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Jack was traning for the ministry. He had been a bible student student. He was now being mentored by his father. Jack was heavily involved in the church. He was a defecto assistant asistent pastor. He sat in on deacons meetings.
While many bible schools were the places where young men trained for the ministry met there spouse. That did not happen for jack. Jack graduated without finding the future mrs. Rayburn.
Then he met Kristen. A young women that capitivated him. He liked her almost immediately. She was reserved at first. She withdrew from him.
She was injured in a car accident a few years erlier. Her farther was killed. She was in a coma and then had a long convalescence and rehabilitation. She bounced back with help from her mom and sisters.
It left scars visible and invisible. She sufers with anxiety and depression. She was prone to panic attacks. She was reluctant to date him at first. she then agreed.
It was difficult relationship at times.there was advance folowed by retreat. It seemed to be circuler. It was advance,retreet, repeat. It could be frustrating at time. His affection for her grew and grew. Despite the difficulties he realy liked her.
He felt like she had let her in. He loved that he showed how she couped with things. She had ler her in. He felt like going with her for a drive helped him understand her. It was a huge breakthough.
His parents had invited the chairman of the deacons bored over for dinner. Dr. Wendel bears was a former missionary to kenya. He and his wife had returned to the us. They were rited from the misson field not from christian service. There children moved out and had children of there own.
After dinner the men were outside on the porch. "So you and kristin are an item?" dr. Bears asked. " yes we are. " he said. "She seams like a very nice young lady. She is qiet. Reserve. " the older man. "She is very nice. " he said.
"She seams to have qualities that are complimentary to someone who is working towards entering the ministry. "Dr. Bears said. "I have observed that as well sir. " jack told the older man.
"I do,however have some concerns. " he said. "Ok! What are those concerns sir? " jack asked. "Well prior to the car crash that took the life of mr.greener and injured kristin they attended redemption Baptist church .after the acident they left r.b.c and attended quite a few different churches some independent fundamental baptist and some more evangelical and seaker sensitive. I dont know the circumstances of there departure from those churches. They seem to have for lack of a better term church shopped. They dont apear to be tethered to a church or teather to a doctrine. It may be nothing. Sense i am at your home and can talk to you freely. I did want to mention it." dr. Bears said.
"Do you see it as a red flag?" he asked. "Potentialy but not necessarily. I know pastor broaden and several people ay r.bc.they were a suporting church. It is a good church. I cant believe anyone would up and leave after a tragedy. Things happen i suppose. " the older man said.
Jack had a feeling he knew why they left. He suspected that it had something to do with the fact that kristin is on antidepressants and under the care of psychologists.
"I was not sure where they attended before coming to gospel Baptist. It never came up. Talking about things in and around the event is difficult. " jack said.
"Of course. I am not trying to alter your decison to court mis grener. I wantes to bring it to your attention. I consider pastor broaden to be faithful servent of tehe lord. The fact that they roam form church to church is a bit problematic. "Dr. Bears said.
"It could be."he admitted. "During courtship it is a good idea to have. Plenty of information. We must gather information. Even facts we dislike. I am hardly saying you should not court her but dont rush into things."he said.
Later that night. "You and doctor bears had an intense conversation!" pastor rayburn remarked. "Dr. Bears has some concerns. It seemed kristin and her family has switchedcuhurches a lot. She used to go to pastor broaden's church." he said. "I was not aware that they attended lee's church. I hope i did not steal his sleep." his dad said. "They have gone to a few sence then. Thats what i have heard. I have not gotten any confirmation of that from her. "Jack said.
"I see. What was the nature of dr. Bear's concern?"his dad asked."he was concerned that her family church shops. They are not committed to a church. "Jack said.
"There could be reasons for it."his dad said. "I think i know why. She takes meds for anxietyand depression. She is under a psychologist care. "Jack said.
"You knew? "He asked. "Yes she was woried what how you would react. I figured we should figure it out on our react. She is on some prety serious anti dupresents. She canot just go off some of them. " he said.
"Jack i wish you had said something."his dad said. "I know. I just wanted a chance to figure all this out. "Jack said. "I understand that you want to protect kristin. You are a leader in the church. You do have responsibilities. "He said. "I know that."he said.
"They are not curently members. We can ask attenders not to come. We have had to do that in the past. " pastor rayburn said. "Is church disipline warented hear?"jack asked. "I dont know. We as a church did not ask them not to see a psychologist or not to take anti anxiety meds. Perhaps it is best not to temper with it. "His dad said.
"I would like to visit pastor broaden. Ask him about it. "Jack said." ok. Jack the bible says that God goves some pastor, teachers, evengelists etc. They are to watch souls. They must give acounts. If they were asked to cease and desist and did not, it is a concern. " the pastor said.
"I understand. I agree. I am sory i did not tell you."he said. "I accept your apology. Talk to pastor broaden. You might want to consider slowing down your relationship with her." he said."perhaps. "Jack said.
"Look we will see what hapends with lee broaden. Find out what happened at redemption baptist. Then we will go from there."he said.
He usualy called kristin but did not call her tonight. He read in the bible as was his Tradition . his phone went off. He picked it up. "Hello!" he said.
"Hi you did not call tonight! " she commented. "I had a long day. I worked and then dr. And mrs bears came over. " he told her.
"Oh ok. Its just not like you. You always call. " he said. "I know . " he said. "Is something up?" she asked. "No, nothing is up ." he said. "Your sure? " she asked. "Yea. " he said."ok. I will let you go. Get some sleep. I will talk to you later. " she said. "Ok."he said. "I love you!" kristin said. "I love you. "He said.
The next day he went to the nearby town of riverview. He drove to redemption baptist church. He went inside. "Hello pastor broaden. " jack said. "Helo. Wait a minute! Your john rayborn's son. " he said. "It is good to see you sir. " he said.
