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J.Crew's success story - and the six retailers that should learn from it
You can almost hear the rest of the fashion world sneering in unison: Oh, is that what we're supposed to be doing? And to think we were concentrating on clothes women don't want to buy!
Yes, the statement is a bit oversimplified. But it sums up J.Crew's specific efforts to win customers and keep them interested. Some less fortunate retailers could learn a thing or two from the company's tactics. Retailers such as ...
The tactic: Giving the brand a face
Who needs it: New York & Company
The Forbes Woman story applauds the way J.Crew brought its design director, Jenna Lyons, to the forefront of its marketing. Just as a fashion director might curate the best looks of the month in a fashion magazine, Jenna pulls the loveliest and most flattering items in each of the company's collections and compiles them into "Jenna's Picks," which are highlighted in the retailer's print catalog and email blasts. Mall staple New York & Company always seems to have an affordable mix of this-minute pieces (like this trench) and versatile basics (like this vest) on hand, and they could certainly use a brand ambassador to show customers how to pull them all together.
The tactic: Price-point versions
Who needs it: Gap and its sister stores
One counter-intuitive but genius idea: J.Crew often offers near-identical items at starkly different price points. Meaning: if this luscious deco sequined tank is just out of the question, you can buy this similar one for more than $300 less. Not every store can pull this off -- but how about a group of stores? Gap Inc. has already combined the e-commerce platforms of its brands (Banana Republic, Gap, Old Navy and Athleta). A link to the cheaper Gap take on a $98 Banana sweater could only enhance the shopping experience.
The tactic: Reinvent -- then reinvent again
Who needs it: Polo Ralph Lauren
J.Crew once peddled flat, serious looks that clung to the basic tenets of Preppy-dom. Then they started paying attention to fashion. Polo Ralph Lauren badly needs to take a look at this page of the playbook. While the retail behemoth spends plenty of creative effort on its high-end lines, its mass-retail collections stick to the same logos and motifs year after year. Come on guys, there are only so many ways to make stripes look new.
The tactic: Regular fun injections
Who needs it: Eileen Fisher
One of the things J.Crew's loyal clients love most? Color. The company nails the fun factor by imbuing its looks with rich golds, airy pistachios and irresistible corals, to name a few. Eileen Fisher has the corner market on wear-it-forever basics, but it could certainly stand to lose its phobia of the rainbow and put black on the back burner for a while.
The tactic: Consistent sizing
Who needs it: Gap and Free People
J.Crew's customers love to shop online because they trust that every size 8 the store churns out is the same as the size 8 before it. If Gap wants to get in on that Internet success, it should take a closer look at its sizing rubrics -- its much-hyped premium denim runs a size or two smaller than its standard jeans. And Free People's sizes are all over the map, making fitting rooms a real necessity.
The tactic: Fabulous final sales
Who needs it: Everyone!
This wasn't in the ForbesWoman article -- but JCrew.com is the proud home to what may be the finest sales online. The markdowns are generous and constant, the inventory is plentiful, the layout is easy to navigate. And if there's one thing women love more than clothes they actually want to buy, it's getting them at a sweet discount.


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Adoreum Club Breakfast with Paul Kempe
On the 9th May we held an Adoreum Club breakfast with Paul Kempe at Home House.
Paul shared his story of growing Tileyard Studios from a 10 man team into an established brand and business managing a number of established artists including Ella Eyre and Sigala. Paul was a fantastic speaker and his passion for community and collaborative working is evident in his success story.
Paul Kempe qualified as a lawyer before founding City and Provincial Properties Plc in 1984 which undertakes a variety of developments including residential & commercial developments as well as strategic land and complex site assemblies. CPP also owns and manages Tileyard Studios.
Tileyard studios is located close to Kings Cross and is the largest music-centric creative hub in Europe. It is home to over 75 bespoke music studios and writing rooms along with event space, café/bar, Gym/Wellness centre and accommodates a variety of artists, bands, producers, songwriters including Mark Ronson, Basement Jaxx, Chase & Status, Nottinghill Music and Sound Advice. Tileyard Studios also provide a variety of office space for creatives. Paul is also an investor in Tileyard Music which promotes and manages established and new artists including Ella Eyre, Sigala and Tiggs da Author together with its own roster of writers.
Paul is also a serial investor in a variety of start-up companies including Spitfire, Soundvault and Gearbox Records and owner of Balearics Sotheby's International Realty which focuses on the sale of high-end residential homes.
We would also like to extend our thanks to Home House for hosting us this morning.

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How to Invest in Silver Commodities
Along with its even more precious yellow cousin, gold, silver has remained popular as an investment vehicle and has served as a safe haven store of value, especially during times of severe financial and geopolitical crises, such as hyperinflationary periods and wars.
Silver futures contracts have been actively traded on commodity and metals exchanges for many years and are actively used as hedging vehicles by silver producers and industrial users.
Fortunately, learning how to invest in silver is now easier than ever, thanks to the proliferation of silver related investment products. For example, another popular way how to invest in silver without worrying about physical delivery involves purchasing silver mining stocks or silver linked exchange traded funds or ETFs via your stock broker.
Also, many online forex brokers now offer traders the opportunity to buy and sell spot silver contracts with a relatively low minimum deposit. In some cases, the forex brokers even allow clients to trade the metal on a leveraged basis.
Another way to invest in silver is the actual purchase of physical silver for investment purposes, typically in the form of bars, coinage, jewelry or fine items. Although this type of investment typically requires a form of safe storage facility to hold the valuable silver items securely, it is thought to provide the security or safe haven that some investors are seeking to help protect their savings in case of severe crisis situations where paper currencies lose their value.
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Politics Category Rules! Please Read.
The following is taken almost verbatim from @jaybate-1-0 's post here, which was an excellent suggestion as to rules for this category:
The point of this discourse is to "discover" and "learn" about issues, rather than to argue to be right, and so engage in to marginalizing and smearing others. In participating here, we simply agree to ban all the techniques of thread cracking and smearing and trying to be the one that is right. In fact, WE AGREE TO ELIMINATE THE VERY POSSIBILITY OF DECLARING ONE POV IS RIGHT. Hopefully, this completely eliminate 99% of contentiousness from the git-go. These kinds of discussions never get anywhere and are a waste of everyone's time. If I have learned anything from this web site it is that I never change anyone else's mind, and neither does anyone else. Each persons changes his own mind here when he/she is good and ready to change it. And they do so when they have participated in gathering information and processing it on their own. Individuals change their own minds. Thus it is fruitless and naive to waste time "winning" arguments. The object of discourse is to come away with more knowledge than what one started with. This new knowledge can include: facts, logics, hypotheses and assumptions about the topic being discussed. Anytime someone enters the realm of "I'm right because,…", or asserts class prejudices like "All liberals are…(fill in the blank)," or "All Republicans are…(fill in the blank)," then participants simply respond with "That's the I'm Right fallacy," and continue introducing and discussion the meaning and utility of new facts, new logics, hypotheses, and assumptions.
This way we actually come away from discussions knowing more and more, rather than being bored and assaulted and disrespected by dolts endlessly engaging in the vanity of trying to show everyone else they don't know what they are talking about. Everyone knows something worth knowing, or else the only point to communicating is pulling the wool over their eyes with propaganda and the current 25-30 techniques for thread cracking and site destabilization and smearing to try to proselytize for one stupid agenda, or another.
(Thank you @jaybate-1-0).
I have read and agree to the rules stated above and the spirit of this category, and hereby do solemnly swear to treat my peers with respect and discuss the issues on their merits in an effort to further our collective knowledge and ideas about politics and world affairs.
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I have read and agree to the rules stated above and the spirit of this category, and hereby do solemnly swear to treat my peers with respect and discuss the issues on their merits in an effort to further our collective knowledge and ideas about politics and world affairs.
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While I recognize my views are righter and everyone elses are wronger, I will respect everyones right to be wrong.
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Yes keep it all respectful. Explain your viewpoint, & since you are doing so in public domain, expect differring points of view. Heck, we can even differ on Self's philosophies. But I enjoy the other angles people bring up to consider. Rock Chalk. Great site, to try to do this regarding hotbed politics, in these times…
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I believe it was best said, "But if I agree with you we will both be wrong…" just kidding, I agree with the above statement.
In spirit, I pretty much agree with these declared rules for political discussion. But in my heart sometimes I just know THAT I AM RIGHT!
For instance, if we are bent upon a course of normalcy and decency regarding polite and respectful dialogue, how in all hell could we ever plow furrows of discourse regarding President Donald J. Trump?
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What's politics?
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@REHawk Lol well I would just stick to specific talking points and not the entire body of work when speaking about the POTUS. If you break out what you (dis)like about him with policies or by topic instead of just insulting (or praising) him as a person, you may very well be able to have a rational discussion.
@Kcmatt7 Talking point #1: He lies to the American people almost daily. #2: He voices disrespect for women and minorities. Right there is enough to muster and embolden my public negativity.
@REHawk lets move this to another thread please?
As much as this administration feels like a regression to the Dark Ages for people who don't like Trump, let's maintain our own decorum even as our elected officials abandon theirs.
@approxinfinity Whoa! This thread falls under POLITICS and WORLD AFFAIRS. Whence comes your request?
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I have read and agree to the rules stated above and the spirit of this category, and hereby do solemnly swear to treat my peers with respect and discuss the issues on their merits in an effort to further our collective knowledge and ideas about politics and world affairs
@REHawk By thread I mean this message chain. This thread is simply for affirming the rules of the game when discussing politics. You're in the right category, but let's start a new thread about the topic, before we get too involved talking about Trump in the rules thread.
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@approxinfinity You put this Board together, so it is simple using the Game Of Thrones ethic: Your house, your rules!
Yeah but it wasn't clear. I think this is more an issue of threadiquette than decorum.
@approxinfinity Aw, okay, I suppose I had best apologize for my responses on this thread. My threadiquette obviously is poorer than my eyesight. You have done a marvelous job in establishing, tweaking and managing KU Buckets. I've slim desire to rattle your cage. Actually, this was my first post on the Politics Category. I had not read previous spins from the general topic. Occasionally, in the past I slipped up and pitched some treacherous liberalism into the basketball entries; so I was patting myself on the back for driving in the more proper lane here. But I DO SEE that my Trump burps aren't appropriate fits in the spirit of this specific thread. Sincerely sorry for the gaffe.
@REHawk no worries man. I'm actually excited to see a new post in this category as there definitely is a lot to talk about right now, and I encourage you to get this thing going again!


