, like all the time. This is my favourite at the moment:
And Lastly…
Following the attack in London on Wednesday there have been lots of wise words and uplifting quotes shared on social media. There has also been a feeling of great strength, letting the world know that we won't be beat by hate. I particularly enjoyed reading the signs written around the London tube stations on Twitter yesterday.
I hope you've all had a good week.
Linking up with LittleLoves


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District SchoolCity Administrators (Admin or District Role in SchoolCity SUITE) have the ability to create and edit user accounts for all staff using SchoolCity SUITE. This document will review how to manage users in the Admin module.
Please also refer to the Help document, System Admin: Default Roles and Permissions for District/School/Teacher Users
- From the Top Menu Bar, select the Apps icon (waffle), and select Admin to go to the Admin module.
Or, from the Launchpad, click on the ADMIN Flip Card. On the reverse side, select Users.
Manage Users
- Search Filters: Use the drop down menus to find a group of users, then click Refresh.
- Search Box: Use to find a specific user. Enter the first or last name of specific user, then click on the magnifying glass icon.
- Download icon: Export the report to Excel of CSV.
- Inactivate/Delete: Check the box to the left of the user's name. Then click on the I icon to Inactivate or Trash can icon to Delete. In the message that appears, click on the appropriate choice. (See below)
- Select All Records: By default, 50 records display per page. Check the box next to Select All Records to view all.
- User Information: User Name, Last Name, First Name, Role, District/School, Status (Active or Inactive), Assume Identity, Functions (Edit, History, Inactivate, Rename, Reset Password).
- Assume Identity: Admin and District with permission, may assume the identity of another user, normally for the purposes of problem-solving. (Please refer to the Help document, System Admin: Assume Identity, for more information).
- Create New User: Add a new user in the district.
Create a New User: In general, new users are automatically created during the nightly import process from a file generated by the District and uploaded to our secure FTP site. However, some districts manually manage staff files, and can create new users as needed.
- Click on the Users tab.
- Click on Create New User.
- User Name: Give the new User a username to login with. All usernames must be unique.
- Password: The default (initial) password is Schoolcity1 but can be changed using this field. User will be prompted to change this password during the 1st login.
- Name: Enter in the User's first and last names. (Required) Middle name is optional.
- Email: Required information so that the system can notify the user if password needs to be reset.
- Role: Choose the proper role(s) for this user. Users may have multiple roles.
- Each role can have the data view limited to specific schools and/or grades. For example, a department chair can be granted limited access to only grade 9 from a specific school, while an instructional coach can be granted access to grades 3-5 for all elementary schools in the district (See Step 4).
- Click Save to save this new User. Click Back to return to the previous page.
Limit Data View (optional): This option will allow you to limit data for specific schools and/or grade levels. Users with Teacher roles MUST have an assigned School and Teacher.
- Choose the user's Primary Role. (Used only if user has multiple roles)
- Select School(s): From the drop-down list, select the school(s) restriction. If blank, user will have access to all schools.
- Select Grade(s): From the drop-down list, select the grade(s) restriction. If blank, user will have access to all grade levels.
- Click Save to save to save the changes, or Back to return to the previous page.
Edit User: User accounts can be edited to add or modify their current roles or reset their password.
- Click on the Users tab.
- Use the Search filters to narrow the list of users. Click Refresh.
- Search for the specific user by entering his/her name in the search box. Click on the magnifying glass icon.
- To the right of the user's name, click on the down arrow under Functions, then click on Edit.
- To add or edit the user's role, click on the Role drop down menu and select the desired Role.
- The new role will be listed below. If this is an additional role for this user, select which role to make as the user's primary role when he/she logs into SchoolCity SUITE. Select the School(s) if this is a School Level role. Select grade(s), if applicable.
- Click Save after adding the role or making any other edits.


text: On behalf of the whole Ridgeway Farm CE Academy family, I am very proud to welcome you to our new primary school. We opened in September 2016 with 4 classes from Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) through to Year 6 and have quickly grown to 7 classes - we really are a school community growing and developing together. We have spaces in Years 5 and 6, so if you would like to join us on this exciting journey, then please call us to arrange a visit: 01793 677471.