"I remember when you were a little kid. " he said. "I am all grown up now." he said. "It seems so. " he said.
"I am courting kristin grenner. I had some questions about her family's attendance at your church. " he said."oh i see. Come this way. " he said.
They went to his office. They sat down. "The greners came to my church sense kritin was young. I went fishing and hunting with rick. My daughters and kristin were freinds. Kristin and her sisters spent many days at my house. We were devisated when rick was killed and kristin injured. Diane's philosophy seemed to be two structures. Faith and medicine. Like max plank she seemed to beleve that never the twain shal meet. She took everything the doctors said as fact. She alowed kristin to be treated with strong dosege of anti dipresents. Kristin was under the care of a psychologist that beleves in things contrary to the word of God. We expresed our concerns. Myself and the deacons felt we were not taken seriously. Her arguments against our views did not take into account the bible. It was Diane's decision to leave the church. We were sad to see them go. I was unaware that they were going to your church. They went to a mega church for a while. I know they went to a reformed church for a while then a middle of the road baptist church. I had lost touch. " he said.
"I did not know this. This is concerning. " he said. "I dont want to dissuade you from courting kristin. As i sad i knew you when she was little. I do have concerns. " he said.
He went to barea Baptist church. He pulled in. He went to the office of the pastor. "Helo im jack rayburn. I am an assistant pastor at gospel baptist church. I had some questions about kristin grenner and her family. They are attending our church. " he said.
"I liked the greners. They seem to be adjusting to our church. Kristin was part of our worship team. She played the keyboard and was a vocal as well. They came to our church thinking that we were a bit more moderate then the churches they previously attended. We use contemporary praise music, we are less strict on dress and so on. We were however. On the same page on the isue of anti dipresents and seculer psychologist. We felt that diane put the views of secueler medical professionals above the word of God or sprituel leaders. She decided to leave. I was sory to see them go. I am suprised they returned to a fundamental baptist church. "Pastor eric tilson said.
He went back to car. Before he could get into to his car his phone went off.he did not check his caller i.d. he just answered it. "Hello." he said. "Jack i drop by the parsonage but you were not there. Where are you? " kristin asked. "I am in riverview!" he said. "What are you doing in riverview? " she asked. " i am on church business. I am heading home." he said. "Ok. Do you want to hang out tonight?"she asked. "Not tonight. I have some church business i need to go over with my dad. It might take a while. " jack said. "Oh ok. Well i will talk to you later. " she said."ok. " he said. "I love you!" she said "i love you too. " she said. Then the call ended.
At home he told his dad what he learned. "I see. What concerns me is that they seem to put human wisdom and science falsly so called as superceding the bible and pastoral authority. They seem to ignore pastors and deacons. When presed they leave. " his dad said.
"Kristin was 17 when the acident accured. Though she had graduated high school,she was still a minor when the crash occured. She was under her moms gaurdienship. She had little say. She might not have had a lot of options then. Once on some of these meds it is unwise to get off of them." jack said.
"I realize that jack. Kristin was initialy in no condition to protest. Kristin has been taught directly or indirectly that the church is a part of your life. A social club.it is not that inportent. It is a box in a series of boxes that make up a person. It is not an all emcompising thing that charecterizes life. God works though the church. The church is our identity. A matryr when totured did not say his name. When asked his name he said he was a christian. We canot separate our identity from the body of christ. God gave pastors teachers evangelist for the equipping of the sants. I am disturbed that there default posistion when think get tough is to leave. I fear we are a blip. Eventualy they would have left our church. They stil may. They are no committed to any one church or mayby not any one set of principles. It would be unsafe for her come off that medication. No doctor would alow it. I Am not telling you to break up with her. You may want to talk to her about all this. "He said.
"I realy like her dad. "He said. "I do too. So does your mom. This might not be a good idea. " he said. "Would you be opposed to my continuing to see her?" he asked. "No. I hope you will think about this. Realy make sure she is the one." he said. "Do you thibj she is not?" he asked. "I dont know. She is a nice young lady. These new facts give me pause. " his dad admitted.
The mext day he called her. "Hi kristin are you going to be home today?" he asked. "Yea. " she answrred. "Can i come over? I wont stay long. I wanted to talk to you about something. " he said. "Ok. Sure come over. " she said.
He drove in. She came out. She wrnt over to hug him but he retreated. She disengaged. They sat on thr steps. He left a distence between them.
"What's up?" she asked. "I want to take a break. I want to revaluate our relationship. I think we need some time apart. "He said.
"Is this because of my medication?"she asked. "Partially. I know you have bounced from church to church. Your mom does not apear to believe in church leadership. Your not tethered to gbc or to i.f.b doctrine." he said.
"How do you know all this? " she asked. "I talked to pastor broaden and pastor tilson. " he said. "Thats why you were in riverview?" she asked. "Yea." he asked.
"You said break not breakup. Your thinking about caling us off?" she asked. "Yes i supose i am. " he said. "Dont you like us as a couple?" she asked. "Of course i do. You know i enjoy being with you. " he said. "I thought you did. Look you shoud go. "She said. "Alright. Good day kristin. " he said. He walked away.
End of part 13
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Nuclear fusion has tremendous potential to provide clean, safe power generation on a grand scale, but realizing that potential has challenged researchers worldwide for decades. However, newly appointed Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE) Assistant Professor Felix Parra says that a convergence of theoretical insights and newly available computing power could enable significant advances toward functional fusion reactors.
Parra will conduct his research in the Theory Group of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC), home to a tokamak fusion reactor (Alcator C-Mod) and a central node of international collaboration leading toward the scheduled 2019 startup of the large-scale ITER tokamak in France. The basic challenge: achieve the elusive "burning plasma," a stable fusion reaction that can maintain its own extremely high temperature and create more energy than it takes in.
