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How did we get involved in apologetics? I get asked that a lot, and it helps to understand where we've come from in order to understand why we are so passionate about this ministry.
Here is part of the road I've traveled to bring me to this point in my Christian pilgrimage:
My story about His Glory
I grew up in a "Christian" home, went to church every Sunday and Wednesday, and learned all the Bible verses and stories.
I had never doubted the existence of God and even attempted to follow His commandments from time to time.
When I reached high school, my world fell apart and I couldn't help but question God. As I slipped deeper into depression and self-pity I got angry with God.
I never doubted that there was a God; but I was convinced that He wasn't the maniacal puppet-master I grew up thinking He was.
I tried to follow Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, and even Humanism. None of them filled the void in my soul, or gave any hope of life because none of them ended with any certainty or rational flow.
Eventually I decided that there was a God, but I hated Him and he hated me. I kept asking "how can people so willingly follow a God who is so cruel and vengeful?".
I lived in open, hostile, rebellion to God for almost a year until one night at a youth retreat called "Impact". God spoke to me as I sat there "enduring" the agonizing worship service and said, "You want me to leave you alone? Make your decision this night because I will not ask again.".
I was elated because God had finally agreed to leave me alone. The tugs on my heart to follow Him would finally cease. I could be free to do whatever I wanted.
Then God proceeded to show me what "leaving me alone" really meant.
Leaving me alone meant I would be handed over to myself. It was in that moment that I knew what Hell really meant. Being separated from the Creator of the universe for all eternity.
Well I didn't want to be separated from God so I went down to the alter when the speaker gave the alter call. I didn't immediately give my life to Christ, however, I wrestled with God for another 3 hours.
I kept saying "How can I give my life to Christ? I'll loose my identity, He will want me to give up everything I love."
God had sent several men into my life, that night one of them kneeled beside me and God wrestled me through this Godly man. I'll never forget the last punch God threw when He said, "What's more important? Keeping your 'identity' or a personal relationship with the one who knows all about you?".
I surrendered my life to Christ that night. Since then He has shown me that my 'identity' is marred by sin in my life and by His grace I am free from the curse of sin.
Like the song says, its good to be free.