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Here's a round up of this week's posts and the top leadership and productivity articles I've read this week, particularly from church leader websites. You'll also find a summary of this week's content on www.equippinghispeople.com.
Here are the top five articles on leadership or productivity from church leader websites I've read this past week:
Why "Finishing Well" Can Never Be Our Main Reason To Behave Morally by Karl Vaters
Karl's blog, Pivot, is one of the church leader websites I check every week. In the light of several recent scandals involving church leaders, Karl provides a timely reminder why church leaders must live morally. Finishing well has nothing to do with our reputation and everything to do with it being the right thing to do, to ensure we are faithful to God and do not hurt other people.
6 Ways to Prevent Vision Drift in Your Church by Rick Warren
Rick says that your most important job as a church leader isn't to hire and fire. It isn't to manage a budget. It isn't to mentor younger leaders. It's not even to preach. Your main job as a leader is to remind your congregation continually of your church's vision. Everything else you can delegate. You can't delegate vision.When you don't regularly refocus your church around a shared vision, you'll slowly find your church experiencing vision drift. Rick sets out six ways to prevent it.
5 Preaching Styles In 25 Years (Here's What I Changed And Why) by Karl Vaters
Karl helpfully sets out his journey through preaching over the past 25 years and how and why his style has changed. Why has it changed? Because people hear differently now than they did 25 years ago: our language keeps changing, our common experiences are fewer, illustrations that used to be universal no longer are, and so on. And because preaching is a skill. We either get better at it or we become stale. Preachers have to keep growing and learning. Like writing, bricklaying or guitar-playing, preaching is a skill. We either get better at it or we become stale.
Why Pastors Should Consider Preaching (At Least) 5 Minutes Shorter by Kevin DeYoung
I include this blog post despite the risk of a hostage to fortune as I rise to preach on Sunday morning! Kevin asserts that the majority of preachers could safely cut their sermon length by five or ten minutes (or more) and be more effective because of it. The freeing reality, he says, is that you don't have to go 60 minutes to preach an exegetically responsible, theologically rich, personally relevant, doxologically powerful sermon. Amen!
Have We Finally Hit Peak Attractional? by Tim Challies
The attractional church model assumes the greatest and highest purpose of the church service is to evangelise unbelievers rather than to equip and disciple believers. It assumes we should do whatever it takes to get people through the doors of the church. It says we shouldn't do or say anything that may make unbelievers uncomfortable. It has been successful in its ability to draw massive crowds but found exceptionally wanting in its ability to draw people into a living relationship with the Lord that results in holiness and spiritual reproduction. But Tim asks if it has peaked and calls for gospel-centred churches instead. The marks of these that he suggests are certainly what I would like my church to be marked out for.
And why not read some of the www.equippinghispeople.com posts you may not have seen this week:
- Christian Leadership: Why Me?
- Seeing with Jesus' Eyes
- Building Each Other Up
- Jesus Meets Needs | Are You Listening? (Mark 6)
- Accountability: It Cuts Both Ways
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One Love Festival 2017Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd September 2017
Colebrook Lakes, Kingstanding Way, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3UP, England MAP
currently £110 adult weekend with camping
The UK's only annual reggae camping festival, One Love celebrate their 10th anniversary next year, and will be celebrating this milestone as well as honouring Bunny 'Striker' Lee who is celebrating his 50th years in Reggae and Greensleeves Records 40th anniversary.
50 years in Reggae music, reggae producer Bunny 'Striker' Lee will be celebrating this amazing achievement as the festival's main compère and guest of this year's festival. To reflect this organisers will be booking artists that Bunny Lee has been fundamental in creating careers for and hosting various meets and greets and presentations. Reggae Legend Derrick Morgan will be joining One Love to celebrate Bunny Lee's 50th anniversary.
In addition Greensleeves Records will be celebrating their official 40th anniversary celebrations at One Love Festival and the iconic reggae record label will showcasing past and present acts with Q&A's sessions and presentations.
The event created in recognition of one of the world's greatest ever rock gig, Bob Marley's famous 1978 'One Love' concert, will host Delroy Williams and Sons of Africa, Saxon Sound System, Blackslate, Capital Letters, Suns of Dub, Channel One Soundsystem, Iration Steppas, Dennis Bovell, Twilight Circus Dub Sound System, Smith & Mighty, Earl Gateshead, Love Express, Blackstar Sound, Maestro Sound, GI Roadshow, Stereophonic Sound, Nick Manasseh, Direct Impact, Instrument of Jah Sound System, Mixmaster Morris, Dan Wiltshire, The Reggae Choir, and many, many more.
For the line-up details as available see the One Love Festival line-up page.
Organisers say, "Celebrating Ten fantastic years of One Love Festival where we have created a platform for the Pioneers of the genre to perform alongside the new Roots Generation; embracing UK Sound System Culture and all the sub genres of that. We are pleased to be celebrating this achievement with two key movers and shakers in Reggae Music Industry the first being Bunny 'Striker' Lee who is celebrating his 50th years in Reggae and Greensleeves Records 40th anniversary – This years line up will be in honour of these two mighty influencers."
Early bird adult (aged 16+) ticket is priced at £99 including camping. Teen's tickets (for those aged 14 to 17 years) are priced at £80. Child, live in vehicle and car parking tickets will also be available at a later date. Day tickets are also available priced at £35 for adults. Please note that all under 16 year olds must be accompanied to the festival by an adult. An adult cannot be responsible for more than 4 under 18 year olds each. Proof of age for child tickets may be required on site.
One Love did a 10th year survey asking their customers for input and the organisers have listened offering more Ska and Lovers Rock acts, improved general toilet facilities, improved campsite toilet and shower facilities, a new quiet, family area and a communal BBQ area in the campsite.
There will also be some new additions including two new facilities. The first is the Reggae Education Marquee, a place to meet, greet, to talk with this year's performing artists, screenings of Reggae films, art exhibitions, book and album signing sessions, talks, Q&As, guest speakers - hosted by Bunny Lee and friends, Greensleeves Records and the Reggae Film UK Festival.
The second new addition is The Space of Love, a quiet area of peace, healing, arts and creativity. The new holistic, wellbeing, spiritually creative addition will give festival goers the chance to relax, participate and expand their minds with workshops such as yoga, reggae sound baths, meditations, massage, communal drumming sessions and active art exhibitions. The mindful workshops are for both children and adults alike.
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Case study
pointOne EPoS - Business Development
TTA helps pointOne EPoS double it sales with a congruent sales and marketing plan.
PointOne EPoS develop innovative, easy to use and reliable touchscreen EPoS solutions for hospitality industries such as restaurants, bars, night clubs, pubs, colleges and more.
The company has supplied professional EPoS solutions to a varied client portfolio including: River Cottage, Imperial Hotel Group, Henley Management College, Brighton Dome, and Proud Galleries.
Challenge- The company had an excellent product, but was struggling to achieve the market share it believed it deserved.
In order to expand their business, pointOne needed a coherent sales & marketing strategy to maximise its limited sales resources and marketing budget.
"We have a good sales team, but somehow we were struggling to make the sales we should. Ideally we needed an experienced business development professional to help with this, but the cost of this was way beyond what we could afford" Steven Rolfe, Managing Director.
Solution - A congruent sales & marketing plan designed by TTA that focused pointOne's sales effort into the market sectors where they could achieve the biggest return for the resources they had.
The Results - A step-change in business performance
According to Steven Rolfe, the impact was almost immediate. "From day one TTA introduced a number of pro-active sales activities that had an immediate impact in developing new leads. The additional sales activity has increased our sales pipeline and we have won significant new business on the back of it".
Summary The initial six-month commitment has now become a long-term relationship. During the next twelve months, in addition to the current work, TTA will work on market focused campaigns both nationally and for the first time in the company's history internationally.
Steven Rolfe commented;"The size of our company didn't give us the necessary financial resources to hire a full-time in-house business development director. Therefore hiring TTA was the perfect solution, as it provides the expertise that we needed to achieve our goals within the budget."
Steven Rolfe concludes;"Since appointing TTA we have doubled our revenues and entered several new profitable markets.We now consider TTA to be an integral and essential part of our management team - and they cost less than the budget we spend on a single trade show!. "


