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The author plans to engross readers into the crime literature by writing exciting novellas that would gradually uncover the two heroes Robert and Fahad and their deeds. Also, the author focuses on all the details and expresses in a wonderful way. He creates a confluence of the East and West, the nativities of both the heroes. The first novella of the series -The Mystery of The Desert Lights- will be released on Kindle Store in many formats very soon.
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Besiktas have refused to play the rescheduled final 33 minutes of their Turkish Cup semifinal against Fenerbahce.
The Istanbul rivals, who drew 2-2 in March's first leg, were unable to finish the return fixture at Fenerbahce's Sukru Saracoglu stadium on April 19 as trouble in the stands spread to the benches and the tunnel.
Besiktas coach Senol Gunes was struck on the head by an object thrown from the crowd and the game was called off by the referee in the 57th minute, with the second-leg scoreline locked at 0-0.
It was announced by the Turkish Football Federation on Wednesday that the teams would play the rest of that game behind closed doors on Thursday, May 3.
However, Besiktas say they will play no part and effectively look to have withdrawn from the competition.
The club said on Thursday: "Even though the millions clearly saw that the visitors Besiktas were the only victimised side at Kadikoy [the district of Istanbul where Fenerbahce are based], the Turkish Football Federation ruled that our Turkish Cup semifinals second leg against Fenerbahce would continue from where it was abandoned.
"As a club who adhere to fair play at all times, Besiktas JK have decided not to take part in the said cup game, scheduled for Thursday, 3 May 2018.''
Akhisar Belediyespor, who knocked out Super Lig leaders Galatasaray, are already through to the final, which is scheduled to be contested on Tuesday, May 8.


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The authorities of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) and the Muslim Corpers Association of Nigeria (MCAN) have agreed on modalities that would make the orientation course conducive for the 2016/17 Batch A Stream (II) prospective corps members who are Muslims.
READ ALSO: NYSC Batch 'A' 2016 (Stream II) Orientation Course To Begin On June 13
The resolve became vital as the date scheduled for the orientation course falls during the Ramadan period.
The Director of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) had earlier today (Thursday) issued a statement rejecting the June 13 fixed date by the NYSC, saying that the date coincided with Muslim corps members' Ramadan fast.
The statement read: "It is illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional for NYSC to hold camp at a time when its Muslim members will be deprived of their freedom of worship and the liberty to practice their creed without fear."
"This planned camp is exclusive, discriminatory and parochial."
"Any Nigerian institution dealing with schedules and programmes particularly the NYSC whose programmes are of such magnitude is expected to consider the dates and periods of important festivals, rituals and religious practices. This should form the core of its logistics. It is our humble opinion that NYSC headquarters has failed in its strategic planning by allowing its next camp to clash with the Ramadan period."
"What happened to 21st May, 2016 which was the date earlier picked for the orientation? We do not want to believe that the shift was deliberately planned to coincide with the Ramadan season with a view to excluding prospective Muslim corpers."
However, at a meeting between the MCAN executives and the management of the NYSC, the Director General, Brigadier General Suleiman Kazaure, said that the fixing of the orientation course during the Ramadan period was as a result of pressure from the would-be Corps members who argued that they had overstayed at home, The Eagle reports.
READ ALSO: NYSC Pleads With 'Protesting' Nigerian Graduates To Be Patient
He also blamed the delayed disbursement of funds for the scheme as another reason the orientation course clashed with the Ramadan.
READ ALSO: Lack Of Money? NYSC May Shelve Batch 'A' Stream '2' Corps Members' Mobilisation To Camp
However, a statement by MCAN said the two teams have agreed on the modalities that would make it easy for Muslim Corps members to observe the Ramadan without too much hassles.
The statement on the outcome of the meeting read in part: "In fact, any muslim corps member who feels his fate cannot bear the camping environment as they are fasting should use the Masjid after they must have informed the MCAN Amir of their respective states.
"However, this has to be under a serious control system in order to prevent abuse of such opportunity.
"MCAN representatives who must have met with state coordinators will help in coming to a consensus with the state coordinator and camp commandant in regards to this."
"Finally, inasmuch as the camping will be less demanding for those fasting and measures has been put in place to protect the spirituality of Muslims during this camp, WE PLEAD TO ALL MUSLIM CORPS MEMBERS NOT TO ABUSE THE PRIVILEGE and report anyone who might take advantage of such privilege to the right authorities."


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In the time when everybody's going fast towards nowhere this question arises more and more: how to stay fit, and I might add and how much time is just enough to get in shape (since we are so busy making money, raising kids, watching Oprah and so on).
First off all, let's see which are the favorite types of activities to get you in shape (or maintained the hard gained fitness level). Are you going to the gym, attend aerobics classes or do your own thing? Every type of activity has good and bad sides, so it is up to your agenda to choose whatever works best for you. Let's quickly see the good, the bad and the ugly for each of them.
Going to the gym can be a great thing. You can look gorgeous in your new track suit, emphasize the features you are more comfortable with and hide the ones you are still working on. It can be a good spot to socialize, meet new people or just go there with your friend. A personal trainer is always around if you need help or to keep track of your progress. If you are a total beginner and feel terrified of walking into a fitness studio because you will look like an idiot then you'd better work on your self confidence first.
Also if you have a busy schedule and your favorite gymnasium is one hour drive away from your home, obviously you need to figure something else out.
Aerobics classes can be a lot fun, and the good thing about it nowadays is their big variety. If you like dancing you can take jazz exercise or salsa, even belly dancing, if you want the classical go for the step aerobics or classes focusing on bums or abs; and if you have a lot of energy to burn Tae-Bo or spinning is for you. Location again is the main downside so hope that your favorite studio isn't too far from where you live. You can make also a lot of friends there, mostly of them will be though girls, and usually the instructor is cute and well built but let me say this he's by himself and you are, well a whole class and probably not the only class that day.
Which leads us to the home made fitness program. This can work great for you is discipline is one of your strong points.
You can jog, bike right as you get out of your home. And have a weight or machine training in your own room. Yes you can do all these if you have already some fitness skills and a considerable will. You will avoid lost times traveling to the gym, save on the membership, have a really flexible schedule and not be annoyed by the poser (and you'll find them everywhere you go, believe me). The major downside is of course slacking. If you feel like you need to be pushed by somebody all the time then this is definitely not something for you.


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Magnum Hunter (MHR) Up on Record Production, Short Interest Decline
Shares of Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. (MHR) were up +0.99 or +18.13 percent to $6.45 per share in Thursday's premarket, after the company announced record production results for its newest well in the Utica shale of West Virginia. In addition, the company's stock saw a large drop in short interest in August. Magnum Hunter Resources closed $5.46, up +0.06 or +1.11 percent in Wednesday's regular trading session.
Magnum Hunter announced late yesterday record production results for its latest well in West Virginia's Utica shale. Throughput volumes for the company's Eureka Hunter gas gathering pipeline system in Ohio and West Virginia increased to about 316,500 MMBtu per day. The company's wholly owned subsidiary, Triad Hunter, LLC is producing about 35 percent of volumes flowing through the Eureka Hunter Pipeline System. Magnum Hunter is expecting a flow of approximately 400,000 MMBtu per day of natural gas throughput volumes by the end of the year.
Chris Akers, Chief Operating Officer of Eureka Hunter Pipeline, LLC, said in a press release that, "Our commitment to our customers through quality service and increased capacity has resulted in a record day of approximately 316,500 MMBtu of natural gas per day. The Eureka Hunter Pipeline presently covers over 105 miles of both 20" and 16" pipe. We have three to four construction crews working at any given time supporting our aggressive expansion efforts. We are well positioned for continued significant growth throughout the Utica and Marcellus regions of West Virginia and Ohio.