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Detroit News girls basketball Dream Team, all-state teams
David Goricki selects The Detroit News Dream Team and all-state teams in all four classes for girls basketball.
Deja Church, 5-10, Sr., G, Southfield A&T
Church averaged 22 points, 12 rebounds, three assists and three steals to lead Southfield A&T to the Class A state semifinals. "Deja is a player who is talented, blessed with tremendous skill and works hard at all times to be the best player possible," Coach Michelle Marshall said. "She is an amazing young lady and an excellent student-athlete." Church will play next year at Michigan.
Kierra Fletcher, 5-10, Sr., G, Warren Cousino
Fletcher was always on attack, taking the ball to the basket or driving and finding a teammate for a high-quality shot. She also improved her perimeter shot, averaging 22 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and five steals while helping Cousino earn a second trip to the Breslin Center, losing in the Class A semifinals after winning the state championship last year. "Kierra played at such a high level," Coach Mike Lee said. "As the stage got bigger so did her effort. She doesn't know what the word pressure means." Fletcher will play next year at Georgia Tech.
Kamaria McDaniel, 5-10, Sr., G, Dearborn Heights Robichaud
McDaniel averaged 31 points, eight rebounds and four assists to help Robichaud to a Class B district final, where it lost 58-54 to top-ranked Ypsilanti Arbor Prep. "She was the ultimate team player, not only was she our leading scorer and rebounder, she took on the challenge to defend the other team's best player night in and night out," Coach Jason Wilkins said. "She's a special talent that is only going to get better at the next level." McDaniel will play next year at Penn State.
Destiny Pitts, 6-0, Sr., G, Detroit Country Day
Pitts was an outstanding all-around player, averaging 24 points, 6.5 rebounds, three steals and three assists to lead Country Day to its second Class B state championship in the last three years. "She was a fantastic leader for us," Coach Frank Orlando said. "She was so focused and had the ability to do so many things for us, score, pass, defend and rebound." Pitts will play next year at Minnesota.
Jordan Walker, 5-8, Jr., G, Muskegon Mona Shores
Walker earned the title of Miss Basketball, fighting her way back from an ACL injury after her sophomore year, which forced her to wear a brace her junior year. She averaged 22 points, nine rebounds, six steals and 4.5 assists to help Mona Shores win a Class A district. "The ACL brace, the knee brace and some other things held her back a little bit her junior year. Her points and rebounds were pretty good as usual, but it was like the weights were taken off when that brace came off and she was 100 percent," Coach Brad Kurth said. "She averaged nine rebounds, six steals and 4.5 assists, fills up every area of the stat sheet and that's an amazing thing." Walker will play next year at Western Michigan.
Coach of the Year, Monique Brown, Detroit Edison
Brown, in her sixth year at Edison, worked her magic with a roster that included nine freshmen, a sophomore and two juniors, guiding the Pioneers to a Class C state championship, along with a win over Class A power Southfield A&T. "This all started in August, running on the track and in the weight room just trying to build our bodies because I knew they'd have to be going up against seniors who were ready to go off to college," Brown said. "I thought when they committed themselves to that, maybe we have something. But it wasn't until 9 o'clock practices on Friday night when I realized we may have a championship team."
First team
Camree Clegg, 5-5, Jr., Wayne Memorial, G, 23.0 points
Autumn Kissman, 6-2, Sr., Mason, F, 19.7 points
Lauren Newman, 5-8, Sr., Flushing, G, 11.0 points
Alicia Norman, 5-4, Sr., Detroit King, G, 16.0 points
Ellie Taylor, 5-9, Sr., Midland Dow, G, 17.7 points
Second team
Grace George, 5-10, Jr., F, DeWitt; Moira Joiner, 5-9, So., G, Saginaw Heritage; Breanna Perry, 6-0, Sr., C, Flushing; Alisia Smith, 6-2, Sr., C, Lansing Waverly; Maddie Waters, 5-9, Sr., G, Rockford.
Third team
Jaida Hampton, 5-11, Jr., F, East Lansing; Laya Hartman, 5-11, So., G, Okemos; Destiny Strother, 5-8, So., G, Flint Carman Ainsworth; Lexey Tobel, 5-10, Sr., G, Hartland; Kaylee Wasco, 6-0, Sr., C, Midland Dow.
Fourth team
Kierra Crockett, 5-11, Sr., F, North Farmington; Alexis Johnson, 5-10, So., F, Southfield A&T; Kayla Luchenbach, 6-2, Jr., C, Clarkston; Ellie Mackay, 5-8, Jr., G, Novi; Lazurea Saunders, 6-0, Jr., C, East Kentwood.
Honorable mention
Nicole Austin, St. Clair Shores Lakeview; Julia Ayrault, Grosse Pointe North; Mauriya Barnes, East Kentwood; Maddie Barrie, Midland; Mallory Barrett, Milford; Bree Bauer, Port Huron Northern; Edecia Beck, Grand Rapids Christian; Maddie Beck, Clarkston; Maria Berishaj, Sterling Heights; Jessi Bicknell, Saginaw Heritage; Delaney Bolles, Muskegon Reeths Puffer; Olivia Brown, East Grand Rapids; Quinoche Carter, Birmingham Groves; Julia Cianferra, Utica Ford; Jasmine Clerkley, Okemos; Graysen Cockerham, Hartland; Nija Collier, Roseville; Ava Cook, Battle Creek Lakeview; Molly Davis, Midland; Emily Eldridge, Battle Creek Lakeview; Victoria Franklin, Bloomfield Hills; Maija Gillum, Grand Blanc; Chloe Godbold, Farmington Mercy; Chloe Guingrich, Hudsonville; Alexis Hill, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern; D'Layna Holliman, Southfield A&T; Amber Huebner, Marquette; Chloe Idoni, Fenton; Mickayla Ivy, East Grand Rapids; Corinne Jemison, East Kentwood; Landon Kemp, Greenville; Casey Korte, Gaylord; Emily Langolf, Macomb Dakota; Jordan Lewis, Detroit King; Anna LoMonaco, Caledonia; Shelby Madison, St. Joseph; Maddie Maloney, St. Johns; Emily Marsh, Ann Arbor Huron; Kate McArthur, Warren Cousino; Amelia McNutt, East Lansing; Alexis Miller, Howell; Olivia Moore, Birmingham Marian; Jessica Moorman, Northville; Arjanae Morgan, Kalamazoo Central;Sydney Muller, Grand Rapids Christian; Shelby Nyboer, Jenison; Victoria Perez, Belleville; Maggie Rogers, Rochester Adams; Amanda Sape, Bloomfield Hills; Katelyn Sherwood, Belleville; Whitney Sollom, Hartland; Katie Snow, Grosse Pointe North; Xeryia Tartt, Flint Carman Ainsworth; Tia Tedford, Detroit King; Jeanae Terry, Wayne Memorial; Samantha Thick, Lapeer; Jacara Thompson, Swartz Creek; McKenna Walker, Bay City Western; Leah Weslock, Howell; Del'Janae Williams, Detroit King; Kara Wilson, Ann Arbor Huron; Alyza Winston, Muskegon Mona Shores; Margot Woughter, Traverse City Central.
First team
Adrienne Anderson, 5-10, Sr., Ypsilanti Arbor Prep, G, 13.0 points
Kallie Martinez, 5-6, Sr., Bay City John Glenn, G, 28.0 points
Nikki Tucker, 5-10, Sr., Marshall, G-F, 15.0 points
Maddie Watters, 5-9, Jr., Williamston, G, 18.3 points
Kaela Webb, 5-7, Jr., Detroit Country Day, G, 16.7 points
Second team
Kayla Belles, 6-3, Jr., C, Ithaca; Tylar Bennett, 6-4, Sr., C, Detroit Country Day; Sophia Karasinski, 5-10, Sr., G, Grand Rapids Catholic Central; Rozhane Wells, 5-5, Sr., G, Ypsilanti Arbor Prep; Makenzie Wilkinson, 5-9, Jr., F, Kalkaska.
Third team
Tyeshia Bowers, 5-7, Sr., G, Flint Southwestern; Kyra Bussell, 6-0, Sr., F, Grand Rapids Catholic Central; Jenna Gregory, 5-10, Sr., F, Freeland; Jill Konkle, 5-6, Sr., G, Marshall; Lasha Petree, 6-0, Jr., G, Ypsilanti Arbor Prep.
Fourth team
Alyssa Argyle, 5-9, So., F, Freeland; Kayla Brown, 5-8, Sr., G, Dearborn Heights Robichaud; Natalie Tucker, 5-10, Jr., G-F, Marshall; Cydney Williams, 5-10, Sr., F, Ypsilanti Arbor Prep; Chasidey Willis, 5-10, Sr., F, Detroit Mumford.
Honorable mention
Lauren Addy, Saginaw Swan Valley; Daisy Ansel, Comstock; Karyssa Austin, Marine City; Jayla Bibbs, Buchanan; Maddie Birchmeier, Corunna; Hallee Breimeyer, Belding; Joslyn Bronkhorst, Hamilton; Mariel Bruxvoort, Grand Rapids South Christian; Iyana Brown, Fruitport; Kylie Christensen, Cadillac; Donette Colbert, Detroit Mumford; Cierra Cole, Durand; Myka Cromwell, Grand Rapids Catholic Central;Sarah Dubbert, Stevensville Lakeshore; Naja Farrell, Harper Woods Chandler Park; Teona Feldpausch, Olivet; Savanah Gibson, Birch Run; Lizzy Heide, Hastings; Ajanee Horton, Detroit Northwestern; Reiko Johnson, Spring Lake; Mya Jordan, Wyoming Godwin Heights; Morgan Kaniszewski, Tawas; Natalee Kunse, Clare; Kenzie Lewis, Williamston; Allison Peplowski, Williamston; Lindsey Mertz, Frankenmuth; Sarah Miller, Birch Run; Rebecca Oden, Crosswell-Lexington; Hannah Reinhold, Muskegon Oakridge; Anna Ruhstorfer, Flint Powers; Natalie Ryckman, Kalkaska; Gabie Shellenbarger, Lake Odessa Lakewood; Kennedy Schoonveld, Holland Christian; Bria Schrotenboer, Hamilton; Kenzie Seeley, Alma; Elie Smith, Fowlerville; Madison Stevenson, Goodrich; Maddie Voelker, Goodrich; Alyssa Welsh, Perry; Brooke Wesner, Buchanan; Sophia Wiard, Muskegon Oakridge; Sara White, Plainwell; Diamond Williams, Harper Woods Chandler Park; Jaylynn Williams, Ionia; Kaitllyln Zarycki, Edwardsburg.
First team
Nia Ahart, 5-7, Sr., Grosse Pointe Liggett, G, 31.5 points
Deajah Cofield, 5-7, Sr., Flint Hamady, G, 15.0 points
Gabrielle Elliott, 5-10, Fr., Detroit Edison, G, 17.5 points
Emily Spitzley, 5-10, Jr., Pewamo-Westphalia, G, 13.2 points
Rickea Jackson, 6-2, So., Detroit Edison, G, 17.3 points
Second team
Frankie Mattson, 5-8, Sr., G, Munising; Haley Nelson, 5-11, Jr., F, Sandusky; Eileene Naniseni, 6-1, Sr., F, Mancelona; Juliana Phillips, 6-4, Sr., C, Traverse City St. Francis; Elise Stuck, 6-1, Fr., G, Charlevoix.
Third team
Taylor Bryant, 5-8, Sr., F, Newberry; Gracie Cabana, 5-6, Sr., G, Grass Lake; Yana Hudson, 5-7, Sr., G, Flint Beecher; Samantha Krauss, 5-9, Sr., G, Hemlock; Krystal Rice, 5-8, Sr., G, Flint Hamady.
Fourth team
Kelly Bunek, 5-6, Sr., G, Maple City Glen Lake; Brooke Henning, 5-9, Sr., F, Blissfield; Sasha Penn, 5-7, Jr., G, Flint Hamady; Shaulana Wagner, 5-7, Fr., G, Detroit Edison; Kelsey Wyman, 5-9, Sr., G, Blissfield.
Honorable mention
Zakiyyah Abdullah, Niles Brandywine; Makayla Ardis, Lake City; Jenna Arndt, Harbor Beach; Terrianna Arrington, Burton Bendle; Jenny Beckman, Jr., F, Shelby; Caitlyn Bruff, New Lothrop; Lindsey Ferrington, Burton Bendle; Taylor Findlay, So., Reese; Kaitlyn Geers, Kent City; Santaja Gibson, 5-10, Jr., G, Cassopolis; Ashley Glass, Byron; Aubrey Goorman, 6-0, Jr., F, Muskegon Western Michigan Christian; Linnie Gustafson, St. Ignace; Hannah Hall, 5-11, Jr., F, Millington; Maylee Hatt, Byron; Tessa Hosford, Bath; Madison Johns, Ishpeming; Aleda Johnson, 5-6, Sr., G, Negaunee; Julie Justin, Sr., Leroy Pine River; Sadie Knee, 5-7, So., G, Grandville Calvin Christian; Jordan Kraemer, 5-8, Sr., F, Norway; Jess Kursinsky, 5-9, Sr., F, Sandusky; Jennifer LaCross, Maple City Glen Lake; Mary Liedel, 5-8, Jr., F, Erie-Mason; Frankie Mattson, Munising; Breyton Meeks, Bad Axe; Grace Murray, 5-7, So., G, Royal Oak Shrine; Kendal Muxlow, 5-8, Sr., G, Brown City; Sasha Penn, Flint Hamady; Sydney Preston, 5-9, Jr., G, Kalamazoo Hackett; Serena Rice, Flint Beecher; Samara Schlabach, 5-10, So., F, Centreville; Alisa Schuman, Sr., Saginaw Valley Lutheran; Hannah Spitzley, Pewamo-Westphalia; Madelyn Standley, 5-10, Sr., Galesburg-Augusta; Madi Thompson, 5-10, So., F, Reese; Amaka Unobagha, 6-0, Fr., Saginaw Arts & Sciences; Hailey Wickstrom, CalumetCara Wiles, 5-5, Sr., G, Carson City-Crystal; Sophie Wilsey, Laingsburg.
First team
Jaycie Burger, 5-9, Sr., Pittsford, G, 19.2 points
Maddie Clark, 5-10, Sr., Pittsford, F, 17.0 points
Scout Nelson, 5-7, So., Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart, G, 14.0 points
Allyson Richards, 6-0, Sr., Fruitport Calvary Christian, F, 20.0 points
Emily Witkowski, 5-11, Sr., St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran, F, 19.9 points
Second team
Shannon Bates, 5-5, Sr., G, Bay City All Saints; Grace Haley, 5-8, Sr., F, Lansing Christian; Alex Hunter, 5-4, Jr., G, Gaylord St. Mary's; Kayla Sanders, 5-9, Jr., G, Waterford Lakes; Olivia Vaughn, 5-9, Sr., F, Engadine.
Third team
Elasia Craig, 6-1, Jr., F, Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian; Daelynn Jackson, 5-10, Sr., F, Lawrence; Rylee Pankow, 5-10, Sr., C, Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary; Sophie Ruggles, 5-10, Jr. F, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart; Vanessa Shook, Sr., G, Hillman.
Fourth team
Meghan Blaine, 5-10, So., F, Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary; Emma Johnson, 5-10, Jr., G, Harbor Light Christian; Cecelia Schmitt, 6-0, Sr., F, Frankfort; Tiffany Senerius, 5-8, Jr., G, Waterford Lakes; Aubrey Simmons, 5-10, Jr., C, Engadine.
Honorable mention
Averi Bebble, Gaylord St. Mary; Kendal Cooney, Camden-Frontier; Chelsey Ely, Frankfort; Noelle Fuller, Athens, Samantha Golchuk, Westland Huron Valley Lutheran; Madison Guza, Deckerville; Taylor Hewitt, Morrice; Sarah Jackemeyer, St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran; Andrea Jagielski, Hillsdale Academy; Taylor Jones, Lutheran Westland; Linnea McDonough, Pentwater; Daelyn Merillat, Morenci; Taytum Myers, Brethren; Lexi Niepoth, Bellaire; Kiara Nieto, Adrian Lenawee Christian; Abby Nylund, Crystal Falls Forest Park; Taylor Opalka, Pickford; Kayla Rambo, Pickford; Carissa Read, Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian; Kelsey Richards, Fruitport Calvary Christian; Erika Rosenbaum, St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran; Rilyn Ross, Lansing Christian; Casie Shannon, Bellevue; Marissa Shaw, Pittsford; Jade Sibley, Marcellus; Hayden Terwilliger, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart; Kaytlyn Tidey, Lawrence; Lauren Turner, Jr., Sterling Heights Parkway Christian; Brenna Tutt, Climax-Scotts; Talia Tyler, Muskegon Catholic Central; Sarah Voss, Lansing Christian; Emma Jo Wedeven, Holland Calvary; Jillayne Wheeler, Athens; Bailey Whitcomb, Bellevue; Lexy Wilson, Fruitport Calvary Christian; Alyson Winton, Fairview.