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In the history of their franchise the New York Jets have recently qualified for the playoffs for the 14th time. The majority of the team's playoff appearances have been in the last two decades, while the franchise has been in existence since the year 1960.
On Saturday, the Jets play the Indianapolis Colts and are favorites in NFL betting super bowl odds.
In the NFL on the a regular basis the Jets have become one of the best teams as they have qualified for the playoffs 6 times since the beginning of the 21st century. They have not been able to have the type of success in the playoffs that they'd hope for, even as they have really turned things around as of late.
Since the Jets last made their way to the Super Bowl it has been more than 40 years. In the times of the AFL, that Super Bowl appearance actually came. The Jets thus qualified for the Super Bowl against the winners of the NFL Championship as they managed to win the AFL.
By the famous Joe Nam the Jets were led to Super Bowl. In what is one of the classic football games of all time, the team managed to win the Super Bowl behind Namath.
The fans of the Jets had little to cheer for after that time. Even though they did manage to turn things around in the 1980's, they did not make the playoffs at all in the 1970s. The Jets left a foundation for the team to build up to what it is today as they qualified for the playoffs 4 times in the 1980s.


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Everything you need to know heading into Week 1 of the Barclays Premier League
By JOHN DORN
Though it might seem like last year's Premier League campaign just wrapped up, it's already time to turn the page to the coming season. Week 1 play begins Saturday at 7:45 a.m. ET, when Tottenham travel to Old Trafford to take on Manchester United.
But before getting into this season, let's briefly recap the main events from last year.
A look back
Entering the season widely regarded as title favorites, Chelsea lived up to expectations by topping second-place Manchester City -- by a hefty margin. New acquisition Cesc Fabregas scored three goals but led the league with 18 assists, while Diego Costa scored 20 and Eden Hazard netted 14.
After adding Radamel Falcao, Manchester United were presumed to be a powerhouse. But several underwhelming performances left Man U supporters with a sour taste in their mouths by the middle of the season.
After early back-to-back losses against Leicester and since-relegated QPR, it was panic time for the Red Devils. But Louis van Gaal rallied his troops early in time to salvage a top-four finish.
Mario Balotelli's long-awaited transfer to the Premiership came last August when Liverpool shelled out £16 million to acquire the striker. Balotelli, Daniel Sturridge and Raheem Sterling figured to form one of the more powerful front lines in football -- but Balotelli flamed out, scoring just a single goal and eventually being relegated to the sidelines, while Sturridge played in just 12 league games.
The Reds were in the mix for a top-four finish for most of the year, but a late collapse sent Steven Gerrard out on an inappropriate note.
Man City and Arsenal both enjoyed promising campaigns, finishing second and third, respectively, and figure to repeat success this coming season. Tottenham, thanks to a breakout campaign from 22-year-old Harry Kane, finished six points away from Man United at No. 5.
Looking forward
Two major EPL names switched allegiances over the summer: Falcao from United to Chelsea and Sterling from Liverpool to Man City -- for a whopping £49 million transfer fee.
Liverpool slightly lessened the blow of the Sterling loss by paying Aston Villa £32.5 million for the striker. He's scored 59 goals over the last three Premier League seasons.
Manchester United grabbed German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, formerly of Bayern Munich, on a three-year contract. The 31-year-old totaled 67 goals for Bayern over the previous 13 seasons.
Entering this coming season, the primary contenders from last season all figure to finish similarly this coming season. Chelsea certainly have the firepower to repeat, but their depth is questionable. Manchester City are formidable once again, and the addition of Sterling affirms that status. But should he struggle to fit in the early stages -- after costing City a pretty penny -- it'll be interesting to monitor how the 20-year-old reacts.
Outside of last year's top four and some others -- Liverpool and Tottenham come to mind -- it's hard to predict firmly predict any wild cards sliding into the top four.
Top Week 1 matchups
Manchester United vs. Tottenham: Saturday, Aug. 8, 7:45 a.m. ET
Two clubs expected to finish near the top of the table, Man U and Tottenham will officially open EPL play on Saturday.
Schewinsteiger will look to open his United tenure with a bang, while Harry Kane hopes to continue his rise to dominance. Tottenham hasn't beaten Manchester United since January 2014.
Bournemouth vs. Aston Villa: Saturday, Aug. 8, 10 a.m. ET
Not the sexiest of matchups on paper, but this is a huge day for AFC Bournemouth. The minnows from the south coast nearly went bankrupt in 2008. The club, which was languishing in the fourth tier of English football at the time, had to collect spare change and organize bake sales just to stay alive (their owners say they were 15 minutes away from going broke).
Russian businessman Maxim Demin invested in the club in 2011 and has sunk millions of pounds into the team. Just seven years removed from the brink of extinction, the Cherries play their first game in the Premier League after winning promotion last year. What an incredible Cinderella story.
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The Mount Washington Resort, in northern New Hampshire, is one of America's most beautiful places to visit. Located in the small mountain town of Bretton Woods, this quaint and romantic destination was the perfect backdrop for our special day.
Thomas & Elizabeth met in Boston, Massachusetts in 2002, where they attended the same church in Cambridge. Though from New England, they love their new southern home in south Charlotte!
Though both artists from different fields, Thomas & Elizabeth love creating things that are both beautiful and functional, perfect traits for finding success in artistic industries such as marketing, real estate and franchising.