In addition to the pipeline news, Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. stock saw a large decline in short interest in August. From August 15th to August 29th, the shares short interest dropped from 28,093,020 short shares to 26,036,310 short shares, a decline of -7.3%. The company's short interest is currently 13.8 percent of total shares based on daily volume figures of 3,249,495 shares. The short interest ratio is currently 8.0 days.
Magnum Hunter stock is currently trading on the low end of its yearly range, which saw the company make a high of $9.27 per share and a low of $5.19 per share. With the news of its record production and decline in short interest just released, as well as some brokerages' buy recommendations, the stock could test its yearly highs in the not too distant future.
Other News About Magnum Hunter
Magnum Hunter planning more 'stacked pay' drilling from same well pad
Company expects to have 5 wells in production by the end of the year.
Morgan Stanley Arm Acquires Stakes in Gas Pipeline Company
Morgan Stanley Infrastructure to buy co-control ownership of Eureka Hunter Holdings LLC.
Other Stocks in the News
Alibaba investors have reason to worry, say analysts
Analysts say that Alibaba's market valuation after its IPO could be too high.
BlackBerry's square-screen Passport arrives to take on iPhone 6
Company releases its first new phone in 2 years.
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Not only does a leak mean a valuable resource being wasted, fuel leaks cause serious environmental damage. If undetected, fuel leaks contaminate surrounding land and watercourses, resulting in expensive remediation works, damage to an organisation's reputation and possible legal repercussions and financial loss for the tank owner.
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The VacuTect hydrophone identifies the sound of air or water being sucked into the tank, while pressure transducers measure the drop in vacuum pressure. Water seeping into the tank settles on the bottom and is measured by the VacuTect water sensor.
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The new wave of digital technologies of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and NLP are fundamentally changing the way the finance function of Account Payables operates. SmartAP is a digital account payable solution that provides intelligent invoice processing to help companies save significant time and costs. Through Digital Automation (AI, ML and NLP) it significantly reduces manual efforts for invoice capture and validation. SmartAP allows Account Payable staff to put aside old fashioned and time-consuming data entry tasks, and focus on optimizing financial supply chain.
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As organizations continue to grow, and rely on a greater number of vendors, the high costs associated with invoice processing will only continue to grow as the volume of invoices increase.
Even today, a large number of invoices coming to companies are paper-based, or from an electronic file, such as a PDF, jpeg or email. Current Enterprise Account payable products are addressing the process and workflow requirements but do not digitalize the extraction and validation process sufficiently. This limitation means, Account Payable staff members have to do manual work for invoice data capture and validation.
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Where did the day go? I woke up somewhat early, watched CBS Sunday Morning, read a bit of the paper and ate this cereal for breakfast:
I did some research on my husband's desktop Mac and then was hungry again mid-morning.
I had a mini bagel with strawberry cream cheese.
After I showered, I was hungry yet again! I craved a green monster, so I blended one up with spinach, frozen pineapple, a fresh banana, Soy protein powder, ice and Silk Almond Milk.
I also had an attune raspberry chocolate probiotic bar.
That was kind of my lunch for today. I didn't feel too hungry around lunch time and started reading my book again. Unfortunately, reading makes me really sleepy lately and I fell asleep on the couch for the second day in a row. I woke up with Karma the cat by my side and we were sleeping in the exact same position. Is it weird that my cat and I end up sleeping the same way?
Anyway, I was sad when I woke up because I had been dreaming I was in Sweden, biking on my Trek bike and enjoying nice warm weather. The Sweden setting in my dream definitely came from reading the Larsson book. Biking outside–well let's just say that I have been thinking about biking outside a lot and how much I miss it and the nice weather.
Here I am on my bike on Craig's 30th birthday last summer. I surprised him by asking his boss if he could be off of work, made him breakfast in bed and we went for a beautiful 14 mile bike ride along Lake Michigan.
Aaah, I miss summer.
When I got up, I was in the mood to bake. I used a cornbread muffin mix and added jalapenos to it. We froze a bunch of jalapenos from our garden last summer and they are super hot. My hands are literally burning from cutting up the jalapenos two hours ago!
I kept the oven on and made buffalo tofu. This was my first time baking tofu in the oven and it turned out pretty good.
I added it to a spinach salad with feta cheese, tomatoes and an olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing.
Well, I am feeling lazy this weekend and not sure I will hit the gym today. I definitely will be going there tomorrow. I have the day off because I work this Saturday. I plan on working out, going to see a matinee of The King's Speech and to shop at the mall.
I am crossing my fingers for the big snowstorm this week! Not that I want the snow, but if we get a foot, I definitely will be working from home or just taking the day off. It could hit the Midwest on Tuesday or Wednesday. I would rather have it come now than on the day we have to leave for Florida.


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UPDATE (September 2, 2017 2:01 p.m.):
Jesse Moore has been located in good condition and is safe. Thank you to all who helped in the effort to locate him.
Original Release (September 1, 2017 10:01 p.m.):
Police continue to search the area surrounding the Greater Baltimore Medical Center and surrounding medical facilities for a man who fled the medical transport van he was in upon arrival in the area.
Jesse Moore (23) fled from the van once it arrived onto Charles Street into the surrounding wooded area around 6:14 p.m. His parents, who were with him at the time, called police for help but he has not yet been located.
Jesse is approximately 6'3", 200 pounds, with brown eyes, short brown hair, a mustache and beard. At the time he fled he was wearing blue hospital pants and shirt, and was not wearing any shoes. It should be noted that he poses no known threat to the community.
Anyone who may see Jesse Moore or has any information on his location is asked to dial 9-1-1 or contact police at 410-307-2020. The search for Jesse Moore continues to be conducted by Precinct 6 patrol units.


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Redeemed (I'm Not Who I Used to Be)
I'm sitting in my parked car overlooking the Pacific listening, not to the thunder of waves, but to the message of Mike Weaver's heart-piercing song, Redeemed. I listen and I write. I've put the CD player on "Repeat" to let the words sink deep. Redeemed. New. Free. I listen to the words over and over. Thirty times … fifty times. I need these words. Redeemed. New. Free. Free from who I used to be. Free to live differently from how I used to live. Free to personally access the richness Jesus brings.Read more


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There are two main phases to the menopause: the approach to the menopause is called the Peri-menopause, and this is when your hormonal balance starts to change but you would still get periods.
They can start to get closer together, further apart, heavier or lighter, and eventually they stop. This phase is different for every woman and can last from a few months up to 5 years.
For some women, periods just stop and that's it. Symptoms in this phase are similar to menopausal ones, although many women can go through the menopause with few or no symptoms at all.
When you have not had a period for two years then you are considered to be officially through the menopause. Again, symptoms at this time can vary, so it is very difficult to tell how long they will last.
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Pregnant 'Jersey Shore' star may now be single
HollywoodNews.com: Pregnant and former 'Jersey Shore' star Angelina Pivarnick may be expecting her first child, but she may also not be planning a wedding.
It is being rumored that Pivarnick and David Kovaks are no longer engaged, states E! News. Kovaks reportedly called off the engagement that occurred in February.
Neither have reportedly commented on this matter, and Pivarnick has only gone as far as confirming that she is pregnant. However, it hasn't even been confirmed that Kovaks is the father of the child.
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The lockout. It cost the NHL the 2004-05 season. Major League Baseball took almost a decade to recover a strong fan base after no World Series in 1994 because of a players' strike.
It's always about the money. Even athletes who make more in a season than most average folks will make in a lifetime, "more" is their mantra. Even for owners who have already made more than most average folks will make in two or three lifetimes, "more" (or less for the players) is their stand.
Unions are a necessity, the very backbone of building this country. There was a time when workers had no choices and very little pay, with dangerous working conditions. Until those hard working coal miners, steel workers, car builders, etc., took a unified gathering of will and purpose to enhance a quality of life for their families, they were owned by their companies. They were the truly oppressed and had no choice.
As with everything in society today common sense is rapidly leaving the room. Unions are still needed but sometimes the reason for them is lost. It's been about fair wages and work conditions not gluttony, not more than is reasonable to keep a company going, and to keep a job.