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Place Title: World's Largest Railroad SpikePlace Description:
Where is the World's Largest Railroad Spike? In Hines Creek!!
When WWII broke out, construction on the railroad in northern Alberta came to a halt – in Hines Creek. The line sat unfinished until well after the war was over, but has long since completed. During the time after the war, the town become known as "the end of steel", a moniker it has kept ever since.Category: Arts & Culture, Village of Hines Creek, Places To See, and Sights & ExperiencesAddress: Hines Creek
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CanadaWhere is the World's Largest Railroad Spike? In Hines Creek!! When WWII broke out, construction on the railroad in northern Alberta came to a halt – in Hines Creek. The line sat unfinished until well after the war was over, but has long since completed. During the time after the war, the town become known as "the end of steel", Read more...
Place Title: End of Steel MuseumPlace Description:
*Closed for the 2020 season due to COVID-19*
Bringing the homesteading history of Hines Creek to life.
The End of Steel Museum opened to the public in 1985 and has been growing and evolving ever since. The museum celebrates the history of the Hines Creek area which is unique because it was the end of the railway line. The tracks were built only to the point that freight rates would have increased and no further. This entailed the moving of the village, from its original site on the creek from which it takes its name, to the present day location. Hines Creek became a transportation hub with the arrival of the first train in December of 1930 and at one point there were five grain elevators along the tracks.
The museum has three historic houses: the Pohaboff House (1928) which is a good example of the sort of small hand-hewn log house built by arriving immigrant settlers; the Carter House (1938) is an unusually large and somewhat grand home, especially as it was built during the Great Depression as Art Carter (of Carter Camp) owned a sawmill; the French "Half-House" (1948-1949) is exactly that, only half the two story home was ever constructed due to financial problems, the staircase is incredibly narrow. These three homes are furnished with time appropriate artifacts to give visitors the feeling that the owners' might return at any moment.
Hines Creek School #4430 is a one room log structure which allows one to imagine what it must have been like to ride to school three on a pony or try to learn when it was so cold out that the wood stove had to be stoked to the point that it was quite literally red hot. There are two historic churches, Christ Lutheran Church (1928-1932) preserved and restored by children of the original builders and St. James Anglican (1938) was erected through a donation from the Women's Auxiliary of St. James Anglican Church in Stratford, Ontario, prior to that the congregation had to make due with meeting in schools and homes and with Miss Eva Hasell's Sunday School Caravan.
The museum also has a Trapper's log cabin which while not that old (1975) is no different from a much earlier trapper's cabin. Although tiny and crude, the temporary shelters resorted to while out on the trapline made this a welcome home base. We also have a caboose, NAR 13021 which was built in Montreal in 1949, and served as bedroom, office, and kitchen for three railmen. In 1945 Morgan's Confectionary began as John and Mary Morgan's clothing store, later the couple also had a cafe, grocery, the bus depot and sold all manner of licenses in Hines Creek, after John's passing in 1967 Mary returned and started the confectionary, running it until she was 91.
The Wildlife and Forestry exhibits are housing in a stunning contemporary log building. Inside it boasts an amazing display of local wildlife set in an autumn boreal forest and a comprehensive display of the sort of hand tools that were used to build settlers homes, as well as early chain saws. We also have a large collection of agricultural equipment and machinery, hand tools and early tractors and vehicles, including a Bombardier "Nodwell" the track vehicle that kept the Canadian north connected. Two projects we are currently working on are a Ukrainian Heritage building and a working blacksmith's shop in our new Blacksmith building.
Lubeck Hall is a good example of the sort of community hall that dotted the area, built so that the scattered farm population could have a place to come together, to dance and play and get the news. Today is the location of our Saturday Farmers' Market, which is a popular place to chat over a cinnamon bun hot out of the oven and a cup of coffee.
Pancake Breakfast, 8:30 – 11:00, Canada Day, July 1st.
Adults $10:00, Children 6 – 12 $5.00, Children under 5 free.
Pancakes with fresh berries, whipped cream and syrup, ham and eggs make for a delicious breakfast and Morgan's Confectionary is decorated to celebrate Canada Day!
Heritage Day, 8:30 – 6:00, Monday of the August long weekend.
Entry by Donation.
A pancake breakfast begins the day followed by demonstrations of pioneer crafts, log sawing, an antique tractor parade, horse drawn wagon rides, bannock baked over an open fire, blacksmithing demonstration, petting zoo, games for children, a country market, bread baked in our historic outdoor clay oven, live music, and of course, tours of the museum buildings. There will be hamburgers, hot dogs, homemade pie and ice cream, lemonade and iced tea for sale starting at noon.
The museum is located at the intersection of Highway 64 and Highway 685, the southern most of the two exits for Hines Creek.
Mailing Address: End of Steel Museum, Box 686, Hines Creek, AB, T0H 2A0
Office: 780-494-3522 (Answering Machine)
Curator: 780-834-6538 Jean Young (Wed. – Sat.)
Bookings: 780- 835-7827 (Weddings, School Tours, Hall Rental)
Email: email@example.com
Website: endofsteelmuseum.weebly.com
Open mid May to mid Sept.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382503437972387615.comments2020-02-25T07:16:17.110-05:00Wasay email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382503437972387615.post-29666114196479577852020-02-25T07:16:17.110-05:002020-02-25T07:16:17.110-05:00nice blog!! i hope you will share a blog on Digita...nice blog!! i hope you will share a blog on Digital marketing .rama venkatahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382503437972387615.post-51879533278644606302012-02-06T09:23:25.949-05:002012-02-06T09:23:25.949-05:00glad it was helpful, your most welcome.glad it was helpful, your most welcome.Wasay Syedhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382503437972387615.post-4424054964813630952012-02-05T19:12:26.163-05:002012-02-05T19:12:26.163-05:00thank you, thank you!thank you, thank firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382503437972387615.post-86674645228997546012012-02-05T07:18:13.872-05:002012-02-05T07:18:13.872-05:00WOW! I`ve spend hours to solve this problem. Many ...WOW! I`ve spend hours to solve this problem. Many thanks!Flowhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382503437972387615.post-49881320099075030792009-04-03T00:46:49.935-04:002009-04-03T00:46:49.935-04:00Shawn,You need to1. enable the RSS feed for your e...Shawn,

You need to
1. enable the RSS feed for your event module
2. Copy the url of the event module rss feed.
3. On the another page or another site, add an rss module on the page.
4. configure it to the url of the event module rss
5. utilize the xsl file from my files.

You can easily open the xsl file in the notepad and change the names as you feel necessary.

My file is not depended on the database names and stuff so you can easily change it to how ever you like it to be.

I am to busy with other projects otherwise I would have setup the dnn 5.0 site.

Sorry man you might have to try some more, it just seems very little customization, hope this post helps you.Wasay Syedhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382503437972387615.post-39000963465880687332009-03-27T03:39:31.922-04:002009-03-27T03:39:31.922-04:00Hi Wasay, I tried installing your .xsl file into t...Hi Wasay,

I tried installing your .xsl file into the news feed module and it does not load with the news feed. I did not load the other two files, not sure If I needed to or where they needed to go. I am using the latest version of the events module v5.0 RC2 and they did change alot of the tables in the databse as alot of functionality was added and just wondering if that may be it. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Here is the error I recieved.

 System.Xml.Xsl.XslLoadException
XSLT compile error.