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Starting Tuesday, the HTC One (M8) for Windows, the first device to ship in the U.S. with the Windows Phone 8.1 Update, will be available exclusively through Verizon Wireless online and in stores.
It comes loaded with features such as Cortana, Live Folders and Action Center. It also has a bevy of HTC features, including the HTC BlinkFeed app, which is integrated into the Live Tile layout and provides quick access to curated news from social networks.
The HTC One (M8) for Windows is made from a single block of aluminum, which translates to no gaps in its construction as the brushed metal frame wraps around the entire body of the phone. It has a 5-inch Super LCD3 1080p HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3.
But it's also got a lot going for it on the inside. Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core 2.3GHz processor, it's got 32GB of storage with expandable storage with up to 128GB with a MicroSD card, and if that's not enough, there's another 15GB of storage online with OneDrive for free.
To find out more about the HTC One (M8) for Windows, read the HTC press release and head over to Blogging Windows.
Athima Chansanchai
Microsoft News Center Staff
Tags: Apps, Cortana, htc, OneDrive, Windows Phone 8.1


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Friday, January 4, 2013
Emilie de Ravin back in Vancouver
Emilie flew back after her Christmas break to film a few scenes for Once Upon a Time. She was super sweet as always.
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On November 4, the Idea Challenge finalists in the field of Smart Energy Systems presented their innovations at the Smart Energy Community event in Berlin, Germany. Out of 32 submissions, eight teams from six countries were selected to pitch in front of an expert jury consisting of Jan Michael Hess (Ecosummit), Dr. Michael Hochholzert (Siemens Venture Capital), Dr. Heiko Lehmann (EIT Digital), Loredana Racanella (Enel SpA), Claudius Seidel (EIT Digital), Dr. Oliver Weinmann (Vattenfall Europe Innovation GmbH) and Dr. Jan-Olaf Willums (InSpire Group).
With has.to.be for the first time an Austrian start-up received the first prize in the pan-European Idea Challenge. Their management and billing platform be.Energised enables anyone to operate, monitor and control a charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. The jury was enthusiastic about the convincing business model and the clarity of the pitch. The start-up now aims to strengthen the team and grow internationally. "Our next steps include employing developers to join our highly motivated team and building up an international network of partners and resellers," Lukas Bauer, Operation & Projects at has.to.be points out. "We are already running projects in Spain, the UK, Italy, Sweden and Eastern Europe and get requests from Asia. As part of EIT Digital's European network we aim to grow further internationally." Beside of a cash prize, Idea Challenge winners receive international growth support through the EIT Digital Accelerator.
The second place went to Peeeks from the Netherlands, who promises to achieve 10-40 per cent energy cost saving by switching industrial processes such as cooling houses, ice skating rinks or oil terminals automatically and intelligently. The third place SEMU from Estonia, represented by the only female founder on stage Margit Lillemaa, developed a home automation system that aims to improve the life of visually impaired and blind people by making their homes safer and more energy efficient. The Idea Challenge takes place in eight different cities across Europe covering each a different technological topic.
The next upcoming finals are:
- Cyber Security & Privacy (November 19 in Trento, Italy)
- Urban Life & Mobility (November 23 in London, United Kingdom)
- Health & Wellbeing (November 25 in Eindhoven, Netherlands)
- Smart Spaces (December 1 in Helsinki, Finland)
- Internet of Things (December 3 in Stockholm, Sweden)
- Cyber Physical Systems (December 4 in Paris, France)
The three winners of the Idea Challenge in the category Smart Energy Systems are:
First place 40,000 €: has.to.be
be.ENERGISED is the innovation leading platform in charge point management including billing and invoicing capabilities for charging processes in public and semi-public areas.
Second Place 25,000 €: Peeeks
By unlocking the flexibility present in cooling houses, Ice skating rinks, oil terminals and other industrial processes, Peeeks can save the owners of those processes up to 40% of their energy bill, and at the same time help stabilise the energy grid.
Third Place 15,000 €: SEMU
Semu is developing a device for visually impaired and blind people that enables them to use home automation systems to make their homes safer and more efficient.