This is where most of the sports unions turn a blind eye. It is hard to garner support from the man spending hundreds of dollars each time he brings his family to an event, sacrificing a vacation down the road or putting off a home repair just to provide a night of entertainment.
With all the Collective Bargaining Agreement talk, we've received many inquiries in the last month on Inside MMA about a future fighters union, the possibility that someday the MMA world, specifically the UFC would be faced with the threat of a strike, or just padlock the Octagon for several months if needed.
There will never be a lockout in MMA. There might someday be a union. The TV money now coming in adding to the growing popularity, which could lead to endorsement deals of a larger scope than present for its stars may bring fighters to some kind of mandate.
But the beauty of MMA, the reason working class Americans have gravitated toward it in sizeable numbers, is there are no guarantees. If a guy doesn't fight he doesn't get paid. He can't fall back on the wealth he's accumulated in recent years to give up a year of his prime so he can get more. This is what all of us can relate to, no work no pay. It's purity and common sense.
Even as the sport grows there will grumbles the athletes should be paid more, and they will likely get it. Just as the UFC made a wise, preemptive strike this year by adding a more comprehensive insurance coverage to its athletes. A paycheck, insurance, these are the basics any worker needs and should have.
However what will always prevent a lockout in MMA is the individualism inherent to the sport. There will be half dozen fighters that get seven figure deals and endorsements beyond the usual apparel and energy drinks. They won't sacrifice this for the 2-1 up-and-comer who needs to win the next fight to stay with the organization.
If there is doubt look no further than jockeys. The have a guild that has over the years increased catastrophic insurance coverage for all, taken care of those injured and can't support their families. But the gulf between the elite riders and those who are making a living or struggling is huge, much like MMA. The multi millionaires might have concern but they aren't going to sacrifice a thriving career for a few months or longer to make a stand for everyone else. It's about the individual who has the skills few do, and while they are all in the same profession the peer group is relatively small.
Sports unions succeed because the vast majority of their group is already rich. Even, particularly in the NBA, the minimum salaried players are still years ahead of the working class. Plus, a team is needed to make these sports happen. Not so in MMA, a great fighter stands alone. This doesn't imply there is no compassion for the rest, but in the short shelf life that is any pro athlete there is an understanding to make it while you can. If you can get a half million a fight, can you take the time off for the guy getting ten grand or less?
Lockout? In other sports yes, it will always happen. In MMA? The individual prevails, they might make some concessions for even more insurance coverage for all, maybe a slice more of the pay-per-view pie to be split, but they won't jeopardize what they have in front of them. It isn't so much selfish as it is common sense. Somewhere in the middle all sports unions can learn that the work or don't make money guys will always appeal to fans.
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"We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets."
-Marilyn Monroe
Tag Archives: Quotes
I thought this was the perfect quote for the day I had. Thank you Phyllis Diller I took your advice. – Christina XO
"My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes, cry, rant, and rave, and at the sound of the bell, simmer down and go about business as usual" -Phyllis Diller
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Today is the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death. I don't know anyone who doesn't admire this talented man. Let's raise a glass to John Lennon and listen to one of your favorite Lennon songs. Here are a few of my cherished quotes: – Christina XO
"My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, not as a reflection of us all."
"Everything is clearer when you're in love"
"I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now"
"If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music then in that respect you can call me that…I believe in what I do and I'll say it."
"Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans."
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One of my all time favorite playwright's is Neil Simon. Whether it be a leisurely read, or a scene or monologue to prepare I always default to Neil Simon. He has been freeing his audiences of their anxieties, fears, and worries by making them laugh at their own shortcomings. His portrayals of individual angst and dysfunctional family relations (and we all have them), while exaggerated, manage to hit a bone ever time. Yes people the funny bone. I own VOLUME 1 and 2 of The Collected Plays of Neil Simon and admit to being a bit of a theatre nerd when it comes to him. Here is a quote I came across while reading up on this charmingly witty playwright.
"Don't listen to those who say, you taking too big a chance. Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out by today. Most important, don't listen when the little voice of fear inside you rears its ugly head and says. they all smarter than you out there. They're more talented, they're taller, blonder, prettier, luckier, and they have connections. I firmly believe that if you follow a path that interests you, not to the exclusion of love, sensitivity, and cooperation with others, but with the strength of conviction that you can move others by your own efforts, and do not make success or failure the criteria by which you live, the chances are you'll be a person worthy of your own respects."
-Neil Simon
Thanks Neil!
I own these two brilliant Volumes. One monologue book and purchasing the rest of the volumes in due time.
Gilda Radner is Super Rad.
When I first started watching Saturday Night Live I immediately fell in love with Gilda Radner. I have re-watched her sketches, read her various biographies and stories, and continue to raise a glass to her extraordinary comedic abilities, charm, and stage presence. Gilda is forever my all time favorite funny gal. To me, she is the epitome of what a female comedienne is all about. A few of my favorite quotes from the one and only, Gilda Radner.


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Simple Dessert Buffet
We hosted a holiday party for The Big Guy's work last month and I was in charge of providing a dessert buffet for 21 guests in the height of the Christmas season. Not easy...or is it?
I came up with a variety of small desserts, including fresh fruit and nuts, that everyone could sample that didn't take forever to prepare. These ideas would be great for any get-together, chose them all or just a few for your next party!
1. Cheesecake with Caramel and Cashews - store bought cheesecake cut into small squares topped with caramel ice cream topping and salted cashews. Serve in little cupcake papers.
2. Panna Cotta with Strawberries and Balsamic served in tiny espresso cups.
3. Fresh Cherries and Spiced Nuts served in paper cups.
4. Oreo Truffle Pops Form the balls as directed then freeze.
Melt your candy melts (I used Wilton), poke a hole halfway into your truffle with stick, dip stick into melts, and place into hole to "glue" in place.
Now, dip the whole "pop" into the candy melts and place into a block of Styrofoam to set.
Store in fridge until time to serve.
5. Brie topped with Fresh Raspberries and Hot Pepper Raspberry Chipotle Sauce from Costco. (This sauce is so awesome! Just pour it over brie, cream cheese, put it in a crock pot with meatballs...this was a nice, less sweet dessert alternative.)
6. Fresh Raspberries Stuffed with White Chocolate Chips
I had this entire menu ready in one afternoon - and several things like the Oreo Truffle Pops and the Panna Cotta were made the day before.
I used several tips from the Project Wedding website to set up my buffet table - don't have a photo because it wasn't totally set up until right before the guests arrived.
Don't forget to come back tomorrow to Teach Me Stuff for Tutorial Tuesday!
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Yum! They all look delicious! The caramel and salted nuts on the cheesecake squares look so decadent. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Yuuuummmmmmm....and thanks for the recipes too :) I know they were a big hit!ReplyDelete
these all look so delicious and I love how easy they are!ReplyDelete
I love the idea of a dessert buffet. Everyone love sweets and it is a perfect way to offer them.ReplyDelete
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Here we go...
Holiness David if you would please follow me in circles. We are traveling together, thank you!
Moving over the ocean tides, to Hawaii wide, the island of love comes to show us Doves. Dove of Angels calls out to thee, to bring in harmony for the family. We are landing now from the skies. Looking down all open wide, the water around, the island sow bare, now it's time to stare. We climb down from the hills and into the valleys, where we slumbered in glory, the dawn finds us a new morning/mourning. And as we fly around the skies, above the trees and open skies. I find that hills and birds do share, all is open and rare. And water falls touch the sky, glorious creatures sing far and wide. And there a song, a butterfly wings, tell us of stories it sings. And where we find the golden path, where water rushes past, the child that sprang up to find the halls, the wisdom of the bringing tall (proud to be a warrior fighting for love, with purification water and fire, "I see a water fall, where the mist and dew swells the heart, and where the river runs fast, this is the place, that is bringing tall, cleansing occurs with movement, roll over, be humble and bless, receive the nest).