"Tokamaks should work quite well," Parra says. "But they suffer very small-scale fluctuations in the plasma," where hydrogen isotopes are heated and ionized to create the conditions for them to fuse and release thermonuclear energy. "While the particles should be well-confined, they tend to get pushed out, and the performance is not what we expect. The great thing is, we've been able to develop a simplified theory of plasma behavior, and in doing so, achieved the ability to simulate it with much less computing power."
At the same time, new generations of computing tools are making it possible (and affordable) to run large numbers of simulations, "so we can explore physics that was hidden before," Parra notes. "The question now is, can we use these new available tools to unravel the secrets of turbulence, and gain control over it."

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Last year, we were all treated to a rumour that Chipukeezy and his fiance had parted ways- two years after their noisy and extra engagement.
The comedian later confirmed it by sharing photos of his new woman- an Instagram model.
And now it seems that close at his wake, the comedian's ex-fiance has found her solace and love in the arms of another man.
Photos making rounds on social media show Kerry whose real name is Vivianne posing alongside an unknown man whose face is hidden by a huge love emoji.
And is there a better way of keeping your new lover away from the prying public than covering their face with a generous emoji?
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It is also an ingenious way of telling us modestly that you are in a new relationship but the man in your life is none of our business.
Which is okay too.
The photos by Vivianne come barely a month after her comedian ex-lover shared photos of his new catch- a woman only identified as Kibanja on Instagram where she enjoys a handsome following.
During an interview earlier in the year, Chipukeezy confirmed the breakup and explained that he had parted ways with his would-have-been wife amicably.
The two had gotten engaged in 2016 and teased a wedding for November of the same year.


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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.
"The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Is The Hand That Rules The World" is a poem by William Ross Wallace that praises motherhood as the preeminent force for change in the world.
-Quoted from Wikipedia
That was a belief that shaped our country. It is was led to the education of women, and the idea of universal education. Only an educated nation could support a healthy democracy. The founders of the country realized the mothers of the nation shaped the future leaders.
The exact same truth applies to health. Georgia has a media campaign to reduce childhood obesity. It has aroused major controversy since it is not narrowly focused at the parents, but seems to target the kids too. This is a mistake. Until adolescence, children's food intake is almost completely controlled by the parents, both in quantity and quality. This puts the full burden on the parents shoulders. If you are a parent, you are transmitting everything you feel, think and believe about eating and exercise. It isn't hard to see this, heavy parents often have heavy kids. It would be easy to blame this on genetics, but it is easy to see where daily choices make all the difference. For example, if it were only genetics, obesity wouldn't be on the rise so quickly.
One of the most crucial things you, the parent, are doing, is creating favorite foods and comfort foods. Our deep psychological relationship with food is created in childhood. If you serve healthy food most of the time, you are training your children's palates to prefer those foods. If you serve high fat and sugar food, that is what your child will prefer, making weight loss in later life that much harder.How often do you serve pizza, cake, hot dogs, french fries and pop? What is a treat in your house? Is a desert one cookie or three? Are you terrified to let your kid go to bed hungry? ( Children will not starve themselves.) If you are heavy, if your children are heavy, get educated and make changes as fast as possible, for their future. It is very, very hard to lose weight. Why put that on your kids? Help them not gain it in the first place.
If you hate to exercise, chances are your children will to. If you won't take a walk, how can they? If you won't ride a bike, how are you going to teach them? Trying to find work arounds, without changing yourself, may mitigate some effects, like enrolling them in sports, but they will largely be modeling themselves after you. If you are afraid to try something new, for fear of making a fool of yourself, how can your kids see courage modeled?
Hopefully this will encourage you to make changes in your life now. If you don't want to do it for yourself, do it for the children.


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What's the toughest part of the Chinese marathon? It's that moment when you hit the wall!
At the end of May I ran the Edinburgh marathon to raise money for the High Sheriffs' Awards. I ran to support both Ruth Thompson, last year's High Sheriff, and Lucy Winskill, who is this year's.
Often as business people we get involved in the community we serve and we can do this in many ways seen and unseen. Corporate Social Responsibility is sometimes the title we give businesses helping others.
You cannot have a business that succeeds in a society that fails. CSR goes through phases of being popular and then maligned. I know some organisations just say we should be a "good business" and by doing this we will help our communities.
I think some people cop out and others get the balance wrong. Of course businesses should seek to help the communities they operate in and I'm not bothered if they do it to earn brownie points but it's no good painting the village hall and then "beating the slaves" at work. It is also not about helping a homeless charity one day while the next devising tax avoidance schemes!
At NIBE (the North East Institute of Business Ethics) we seek to encourage people to discuss good practice in CSR as well as attempt to make the North East an ethical business to do business. We should serve each other as a community.
I think we talk a lot about community but what does that mean? And how do we link with the community? One of the frustrations for charities who seek to help answer these questions is that they are not "sexy" enough to get funding. I call them bridge builder people.
We have lots of bridges in our region but how many people are bridge builders between community and business? We need them.
I know people at work should naturally be bridge builders between the place they work and the community it serves. But what I often find is they have no ownership of CSR where they work or have no knowledge of what a company does in this area. Something is wrong.
So my appeal is this: firstly to think about that word "community" and what it means for you and me. Secondly I would make a plea for more support for people who act as bridge builders because these people provide the missing link. Thirdly for businesses employees to own their CSR and not see it as an add on or something we give money for other people to do.
My marathon run will help young people affected by domestic violence but I need to make sure I don't see this as job done!
Mark Twain always has a good quote and I like this one: "The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why."
Glyn Evans is Newcastle's city centre chaplain and co-chair of the North East Institute of Business Ethics


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Many things are generational in our society, and such differences in the workforce must be given ample attention if we are going to remain leaders in business. We can no longer ignore the breakdown of the traditional workplace and work style that includes the definition of yesterday's 9 to 5 office schedule. The virtual office is no longer a trend; it's an efficient and effective means of working.