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Scania, an automaker that is leader in alternative fuels and that has been developing engines designed from factory to operate with natural gas for more than a decade, has noticed the increase in the use of natural gas in road transport during 2018 and offers an analysis of the costs of operation to switch to this fuel.
"Currently, natural gas and biogas are the only fuel option to help decarbonize the heavy transport of goods and passengers. The sale of Scania vehicles powered by natural gas has grown exponentially and has a lot of margin for growth. Looking forward to 2019 we expect to double our sales in alternative fuels. For Scania, this fuel is not much new, we have been developing natural gas engines for more than a decade and working with this fuel since the beginning of the century," explained Manuel Arias, responsible for sustainability at Scania Ibérica.
According to Scania's analysis, these are the main advantages offered by natural gas as a transport fuel:
– Profitability, derived mainly from the lower consumption of the vehicle compared to the diesel equivalent and the price of natural gas as fuel.
– Reduction of CO2 emissions of up to 15-20% in the case of natural gas and up to 90% in the case of biogas. These emissions are those that produce the greenhouse effect and accelerate the global warming of the earth.
– Extra reduction of emissions regulated by the Euro standards: NO2 by 100%, NOx by 80%, particles by 96% and SO2 by 100%. These emissions are those that accumulate in cities and negatively affect the health of the people.
– Range of up to 1,600km in the current offering of Scania engines ranging from 280 hp to 410 hp.
– Reduction of sound emissions of up to 50%. This factor is important especially in the face of night distribution of goods. Possibility of complying with the demanding PIEK noise level regulation that has become a reference in Europe.
– Reduction of fuel consumption.
– ECO Label and access to cities in scenarios of restrictions due to high pollution.
– Image of a sustainable company committed to the environment through the use of this fuel.
In 2018 natural gas in road transport has consolidated as the best sustainable alternative, with 5,745 new registrations, representing an increase of 146% compared to 2017, according to a study of the Iberian Association of Natural and Renewable Gas for Mobility (Gasnam). Currently, there are more than 144 natural gas stations in Spain: 71 public and 73 private, and the opening of 46 more is foreseen. In Portugal there are 11 operational natural gas stations. These figures are increasing progressively as confirmed by GASNAM.
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Not to put too fine a point on it, but I don't think I'll ever take a word that's printed in the New York Times seriously again. Scott Johnson at Powerline lays it out nicely:
The New York Times is participating in the dissemination of the stolen State Department cables that have been made available to it in one way or another via WikiLeaks. My friend Steve Hayward recalls that only last year the New York Times ostentatiously declined to publish or post any of the Climategate emails because they had been illegally obtained. Surely readers will recall Times reporter Andrew Revkin's inspiring statement of principle: "The documents appear to have been acquired illegally and contain all manner of private information and statements that were never intended for the public eye, so they won't be posted here."
Interested readers may want to compare and contrast Revkin's statement of principle with the editorial note posted by the Times on the WikiLeaks documents this afternoon. Today the Times cites the availability of the documents elsewhere and the pubic interest in their revelations as supporting their publication by the Times. Both factors applied in roughly equal measure to the Climategate emails.
Without belaboring the point, let us note simply that the two statements are logically irreconcilable.
No doubt. As Groucho Marx once said, "These are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others." The Times has developed great facility in compartmentalizing its principles.


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After serving his country and earning a philosophy degree, an Iraq war veteran struggles to support his family in recessionary America, pushing him closer and closer to the brink of suicide, when a murdered girl, cancer and a nursing home miracle come together as a message of hope. With a wife and two children to support, Mike Gilbacher ventures into the work world only to find disappointment as a low-paying convenience store clerk. Then, an opportunity at a nursing home arises, but things get worse as he witnesses the neglect and endures the constant stress of dealing with dying people. Mike's frustration builds until he becomes hopeless, thinking he has found his only answer in a bottle of pills. Can his life be saved and faith restored?
M.T. Daffenberg served five years in the US Navy and then earned a BA degree from Northern Illinois University in philosophy with a focus on ethics, and a minor in English with a focus on twentieth-century literary fiction and creative writing. M.T., who also goes by "Empty," hopes his first novel An American Gospel brings attention to the challenges of supporting a family during hard times while staying true to one's principles.


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Instead of losing sleep wondering if you'll have enough friends show up to move you, wake up feeling utter relief knowing reliable help is en route. It is a good, glorious day.
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The Helpers provide a 1 hour window and will show up in that time frame. After going over the lay of the land with them, your job is to watch them do their magic.
Feel free to occasionally point to things and yell, "wingardium leviosa!" Or maybe just sit back and eat a sandwich.
Do a happy dance! Then easily pay your help. The movers only receive payment after you verify the job is complete. Simply call or text us to confirm the deed is done, which automatically sends payment to your Helpers. (Booked Helpers for multiple days? Repeat!)
At this point, you're probably still doing the happiest of dances - joyful to be onward to the next phase of life! Between the hip shaking, you can do something extra to help others move just as easily. How? By writing a review.
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If you've hired Helpers to unload and your new home is nearby, they will follow you in their own vehicle to that local destination—then get the job done. In this situation, you release payment after they finish unloading.
If you're moving long distance (normally greater than 50 miles), you'll most likely need to book two different Helpers local to each area. The first set of local Helpers load up your stuff. You confirm the job is done. They get paid. Then, you travel to your new home.
You arrive (slightly weary, but excited) and a different set of Helpers, local to that neighborhood, will show up and take care of unloading your rental truck or moving container!
You get the same moving day experience both times, it's just different folks getting the job done.
Our Helpers can do a lot. Once you book your Helpers, they pack more pieces of furniture into a truck than you ever thought possible.
To be candid, though, there are limits. The Helpers you choose will NOT:
Some do, but ask ahead of time. If needed, it's easy to get moving blankets at a home improvement store, rental truck provider or storage container partner.
Due to lots of regulations, they aren't allowed to do that for you in most places. Better safe than sorry. Here are some other things your movers CAN do for you.
No matter what, Helpers do NOT hold you accountable for any injuries. (Phew!) All our Helpers agree they will not hold customers liable for injury. If this a particular concern for you, just make sure to ask them this directly upon booking.
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text: My name is Diane Bell, I grew up in Western Massachusetts and now live in South Florida with my husband and pet bunnies.Art has truly helped me grow as a person. In high schooI, I struggled through math, I wasn't athletic or a social butterfly. It was only in art class that I felt "I belonged".After high school, I went on to take several art courses at Framingham State College in the evening after work. At the time, I was a hairdresser and standing on my feet all day. The fact that I was ready, willing and able to lug my art supplies through the college campus (after being on my feet all day) and then stand behind an easel for hours, made me realize how important art was.Many years have passed since then, but art continues to be a huge part of my life. Through the years, I've learned that rendering animals and nature in pencil, watercolor and acrylics was my passion. I now focus on my love for animals, flowers and landscapes in my art work. I am still learning everything I can about my chosen niche through books, classes and online videos. My passion continues to grow.


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There is statistical evidence that the animal shelters andf humane groups had gotten the message out in a 'good economy' (1980s—2000): it is NOT a good idea to breed your pet dog for fun and/or profit. hveing your pet fixed is a good idea for the health of your dog as well as the well being of your community.
In fact, most of the dogs & cats in animal shelters are not from either commercial (puppy mill) breeders, or ethical hobby breeders—but the idiots breeding for fun & profit; the backyard breeders: witness the number of Pit Bulls in shelters—more than any other breed.
Well known story among Chicago pet enthusiasts: a banker & family go to Greece for the summer, & play with stray dogs on the beach, and someone tells the banker's wife that all the strays will be killed at the end of the tourist season. She is horrified by this. Does she start an animal shelter in Greece? No—-too difficult. She starts an animal shelter in Chicago. A NO-KILL SHELTER. But the thing is, she does not take in stray dogs or owner surrenders: she sends out PICKERS to the pounds & shelters that are OPEN ADMISSION & TAKE ALL ABANDONED PETS & she has the pickers choose which ones get to be saved & not killed. Yes, she does take the occasional crippled dog, but most of what the pickers bring in are young dogs that will move quickly.
Her Public Relations efforts are excellent. Through vagaries, she has the public thinking her shelter is an OPEN ADMISSIONS shelter. Whenever they have a fund raising event, the photos of attendees (mostly with purebred dogs) are always featured.
Now…wait a doggone minute. I am a fancier of purebred dogs, and I also support shelters and rescues! But here's the thing: I don't delude myself & others into thinking this animal welfare model is better than open admissions—& this is EXACTLY what this shelter does.
I wouldn't even bother addressing this. She saves dogs and cats, and saves many that would be euthanized due to overcrowding, but she has the audacity to promote mandatory spay neuter.
Here's the problem: the law can not be enforced. I don't know about YOUR STATE, or municipality ( Michael Lewis, "California and Bust" http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2011/11/michael-lewis-201111), but mine is broke. It does not, as a state, enforce animal cruelty or animal housing laws, and our anti-cruelty laws, locally, are only enforced when there is a police action.
I keep referring to Craigslist. Even though the rules are clearly posted: NO ANIMAL SALES OR BREEDING…rehoming fee ok…& most of the community understands this as meaning trying to place a single, or maybe 2 or 3 older pets, not selling animals you bred….because CRAIGSLIST does not enforce its own rules, but instead relies on the community to enforce the rules…backyard breeders & sellers post every day.
From the end of Janurary until the end of April 2012, I flagged over 120 posts for Pit Bull puppy litters alone. This did not include the single 5, 6, 7, and 8 week old puppies, or litters of other breeds. It was only in Chicago. But clearly, these breeders will not be stopped by mandatory spay/neuter.
I have an older, champion Saluki. I never planned to breed him, but I do show him. I am the target. It is the responsible hobbyists & fanciers who will be forced to comply—as we will be turned in to authorities by the backyard breeders. It will look like they—the enforcers—- are doing something, enforcing the law—but the funny (not) irony is, they could go on Craigslist, pay these breeders a visit, confiscate the puppies, fine the breeders. Problem ends in 6 months, I venture a guess.
The shelters…like the elite one I mentioned above, could have volunteers respond to the posts, pay a visit, turn the info into enforcement authorities. It won't happen. Instead, the enforcers will request veterinary records, and contact us that way. The veterinarian making any bit of money off the bad breeders will be turning in hobbyists & protecting their commercial clients. The commercial clients, breeding pets as livestock, will cry out a loss of livlihood and be defended by PIJAC a(the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council lobby group).
A better idea (because, if you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem), is to have the breeders/SELLERS ( now, we have the pet shops that buy whole litters) collect a neutering tax—to be refunded in part when the puppy buyer spays/neuters his pet. Again–easy enough to find these people: they post their puppies for sale. You don't collect a tax, & turn it in, YOU are fined.
O am positive the ethical hobby breeders would do this, & their buyers would not object to paying the tax….but I would bet anything we would end the backyard breeders income generating projects in less than 2 years. Remeber, this has to be done on a state level. Comments?
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SUNDERLAND winger James McClean has earned a well-deserved call-up to the Republic of Ireland squad to face the Czech Republic next week.
McClean had earlier missed out on a place in Giovanni Trapattoni's initial squad, but has now been added to the group, who are set to face their European opposition in Dublin next Wednesday.
Under the guidance of Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill, McClean has enjoyed plenty of success and has scored four times in his 14 appearances for the Wearsiders.
It is the 22-year-old's first senior international call-up, after making seven appearances for the U21s.


