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When Russia began its air campaign in Syria on 30 September 2015, the West did not believe it would be successful. Damascus had the support of just Russia and Iran, since America prevented Iraq from joining the alliance. Back then, the US president openly mocked the paucity of such a coalition and a second Afghanistan was predicted for the Kremlin.
Just five and a half months later, however, most of the Russian forces were withdrawn from Syria, with little impact on the military capabilities of the Syrian army and its allies. Since 27 March, the black flags of Daesh are no longer flying over Palmyra. The city has been completely cleared of militants and is now under the control of the Syrian authorities.
The liberation of Palmyra has dealt a huge moral blow to the 'caliphate', which up to that point had not experienced failure in its capture of new territories. Incidentally, when Palmyra was occupied by jihadists last year, many predicted that the fall of this strategically important centre would be followed by the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Now, however, these predictions are forgotten.
The liberation of Palmyra would have been impossible without Russian support. This fact has also been openly acknowledged by President al-Assad, who points to the lack of any serious intention by the Western coalition to counter terrorism and the meagre results achieved by the Americans. Washington is in no way embarrassed by this, however. America's desire to reshape the world in its own image is preventing its politicians from accepting America's responsibility for the spread of terrorism in the Middle East.
Syria is just one of the countries that has experienced the devastating effect of US policy. And the fact that the US State Department is refusing to recognise the liberation of Palmyra as a success in the fight against the Islamic State is completely understandable. The US State Department's deputy spokesperson, Mark Toner, has revealed the plan of action favoured by Washington: to establish a ceasefire, end the civil war, and «then we can talk about cooperation against Daesh».
The question is not even when this «then» will come. The question is what kind of future awaits Syria. On this point, Toner said that the Syrian people should not have to decide between ISIL and Assad. So according to the White House's logic, the current president needs to be removed first and the fight against the Islamic State can wait. Evidently, this should be used as the starting point when predicting the future policy of the US regarding Syria.
The successful operation to liberate Palmyra has also transformed the course of events in Syria to the disadvantage of the US. Details of the battle suggest the possibility of further developing offensives on jihadist positions with a view to defeating them on Syrian soil.
The operation to liberate Palmyra took three weeks. The offensive on the city began with a preliminary strike by Russian pilots on 9 March. Advancing Syrian troops were provided with air support on an almost daily basis. On 26 March alone Russian aircraft carried out 40 sorties and launched air strikes against 158 terrorist targets.
The complete defeat of IS is still a long way ahead, but the road to an offensive is now open. Palmyra is a key transport hub between the central, southern and northern parts of Syria. Preparing new offensives will not interfere with the peace process, since the truce does not apply to the war against IS. The cities of Al-Raqqah and Deir ez-Zor are still in the hands of jihadists. Desert is the only thing separating them from Palmyra and the roads leading to them are now under the control of the Syrian army.
It seems that this is also making Washington and London uneasy. Barack Obama and David Cameron have not commented on the recapture of Palmyra. «The biggest military defeat that Isis has suffered in more than two years. The recapture of Palmyra, the Roman city of the Empress Zenobia. And we are silent», writes the British newspaper The Independent. «Yes, folks, the bad guys won, didn't they? Otherwise, we would all be celebrating, wouldn't we?»
And that's just it. Not everyone in the US is pleased about the defeat of IS militants. Republican Rudolph Giuliani made a shocking statement live on Fox News that Hillary Clinton could be regarded as one of the founders of the Islamic State. Iran alleges that the US is even now still providing military aid to IS. Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi has told journalists that US military planes make regular flights to airports in terrorist-controlled cities to supply the terrorist group with weapons, money and foodstuff. The Iranian military authorities are of the opinion that the Americans are merely observing the fight against IS and are doing nothing.
Could the US hinder the Syrian army's continued fight against the jihadists?
It is likely that it will try to do so for fear of the government forces' successes having a direct influence on the negotiations for a political settlement and a change in attitude of the international community towards Bashar al-Assad for the better.
Incidentally, the first statement made by the Syrian president on the liberation of Palmyra was at a meeting in Damascus with a delegation of parliamentarians, intellectuals, scientists and journalists from France. Public opinion is also changing in favour of Damascus in other European countries. Has the time not come for Europeans to recognise that the successes in the fight against terrorism in Syria which have stabilised the situation in the country were achieved solely thanks to Russia?


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Conversion of Asphaltenes and Coal
Direct Applicability to Industry:
Asphaltenes derived from oilsands bitumen and low rank coal have the potential to be converted into higher value liquid products. Millions of tons of these raw materials are produced in Alberta each year but little is being done with them.
Nature of Problem:
Current industrial pathways for conversion of solid carbonaceous materials to liquid products are inefficient and expensive.
Financial and Environmental Impact:
Increasing the value of asphaltenes and low rank coal will have a positive economic impact for Alberta.
Lead PI: Arno de Klerk
Students: Natalia Montoya Sanchez

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WASHINGTON -- A former manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was sentenced to more than 19 years in prison Thursday for orchestrating a $30 million bribery and kickback scheme that authorities called historic in scope.
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan called Kerry F. Khan's conduct, which included wiretapped conversations about a planned sexual encounter with a teenage girl and the assault of his mistress by an associate in the Philippines, "shocking, vicious and cruel." The judge imposed a sentence four years longer than what prosecutors had recommended.
Khan, 55, a resident of the Washington suburb of Alexandria, Va., pleaded guilty last year to orchestrating the fraud, which prosecutors call the largest domestic bribery and bid-rigging scheme in the history of federal contracting cases. He acknowledged pocketing bribes from corrupt contractors in exchange for certifying bogus or inflated invoices for services that were never provided. The funds were used to pay for mistresses located in several states and overseas as well as for luxuries including Rolex watches, first-class airplane tickets, expensive clothes and liquor and a spacious home that a prosecutor described as the "Khan Majal," authorities said.
"You made history for the wrong reasons - you know that, don't you?" Sullivan told Khan before handing down the sentence.
Khan apologized, saying the crimes occurred during a "very, very dark period of my life."
"I deeply regret this, your honor. I would like for you to know -- I can honestly say this to you -- I am a transformed person now," he said.
Though prosecutors requested a 15-year sentence, Khan's lawyer asked for 10 years, saying the punishment should be more in line with what other defendants in the case have received. Both sides acknowledged Khan had provided extensive cooperation, including feeding information about his brother and one of his sons, as part of a wide-ranging investigation that so far has yielded guilty pleas from 15 people and one company.
He was also ordered to pay $32.5 million in restitution to the Army Corps of Engineers.
Besides the fraud, prosecutors say they intercepted wiretapped phone calls and text messages in which he told an associate he was pleased that his mistress in the Philippines had been assaulted and said "I'm getting her out of my system, man." In other messages, prosecutors said, he revealed his plans to travel to the Philippines to have sex with a girl described to him as 15 years old. That trip, planned for the summer of 2011, was disrupted by federal agents who dissuaded him from going during a visit to his home.
Sullivan called the texts and phone calls "shocking," and at one point offered Khan's relatives a chance to leave the courtroom so that they didn't have to hear them described in greater detail.
Prosecutors said the bribery scheme spanned several years but unraveled in October 2011 with the assistance of a contractor who cooperated with the FBI and the arrests of Khan and three other men, including his son. The arrests came just as the men were conspiring to steer a planned $1 billion deal to a favored contractor in exchange for even more money.


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Be the sky
Be the earth
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"Sariputra, if there are people who have already made the vow, who now make the vow, or who are about to make the vow, 'I desire to be born in Amitabha's country,' these people, whether born in the past, now being born, or to be born in the future, all will irreversibly attain to anuttarasamyaksambodhi. Therefore, Sariputra, all good men and good women, if they are among those who have faith, should make the vow, 'I will be born in that country.'"
~ Amitabha Sutra
When I obtain the Buddhahood, any being of the boundless and inconceivable Buddha-worlds of the ten quarters whose body if be touched by the rays of my splendour should not make his body and mind gentle and peaceful, in such a state that he is far more sublime than the gods and men, then may I not attain the enlightenment.
~ Amitabha Buddha's Thirty-Third Vow
Monday, February 12, 2007
Just Be
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Posted by Colin at 2/12/2007 07:15:00 PM
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Wow..that's nice!! I totally agree on that! "Just be.." and when we settle our thoughts and be still like a pond without ripples, then we can find the serenity and the beauty of everything! Nice pic! =DReplyDelete
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|Decreased fetal movements, affecting management of mother, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition
|POA Exempt
|Billable Code
|ICD-9-CM  655.71    is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
|ICD-9-CM '655.71' will be replaced by an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes) when the United States transitions from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM on October 1, 2015.
|655.71 direcly converts to ICD-10-CM
|ICD-10-CM O36.8120 Decreased fetal movements, second trimester, not applicable or unspecified
|655.71 direcly converts to ICD-10-CM
|ICD-10-CM O36.8130 Decreased fetal movements, third trimester, not applicable or unspecified
|ICD-9-CM codes are used in medical billing and coding to describe diseases, injuries, symptoms and conditions. ICD-9-CM 655.71 is one of thousands of ICD-9-CM codes used in healthcare. Although ICD-9-CM and CPT codes are largely numeric, they differ in that CPT codes describe medical procedures and services. Can't find a code? Start at the root of ICD-9-CM, check the 2015 ICD-9-CM Index or use the search engine at the top of this page to lookup any code.


