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Happy Easter31 Mar
He Is Risen! Spread The Good News!
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?"
But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
"Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.' "
Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.
Mark 16:1-8
I hope you all have a glorious Easter, may God bless us all.
Easter Goodies!30 Mar
Sweet Thing and Niece spent the day baking cakes and cookies for Easter dinner.
This is a yellow cake with white icing and it has Bunny Rabbit Peeps stuck around the outside with Easter M&Ms sprinkled on top.
This is a chocolate cake with white icing and it has Chicken Peeps around the outside and Easter malt balls on top.
I am on a low-carb, sugar-free diet and all I could do was smell the delicious aroma of the cakes baking in the oven. I told them they were mean to do that to me and make me suffer so. They just laughed at me and made these cupcakes. Thanks a lot!
Pure Evil!29 Mar
I am holding in my hand pure evil, or at least the Libtards would have you believe so. The object in my hands has never killed anyone, and it will never do so.
Nor will the object it attaches to ever kill anyone. These are just inanimate objects, tools if you will. They are no more likely to go out on their own and shoot someone than a washing machine would do. The real culprits are the deranged sociopaths holding the objects.
These are the killers, not the guns! These people (and I use that term loosely) should have not been out on the streets, they belonged in an institution, either prison or a mental hospital. Let's put the blame where it really belongs. If these nut jobs were denied access to guns, they would have mowed down a crowd of people with a car, or made a bomb, or used a machete. If a disturbed individual is determined to hurt some one, not being able to get a gun won't keep him from killing someone, but it might just prevent you from protecting yourself or the ones you love. Be prepared!
Newest Follower28 Mar
I would like to welcome my newest follower Trudon. He has a very spiritual blog so check him out if you get the chance. Thanks so much for hitting that follow button, I really appreciate it!
Peacocks27 Mar
Shamelessly Stolen27 Mar
A joke I enjoyed that I shamelessly stole from another blog; Old NFO. Enjoy!
A big shot attorney had to spend a couple of days in the hospital. He was a royal pain to the nurses because he bossed them around just like he did his staff. None of the hospital staff wanted to have anything to do with him.
The head nurse was the only one who could stand up to him. She came into his room and announced, "I have to take your temperature." After complaining for several minutes, he finally settled down, crossed his arms and opened his mouth.
"No, I'm sorry," the nurse stated, "but for this reading, I can't use an oral thermometer." This started another round of complaining but eventually he rolled over and bared his behind.
After feeling the nurse insert the thermometer, he heard her announce, "I have to get something. Now you stay JUST LIKE THAT until I get back!"
She left the door to his room open on her way out. He cursed under his breath as he heard people walking past his door, laughing…..
After about 20 minutes, the man's doctor came into the room.
"What's going on here?" asked the doctor.
Angrily, the man answered, "What's the matter, Doc? Haven't you ever seen someone having their temperature taken?"
After a pause, the doctor confessed….. "Not with a Daffodil."
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Historic Buildings, Sites and Monuments Record system (HBSMR)
exeGesIS Spatial Data Management
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NTT DATA UK Limited
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SQN Health EDC
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Defensive Cyber Security Training (CysA+)
Crucial Academy
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Fincare Health Continuing Health Care
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Mobile Business Intelligence
Mastek (UK) Ltd
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Service Transition
P2CG Ltd (t/a P2 Consulting)
P2 Consulting is able to assess and assure the readiness of new cloud services for deployment, bridging the gap between projects and BAU operations. Using an ITIL-based framework, we quantify and measure the benefits, costs, resource utilisation and business impact. This allows the client to make the right project decisions.
Contract Assessment/ Assurance Services
In-Form Solutions
We have extensive commercial experience in helping organisations improve contract formulation and management. Our service ensures value for money (VfM) for both new and existing commercial arrangements, including for Cloud services. Options include: contract review, contract assurance, commercial advice, re-negotiation, procurement and an operational contract management service, ensuring ongoing support.
Legacy Server OS Migration to Azure
Sol-Tec Limited
Migrate your legacy servers running outdated Windows operating systems to Azure. Using this service Sol-Tec will upgrade your legacy Windows servers as part of a migration to Azure Infrastructure.
Applied Innovation Academy
Capgemini UK plc
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I caught this exhibition a couple of weeks ago on a sunny Saturday. They seem to be few and far between these days (sigh). Madder 139 is a tastefully converted victorian structure which, with the strategic inclusion of some Velux windows, literally glowed with the warmth of the sunshine.