Feed 'http://mysite.com/DesktopModules/Events/EventRSS.aspx?mid=461&tabid=38' could not be loaded. Error: Download error

ShawnShawnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382503437972387615.post-90379372965871822042009-03-26T23:43:53.711-04:002009-03-26T23:43:53.711-04:00Hi Shawn,I have not tested the solution recently b...Hi Shawn,

I have not tested the solution recently but it sure should be able to work as long as the RSS syntication is enabled in the settings of the event module.

If you download the files you should be able to use it easily in your dotnetnuke module.

If the solution doesn't work than just post your comments on this blog and I will try to reply to your question as soon as possible.

Thanks,
WasayWasay Syedhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382503437972387615.post-81916877224130834192009-03-26T21:10:14.952-04:002009-03-26T21:10:14.952-04:00Hi i know this post is pretty old but I just found...Hi i know this post is pretty old but I just found it. does this file work with current verions of the events module. this is exactly what I am looking for. you can contact me at usinvestments @ gmail.com
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Fusing trail, track and technical running style, Nike & Off-White return with the Zoom Terra Kiger 5
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Exercise capacity and incidence of myocardial perfusion defects after Kawasaki disease in children and adolescents
Author + information
- Received June 27, 1994
- Revision received November 21, 1994
- Accepted January 4, 1995
- Published online May 1, 1995.
Author Information
- Stephen M. Paridon, MD, FACCa,*,
- Frank M. Galioto, MD, FACCa,
- Julie A. Vincent, MD†,
- Teresa L. Tomassoni, PhDa,
- Nancy M. Sullivan, MS† and
- J. Timothy Bricker, MD, FACC‡
- ↵*Present address and address for corresnpodence: Dr. Stephen M. Paridon, Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4399.
Objectives. This study evaluated exercise performance and myocardial perfusion during exercise in patients with Kawasaki disease who had a broad spectrum of residual coronary abnormalities.
Background. Reports of exercise performance after Kawasaki disease have generally included a small number of patients evaluated by various protocols, frequently with incomplete data. Myocardial perfusion studies have usually been limited to those using pharmacologically induced coronary vasodilation. Therefore, to our knowledge there has not been a large study directly correlating exercise performance, electrocardiographic (ECG) changes and myocardial perfusion imaging.
Methods. Forty-six patients were classified into three groups on the basis of coronary artery status: group 1 (n = 27) had no objective evidence of coronary artery lesions; group 2 (n = 11) had resolved aneurysms; group 3 (n = 8) had persistent coronary aneurysms. All patients underwent exercise testing with monitor ing of ECG changes and oxygen consumption. Single-photon emission computed tomographic imaging was performed at rest and during peak exercise using technetium-99m sestamibi.
Results. Maximal oxygen consumption was within normal limits and was similar for all three groups. Five patients had mild ST segment changes at peak exercise. Two of these patients had stress-induced perfusion defects. Myocardial perfusion defects were present in 37% of patients in group 1, 63% in group 2 and 100% in group 3. Perfusion defects corresponded to the coronary artery lesion site in all but three patients.
Conclusions. Maximal oxygen consumption is normal after Kawasaki disease regardless of coronary artery status. Stressinduced perfusion defects are frequent even in the absence of coronary abnormalities and are common in the absence of ST segment changes suggestive of ischemia.
- Received June 27, 1994.
- Revision received November 21, 1994.
- Accepted January 4, 1995.
- American College of Cardiology


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Meet ABC's new Parents: Jane Kaczmarek and Adam Arkin.
The actors have joined the network's comedy pilot Who Gets the Parents?, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Bradley Whitford, Jane Kaczmarek file for divorce after nearly 17 yearsThe series revolves around a couple (Kaczmarek and Arkin) who divorce after 30 years of marriage and decide to take more active roles in the lives of their three children.Andrew West (Greek, Nip/Tuck) will play their youngest son, and Derek Richardson (Men In Trees) will portray their middle child.
Check out photos of Adam ArkinKaczmarek, who earned seven Emmy nominations for her work on Malcolm in the Middle, was most recently seen on TNT's now-defunct Raising the Bar.Arkin's latest TV credit was a season-long stint on Sons of Anarchy last year.


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To ReRead, or Not To ReRead...That is the question!
To reread or not to reread? That is the question!
There are several books on my list which I would love to go back and reread! I like to take my time, let the prose wash over my brain, and allow myself to re-experience the book anew.
But will I?
Not likely. At least, no time soon. I have a very large, and ever growing, TBR list. Seriously, check it out.... I'll wait. With upwards of 6800 books on my list, and an average reading of 4-6 books a month, let's do the math, shall we?
6800 books divided by (5 books times 12 months a year) = 113 years!!!
Seriously, one hundred and thirteen years! Perhaps I better start that exercise and vitamins regimen!
This tells us a few things:
1) I definitely need to take a look at my list, perhaps be a bit more picky, and clean it up some
2) I've got to prioritize rereading an awesome classic vs. a potentially mediocre new title
3) time for rereading is not currently in the game plan!
What about you? Do you reread? And if so, how do you find the time?!


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This app makes it so easy to remind someone you are thinking of them with an instant gift you know they will love and actually use. I like that I can attach a personalized message and communicate in the app with the receiver of my gift.
So much fun to surprise friends and family with a quick gift and message at their favorite places. Interface is super easy to use too. Definitely get it and try it out!
The app is great and the idea of sharing kindness is a beautiful idea. I hope this takes off and becomes something everyone uses. We could all use a little more kindness in our lives!
My boyfriend always gets lunch at La Madeline. So I used this to send him a surprise $$ there (with video message), and he was so excited! Such a fun and easy way to let him know I was thinking about him. I'll be using this again!
I love KOYA. I get to send little surprises to my favorite people and with the new feature this is even easier to accomplish! It's so sweet to make someone's day or to receive a message and feel thought of!


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The quieter you become the more you can hear.
Inspiration is God making contact with itself
It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed
I used to have a sign over my computer that read OLD DOGS CAN LEARN NEW TRICKS, but lately I sometimes ask myself how many more new tricks I want to learn. Wouldn't it be easier just to be outdated?
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Presumption of fact
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|an argument of a fact from a fact; an inference as to the existence of one fact not certainly known, from the existence of some other fact known or proved, founded on a previous experience of their connection; supposition of the truth or real existence of something, without direct or positive proof of the fact, but grounded on circumstantial or probable evidence which entitles it to belief.
See also: Presumption


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Since the day my father and mother opened The Fort in 1963, this has been a signature cocktail. My dad explains its origins:
"Back in the 1830s at Bent's Fort in southeastern Colorado, the favorite hot-weather drink, especially on the Fourth of July, was the hailstorm. Enjoyed by trappers, voyageurs, Mexicans and Native Americans alike, it is the earliest-known mixed drink in Colorado and was described in a number of journals of the early west. At The Fort we use a variety of whiskeys or cognac for this bestselling drink."
Read the full story from the May/June 2012 issue of Colorado Life Magazine!
|Number of Servings:
|3 oz bourbon, scotch or Cognac
2 tsp confectioners' sugar
2 sprigs fresh mint
crushed ice to fill one wide-mouth pint Mason jar or julep cup
|Put the alcohol, sugar and mint in the jar and fill with ice. Secure the lid and shake vigorously 50 times. If using a julep cup, muddle it with a silver spoon, crushing the mint against the ice and the walls of the jar.
The ice will bruise the mint so that it releases its flavor, and the ice will melt a little and dilute the drink. When well shaken, remove the lid and drink from the jar.