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Benedictines Worldwide
The Order of Saint Benedict (OSB) is not a religious order in the usual sense – ie with a superior-general and headquarters in Rome. The basic unit of Benedictine life is the individual independent monastery. Most of these are abbeys, with an Abbot as superior, but some which have not yet reached the status of abbey are called conventual priories with a conventual Prior as superior. Superiors are elected by the monks of their communities.
Monasteries are grouped in loose federations called Congregations, of which there are 19 in the world. The purpose of these is for general oversight of monastic life and for mutual assistance. Glenstal belongs to the Congregation of the Annunciation, which has houses all over the world. Every Congregation has an elected Abbot President, whose main function is to arrange for the regular visitation of the monasteries to review monastic life and discipline and give any help that may be necessary. He also presides at the election of an Abbot or conventual Prior. The current Abbot President of the Congregation of the Annunciation is Abbot Maksymilian Robert Nawara OSB, from the abbey of Lubin, in Poland.
In 1886, Pope Leo XIII united the then existing Congregations into the Benedictine Confederation. At the head of this is the Abbot Primate who is based in the Abbey of Saint Anselm (Sant' Anselmo) on the Aventine Hill in Rome. This monastery also houses a Benedictine university and serves as a centre of unity for men and women Benedictines from all over the world. Sant' Anselmo is the property of the Benedictine Confederation and the superiors of the monasteries and Congregations that make up the Confederation meet every four years to discuss and decide matters relating to Sant' Anselmo itself and to Benedictine life in general. It is this congress that elects the Abbot Primate, who is the first among equals in the Confederation. His main roles are to represent Benedictines to the Holy See and to civil authorities in Italy and abroad and to foster the unity of Benedictines. The current Abbot Primate is Abbot Gregory Polan OSB, from Conception Abbey in Missouri, USA.
Women Benedictines, both enclosed nuns and sisters involved in apostolic or other work, are grouped in the Communio Internationalis Benedictinarum (CIB) which is under the aegis of the Abbot Primate but is responsible for the conduct of its own business.


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SD-WAN based on ePN-WAN
SD-WAN in the Australian Context
- SD-WAN is often explained for Multinationals or for large U.S. companies
- Australia has a different business structure, typically 10-50 branches/offices
- The NBN is everywhere at the same prices (soon) in Australia
- Most Private Network (e.g. MPLS) prices in Australia are lower than U.S. and close to basic commercial Internet prices
- Cost savings are not as clear
- SD-WAN has no agreed standards, each vendor is different
What is an SD-WAN?
- SD-WAN is an overlay network on top of other networks
- A hybrid sits over an MPLS network and Internet links
- Each branch office has access to multiple network links through an SD-WAN control box
- A central controller signals to each branch control box to direct the data layer
- There is often encryption used end-to-end to avoid Internet security issues
- Often enabling access to SaaS via the Internet or the Data Centre
- Cost savings can be made if low-cost Internet links are used
- This will not avoid latency and jitter problems over the Internet
either Stand-Alone or as part of an SD-WAN
- Forms an Ethernet Private Network (ePN) WAN from various access types
- NBN, Optical Fibre, ADSL, Microwave, etc.
- Basic MPLS network with VPLS overlay ("blue cable" connectivity)
- Similar to an SD-WAN, the ePN uses Mikrotik routers to form the Control Plane
- A central MPLS/VPLS switch efficiently directs traffic in the Data Plane
- Multiple variable VPNs provide security and QoS across the WAN
- Access to SaaS (or DRaaS or IaaS) is provided via the Internet or the Data Centre
- Low latency and jitter over the ePN-WAN
- Access to the Internet at a controllable central point
The ePN-WAN is excellent in its own right – simple to set-up, operate and maintain; secure, reliable and with excellent performance parameters
As part of an SD-WAN the ePN-WAN becomes one network of several that the SD-WAN Control Plane can choose from


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Have you been paying attention to your super?
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Australians put off thinking about their super for a number of reasons. Some of us consider the topic of super to be a snooze fest. Others find it too complex. The industry jargon is difficult to make sense of and navigating the different options can be overwhelming. Younger people view the concept of retirement as a distant concern, while pre-retirees may harbour regrets for not having saved enough, and avoid the conversation altogether. This can all lead to people making poor super decisions, or sometimes, making no decisions at all.
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MONTREAL, July 3 (UPI) -- John Cook moved atop the leaderboard after two rounds of the Montreal Championship Saturday thanks to his second straight round of 6-under 66.
Cook wrapped up 36 holes at 12-under 132, one ahead of first round co-leader Russ Cochran, who carded a 4-under 68, good for sole possession of second place at minus-11.
Coming next were Fred Couples (66) and U.S. Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin (67) and six others tied for third, including Craig Stadler (65), D.A. Weibring (63), David Frost (68), Larry Mize (68), Peter Senior (68) and James Mason (69) -- all at minus-9.
First round co-leader Tom Wargo struggled to 1-under 71, falling into a share of 11th at minus-8 at Club de Golf Fontainebleau.