Guy Allott paints what he describes as "half real" places. Part landscape, part surrealist adventure. Psyche meets Vista. Some of the canvases exhibit rich fauvist palettes and Van Gogh like brush work, but these gestural brush strokes only reveal themselves when you inspect them more closely.
Other works remain brightly coloured but monochromatic. It's interesting to see the two disciplines of landscape painting and illustrative surrealism coexist on the same canvas.
When I'm faced with a beautiful view the things that run through my mind are often anything but related to what's in front of me. That for me is where Allott finds a sweet spot. These paintings present a fairly truthful representation of the human conciseness in action.
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A postcard will soon be arriving in letterboxes around Ararat and the region asking the community to have your say.
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The biggest reason I love growing peppers is that they come in and endless variety of colors, sizes, shapes and most of all, flavors. I'm not just talking about how hot (or not) they are, but of distinctively, decidedly unique flavors. I've had a lot of fun experimenting over the years, because growing hot peppers, sweet peppers, chili peppers, bell peppers, pimento peppers, banana peppers (you get the idea...) is super easy, doesn't take much space, and my peppers have never had a problem with pests or diseases.
Growing Peppers:
Unless you live in USDA Zone 9 or warmer, you'll want to start growing peppers indoors under bright fluorescent lights about 8-10 weeks before your last frost date. Peppers are slow germinators (up to 3 weeks) and slow growers, and on top of that they hate being transplanted out into cold soil. So for the earliest harvest, start peppers indoors, and preferably on a heat mat.
Heat mats use little power and will really speed up both germination and growth. For growing peppers from seed in cold climates, a heat mat can make the difference between a great harvest and no harvest at all. (Don't use a heating pad, even on low they get too hot.)
Because peppers are such slow-growers, any root damage will really set them back, delaying harvest. I start my peppers in individual 4" pots so that they can grow to a decent transplant size without having to be repotted along the way, and so that roots from more than one plant don't get entangled and become damaged while separating.
I do plant 3 seeds ¼" deep in the same hole (insurance against poor germination), but then I cut off the smaller two at ground level when they've got two sets of true leaves. Don't pull them out by the roots or you'll damage the roots of the survivor.
Some people like to use peat pots and just plant the whole pot in the ground because they eventually decompose. But for my taste, peat pots take too long to break down and restrict the free development of roots after transplant.
I prefer to use either sturdy reusable plastic pots, or empty toilet paper rolls stood on end in a catbox-type tray. I remove the pot by pushing the plants out of it from the bottom, or peeling off the toilet paper roll when transplanting. The larger and least disturbed the roots, the earlier and larger the harvest.
Be sure to harden off your plants by setting them out in a sheltered spot for increasingly longer times each day for a good week before transplanting out. This lets them build stem strength in the breeze and adapt to the intensity of outdoor sun. By the time they get put in the ground they should be ready for a full day of sun and wind.
After planting them out, for an extra leg-up you can cover the babies with Reemay or other spun polyester to protect them at first, especially if it's not yet in the 80s during the day. Even a bit of cold will set back their growth.
Just like their siblings the tomatoes, peppers can grow roots along submerged parts of the stem, so plant them deeper in the soil than they were in their containers. You can bury the stem up to their cotyledons, or "seed leaves" (those first two leaflike things that sprout out of the seed). This will make a stronger, healthier plant that will yield more.
Peppers like lots of compost, good drainage, and a regular supply of water. Irregular dry/wet conditions will slow growth and delay harvest. Last year we put our beds on a surface irrigation system that watered them a little every other day, and we had prolific yields.
After the soil had really warmed up I mulched them with grass clippings, which retained moisture, reduced weeds and added a tiny bit of nitrogen. The most important benefit of mulch is keeping the ripening peppers off the ground, where they would otherwise become slug fodder.
Peppers will often get sunscald, or dying patches on the pepper fruits. This is caused by intense heat and direct sun on parts of the pepper for extended periods of time, which can happen loses a leaf, or a pepper outgrows the shade of the leaves above). During the height of summer when fruits are ripening, you can cover the plants with Reemay to prevent sunscald.
