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The School of Music maintains its own calendar of events. It is entirely separate from the room scheduling calendar.
To place your previously-scheduled concert, recital or event on this calendar, please fill out this form. Events that have not been scheduled with Facilities will not be included.
Confirmed events are submitted to the university events calendar. If you believe your event has been overlooked or missed, please contact Eric Murtaugh.
To be considered for inclusion in one or both of these, we suggest:
– Consider what makes your event musically unique, personal, or intellectually interesting. Is there a theme? Are there notable performers or speakers? Is there a background story? How would you pitch it to a friend?
Ticketed events automatically receive extra publicity.


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Journalism 101 - Exploiting Grief
Talk about burying the lede...
During a subsequent safety lap, Ward got out of his car and stood on the track, seemingly to confront Stewart about the collision — a move that's not uncommon in local races.What's newsworthy here is that running out onto an active racetrack in New York state is apparently a humdrum everyday occurance. Sort of like bullfighting... with speeding cars.
Oh yeah... every other article I've read says the deceased was 20 years old, but I guess making him a teenager somehow makes this more tragic. That and the fact that he "slept with a smile on his face."
Sorry, folks... despite the media furor labelling Tony Stewart a killer, this was a totally avoidable incident. Wake up and smell the manipulation.
UPDATE: Finally... a voice of reason
"Is there a recorded radio interaction where he's saying, 'I'm gonna scare this kid' or 'I'm gonna do something'? That's what you need," lawyer Joe Tacopina told WFAN's Marc Malusis and Sid Rosenberg on Monday. "Short of that, there's no scenario where you're going to be able to prove that he tried to scare this kid or hurt this kid or do anything.Over and out.
"He's doing what he's supposed to be doing: he's driving a car in circles on a track, going fast."

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Happy Festive Season everyone, thank you for stopping by at our blog this year & sharing our gardening experiences with us.
We wish you, you families & gardens a happy New Year. We hope your gardens flourish & remember to leave some of your healthy plants to go to seed so you can save them.
Our garden looks very happy with this mild weather we are having, we are picking zucchinis, lots of herbs & chillies. Our first Bari cucumbers look delightful sitting in the garden, the first three we are saving for the seeds so we have not tasted them as yet.
So from all the folks from the Hills & Plains Seedsavers group we wish you good health & happiness & we look forward to sharing our gardening with you in 2010.


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Eddiekhae just dropped his new tune, which he titled Do The Dance. This music was released on the 13th of February 2018, and it has been trending and making waves.
The Youths in Ghana have fallen in love with this song, and they dance to it in an interesting but funny Rhythm. Eddiekhae's Do The Dance is gradually taking over the streets of Ghana and Africa at large.
Listen up!
Download Mp3: Eddie Khae – Do the Dance (Mixed by XLC)


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Get Help Now if Injured in an Accident
Donald Daniel, 68, and Hunter Corzine, 14, killed, and several people injured in multi-vehicle collision on Interstate 20 in Parker County, Texas
Modified Date:Tue, 07/21/2015 - 2:02pm
Accident Date:Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Former Aledo ISD Superintendent Killed in I-20 Crash
Daniel was a former superintendent of the Aledo Independent School District, the district confirmed.
Multi-Vehicle Crash On Interstate 20 Kills 2 People
The 4-year-old passenger in the Buick was in a booster seat and wasn't hurt. The driver of the semi was uninjured.
Two people were killed in a 4-vehicle crash Wednesday along Interstate 20 in Parker County at about 1:30 p.m. A Nissan pickup heading westbound crossed into the eastbound lanes, and crashed head-on with a Chevrolet Suburban. The Nissan pickup was then struck by a tractor-trailer, and the Suburban was rear-ended by a Buick sedan. Officials said both the driver and passenger of the Nissan pickup were killed. they are identified as 68-year-old Donald Daniel, of Weatherford, and the passenger was 14-year-old Hunter Corzine, also of Weatherford. The driver of the Suburban was airlifted to Texas Health Resources Harris Hospital with serious injuries, and the female driver of the Buick was transported by ground ambulance to Harris in unknown condition.
After an injury car accident, take these steps to help the recovery process
When someone has been injured in a car crash, it's hard to know what to do to help. Injured people need appropriate medical treatment, but they also need to have their civil and legal rights protected.
After a serious crash, several steps need to be taken, including informing the insurance companies, tracking and documenting lost income from missed work, and coordinating medical bill payments. These are difficult tasks to manage when someone is dealing with severe injuries.
Go here for information on the best way to handle these issues following an injury car accident.
People Involved:
Donald Daniel
Hunter Corzine
Roadway:Interstate 20
County:Parker County, TX
Area:Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX