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WASHINGTON (HedgeWorld.com)–Calling the Securities and Exchange Commission's new rule to require registration of hedge fund managers as investment advisers "the wrong solution to an undefined problem," Commissioners Cynthia A. Glassman and Paul S. Atkins vented months of frustration with the SEC's rulemaking process and its result in a 30-page dissent included as part of the final rule.
SEC officials released the final hedge fund rule on Thursday [Dec. 2]. It will be published in the Federal Register in the coming weeks, but managers won't be required to comply until Feb. 1, 2006. The rule essentially requires onshore hedge fund managers with more than 14 individual U.S. investors and more than US$25 million in U.S. investor assets to register as investment advisers with the SEC. Offshore managers are required to register if they have more than 14 U.S. investors, regardless of how much in assets they manage.
Commissioners Glassman and Atkins opposed mandatory registration from the beginning, saying there was no evidence hedge funds were attracting retail investors, that the SEC could better spend its limited resources policing much more widely available mutual funds and that the new rule as proposed would do little to prevent the kind of fraud and misconduct cited by those who supported it.
Following a brief summertime comment period, the Commission in October voted 3-2 to approve the new rule pretty much as originally proposed. In their dissent, Commissioners Glassman and Atkins said "the majority"–Chairman William H. Donaldson and Commissioners Roel C. Campos and Harvey J. Goldschmid–seemingly failed to consider any of the "credible concerns from diverse voices."
"We continue to agree that we need more information on hedge funds, but we disagree with the majority's solution," Commissioners Glassman and Atkins wrote. "There are many viable alternatives to this rulemaking that should have been considered."
Among those alternatives were working more closely with other regulators, such as the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, and with market participants such as prime brokers to gather more information about hedge funds. Consulting with the CFTC, they said, should have been a no-brainer given that a number of hedge fund managers are already registered with that body as commodity trading advisers or commodity pool operators.
CFTC staff, in fact, submitted a comment letter expressing concern about the potential for "duplicative regulation" were the SEC to pass its rule as proposed and not provide along with it a specific exemption for CFTC-registered managers.
According to Commissioners Glassman and Atkins, the failure to take the CFTC's concerns into account was part of a broader pattern of either ignoring information that conflicted with the final rule or not actively seeking alternatives.
For instance, the Commission approved the final rule weeks before the President's Working Group on Financial Markets could complete a data-sharing agreement requested by Rep. Richard H. Baker, R-La., chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises. And it ignored a 1999 PWG report on the collapse of hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management that concluded mandatory registration of hedge fund managers as investment advisers was not the best way to monitor their activity.
"The majority contends that the report did not focus on the issues relevant to the Commission's administration of the Advisers Act, but rather on the 'stability of financial markets and the exposure of banks and other financial institutions to the counterparty risks of dealing with highly leveraged entities,'" Commissioners Glassman and Atkins wrote. "The Commission cannot protect the nation's securities markets without considering the effect of its rules on the stability of financial markets."
The two contend the SEC staff should have consulted more closely with other government agencies, such as the U.S. Treasury Department, to aggregate information already available. And they said the SEC didn't consult at all with the Department of Labor, which oversees pension funds, despite the fact that one of the stated reasons for the new rule was increasing investment in hedge funds by pension plans, and by extension, pensioners and workers.
Along those same lines, Commissioners Glassman and Atkins wrote that the SEC staff ignored alternatives to registration offered in some of the more than 160 comment letters filed in connection with the proposed rule, alternatives such as requiring advisers who claim exemption under various sections of the Investment Company Act of 1940 to file "information statements" with the SEC and update them annually. These statements could include the names of all unregistered funds the managers advise, the names and qualifications of key owners and employees, assets under management, other types of accounts managed, lists of prime brokers used and performance data. SEC staff dismissed this and another suggestion–expanded Form D reporting–because they lacked an examination component, Commissioners Glassman and Atkins wrote.
But both commissioners said they believe SEC examinations of hedge funds will be a drain on resources and will not offer much in the way of the kind of deterrence SEC staff has promised.
Likewise, the case for mandatory registration based on a premise that fraud is rampant in the hedge fund industry doesn't fly either, the commissioners wrote. The SEC staff's own 2003 report on hedge funds found no "disproportionate involvement of hedge funds or their advisers in fraud," they wrote. Over the past five years, cited cases of hedge fund fraud constituted roughly 2% of all SEC cases. Only 3% of combined SEC and CFTC fraud cases over the last five years involved hedge funds or their advisers.
In most of the 51 cases cited by rule supporters, mandatory registration would have had little effect because the funds were too small to be registered, were already registered or should have been registered, Commissioners Glassman and Atkins wrote. "Many were garden-variety fraudsters who could as easily have called their schemes something other than 'hedge funds.'" People intent on committing fraud probably won't bother to register with the SEC before opening up shop, thus making one of registration's goals–to weed out those convicted of felonies or with other kinds of disciplinary histories before they can start–moot, they wrote.
Twisting the knife a little, Commissioners Glassman and Atkins noted that although mutual funds are required to register, doing so did not help the SEC uncover the market-timing and late-trading abuses that have rocked that industry for the past year.
To enforce the new rule the SEC will have to divert resources from policing mutual funds, which have some 90 million investors. By contrast, hedge funds have an estimated 200,000 individual and institutional investors. "This seems unwise so soon after we made the case that we did not have enough staff to oversee the existing pool of registered advisers and funds," the two commissioners wrote. "In fact just two days after the majority adopted this rulemaking, [Paul F. Roye] the Director of the Division of Investment Management reportedly said that an option that the Commission has in its 'back pocket' is raising the threshold to registration level to US$40 million."
The costs of registration, which have been downplayed by SEC staff, are likely to hit smaller advisers hardest, they wrote.
And ironically, hedge fund registration may actually promote further retailization of the industry by conferring a kind of "seal of approval" on hedge funds.
The commissioners also offer a preview of possible legal challenges to the new rule, pointing out that in adopting the new rule the Commission staff and majority change the definition of "client" so as to look through the fund itself to the underlying investors. "Not only does the majority's action awkwardly depart from the established approach for identifying and adviser's clients," Commissioners Glassman and Atkins wrote, "but the majority rejected compelling challenges to the Commission's statutory authority for this action."
Essentially, they wrote, the SEC staff reinterpreted what Congress meant by "clients" when it passed the original Investment Advisers Act in 1940, and then amended it in 1970 and 1996. The effect of this reinterpretation is to assume that advisers overseeing large pools of capital had to register. This is a mistake, the duo wrote.
"?? 1/2 [T]he legislative history of that section [3(c)(1) of the Investment Company Act] suggests that Congress understood that there would be asset pools, some of them large, that were not reached by that statute. The fact that many advisers to such pools were not registered under the Advisers Act was certainly known to Congress and allowing them to continue in their unregistered state was entirely consistent with Congress' objective of minimizing regulatory restrictions on such pools of assets."
In conclusion, Commissioners Glassman and Atkins wrote, "Questions about the wisdom of the majority's approach are compounded by questions about the propriety of this approach in light of legislative and regulatory precedent. We hoped that the Commission would accord serious consideration to objections to their proposal. Today's rulemaking, which is the wrong solution to an undefined problem, disappoints those hopes and leaves better solutions unexplored."
Contact Bob Keane with questions or comments at: [email protected].


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The Ritz-Carlton Istanbul completes year-long renovation
The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul now features 243 renovated guest rooms, including 23 suites and 57 club rooms
After a year-long renovation, The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul is now ready to welcome guests.
The rooms, suites, conference halls and ballroom have completed renovations, with a redesign inspired by the shapes and colours of historic Istanbul.
The rooms and suites are decorated with authentic local motifs. Portuguese architect Patricia Pina completed the interior design of the rooms and suites, while the ballrooms were redone by Turkish architect Hakan Yürüoğlu.
"We have renovated our hotel to reflect the rich history of Istanbul and connect it with the rich Middle Eastern traditions," said The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul general manager Nicolas Kipper.
The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul now features 243 renovated guest rooms, including 23 suites and 57 club rooms. A greater number of connecting rooms give privacy for larger families, while corridors have also been redesigned to provide a 'small flat' feeling.


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If it seems like the gospel is actually incredibly bad news for people who don't believe it is because we confuse information with situation. It is as though you have a family member who is dying of cancer. They will continue to live for sometime, but eventually they will die. Here is the kicker, they have no idea. They are in a life-threatening situation. Nothing you say or don't say will change that. But if you walk into the room and tell them, "You have cancer and you are going to die, I'm sorry." (You're not very tactful, apparently. Way to go.) You are not changing the situation at all, you are simply bringing light to it. The gospel message is just like this, except it comes with brilliant news: "A local doctor has invented the cure for your kind of cancer. You need only to phone him and she'll come and bring it to you and you'll be saved!" Saying that people are destined for an eternity of destruction apart from the God who gives life is not making it so. It is just bringing light to a very confused situation.
This is part of the reason that people get so upset about the suggestion that non-Christian peoples will "go to hell." They are confusing the actual situation, with the information about the situation and the remedy! Why would it be that people who never desire to come toward the God who gives life will suddenly desire such a thing when they are dead? It makes no sense. It is as CS Lewis said, "There are people who say to God, 'Thy will be done.' And there are people to whom God says in the end 'Thy will be done.'" Or in my version at the end of life there are people who say, "Jesus Christ..." and people who say, "Jesus Christ!!!" Besides, the one thing we don't need to worry about in this discussion is that God will turn out, in the end, to be unjust.
Perhaps this is why I have never been too bothered by the "Problem of Evil." This is a largely philosophical question that states: Because of all the evil and destruction we see in the world. Either God is all-powerful and he doesn't care, or God is all-good and he isn't powerful enough to help. But, the Bible states quite clearly that God has two solutions to the problem of evil. The first is to destroy the earth and all of its inhabitants, which the Bible shows quite clearly that God is fully justified in doing because of our sinful and evil actions (Remember Noah's ark? In children's church they always talk about the animals, but never all the people drowning to death...). The second is the cross. God allows this present evil age to continue, because he is patiently bearing with us in order to accomplish his glorious, beautiful plan of reconciling people to himself and restoring all of creation.
When we see the cross, we may not have the most immediate answers to evil, but the one thing we can't say is that God doesn't care.


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BANGOR – As uncertainty continues to swirl around Maine's controversial ranked-choice congressional race, some question how the state will seat a new representative come January.
State Rep. Bruce Poliquin's lawsuit and the fact that ranked-choice election results will not be certified until the legal action is finalized, could mean that Maine's 2nd Congressional District seat may remain vacant.
Poliquin won the plurality vote but lost his bid for reelection to State Rep. Jared Golden in the ranked-choice runoff.
The incumbent is challenging the legality of ranked choice. Wednesday, a federal judge hears arguments in that case.
"Each state follows these steps and in Maine, the Secretary of State tabulates and sends them to the governor and the governor issues these certificates," said Mark Brewer, a University of Maine professor of political science. "Alright, but if the governor doesn't issue these certificates, does it ultimately make any difference? I think for practical purposes and constitutional purposes, I think the answer is no."
Brewer says the House has the authority to seat Golden, even if the governor doesn't certify the results and send them to Congress.
Others disagree.
"They are waiting for the presentation of the valid results of the election," said David Haus, Husson University associate professor of history.
Until then…
"The 2nd District of Maine would go technically unrepresented as far as voting is concerned in the House until we have a representative that can be seated," Haus said.
Poliquin's lawsuit asks the judge to throw out the election results, name him the winner or order a new election.
"Those possibilities are all extremely long shots," said Brewer.
"The only way in which I could possibly see Poliquin prevailing on this is if the judge issues a ruling favorable to him before the swearing-in date," the UMaine professor added later.
The country's 116th congress will be sworn in on Jan. 3.
"I can't imagine the Democratic majority in the House is going to do anything other than seat the candidate who has been declared the winner of the election by the Secretary of State's office," Brewer said.
"It's going to be interesting how this plays out," Haus said.