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Brand Shopping
You run your own boutique. Customers are drawn to your window display and they can't help themselves but shop at your store. Guide them by following the hints from the blue arrow. Soon you'll catch the grasp of it. You can buy upgrades with your daily earnings and grow your business to be even better!


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Considering all of the outlandish and silly names that sometimes accompany Android smartphones, they generally tend to come with similar structures. Start with a manufacturer, toss in the name and adjective, and finish it off with a suffix. Example: MOTOROLA DROID _____
A new website has been spied which helps break things down quite nicely, churning out a seemingly endless string of possibilities. If you've ever though you'd like to generate an Android phone name, then you'll enjoy the (wait for it) Android Phone Name Generator.
Using four categories with a number of variables, the APNG will provide you with a new potential Android name every time you refresh. We tried it a few times and came away chuckling at how close to the mark some of these actually sounded. Others didn't seem quite as real however they were funny nonetheless.
A few examples we came up with…
- LG Fascinate Incredible G1 E
- HTC Galaxy Neo
- Sony Ericsson Amaze Touch Z X
What about you?


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Adobe Government Assembly 2012
Adobe Government Assembly (AGA) is our premier corporate event to demonstrate commitment to the US Public Sector community, announce product launches/pipeline, and highlight collaborative successes with our partners across the country in federal, state, and local markets.
This year, with speakers, panelists, and customers representing almost every segment of the US Public Sector, the 2012 AGA in Washington DC proved to be a dynamic forum for exploring trends that are clearly driving the federal government's innovative technology agenda, including 'cloud-first' policies, Analytics for Measuring Agency Performance, data center consolidation initiatives, and Mobile Government.
AGA session tracks were designed around the following three pillars of relevant challenges that government agencies face day-to-day as well: engaging communities through new technologies, achieving efficiencies during a time of significant budget constraints, and the threat paradigm of data security.
For example, I spoke on a popular panel that delved into the topic of improving agency efficiencies by automating mission-critical business processes. John Montel, a co-panelist from the US Department of the Interior, detailed how DOI recently implemented Adobe solutions to modernize ways citizens interact with his agency.
Other AGA highlights included an insightful keynote presentation from LtCol Greg Reeder, Director of Marine Corps production for the US Marines, in which he demonstrated how the Marine Corps is leveraging Adobe technologies for apps that engage a new generation of service members, veterans, and prospective recruits.
From policy makers to agency executives, AGA 2012 offered something for everyone involved in government technology. We offer our sincere appreciation to all customers, partners, and attendees who made AGA 2012 the best one yet. And based on the incredible feedback, we're already looking forward to repeating our success next month in Ottawa at the 2012 Canadian AGA. See you there!
Scroll to see the full US AGA 2012 agenda and links to several of the event's most popular sessions:
Track 1: Engaging Communities – The Soldier, the Veteran, the Citizen
Connecting with citizens, soldiers and constituents is no longer about connecting anything – not telephones, computers or even devices. As federal agencies integrate new technologies like mobility and web analytics into the fabric of their infrastructure, they are breaking past the old paradigms of communication to reach people wherever they are – connecting the mission to those that make it happen.
Session 1-1: The Next-Generation Mobile Government Experience Part II
Session 1-2: Measuring Agency Online Presence to Improve the End User Experience
Track 2: Achieving Agency Efficiency
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dear ,
i know, i know that the days are feeling shorter and your life is feeling darker. oh wait, i mean: i know the days are getting darker and your life is getting shorter. i know that in the morning it's hard to leave your warm bed either because you don't want to walk into the cold temperatures or because you don't want to wake up and have to face the world. i know that it's hard to paint a smile on each day but if you do it long enough it will become second nature and if you do it long enough, trust me, you'll start to feel it deep into your frozen bones. i know when you look in the mirror you think of the days when you were thinner or when you had less marks on your face. i know every day there is the debate whether to paint yourself in makeup or to not and accept the usual "you look tired" "you look sick" comments from people that hardly matter. it makes people uncomfortable to see your inner pain showing on your face. show them. let them see. make them uncomfortable. stop hiding. you've grown so used to hiding that you feel you don't deserve to be seen. hello, hello there…you deserve to be seen. you deserve to been seen all your guts and all your glory. show it all.
there is no reason to hide.