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How I Was Nearly Lynched For Allegedly Stealing A Phone
Ask me what I dread most in this world and I would cringe to say death. Not by hanging, not by accident nor by failing to wake up in my sleep. I fear the kind of death that would send me as a disgrace before anyone knows who I really am. I fear death through so-called instant justice or mob attack.
What happened to Captain Maxwell Mahama has given me flashbacks of my own experience some four years ago. I missed an encounter with my greatest fear only by a hair's breadth.
That Thursday in 2013, I was almost lynched for being a thief- a phone thief, at the main Kasoa lorry station.
So many questions raced through my mind that momentous evening while I sat in the bus I boarded from the Kasoa station, brooding over what would have made the headlines to my family that fateful night.
It was around 8 pm and the neighborhood lights were out. I waited edgily for a bus after leaving my aunt's residence. I heard a driver's mate shout "Awoshie, Ablekuma! Awoshie, Ablekuma!!" Immediately, I headed in the direction and approached him to lead me to the bus.
In fact, I can't recall where she suddenly appeared from but just a few steps into the bus, I felt a tap behind me and there she stood- my little angel of death. She looked six or seven, virtually in tatters, looking very dirty with a sniveling face, wiping off herself as if she had survived a stampede.
"Sister! Give me the phone you just took from me when I fell down running" she demanded in Akan.
For a moment, I thought she got the wrong person and so I ignored; as if I knew all about the plan to get me a beating that night. Then she persisted.
I paused for a moment, turned and yelled at her to dismiss her claim.
"Phone? Get lost before I spank you! Don't ever think you can use one of those tricks on me, thief!" I scolded her in the common language and sat in the bus.
Before any of the passengers could apprehend what was really happening, this little girl had already jumped in the half-full bus with teary eyes demanding I gave her the phone. I entered the bus with my bag containing a laptop, my Samsung Ch@t GT E2222, together with some cash. And I was decently dressed.
The puzzled passengers looked on as they took a quick glance at the brat and decided to cross-examine me. Standing right in front of me, this petite fraudster claimed the supposed phone was given to her by her mother minutes before I picked it up from the ground where she fell.
"Sister, if you have taken the girl's phone, just give it to her so she can go back home to her mother. The bus is almost full." One woman advised.
I was left in a state of shock and confusion; fully aware what this could generate into if not handled properly. I would have suffered a heavy blow on my face before given any chance to speak- considering how my accuser grew more persistent. So I remained calm and explained the situation to the other passengers.
"I have no idea what she is talking about. This little girl is telling lies. Please do not believe her" I pleaded while trying to maintain my composure so I don't raise any more suspicions. Like they say "no thief admits ever stealing."
I persisted and finally got the passengers on my side.
Apparently, that imaginary mother of hers are the fraudsters lurking somewhere in the station waiting to hear any accusing tantrums of a phone theft so they could descend on whoever is being accused. The plan is to train, send and take over when their little trainee succeeds.
I was bowled over, left in a state of disbelieve as the passengers kept questioning the girl about the type of phone and the number of the said phone in order to verify the authenticity of her accusation. Within minutes, she ran out of words and swiftly dashed out of the bus threatening to go and call her mother.
When I fully regained consciousness from all that was happening around me, I searched my bag to ensure nothing of that sought had been slipped into it or taken out by any magical means. Everything was still intact except my sanity.
I showed commuters my phone and explained that this was clearly a scheme of engaging little children in the act of robbery. Only some bunch of geniuses and heartless people would be able to come out with such a clever scheme. Anyone would have believed such skilled liar, especially around that time.
Several minutes after the charade, the bus eventually got full yet there was no sign of this baby thief and her supposed mother. No one even saw where she went in the dark and it became patent that she was on a mission.
"Their medicine didn't work today; you are very lucky, sister!" yelled a bread seller as the bus moved out of the station.
Now imagine the number of innocent lives that are being chased out of this world each day? First, he was an armed robber, then a galamseyer, finally we learn he is a prominent soldier, a captain, a father and a husband. So why burn him after making him suffer such painful death. Why?
I keep wondering what happened to the Kumasi girl who was subjected to a severe beating and molested for allegedly stealing a phone. The last I heard, she lodged a complaint at the police station and disappeared. Nobody knows what she's going through- guilty or not. Dead or alive. But the 24 suspects arrested in connection with the case have been granted bail by the police.
I wouldn't have been given the privilege to fill the airwaves but I'd be gone a thief, a phone thief- just because I wasn't given a hearing.
What would have been my punishment if I wasn't bold enough to rebuke this supposed six-year-old trained liar? Only God knows whether I may live to share this story or I would have been dictating from a wheelchair four years later. Let's just say I wasn't destined to depart this way- in the hands of provoked mob. But none of us is far from this reality. Not even you.


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Fisher Cats lose in 12
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The Fisher Cats dropped a tight ballgame in extra frames Saturday night, losing 6-5 in 12 innings to the New Britain Rock Cats at New Britain Stadium.
The Fisher Cats (24-25) assumed an early lead but couldn't hold onto it, and squandered an opportunity to move above .500. The Rock Cats (31-17) burnished their league-best record and ran wild on the base paths, with three stolen bases against New Hampshire.
New Hampshire struck first in the top of the first inning against New Britain starter Matt Flemer (ND). Jorge Flores led off the game with a double down the left field line, and raced home two batters later on a double into the gap by Melky Mesa to create a 1-0 lead for the visitors. New Hampshire tacked on three more in the top of the second, taking advantage of an error by New Britain. Ian Parmley singled home Matt Newman and Pierce Rankin, and later came home on a bases-loaded single by Mesa to make it 4-0 in favor of the Fisher Cats.
The Rock Cats struck back in the bottom of the fourth inning against Fisher Cats starter Taylor Cole (ND). Tom Murphy drew a one-out walk, and moved to third on a single by Tyler Massey. Juan Ciriaco bounced to Kevin Nolan at shortstop for a fielder's choice that retired Massey and scored Murphy, then moved to second on a single by Jan Vazquez. With two outs, Pat Valaika laced a single to right that plated Ciriaco and made it a 4-2 game.
New Britain took the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning. With two outs, Trevor Story singled, and moved to second when Tom Murphy reached on a dropped third strike. Story scored on a double by Massey, and both Massey and Murphy came home on a triple by Juan Ciriaco to give New Britain a 5-4 lead.
The Fisher Cats knotted it up in the seventh inning. With one out and runners at first and second against New Britain reliever Carlos Estevez, K.C. Hobson chopped a single through the right side, scoring Dwight Smith, Jr. and evening the score at 5-5. The Fisher Cats loaded the bases with one out, but Matt Newman bounced into an inning-ending 3-2-3 double play to quell the rally.
That's where the score stayed until the bottom of the 12th, after Gus Schlosser (W, 7-3) set the visitors down in order in the top of the frame. Dustin Antolin (L, 1-2) allowed a leadoff double to Tom Murphy, who moved to third on a sacrifice bunt from Massey. Ciriaco reached on an infield single, but Murphy stayed at third. Antolin intentionally walked Vazquez, and Valaika made him pay with a liner into right to score Tom Murphy for the winning run.
Cole took a no-decision, allowing five runs on seven hits and two walks over 4.2 innings while whiffing two. Greg Burke dealt 1.1 innings of scoreless relief, fanning one and working around two walks. Danny Barnes fired 2 frames of shutout work, striking out three against one hit. Blake McFarland surrendered three hits but nothing else in two innings while striking out one. Antolin took the loss, surrendering a run on three hits and a walk while striking out one in 1.1 innings of relief.
New Hampshire will try to secure a series victory when they take the field Sunday afternoon for a 1:35 p.m rubber match at New Britain Stadium. Righty Joel Piñeiro gets the ball for the Fisher Cats against New Britain lefty Ryan Carpenter.


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for me it is gloriously self-indulgent and provides hours of nostalgic enjoyment to let the mind ramble through favorite memories. i always wonder what unlocks the brain from one memory to the next, how exactly does the brain filing system work? these mysteries are neither answered nor explored in this excerpt. i just do a little of that self-indulgent crap and invite you to respond with the same...
sound of lawn sprinklers going on with
seeing the full moon come up over mount olympus
--this means summer is in full swing because i am laying out on granny's lawn, it's summer so our sprinkler use is turned to nighttime, and the moon just perfectly comes over the peaks to the east, the grass is still warm from the sun going down. then we scramble for cover
Sound of U2's 'with or without you' with
sight of my old friend don merril playing air guitar and grinning like a chesire cat
--he was the first one to really introduce me to the band U2 and their music became quite the presence in my college years--joshua tree was the soundtrack to my entire semester in jerusalem
smell of pipe tobacco with
walking to gemco
--at an age when i still considered walking to the local grocery store an opportunity for some social interaction(picture hanging out in front of 7-11) rather than driving. i would have to pass our neighbor's house who was a huge pipe smoker, and i loved the smell-sweet and rich. he also had his lawn mowed into a small putting green which seemed so funny to me, i mean we really lived in middle, middle america and can you just picture this dude out front smoking his pipe and putting on his own lawn? who does that??
Feeling the heat of the sun on my goosepimply skin as i warmed my body after swimming for hours with
Laughing uproarously with friends playing pool games for days on end throughout the whole summer...as a kid i never thought vegas was too hot in the summer, what is too hot when you can swim for 6 hours in a row?
feeling so tired and falling into bed begging my mom to
tickle my back so i could fall asleep...isn't there something so precious about the slowly deepening breath of a child as they fall asleep? makes it worth laying by them for millions of nights in a row just to recall that safe and warm feeling as a child:) we would beg our mom to tickle our back in church--sitting through the long services, i'm sure she just hoped we would be quiet long enough to make it out without her killing us.
sound of music blasting out of seriously rated speakers and the
beat pulling your body right off its seat for all night dancing and singing fests. what songs, beats, bands did this for you? off the top of my head...stray cats, der kommisar, careless whisper/wham, housemartins, modest mouse, trio, violent femmes, psychedelic furs, janet jackson, madonna, new order-blue monday, squirrel nut zippers, cake, sinead o'connor, hippy chick, squeeze, jamiroquai, no doubt, dave matthews band, alicia keyes, yeah yeah yeahs, michael franti and spearhead/skin on the drum, prince, the strokes, the kinks, sondre lerche and, and , and....who's ready to make their own list?(consider this paragraph the "currently listening bit"--now i've got to go and make a new playlist