There among the skies of dawn, where all is wondering what went wrong, I look behind the shutters and doors. And inside a house appears. Now Holiness Come touch my hand, let us walk inside this plan. There is a room, with open space, looks like it has been deserted before, but now it's living, back to life, the winds blow free, eliminating strife, yet, as we look a man appears, a kahooa (big islander man) stands, with beer in his hand. He looks at me, right through the cloud, even wipes his hand to abound (wipes his hands in the mist, nothing there). And as Holiness Running Eagle and I come to look at what is wise. A young man appears, he has full gears. Asking the other Kahooa to stand down. Give me the beer, then I will know to appear, your loving daughter does rise. He fights for love, with perfect gloves, that embraces a fallen star (kahooa). And when we sing to bring in the breeze, the song appears all wise. the heart is heavy, what shall we do. How can we purify. The making of a state is true, when we care about the view. The older man looks dazed, the wonder of his age. the younger man frets and moans, how can I live with this shame? But err does go, to both lost souls, because they don't understand, that love is blossoming everywhere, all they have to dew is stand.(rising ascending wave). And when they choose to look and listen, to the greatness of the world, find butterflies and open skies, the love will know what to fill. Each dance a song, let's run along, the beaches for awhile, then we can sing, swim free again, along the waves of a smile. Just one smile you say this, that's easy to portray, we are the island of just one, but hey, it's got to be this way. Remember the spokes the sacred tree. we are one place family. And if you don't look at what you need, then you have lost your family. Each are part of the community it's true, the spokes of all we dew. And if we want the hoops of life, we must beg and choose. For if we decide that love rules all lies, then we can dance and sing. Our hearts will know which is true, just lean on love for awhile.
She slumbers in, not with a grin, but wonders what to dew. Which way do I go, if I don't step on any toes, this young woman comes prepared to die. If only she could be happy. If only the warriors could be brave, to bow down to the world, to know it's heaven in store, the place where the volcano blooms. The red road is more than a judgement in time, but it's love all consumes. We are not separate, but part of all the rest, and we must love each child in the room. She thinks how do I love him. How can I show him the way. If only I could do what he needs me, then I could help along the way. But she doesn't realize, that he must choose this sacred day. And she must only say, PURIFY, to know we are "Godly displayed". And once the wide open spaces, devoured and consumed, now filthy with the liars, who don't know who is who. She must find a way to miracles, she is a way forth. A woman knows true, the heart is imbued, if only I could carry a smile. And when he is happy she knows the blooming heart, but when he is sad, it's like lost darts. Which way do I go, do I hide down from the show, or can I come out to play? There is many who want to be happy, and community far and wide, but as the clan goes, the sacred rainbow, we haven't learned how to chide. If only she could find a peaceful wave, in turn she could display. Be training in spirit, pray down and display, the songs in heavenly waves. Move your hands daughter of the skies. Move your hips and all will be waves. And show us true, the stories you teach us, just how to be beautiful and true. But as our warriors are falling, the clan leaps to survive, how can we call back the warriors, if none know the spirit can survive. I say, if only a child could beckon, the heat of summer in their eyes, the fire inside, could light up a sky, that's the lamb we recall, youth looking at the holy sacred bow (humility of wide eye, open to receive and learn all things in wonder of the world).
There we are silence is not wise, because heavy lies in the waves. Such pains need gain, only how to alleviate shame, when we only play the blaming game. And if we are to gain, we must understand shame, has no place in our lives. We must only strive to become better and wise, validate all that is said, to bring the heart of wisdom read. Each child of the rainbow has gifts. And all rely on this spoken voice from inside. Let charm, not alarm bring all without harm. We do this with love in our hearts. Let's bow and have prayer. Let's sing and dance if we dare. Let's have open communication in the air. Let our hearts know true love rather than despair. Glory to the skies and all her wears. For she is the most beautiful thing, the whim of her laughter that sings.
I can't purify, because that will scare them. They will feel the power and know fear (remember this Koohoa/Kahooa felt us there, but it was a moment). Holiness David says, "what can we teach". I think we will teach them how to bless. I bless the sacred nine directions, with fire, water and smoke, often 8-12 a day. This will be the beginning, this will be the struggle. This will be the solution. This will cause all to gain, for love removes all shame.
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Rainbow Mother Dove Of Angels: Mahalo, I need healing my energy I drained.
Rainbow Mother Dove Of Angels/Darcee Lucas: Thank you so much for the honor, I a blessed with your spirit.
Pte San Win Wbcw sings for Dove of Angels
(bless child, bless, she whispers to the whole nest, the rainbow clan finds a way, to shine aknew another day)
Darcee Lucas: I listen I do have tears I feel you love and wisdom near. Smiles are here, the healing is coming.


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Giving Everything You Have
Blog by: Dave Burkholder
Throughout history, from creation until today, God has one primary mission; relationship with the pinnacle of His creation – YOU. There are numerous qualifiers we can use to test how we might be doing in this eternal relationship. For example: how we spend our time, how we react when we get cut off in traffic, our response when life presents us with a tough situation, our love for the unlovely, etc. Are we quick to run to creator God and cry out to Him when things get tough or do we try the "normal" things first to solve problems on our own and come to God only in desperation? If we come to God in desperation He is always there to hear our cry, but is it not better to daily walk in His presence and by His spirit be the reflection He wants us to be?
As it says in Psalm 89:15-16
Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
who walk in the light of your presence, Lord.
They rejoice in your name all day long;
they celebrate your righteousness.
There may be no better reflection of our relationship with the living Savior then the level of generosity we have when it comes to the riches God has given us. I was reminded recently from Proverbs 3:9-10 that if we claim to have a relationship with the living God then we will honor Him with the best that we have. Too often we give out of the abundance we have, but do not really stop to ask Father God how we can best serve Him with what He has given us, both our talents and riches. I, for one, do not want to have such an attachment to the things of this world that I will "go away sad" as the rich ruler did in Luke 18. Jesus demands everything when we decide to follow after Him but the rewards are innumerable, including: eternal life, love, joy, peace, provision, etc. Our Father God has given us resurrection instead of death, gain instead of loss, and restoration instead of destruction.
Over the years I have visited many believers in various countries and I am reminded of one elderly lady in North Africa who I will refer to as Lydia. At the time of my visit, she was living in a "house" approximately 8 feet by 6 feet and she had been in prison numerous times due to following Jesus and not being willing to recant her faith in Him as her Savior and Lord. As we listened to her story, the joy that radiated through her was both infectious and humbling. She was an example of someone who had given everything to follow Jesus and she could have gone on for hours sharing story after story of how God delivered her from those who wanted to kill her. She had additional opportunities to share Jesus Christ with those around her, including the prison guards when she was in prison. This was a lady with almost no earthly possessions but a knowledge of and relationship with Jesus Christ that inspired others to give up everything to follow Him. As Paul stated in II Corinthians 12:9-10 – Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. There are so many believers around the world today in the same situation as Lydia, with no earthly riches, but being used by God to be a tremendous light in some of the darkest places imaginable.
Will you take a moment today to lift up these believers in prayer and ask God to sustain them so the Kingdom of God will continue to "come on earth as it is in heaven"? Also, take a moment to ask Him for specifics on how He would have you use your talents and riches. Is there more He would have you do today? May God fill you with His Spirit and in Him may you find your strength. Allow Him to use everything you have to build the kingdom of God until everyone has heard.


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Allow us to posit a theory.
You're a fan of sandwiches.
No, we're not clairvoyant. What we are is intimately aware of the delicious potential inherit in placing various fillings between two pieces of bread. So too is Susan Russo, a writer for NPR's Kitchen Window, food blogger, and author of Recipes Every Man Should Know. Russo's latest venture is a love letter to the humble sandwich aptly titled The Encyclopedia of Sandwiches.