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Leprechauns everywhere are jumping for joy over this Rainbow In Your Hand flip-book by Masashi Kawamura. This flip-book has 36 pages of an image of the color spectrum against a black background which gives the illusion of a rainbow hovering over the book as the pages are flipped.
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Tour Manager Cover Letter
Tour Managers orchestrate and lead all aspects of tourist trips, spanning logistical planning, on-site organization, customer service, and overall tour execution. Customary responsibilities include securing accommodations and reservations, hiring drivers, coordinating visits to cultural and geographic points of interest, and translating tourist needs and comments. A friendly and outgoing personality, strong organization and time management skills, and a commitment to outstanding tourist experiences are all essential to success as a Tour Manager.
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With this letter and the attached resume, I would like to submit my credentials to you with the goal of pursuing a position with your organization as a Tour Manager. As a highly skilled and experienced professional with more than eight years of experience organizing and leading international trips for tourists, I possess a wide range of knowledge and qualifications that will allow me to contribute toward your team's success.
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RFID infrastructure provider Tagsys has named Alain Fanet its new Chief Executive Officer.
Fanet co-founded and served as CEO of Arteris, a global semi-conductor system-on-chip design firm. He was also co-founder and president of T.sqware Inc., a network processing firm later purchased by Globespan Virata. He recently served as the president of the European Technology Tour Association, an organization that helps young technology companies expand internationally.


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Advertisers now have the chance to purchase Dailymotion's in-stream inventory directly through AOL's programmatic advertising platform, One, as AOL and Dailymotion agree a partnership. Dailymotion's ad video buying platform, Dailymotion Exchange (DMX), has been integrated into ONE by AOL, allowing AOL partners to access DMX's premium video inventory across desktop, mobile, tablet and smart TVs.
Programmatic Trading of Video Up 100 Percent
Programmatic ad buying is becoming the norm, with real-time bidding increasing by 235 per cent, according to Ooyala's 'Global Video Index'. The report also found that two-thirds of all video views in the British Isles came via smartphones and tablets; mobile video consumption in Europe hit 53 per cent of all online video plays in the region, surpassing the global trend of 45 per cent in Q3 2015.
Videology and Nielsen Extend Collaboration
Videology has announced the certification of their integration of Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings (DAR), which enables audience measurement across mobile apps in Europe. The technology is currently available to Videology's clients in the UK and France, and will soon be available in Italy and Germany. The expanded integration will allow Videology to provide audience measurement that is validated by Nielsen, showing the on-target delivery of advertisers' campaigns both online and mobile apps.
Global Partnership Between Millward Brown and comScore
A partnership between Millward Brown and comScore has been agreed, designed to provide brands with a better understanding of how their digital advertising is performing. The partnership promises to enable brands to boost their digital ROI by connecting audience data with the impact on brand and consumer behaviour.
Moment Marketing To Grow Substantially in 2016
Over two thirds of brands are planning to spend more on digital campaigns triggered by offline events, bringing the emphasis onto Moment Marketing, which instantly connects online advertising to what's going on in the offline world, according to analysis from TVTY.
EU Social and Ad Spend To Hit €28 Billion
The European marketing industry's double digit growth rates in online display and social media advertising set to be maintained over the next five years, according to Forrester's 'European Online Display And Social Media Advertising Forecast'. The report predicts that spending will peak at €28.7 billion in 2020.
BBC iPlayer to Launch on Apple TV
Apple TV has announced it is launching the BBC iPlayer, and people who use BBC iPlayer's mobile and tablet apps and sign-in will now be able to stream their BBC Store purchases directly from the app.
Swrve Completes Acquisition of adaptiv.io
Mobile marketing company Swrve has completed its acquisition of mobile data management and integration platform, adaptiv.io. Swrve has said that it will use this funding to continue the company's global expansion and product innovation.
Yahoo Launches Streaming App
Yahoo has announced it has launched an app that allows users to search TV shows and films across Netflix, Hulu and more. The app lets you search for content through GIFS and moods, among more traditional ways.
Videology and TubeMogul Top DSP for Video
Trade Desk, Videology and TubeMogul have been ranked as the top DSPs for video, according to a report from Forrester Research. The 'Wave' report chose the three because they built their technology in anticipation of television programming and advertising becoming more digital in nature.
Vice To Double Revenue in 2015
Thanks to its successful foray into the world of TV, Vice's European operations will double their revenue in 2015, and Vice UK, the London-based parent for all the company's European operations, will also deliver its first significant profits of about £18 million this year, according to The Guardian.
US Ad Spend Is Highest on Record
US online advertising revenues brought in $15 million in Q3, making it the highest quarterly spend on record, the Internet Advertising Bureau has reported. The report also found that Digital is now the second largest advertising sector in Europe, behind only television.
US Ad Spend Drops 3.9 Per Cent in Third Quarter
Advertising spend in the US declined 3.9 per cent to $36.4bn in the third quarter of 2015, according to Kantar Media. National TV media continued to outperform the overall ad market. Cable TV expenditures dropped just 1.4 per cent, helped by an expanding amount of commercial time. By contrast, Spot TV lagged far behind with a 23.7 per cent spending drop versus a 2008 period that was bolstered by record amounts of political advertising.
Smartphones are Winning the Fight Against TV
Especially when it comes to viewers in the most desirable 18 to 34 demographic, smartphones are winning against TV, a study of media and attention from Nielsen has found. The report data shows that among 18 to 34-year-olds, the use of smartphones, tablets, and TV-connected devices such as streaming boxes or game consoles increased by more than 25 per cent to about 8.5 million people per minute.
EU Commission Announces OTT Cross-Boarder Portability
Europeans will soon be able to travel with their online content if a proposal from the European Commission goes ahead, which is planned for 2017. The proposal also has an action plan to modernise EU copyright rules.