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My name is Reza. I am a PhD candidate at Griffith University, Australia. My main research interest is cross-cultural analysis and ethnopragmatics, i.e. [mostly linguistic] study of the aspects of cultures as they are understood and practised by the insiders.
I am from Iran, though. I was the head of the student council at Mazandaran University, where I, as a member of the progressive student movement, voicedly demanded the rule of law and democracy. It was a costly time for me, and led to my being banned from graduate studies in Iran in 2012.
To pursue my education-related dreams, I did a master's degree in international relations at the American Graduate school in Paris, and then I was awarded the EU Erasmus scholarship to do another master's degree in linguistics at University of Warsaw, Poland.


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4 Longmoor Cottages is located down a long, private driveway, on the edge of the village of Ebrington, in a natural and peaceful setting, boasting stunning views over Longmoor. This quintessential, typical English Cotswolds village offers honey stone buildings and thatched roofs, and the delightful historic parish church of St. Eadburgh's, dating from the 13th century, is just a 10-15 minute walk away with regular Sunday services. There is an outstanding farm shop, providing fresh local seasonal fruit and vegetables, and a warm welcome. The farm shop includes a café serving light lunches, snacks, afternoon teas and barista coffee and is just a 20-25 minute walk away. The village also boasts an award-winning local pub, which is a modern day version of a country tavern, that brews its own ale. The pub's restaurant has two AA Rosettes and serves delicious pub classics in addition to seasonal fare. Just a 20-minute walk away is a superbly located hotel and restaurant with commanding views over rolling countryside, which serves lunches, afternoon teas, and elegant dining in the AA Rosette restaurant.This charming attached barn conversion enjoys a wonderful countryside location and has been finished to an excellent standard, retaining many period features, including original beams and exposed stone walls, together with a contemporary twist. Externally the property offers its own private garden, while shared access of the owner's grounds can also be enjoyed, which lay claim to wild flower meadows, picnic areas and an orchard. With walks from the doorstep, this really is a magical retreat in which to relax and unwind. A welcome pack is also provided upon your arrival with complimentary tea, coffee, hot chocolate, sugar, milk, biscuits, wine and a selection of savoury snacks.Just 2 miles away Chipping Campden, one of the Cotswolds' loveliest market towns, offers interesting shops and a wide choice of restaurants. Broadway, 6 miles away, is home to unique shops, designer boutiques and superb art galleries. There is also a golf course, as well as a tower offering one of England's finest viewpoints with 13 English counties to be seen on a clear day. Many National Trust properties are nearby including Hidcote and its impressive gardens, only 2 miles away. Slightly further, but still easily accessible are Blenheim Palace, Warwick Castle and Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon, and the famous horse racing town of Cheltenham. Shop 1 mile, pub and restaurant ½ mile.4 Longmoor Cottages can be booked together with 2 Longmoor Cottages (ref UKC3493) and 3 Longmoor cottages (ref UKC3494) to accommodate up to 8 guests.
14 external steps to entrance.First Floor:Open plan living space.Living area: With Freesat Smart TV.Dining area.Kitchen area: With electric oven, induction hob, combi microwave/oven/grill, fridge/freezer, dishwasher, Nespresso coffee machine and washer/dryer.Bedroom 1: With double bed.Shower room: With double shower cubicle, toilet, heated towel rail and tiled floor.
Biomass central heating, electricity, bed linen, towels, complimentary toiletries and Wi-Fi included. Welcome pack with wine included. Enclosed garden with sitting-out area and garden furniture. 7-acre orchard with sitting-out area, garden furniture and barbecue (shared with owner and other properties on-site). Private parking for 2 cars. No smoking or e-cigarettes. Please note: No children under 16 years old (including babes in arms). No fireworks. These properties have a security deposit of £100 per person when two or three properties are booked together.
English Country Cottages is the trading name of Vacation Rentals (UK) Ltd.
Registered Office: Spring Mill, Earby, Barnoldswick, Lancashire, BB94 0AA.
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Ah! New York in the Fall is supposed to be chilly, slightly rainy and a twirl of yellow, orange and red leaves! But in the midst of October, New York weather begs to differ and gave me a warm, sunny day to shop the Brooklyn Flea Market.
Also, New York gave me People's Pops to appease the warmth of the day! Hurrah! I chose to try the Apricot-Salted Caramel which was delicious. Filled to the brim with chunks of fresh apricot and had the most unbelievably fresh flavor. Definitely a great, great popsicle.


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Watch out, Xena. There's a new warrior princess in town and her name is Murna.
Bubble shows: Which will last?On Wednesday's Super Fun Night (9:30/8:30c, ABC), Brooke Shields guest-stars as Alison, an actress who plays Murna Princess Warrior, aka Marika (Lauren Ash) and Helen-Alice's (Liza Lapira) childhood hero. But the actress doesn't turn out to be all they had hoped for when they meet her at the Murna Princess Warrior Convention. Then again, Marika doesn't make the best first impression.Check out the sneak peek below. Super Fun Night airs Wednesdays,9:30/8:30c on ABC.