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Russo's book captured our sammy-loving hearts when the first page featured the most notable sandwich quote there is; "Enjoy Every Sandwich" as spoken by Warren Zevon shortly before the fatal end to his battle with lung cancer. What follows is like crack to our inner foodies. Gorgeous images of luscious sandwiches fill these pages with triple decker Dagwoods and sinfully decadent Pulled Pork sandwiches.
When we could tear our eyes away from the images long enough to get down to some reading (and maybe make a sandwich or two) we discovered that Russo's encyclopedia doesn't skimp on entries. All the classic sandwiches are here from your Banh Mi and BLT to the cheese-filled Jucy Lucy hamburger and Torta.
While we liked the photography and found the recipes brilliantly expressed with sandwich variations included, it was the lack of substance that leaves this Encyclopedia a little underwhelming. Don't get us wrong, there are a ton of entries and sandwich types here, but ultimate satisfaction lies (like most things) with the details. We would gladly sink our teeth into a an essay on bread types and which to employ when. We would be enthralled to know about the history of deli meats and how they continue to influence sandwich construction presently. And for the love of all that is holy, will a food writer please get to the bottom of why grocery stores insist on putting soggy tomatoes on their pre-packaged sandwiches?
Perhaps that is for another encyclopedia. Now if you'll excuse me, it's lunch time.


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I am beginning to restore a '73 challenger, which is turning into quite the large project the more I take it apart but the love for these cars will keep me motivated and hopefully I will have a car as nice as the cars on this site.MarkHeres a pic of what it looked like when I began to take it apart. « Last Edit: October 13, 2005 - 07:30:28 AM by Rev-It-Up » Logged redracergt Jr. Member Posts: 14 Re: Greetings Everyone! « Reply #1 on: October 12, 2005 - 11:51:11 PM » oopps sorry about the picture size, how do I fix that? Logged Andrew Resident Posts: 2521 Re: Greetings Everyone! « Reply #2 on: October 13, 2005 - 12:01:34 AM » Nice car, whos is the '71?Welcome to the site. Logged Rev-It-Up Global Moderator Permanent Resident Posts: 10601 Member Since 2/20/02 Re: Greetings Everyone! « Reply #3 on: October 13, 2005 - 07:32:15 AM » I fixed the pic for ya Redracer! Welcome to the board. Looks like a great project! What are your plans for it? What engine, color and any other mods?Glad to have you! Logged Rev-It-Up Yes, I'm a girl! redracergt Jr. Member Posts: 14 Re: Greetings Everyone! « Reply #4 on: October 13, 2005 - 12:32:27 PM » Thanks for the welcomes. The '71 in the background is mine also. It was bought from the showroom by my Great Grandma and passed throught the family until my mom got in an accident and wrecked the fender, valence and light bezel. So my dad bought all the parts to fix it and stored it in a garage where it sat for along time and rusted out pretty bad, never to get fixed. There is no trunk left and the frame in the back is barely together.But I did get a set of mint fender and a valence. The car does have a rare feature such as these seat, which I have only seen another car with them in a mopar mag. and they didnt even know how rare they were. As for the car I'm building Its going to be hemi orange, no vinyl top, and probably just a 318 for now, but well see as I take apart both these motors. The one on the left is a 360 out of '75+ and the 318 is out of my '71. Here is a pic of the '71, its seats and the motors I have to work with. Logged 4Cruizn Administrator C-C.com Expert Posts: 18493 HEMI FISH Re: Greetings Everyone! « Reply #5 on: October 13, 2005 - 12:36:07 PM » Welcome to cuda-challenger.com! Great place here for everyone!! Your cars look great!! Awesome work you're doing!! Yep just have to keep at it and sooner or later, it pays off!! Winter is coming and that is a good time for me to work on a car!! To bloody cold to go outside!! Hope you enjoy the site and stop in with some progress whenever you get a chance! Logged Tropicalcats Resident Posts: 3488 Don't Ever, Ever Give Up Re: Greetings Everyone! « Reply #6 on: October 13, 2005 - 02:53:55 PM » Welcome aboard. 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Saturday, June 6, 2015
The 24 Hour Setlist: Introduction
For my first ever participation in the Extra Life charity event for children's hospitals, I'll be singing a 24 hour marathon on Rock Band 3 from November 7th to 8th!
Here is my page on Extra Life, which has more information on that initiative. The marathon will be broadcast live on my Twitch channel.
So why Rock Band? I don't say this lightly, and this is not hypberbole, Rock Band changed my life. We knew right away it was a cooperative game experience like none other as we selected our roles in the band. My brother Alex had a knack for the Guitar Hero series and continued that role on Rock Band. Our lifelong friend Mark took on the drums. As for me, there was nobody on the mic so I basically found myself there my default. We never did find ourselves a permanent bassist, although a few great candidates came and went over the years.
As for the mic, I loved it. My voice was the controller. I used to be nervous about singing in front of people, but I found much more confidence as I went from failing out on "Reptilia" to being able to get 100% on insane Iron Maiden songs on the hardest difficulty even while I had bronchitis. Rock Band vocals were the only video game I had where I was the most skilled person I knew (not the best singer in general, but the best at singing for the game, I don't want to sound too over the top). At the peak of my powers, which was around the time that Rock Band 3 came out, I had gold-starred (very high scores on expert difficulty) hundreds upon hundreds of songs in RB's ever-growing library and was one of the top 100 singers in the world as ranked by the online leaderboards.
The company added more songs to the game's huge library for a couple of years afterward, but the genre was fading away. Nobody I knew wanted to play anymore. Finally, they announced that the DLC songs would also be coming to an end. The world may have decided that "the era was over," but I really wasn't ready for it to go. It had brought too much joy into my life. The news of Rock Band 4's upcoming release was hugely uplifting and I decided that this year's Extra Life event would be one epic way to say goodbye to Rock Band 3.
We're still months away from the big day, but I'll be practicing on the Twitch Channel hopefully once a week (Friday nights) and later this summer, I'll post the setlist in all it's 335 song glory! Please look forward to it!
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A little bit of history:
Linksave/linkcrypt/safelinking was introduced by us for posting download links to wrappers and other content;
for protecting download links against hotlinking and abuse, also to avoid link deletion from Hosters via website spidering.
Also to protect some of the other content*, more on that below.
All main download links are now automatically protected by the system via a dynamic links.
This gives us the opportunity to drop the linksave protection from content like Wrappers, old DOS Games and Applications.
Also because linksave became such an ad-infested place, and the other puzzle things on some of the other sites.... *shudders*
* Only complete game Backupshave to be posted via Linksave.
Because the links posted via the fullgamebutton are not part of the main download part from the system, and for other obvious reasons.
So what this means for people who submit Ports to the Port Database:
You don't have to post Wrapper links via Linksave.in anymore.
Linksave and other link encrypter sites are increasingly becoming a pain, and you can post mediafire or rapidshare or other links like they are into the 'Wrapper Download' fields when submitting a new Port.
Only full Game Backups have to be posted via the fullgamebackup code and encrypted with linksave.in/linkcrypt.ws/whatever in the main description field of the Port.
So that takes care of one of the most annoying things here and as said; you can choose to use linksave further, or not.
We think most will choose not to
Members who already have submitted Ports can go through their Ports and submit the direct download links if they like (actually recommended),
this step would also remove some confusion in the future from new users who click on the ads instead of the download links.
Linksave now no longer required for Wrappers or Application Ports
Started By devilhunter, Feb 17 2012 09:49 PM
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Posted 17 February 2012 - 09:49 PM
Hello. Sadly, I am not active here on the Porting Team anymore, and therefore I cannot give support or answer questions to any of my posted Ports or posted topics.
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Posted 17 February 2012 - 10:04 PM
wow thanks
Posted 18 February 2012 - 12:27 AM
Awesome news! The transfer to the new system is providing a more secure PortingTeam for everyone both through IPB and on the Administrative decisions. I am glad I'm still stoked to be a part of this community.