Where I live where the summers are dry and hot, peppers are not bothered much by diseases. But where there is more humidity, growing peppers that are disease-free can be more challenging. Peppers are susceptible to many of the same diseases as other Solanacea family plants (the nightshades: tomatoes, eggplant, tobacco, potato). For this reason you should consider all these plants as the same when planning crop rotations.
The most common diseases of peppers are:
To see a photo gallery of some of these pepper diseases visit their board over at Pinterest.
Organic controls for pepper diseases are not very effective, and what I usually recommend is just pulling the affected plants and dumpstering them. Always wash hands and preferably change clothes before working again with healthy plants. Practice good crop rotation and garden cleanup. Read the article Preventing Plant Diseases.
Blossom end rot is not a biological disease, but is caused by irregular watering, which in turn makes it difficult for the plant to absorb calcium. While there is no cure for an affected pepper, you can prevent it from occurring to other peppers by providing consistent, regular watering.
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Just last week the New York Times had given a withering review of the latest production of Dracula, having opened at the Little Schubert Theater last Wednesday. I confess I thought the review a bit harsh, but from Mr. Isherwood's description the production did seem insipid; Isherwood has fine judgement, I take him at his word.
Evidently so did those that matter, for in today's paper we are informed the curtain has closed.
Isherwood made the point of remembering with fondness that earlier incarnation of the Undead Count, the 1977 Broadway revival of Hamilton Deane and John Balderstone's play based upon the Stoker novel which had first opened in 1927.
The 1977 production that so many remember, starred the very dashing Frank Langella ,with costumes and sets by Edward Gorey.
I always loved how Gorey's magic both enhanced the spookiness and poked fun at our fear.
Frank Langella in the title role
I must say with the passage of time I had forgotten how good looking Langella was, how romantic his interpretation, and the intense charm of Gorey's design work.
I thank Mr. Isherwood for the reminder.
I confess I never had the chance as a boy to see the Broadway production, but I was able to see Langella in the title role in the 1979 film version. I doubt it compared to the Gorey confection but I was still swept away; I am from New Jersey after all.
Although hardly original ,I close with that bit of Gorey we all probably know and I dare say, all love.
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The parser has recognised three noun-type terms, underlined in green. And also one verb-type association, in blue italics, between two of the terms. In the Structure diagram (concept model) this is displayed as:
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Actually I know what happened, but the question is how, if at all, things are linked together...
Last June (of 2010) a doctor's visit resulted in a blood draw for a potassium check. It turned out low. Not good because low potassium can lead to a number of things such as high blood pressure that resists control (even by multiple meds) higher risk of cardiac arrest, muscle tiredness and a multitude of other bad stuff.
So, I went on increasingly large doses of potassium to try to rectify the situation.
To No Avail.
By September, I was prescribed up to 80 milligrams equivalent per day of potassium. But my levels were almost always lower than the bottom limit.
Worse, my GP couldn't understand why I wasn't absorbing it.
I did some googling and found that it could involve the endocrine system. But I wasn't sure.
About that time, I had a job interview. Part of the process involved a pre-employment physical. The company specified the doctor. So, I went.
It took him five minutes prodding me and finding out about the potassium that he shot out "You need to see an endocrinologist and be checked for Addison's disease".
That was enough for me. It congealed my suspicions. And his statement that I was "not fit for work" took a back seat.
So I found an endocrinologist. Problem was he appeared to be dragging his feet. Even worse, getting information back was horrible. His habit of saying "we can't just call you...we have too many patients" kind of tipped him off. This takes us up to (I think) early January. Maybe February.
The one good thing he did was put me on sporonolactone which is a blood pressure med that targets the secretions of the endocrine glands.
So, I decided to find a doctor in Iowa City. Found one. Dr. Thomas O'Dorisio. And we made the trip up there.
Their diagnosis was Conn Syndrome, which is caused by an over secretion of aldosterone by the endocrine glands, which are located on the kidneys. Higher aldosterone leads to a loss of potassium in the urine.
Side note: By early March, I had started (re)memorizing 1 John. By the tenth, my mind became a scrambled mess. I just couldn't deal with it. Verses ran together somewhat and trying to memorize new ones seemed fruitless. On our first visit to O'Dorisio, we found that during that time period, my potassium had shot up too high. The sporonolactone was working...but I was also still taking the large (prescribed) doses of potassium.
Strange though, as my potassium levels returned to "normal", my symptoms continued. The muscle tiredness, the confusion...even tremors and more.
Finally, my wife of 13 years (this August) took me to the E.R. of the local hospital for a potassium check....