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Olive Wood and Sterling Silver Honey Drizzler
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Board of Directors
In June 2016 Sports Group Denmark elected a new Board of Directors.
Please find more details about the new Board below the picture.
As per June 2016 Sports Group Denmark's Board of Directors consists of:
Jan Jakobsen, Chairman of the Board, formerly A-Tex and ISS. Now CEO in Bloomingville.
Dan Højgaard Jensen, Partner in Industri Udvikling.
Kasper Philipsen, DK Company, co-owner and CEO in the Vejle branch of DK Company.
Mark Christiansen, Sports Group Denmark, Sales Director and partner.
Bjarne Jeppesen, Sports Group Denmark, CEO and partner.


text: This guy has been visiting the feeders quite frequently fighting the wind and polar temps. He is accompanied by Red-winged Black birds, Carolina Chickadees, Crows, Orange- Crowned Warbler, many varieties of Sparrow, Juncos, Dove, Goldfinches and an occasional Bluejay. These photos aren't the sharpest but it's too nippy to stand outdoors for any length of time so I shot most of these through my front door. None the less he's a welcome addition to Orange Bee Birds!


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New Home Away From Home
January 2013
When I moved from Malaysia to Doha to take up the position of Area Manager, Gulf Region with Ascott, many people told me the capital city of Qatar cannot quite compare to its more glamorous neighbour, Dubai. But having lived here for 6 years, I have to say that Qatar's largest city has its own distinctive charms. You just have to know where to look; and, thankfully, with help from those who know the city well, it is not something hard to do.
The newly-opened Ascott Doha at the heart of the diplomatic district is a good place to begin. Located at the north end of Corniche Bay, it offers a breathtaking view of the Arabian Gulf while providing convenience to the business traveller by being near key ministry headquarters, embassies, consulates, major businesses and offices; as well as the leisure travellers, being just a short drive away from shops, restaurants and entertainment options.
If you are always looking for something new to see in the city, 10 minutes away from Ascott Doha is a place where the new and the old come together beautifully. Katara Cultural Village is an arts and entertainment space housing a cluster of gorgeous theatres, concert halls, and exhibition galleries designed to pay tribute to the city's architectural past. With its cutting-edge facilities, it is the perfect place to host myriad multi-cultural activities. So, if you want a taste of Middle Eastern theatre, literature, art, culture, music and performing arts, as well as international samplings, this is the place to go. There is always something happening whether it is an exhibition, a musical or dance performance.
Another place where the old and the new are at home is the Museum of Islamic Arts. This cultural centre of Doha is, like Ascott Doha, located along Corniche Bay and boasts one of the world's most complete collections of Islamic art, artefacts, and objects with pieces from Spain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, India and Central Asia. While history lies within its hallowed halls, the building itself is state-of-the-art. Designed by world-renowned architect, I. M. Pei, it is iconic of Doha's development with its modern look. Apart from its permanent exhibits, there are always travelling ones that take up temporary residence and this month, you can look forward to Arabick Roots. The exhibition traces the movement of scientific knowledge and cultural mores from the Muslim world to Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries.
During the winter months of November to February when the weather is nice and cool, a walk along the Corniche promenade is a great way to see Doha. You can stroll from the old Doha, the former city centre where the traditional bazaars are and where you can see the dhows (traditional sailing vessels) in the bay, to the new Doha in West Bay, where the new hub of the city has grown up and where the grand metropolitan skyline of West Bay can be appreciated. It is like walking through history as you see the city progress through the zones. End up at The Pearl, an artificial island set in a marina where expensive yachts line the waters and luxury boutiques line the streets.
New Buys
From Ascott Doha, you can walk to City Centre Mall, one of the largest shopping centres in Doha. Villagio Mall, Landmark Mall, Salam Mall and The Pearl are all also nearby and they make for a wonderful escape from the heat during summer.
But in January, when temperatures dip, Souq Waqif, a traditional marketplace, is a perfect place to go for a rustic, Arabic shopping experience. Herbs and spices, local arts and crafts, fabric, garments, perfumes, Arabic lambs, shisha pots, kitchen ware, camel figurines made with real camel hair, jewellery, trinkets, bric-a-brac and even household pets – this bazaar about a 10-minute drive from Ascott Doha lets you soak up the hustle and bustle of Middle Eastern street shopping. You can spend a whole day wandering the alleys. I know I have.