Posted 19 February 2012 - 05:19 PM
Thats cool bro, thanks. =)
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Click here to read Will East Coast Dynamics Ring in the New Year Right This Year at thecoast.
Will East Coast Dynamics ring the New Year in right this year?
ECD, author of last year's Cunard Centre fiasco plans another New Year's Eve bash this year at the Halifax Forum's Multi-Purpose Room.
The New Year's Eve party at the Cunard Centre last year was a fiasco: attendees complained of people not getting patted down at the door (or at least not properly, which caused fears that weapons could have been brought in easily), 20 minute-long drink lines and a coat check that got so out of hand people stormed the area, stole coats and left hundreds of attendees to face a blizzard with no outerwear.
But East Coast Dynamics, that event's organizer, is planning another New Year's Eve bash this year at the Halifax Forum's Multi-Purpose Room.
"I wasn't in change of hiring, I was limited to what I could do," says ECD owner Brad Steeves of the Cunard Centre event, adding that at the Forum, all bartenders, security and coat check staff will be under ECD's responsibility. "[We'll be] looking after ourselves as opposed to having things looked after for us." (The Cunard Centre declined to comment for this story.)
This year's event will admit just 1,800 people, about half of the over 3,500 who showed up last year. Further, Steeves says he'll avoid last year's problems by having a free coat check that won't be mandatory, and by having a large bar in the centre of the room, with beer tubs at various locations, to shorten lines.
Steeves says he has organized "20 to 25″ successful events since last year.


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What is The Delineator Magazine
" EVER changeable," sang the Roman poet, "is woman." If Virgil were to return from Elysium, and took the job of editing a woman's magazine —he would quickly change, we think, his tune.
For woman's nature is a rock upon which the home is built.
You can, if you will, direct your editorial aim to a certain superficial, iridescent froth that at some time or other sparkles, bubbles and disappears upon the surface of most women's lives. But if you do, you will never reach that woman whose fundamental nature is unchanging as the rock of ages.
We have tried to make The Delineator in the truest sense a woman's magazine. Evanescent fads and follies have no place between its covers. But nothing that interests the real woman is alien to its pages.
THE DELINEATOR is much more than a fiction magazine. But because women like good fiction, The Delineator is often the first to publish stories that later become famous as best-sellers in book form. For example:—
Mrs. Meloney, the editor of The Delineator, went to England to talk with Hutchinson, Galsworthy, and other English authors who write fiction for The Delineator. Mr. Hutchinson told her that for years he had wanted to write a story about the woman in business. He did not believe a woman could be fair to her children and make a success of business. Mrs. Meloney argued for the woman who does not choose business, but must make a living for herself and children.
Four days they talked—and finally Mr. Hutchinson said:—
"I'm going to write the story about a family in England I know—and I'm going to write the truth about them."
"This Freedom" was the result.
The critics, divided between enthusiastic praise and savage censure, do not seem to be able to agree about "This Freedom" as a piece of literature. But one thing is sure. Everyone is now reading and talking about this remarkable story which first appeared in The Delineator. Ten days after "This Freedom" was published as a book its sales had exceeded by 55,000 copies the total sales of "If Winter Comes" ten weeks after publication.
DELINEATOR readers benefit in many ways from the friendly, intimate contact with authors, which is characteristic of The Delineator's editorial policy. Not long ago Kathleen Norris came across the continent from California to discuss with The Delineator her next story, "The Secret of Margaret Yorke." And Zona Gale wrote of a change The Delineator suggested in one of her stories: "I feel as though you had made me a present. The story is so much better!"
If space permitted, we could tell stories equally interesting of many other authors who write fiction for The Delineator: Edith Wharton, Joseph Lincoln, George Barr McCutcheon, Josephine Daskam Bacon, Ernest Thompson Seton, Perceval Gibbon, Fanny Heaslip Lea, Grace Sartwell Mason and many others.
Yet we reiterate that The Delineator is not a fiction magazine. Good fiction and plenty of it is an essential part of The Delineator because the mind of woman is incurably romantic and loves above all things a good story.
The Delineator is more than a fiction magazine. It is a woman's magazine—the real woman who has not changed since Virgil's day, the woman who was Mother Eve before Rome rose or Virgil sang.
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Experience: When receiving or sending emails, you notice a URL showing up in an email. Upon clicking into the email, you don't see the links appear.
If you have email tracking enabled, Copper inserts a pixel to the end of the email. Microsoft Outlook treats images differently than other email clients. If there is an image somewhere at the beginning of an email thread, Outlook displays the image location as it is part of the email message. Once the email is clicked and viewed, the image should display properly. This happens on any other email as well, not only for the ones that contain the Copper tracking pixel, or for the ones sent out through the Copper web app. As an example, here is a screenshot of an email received from Google:
Unfortunately, at this time, this is how Outlook handles images and is not something we're able to change.
There is one thing that can be improved. If the images are not being displayed properly (a box with a red "X" on them) when viewing the email, it is probably due to Outlook blocking the image to be downloaded. If the sender is a trusted person, the following steps can be done to download and view the images:
- Click the message that is displayed right below the email subject when viewing the email:
- Click 'Download Pictures' from the dropdown menu:
If the sender is trusted, "Add Sender to Safe Senders List" can be clicked to automatically download images from this user.
If the domain is trusted, "Add the Domain @somewebsite.com to Safe Senders List" can be clicked to automatically download images from this user.
If none of these displays the images properly, the following can be done. There is another issue with MS Outlook that sometimes prevents images to be downloaded properly. Get help from Microsoft on this issue here.


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TG it's F: A great Friday, everybody. It's March 11, on which one year ago Innovate LI posted its first story, a scoop on former Forest Labs star Charles Ryan being named general counsel at CSHL. Thanks for sticking with us.
Going fast: LISTnet has filled a third of the space at its new Digital Ballpark coworking space in Plainview.
Ouch: The Senate passed a bill renaming the Robert Moses Parkway in Niagara County as the Niagara Scenic Parkway. Reasoning: No one remembers who Robert Moses was.
(Keep an eye on your beach, Maj. Tom.)
Less bang: Gunfire incidents are down 27.1 percent in the Northeast, according to the National Gunfire Index, with Long Island posting two of the top five drops – Huntington Station (-50.2%) and Brentwood (-37.4%). Read the full report.
HR fun focus of the week: The top 5 reasons startups lose employees. And burnout is not No. 1.
A homily on hominids: Scientists are bemoaning the use of "Neanderthal" to describe Donald Trump on the grounds that it gives our extinct cousins a bad name.
Tales from the crypto: Tucked inside Stony Brook University's computer science center, the National Security Institute is taking a fundamental approach to thwarting cyber bad guys. The commercialization potential is, of course, enormous.
The son also rises: Greg Artzt, progeny of Computer Associates cofounderRuss, is adding punch to the digital 911 world. Though currently based in North Carolina, the startup has deep Long Island ties and customer base.
Graduating: Millennial Materials, a Stony Brook-spawned nano-coating startup that won big in last year's SUNY student pitch contest, has been added to the Start-Up NY accelerator program.
Choo on this: Gov. Andrew Cuomo dropped in to help launch the Right Track For Long Island coalition, which backs a third set of LIRR rails between Floral Park and Hicksville. A carrot for unwilling local residents: A promise that seven at-grade crossings would be raised or lowered, significantly improving traffic flows.
True: One gate in Mineola is down 27 minutes per hour. And that's with just two tracks.
Related: The Real Deal ponders the guv's $100 billion legacy-building building program. "Nothing says 'remember me' like giant infrastructure," writer Kathryn Brenzei notes.
Budding out: 1-800-Flowers founder Jim McCann is turning over chief executive duties to his brother, Chris. The firm's stock leapt 11 cents on the news. (Newsday or Optimum subscription required)
Heading south: Biotech firm Chembio Diagnostics posted weaker earnings as sales in its once-hot Latin American markets slumped. But new Zika test kits, funded in part by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, could provide a welcome bounce back.