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Effective Ventilation
I spent the last part of my firefighting career in New Zealand. Firefighters there, unlike their American counterparts, do not often employ vertical and horizontal ventilation as an offensive firefighting tactic. In the United States, firefighters often break windows or cut holes in the roofs of burning buildings so smoke and heated gases produced by the fire can escape freely.
These tactics reduce the dangers of flashover and backdraft, which occur in the first instance when all of the available combustibles in a compartment reach their ignition temperatures at or near the same time and in the second instance when fuel-laden smoke heated beyond its ignition temperature is mixed with air in the right proportion to ignite, sometimes with explosive force. Either of these conditions can render a building untenable for anyone left inside or anyone entering unawares. For this reason, firefighters employ these tactics judiciously and under close supervision only after securing an adequate water supply with which to fight the fire.
Venting a building is not a panacea. Letting smoke out also lets fresh air in, which in turn increases the burning rate of the materials already ignited. Consequently, firefighters have to be ready and able to get to work quickly to extinguish what's already on fire and prevent it from spreading to anything else.
Organizations, like building fires, often suffer from inadequate ventilation. Stifling the burning rate keeps things from getting completely out of control, but that does not necessarily make the situation safer for those working in the organization nor more efficient.
In the absence of effective ventilation, New Zealand firefighters used cooling sprays of water to reduce the pent up energy near the ceiling before they entered a burning building. This reduced the danger of flashover but not backdraft. Moreover, it often made the job of finding and attacking the fire more difficult due to poor visibility and the added stress of heat and moisture penetrating their firefighting gear.
Like cooling the heated upper gas layer in a fire, pouring cold water on those showing initiative, even if its done indirectly, can have a chilling effect on the entire organization. Employing such tactics may be necessary and even beneficial under certain circumstances, especially in concert with targeted measures that attack specific problems directly but should never be taken as the sole strategy for keeping things under control.
To be fair, it often makes little difference in the outcome of a fire whether firefighters use American of Kiwi tactics to attack it. But when it does matter, the lack of openness can impede both efficiency and effectiveness, and it sometimes contributes to dangerous conditions that jeopardize safety and performance.


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Worcester AMC 100th Anniversary
Group: Worcester AMC
When: Sunday, October 22
Where: Wells State Park
Cost: Free (registration required)
To celebrate the Worcester Chapter's 100th Anniversary, join us for a Celebration hike at Wells State Park. We have been running this event for many years. Its a big draw! Come join us for this special event! There are some historic sites on the premises Hike will be 5 to 6 miles 1,5 to 2.0 pace, easy to moderate terrain. Boots are required. Dress according to weather and climate change. Bring plenty of water, snacks and lunch for the trail. We will be stopping at Carpenters cliffs for a lunch . Heavy rain hike will be canceled. If desired, come join us after the hike at Rapscallion Brewery for Socializing, tasting and live music...


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A tradition of trust since 1903
Take note! Incomparable and irreplaceable residence, privately situated on impeccably manicured grounds. This estate home has been enhanced and renovated in every aspect, to create an outstanding family oasis, with nothing left untouched. The condition is meticulous both inside and out. The residence is introduced by a formal motorcourt and entryway, protecting guests from the elements. The truly breathtaking entry foyer leads to beautifully proportioned rooms with tall ceilings, exquisite millwork, and finishes. Views from the formal rooms capture the first glimpse of the expansive grounds & gardens. While every bit ready for a formal affair, the heart of the home is the superb kitchen with multiple service pantries, breakfast/hearth room and exceptional family room ready for favored friends and family. All bedrooms feature gorgeous private baths. Pool & pool house with outdoor kitchen, fireplace, covered patio and bath with changing room. Sport court. Great finished basement. 5 car garage parking, wired for car charging. Generator. Rest assured this home will not disappoint.


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What better way to ensure good early attendance than to jet in a distinguished professor to give the kick-off address? Negroponte has been right about most things techno and the Marketing Society booked him to top the bill at its annual summit. His subject was 'What will matter most to customers', but we heard rather more about 'What most customers will get from telecoms and consumers electronics'.
Not that he started badly. 'I'm not going to use any visuals, video or – perish the thought – PowerPoint. Instead, I hope the pictures I paint with words will be better.' Sadly, they weren't. He had interesting things to say: an entire national telecoms network was installed in Bolivia by Ericsson in just one month. Indeed, there were probably too many interesting things to say as Negroponte, pacing within a self-imposed three-metre box, tried to string them into a coherent stream. But the ideas and facts came out in a torrent, leaving the audience to pick out the bones.
We were invited to examine the world he called 'bits and atoms'. The imminent thing in telecoms is CDMA, which will be with us soon. It stands for... well, he didn't tell us. He was running out of time. Now it was time to look at consumer electronics. 'Complexity is out of control,' he said. The MIT prof realised he didn't have an ending, so: 'Er... that's it.'
Key moment: The idea that 'the last person to listen to is the customer'.
Key lesson: Being an expert requires you do more preparation to ensure your presentation has a cogent start, middle and end.
Silver tongue or foot in mouth? Foot in mouth
Khalid Aziz, a professor of business communications at Southampton University, is chairman of the Aziz Corporation – firstname.lastname@example.com


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Review: Ralph Breaks The Internet, but is that what kids even want?
Movie Review
|Rich Moore, Phil Johnston
|Written By
|Phil Johnston, Pamela Ribon
|John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Gal Gadot, Taraji P. Henson, Alan Tudyk
|30 NOV (UK) Certificate PG
Matt Looker
28th November 2018
Due to what I'm sure were very important reasons, we never got round to reviewing the recent Suspiria remake here, so apologies for that. It is, however, a truly exceptional film that chills to the bone and slowly builds to a darkly disturbing crescendo of menace and gore. Its only major problem is that there is an early scene so horrifying, so deeply, core-shakingly terrifying, that nothing afterwards can match it for sheer horror. It is truly nasty beyond reproach and is hands-down the most repulsive film scene of 2018. I mention this because, against all odds, Ralph Breaks The Internet contains a sequence that comes a close second.
So imagine how my four-year-old son, who was crying next to me during this part of the film, must be feeling. There's a chance that he will never be able to come into contact with a WiFi signal again without his body shutting down in a deep state of shock, or maybe he'll be okay because I managed to bribe him with a cookie to stay until the end. Tsk, irresponsible filmmakers, eh?
Disney films have always flirted with scary scenes that arguably have no place in a family movie (I can't wait to see how Tim Burton live-action-adapts Dumbo's surreal drug trip into Trainspotting levels of sickening debauchery). But for Ralph Breaks The Internet, this dark turn seems more a result of the film not knowing who it is trying entertain most: kids or their parents. This is, after all, a film where the primary hook is a bunch of nodding jokes about how the internet works, SEO, clickbait, social influencers, trolls, the dark net and, yes, Disney princesses throughout the ages. And it works. The film is brilliantly funny and incredibly clever in its depiction of the Internet as an inhabitable place, where Twitter is a real tree of blue birds literally retweeting each other and Instagram is a giant art gallery. But as we walked out after the credits and I asked my son what was his favourite part of the film, his answer certainly wasn't "I loved the joke about autofill, Daddy. It totally rang true with my experience of Google's browser data."
Sure, he's four, and certainly on the young side of the PG demographic, and maybe I'm just out of touch with our younger generation's familiarity with (*puts on half-moon reading glasses*) the world wide web. Either way, the same criticism could certainly be said of the original Wreck-It Ralph, where its myriad of arcade and console cameos fly over the heads of anyone born this century. But that feels more acceptable. After all, a Pac-Man ghost, Bowser and Zangief are just a cartoon ghost, monster and angry Russian wrestler for those not in the know. The characters still work in the context of the scene. For this sequel though, a gag about a pop-up character getting obstructed by an ad-blocker is just, well, a gag about ad-blockers.
As a whole, the plot is simple enough, with Ralph and Vanellope on a goal-oriented mission that pleasingly suits their videogame origins. The steering wheel on Vanellope's Sugar Rush arcade game has broken and the pair break into the Internet to try to raise enough money/credits to pay for a replacement on eBay or else the glitching sprite will lose her home for good. It takes a little too long to get going, and the film really only kicks into a high gear when Vanellope visits Oh My Disney for a cameo-saturated sequence of fun at the Mouse House's expense, but there's a clear drive to proceedings that keeps things moving at a zippy pace.
At the heart of it all though is a complex message of friendship and insecurity. For all the meme mayhem and web wackiness, the film ends up having a lot to say about the nature of a smothering relationship, how this often leads to inadvertent emotional blackmail and manipulation and how - even unintentionally - this can be a form of abuse. It's all handled in a suitably delicate way, hitting all the right notes of sentimentality and profundity at the right moments, but it feels a little heavy going considering the last film was just about finding friendship in the first place.
It is, at least, a natural character progression for Ralph, who is the one traversing this learning curve. Because if the film has its story still rooted in videogames, of course it's in Ralph's code to still be the bad guy.
And, obviously, it's a sign of the franchise maturing. Just as Toy Story has fun imagining inanimate playthings coming to life and subsequent sequels explored the actual consequences of that for the toys, this follow-up progresses Ralph and Vanellope in a real-time six years. With Vanellope part of a game that's more sophisticated than Ralph's 8-bit environment, it makes sense that she would have more sophisticated values - in this case, the desire to experience more than exists within the plug socket junction of Litwak's Arcade. Following the same logic, it is perfect positioning that she would later feel a sense of belonging within Slaughter Race, an even more sophisticated online RPG (led by the Gal Gadot-voiced Shank) that allows her to drive freely within an open, albeit violent, environment.
There's the feeling though that, just as in the first film, and with other properties like the Cars series, the rules established in this sequel haven't been fully fleshed out. It's great to make jokes out of specific websites and online behaviours, but sometimes it begs more questions about other areas of the internet that don't easily fit into the world presented here.
Like porn. 30% of the Internet is porn, Ralph. Where's the porn? Maybe they have to leave something unexplored for the third film, and now I've just realised that my last days on earth will probably be spent haunted by whatever happens in that.
Additional observations
- Forget the Disney princesses scene, there is a musical number in this film that is an even better send-up of Disney.
- I know it's an obvious thing to do, but I really loved how the people in Slaughter Race moved like actual playable characters, right down to a little accidental skip-jump as one changed direction.
- At one point, you can see the sign for IMDB, and I lost five minutes thinking about how this review will be posted there, which technically means that I'm IN this film.
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Wrinkles Gone With Inexpensive Skin Cancer Cream
Disappearing wrinkles have been found to be a side effect of the inexpensive skin cancer cream Efudex. Not only does the skin cancer cream erase wrinkles, but also it does a good job getting rid of pre-cancerous sun spots, uneven skin tone, and lack luster skin.
The skin cancer cream, fluorouracil, marketed as Efudex is applied as an ointment. It is also used intravenously for chemotherapy for treating patients with head, neck, liver and bowel cancer, and now is found to erase wrinkles and more, in a small study.
Efudex cream, applied topically for actinic keratosis, also seems to stimulate collagen. Twenty-one volunteers used the skin cancer treatment for two weeks to reduce signs of sun damage and sun spots, also called liver spots (actinic keratosis), finding a significant improvement in their skin, including reduced wrinkling, and overall improvement in facial appearance.
Cosmetic laser treatments used to erase wrinkles cause redness and inflammation as the under layers of the skin rejuvenated. Efudex cream produced the same type of results – it rejuvenated the skin surface, resulting in fewer wrinkles, and improved skin suppleness and texture.
The research, led by Dr Dana Sachs, of the University of Michigan means skin care may be more accessible because of the cost of the skin cancer cream versus expensive laser treatments. The scientists also observed better skin tone with Efudex, and less sallowness, or yellow appearance of the skin.
The researchers say the best advice is for people "to protect their skin from sun damage... ensure that you don't burn." Side effects of Efudex skin cancer cream include irritation and inflammation of the skin that may last for weeks. It cannot be used during pregnancy. Once the skin is healed, the reported results are fewer wrinkles around the eyes and cheekbones, better skin tone and texture, and reversal of sun damage – something that may be worth what Dr. Sachs describes as "looking like raw hamburger meat."