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Recently the GTX 1080Ti was launched to various international markets, and now reports are coming in about an overclocked NVIDIA GTX 1080 and 1060 graphic card. NVIDIA has recently green-lighted manufacturers to use faster GDDR5 memory, and now custom card manufacturers like ASUS are doubling on this.
The result is an overclocked Asus ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC and a 1060 OC, both having faster memory than the reference founder's edition GTX 1080 and GTX 1060. The difference between the new models of Asus ROG and the older models of the Asus ROG is the speed. Other GTX 1080 cards are running at 10Gbps RAM speed, and the new Asus ROG Strix is running on 11 Gbps RAM speed.
Asus has given a lot of thought to cooling, which might mean that the new 1080 might be factory overclocked, considering it comes with the OC badge. As of now, Asus has made no comments about the clock speed.
Asus has given the card three fans for cooling. On top of that, the card comes with an industry first MaxContact cooling solution, which actually makes use of copper heat spreader directly in contact with the GPU. The card also comes with a massive aluminum heat sink and dissipates the heat fairly easily.
The other card in the Asus ROG Strix lineup is the GTX 1060 OC. Once again, it is unclear if the card is factory overclocked. The card has a GDDR5 RAM of 6GB running at 9 Gbps, which is an improvement from the earlier 8 Gbps. This card gets a cooling solution in the form of two fans and Asus's Direct CU II technology. It also gets an aluminum heat sink and Asus claims it cools the GPU 30% better than the reference GTX 1060.
There haven't been any news on price or when it will be available, and the cards aren't on Newegg or Amazon. However, Videocardz.com suggests that the graphic cards might be released by the middle of May.


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In order to offer as many academic opportunities as possible, Sturgeon Bay High School students may choose to enroll in an online course. Sturgeon Bay High School holds membership in the Northeast Wisconsin Online Network. At this time, the primary course provider is Wisconsin Virtual School, a high-quality online course vendor.
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Occasionally students find that the regular mode of academic programming does not meet their individual preferences for education. Often these students opt for a home-based educational program (i.e., homeschool) and are no longer considered members of the Sturgeon Bay High School student body. As an option, Sturgeon Bay High School offers a Virtual Student Program, in which students complete some or all of their coursework online but do not report to the school building to do so. Enrollment in this program guarantees that students are still members of the Sturgeon Bay High School student body and may fully participate in all school activities.
Virtual Program students are required to meet Sturgeon Bay High School graduation requirements. Coursework is primarily completed online from a variety of sources available to the district. Tuition for online courses is paid by the school district. Students who fail a course must reimburse the district the cost of the tuition. According to course provider guidelines, students are normally allowed a set time limit for completion of a course. If an extension is needed, the student/parent must request the extension and pay any related fees. The district will not pre-pay or reimburse costs incurred for extensions.
Virtual Program students may also choose an academic program that involves a combination of online as well as face-to-face courses. The program allows for some flexibility, and regular meetings with the school counselor are required in order to maintain accurate academic progress records as well as continually updated academic and career plans.
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Butternut squash is one of my favourite ingredients to add to soups. Not only does it have a delicious, naturally sweet flavour, but it also has a surprisingly smooth and creamy texture. It's just perfect for warming, winter soups! It's also a great ingredient to combine with spicy flavours and create a sweet/spicy dish – like in my curried butternut squash soup and spiced butternut squash wedges recipes.
For this recipe, I decided to continue with the spicy theme, and pair the butternut squash with lots of warming Thai flavours. To do this, I added some red thai curry paste, fresh ginger, chilli and garlic to the soup. Then, for a really delicious creamy texture, I added some coconut milk, almond butter and coconut cream. I used some lovely natural, organic coconut cream from St. Valantine Pure Coco, which they kindly gifted to me. It was so delicious, and perfect for my soup!
This soup is one of my favourite dishes to make as it's so quick to prepare, and I usually have the whole thing finished and served in about 30 minutes. The squash and coconut milk make it so filling, which is another main thing I love about it – as I often find myself still hungry after eating a bowl of soup. I would recommend serving this recipe for lunch, or as a starter/light dinner option. It tastes great with some lightly toasted bread on the side, and an extra drizzle of coconut cream on top. Delicious!
The spiciness of this soup is perfect for the colder weather, which I'll actually be leaving far behind me soon… as I'm off to India tomorrow!!!! I can't wait to share my adventure with you. I hope you have a great weekend everyone!
thai butternut squash soup
serves about 6
2 tsp raw virgin coconut oil – I used Coconut Merchant
1 onion, finely sliced
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 inch piece fresh root ginger, grated
1 medium red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
500g butternut squash
1 400ml can coconut milk – I used Coconut Merchant
3 tbsp coconut cream – I used St. Valantine's
2 cups (500ml) water
4 tbsp red curry paste
2 tsp turmeric
1 tbsp brown rice miso
2 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tbsp coconut syrup
1 tbsp smooth almond butter
1 tsp salt
- Firstly, chop the butternut squash into small cubes/chunks. Then, add them into a large pan filled with water, and place it onto a medium-high heat to cook for about 10 minutes.
- In the meantime, add the coconut oil, onion, garlic, ginger and chilli into a pan and place on a medium heat, and fry for about 5 minutes until golden. Then, when both the butternut squash and onion mixture have finished cooking, remove them from the heat and add them into a blender with the coconut milk, coconut cream and water. Blend until smooth.
- When the mixture is smooth, pour the mixture out of the blender and back into the saucepan. Then, add in the curry paste, turmeric, miso, soy sauce, sesame oil, coconut syrup, almond butter and salt. Place the mixture back onto a medium heat and stir together until everything has mixed together. Then cook for a final 10 or so minutes, until the flavours have developed and the soup has heated through. Finally, when this is done, remove it from the heat and serve.