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Joi Dreams Salon is now a full-service salon, offering spa services that include nail care, skincare, hair care and barbering services.
We would love to invite everyone in the Del Ray area to come celebrate our Grand Opening! There will be raffle drawings, other small business vendors, gift bags, and other surprises.
The celebration will begin at 12:30PM Saturday, September 16, 2017, and will end at 3:00PM .
We hope everyone can stop by!
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The BC Oil and Gas Commission, an industry-friendly Crown corporation that regulates pipelines in British Columbia, has imposed a modest fine on Kinder Morgan for violations of the province's Water Sustainability Act, which was implemented in February 2016 by the Christy Clark government "to ensure a sustainable supply of fresh, clean water that meets the needs of B.C. residents today and in the future."
The Canadian Press reports, "The B.C. Oil and Gas Commission says it has fined Kinder Morgan Canada $920 for four violations of the provincial Water Sustainability Act related to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion."
"The commission says it issued tickets late last week for one violation related to non-compliance in the use of fish spawning deterrents and three related to non-compliance in water volume reporting -- each of which carries a $230 fine."
The article adds, "[Trans Mountain's media relations department] says the water withdrawal charges are for not reporting zero usage of water after it didn't withdraw water as it was permitted to do" while the other charges relate to their installation of deterrents to discourage fish from spawning in stream areas that would be affected by construction.
In September 2017, the Canadian Press reported, "[Trans Mountain] says its biologists had temporarily laid plastic fencing on the bottom of some sections of five streams through mid-August 2017 in preparation for pipeline construction there in early 2018, adding it had identified a total of 26 streams in British Columbia and Alberta where the mats would be used prior to spawning season."
While the provincial commission has imposed this modest fine, the federal government has not taken action.
The Star Vancouver reports, "Kinder Morgan admits it repeatedly broke federal laws meant to protect marine animals from harmful noise during construction work [pile driving in Burrard Inlet exceeded noise rules multiple times from January to May 2018] on the Trans Mountain pipeline's Burnaby, B.C., terminal... The Fisheries Act violations alleged by the ministry -- which have not been tested in court -- weren't the only warnings the company received over construction work. On September 22, the National Energy Board ordered it to stop laying unauthorized anti-salmon spawning plastic mats in streams."
Land and water defenders are taking action though. In November 2017, Warrior Publications noted, "Wild Salmon Warriors returned home yesterday after conducting a two week observation and removal of Kinder Morgan's anti-salmon spawning mats that illegally disrupted four water ways in Secwepemc Territory. The mats were installed without any knowledge or consent of the Nation, just as the Kinder Morgan pipeline is continuing without the free, prior and informed consent of the Nation as well. Upon learning the exact locations of four of the supposed seven installation sites, Wild Salmon Warriors, on the authority of the Secwepemc Nation, have removed all such mats in the area."
The $920 fine to Kinder Morgan stands in stark contrast to the criminal contempt charges and fines being imposed on the more than 200 land and water defenders who blocked the Kinder Morgan terminal gates in Burnaby earlier this year.
The National Observer reports, "Penalties for early guilty pleas have been as low as $500, with fines for unsuccessful trials as high as $5000, with the option of a corresponding amount of community service hours (ranging 25-240 hours) as an alternative. ...The Crown has recommended fines of up to $3,000 or 150 hours of community service."
This article originally appeared on the Council of Canadians blog.
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Provided below is a brief overview about iPredator Inc., a NYS Cybercrime Psychology & Internet Safety Company. iPredator Inc. was founded in September 2011 to provide educational and advisory products & services to consumers and organizations on cyberbullying, cyberstalking, online sexual predation, cybercrime, cyber harassment, cyber terrorism, internet addiction and the new field of Information Age Forensic Psychology they are pioneering.
Michael Nuccitelli, Psy.D. is a New York State licensed psychologist and certified forensic consultant. He completed his doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology in 1994 from Adler University in Chicago, Illinois. In November 2011, Dr. Nuccitelli and his colleagues established iPredator Inc. offering educational, investigation and advisory services related to cyberstalking, cyberbullying, internet predators, cybercrime & the darkside of cyberspace. In June 2013, Dr. Nuccitelli and iPredator Inc. launched this internet safety website, iPredator, and two blogs, Dark Psychology & Dr. Internet Safety. These sites offer online users an incredible amount of information, education and advisory services. Since 1985, Dr. Nuccitelli has worked in behavioral healthcare in a variety of capacities with various clinical populations.
Dr. Nuccitelli became interested in the psychology and profiling of those who use Information and Communications Technology to abuse, steal, taunt and victimize others online in 2009. In 2012, Dr. Nuccitelli and his team of expert consultants grew even more determined to develop victimization prevention & intervention strategies for vulnerable online users utilizing education, investigation, legal, law enforcement and information technology experts. At the center of iPredator Inc.'s products and services is Dr. Nuccitelli's theoretical construct, iPredator.
As a member and consultant to the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute, iPredator was the feature article in their 2011 winter issue of The Forensic Examiner published quarterly. Since 2009, Dr. Nuccitelli has dedicated himself to learning the psychological composition of those who are engaged in online malevolent activities. The definition of iPredator is as follows:
"The repercussions of the unrestricted latitude of iPredators will be catastrophic for not only the individual, but for society, and potentially, the world over. Therefore, before it is too late, we must re-examine the phenomenon of "social networking" via technology." Michael Nuccitelli Psy.D., (2012)
iPredator: A person, group or nation who, directly or indirectly, engages in exploitation, victimization, coercion, stalking, theft or disparagement of others using Information and Communications Technology [ICT]. iPredators are driven by deviant fantasies, desires for power and control, retribution, religious fanaticism, political reprisal, psychiatric illness, perceptual distortions, peer acceptance or personal and financial gain. iPredators can be any age or gender and are not bound by economic status, race, religion or national heritage. iPredator is a global term used to distinguish anyone who engages in criminal, coercive, deviant or abusive behaviors using ICT. Central to the construct is the premise that Information Age criminals, deviants and the violently disturbed are psychopathological classifications new to humanity.
Whether the offender is a cyberbully, cyberstalker, cyber harasser, internet troll, cybercriminal, online sexual predator, cyber terrorist, online child pornography consumer and distributor or engaged in internet defamation or nefarious online deception, they fall within the scope of iPredator. The three criteria used to define an iPredator include:
Unlike human predators prior to the Information Age, iPredators include the multitude of benefits offered by Information and Communications Technology [ICT]. These assistances include exchange of information over long distances, rapidity of information exchanged and the seemingly infinite access to data available. Malevolent in intent, iPredators rely on their capacity to deceive others using ICT in the abstract and artificial electronic universe known as cyberspace. Therefore, as the internet naturally offers all ICT users anonymity, if they decide, iPredators actively design online profiles and diversionary tactics to remain undetected and untraceable.
Cyberstealth, a sub-tenet of iPredator, is a covert method by which iPredators attempt to establish and sustain complete anonymity while they engage in ICT activities planning their next assault, investigating innovative surveillance technologies or researching the social profiles of their next target. Concurrent with the concept of Cyberstealth is iPredator Victim Intuition [IVI]. An iPredator's IVI is their aptitude to sense a target's ODDOR [Offline Distress Dictates Online Response], online & offline vulnerabilities, psychological weaknesses, technological limitations, increasing their success of a cyber-attack with minimal ramifications.
"Society is being lulled into a false sense of trust and reliance on technology, taking information and "connection" to others in cyberspace at face value. Like the child in the fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood, innocently wandering through the forest, we erroneously believe that the "Wolf" is whoever he appears or claims to be. Just as Little Red Riding Hood, we're in danger of falling prey to iPredator." Michael Nuccitelli Psy.D., (2012)
iPredator Bridge: iPredator Bridge is a theoretical tenet of iPredator representing the psychological, perceptual & behavioral trajectory of people who use Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to harm others. Similar to the iPredator, they are motivated by personal convictions, greed, power, control, narcissism or psychopathology. Different from the iPredator, they have yet to fully engage in criminal/deviant activities using ICT or use complex perceptual distortions to validate the harm they cause. Also different from iPredator are their drives for attacking others. For those defined in iPredator Bridge, their motivations are cloaked by moral turpitude, self-righteousness and pseudo-justified convictions.
iPredator Bridge investigates why some people draw near to this nefarious and malevolent realm and either proceed in their maladaptive trajectory or cease and desist. Within this new region, and presently without explanation, many people enter cyberspace and access ICT with their instinctual drive for self-preservation remaining dormant. Conversely, other people either quickly or gradually, conclude that ICT and cyberspace offers an environment that allows the pursuit of maladaptive and psychopathological goals undeterred by punishment. It is within this process that the ICT user or groups of ICT users transcend into the world of iPredator. Once an iPredator, the various typologies begin their search for those they deem as vulnerable, easily accosted and not likely to mobilize the required forces leading to their apprehension and punishment.
Cyberstealth is a concept formulated along with iPredator and is a term used to define a method and/or strategy by which iPredators use Information and Communications Technology (ICT) , if they so choose, to establish and sustain complete anonymity while they troll and stalk a target. Cyberstealth is a methodology entrenched in Information Age Deception or also called cyber deception. Given the Internet inherently affords everyone anonymity, Cyberstealth used by iPredators range from negligible to highly complex and multi-faceted.
The rationale for using "stealth" in the suffix of this term, serves to remind ICT users the primary intent fueling iPredators. This intent is to hide their identity by designing false online profiles, identities, covert tactics and methods to ensure their identities remain concealed reducing their probability of identification, apprehension and punishment. Unlike classic deception used by traditional criminals and deviants, Information Age Deception completely relies on the anonymity and "veil of invisibility" available to all ICT users.
The primary difference between Online Deception and Cyberstealth are the activities iPredators and ICT users engage in. In this writer's construct, Cyberstealth is reserved for iPredators who actively plan a strategy that have criminal, deviant and harmful implications to targeted victims. Information Age Deception includes all forms of Cyberstealth, but also includes deceptive practices that do not have elements of crime, defiance or harm against others.
As the Internet naturally offers all ICT users anonymity if they decide, iPredators actively design online profiles and diversionary tactics to remain undetected and untraceable. Cyberstealth is a covert method by which iPredators are able to establish and sustain complete anonymity while they engage in ICT activities planning their next assault, investigating innovative surveillance technologies or researching the social profiles of their next target. iPredators rely on the multitude of benefits offered by ICT. These assistances include exchange of information over long distances, rapidity of information exchanged and the seemingly infinite access to data available.
Technological advancements have changed the way humanity interacts, exchanges and accesses information. Smartphones, mobile devices and social media are the latest in a succession of advancements growing at a feverish pace. It is often difficult to imagine that the Internet used by more than two billion people globally celebrated its 20th birthday in 2011. Clearly, the Information Age has spread to all corners of the planet.
"As society becomes more technologically advanced, the importance of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) becomes vital in the daily living of humanity. Despite the multitude of benefits, the dangers lurking in cyberspace are real, growing and need to be stopped. It may take me 30-40 years, but iPredator Inc. will diligently persist until one day online sexual predators, cyberstalkers and all iPredators experience fear before they proceed with their nefarious, deviant & malevolent plans." Michael Nuccitelli Psy.D., C.F.C., iPredator Inc. (2013)
The Information Age is a societal paradigm and period beginning in the last quarter of the 20th century and presently thriving in the second decade of the 21st century. The Information Age represents the evolution, emergence, consumption of and reliance upon Information and Communications Technology (ICT). In a mere four decades, ICT and its importance to humanity have led many to surmise that the planet and its human inhabitants are amidst an Information Revolution. Mobile device technology, telecommunications, social media & cyberspace are just a few examples of humanities newest communication channels. In all of these arenas, they deal with the new frontier of how humankind obtains exchanges and disseminates information.
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and the Information Age have created a new dimension leading to an entirely new population of humanity engaged in malevolent, harmful and deceptive practices. ICT and cyberspace are not tools used by the classic sociopath, deviant, narcissist or criminal, but a new generation called iPredators. These Information Age assailants will be permanent fixtures to humanity for centuries to follow. In order to effectively educate, evaluate, investigate or advise any ICT user on Internet safety, whether they are a child, adult, group or business, it is paramount to grasp the basic concepts and terms vital to all ICT users. The two terms important to be familiar with are iPredator & Cyberstealth. For it is in cyberspace & the internet, using ICT, that vast majority of iPredators develop, activate and institute Cyberstealth.
Unlike human predators prior to the Information Age, iPredators rely on the multitude of benefits offered by Information and Communications Technology (ICT.) These assistances include exchange of information over long distances, rapidity of information exchanged and the seemingly infinite access to data available. Malevolent in intent, iPredators rely on their capacity to deceive others using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in an abstract electronic universe.
The IPI Assessment Collection & IISC Collection address cyberbullying, cybercrime, cyberstalking, cyber terrorism, digital reputation, social media, corporate disparagement and internet predators. Interested parties can also purchase the licenses to these assessments to use for their own endeavors to educate and assess their communities, organizations and businesses in their online activities and ICT safety practices.
iPredator Inc. is a New York State based Internet Safety Company founded in September 2011 to provide educational and advisory products & services to online users and organizations. Their areas of expertise include cyberbullying, cyberstalking, cybercrime, internet defamation, cyber terrorism, online predation, internet addiction and the new fields they are pioneering called Cybercriminal Psychology & Profiling. Created by a NYS licensed psychologist and certified forensic consultant, Michael Nuccitelli Psy.D., their goal is to reduce victimization, theft and disparagement from online assailants.
Dr. Nuccitelli and iPredator Inc. consultants are always available, at no cost, to interact with online users and media. In addition to their professional services, Dr. Nuccitelli has authored a variety of internet safety tools, cyber attack risk assessments and diagnostic tests available to purchase as hard copy PDF files.
Although iPredator Inc. has joined a multitude of social networking sites, feel free to visit the social sites listed below they use as their information and announcement vehicles. Dr. Nuccitelli and iPredator Inc. consultants are always available, at no cost, to interact with academia, law enforcement, legal professionals and the media.
If you have questions, feel free to call iPredator Inc. anytime at (347) 871-2416 in New York or by sending correspondence using this website's contact page by clicking on this link: Contact Us Dr. Nuccitelli or an iPredator Inc. associate return all contacts within 24 hours.
"The Information Age technocentric concept of being "connected" is a paradox of disconnection causing us to lose control of our instinctual drives for social cohesion, allegiance and selflessness. As our dependency upon Information and Communications Technology (ICT) grows, spreading throughout our collective human consciousness, the less we care for our neighbors and the more we delude ourselves into thinking that online connections are far more valuable than reality based relationships." Michael Nuccitelli, Psy.D. (2014)
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She is Mrs Wedding Planner, She is Mrs. Rugie Lamin Wurie!
She has planned luxurious weddings and events around the world, from London to Berlin to Paris, to Dubai, to Zanzibar, and of course her homeland, Freetown, Sierra Leone. She is Rugie Lamin Wurie, international wedding planner extraordinaire, founder and managing director of Mrs Wedding Planner. With unadulterated passion and sheer determination, in less than a decade she has managed to corner the market and established a name for herself, her work having been featured by the likes of Marks & Spencer and British Vogue! African Luxury Magazine caught up with the event planning aficionado and asked her to share her journey with us, in her own words.
After being frustrated with my 9-5 job and the lack of progression prospects, I started writing a private blog to unearth whatever passion I had. Frankly, I thought I had none! I also wanted a career opportunity that could allow me to spend more time with my children. To allow me the flexibility to go to parents' evenings, Mother's Day events, watch my kids participate in school plays, engage with teachers on their individual academic and social developments. These were important stages in my children's lives that I was no longer prepared to miss out on. I had to make a choice. So I took a credit card, enrolled for two event planning courses and the rest they say is history. I took on every event planning job there was out there, from community halls and literally, anyone that will give me chance, in between school runs.
Today I have carved a niche for myself, but on the odd occasion a mismatch slips through, I have learned that in this job, you need to have a target market, identify their needs and endeavour to meet them to the best of your ability. So ideally I'd love clients who are accommodating of my lifestyle, the fact that I am a mother and a wife. So sometimes, children crying in the background, emergency school activities and so on (are part of parcel of my daily life and routine). Destination weddings are the toughest, you have to battle with improving your growing brand and missing out on special moments with your kids.
It is interesting to note that I have had contrasting experiences from planning in different parts of the world. The level of opulence, quality, service standards, or general experience an event exudes is determined by planning conditions in a given geographical demographic. Such conditions are influenced by rental markets, the range of venue, logistics, the skill level of event vendors and the cultural attitude towards deadlines and timelines. For example, in some parts of West Africa, there is an inherent gap in the hospitality sector as well as cultural misconceptions of the role of the Wedding Planner. With the African wedding sector predicted to thrive, the need for standards to improve hasn't been more pressing.
Generally, I tend to attract mid-high income level professionals who value the finer things in life but prefer relaxed opulence. For them, an unlimited supply of the finest food and beverage, as well as the choice of venue location, set the standard for the type of experience they would like to treat their guests to. So from intimate wedding celebrations in the most quintessential of hotels including the Lanesborough and Langham in London to private resorts in Melia, Zanzibar, clients arrange the finest experience for their international guests from arrival to departure.
While most of the events we display on social media are aspirational it is important that engaged couples stay true to their financial situation and understand the real meaning of their celebration. Overall, the best events are those that offer unforgettable experiences and are rich in detail. Above all my business is built around the concept of celebrating marriage, which automatically translates to me working hard on my own marriage. After all, there will be no Mrs Wedding Planner if I sort out everybody else's marriage and lose mine in the process lol.
The business side of things is extremely difficult. Aside from wedding administrative chores, you have to stay on top of your books, chasing outstanding invoices so you can meet your monthly bills, sorting out your IT teams to promote your video clips, filing annual returns, keeping company details up-to-date, deal with the legal guys for ugly situations etc. It's quite intense really. I hate that side of running a business. I'd rather the fun stuff…lol! The actual event coming together successfully is a joy to be a part of.
Your journey with your clients through months of developing an idea, getting to know them and their families, the drama, your vulnerabilities, etc., is quite emotionally intense especially when one connects with the client. Seeing it through to the end is extremely rewarding. I have the most satisfaction when I see the joy in my clients' faces. It says a lot really. Most of my clients actually support the person behind the brand Mrs Wedding Planner. My sense of humour, my bluntness, my refined taste, and in the grand scheme of things, I believe they want to be a part of building a dream for working mothers like me. To add to that, I have developed genuine relationships over the years with most of my clients and their families.
For example, I formed the strongest bonds with clients over the past six months or so. I was dealing with a lot in my personal life, subsequently affecting my wellness. The fact that most of my clients were sensitive to and adjusted to that situation made me understand that what appealed to my clients was not just a service but a desirable lifestyle. It was quite emotional to see that almost by divine intervention it worked out perfectly for said clients. This has been the most difficult stage in my career and I am grateful that I am still going.
Am I rich? No. Am I happily married all the time? Absolutely not, but I am content, driven and confident that I am on to something. I have plans for expansion because I have studied the industry closely and have identified gaps and business opportunities. Hopefully 5 years from now, you will hear wonderful things.