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Metric @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 6.13.2012
Metric played a last minute intimate show for fans only at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn last Wednesday. Metric is so great live, that I'm convinced they could do a show where they just play nursery rhymes and they would still be better than 90% of bands out today. I was waiting in line for the bathroom after the show and the girl in front of me turned to me and said, "They were so good, I'm destroyed, I think I might have been in a coma". It was really that good.


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Earnest Gibson III, Riverside's General Hospital's CEO of more than 30 years, was convicted Monday of conspiring to buy and sell patients in a Medicare and Medicaid scam that siphoned $158 million from government coffers.
Also convicted and awaiting sentencing are his son Earnest Gibson IV, Riverside auditor Regina Askew and Robert Crane, a shuttle driver. Federal prosecutors stated in trial that Crane admitted to an investigating officer he was in the business of referring clients to Riverside's drug and mental health treatment program in return for cash, and then Askew would furnish the paperwork to cover up any wrongdoing. Investigators said inconsistencies in the hospital's books proved that so-called hourly marketers were really headhunters paid a flat rate for every patient they enrolled at Riverside.
There was less evidence to pinpoint the exact role of the Gibsons, who worked higher on the administrative chain. Defense attorneys claimed that both men were the victims of slander by state witnesses who stood to reduce their own prison sentences by snitching on whoever was most convenient as a scapegoat. Prosecutors argued that because of the extreme scope of the scheme, which involved billing Medicare for imaginary doctor visits to absent patients over a span of many years, the hospital's top administrators had to have suspected.
The convictions come at a time when the future of the hospital itself is unclear. A historic Third Ward institution, Riverside had run one of the largest drug recovery programs in the state before federal investigators cracked down in 2012. Since then, the once-sprawling hospital system has lost all its government funding, reducing its treatment offerings to a single campus.
Though creditors requested the appointment of three conservators -- Gerry Hilliard, former state representative Ron Wilson and the Rev. Manson Johnson -- to keep the hospital afloat, the conservators maintained Gibson's innocence throughout the investigation and even asked federal Judge Lee Rosenthal to let them consult the veteran administrator for financial advice.
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A few weeks back, I wrote an article about one of the new data utilities from Patrick Frost at Q2Q.us. In this article, I want examine a different kind of tool that Patrick is featuring for QuickBooks Online.
In my way of thinking, this isn't so much a data utility as it is a reporting tool that makes use of both Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel. This tool essentially has been adapted to work with QBO from the version that worked with QuickBooks Desktop products.
Probably the biggest reason why the QuickBooks desktop version of the tool was not used by many ProAdvisors was that QuickBooks Statement Writer was available for QuickBooks Enterprise customers who are the most likely candidates needing a more sophisticated set of financial statements.
So even though QB-Desktop users might not have used the Custom Reporter from Q2Q, I can see more QBO users potentially using the online version of Custom Reporter since QBO has limited report customization abilities.
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As with the other tools from Q2Q, the product is built around Microsoft Access. And even though this tool works with QuickBooks Online, it's still a desktop software product that communicates with QBO via a browser established link.
One big advantage of these desktop-based products, as opposed to cloud based apps, is the ability to connect to multiple QBO companies without having to pay for a separate subscription or app per connection.
With the Online Custom Financial Reporter, you can quickly and easily produce presentation quality financial statements.
This Reporter allows you to use Excel, one of the most popular tools ProAdvisors use, to create customized financial statement formats and then merge QuickBooks Online data into those formats.
The same statement formats can be used over and over again, and for all of your clients or, you can have different formats for different clients all linked to QBO via this reporting tool.
Here are a few of the really neat capabilities of the Online Custom Financial Reporter:
- Provides a default Excel workbook containing a set of financial statement formats that you can modify or copy. You also can create your own format workbooks.
- Other than the columns of data that are available, you have total control over the design of your financial statement formats within Excel.
- You can have as many heading and data rows as you need, and use any Excel fonts, type styles, number format, colors and functional capabilities.
Installation and Getting Started
I always suggest you "try before you buy," and this tool is no exception. Fortunately, you have a trial available for download. You can purchase and register the product later if you decide it is the right one for you.
Once you have downloaded the product from the Q2Q website and launch the installation process, the installer will guide you through a few simple steps. Be sure to review the system requirements (shown on the right below).
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During installation, you'll be asked to confirm the location where you want the product installed and to confirm the installation completed. After the Reporter installs, you'll need to install the companion "encryption engine," which is necessary for sending/receiving QBO data across the internet from a desktop-based product.
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You'll need to agree to the terms of use for the product. As with most software, this is the End User License Agreement (EULA). Speaking of the EULA, you'll also need to register the product if you buy it. In order to complete the registration, open the Settings page by clicking on the Wrench Icon (shown below).
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When the settings page opens, click the "Enter Registration" button. When the Owner Registration page opens, enter the owner's name and owner ID just as you received them on the order confirmation email from Q2Q. (Yes, I redacted my registration ID).
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Close the firm to save the registration information. You'll be returned to the main page of the Reporter.
To begin using this tool, you must first connect to a QBO company file. Of course, as with all of the Q2Q tools, all you really do is follow the numbered steps.
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If you are unclear as to what's going on, look in the Processing Status window below Step 7. It let's you know where you are in terms of what is taking place.
Clicking on the "Add New" in Step 1 (the Big Blue arrow above) opens the QuickBooks Online Connection window as seen below. This window allows you to add or update QBO companies with which you want to use this product.
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Begin the process of adding a new company using the Open button. Don't worry, we'll get to the "Add" button in a little bit. Reporter launches our default browser and takes us to the Q2Q QuickBooks Online Connector web page so that we can connect our QBO file.
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Now, click the Connect to QuickBooks button at the bottom of the web page to launch the QBO Oauth process. You'll need to log in using your QBO credentials – either your email or user ID and your password.
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When asked, be sure to Authorize the sharing of your QBO Data with the QBO connector that exchanges the data between your QuickBooks online account and the Q2Q Reporter.
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Once the connection confirmation web page is displayed on your browser, you can close your browser and finalize the connection by clicking the Add button back on the QBO Company page of the Reporter tool.
When you do, the connection information will be displayed on the page. (Note: The Company Realm ID has been redacted from the illustration below to maintain file security.)
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While you can connect multiple QBO Companies to the Reporter tool, you can only connect one of them at a time. You'll need to go through the process of adding each company individually to add additional companies.
Closing the QBO Company page returns us back to the main window of the Reporter. The Realm ID of the company now will appear in the drop-down list for Step 1, but I have redacted it in these illustration (although, the name of my QBO Company appears above the wrench).
Step 2 provides the date information associated with the trial balance data you want to export, including the current period beginning and ending dates, and the previous period data to be used.
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Once you have set your Export Criteria in Step 2, you're ready to export the financial trial balances from QBO by clicking the Export Data button at the right side of Step 3.
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The Reporter exports multiple trial balances from QuickBooks Online and puts the data into your Excel workbook. While the Reporter is sending queries to QBO and receiving responses, you'll see various messages flash within the Processing Status window.
When the process is finished, the Reporter will display the message "Finished Exporting Data" in the Processing Status window.
Optionally, you can View an on-screen report of the data downloaded before you send the trial balance data to Excel. Click the View button at the right end of Step 3.
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This step really isn't necessary, but it you're curious if you received the data you intended, you might want to verify the export.
Before sending the exported QBO data to Excel, you must first locate the Excel worksheet that Q2Q created during installation of the Reporter. Click the Browse button in Step 5 to locate the Excel workbook with a set of financial statement formats that the Financial Reporter created during installation.
The Reporter will take you to the default location based upon the installation path you selected.
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If you choose to change or add your own Excel workbooks in alternative locations, you'll need to browse to the location of the workbooks you create.
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Selecting the file from the browse window posts the location and file name into the window on Step 5. We're now ready to transfer the exported QBO data from the Reporter into the Excel workbook. Click the Update Excel button at the right end of Step 6.
Click the Open Excel button at the right end of Step 7 to open the Excel workbook to the trial balance tab so you can begin the process of configuring your data.
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I want to call your attention in the above illustration to the two columns with arrows. This is how we tie information together on the trial balance tab of the worksheet. The big blue arrow above points to the Account Names that were imported from QBO, while the big yellow arrow points to the names that ties the data to your financial format worksheet rows.
While the example below is a little complex to look at, I think it helps explain the relationships that are going on here between the trial balance information and the rest of the financial format worksheets.
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The data in the Trial Balance is linked to your financial format worksheets using the Excel SUMIF function that matches user definable "Row Names" in the financial statement format sheets with the same names as in the Trial Balance sheet.
To create a link between a financial statement format sheet and the trial balance sheet, you give a row in each financial statement a row name. Then, in the trial balance sheet, you assign the same row name to all accounts to be accumulated on that same row.
Once the mapping is complete, the data in the Trial Balance sheet automatically flows to your financial statement format sheets based on matching row names.
Look closely at the above depiction and you'll see that I have called both the Loan Account and Wells Fargo bank accounts cash on the left. That name corresponds to the rows appearing in column A of the Balance Sheet Assets on the right.
Our total Cash for 2016 is $6905, which is the sum of both the $2918.36, plus the -$23.00. The two thin blue arrows merge to form one amount combined under Cash.
The thin purple line represents a one-to-one relationship between an account and a row on the balance sheet, in this case A/R (accounts receivable).
The Reporter tool saves the row names you assign to accounts so that the next time you export data from your QBO Company, the previously assigned row names are automatically included on your Trial Balance sheet. Any new accounts not previously mapped will appear in a special report alerting you to the lack of mapping.
For more details on the mapping process, you should watch the YouTube video that was created for this product.
Of course, you're also free to change the exact names you want displayed on your financials. For example, I simply change the name "Cash" under my assets to "Cash and Other Cash Accounts." This in no way changed either the linked data or the data itself.
There essentially is no limitations in the organization of your data, so long as you preserve the relationship in the naming scheme by designating each Excel row with the appropriate row names that link the data together.
The Excel workbook created by the Reporter will contain the default financial statement formats, but you can have as many financial statement format sheets as you need to meet your reporting requirements.
The provided workbook includes sheets that have been formatted for Balance Sheet Assets, Balance Sheet Liabilities & Equity, a Profit and Loss Statement, a Cash Flow Statement, and even a Cover Sheet and Accountants Report. You can copy and modify the default workbook to meet your needs.
One nifty feature is the ability to print all of financial statement pages with a single click.
Personally, I like this tool because of the simplicity and, perhaps, because I'm a long time fan of Q2Q utilities. I had one little glitch that arose during my first use following installation, but a reboot of my computer resolved the issue. I think it had something to do with failure to finalize the program write to the Windows' Registry.
While there are a lot of very fancy tools on the market for use with QBO in terms of financial reporting, they're a lot more expensive as well. And remember, you can use this tool with more than one QBO file.