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The Adobe Web Platform team helped in organizing the W3Conf at the beautiful Regency Center in San Francisco on 21-22nd Feb 2013. Here are some notes from my perch behind the curtains (I was introducing the speakers!).
By all standards, the conference was a great success. Here are some metrics:
- We had about 20,000 viewers watching the conference live in total (there were on an average about 300 viewers watching every second of it).
- About 1,500 people tweeted about the conference. Notably, Faruk Ateş and Kevin Marks were live-tweeting the event.
- 300 people attended the event (including Tim Berners-Lee) in total. Chris Coyier live-blogged day 2 of the event.
What was talked about?
Speakers such as Joshua Davis, Eric Meyer, Lea Verou, Brad Hill, Vicki Murley, Leoni Watson (and more!), gave excellent talks on various aspects of Open Web technologies, including CSS, SVG, Accessibility, Security, and Performance. All the talks are archived on the W3Conf Youtube Channel.
We also had Alexis, Alex, and CJ from our team speaking about various aspects of the web:
- Alexis Deveria – the creator and maintainer of caniuse.com spoke about all the features you didn't know about caniuse.com and which of the web technologies are ready to use now. Read more about his talk 'The top web features from caniuse.com you can use today'
- Alex Chiculita spoke about the making of CSS FilterLab and had some great insights on how to make your websites more performant and optimise for mobile. Read more about his talk 'The Making of CSSFilterLab'
- CJ spoke about design considerations when creating digital magazines and how to take advantage of features like regions and exclusions to create compelling visual layouts. Read more about his talk 'Do Androids Read Electric Books?'
Opportunities to Contribute
Larry McLister & Rebecca Hauck from our team were at the event speaking to the participants about Test the Web Forward and Webplatform.org efforts. We had about 100 people registering their interest in participating in Test the Web Forward events (you can too, just subscribe to this mailing list)
It would be insane not to thank the valiant and super human efforts of Susan Parini, Marie Nedich, and Liz Arroyove-Federick who took care of all the logistics and the W3C for letting us be the host of this year's event.
Wait, there is more!
We also had 2 other events that occurred just after the W3Conf: A workshop by Joshua Davis on using SVG with Processing for creative coding, and a Docsprint to add more exhaustive references to webplatform.org.
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When the opportunity to test Leighton Denny's new Rejuvenate Hand Mask came about, I knew just the person for the job. Poor mother-of-the-beauty-editor, Jackie, suffers terribly with dry, cracked hands particularly during the winter months. The vast majority of handcreams have offered temporary relief but no real solution.
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Anna Kendrick Would Like You To Know That Her Farts Smell Like Farts
Despite the fact that she looks like she was made in a lab using DNA from one of the lady mice from Cinderella and a teacup Yorkie, Anna Kendrick would like you to know she's not as adorable as you might think. "Impossible!" just said the creepy dudes who keep sending her jewelery in the mail. During an interview with Net-A-Porter's The Edit (via Uproxx), Anna was asked if one of the reasons she keeps it so real on Twitter is because she wants to come across as a real, normal person, she replied:
"I guess, maybe. It feels dishonest to me to let anybody in the world think that my farts smell like lavender, or something."
Somewhere in a giant pizza-scented castle in Malibu, America's fart-sniffing sweetheart Jennifer Lawrence just got very nervous that someone might be coming to snatch her crown. "Using farts to appear down-to-earth is MY THING, bitch!"
She also talked about how she's looking forward to the kind of roles that would make Jenna Maroney dry heave before slapping her agent in the face:
"I know that things will be more complicated as an older actress, in ways that I can't anticipate, but I would really enjoy getting to the point where the reason I'm getting roles or not isn't based on if somebody thinks I'm hot enough. I feel like I've always been a character actress, and this is a blip in my career where I'm playing the ingénue. I'll be a lot more comfortable and get excited when I'm playing women who aren't supposed to be pretty."
Well, I hope she's good on her feet, because if she wants any of those old lady roles in the future, she's going to have to fight Meryl Streep for them. Meryl Streep will live forever. Here's more of Anna Kendrick in The Edit looking like a bored ballerina:


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Where, I wondered, were the conservative white evangelicals? Surely not all of them were segregationists. Did white evangelicals in the South respond to the Civil Rights Movement in different ways from their counterparts in other parts of the United States? Is it fair to say that the majority not only refused to engage but actively opposed it? If so, what historical forces formed their particular responses and attitudes? And how did evangelical theologies form or undermine their engagement? These are the questions I posed last year to several historians who have worked in this area. Matthew J. As a historian who is also a Southern Baptist, I am in something of a perpetual quandary. Early Christian Writings (Patristics) Religion & Spirituality Free Audio. Sort by Titles Per Page 1 - 10 of 1027 Titles by Mohandas Gandhi.
BlogSpot — Catholic Beer Club. Ancient Faith Ministries. Christianity. Fewer Americans Believe in God — Yet They Still Believe in Afterlife. Fewer Americans say they believe in God or pray regularly — yet more people believe in an afterlife nonetheless, a new study finds.
It's a generational thing, with millennials the least likely generation to say they're religious or to take the Bible literally, the team at San Diego State University, Florida Atlantic University and Case Western Reserve University found. "In recent years, fewer Americans prayed, believed in God, took the Bible literally, attended religious services, identified as religious, affiliated with a religion, or had confidence in religious institutions," the team wrote in the journal Sage Open. "The large declines in religious practice among young adults are also further evidence that millennials are the least religious generation in memory, and possibly in American history," said psychologist Jean Twenge of San Diego State University, who led the study.
Jesus Discovered in Dead Sea Scrolls. My investigation into The Dead Sea Scrolls has just premiered on CuriosityStream, launched by John Hendricks, founder of the Discovery Channel.
CuriosityStream is the world's first streaming service devoted exclusively to documentaries. The Dead Sea Scrolls report is part of five initial reports dealing with "Biblical Mysteries". I believe my investigation sheds new light on The Dead Sea Scrolls, which are arguably the most famous archaeological artifacts ever found. Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign up! Simon Greenleaf A Stunned Professor. A skeptic of the resurrection, Simon Greenleaf (1783–1853) helped to put the Harvard Law School on the map.
He wrote the three-volume legal masterpiece, A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, which is still regarded as "the greatest single authority in the entire literature of legal procedure."[1] The U.S. judicial system today operates on rules of evidence established by Greenleaf. While teaching law at Harvard, Professor Greenleaf stated to his class that the resurrection of Jesus Christ was simply a legend; as an atheist he thought miracles to be impossible. In a rebuttal, three of his law students challenged him to apply his acclaimed rules of evidence to the resurrection account. After much prodding, Greenleaf accepted his students' challenge and began an investigation into the evidence. Focusing his brilliant legal mind on the facts of history, Greenleaf attempted to prove the resurrection account was false.
Testimony of the Evangelists. The Testimony of the Evangelists, Examined by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice is an 1846 Christian apologetic work by Simon Greenleaf, a principal founder of the Harvard Law School.
Greenleaf's Treatise on the Law of Evidence, published in three volumes between 1842 and 1853, forms the basis for his study of the Gospels. Blue Letter Bible. The Pilgrim Path. The Importance of God in Europe. Anamnēsis. Is there such a thing as an esoteric Christianity, or did Christ overcome and abolish all such distinctions?
It seems to me the answer to your question is … yes! While it is true that in Christ "the middle wall of partition" has been "broken down" (Ephesians 2:14), St Paul continues to "speak wisdom only among them that are perfect" (1 Corinthians 2:6). Even though "there is neither Jew nor Greek … neither bond nor free … neither male nor female" (Galatians 3:28), the deacon still cries out, "The doors! The Dictionary of Spiritual Terms Home Page. Faith & Reason Ministries. Top Verses Bible. INNER EXPLORATIONS. Cosmic Reasons to Believe - Hugh Ross, PhD. Commandments of Christ / via reel. The Commandments of Christ The following is a list of commands which form the basis of our life in Christ.
Most were spoken directly by Christ; many were added for clarity by the writers of the epistles. Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you (Matt. 5:44). Resist not evil: if a man smite thee on one cheek, turn to him the other also (Matt. 5:30-40). PARADOSIS. Is The Bible True? White vs Price 5/6/2010. The Resurrection Debate: Crossan and Borg vs. White and Renihan. The Philosophy of Science Directory. Hypostaticunion1. Psalm-139. Presentation Resources. Aron Wall's Homepage. Einstein on Free Will. After the First World War Einstein made contributions to the development of quantum theory, including Bose-Einstein statistics and the basics of stimulated emission of radiation from atoms (which was later used to develop lasers). He gave the nod of approval that led to the rapid acceptance of Louis de Broglie's ideas about matter waves but he never came to terms with the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.[1] The Copenhagen has become the more popular and standard interpretation.[2] According to the Heisenberg Principle, the moment at which a measurement takes place is the moment at which the randomness lying at the heart of quantum reality expresses itself.[3] Up to that point, everything is fine.
Amplitudes change in a completely predictable, and more importantly, calculable way. Liberalism, Skepticism and Atheism. Upload Donate Alpha & Omega Ministries Loading... Working... ► Play all Liberalism, Skepticism and Atheism by Alpha & Omega Ministries8 videos7,061 viewsLast updated on Dec 16, 2014. Webcast - Alpha and Omega Ministries. Listen to "The Dividing Line LIVE" Featuring Dr. James White. Most Tuesday's at 2:00pm EDT and Most Thursday Afternoons at 6:00pm EDT (audio pre-feed begins 15 minutes or so before start of program). Live Video Stream. Theology Topics. Included here are various topics that relate to theological issues, especially ministry and Christian growth in the context of the Church.
Also included are historical documents of the Church, including many of the classic creeds and confessions of the Church, as well as contemporary Articles of Faith and position statements. Theological Issues Short essay contrasting theology seen as absolute truth and theology understood as testimony conditioned by time and place. Experimental Theology. Some surprising findings about religious people and science. Turns out that if you're snoozing on your mattress on Sunday morning, you're actually more likely to see science and religion in conflict than the pious folks sitting in the pews. A recent survey by Pew Research Center gathered data from more than 2,000 respondents on the thorny relationship between science and religion. The findings indicate a perplexing result: Among the nonreligious, who rarely or never attend religious services, 76 percent saw conflict between religion and science — versus only 50 percent of those who attend church religiously.
Think about it: Most nonreligious Americans don't hear much about religious people who view religion and science as compatible. Instead, as Slate's Rachel Gross points out, they hear the media's version, which depicts "all-out warfare," highlighting outspoken fundamentalists and debates over evolution and science textbook content. The Lonely Man of Faith. 30 truths to tame your tongue, temper & intolerance. Authors@Google: Tim Keller. Postmodernism Tim Keller at Desiring God. Top Ten Philosophy, Science, and Theology Podcasts/ via Sproficy. By Max Andrews The following are a list of podcasts that I've been following and listening to that have been quite helpful in my philosophical, scientific, and theological studies.
The criteria for consideration are based on 1) quality of content, 2) accurate presentation of the material, 3) constructive and respectful criticism of opposing views, 4) frequency of podcast release, and 5) a broad range of topics/issues discussed. #1. Paradoxology. ...The Female Voice in the Old Testament: An Imaginative Rediscovery... Robert Coles. Christianity and Literature, Vol. 54, No. 4 (Summer 2005), 563-75. About us. Journal - Bonovox. Christus. Reformed Theology from R.C. Sproul: Ligonier Ministries. About Us: Masthead. Perichoresis - Dr C. Baxter Kruger. Creation Stories. Semitic Languages Expert.
7 Signs That You're "Judging" Others. Patheos. Matt Slick. That God Show. Ian Barbour, Who Found a Balance Between Faith and Science, Dies at 90. Ian Barbour first studied science, then religion, but instead of concluding that the two are in eternal conflict, he helped create an academic realm where they share common ground. Dr. "Misquoting Jesus" - Peter J. Williams vs. Bart D. Ehrman. Making sense of the Book of Genesis with Dr. Michael Heiser (FULL) - Creative Commons 3.0 Licensed. Gerald Schroeder - Articles - Age of the Universe.
Index. Judaism, Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. New International VersionPride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. New Living TranslationPride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall. English Standard VersionPride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. New American Standard Bible Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before stumbling. King James BiblePride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Holman Christian Standard BiblePride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall. International Standard VersionPride precedes destruction; an arrogant spirit appears before a fall. Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? Dr. N.T. Wright. Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks: Walter Brueggemann on Reality, Grief, Hope. In my book Reality, Grief, Hope, I have delineated three contemporary prophetic tasks.
I identified those prophetic tasks by paying careful attention to what the Old Testament prophets were doing in their society. I did not, however, linger in that ancient context, but rather paid attention over time to our contemporary socio-economic, political, and cultural condition. Early Christian Writings: New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, Church Fathers. Tolstoy the Spiritual Anarchist: On "A Confession" John Milbank - The Myth of the Secular. What does the Bible say about an out of body experience / astral projection? Gospel of Matthew. Gospel of Mark. Gospel of Luke. Gospel of John. Early Christian Authorities.
Philonica et Neotestamentica. The Jesus Blog. Meet This Book: Anthony Thiselton on his Systematic Theology. Clarity. The Corinthians in Corinthians. Eusebius. First Council of Nicaea. Gospel of Matthew. The Bible and English Literature by Northrop Frye - Full Lecture 1. Gospel Critics and the Argument from Silence. David Berlinski—Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions.