Pay-TV 'Defectors' Outnumber 'Desirers'
The number of people who wish to change their pay-TV service, almost one-third of U.S customers, with pay-TV 'defectors' more than twice as common as 'desirers' of more TV service, according to the GfK MRI report, 'Cord Evolution'. Over 70 million U.S customers are considered 'defectors'.
Nearly 20 Per Cent of UK Homes Use Netflix
In the past thirty days, 18 per cent of UK households have used pay-TV service Netflix, new research from Parks Associates has revealed. The report has found that, overall, 58 per cent of U.K. broadband households used a video streaming service or player within the past 30 days.
Lower Income Households Watch More TV
Watching TV and using connected devices is more prevalent in lower income houses, The Total Audience Report for Q3 from Nielsen has found. The audience measurement specialist found that while higher income households typically have more devices and subscribe to more services, the lower income consumers spent more time using the devices they have.
US Pay TV Subs Fall Below 100 Million
The number of Americans cutting the cord is increasing at a fast pace, according to the first eMarketer forecast for the pay-TV market. By the end of 2015 there will be 4.9 million U.S households that once paid for TV services but no longer do.
TV Everywhere Consumption Reaches an All-Time High
TV Everywhere viewing has experienced rapid growth during 2015 on devices like Apple TV and Roku, Adobe's 'Digital Video Benchmark Q3 2015' has found. According to the report, consumption from existing TV Everywhere users jumped by 102 per cent year on year.
DISH President Steps Down
As part of a number of senior management changes, DISH Chairman and CEO Charlie Ergen is stepping down as President. DISH employee of 20 years and EVP of Operations, Erik Carlson, has been named President and Chief Operating Officer.
Lotame Appoints Alex Sibois APAC Managing Director
Alex Sibois is joining data management platform, Lotame the company as Managing Director for the Asian Pacific (APAC) region. He joins them after more than a decade developing revenues for technology companies in the EMEA, North America, Latin America and other developing markets around the world.
14 Per Cent of U.S Households Plan to Buy Streaming Media Player
By mid-year 2016, 14 per cent of US households will have bought a streaming media player, according to research from Parks Associates. The report also said that 31 per cent of US broadband households currently own a streaming media player.
Internet Viewing to Overtake Catch-Up
39 per cent of UK consumers are planning to use paid Internet TV services over the Christmas period, a new survey from Paywizard has reported. The study also says that an additional 20 per cent intend to sign up to these services for Christmas.
Italian TV Market Shows Signs of Improving
The Italian TV market is showing signs of recovery after a long period of recession, ITMedia Consulting has reported. The report shows that total earnings have slightly grown of 0.6 per cent from the previous year.
Connected Wearables To Hit 228 Million
Shipments of connected wearables reached 72.5 million in 2015, with smartwatches, smart glasses, fitness & activity trackers, people monitoring & safety devices and medical devices as well as other wearable devices forecasted to reach 228.3 million units in 2020, Berg Insight has found.
Only 25 Per Cent Have Heard of TV Everywhere
75 per cent of U.S households haven't heard of 'TV Everywhere', the pay-TV industry's six-year-old multiscreen initiative, according to research from GfK.
Teads Hits Record Video Reach
Native video company, Teads, has achieved a milestone reach of over 260 million unique viewers across desktops in countries where comScore conducts measurement.
Mobile Viewing Sees Double Digit Growth
Smartphones and tablets are dominating mobile video viewing growth, up 55 percent on smartphones and 48 percent on tablets, according to Yahoo's 'Migration to Mobile Video' statistics and infographic.
StickyADS.tv Ranks Among Fastest Growing Technology Companies
StickyADS.tv was ranked number 362 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2015, based on growth of 294% during the period of 2011 to the end of 2014.
The Most Engaging Christmas Ads Aren't John Lewis
Harvey Nichols and Kwik Fit produced the most engaging Christmas ads by high street retailers, according to the Realeyes annual Christmas study. Almost 1,500 people agreed to have their faces measured via their own computer webcam so Realeyes, which was founded at Oxford University, could determine their emotional reactions to 30 Christmas ads.
49 Per Cent of Consumers Expect Free Media Services by 2025
Almost half of media consumers feel they will not have to pay for their media services by 2025, the Xerox State of Customer Service in 2015 report has found. At the moment, 43 per cent of consumers pay to access their media outlets.
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KANBAN & LEAN Manufacturing Improve Productivity
Due to the larger scale of the newly acquired NOJA Power Factory at Murarrie a new workplace production system has been implemented in order to significantly improve productivity and workflow.
The production line uses a system with elements of Lean Manufacturing and the Kanban concept to control the release of materials into production. Parts are replenished via a two-bin system in which inventory is carried in two bins. A replenishment quantity is ordered when the first bin is empty and during the replenishment lead time, material is used from the second bin. The idea is to minimise worker movements and thus increase their productivity. Periodic replenishment of the workstation storage areas from the main store, which also runs a two bin Kanban system, ensure that parts flow to production is maintained at all times.
The system exhibits a competitive advantage when it comes to speed, accuracy, agility, and low operating costs coupled with lean inventories.
Engineering Director, Jay Manne said the idea came about from a review of Lean Manufacturing principles which prompted key production staff to attend a Queensland Manufacturing Institute Training Day to further their knowledge.
Mr Manne initiated an analysis of the existing layout in order to improve efficiency and to understand what changes would benefit workflow at our new factory.
"Analysis of the existing workspace showed that it was restricted by the shape of the factory and the design of the fixed workstations. Space was cluttered, and as staff ran out of parts, workflow was interrupted.
"Surprisingly staff would walk up to two kilometres per day to and from their workstation to the nearby parts storage. Since we only had one High Voltage test area important R&D testing has potential to interrupt the through flow of production". Mr Manne said.