New Treats
When you need a break, duck into any of the al fresco restaurants or cafes at Souq Waqif for a cuppa. A warm chai (spiced milk tea) will bring much comfort. If you want to have a meal at Souq Waqif, choices abound. From Middle Eastern to Asia and Western fare, there is something for every gastronomic whim.
Dining Arabic style was a new experience for me. It is communal, even rowdy and worth a try for the new visitor. A restaurant at Souq Wafiq that I like is Isfahan Garden. It serves Iranian cuisine in an opulent setting. Try the kebabs and stews with their freshly baked flat bread, then finish the meal with Turkish coffee which refers to a method of preparing coffee in which fine coffee powder is boiled with sugar, and Persian ice-cream which is frozen clotted cream flavoured with saffron and rose water.
Alternatively, at Khan Farouq, the restaurant serves Egyptian food in a jovial, vibrant atmosphere scented with the sweet aroma of shisha. The food is fantastic and the portions are generous. It is definitely a great place for a value-for-money-meal.
For the freshest salads and perfectly grilled meats and seafood, go to Corniche Seafood Restaurant and Café. Try the Levantine bread salad or Fattoush. The dish is made with toasted or fried pieces of Arabic flat bread, herbs and chopped seasonal vegetables like tomatoes and zucchinis, and drizzled with sumac, giving it a refreshingly tart flavour.
Doha may not have the glitz, glitter and glamour of more ritzy cities but it is not short on new experiences for first-time visitors. Just circle the area around Ascott Doha and you will know what I mean.
Come stay with us …
Ascott Doha
Diplomatic Area,
PO Box 207274,
Doha, Qatar,
Tel: (974) 4497 1111
Fax: (974) 4497 1112


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One of the great joys for me of living in the Mediterranean is the seemingly infinite variations of the same dishes. The different combinations of herbs and spices that produce the signature taste of different countries. Also the country-by-country speciality dishes that mark out the different areas around the region, all underlined by the basics of lamb, pork, chicken, chickpeas and lentils and unleavened bread.
The Marrakech Restaurant on the coast road in Kissonerga is a prime example of Mediterranean cooking at its best. Chef/Owner Sam Burgess, who is half Lebanese and half Iranian, allows her origins to come through in her cooking with her choice of herbs and spices and specialises in dishes from Morocco and Lebanon. Starters include pastilla, a Morrocan pie of filo pastry filled with spiced chicken, crushed almonds, scrambled eggs and covered with icing sugar. Main courses feature Lebanese dawood pasha which is meatballs cooked in a tomato sauce served with rice or a Moroccan tagine of beef, chicken or fish.
Chef Sam trained in patisserie and then elected to specialise in the "hot kitchen" in Lebanese and Morroccan cooking. She has quite literally cooked all over the world; in Zanzibar, The Maldives, Thailand, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Scotland and India. Now she has brought all this knowledge to Cyprus where she has made her home and opened just over a year ago The Marrakesh in Paphos.
The restaurant is spacious with comfy chairs and tables laid out a nice distance apart from each other. Decorated with Morrocan lamps and rugs, it looks particularly lovely after dark as the lamps twinkle against the dark sky. We were warmly welcomed by our Moroccan waiter, Noor, dressed in traditional costume.
He had a good knowledge of the menu and we went with his advice to try two tagines instead of the very popular meze (consisting of approx eight dishes) which is also available as a vegetarian option.
Everything is cooked to order so it is not fast food, but the wait was certainly worth it when two authentic tagine dishes arrived at the table piping hot. The first one, Sam's signature lamb tagine with prunes, was a New Zealand lamb shank cooked with prunes, almonds and apricots. But what makes it so different are the 32 blended spices which she adds to the sauce. It was excellent served with rice. The other tagine was her seafood variety which consisted of fish, calamari, king prawns and mussels. This came in a light sauce which didn't overpower the fish flavours at all.
We were then lucky enough to experience one of the restaurant's daily specials: spiced rice and chicken cooked in bread. The idea is just to eat the rice inside the bread as, in this instance, the bread is a cooking utensil to produce a unique and complicated flavour in the rice which we loved. A new culinary experience for both of us.