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What's a chocolate chip cookie without the chocolate chips?
What's a halloween party without a costume?
What's hanging mistletoe without someone to kiss?
And what on earth is Mother's Day when your mom isn't here anymore to celebrate?
I know that I can still celebrate her legacy and her life, even though she is in Glory-but it's not the same, you know? I want to get her a gift. I want to write her a card. I want her arms to wrap around me in a tight embrace that is better than any other hug I've known.
I know and believe truth. I know and believe she is in a better place, that God has purpose for all the pain, that he took her at the perfect time-though I don't understand why. I know how fortunate I am to have had her in my life for 28 years and how grateful I am for all God did in and through her.
But it still sucks.
It hurts.
It's sad.
I don't like it.
So this motherless, Mother's Day, I am going to feel the incredible weight of that sadness, with the soothing peace of that truth. I am probably going to cry, and that is sooooooo okay.
But, because of my faith in Jesus, I am not going to stop there. I want to be what he would want me to be. I want to have his heart. So I am going to pray to be used on Mother's Day. I am going to pray that God puts on my heart and mind, other people who need encouragement or love that day. Mothers with children who are not emotionally healthy enough appreciate them the way they deserve to be appreciated. Mothers with children who are not older enough to understand the constant sacrifices they are making. And mothers who are mothers and grandmothers themselves, who, though months or years have passed, will still be feeling the still of missing their own moms.
Join me in aiming to love these women well, and let me know if you have any thoughts on Motherless Mother's Day ❤
With Tears of Heartache & Gratitude for the Gospel,


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Hillsong Conference is about championing THE Church of Jesus Christ; and together, WE are the Church. It is for people of all ages who are passionate about the local church and the call of the Kingdom of God.
From its earliest beginnings, almost 30 years ago, this gathering has always been about "the Church" growing in stature, innovation and most importantly, Godly influence.
Every year thousands of Christians, from hundreds of churches, unite under the name of Jesus at Hillsong Conference. Held over three nights and two days, this is an opportunity for you and your team to pause, listen and hear from God. Don't miss this opportunity to benefit from the wisdom and experience of inspirational church leaders, make an investment into your own personal leadership and be inspired and equipped with practical tools that will benefit your local church.
This product contains audio recordings from Hillsong Conference London and video recordings of Hillsong Conference Sydney.
For individual sessions please click on the links below:
- Jentezen Franklin - The Seventh Hand
- Brian Houston - Kings and Queens
- Brian Houston and Friends - Let's Talk Church
- Gary Clarke and Craig Groeschel - Leadership Hour
- Craig Groeschel - Run Your Race
- Jentezen Franklin - The Mathematics of Forgiveness
- Brian Houston - Let's Talk Church
- Spheres
- Carl Lentz - Thank You, Thank You, Thank You


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Virtualsense was founded in 2009 as a real business operating within a virtual world, selling virtual goods and providing services to participants across the globe. The company was initially formed as an experiment to see if it was possible to run a business from within Entropia Universe. Virtual businesses and investments to date include:
- A Chain of shops selling virtual Items
- Virtual Land areas deriving passive income from the activity of participants and entertainment events
- Planet Land Deeds - Sharing a percentage of gross revenue for a virtual planet
- Logistics and transport business, providing transport services to participants.
In addition to these activities Virtualsense provides consultancy services to technology companies, specialising in technical leadership and agile development. Virtualsense is a technical playground, used as a vehicle to invest in emerging technologies and to create startups.
Virtualsense will support the realisation of the future internetwork of virtual worlds and environments, for generations of future users by providing products and services. Our years of experience operating from within virtual worlds provides us with the insight to truly understand the needs of the millions of people worldwide, who lead an increasingly digital life. The future of the online world is immersive. We will be engaging with technology in increasingly intimate ways as we build the tools to meet and eventually surpass our humanistic needs.
If you would like to find out more about our interests such as Entropia Universe, Virtual Worlds, Digital Currencies, the 'Internet of Things', Agile Development and pretty much anything else that seems interesting, check out our blog


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We were disappointed, but not entirely surprised, to learn that Daniel Biss made the decision to drop Carlos Ramirez-Rosa from his campaign. While we believe Carlos would have made an outstanding lieutenant governor of Illinois – as he has made an outstanding alderman of Chicago's 35th Ward – we also believe that he is a man of strong principle and great humanity. The Biss campaign asked him to forsake those principles and abandon that humanity by repudiating his support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, and Carlos refused. We would rather have him fighting for the poor, the disenfranchised, and the marginalized in Logan Square than compromised in the governor's mansion, beholden to special interests and lobbying groups for the wealthy and powerful.
Chicago Democratic DSA voted to support the BDS movement at our national convention here in Chicago this August by Socialists of America stand with Carlos Ramirez-Rosa and are proud that he is a member. popular vote of the largest socialist organization in the United States. It is a peaceful and non-violent form of protest against unconscionable acts against an oppressed population, and it is to Carlos' credit that he has supported its goals without consideration of political expediency or convenience.
It is truly unfortunate that Daniel Biss has dropped as a running mate a candidate whose commitments to working people and marginalized communities are clear. Meanwhile, we will continue to support our colleague and friend, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, as he continues to actually act on behalf of these communities.