Mr Manne said the new factory including two high voltage test bays, allow us to make better use of our staff and their time.
"System implementation was driven by wanting maximum efficiency out of our existing arrangements. Once we went through the analysis exercise and achieved some improvements it became apparent that we could only go so far with our existing layout." he said.
The new building at 16 Archimedes Place allows assembly of OSM reclosers to customer requirements. The OSM recloser and corresponding RC cubicle feed directly via conveyor arrangements into one of two independent test cages. One of these cages is also accessible by an exterior forklift to allow R&D testing and bulk testing of other production parts.
Mr Manne also stressed that a very important reason for the implementation was the direct benefit for our customers.
"The improved efficiencies will act to reduce our production lead times resulting in improved delivery times for our customers." he said.
Kan is Japanese for "visual", Ban is Japanese for "signal".


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Eurotech Group presents exclusively for Milan's SMAU exhibition in the "Innovation Routes" section its new Clu Personal Supercomputer.
Eurotech, with the strength of its years of knowledge in computer miniaturization and thanks to innovative design techniques, has succeeded in encapsulating the computing power of a supercomputer in a very small space.
The last frontier in high-performance computing (HPC) is in fact the Personal Supercomputer ? a new and cutting-edge evolution in the world of HPCs making technology increasingly accessible and also championing its more varied uses.
The Cl? will revolutionise the use of computers by featuring a high-performance computing capacity, taking them outside data centres and thus making new uses possible, both in office and field environments.
Click here to learn more about the Cl?
or meet us at SMAU 2006 – Milan Fair (New Exhibition Area of Rho Pero) –
"I Percorsi dell?innovazione", pavillion 8, Italy
Eurotech operates in the research, development, production and marketing of miniature computers (Nano-PC) and high performance computers (HPC).


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Probably for the first time since starting this blog, I received an email from a publicity person touting a blog post that I actually thought worth reading. Others of you may have received this entry from the Oxford University Press blog: Amazon Fail 2.0: Bookseller's Big Brother removes Orwell's Big Brother from Kindles everywhere, by Dennis Baron. In full disclosure, I don't really know Professor Baron, but I did take a seminar from him my first semester of graduate school – introduction to the teaching of rhetoric. I recall writing an essay arguing that the concept of plagiarism arose during 18th century intellectual property disputes and was inherently capitalist, and thus all the Marxist rhetoric instructors out there shouldn't be bothered by the practice of plagiarism. But all this is irrelevant prelude.
Baron argues that we should beware giants such as Amazon and Google because even though they do much to promote literacy, they do so at the price of privacy and control of our information. I completely agree. The essay was inspired by the recent Kindle mini-scandal, where some Kindle users found bootleg copies of 1984 removed from their Kindles and their $.99 refunded. Probably no literate person has missed at least one headline in the past week or so linking Amazon to Big Brother. It seemed at least an irony too good to pass up.
As I've written before, I'm no fan of the digital rights management or intellectual property restrictions on the Kindle. Ebooks are great in many ways, and I read them regularly on various devices, but for library purposes Kindles are too controlled by the company to be reliable, and for personal use I still refuse to buy (perhaps "buy" would be better) a book that I can nether lend nor give nor sell to another person. Kindles have their uses, but they go against the grain of readership since the beginning of writing – if I may make so bold a statement – in that they deliberately and effectively deter the possibility of multiple readers of the same item. Besides which, it's obvious that DRM is a finger in the dike preventing the free flow of digital information and will always be thwarted somehow.
However, despite my reservations about the Kindle and DRM in general, I can't jump on the Big Brother bandwagon (nor am I accusing Professor Baron of doing so). The actions of the federal government seem to have more and more Big Brother characteristics these days, but it's inappropriate to apply this description to something like Amazon.
First of all, we all have to be citizens of our state unless we opt out somehow and immigrate. However, we do not have to use Amazon or the Kindle. I am unaware of any situation in which someone was coerced into using the Kindle or giving up the history of their reading habits to Amazon. Amazon knows so much about us because we let it know so much about us. We willingly let Amazon see what we buy so that it can recommend yet more entertainment for us. This is much closer to the hedonistic and shallow Brave New World than it is to the dark dystopia 1984. Regardless of the contracts saying they'll own a digital copy, Kindle users know how much control over the Kindle content Amazon has, and if they didn't before they do now.
Contrast this with the music digital downloads from Amazon, freed by the music companies from the extremely restrictive DRM of the ebooks. I'm sure there's some information embedded in the digital files saying I purchased specific songs from Amazon and that could be used against me if suddenly everything I purchased ended up on some file sharing site. Below that point, though, the files are mine, and Amazon can't take them away from me. I can copy and back them up as many times as I like. I can give them to other people if I wanted, and they could play them without unlocking. Theoretically, I could even charge other people for these files, if I could find someone stupid enough to buy them from me. (Note to the Amazonian Big Brother: I would never do anything like this. Really.)
Despite the apparent irony of 1984 disappearing, there's nothing Big Brothery about any of this. When it comes to Amazon, we are the victims of our own desire for easy shopping and entertainment. There are undoubtedly times when corporate malfeasance completely out of control damages our lives. Actually, that pretty much happens everyday somewhere. But this is not one of those cases. We willingly comply with Amazon, as we do with Google itself, handing over our privacy for the opportunity fondling their shiny baubles. Situations like this might erode our trust in Amazon, and thus we might be less willing to shop there, but that would still be our choice.
People who do anything on the Internet should know there is no guaranteed privacy anymore. The Internet is filled not with Big Brother, but with millions of little brothers gathering random details of our online life and using them for their own advantage. When this practice is ubiquitous, to pretend as some people have been doing that Amazon is in any way specially or specially evil is just duplicitous or naive. Or maybe it just makes a good headline.