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CATEGORY: Better Player Drivers
WE TESTED: 9° (adjusts 8° to 10°) with Aldila Rogue Silver 60 graphite shaft
KEY TECHNOLOGIES: A narrower "Power Grid" channel along the sole and redesigned variablet-hickness face help to boost ball speed.
DISTANCE: This club is in the same ballpark as most normal gamers; guys don't lose too much distance on slight mis-hits; it can be sneaky long when you catch it just right; ample roll leads to solid yardage overall.
ACCURACY/FORGIVENESS: The Exotics EX9 Tour can keep you out of trouble when you deserve to be in jail; adequate correction when testers miss the center of the clubface.
FEEL: It gives you a stable, strong sensation through the ball without much twisting; the head tracks nicely throughout the swing; for the most part, not overly jarring or harsh on minor misses.
PLAYABILITY: The club produces a repeatable, medium flight; controllable— testers can move shots in either direction with the right swing, but it basically wants to go straight; if anything, testers find it's easier to shape fades than draws; the adjustable hosel helps to tweak flight.
LOOK: The EX9 Tour features a pleasant shape and face height that most players appreciate; the paint job has a sparkly quality to it—overall, a high-end look.
Forgiveness on mis-hits isn't on the same level as some other models; not overly impressive in the distance department; the glittery paint job bothers a few players.
BOTTOM LINE: The Tour Edge Exotics EX9 Tour driver is a solid performer that provides predictable results without wowing anyone.
HOT STIX'S TAKE: The compact, 430 cc head has a deeper face for more forgiveness on shots struck high or low of center. The interchangeable swing-weight screw allows for a more precise build. Launch: Low; Spin: Mid
From GOLF.com, October 17, 2015:
The new Tour Edge Exotics EX9 driver comes in standard ($299) and Tour ($399) models, both of which have lower and deeper CG locations than past Exotics models, yielding enhanced forgiveness and lower spin rates for more distance.
The standard EX9 has a 460cc clubhead that features a heel weighted, draw enhancing design and is available in 10- and 12-degree lofts. A sloped crown in the standard model helps reduce drag during the swing to increase clubhead speed and distance. The Tour model features a more compact, pear shaped 430cc clubhead that produces slightly lower spin rates and more neutral performance. Both models are built with a new adjustable hosel that provides eight different loft settings in one-degree increments. An interchangeable sole weighting system (in the heel of the standard model, in the center of the Tour model) allows for custom tuning by swapping out the standard 6-gram weight with 3-, 9-, or 11-grams weights, which are sold separately.
Stock shaft options for the standard EX9 include Mitsubishi Bassara E-Series, Fujikura Exotics PRO, Matrix Exotics White, Red, and Black Tie. Options for the EX9 Tour include Aldila Rogue Silver, Mitsubishi Diamana S+, M+, and D+. — Michael Chwasky