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This policy explains the purpose of and procedures related to a voluntary Medical Leave of Absence.
Case Manager: An NSC employee who works closely with the Dean of Students to connect students to campus and community resources.
Medical Leave of Absence (MLOA): A temporary interruption in a student's education as a result of significant physical or mental health issues that compromise a student's academic success.
Student Concern, Assessment, Referral, and Education (CARE) Team: A committee of faculty and staff that promotes the health and safety of the campus community and coordinates information and the development of support plans for students of concern.
Working Day: For the purposes of this policy, Monday through Friday when campus is open.
Students who are experiencing significant physical or mental health issues that are interfering with their academics may request a voluntary Medical Leave of Absence (MLOA). The Student CARE Team may recommend a voluntary MLOA in some cases; however, it is up to the student whether to pursue a MLOA.
A Medical Leave of Absence is granted when the College determines that a student's health, safety, and academic success have been compromised by a mental or physical health condition.
The U.S. Department of Education sets explicit criteria for a leave of absence to apply to financial aid and cautions that many institutions will not qualify. A Medical Leave of Absence as described in this policy does not meet the criteria specified in 34 CFR 668.22(d). Therefore, a MLOA granted by NSC does not apply to financial aid and does not relieve a student of obligations related to course attendance or satisfactory academic progress.
If a student requesting a MLOA receives financial aid, the student must meet with a financial aid counselor in the NSC Financial Aid Office. The purpose of this meeting is to inform the student of the possible impact of a MLOA on their financial aid status (e.g., loan repayment status and obligations; possible reduction in future aid; return of aid already disbursed).
Students interested in a Medical Leave of Absence should complete the following steps:
Requests for MLOA must be accompanied by documentation and a recommendation from a medical professional.
A. MLOA for Mental Health Issues: If a student requests MLOA due to mental health difficulties, the Case Manager will facilitate contact with counseling services for an evaluation. Once a Release of Information Form has been signed, the clinician will submit a recommendation on whether the request for MLOA should be approved. If the student is under the care of a mental health professional, the student's treating physician may submit the recommendation. All information from medical providers will be kept in strict confidence and will be accessible only to members of the Student CARE Team and College administrators with a need to know.
B. MLOA for Physical Health Issues: To request MLOA for a physical condition, the student must provide documentation from their treating medical provider recommending that the student's request for MLOA be approved. The information will be kept in strict confidence and will be accessible only to members of the Student CARE Team and College administrators with a need to know.
The student's academic Dean (or designee) will forward the request for a MLOA to the Student CARE Team and consult with the Student CARE Team about whether to approve the request. The Dean has final authority on whether to approve a request for MLOA; a written decision will be provided to the student via email. The goal of a MLOA is to ensure that students return to college with an increased opportunity for academic success. Because every student's situation is different, the length of the Medical Leave of Absence will be determined on a case-by-case basis. However, the MLOA may not exceed a total of one hundred eighty (180) calendar days in any twelve (12)-month period.
Depending upon the nature and individual circumstance of the MLOA, the academic Dean may indicate that when the student petitions to return to the College to resume academic studies, they will be required to provide a brief statement describing their plans to ensure a successful return to NSC. The decision to require this information is made on a case-by-case basis and is conveyed in the Dean's written approval.
A. Required Materials: The student should complete the following steps to initiate the re-enrollment consideration process:
B. Deadlines: Students must submit all materials no later than November 1 for consideration for the following spring semester; no later than April 1 for the following summer sessions; and no later than June 30 for the following fall semester. This ensures that the Dean's office and Student CARE Team have sufficient time to review the student's request.
If there is missing information, students may not be approved in time to enroll in the semester during which they hoped to return. This may cause the student to exceed the 180-day limit for a Medical Leaves of Absence. It is the student's responsibility to apply for re-enrollment in a timely manner and to ensure that all necessary materials and documentation are provided.
C. Decision Process: The Dean will forward the materials to the Student CARE Team, which will review the information provided to determine whether a student is ready to resume studies. Significant weight will be given to the documentation provided by the student's treatment provider(s) regarding the student's ability to function academically and safely at the College, with or without accommodations. If information provided by the treatment provider is incomplete, requires further explanation or clarification, or conflicts with other information in the student's files, the Dean or Case Manager, with the student's authorization, will contact the treatment provider to obtain additional information. In extraordinary circumstances (e.g., NSC is concerned about the medical provider's credentials), NSC may request that the student undergo an additional assessment to determine readiness to return; NSC would pay for the assessment.
The Student CARE Team will make a recommendation to the Dean regarding whether the student is ready to resume studies. A final decision about the student's return will be made by the Dean within twenty (20) Working Days of receiving all required materials; missing information and/or the need to collect additional information from the student's treatment provider may delay a final decision. The student will be notified of the decision via email and certified letter.
A student may appeal a Dean's decision to deny a request to return to the College by submitting an appeal letter in writing to the Provost's office within ten (10) Working Days of receiving the Dean's decision via email. The student may attach any information that is relevant to the appeal. The Provost will review the student's submission and make a final decision regarding the request to return. This decision is not subject to further appeal.
Office of Financial Aid
Anthony Morrone, Director
Phone: 702-992-2156
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Office of the Provost
Phone: 702-992-2110
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Approved by Provost Dr. Vickie Shields, November 30, 2018.
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Public Participation and Meeting Protocols
Public participation in Board meetings can be in written form, and several opportunities are provided for the public to speak during the meetings. The first opportunity to verbally address the Board is after approval of the agenda and prior to the closed session. These comments typically address items to be discussed in closed session, e.g., labor negotiations, personnel matters, disciplinary matters, and the like.Written correspondence sent to the Board, whether by letter or email, will be acknowledged during the regular session following the closed session report. Such communications are read aloud unless the correspondent has requested otherwise. The Board may summarize a particularly lengthy statement.Public comments regarding items not on the agenda are requested following acknowledgement of any written correspondence. While the Board cannot take any action on items not on the agenda, such comments are appreciated and may prompt future discussion and action by the Board and/or the administration.In addition, questions about an agenda item may be asked during consideration of that item. While not required, completing a comment card and providing it to the Board will help ensure your question is addressed at the appropriate time. If you have not filled out a comment card, please raise your hand until asked to comment.Comments of both the Board and Public will be noted and included in the minutes for the Board meeting, which are made available on the Board website following review and approval by the Board. As such, please identify yourself when addressing the Board to ensure your comments are accurately attributed in the minutes.