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I just finished knitting my first rug. It was also my first attempt at knitting with core spun alpaca yarn (strands are about 1/4″ thick). It's a gorgeous, soft, natural fawn and cream color. I love working with the fibers in their natural state…although that may change once I start learning to dye them this summer.
When I first saw one of these rugs at a fiber seminar this spring, the woman speaking warned that it was not a task for the faint of heart. Well, actually she said it was not for those with faint wrists…because it's a real bear to knit with the core-spun. I could only do a few rows at a time before needing to stop because my hands were completely cramped up.
The temporary pain, as with most things, was totally worth it. I couldn't find a pattern or tutorial online about knitting a rug like this, so kept it to a basic knit/purl and watched with pleasure as the colors began to blend together in the pattern. Now I can't wait to start another one.


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Earlier, Facebook used to show online members at the top in group chat box but recently I have noticed that it no longer does.
Chat option is still available but the list of online members has just disappeared.
What might be the problem?
Is this bug from Facebook? OR is this a new change from Facebook?
Or do I need to change the Group's Setting?


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Confession: I'm a perfectionist. Aren't we all, at something? When it comes to cooking, baking, making, I like to be neat. Organised. I like things to look fancy and fine, if possible. For this reason, I tend to steer clear of sweet treats with "character", ones that are clumsy looking, even in an endearing way. Imperfection is not an option.
Don't get me wrong, I love beautifully homemade-looking things. There's nothing nicer than a receiving a charming and imperfect cookie, an oozy piece of slice, or slightly crooked cake. I just… don't tend to make any of them very much, to the disappointment of many around me who just prefer the simple things. So, I recently made a heart-warming apple pie. Well, miniature, adorable apple pies. That still counts, right?
Ingredients (makes 6)
Recipe courtesy of August issue of Delicious
For pastry:
1 2/3 cup plain flour
1 2/3 cup plain flour
1/3 cup caster sugar
150 gms unsalted butter, chopped
1 egg yolk
For filling:
1 kg green apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1cm cubes
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped
1 tbsp cornflour
1 tbsp milk
For pastry, place the flour, sugar, butter and a pinch of salt in a food processor and whiz until fine crumbs form. Add yolk and mix until mixture comes together to form a ball. Enclose pastry in plastic wrap and chill for 30 mins.
For apple filling, place apple, sugar, vanilla pod and seeds in a saucepan with 1/4 cup water. Cover and cook and a low heat for 5 - 8 mins or until apple is tender. Discard the vanilla pod. Mix the cornflour with 1 tbsp water until smooth, then stir into the apple mixture for a minute until juices have thickened. Transfer to a bowl and allow to cool.
Preheat oven to 190C. Grease 6 holes of a 12 capacity loose-bottom cheesecake pan (or a texas muffin pan). Roll out pastry on a lightly floured surface until 2 - 3mm thick. Using a 12cm cutter, cut six rounds to line each hole. Divide the apple mixture among the holes.
Re-roll out the remaining pastry again to 2 - 3mm thick. Cut six 8cm rounds for form lids. Brush the edges of each tart with water before placing lids on and pressing around edges to seal. Brush with milk and sprinkle with caster sugar.
Bake pies for 30 mins or until lightly golden. Remove from oven and allow to cool for ten minutes before removing from pan.
Although I resigned to the fact these little pies would not be perfect, I was still slightly disappointed with one or two of them, who simply refused to come out of the trays without becoming squished. What better reason than to eat them warm, straight from the oven, so I have no evidence to later remind that I'm a mere human, afterall.
Best served with cream and a dusting of cinnamon, and taste fine reheated a few days after making. I had a small quantity of apple mixture remaining after I had used all the pastry, so cut down on a few apples to a few shy of a kilo if you wish.
Recommended baking soundtrack: Horse Feathers - House With No Home.


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Published on September 27, 2018
During the 2016–2017 flu season, more than 100 influenza deaths in children were reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of these children, an estimated 80 to 85 percent had not received an annual flu vaccine. Further, an April 2017 study by the CDC found that flu vaccination reduced the risk of death from influenza among healthy children by 65 percent. For children with underlying medical conditions, the risk was reduced by 51 percent. This data supports many years of studies demonstrating that the flu vaccine saves lives in children and adults.
While most cases of the flu are not life-threatening — it usually just makes people feel lousy and miss school or work for up to a week — the virus is unpredictable and can make previously healthy children and adults very sick, often suddenly. For young children, seniors, pregnant women, and people with chronic or serious medical conditions, the flu is an even bigger threat. That's why an annual influenza vaccine is recommended for everyone over 6 months of age.
Fall is the official start of flu season, and the vaccine will be available at all UHS Primary Care locations beginning in September. The vaccine changes every year to target the specific influenza viruses that are predicted to be most widespread, which is why a new shot is needed each year. Your flu shot not only protects you, but also everyone around you. While the flu shot will be available throughout the flu season, the sooner you get yours, the sooner you will be protected.
"We do everything we can to make it easy for our patients to get the vaccine," says Bridget Talbut, RN, and director of Clinical Services at UHS. "It's the first step in keeping our community healthy."
While the vaccine is the best way to prevent the flu, there are other everyday actions you can take to help keep from getting sick and stop the spread of germs:
Avoid contact with those who are sick.Stay home if you suspect you're sick, get plenty of sleep and drink plenty of fluids.Wash your hands with soap and water frequently.Disinfect frequently touched surfaces.Cover your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing.
To get a flu shot, call your UHS Primary Care provider's office. You may also ask to receive the vaccine at an already-scheduled appointment with your PCP. Schedule your flu shot today!