To be continued....and perhaps modified.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Ok, Here's What I Think Happened...
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Using kin's DNA to track suspects
Tool embraced by prosecutors raises privacy issues for others as genetic databases multiply
He was a churchgoing father of two, and for more than 30 years Dennis Rader eluded police in the Wichita, Kan., area, killing 10 people and signing taunting letters with a self-styled monogram: BTK, for Bind Torture Kill. In the end, it was a DNA sample that tied BTK to his crimes. Not his own DNA. But his daughter's.
Investigators obtained a court order without the daughter's knowledge for a Pap smear specimen she had given five years earlier at a university medical clinic in Kansas. A DNA profile of the specimen almost perfectly matched the DNA evidence taken from several BTK crime scenes, leading detectives to conclude she was the child of the killer. That allowed police to secure an arrest warrant in February 2005 and end the murderous career of BTK.
The BTK case was an early use of an emerging tool in law enforcement: analyzing the DNA of a suspect's relatives. In the BTK example, police had a suspect and sought to tie him to the crime. But now, states are moving to conduct familial searches of criminal databases, looking for close-to-perfect matches with DNA from crime scenes. A partial match with a convicted criminal could implicate a brother or daughter or father of the convict. Such searches, advocates say, constitute a powerful law enforcement tool that, experts say, could increase by 40 percent the number of suspects identified through DNA.
As things stand in some states, lab analysts who discover a potential suspect in this way may not be permitted to share that information with investigators. Such a policy, said William Fitzpatrick, a New York state district attorney, "is insanity. It's disgraceful. If I've got something of scientific value that I can't share because of imaginary privacy concerns, it's crazy. That's how we solve crimes."
But the technique is arousing fierce objections from privacy advocates, who maintain that it turns family members into genetic informants without their knowledge or consent. They say it takes material collected for one purpose and uses it for another. And with the nation's DNA database disproportionately comprised of minority offenders, they say, it amounts to placing a class of Americans under greater scrutiny merely because their relatives have committed crimes.
"If practiced routinely, we would be subjecting hundreds of thousands of innocent people who happen to be relatives of individuals in the FBI database to lifelong genetic surveillance," said Tania Simoncelli, science adviser to the American Civil Liberties Union.
Nonetheless, California, which maintains the world's third-largest criminal DNA database with more than 1 million samples, will soon become the first state to adopt a protocol to allow for familial searches. Last week, Colorado performed a test run of familial search software on its criminal database. In Massachusetts, officials say they plan to develop a policy to allow familial searches.
The technique is being adopted as states and the federal government expand their databanks to include profiles of people who have been arrested but not convicted of certain crimes.
Only Maryland has expressly banned familial searching in a law adopted this month to expand its DNA database to include anyone charged with a violent crime. The FBI, which maintains the world's largest forensic DNA database with almost 6 million profiles, said it has so far refrained from adopting the technique because of concerns about constitutional challenges.
"The FBI would be more comfortable with congressional authorization to conduct familial searches," said Thomas Callaghan, head of the FBI's national DNA database.
However, he said, the bureau does occasionally find partial matches. When it does, under an interim policy, it allows states to follow up to see whether a relative is involved.
An advisory group to the FBI has proposed a final policy that goes further, recommending that partial matches be subjected to additional DNA testing and statistical analysis that would help investigators home in on relatives of people in the federal database.
"How is that not familial searching?" said Simoncelli of the ACLU. "You're still using the database to try to get to family members."
The key is intent, Callaghan said. The bureau is "not deliberately trolling the database looking for relatives," he said.
Heightening privacy concerns are the growing number of local jurisdictions that maintain DNA databases not restricted to criminals. Some include the DNA of victims, suspects or even lab workers. Such collections, which critics call "rogue databases," are barred from inclusion in state and national databases, but rules about their use by law enforcement agencies are unclear.
The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that authorities may not conduct searches for general law enforcement purposes without individualized suspicion. Although convicted criminals have a diminished right to privacy, searching a database for unknown kin might violate that principle, said Jeffrey Rosen, a George Washington University law professor. "The idea of holding people responsible for who they are rather than what they've done challenges deep American principles of privacy and equality," he said. "Although the legal issues aren't clear, the moral ones are vexing."