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Angelita D. Reyes, PhD
Founder & President
Dr. Angelita Reyes is the founding director and CEO of Literacy InterActives, Inc. Reyes earned her doctorate from the University of Iowa in comparative literature and anthropology (1985). An award-winning author, teacher, and education consultant, Reyes is a distinct voice in today's national and global arena of new approaches for social and organizational transformation. She began primary and field research on vernacular architecture and material culture in southern Virginia that produced the Patrick Robert "Parker" Sydnor historic log cabin site as a community and regional civic and public history project. The historic site is now listed on the prestigious National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia National Register.
Peter Bergstrom, PhD
Vice President
Dr. Peter V. Bergstrom hails from Wisconsin. Now residing in Greensboro, North Carolina, he continues his research pursuits in Virginia. After receiving his doctorate in early American history from the University of New Hampshire (1979), he spent ten years as a research associate with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. He has held teaching appointments at Illinois State University, the College of William and Mary, Hampton University, and Old Dominion University. Bergstrom is the author of Markets and Merchants: Economic Diversification in Colonial Virginia, 1700-1775 (1985) and has been a long-time contributor to the Virginia Biographical Dictionary project sponsored by the Library of Virginia. He lectures on Virginia history and genealogy for numerous historical and genealogical societies in Virginia, New Hampshire, and Illinois. Peter serves also on the Board of Directors for the Virginia Forum.
Alexandria J. Reyes, Esq.
Alexandria J. Reyes, Esq., is an attorney at Robins Kaplan LLP in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has experience in contract disputes, products liability defense, financial litigation, class action lawsuits, and other complex business litigation. Reyes earned her Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude; and her Juris Doctor degree from Wake Forest University. She is a co-organizer of the Philando Castile Memorial Scholarship and is a board member of the St. Paul Central High School Foundation. A recipient of numerous awards for professional achievement and community service, she has also traveled to 33 countries in Europe, Central America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
Dorothy M. David
Dorothy M. David is the CEO of D. M. D. Tax & Accounting Services, LLC. She is a certified tax consultant who has a Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in accounting. David works with virtually 160 clients on an annual basis and manages the accounting practices of several established small businesses and non-profit organizations. In addition to her civic engagements, David is a member of the American Association of Notaries and a Certified ProAdvisor for QuickBooks Online. David brings her distinctive accounting expertise and business acumen to the advancement of LIA.
Board Members
Mattie M. Cowan
Mattie Cowan is a life-long resident of Halifax County, Virginia. She attended Danville Community College where she studied Business Administration. Cowan recently retired from CenturyLink Telecommunications with 39 years of service in management positions. Cowan is active in the business community and serves as vice-chair of the Halifax County Planning Commission; she is president of the Halifax County Business and Professional Council; and past president of several community organizations. She was appointed by Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to serve on the Henrietta Lacks Commission, which will develop the Henrietta Lacks Life Sciences Center. Cells taken from Henrietta Lacks, an African American who lived in Halifax County, formed an immortal cell line in global medical research. Mattie Cowan brings her business expertise and extensive organizational skills to the Board.
Inez Arnett-Ferrer
Event Coordinator
Inez Arnett-Ferrer recently retired to southern Virginia from New York City after 39 years in project management, staff development, and organizational leadership. She earned her Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Iona College in New York. Through diligence and commitment to her profession, she attained a Six Sigma Black Belt in Business. Inez brings a skill set in management that inspires and sustains peak performance. In addition to volunteering as a computer teacher for senior citizens and serving as the Executive Director of a community children's summer camp, Inez is excited about LIA. She is enthusiastically a part of "bridging our communities" in her new home place. With her husband, Allan Ferrer, Inez is the recipient of the 2019 Mecklenburg County NAACP Certificate of Appreciation for Community Service.
Doris Hester
Charter Member (2007-2018)*
Doris Hester was a native of Clarksville, Virginia and graduated from the HBCU, St. Paul's College in Lawrenceville, Virginia. She received her Master of Arts degree in Higher Education from Longwood University and a Master of Arts degree in Education Mathematics from Syracuse University. Retired, Mrs. Hester practiced as a teacher and high school principal in Virginia for more than forty years. Her extensive range of participation and policy-making within community agencies include serving on the Board of Directors of the YMCA, the Sixth Multi-Jurisdictional Grand Jury, and the United Negro College Fund committee. Mrs. Hester was an anchor in Mecklenburg County, Virginia for bridging communities in diversity, patience, and understanding.
Douglas Sydnor, FAIA
Douglas Sydnor, FAIA, is the founding principal at Douglas Sydnor Architect & Associates, an architectural firm founded in 1993. Sydnor received his Masters in Architecture at Harvard University. He has practiced architecture for over 40 years with 225 completed commissions. His numerous design awards include the Governor's Heritage Preservation Honor Award (2018). Sydnor's professional and civic involvement is extensive with service on over 200 boards, committees, and design charrettes. Sydnor is a direct male descendant of Fortunatus Sydnor, the first Sydnor immigrant, an Englishman, to come to the Colony of Virginia in 1653. Doug has served on the LIA board of directors since 2013.
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Prof. Dr. Hans Schnyder
Contact Details
Academic Career and Research Areas
The research of Prof. Schnyder (b. 1954) explores the carbon balance of grassland plants and ecosystems. He also studies the related nutrient and hydrologic balance processes from cell growth to ecosystem processes. His particular interest lies in the relationships between photosynthesis, carbon allocation and respiration, which determine, among other things, the period for which carbon is retained in the biosphere. Using long-term plant and animal archives, he studies the impact of recent climate change on water use efficiency and the C3/C4 composition of grassland. This work involves the use of stable isotope methods in natural and artificial enrichment.
Prof. Schnyder studied agricultural science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich and did his doctorate there in 1984. A grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation enabled him to work at the University of Missouri, Columbia (1985/86). After qualifying as a lecturer at the University of Bonn (1990), he lectured at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna (1993/94). In 1994, he accepted the position of Chair of Grassland Science at TUM. Prof. Schnyder has declined offers from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna and ETH Zurich.
- Visiting Research Professor, Department of Plant Ecophysiology, University of Paris-Orsay (2001)
- Dale Smith Lecturer, Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA (1999)
- Scholar Swiss National Science Foundation (1985-1986)
Key Publications
Barbosa ICR, Köhler I, Auerswald K, Lüps P, Schnyder H: "Last-century changes of alpine grassland water-use efficiency - a reconstruction through carbon isotope analysis of a time-series of Capra ibex horns". Global Change Biol. 2010; 16: 1171-1180.Abstract
Lehmeier CA, Lattanzi FA, Schäufele R, Wild M, Schnyder H: "Root and shoot respiration of perennial ryegrass are supplied by the same substrate pools - Assessment by dynamic 13C labeling and compartmental analysis of tracer kinetics". Plant Physiol. 2008; 148: 1148-1158.Abstract
Schnyder H, Schäufele R, Lötscher M, Gebbing T: "Disentangling CO2 fluxes: direct measurements of mesocosm-scale natural abundance 13CO2 /12CO2 gas exchange, 13C discrimination, and labeling of CO2 exchange flux components in controlled environments". Plant Cell Environ. 2003; 26: 1863-1874.Abstract
Schnyder H: "The role of carbohydrate storage and redistribution in the source-sink relations of wheat and barley during grain filling - a review". New Phytol. 1993; 123: 233-245.Abstract
Schnyder H, Seo S, Rademacher IF, Kühbauch W: "Spatial distribution of growth rates and of epidermal cell lengths in the elongation zone during leaf development in Lolium perenne L." Planta. 1990; 181: 423-431.Abstract