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The leader of the Landless People's Movement has criticised a move by the Government Institutions Pension Fund to transfer rand-denominated bonds and treasury bills from South Africa to the Bank of Namibia.
10 June 2019 | Economics
According to Swartbooi this move is putting workers' future at risk and if the government can just dip its hands into GIPF funds it means the fund is not safe anymore.
"The problem is GIPF must invest the pension money in order to get interest to secure the fund. When you take N$10 billion and park it, it means that money will not grow. It will just be sitting there," he said. Swartbooi also shot down the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projections that the Namibian economy growth, which has declined as a result of corruption and prolonged drought, will grow by 3% in 2020.
"Does that mean IMF knows Namibia's rain cycle that it can predict that there will be rain next year that will break the drought? Does that mean corruption levels will suddenly go down? I do not agree with the IMF report," he said.
According to him people privy to the country's real economic state predict that in fact Namibia's economy will worsen in the next three years. "And there is no place for tribal politics because we will under this government see a collapse of basic services. "There will be higher unemployment rates which will lead to higher crime rates and we will see much more organised crime because everyone will be looking out for themselves," he cautioned.
According to finance minister Calle Schlettwein the GIPF has transferred some investments in bonds and bills that were in South Africa in rand and placed it in rand in the BoN.
He also pointed out that it was not the government's decision but a decision by the fund itself.
"It has been done; there were investments in South Africa in rand, now these same investments have now been placed under the BoN. It is still in rand, there is no change in liquidity."
"There is no initial risk to the pensioner, it is just that where they were held by the SA institution it is now held by the BoN. And yes, it adds to our reserves.
"And it is a good thing, why shouldn't we do that? "Schlettwein said.
He added that Namibia remains a net exporter of capital and the move by the GIPF was welcomed because it would work back some of the capital that otherwise would not have been in our economy but in another economy.
"I think it is an informative measure that makes sure that the capital that our citizens save is in fact leveraged to boost our economy," he said.
Investment conference
According to Swartbooi the president's decision to appoint a high-level panel of economic advisors is a vote of no-confidence in his highly paid advisors and cabinet.
He also demanded that President Hage Geingob explain where the investment pledges are that were made at the 2016 Invest in Namibia conference that was hosted at a cost of N$20 million.
"That panel is telling us that they will have a big meeting about investments. Did we not have a big meeting about investments the other day? What happened to the investments that were pledged at the N$20 million investment conference?
"Are there no documents from this conference that this panel can just dust off and read and call investors and say 'Okay brother, you mos said you will invest this and that here'."
At the time economic planning minister Tom Alweendo said the investment conference was one of a kind as the country managed to bring together not only a big number of investors from all over the world, but also business people to meet and establish contacts.
Former presidential economic adviser John Steytler also told the media that that the conference was a resounding success by all accounts.


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♥ Our Little Squirt ♥ {14 weeks pregnancy update}
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How I'm feeling: Fairly well. Still very tired, but I seem to have more bouts of energy from time to time and am napping less. Still having slight nausea and cramping. Other things have set in like overall back pain, indigestion, discomfort, and sometimes the inability to fall asleep. HUNGRY ALL THE TIME!
true love, pregnancy style
Me: I think I got to go puke. (runs to the bathroom) Russ: Okay you go in there, and I'll go get your hair band.
A baked potato for my baby
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Beanie Baby {8 weeks pregnancy update}
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New Blog Category: Baby!!
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"Baking the Baby"
disclaimer…I'M NOT PREGNANT! (yet hehe!) But it is a matter of much discussion in our household. Last week I was trying to explain to Russ the purpose of prenatal vitamins and the function of folic acid in the development of a baby. His response was this: "So it's like yeast…to help bake the baby!" Then … [Read more…]