Common flu symptoms
Fever and/or chillsCoughSore throatRunny or stuffy noseMuscle/body achesFatigueVomiting/diarrhea
The flu generally comes on suddenly, within hours. Most people experience mild symptoms of the flu, but if you're in a high-risk group or your symptoms worsen, contact your health care provider immediately.
2016–2017 national vaccination rates· Children 6 months to 17 years: 49.9%· Adults 18-49 years: 31.8%· Adults 50–64 years: 45.2%· Adults 65 years and over: 67.2%
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Lima Central Catholic High School is a private Catholic high school located in the diocese of Toledo under the guidance of Bishop Daniel Thomas. For over sixty years, Lima Central Catholic has earned the reputation as a college preparatory school.
Location: Lima, OH; a city with a population of approximately 40,000 situated in west central Ohio
LCCHS Enrollment: 281 students
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Countless canals wind through Europe, providing an alternative cruise experience and a chance to see little-visited corners of countries such as France, Germany, Holland and Sweden that can't be accessed by larger ships.
The scenic, historic European canals offer unique insights into a country's culture and landscapes and allow you to discover a place in a relaxed, leisurely fashion. With the emphasis on the different destinations visited every day and no 'river' days spent just sailing, guided tours and excursions allow you to discover sophisticated cities and attractive villages.
When to go:
The European summer months are the most popular and pleasant for a European canal cruise.
The Dutch Canals form a complex web of waterways that spider across the landscapes of Holland and Belgium. Fed by the Rhine they provide access to corners of each country that aren't regularly visited and allow people on luxury canal cruises to discover gentle landscapes, quaint villages and ancient cities that rose to prominence by virtue of their position on the canals.
Straggling from Amsterdam to Maastricht and on to the beautiful towns of Belgium, the canals are a relaxing way to take in picturesque sights and immerse yourself in the country that you are drifting through.
Elsewhere, canals in Burgundy pass the city of Dijon and explore the gastronomic heart of France whilst the Canal du Midi is a popular means of exploring Languedoc. The network of canals around Potsdam in Germany provide a variety of canal cruising options and the Gota Canal in Sweden passes lakes, rivers and historical sights such as the Viking settlement of Birka and the fairy-tale Lacko Castle.


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REVIEW: Dylan Moran: Dr Cosmos – 5*
Radio Ha-Ha! talks Ha-Ha!
Written by Sarah Exton
From seeing him in 'Black Books' and watching his previous stand-up shows, I've always admired Dylan Moran for his ability of giving an incredibly polished performance in quite a dishevelled manner. Dylan delivers everything typically Moran in his show 'Dr Cosmos', leaving the crowd in fits of laughter. Filled with his signature style of bazaar yet surprising punchlines, Moran covers an immense number of topics ranging from politics to sexuality, love and family, youths of today to how life changes as you get older.
Opening the show commenting on how this is the "perfect time for comedy" due to the political status of the world, Moran provides a hilarious commentary on notorious political individuals like Theresa May and Donald Trump.
His consistent tone of self-defeating anger, regardless of the topic, is what makes Dylan so enjoyable to watch. If he didn't cleverly go off on ridiculous tangents, you'd think he was seriously having an existential crisis – however within this show, Moran makes the world a lighter place, even if it's only for an hour and a half.
Dr Cosmos is currently touring the UK until the 8th December 2018. To see if Dylan is performing near you, check his website for details: https://www.dylanmoran.com/wandering/
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October 10th, 2018
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Yellow Paper
"Yellow paper" refers to abilities requested by a specific player and sanctioned by the GSM. Although some variant of this mechanism exists in many LARPs, it is common for the abilities involved to only be available to the player requesting them.
In the Steampunk LARP, we invite players to propose new ability ideas for their characters. Such applications should be made to the GSM and will initially be costed for the specific character involved. Successful applications will be added (in unskinned form) to the public list of purchasable abilities, although in some cases the GSM may elect to delay publication of an ability until its impact on the game has been assessed.


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Working in marketing and for a retail company means I've pretty much been thinking about Christmas since July... Despite the hours of effort and work on Christmas campaigns and the likes, it's really only now that I've started to get into the Christmas spirit and starting to look forward to the big event *cough cough Christmas dinner*.
Looking for presents for so many different people like brothers, sisters, mums, dads, partners friends, etc etc can be a bit difficult, especially when there is ALWAYS that one person you have no idea what to get them. Even though you love them and you're close to the there is no doubt that - These. People. Are. A. Nightmare. It can take what is meant to be an enjoyable experience into the annual stress purchase at the last minute.
To make things a bit easier, I've listed some items from EMP that I think could be the perfect surprise for someone who may be not so perfect to buy for!
Star Wars House Coat: I don't want to get into the house Coat v dressing gown v bath robe argument here but look at these! It's become a bit of a tradition in my family now to get some form of pyjamas or nightwear at Christmas time and, really, who wouldn't want to wake up slightly hungover on boxing day and feel like a Jedi?
|Jedi --- R2D2
Game of Thrones: Sorry to mention it. I know we're all in pain waiting for Season 8.... With loads of bits that could be the main presentation or a stocking filler/secret Santa, there's sure to be something for the GoT fan.
|Jumper --- Map --- Throne --- Egg
Deadpool Bobble-Head: For every big film or TV series there is now there always seems to be these bobble-heads! I know some people collect them so it would definitely be a good addition to anyone's collection or even as a standalone for someone that just loves Deadpool.
Aristrocats: Colours & Carousel would kill me if I didn't give Marie any airtime after pointing out their collection to her. Charlotte absolutely loves the Aristocats, specifically Marie, so any Christmas cat or Marie related is the advice I give to my family. I generally know what big present I'd be getting Charlotte but I tend to struggle with small things! Charlotte, if you're reading this, don't be surprised....
They have so much more on their website so if you're looking for something that's a bit different this yeat check them out and see what you can find!
*This post contains a sponsored link, but all words and opinions are my own.
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