With Sam's patisserie background you would have high hopes for the final course here and we were not disappointed after enjoying Marrakech's signature Chocolate Brownie with ice cream. Her expertise came thorough with the perfect balance of melted gooey chocolate in the middle. The desert menu is limited but varies with daily specials such as apple crumble which is cooked from scratch to order and Arabic sweets.
The Marrakech is a little oasis on the busy road from Paphos to Coral Bay where Moroccan and Lebanese food can be enjoyed with a wide variety of both local and international wines. Having cooked for two American president, Sam still awaits our own President Nicos Anastasiades to pass by and sample her food.
SPECIALTY Moroccan and Lebanese
WHERE The Marrekech Restaurant, Mediterranean Plaza, Chrysoneras Avenue, Paphos
WHEN Tuesday to Sunday 10 am – 3 pm for brunch menu, 6pm – 11pm dinner menu.
PRICE from €6.50 – €22


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Soviet soldiers at the Leningrad Front pause in hostilities amidst the smoke of burning buildings just prior to the lifting of the siege. The Siege of Leningrad, also known as the Leningrad Blockade, was a prolonged military operation undertaken by the German Army Group North against Leningrad (St. Petersburg). The siege began on 8 September 1941, when the last road to the city was severed. Although the Soviets managed to open a narrow land corridor to the city on 18 January 1943, the siege was finally lifted on 27 January 1944, 872 days after it began. It was one of the longest and most destructive military sieges in history and overwhelmingly the most costly in terms of casualties. Leningrad (Saint Petersburg), Northwestern Federal District, Russia, Soviet Union. January 1944.
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pls kindly help me with the stl file generation using java code.
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pls kindly help me with the stl file generation using java code.
Sir, iam a beginner of java and trying to learn the things. But i need to submit this task to my teacher. Pls let me know how to proceed with the problem..
you need to go through the beginners in Java first this is a pretty simple code but its more advanced than beginner
Here is a basic Tutorial In Java
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Sir, when i tried to run in netbeans i found the error and did not generate the stl file
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: stl_loader/Stl_loader
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: stl_loader.Stl_loader
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java: 202)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.j ava:190)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:3 06)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launche r.java:301)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:2 47)
Could not find the main class: stl_loader.Stl_loader. Program will exit.
Exception in thread "main" Java Result: 1
what shall i do sir?
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if not please got to = Sun Java
I have installed netbeans
then y the program is showing errors sir? please sort this problem for me?
First, you should break the problem down rather than copy and pasting someone else's code with seemingly no idea how it works. That's one of the hardest yet most important problems with programming - problem solving and writing code to do so. Given you have already been spoonfed some code, what have you tried besides copy the code above? Do you understand what it does? Answering these questions will go a long way in helping you resolve your errorsthen y the program is showing errors sir? please sort this problem for me?
@coderxx0, please avoid spoonfeeding like this.


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A hard Brexit will jeopardise general practice
A 'no-deal' Brexit threatens the quality of healthcare GPs will be able to provide, National Assembly for Wales member and GP Dr Dai Lloyd warns
As both a GP and a politician, I have been privy to the conversations around the UK's withdrawal from the European Union in both sectors. What is surprising is the extent to which the conversations are so radically different in tone and understanding of what is at stake.
The prospects of a 'no deal' exit from the European Union have become ever greater as delusional Etonianism strengthens its grip on the levers of government. This means that general practice and the NHS is likely to become even more affected by the loss of the benefits that EU membership has given us, the networks it enabled us to access, and the health organisations that worked tirelessly behind the scenes to smooth the journey of medicines from laboratory to patient, and medical professionals from classroom to practice.
Such is the extent to which EU frameworks have governed our modern day healthcare system that they touch upon all aspects of general practice. A 'no deal' Brexit will bring significant changes for us.