Speaking of Zika: A roundup of significant local virus news is here.
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Asia miner: Shared-space juggernaut WeWork Cos. raised $430 million from Chinese investors, boosting its valuation to $16 billion. China, Hong Kong, India and Seoul are the company's next expansion sites.
Choppy performance: Massachusetts is losing the fight to become the capital of the future $82 billion drone industry … to North Dakota.
Noted: Arrow Electronics, which decamped Long Island for less-expensive Colorado climes, has agreed to another year sponsoring the No. 5 IndyCar driven by Canadian James Hinchcliffe. (Still cheaper than Melville, though.)
Low cost of goods: Exo, the Brooklyn-based startup that is marketing flour and other proteins made from crickets, closed a Series A round worth $4 million. The rapper Nas is in.
The download: Detroit is trying to speed its rebirth as a tech hub by installing 10-gig Internet service. The Motor City is currently the second-least connected city in the country, after Laredo, Texas.
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Stuff we're going to: Serious networker, April 5, 5:30 p.m. onward, Jewel in Melville, brought to you by Innovate, LISTnet, Ellevate Women and Women in Technology. Free hors d'oeuvres. Let us know you're coming.
Also: Don Monti of Renaissance Downtowns keynotes the LIBDC's Hempstead meeting, April 4, noon to 2 p.m., Chateau Briand. Contact Marlene McDonnell at 516-314-8982 or via email@example.com for seats.
Update: Five public relations firms have brought a federal suit seeking to block New York's Joint Commission on Public Ethics from enforcing an advisory opinion that would treat people paid to discuss legislation with editorial writers as lobbyists.
Sunny outlook: The U.S. solar market is set to grow a staggering 119 percent this year, according to the U.S. Solar Market Insight 2015 Year in Review. Utility-scale installations will represent 74 percent, but residential and commercial remain strong. The U.S. is poised for its 1 millionth solar installation.
Let's build something together. Like trust: Home Depot has agreed to pay almost $20 million to settle fed charges stemming from its 2014 data breachthat hit 40 million customers.
At long last: Social media app Yik Yak, a fave among college students, has started using screen names to cut back on cyber bullying.
Apptly put: Peeple, the so-called "Yelp for People" app that allows you to review fellow humans instead of businesses, officially launched to major scorn in the App Store. "Absolutely the worst idea in internet history," reads one review. Another: "I can see this app ruining a few innocent lives."
Cruel and unusual: Baywatch actress and animal rights activist Pamela Anderson wrote the governor this week to suggest the state switch to vegan prison menus.
Related bonus quote: "We greatly respect the work that PETA does, but there's probably a better chance of me being in the Baywatch reboot," Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi said.
Depressing stat off the week: Only 10 percent of American families have at least $274,000 saved for retirement; the median is $5,000.
Mellower yellow: In what it called "the world's largest blind taste test," Kraft quietly changed the recipe for its famed mac and cheese meal late last year … and no one noticed. The company dropped the artificial dyes – Yellow No. 5 and 6 – and replaced them with paprika, annatto and turmeric.
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Ventura New York-the Dutch Edition 13 t/m 16 May 2016
"Exhibiting at WantedDesign Manhatten during the NYCxDesign week, as one of 14 Dutch Designers was really great! I met a lot of interesting people from de USA, Canada and South America. The life-size medallions were very popular among interior architects, art lovers and galeries. I was told several times that the timing of my work was spot on!
Really nice about the New York mentality is that people want you to succeed, and are willing to share their network. Networking in New York, is something you also do on the lots of parties during this event…"
Video from Exhibition in New York
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All You Need Is Agape
You may recall that during the month of February, our Student Ministries was working through the four ancient Greek words for love. We do studies like this to help us better understand what the original authors of the New Testament were trying to convey with their letters. And to better wrap our 21st century brains around 1st century people. We finished our series with the ultimate of all loves, which is Agape. Agape love describes the unconditional, divine love that God has for his creation, for us. Agape is a love that is selfless, and sacrificial. While researching this I stumbled on an article that describes Agape love like this;
"Agape...is unmotivated in the sense that it is not contingent on any value or worth in the object of love. It is spontaneous and heedless, for it does not determine beforehand whether love will be effective or appropriate in any particular case"
Agape love is not based on the value of what's being loved. Agape doesn't say, "If you're worthy of this, then you can experience it." It doesn't require something; it is an undeserved love. Which makes perfect sense to why this is the love that the New Testament authors would use to describe God's love for us. We've done nothing to deserve His love, yet he gives it anyways.
Isn't that amazing?
I think of a passage like Romans 5:8, which states:
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us".
Agape love. Unconditional, undeserving, sacrificial love for His creation. Why? Simply, because He does. We've done nothing to deserve it, we've in fact done everything in our power to reject it. Yet, He gives it, to the point of sending His son to die on a cross, that we might know it. Wow.
It's really easy to stop there, and just say, Agape love, that's God's love for us, neat!... BUT, our New Testament authors don't stop there. Several times we see this word used to describe how we ought to love others. John 15:9-13, We see Jesus commanding his followers...
"This is my commandment, that you love (agapate) one another as I have loved (egapesa) you."
Jesus is calling us to love each other sacrificially, selflessly, unconditionally, and maybe the toughest of all, undeservedly. That's tough, don't get me wrong. Agape love is a tall order that none of us should take lightly. But it's something we've been commanded to by Jesus himself. This word is also used to describe the love, in a passage you all likely know very well, Galatians 5:22-23, which states;
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love (agape), joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
It's really easy to zoom past that first "fruit" and get to some of the more specific fruits of the Spirit. We get caught up thinking, okay, be kind, be patient, be peaceful, be good, be faithful, be loving. But the word used here is not philia (which describes a friendly love), nor storge (familial love). The word used in Galatians 5:22 is agape; unconditional, undeserving, selfless, sacrificial love. The fruits of the Spirit at work in our lives STARTS with this kind of love. And under this kind of love, the rest of the fruits get their framework, and their purpose. How God loves His creation, we too are to love.
We are about to enter into that time of the year where God's agape, love, is on display for all to see. Even the un-churched will hear of the sacrifice that Jesus Christ made for us all. When you approach the cross this Easter, reflect on God's agape for us. Reflect on the fact that you can't earn it, and that you've done nothing to deserve it, YET, God gives it freely, unconditionally, and sacrificially, because He loves you.
Mike Sanders, Youth Director
John 3:16: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."
The New App is Here
The new Calvary App is here, and we think you'll love it!
First we have to mention that when you install the App, please allow notifications. We won't inundate you with texts, but there are things you will want to know about (program updates, inclement weather). After you download the App open it and allow notifications. Then navigate to the side menu (top lefthand side of the screen) click Settings, and then Notifications. There you can select which groups can notify you. Definitely click General, and then add any other relevant groups.
Here are just a few of the features of the new App:
The Home screen features an entire section devoted to Sunday morning. You'll find the online Bulletin and the digital Connection Card, as well as our new Sermon Notes section. There you can fill in your notes and then email them to yourself so that you can look them over during the week.
The Events tab gives you our calendar at a glance. Within each event you can add it to your calendar (use the calendar icon on the top righthand side of the screen), or send the event via text or email. Pro tip: use this feature to invite someone to a games night, or to remind family members about upcoming programs.
The Media tab allows access to the latest sermons and notes. Pro tip: Download the sermon to your phone so that you can listen on the go, and save on your data charges! You'll find the Downloads in the Menu (three little lines in the top lefthand side of the screen). Also cool is that the media player is also available online through the desktop experience - click here to see it.
The Bible tab gives you both a full Bible and a reading plan - no other Bible App needed! Pro tip: The App will read Scripture out loud, and iOS users can airplay it to an Apple TV for an even bigger sound experience.