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2nd Annual Concordia Sustainability Across Disciplines Conference
This interdisciplinary conference will examine sustainability research across disciplines and will feature faculty, graduate student, and undergraduate student research from across Concordia University.
THURSDAY, MARCH 8th (in RF-110 and 120, 7141 Sherbrooke St O., Montreal)
9h30-10h30: Welcome and opening address
Jeannine-Marie St-Jacques: Long-term trends and low-frequency variability of river flows in the North American West
10h45-11h30: Panel Ia: The Importance of Place in Sustainability
Panel Ib: Where can a sustainability internship lead you?
11h45-12h30:Panel II: Reconciling the Three Pillars of Sustainability
13h30-14h30: Panel IIIa: Potential Solutions to Problems of Sustainability
Panel IIIb: Where Can a Sustainability Internship Lead You?
14h45-15h45: Panel IVa: The Politics and Industrial Implications of Sustainability
Panel IVb: Where Can a Sustainability Internship Lead You?
16h00-17h00: Panel V: Landscape Ecology Perspectives on Sustainability
FRIDAY, MARCH 9TH, 2018 (in MB-9-AB, 1450 Ave. Guy, Montreal)
9h45-10h15: Panel VI: The Politics of Sustainability
10h30-12h00: Round-Table Discussion I: What, if Anything, is Sustainability?
13h30-14h15:Panel VI: The Role of Innovation in Sustainability
14h30-15h45: Round-Table Discussion II: How to Build a Career in Sustainability
16h00-17h00: Dr. Kamal Bawa: Institutions of Sustainability Science
17h00-17h15: Student Awards Ceremony and Closing
Attendance is free and open to the public but registration is required.
*For more information about the conference, including the detailed schedule, visit the conference webpage or e-mail the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre.
Please note that we cannot provide support for attendees coming from abroad.
This conference is brought to you by the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability and the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre, with the support of the Office of the Vice President of Research and Graduate Studies, the John Molson School of Business, the Departments of Applied Human Sciences; Biology; Communication Studies; Economics; Geography, Planning and Environment, and Sociology and Anthropology, and the Sustainability Team of Environmental Health and Safety at Concordia University.


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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Newcastle, Maine is a new addition to the Sacred Spaces of New England project. Dedicated in 1883, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church is the first example of a cottage Gothic Revival style church in the United States. Designed by architect Henry Vaughan, the wood framed building is protected by a wooden shingle gabled roof and its exterior walls finished with half-timbered stucco, reminiscent of 15th century English architecture.
If you would like to learn more about the church, please visit St. Andrew's Episcopal Church's entry on the Sacred Spaces of New England website.


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Thursday, July 14, 2016
Family Vacation Photo Dump Pt. 1
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- Paula FreemanJuly 23, 2016 at 11:05 AM
Love your photos Anna! I especially love the one of your mom and dad on the dock.ReplyDelete
If you're at all interested in knowing . . . the Catholic Dogmas . . . that we *must believe* to get to Heaven . . .ReplyDelete
We list it on our website > > > www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com
The Dogmas have in fact ... been hidden from you.
The Catholic God knows . . . what we think and believe . . .
Catholic writing of Romans 1:21 >
"They ... became vain in their thoughts, and their foolish heart was darkened."
Catholic Faith (pre-fulfillment) writing of Job 21:27 >
"Surely I know your thoughts, and your unjust judgments against Me."
The fact that "islam" is not a religion is on Section 113.1 of the site. Mohammed in the "koran" wrote exactly the opposite of the Old Testament Prophets.
Proverbs 30:4 > "Who hath ascended up into Heaven ... what is the name of His Son."
koran - maryam 19:35 > "It is not befitting ... Allah that He should beget a son."


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Hello, dear visitor, and welcome to The MS Times– a hub for all things Multiple Sclerosis as experienced by myself, Andrè. I have been living with multiple sclerosis since 1999 and, in that time, I have undergone a journey where I have learnt to accept my situation and am now positive about living with MS.
I have created Andrè's MS Hub to provide information for those directly and indirectly affected by multiple sclerosis. It is my intention to share my experiences with you and offer helpful tips and guidance on treatments, remedies, mental and physical exercises, and personal point of views from my family and friend support network.
I will also be sharing a personal video diary of my life and the ups and downs that accompany living with MS.
My multiple sclerosis odyssey since initial diagnosis has been varied, but it is a journey that I would like to share with you. Please feel free to contact me and share your respective MS experiences.
Thank you for visiting The MS Times and I sincerely hope you become a regular visitor… Om Shanti.
Disclaimer: All information provided is from the personal experiences of Andrè. It is essential that you seek professional medical advice prior to trying any of the treatments, remedies, or exercises mentioned on The MS Times.


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5 Reasons Not to Date a Zombie
By Matt Mogk
Author of Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Zombies
Zombies are more popular than ever. They're racking in billions at the box office and in the video game store. They can be seen shambling down city streets from Los Angeles to London as fans organize thousands of zombie walks, pub crawls, and flash mobs across the globe every year.
That kind of wild popularity inevitably breeds the classic celebrity crush. But if you've considered dating a zombie you might want to think twice, because the undead make horrible romantic partners. According to dozens of leading relationship experts and matchmakers, here are the top five reasons NOT to date a zombie:
1) They're selfish. Don't be fooled by their laidback demeanor and quiet confidence; zombies have one thing on their minds and one thing only. They're not interested in taking you out to a surprise birthday dinner, or even meeting your parents. They'll never send you flowers on a random Tuesday just because, or call you at work to say how great you are. You're not a piece of meat!
VIDEO: Author and zombie expert Matt Mogk on zombie myths (they don't always eat brains)
2) They're noncommittal. Are you the kind of person who dreams of spending the rest of your days with that special someone? Zombies aren't. They can be completely focused on you one minute, and then chasing down someone else the next. Any pair of legs and pretty face that catches their eye is libel to send them wandering off like you never existed. You deserve better!
3) They're dirty. Cleanliness may not be the first box on your list of wants, but how about in the top three? Not only do zombies lack basic personal hygiene, by they're constantly making a mess of their surroundings. And no amount of hinting can get them to clean up after themselves. You need to be an equal partner in any successful relationship, not a maid. Never accept less!
4) They're needy. Everyone likes some alone time now and then, except zombies. They won't respect your boundaries, and they're constantly in demand of attention. Neediness is often confused with affection, but risk the temptation to make that mistake. Zombies will only take and take, and never give back, which can never lead to a true emotional connection. Don't settle!
5) Your friends will hate them. Finding new love shouldn't require that you alienate old friends and family. Your ideal romantic partner needs to enhance other important relationships, not tear them down. If you do take the undead plunge expect a lot of intimate dinners for two, because no one wants to double date with a zombie. Your parents will certainly disapprove. Listen to your loved ones!


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fashion, GET LOST, Giuseppe Zanotti, H&M, LowLuv, polyvore, style, Vince Camuto
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Yes, its true
what can I say… SEPTEMBER IS AWESOME!
Not only is my Birthday on this day (P.S. I happen to share the same b-day as Niall Horan from 1D) *not a true directioner but I get that a LOT" ANY WHOOOOOO.
September brings in the beautiful shades of Fall, my favorite season 🙂
LADIES its OFFICIALLY BOOT season, or at least getting ready for them!!!!
Warm cozy Knits, chill, pumpkin spice and apple scents in the air, whats NOT to love?
welll besides the new awesome cover of LADY G on this years September issue of Vogue, which I am just dying to get my hands on….
There is also the fact of the awesome new fall ads we get to see: I think very creative and artsy:
here a few selected, my personal likes
along with other things to watch out for is just the simplicity and beauty in the small things autumn brings….