BTK first struck in 1974, strangling a man, his wife and their two children in their home. He killed six more times over the next 17 years, tying up his prey with electrical tape, nylon stockings and rope. After 14 years of silence, BTK re-emerged in 2004, sending messages to authorities via the media hinting that he was about to strike again. Computer forensics revealed that a document on a CD sent to a local television station had been saved by a person named "Dennis" at a local church. Investigators zeroed in on Dennis Rader, the congregation president, but before they moved, they wanted evidence tying him to the crimes.
They learned that Rader had a daughter who had attended Kansas State University, and they reasoned that at some point she must have used the medical clinic, said Wichita police Lt. Ken Landwehr. "It was suggested that she probably had a Pap smear," he said. Federal law requires that labs keep Pap smears for five years, principally in case of legal challenges over diagnoses.
The prosecutors obtained a subpoena and a court order for the daughter's specimen to compare with BTK's DNA. An exemption in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act allows law enforcement to obtain a student's health data with a court order.
"It was obviously good detective work," said Nola Tedesco Foulston, the prosecutor in the case.
At the same time, said George Washington University law professor Sonia Suter, "it is so troubling to think that somebody would have a sample taken for her medical welfare that is then used to implicate her father."
To Phyllis Hedge, daughter-in-law of a BTK victim, it is justified by the need to stop violent criminals. Her mother-in-law, Marine Hedge, was stalked and strangled by BTK in 1985. Twenty years later, Hedge said, she and her husband, Tommy, were stunned and elated to see on television news of BTK's arrest. In 2005, Rader was sentenced to 10 consecutive life terms.
"Whatever it takes to catch these people who do these atrocities, who have no respect for human life, whatever it takes to get them, is totally appropriate. ... I'm grateful to (Kerri Rader)," she said.
Landwehr said he spoke with Kerri after her father had been arrested and she had "no problem" with the use of her Pap smear. "What we had to do, we had to do," he said. "She understands that." Through her husband, Kerri Rader declined to comment.
To match DNA from tissue samples - skin left under fingernails, semen on a car seat, saliva traces on a water glass - forensic scientists examine the information contained at 13 locations on the human genome. Two genetic markers - one from each parent - are scrutinized at each of those locations, creating a profile of an individual that can be compared against a database of criminals. A match on all 26 markers - called alleles - is a perfect hit, indicating the samples come from the same person. A match on at least 16 alleles, especially if they involve a rare one, could indicate that a close relative left a sample, experts said.
"It's an extremely powerful tool," said Mitch Morrissey, Denver district attorney. Not using it would be a wasted opportunity, he said. "It's like you build a Porsche and you drive it like a Pinto."
But one area that has civil libertarians greatly concerned is the potential to apply the technique to local databases unregulated by the stringent rules that apply to the national database and its state counterparts. Last September, Denver conducted the first test in the United States of familial searching software on a DNA database, using the county's databank of 1,700 profiles. Along with profiles from suspects, it also included lab employees and people who allowed their DNA to be taken to eliminate them as suspects. The people who were not suspects signed waivers, Morrissey said, allowing their DNA profiles to be used for research.
The test yielded three partial matches that, with additional testing and analysis, reflected a 90 percent likelihood relatives were involved - one between a convicted felon and his brother, a rapist, and another between a prison inmate and his son, a burglar.
The third match linked a rape case suspect with the DNA profile of a lab employee. The suspect, it turned out, was the employee's brother. When investigators followed up, they found the case had been closed. "So there was no reason" to inform the employee that his brother had been identified through his DNA, Morrissey said.
"That's precisely the concern," said Stephen Mercer, a Rockville, Md., attorney specializing in DNA issues. "The trolling of rogue databases for information about family members is doubly invasive. It makes the persons in the databases - many who are innocent - genetic informants about their family members. And it extends that suspicion to their family members."
Morrissey said: "There is no inclusion of DNA that we don't have legally."
Other states and localities maintain "offline" DNA databanks of samples taken from victims or suspects never charged with a crime. Such databases, said Barry Scheck, a commissioner on the Forensic Science Review Board in New York state, are a violation of the constitutional ban on unreasonable search and seizure. "If I get a sample from you and I don't tell you I want to put it in the database, that violates the scope of the Fourth Amendment," he said.
Britain, with a database of 4.25 million profiles, has been doing familial searching for five years and has solved at least eight cases with it, said Tony Lake, chief constable of Lincolnshire and recent chairman of the DNA Strategy Board.