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Homeowners prepared to sit out the housing market downturn could see their property increase in value by 25% over the next five years, new research suggests.
The National Housing Federation (NHF), which represents affordable housing associations, says that house price falls seen this year will continue into and throughout 2009 - after which point homeowners will see a reversal of fortunes and prices will start to rise.
Its report, entitled Home Truths and carried out by independent economists Oxford Economics, predicts that house prices will fall by an average of 2.1% next year, before increasing by 1.3% in 2010. In 2011, it predicts house price inflation of 5.2%, increasing to 9.2% in 2012 and 9.3% in 2010.
The logic behind the forecast is that the factors that resulted in such rapid house price inflation prior to the downturn at the end of 2007 remain in force - namely, demand for property continues to grow, while supply of new housing is falling. The NHF says at least 223,300 households are expected to form each year to 2026, fuelling demand for housing, yet just 75% of required new homes are actually built each year.
David Orr, chief executive of the NHF, says that the demand/supply ratio means that, once the economic outlook improves, house prices will start to increase.
"People are living longer, they're delaying getting married and they're more likely to get divorced – meaning we now have more households than ever," he says.
In the short-term, however, the outlook for house prices remains bleak. Date provider Hometrack says prices fell on average by 1.2% over July and 4.4% over the past 12 months - effectively wiping out house price inflation seen since October 2006.
Richard Donnell, director of research at Hometrack, says: "With no immediate end in sight to the current uncertainty, activity levels are likely to remain suppressed with prices remaining under pressure into the autumn."
Other data, from the Land Registry, shows average house prices in England and Wales fell 1% in June. House prices in London fell by 2.5% in June - more than any other region in England and Wales, taking the average London house price to £345,136.
The North East bucked the downward trend being the only region to experience growth, with a monthly increase of 4.1%.
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Feb 23, 2018
A food bank in Germany is being criticized for its decision to stop serving more foreigners, who make up a growing percentage of its users
Feb 21, 2018
A New York City bicyclist delivering Chinese food is blaming the Waze navigation app for directing him into the busy Lincoln Tunnel, where bikes are banned
Feb 14, 2018
U.N. says first humanitarian convoy in months enters a besieged suburb east of the Syrian capital with aid to some 7,000 people
Feb 5, 2018
A record 28 French restaurants have been honored with the gastronomic world's most coveted prize: a three-star Michelin rating
Jan 30, 2018
India's government says more than 63 million women and girls are statistically "missing" by being deprived of food, health care and schooling due to cultural preference for boys
Jan 26, 2018
Hundreds of white-jacketed chefs and other French dignitaries are paying tribute to the late Paul Bocuse, often referred to as the 'pope of French cuisine'
Jan 20, 2018
Paul Bocuse, a modest but grandiose French master chef, dies at 91
Jan 20, 2018
The Danish chef behind one of Europe's most famous restaurants, Noma, the Michelin-starred eatery that was named as the world's No. 1 restaurant four times, thanked Paul Bocuse for "a lifetime of work and inspiration."
Jan 20, 2018
Paul Bocuse, the master chef who defined French cuisine for more than half a century and put it on tables around the world, has died at 91.
Jan 20, 2018
French interior minister announces that Paul Bocuse, a master of French cuisine, has died at 91