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Headed by pediatric cardiologist and equipped with latest ECHO/ ECG/DEFIBRILATOR, Etc…
We're passionate about providing care to manage all forms of complex congenital or acquired heart disease from diagnosis through treatment, including any required invasive or non-invasive procedures. We are committed to providing a continuum of compassionate, state of the art cardiac care for the fetus, neonate, and child, adolescent and adult with congenital heart disease.
Division of Pediatric Cardiology offers a tradition of groundbreaking state-of-the-art pediatric diagnostic and therapeutic interventions as well as innovative scientific research and medical education in these areas. With premiere cardiologists trained in multiple subspecialties, the Division of Pediatric Cardiology provides comprehensive care for a wide range of conditions and diseases that affect newborns, infants, children, adolescents and young adults. These conditions include: acquired heart disease, fetal, pediatric and adult congenital heart defects and anomalies, arrhythmias, cardiomyopathy and heart failure, heart transplant, and pulmonary hypertension. Comprehensive and state-of-the art diagnostic services the services provided by us are following diseases
- Congenital Heart Disease in Children
- Cardiac Surgery
- Complex Heart Rhythm Problems
- Fetal Cardiology
- General Pediatric Cardiology
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Don't blame Messi penalty miss for Argentina failures
Try to resist the temptation – as tantalising as it might be – to compare what Cristiano Ronaldo did for Portugal against Spain on Friday night to what befell Lionel Messi against Iceland in Moscow on Saturday afternoon.
Sure, Ronaldo scored a penalty and Messi missed one. Sure, Ronaldo banged in a stupendous free-kick and Messi put a similar kind of one over. And sure, Ronaldo hit a hat-trick and Messi drew a blank. But there is so much more going on.
Portugal – under Fernando Santos - have a high-class, settled squad with continuity in the line-up and a clearly defined method for obtaining results. They are the European champions for good reason.
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And yes, they counted on Ronaldo for a hat-trick against their Iberian neighbours. Those moments are his own but there is a solid base for him to work with. In that regard it's not too dissimilar to Real Madrid; 10 men to win the ball and keep it and one to score the goals.
It might look like Portugal are a one-man team – if you concentrate only on the list of scorers – but they are not. For years it was said that Portugal lacked the genuine No. 9 they needed. Now they have one, don't criticise them for that too.
Argentina – on the other hand – have problems. They are the very definition of a one-man team. Portugal managed through Euro 2016 when Ronaldo had bad days – indeed he played precious little of the final – but Argentina simply cannot survive without their No. 10 playing 10 out of 10.
Sergio Aguero's first-half goal was the first goal scored by an Argentine other than Messi in a competitive international match since November 2016. Since then, of course, Messi's hat-trick in the autumn against Ecuador has carried them all the way here to Russia.
Jorge Sampaoli has a way of football that he likes to play but here we are 12 games into his reign and Argentina still looks entirely to its playmaker. It's left to Messi every time to create, to conjure and to finish. One shot of his even hit the back of Ever Banega and another drive ended with Nicolas Tagliafico falling over in front of him.
He is the one making space and then demanding the ball. He is the one starting one-twos and then scurrying fruitlessly along as moves break down around him. He is the one to whom Sampaoli looks to get him out of trouble.
At Barcelona, Messi has had the luxury of a team built around him since his teenage days. That is his talent. And that is the way to ensure he can give his maximum. Instead, for Argentina, it's not the same.
The formation Sampaoli preferred was confusing. To play two defensive midfielders in Lucas Biglia and Javier Mascherano was to pay Iceland entirely too much respect. There was a failure to deal with the direct aerial threat carried by the Islanders. There were jitters throughout the backline and from Willy Caballero and Marcos Rojo in particular. That much was proven in the Alfred Finnbogason equaliser.
This is the kind of team in which Messi at his best can paper over the cracks. But when he has an off-day – and he did – there is simply no other answer. And for Argentina, that is a big worry.
But what Messi and Argentina must remember is Portugal started their Euro 2016 campaign with a 1-1 draw against Iceland… and it didn't turn out too badly for them.


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Monday, July 5, 2010
Mediterranean Couscous Salad
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I love using Orzo in salads, and I will be sure to try it in this one. Minus the olives...no olives around my food. :)ReplyDelete
Sweet blog!
Oh orzo is one of my faves! So yummy so versatile! Congrats on your award up there babe. You got tons of substance! :)ReplyDelete
Lots of yummy love,
Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner
Aw, thanks so much girl! I really appreciate your encouragement!ReplyDelete
Sounds fantastic! This is a MUST try! I like to experiment every once in a while and this would be perfect!ReplyDelete
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Media Stories
The following selection of media stories and blogs provide insight to the pleasures of Big White Ski Resort.
10 Reasons Why Families Love Big White Ski Resort
Travel 2 Next – Christina Pfeiffer
Big White Ski Resort breaks all time records – 2017-18 Season recap video
TOTA – Regional Tourism News Centre
Trevor Nichols – Castanet
Why our family loves to ski Big White
Brave Ski Mom
Can you teach an old snow dog new piste tricks?
The Telegraph UK – Arnie Wilson
Pride Goes to New Heights at Big White
Kelowna Now – Kent Molgat
Three Perfect Days: Kelowna BC (and Big White)
Jacqueline Detwiler – Hemispheres Magazine – United Airlines
Big White Ski Resort – Worth the trip to Canada, eh
Kim-Marie – LuxuryTravelMom.com
Canada's Big White draws skiers and snow-lovers to its diverse slopes
Brian E.Clark – Journal Sentinal – Milwaukee Wisconsin
Big White: Epic skiing and boarding in British Columbia
Jordan Yerman – The Vancouver Observer
A Perfect Family Ski Trip at Big White Ski Resort
Andrea Fellman – SavvySassyMoms.com
Skinet.com Photo Gallery
13 seconds with Will Gadd at Big White ice tower
Steven Threndyle – The Province.com
Big White loaded with Aussie personality
Steven Threndtle – The Vancouver Sun
Winter Cocktails and Champagne Powder
Judy Zienchuk – Epicure & Culture


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I was here for a while and then I got distracted. This week was my 77th birthday and I got an email from this forum. So I came here and thought gee, I'd like to stay in touch here. I am a writer and I'm working on a series of memoirs. The first two are up on Amazon under my name and the third one will be soon. It's about being an LSD research subject right after I graduated from college in 1964. That led me to simpler living, though I didn't realize it for a while. The fourth one will be about being the daughter of science fiction writer Cordwainer Smith.
My husband and I live in an old adobe house, almost as old as us, which we bought and fixed up a few years ago, in a town in New Mexico. Silver City has a lot of artistic people, a lot of Mexican-Americans, and it's an interesting place to live. I also like that it has no earthquakes or tornadoes, and the only hurricanes are the mild dregs of far-off ones.


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Get Involved
This page will be updated in respect of International Women's Week 2019 at a later date.
Trinity students and staff - if you'd like to get involved with International Women's Week, you are most welcome to hold an event and/or volunteer
Hold an Event
Local events are the heart of the International Women's Week festivities. Here's some advice if you are considering holding your own event:
- You may submit an event to the IWW schedule as an individual or as part of a group / department / society (etc.) Students should contact Áine at firstname.lastname@example.com and staff should contact Aoife at firstname.lastname@example.com
- Scheduled events can take a wide variety of forms, and relate to a wide variety of themes, so long as they are compliant with college policy and they support the core aim of International Women's Week which is to promote women's rights and gender equality
- Please note that funding and organising the event are the responsibility of the event organiser(s), not the Equality Office or Students' Union
- Events should be as accessible as possible – please use the Event Checker at https://www.tcd.ie/disability/physical-access/event.php
- You must also follow the Junior Dean's checklist for event permissions
- Staff should please provide a short blurb about your event containing its title, time, venue, and organiser contact details to Aoife at firstname.lastname@example.com for inclusion on the Equality website. You can also provide one image, such as the event poster
- You are also encouraged to publicise your event independently. Please tag the Equality Office on Facebook (Trinity Equality) and/or Twitter (@TCDEquality); or the Students' Union on Facebook (TCDSU) or Twitter (@tcdsu); in any publicity material you would like shared out. Hashtags for the week are #IWW2018 and #PressForProgress
- An International Women's Week pop-up banner sign is available for loan to individual events, on a first-come, first-served basis. Please contact Aoife at email@example.com to reserve.
We are currently looking for volunteers for International Women's Week 2018. If you are a Trinity student or staff member and would like to be one of our volunteers, please join the volunteers Facebook group where you will find full details of volunteering opportunities. Volunteers will generally be asked to help with essential practical tasks such as preparing venues, ushering and spreading publicity, as well as manning the International Women's Week information stands in the Arts and Hamilton Buildings.
The week couldn't happen without volunteers and any help you can offer is much appreciated!