He cited as an example the "shoe rapist," who attacked at least six women, each time stealing their high heels. Twenty years later, his sister was arrested for driving under the influence and her DNA run against cold cases. That yielded a close match and led police to her brother. When he was arrested, his DNA was a perfect match and police found more than 100 stiletto heels hidden under a trap door.
Familial searching of offender databases would be of no use "if close relatives didn't commit crimes," said Frederick Bieber, a medical geneticist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "For reasons we don't understand, there is often a familial clustering in crime," he said. "This could relate to organized crime families, to street gangs, or it could be dysfunctional family units." He pointed to a 1999 Department of Justice study that found 46 percent of prison inmates had at least one close relative who had been incarcerated.
Behind that statistic is another troubling set of numbers, highlighting an issue at the heart of the debate over familial searching: racial justice. The national database, which is made up mostly of state contributions, has a disproportionate number of DNA profiles from nonwhites. Stanford University law professor Henry Greely estimates that at least 40 percent of the FBI database is African-American, though they make up only 13 percent of the overall U.S. population. That is because in an average year, more than 40 percent of people convicted of felonies in the United States are African-American, he said.
If the national database were used for familial searching, he said, and assuming that on average each person whose profile in the database has five first-degree relatives, authorities would be "putting under surveillance" roughly a third of the African-American population, compared with about 7.5 percent of the European-American population, he said.
"I don't think anybody's going to be falsely convicted," he said. "It's the time, hassle and indignity of being interviewed by the police. How much is that worth? How much does that cost a person? I don't know, but it's not zero."


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Get Sporty
A little exercise, competition and concentration is good for pretty much everyone. Here are a few sporty ideas that should appeal to most in the family.
Take in a Local Game: You don't need to shell out the big bucks to see a good sporting event. Consider taking in a minor league game. Tickets, hot dogs, soda and popcorn are generally cheaper at these venues, too. Don't forget to book a ballpark tour, too.
Go for a Drive: For an afternoon with a lightweight putter, think about taking the family for a round of mini-golf. For those with Tiger Woods aspirations, consider the driving range or even a trip to the PGA Superstore for a lesson with a real coach.
Need for Speed: There are two ways to satisfy this craving: Either consider the arcade for a virtual race or let the family go the traditional route and go for the bumper cars. (Road rage not required!)
Amuse Me: Of course, you can tackle quite a few of the aforementioned activities with a trip to an amusement park. Skee-ball and carousel rides are great alternatives for those who aren't so keen on roller coasters or water slides.


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As we saw earlier in the week with the S&P 500, the Inverted Hammer candle is one to be aware of. This is but one of those negative indications that show the overall forces behind the market activity. (Note that the post we ran was mid-day and the pattern actually turned into a Doji by the end of the day)
But, what we need to know from looking at this chart is that if buyers were in command, then we would have seen the day's candle maintain toward the upper half of the range. Instead, buyers came in only to find that every time they tried to push, they were met with selling pressure.
There are many patterns to be aware of, some bullish, some bearish and others neutral. I would suggest that the best way to use these in in coordination with other data that presents a broad picture of what is occurring.
If you want more of an education in chart interpretation, make sure to check out AfraidtoTrade.com – Corey is wonderful at this stuff.


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There are different credit cards to suit each individual. One needs to assess his or her needs before applying for a credit card online.
Many people feel that they have been through hell because of credit cards and would not like to repeat their mistake. Another common misconception about credit card is that having a bad history will stop credit card offers coming there way again. The truth however is something else. Some credit card companies offers great schemes to those with bad credit card. They also make cards specifically for frequent flyers, Wall Mart Shoppers, or frequent moviegoers. There are many offers based on incentives on shopping.
Let us see what things you should keep in mind before shopping for credit card.
The first thing that should be kept in mind is Annual Percentage Rate. An Annual Percentage Rate is the amount of interest you pay every year on your borrowings. The higher APR will make you pay more finance charges. The minimum amount that you are required to pay would be basically your past balance, try paying a little more than the minimum repayment. In short your APR should be as low as possible.
The next step to keep in mind would be introductory rates. Most credit cards offer a low or 0% rate of interest for an introductory period. You should strictly keep in mind that this interest free period is applicable on purchases and balance transfers as well. This will reduce your bill considerably.
You may seriously consider gold or a platinum card if you are a good earner and love to splurge on luxurious things. These cards have very less rate of interest and unlimited credit limit. They also come with exciting offers.