One of the main reasons we love the App is that it isn't cookie-cutter. It has been fully developed and is customized for our church family. You'll notice that at the time of launch we have an entire section devoted to #TheGreatestBook - our national initiative to get back into God's Word, including a 14-day devotional. At other times of the year we will have tabs for Christmas at Calvary, Easter, Summer Camp and more.
This is just a taste of what you'll find in the App; download it today and check it out for yourself.
Candi Thorpe
Each week we post about a range of things from the Christian life, faith and more.
In these posts we hope you'll catch a glimpse of ordinary people who serve an extraordinary God.


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How Does StumbleUpon Work? [Technology Explained]
Of all the web based applications to come along in the last few years, StumbleUpon is easily the one I use the most. By clicking that little button, I have discovered so many great websites and even greater information that I would never have found by traditional searching methods.
As a former web-developer, one of the things I do is try to figure out how neat web apps work. Now, before I get rolling, I have to say that EXACTLY how StumbleUpon works is a trade secret and they certainly aren't going to reveal that info to me. Also, a comprehensive overview of how it might work would make for an article that is far longer than this format allows for. What follows is a simplified theory on how it works based on my years of web developing and some probing around the application.
The heart of any large web application is the database. If you aren't familiar with what a database is, the best everyday example I can give is the phone book. A phone book is just a lot of data records that are organized by region, business or residential, town, and then alphabetically by last name. Because the structure of the phone book has become common knowledge, we can easily find that data that we want. That common knowledge of looking up the region, then deciding if the number we want is residential or a business, then looking up the town and then quickly going to the alphabetical section where we know that John Q. Public's number will be – under the P. That process might be referred to as an algorithm for finding a phone number.
I expect that StumbleUpon has a very large database!
When you sign up for StumbleUpon, they ask you to define a few categories of interest to you. This helps them to direct you to web pages that have been put in those categories.
When you press the button, a message is sent to the StumbleUpon database that most likely is just your User ID. The database looks up the categories that you chose when you signed up. From there, the application most likely chooses one of those categories randomly. Then the application goes through that category and finds a webpage in that category that is new to you, and directs your browser to that page.
Now it gets a bit more complicated as certain questions are raised. The first one that comes up for me is, how do they know the website is new to me? Well, I imagine that the websites that you have visited through StumbleUpon are tracked. I say this because I have gotten to the point in some StumbleUpon categories where StumbleUpon tells me that there is no more for me to see in this category. (Yes, I stumble a lot.)
Now I wonder how it knows what type of web pages in a certain category I will like. That's what the thumbs-up and thumbs-down buttons are for.
If I give a page a thumbs-up, it probably adds a point to not only that page, but to the keywords associated with that page, so other pages with a high correlation to that pages keywords will be weighted heavier in favour of showing up under my User ID.
If that's the case for the thumbs-up, then the thumbs-down has to function in a similar manner. Hit the thumbs-down button and and the application, in effect, takes away a point for that page and pages with similar keywords. The thumbs-down button does have a few more features to it though. If you click on the black arrow-down part of the button, you're given a few options: Not-For-Me, Report Spam, Duplicate Content, and Block Website.
Not-For-Me is the basic function of this button. Report Spam sends a message to StumbleUpon that the page served up is not anything like what it should be and is just, well, spam! Duplicate Content helps StumbleUpon know when you get served a page more than once. That could happen if the page has been added under more than one category. Block Website will block the entire website that the page was served from. This is what I use when I come across a page that is in another language or just completely not for me.
Here's a little chart to give you a visual representation of the simplified process, as I believe it happens.
That's the simple underpinnings of StumbleUpon. As you move to the right of the StumbleUpon toolbar, there are different options you can use to refine your Stumbling and add to the quality of the rankings of pages.
Do you use StumbleUpon? What's your favourite site that you have stumbled upon? Let us know your StumbleUpon stories in the comments below.
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In the latest episode of BBC's "QI" titled "Military Matters," Jimmy Carr, Sheila Hancock, Alan Davies and Jeremy Clark will appear on the show to make paper-fold objects.
CLICK HERE to find out what strategy Stephen will reveal in front of the contestants this time.
According to the synopsis of the episode, "Stephen Fry marshal miscellaneous military matter with Sheila Hancock, Jimmy Carr, Jeremy Clarkson and Alan Davies."
In the promo of the episode, Stephen is showcasing various objects made by folding papers to the participants while they try to figure out how to do it. Jimmy is seen to be surprised by the origami technique of folding paper while Alan almost strangles himself with another piece of paper.
Jeremy is also intrigued by the whole origami concept and jokes that the artist was trying to build a crane and accidentally ended up with a folded sheet of paper.
Sheila says that though it is interesting, she doesn't find the whole paper folding art much unique.
Afterwards, Stephen distributes a sheet of tissue paper to all of them and instructed them to crumble it in a fist. He asks them to think of a particular animal and the crumbled paper will turn into that. As he finishes, his piece of tissue paper turns into a swan.
In the previous episode titled "A Medley of Maladies," Stephen Fry mulled over some medical matters with Lucy Porter, Ross Noble, Matt Lucas and Alan Davies.
He tried to argue them regarding certain medical myths and beliefs, which he found stupid and preposterous. However, the conversation eventually turned hilarious and Stephen ended up with giving a comedic explanation to his arguments.
We had reported earlier that Stephen will be leaving the show after Series M ends and Sandi Toksvig will replace him as the host of the show. Alan Davies will continue to appear as the fixture guy.
Besides the permanent members of the panel members who appear on the show, some of the recurring guests are Jo Brand, Rich Hall, Bill Bailey, Jimmy Carr, Jeremy Clarkson, Phil Jupitus, Sean Lock, David Mitchell and Rob Brydon.


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There are currently six confirmed cases of the contagious viral infection, according to the New York City Health Department.
The New York City Health Department notes that five of the children were unvaccinated prior to exposure.
Four had delayed vaccination, and one who was too young to have received the vaccine. The sixth child had received one dose of the vaccine prior to exposure but was not yet immune.
They also noted that one child suffered complications related to pneumonia and was hospitalized, and another had an ear infection.
At the same time, there are seven more people who have the virus in New York State, outside of the metropolitan area. Five of them acquired measles when they were traveling to Israel, and two are individuals infected after an exposure to a person with measles.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an outbreak, or epidemic, occurs when there are more cases of disease than would normally be expected in a specific time and place. "Although measles is preventable, too many families are choosing to not vaccinate or delay vaccination, putting their children and other children at risk," said Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot, according to the New York Post.
The department's acting commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot, noted that part of the issue is that parents are passing on the MMR vaccine.
"The problem is that we still have folks who refuse to get their children vaccinated," Barbot said in the health department's press release. "And that has consequences. It is also important to make sure the entire family is protected before traveling internationally, because outbreaks of measles are occurring in Israel and throughout Europe."
There have been more than 41,000 cases of measles in Europe this year, and 40 have died, according to NBC News.
On NBC New York's post about the story, many commenters expressed incredulity that parents aren't vaccinating.
Of course some expressed skepticism about the vaccine's efficacy, illustrating part of the problem.
The health department is now reminding concerned parents that vaccination -- especially for this contagious virus -- is so important.
The health department, as well as the CDC, recommends the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine for children at age 12 months, with a second dose at 4 to 6 years old. Two doses of MMR are required to attend kindergarten through grade 12. Children attending daycare, nursery school, Head Start and pre-K are required to have one dose of MMR vaccine. All persons, including infants ages 6 to 11 months, should be vaccinated prior to international travel.
The New York City Health Department is also encouraging parents to keep ill children at home and not send them to daycare or school. If there is measles in a student, all unvaccinated children -- including those with a medical or religious exemption -- will be excluded and unable to attend the daycare or school for 21 days after their last exposure.
Barbot warned, "If your child develops a fever and rash, contact their health care provider and keep your children home from school or daycare."