There are numerous European frameworks governing the licensing of medicines, the extensive funding of cross European health research and collaboration, and the shipment of medical isotopes used in scans and cancer treatment. Over 40 years, relationships and agreements have helped advance the treatment of patients. From the EURATOM agreements that helped govern the transport of radioactive materials crucial in cancer treatment, to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - the list of organisations and agreements formed by the EU that we will no longer have helping our profession is long.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control's main purpose is to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases. It does this largely through data collection and analysis, hoping to predict and then prevent pandemics, and supporting member states strengthen their own health systems to do this. Now it's fair to say that I can't envisage a situation where in the event of a pandemic, it wouldn't remain helpful to the UK in preventing the spread of disease – not least because it is in the interests of neighbouring countries to prevent such a spread. But not sitting at the table and being full participants will I believe carry a long term cost.
It isn't just the membership of such organisations that we will lose. The collaborations, networks and cultural exchanges have proven vital in advancing scientific understanding of many diseases. Such networks will probably continue to exist following the UK's withdrawal from the EU, but in the long run it will mean less funding for UK-based research, it will mean fewer young scientists wanting to stay in the UK, and it will mean the most interesting projects and their commercial spin offs happen elsewhere. It's the cumulative effects over several years and decades that is the real worry.
I know of several pharmaceutical companies who have already chosen not to invest in developing medicines here, but in different EU countries. These decisions collectively will do more to reduce patient access to the latest treatments than any ministerial directive to NICE on increasing value for money thresholds.
Of course, we cannot fail to mention that the UK has over 2,000 EU-born family doctors working in general practice, which is 2,000 doctors the UK can ill afford to lose. We're already seeing that they're feeling unvalued in the post referendum climate, and of course we can't measure the numbers who would have considered coming to work here, but who may now think better.
As well as being a GP, I am of course a politician and chair of the National Assembly's Health Committee. I have been endeavouring to enlighten my political colleagues of these dangers, but I am not seeing any recognition of the dangers of a hard Brexit to the health service within Westminster.
That's why Plaid Cymru has been working at Westminster with all parties to raise these concerns and push for a substantially better Brexit that aims to preserve as many of our relationships with the European Health frameworks as possible, maintain the professional standards and quality of our work, and make sure we can still treat our patients with the best available treatments. Our patients deserve it.
Dr Dai Lloyd is a National Assembly for Wales member and Plaid Cymru shadow cabinet secretary for social services and public health
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Er --- I don't think so. Disingenuous brexit blaming does not help the cause of a harmonious dissociation. I was agnostic but I have to say as time has gone on I understand the psyche of those who voted to leave. Especially when I read articles like this,
There are many countries that survive and thrive outside the EU, the proposed 100BN divorce settlement tells me just how much it would have cost to stay in.
Dr Lloyd you are a politician.. have faith and be positive about the country you represent and respect a democratic decision.
Oh what pain changes causes. There will be no end to the whining of those embedded in the status quo until we've left. The sad fact is most people weren't happy with the status quo. Those in power very much were...and they are so very sad to see their comfortable world upended. Of cause we need to negotiate the best deal we can, but please don't use the NHS as a means to push for keeping everything the way it is/was. Who said leaving a dysfunctional undemocratic money wasting wanna be superstate would be easy? That doesn't mean we should just bow our heads and stay.
(1) Brexit is Brexit . I stick to this even though I voted Remain (after tossing a coin with my practice nurse as a witness). The referendum was an exercise of direct democracy , although there is an argument that the timing of the referendum was not right and things had changed dramatically since then. A second referendum is not currently favoured even by those voted Remain , according to various polls(yes , you have the right not to believe them)
(2) But the 'process' of reaching the endpoint of Brexit is undoubtedly a distraction to every other issues vital to this country. To me , the story was just written in such a way that Brexit was the beast in the minds of the prime minister and her close aides(gone now) for grabbing more power in an 'unnecessary' general election. She was punished simply because of being out of touch with real people. You can argue Jeremy Corbyn managed to swing the ship called Populism in the right direction to gain more seats in House of Commons.
(3) Domestic issues including health and social care were always there before the referendum. They have been simply ignored since the PM took the helm of this government because she spent all the time in Brexit , being obsessed with a 'deal' or 'no deal' with EU. The incompetence of those hard core Brexiteer cabinet colleagues(the ones she fearing )had not helped . Ultimately, domestic issues are proven to be more important than Brexit , at least , through indirect democracy in the general election.Even the divine power (or if you believe in God) sent her strong , painful messages through Grenfell Tower , cyber-attack on NHS and a series of terror attacks.