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A little about our guests.
Jennifer and Peter have been together for 7 years and in business together for 4. "Married for life," they have 4 children, his, hers and ours.
A little about their business.
Peter and Jennifer are on a mission to empower entrepreneurs and teach them how easy it can be to sell high-ticket products and services with great success. As an entrepreneurial couple themselves, they especially enjoy working with couple entrepreneurs to show them you can have it all.
Jennifer's background in corporate sales in the biotech and medical arena gave her the basis to start her own company teaching sales. Peter's background as a general contractor in the residential and commercial world, combined with his years of experience leading transformational programs for one of the largest personal development companies help create the synergy for High Ticket Sales Success.
As a result of this perfect combination of skills, Peter was able to leave the construction business and, with Jennifer, they created a lifestyle business that allows them to focus on their children and their business.
One piece of advice (the nutshell version)
When you are creating a vision for yourself and your company, remember that it is all a game. It is a goal you set for yourself.
Reading Material
The High Ticket Selling Revolution by Jennifer and Peter Diepstraten. FREE HERE
Essentialism: the Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
Get in Touch with Our Guests
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tempt (someone or an animal) with (something)
tempt (someone or an animal) with (something)
To entice, attract, or allure someone or an animal with something. I really don't want to relocate to Alaska, but the company is tempting me with a huge bonus. We tried tempting the lion with a slab of meat, but it refused to leave its cage.
See also: tempt
tempt someone with something
to entice someone with something. Can I tempt you with a bit of chocolate cake? I was tempted with a free book if I sent in my name, but I decided against it.
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Green and Golden Bell Frog
The Green and Golden Bell Frog was once one of the most common frog species on Australia's south-eastern coast.
The Green and Golden Bell Frog occurs in large, permanent, open-water swamps or ponds that have a variable water level and dense vegetation.
The Green and Golden Bell Frog is found in eastern New South Wales.
The Green and Golden Bell Frog has a distinctive three-part call that sounds a bit like a motor bike changing gears.
Conservation status
Green and Golden Bell Frog populations have declined, probably as a result of habitat loss, introduced predators and other factors. It was listed as endangered under the New South Wales Threatened Species Act and is classified as vulnerable nationally.
In Sydney, despite this population decline, it is still present in a number of sites. One of these was the 2000 Olympic Games site at Homebush Bay, right where the tennis courts were meant to be built. The presence of the frog meant the building plans were halted and the courts eventually built elsewhere. Because of other work on the site, more frog habitat had to be created nearby. The Homebush Bay population has been monitored by the Australian Museum ever since and seems to be stable despite the surrounding site development.


text: Emergency worker attacks law backed by AMs 28/02/2018 | No Comments AMs gave their support on Tuesday 26th February to a new law for 999 staff. Labour MP Chris Bryant wants to double the maximum sentence for common assault on an emergency worker to a year. The Rhondda MP said there were 20 such assaults in Wales a day. AMs unanimously agreed on Tuesday that the Parliamentary legislation, which has been given support by the UK and Welsh governments, can apply to assaults on workers in the Welsh NHS and fire services. Under existing rules, AMs have to give consent to legislation from Parliament that applies to powers which are devolved to the Welsh Assembly and the Welsh Government. In this case, the Welsh Government tabled the motion because the law affects the NHS and fire and rescue services, which are devolved. A police officer who was surrounded by a gang and beaten unconscious has said he would welcome changes to the law to give emergency workers more protection. James Dowler was a uniform officer for South Wales Police when he tried to stop a suspicious driver. He had his eyes gouged by a female passenger, before being punched in the face. Three of the car occupants were later jailed for the attack. Read the full story at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-43203690 North Wales Polfed