Another point to be considered is Grace period. During this period, a credit card holder doesnt have to pay any interest on repaying the amount.
Cash back and rewards also offer a great relief to the customer. But such offers are mostly entitled for air miles, cash back or discounts. You should consider them seriously as they are of no use to you if you dont fly.
Balance transfer rates are the most wanted among the customer who are having a huge outstanding amount. Many cards offers lower rate of interest. Thus, if you transfer your balance from one card to another with lower interest, it can help you with your debt problems and save a lot of money.
One should also avoid late payments as the interest in this case, keeps piling. A time also comes when the interest amount exceeds the principal amount. This can be avoided if you keep tabs upon the charges levied on the late payments.


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I recently came across a blog post by a young British lady who decided to volunteer in a northern Nigeria village. She was on a gap year and thought spending time helping rural families could be rewarding.
Her journey during the three months period was full of adventure – learning, growing and participating in lending hands to others. Her contribution was primarily to help educate on better farming techniques. She was with a group.
She detailed her journey on her blog – very inspiring.
After reading the entry, I wondered what these young people see to make them want to volunteer in a place like Nigeria that Nigerians that are a bit better off do not see.
Dynamics of Nigeria people is vast, so in general one hears about how much wealth Nigeria has, on the other we learn that more than half of us live in abject poverty.
Growing up in rural Nigeria, I don't particularly grew up thinking I had the most difficult life, because most people around me are just very much the same – Food, clothing and shelter more or less taking care of and on top most children in my region stay in school – quality of education is another topic.
It is always intriguing chatting with people from different parts of Nigeria, especially people in rural areas, it helps to better understand different levels of challenge people face to survive.
Not so long ago, my niece went to a three-day outreach program as part of her National Youth Service. It was in a remote village of Jos.
On the trip they brought along used clothing mainly Youth Corpers old uniforms, then medicines and other supplies. Medicines and supplies provided by the state government.
Villagers gathered in the only primary school to collect these give-aways, even fighting over the used cloths. Medical trainees testing and diagnosing illness with lots of people being referred to the teaching hospital for immediate help.
People in this village are primarily farmers and most work from hand to mouth.
Tola told this story as I was really interested, I wanted to know more what drove young Brits to wanting to lend hands to Nigeria rural poor.
So I asked Tola to compare this village in Jos with the villages she has visited in southwest. She thinks the situation there was a lot worse in terms of health and basic needs.
There seems to be lots of similarities in the rural areas but to not extent that people can be so vulnerable and queue for free medicines like paracetamol and free food? – not good.
How long would volunteers really help situation where basic needs become luxury?
Each of our states get allocations for various reasons which include maintenance of our roads for ease of business transactions, schools and probably water too for their local areas – what are these allocations spent on?
Not too surprising to find that the formal governor of this state only a few years ago was arrested in London with large sum of money and later impeached for defrauding his state of $9m – the rest is history as he was not prosecuted while in the office.
I hope for a day that every public officials in Nigeria is made to give accounts of what they did with their allocation not just on paper but on ground.


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Learn Biblical theology with application as you earn a Doctor of Ministry degree
Course Outline
All courses found in the Master of Arts degree program - 32 credit hours - 8 courses
All core courses found in the Master of Divinity degree program - 64 credit hours - 16 courses
Total credits found in the Doctor of Ministry degree program - 40 credit hours - 10 courses
Doctor of Ministry degree requirements
Choose two topics or possible permission given for a different topic:
History of the Apostolic Tradition 4 credit hours
The Importance of the Biblical Texts and Manuscripts 4 credit hours
The History of the King James Version 4 credit hours
Apostolic Fundamentalism 4 credit hours
Advanced Hermeneutics 4 credit hours
Biblical Theology Developed 4 credit hours
The Biblical Church 4 credit hours
Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor, and Teacher - Ministry development 4 credit hours
The listed courses are required. All required courses are taught in actual time with a called by Jesus Christ Bible teacher (Ephesians 4:11) who has prayed about your learning needs. A real time class allows you to ask questions.
Electives are available on the eLearning site without additional cost.
The thesis when finished could qualify for book publication. 4 credits hours
An individual can be denied acceptance for any reason. An individual can be terminated for any reason.
Scholarships are not offered.
Dr. Bruce Klein will be your academic adviser.