(4) As far as the EU negotiation goes , one thing has become more apparent that this 'divorce' is not really bilateral; UK wants to break away but EU wants us to stay . And if it is a fine line between negotiation and extortion, it is ultimately about the word Power. This UK government is essentially powerless right now with a prime minister whom everyone is guessing how long will she survive for her leadership. I think this is something those strongly believing in Brexit must remind themselves all the time. Problem is there is nobody with a vision and audacity qualified this premiership with a historically unattractive job description. The prime minister also has nobody to turn to right now and the bankruptcy of trust and belief from people continues.
(5) Whether Brexit will make UK great again(sounds like Mr Trump) in the future remains an academic argument to me. The financial system in the City(London) , being 10 times the size of our own GDP, is at least ready to take off one way or the other , growing eventually to 20 times bigger in 25 years , if things go 'well'. BUT uncertainty is a slow poison. Perhaps, Mark Carney deserves some credit in sustaining the ship with all the measures from Bank of England since the result of the referendum while he had been under constant assaults from those hard core Brexiteer politicians. I think getting rid of his 'baggages' and setting an early 'personal Brexit' date in 2019 certainly had helped him to break his shackles.
Unfortunately for our own GDP or economy, there is only so much Bank of England can do. The government needs the courage and vision to invest in new infrastructures(airports ,rail and housing etc )and new technologies to drive up economic growth . There is also an issue of low productivity in whole UK and hence , it is not just about the prosperity of the City . To achieve any progress on these , one needs a, once again , strong but honest government.
(6)Talking about honesty , I do think Simon Stevens finally showed his spine in anti-spinning the argument of £350 million per week for NHS to put pressure back on the government. Use the lie to find the truth and it clearly states that we need the money for health and social care right now. If it is to raise tax or national insurance, so be it .Desperate times need desperate measures , simply put.
(7)So where does this really lead us to? I still think it depends on May's Choice. She has a Chancellor (arguably in a love and hate relationship with her) to announce the Budget soon and a deadline of 'making up your bloody mind by December' ultimatum from EU. Time is running out fast and furious .
I honestly think we should move on with this Brexit or no Brexit dispute and stop the war between the two tribes. This reality needs to be shared by all of us and focus on the process . Sending abuses or even death threats to each other is only polarising the country even more......
What is 'important' but what is more 'important' ? We are witnesses of history .
Well, at least NHSE and Trusts will not have to shed tears when they have to pay salaries to EU staff and consider this as a waste. They are loathe to give equal pay to migrant workers and bully and harass them to the extent that your hear from GPs in retirement age who have spent their entire lives in the system warning younger GPs not to fight the establishment because 'your colour is not right'. The fear is ingrained in BMEs and migrant, so get on with it. NHSE bosses and Trusts will be happier to get rid of unwanted EU staff - the Agenda is privatization and the sorrier the state of NHS, the easier it will be to Yankize the system.


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Madison Bumgarner did what all "country boys" do at one point or another, crash a dirt bike. The injury will leave him sidelined for at least the next 6 weeks and the already stumbling Giants without their biggest competitor and ace.
Most teams would consider a non-baseball injury like the one MadBum suffered a breach of contract in that he put his body in unnecessary risk and not only hurt himself but everyone involved with the Giants, yet if any one player has earned a free pass it is Bumgarner.
What he has provided the Giants over the past few years in terms of consistency and playoff dominance, including the memorable 2014 World Series MVP performance, all at a premium discount, has allowed this team to lock up other key players like Brandon Crawford, Brandon Belt and bring in big free agents like Johnny Cueto.
Bum has also never once complained that he is underpaid, similar to that of the Warriors Steph Curry.
Having signed a 5 year / $35,000,000 contract with the Giants after his age 23 season with two more club options for 12 million per, this deal could keep him in a giants uniform until after his age 30 season.
To us normal humans 35 million is more than enough and Bumgarner certainly seems to agree but as one of the games best he should be compensated as such and not his teams 4th highest paid pitcher.
For now though it seems like he is more than ok using his built up goodwill to keep living the country life he is so accustomed too.