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You probably have a college friend who you haven't seen in a long time, and who you remember as wild and wacky. This friend was someone you always thought was going to buck trends and pursue a crazy, unconventional career. However, when you finally run into each other years later, you're surprised to see a clean-cut, buttoned-down professional who has settled into a traditional career. That's an apt analogy for Booth's switch from its "Moments" essay question of the past several years to the more traditional essay questions the school is asking MBA applicants in 2018.
Well, people change and so do admissions committees, so how is an applicant to approach these new Booth essay questions?
Remember, you still have to advocate for yourself. The key is to not duplicate what your resume, college transcript, GMAT, and recommendation letters are already communicating about you. Take the opportunity to ask yourself what those other elements won't describe – THAT is what you need to emphasize when answering these questions.
Note that Booth hasn't completely given up on its unconventional nature. It lists a minimum word limit for both of its essays (250 words) as opposed to the maximum limit you'll find in other MBA applications. 250 words is not much space, but if you can get your point across within that constraint, then great! However, most applicants will need more space. My guidance would be to aim for about 500 words for each essay. Writing concisely and conveying essential information is a key business skill, so keep that in mind as you compose your content.
Let's take a look at the two Booth essay questions.
How will the Booth MBA help you achieve your immediate and long-term post-MBA career goals? (250 word minimum)
With our emphasis on communicating a different side of your story in mind, approach the first essay as a classic career goals essay. Two of the qualities that the Booth AdCom values most during the admissions process are a sense of personal direction as well as realistic expectations for what your MBA can do for your career prospects. Describing specific, yet realistic career goals provide evidence of your passion for your chosen field as well as your potential for success after attaining your MBA.
A compelling career goals essay will outline how your MBA will solve the important issues in your future field, the logical and realistic steps that you will take after achieving your MBA, and your strong demonstrable interest or deep personal connection to this field. As Booth also emphasizes philanthropic tendencies in their application process, it helps if the results of this proposed career path will have a beneficial social impact. However, integrity is a key aspect of this application; admissions committees can tell the difference between an actual passion and an inauthentic answer.
Lastly, remember to show off your insight and knowledge of Booth and how its programs and philosophy are going to be a great fit for you.
Chicago Booth immerses you in a choice-rich environment. How have your interests, leadership experiences, and other passions influenced the choices in your life? (250 word minimum)
This second essay is where you get to reveal more of your personality and talk about your passions and interests. What makes you different?
Booth looks for applicants whose personal and professional experiences will strengthen their intellectually rigorous community. This means that during the admissions process the AdCom will look for community-oriented qualities, such as a history of community leadership, a track record of teamwork and collaboration, strong interpersonal skills, and a unique perspective. They will use the response to this essay question to determine a candidate's overall fit with Chicago Booth and to predict their potential contributions to both the school's community and its culture.
Also consider how your response to this essay might dovetail with your answer to the first question. For example, let's say that you are an engineer looking to make a career change into healthcare consulting. Things to cover in this essay might include why you fell in love with engineering in the first place, but also why your passions have taken off in a new direction. Was your career change inspired by a life event, such as the illness of a loved one?
Above all, Booth seeks out candidates who will challenge the status quo; applicants who will lend a unique perspective to the complex issues that a Booth MBA student will inevitably face. This essay prompt gives you the opportunity to show the Booth AdCom that you aren't afraid to take calculated risks and question the way things have been done in the past.
Final Thoughts on the Booth Application Essays
Your long-lost friend is probably still the same person underneath that starchy, buttoned-down collar. So too with Chicago Booth – your writing assignment is to be creative and jump off the page, but you'll have to do so with this year's more traditional essay format.


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Since the screens on which we consume content have gotten smaller, so have our attention spans. So to make a notable impact in a digital sense, creative campaigns can work wonders when it comes to garnering all sorts of engagement for your brand. Executing result focused campaigns will grab more eyeballs than you can ever imagine. In today's day and age, we can help you break through the clutter through creative result focused campaigns.
Consumers today aren't interested in businesses that publish dry, mundane, corporate-style social media posts. That's where we as a digital marketing agency come into play by injecting creativity in everything (content-wise) you share on social media which in-turn help's your brand's personality shine through. This digital presence will help you represent who you are to the world.
With every creative we craft, a comprehensive visualization process goes behind it. A lot of attention to detail is paid so that the core idea behind the creative takes center stage. Our focus is to execute thumb-stopping creative which capture people's attention because of truly creative work, only then can we engage with them in a meaningful way.
With an in-house and already established photography and videography team. The process of a shoot to the final cut happens with seamless execution.


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WASHINGTON – The US Supreme Court has delivered a blow to President Donald Trump on immigration.
The Trump administration had appealed after a lower court ruling required the US to continue accepting renewal applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. The Supreme Court has rejected that appeal.
The administration sought to bypass the federal appeals court in San Francisco and go directly to the Supreme Court.
The president planned to end DACA on March 5 unless Congress comes up with a solution.
The court order says applications must be accepted indefinitely.
DACA allows about 800,000 young people to work legally and keeps them safe from the threat of deportation.
They are immigrants who were brought to America illegally when they were babies or young children.
The Supreme Court rarely takes a case that's yet to be considered by a lower appeals court.


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Harvest Holidays Auction
Here is your opportunity to enjoy each other's company while learning new skills, eating delicious food and benefitting from others' talents. Get ready to bid on strudel or a game of dominoes, Southern BBQ or a musical game night…or all of these and more.
Read the entire catalog!
Register here to participate. When you register, you'll receive info on enabling your smart phone so you can bid anytime, anywhere.
Our auction serves as a way for us to meet, and to make and deepen meaningful connections while we have fun outside of our usual church routine. Plus, every winning bid supports our general fund budget. Won't you join us?
Note: Items open for bidding throughout November. Keep checking back! Bidding closes at 11:30 am on Sunday, December 2, and some auction items have set dates for their activities.


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Dr. Silverstein is very diverse in both his style and delivery and he will customize for any type group or audience.
Keynote Speech:
All presentations and keynote speeches will be customized to fit the need of "You", the client.
Powerpoint presentations may be included.
Optional Format:
-An Interview with Dr. Robert Silverstein. using 2 chairs, for a Q&A discussion
-Panel discussions
-The Addition of a Professional Cook and a mobile kitchen to demonstrate recipes in healthy eating
- Corporate
- Women organizations
- African-American communities
- Youth Groups -to- Seniors
- Local organizations
- Community and Church groups


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Apple Announces Media Event For March 25
Monday March 11, 2019. 11:19 PM , from MacMost
Apple has sent out invitations to the media for a special event on March 25th at its Cupertino headquarters. Rumors have pointed to an event about its upcoming news and video services, and the tag line "It's show time" on the invitation seems to suggest at least the video service is coming.
Many believe that while a news service could be introduced at any time, a video streaming service may be announced this month but not made available until later in the year. Many of the rumored shows in production are not expected to be ready until then.
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Features & Benefits
What you get with a 2nd Level Current Account
If you are 14 or over, you will automatically receive a Visa Debit Card which will allow you to shop and pay for your purchases directly from your 2nd level student current account. It also saves you carrying cash around, so it's perfect for school trips abroad. A Visa Debit card is a quick, easy and better way to pay.
If you are under 14 you can apply for a Visa Debit Card in any of our branches. Parental consent is required for Visa Debit Cards for under 14's.
You can use your Visa Debit card at home and abroad to withdraw cash from ATMs and pay for goods and services. However, there may be charges for using your Visa Debit card abroad, so please check our Schedule of Fees & Charges brochure.
If you are a 2nd level current account customers aged less than 14, you can apply for a Visa Debit card in branch with your parent / legal guardian by providing us with ID.
Online banking*, Mobile banking and Telephone banking – bank whenever you want, wherever you want.
Access to Ireland's largest ATM and Branch network.
You will not be charged fees on the following day to day banking transactions for the duration of your studies:
- Lodgements.
- Debit card transactions and cash back (for Debit Card, ATM and Point of Sale transactions and cash back there may be fees and charges for using your card (Visa Debit) abroad. For full details click here to see our brochure "Schedule of Fees and Charges for Personal Customers"; it is also available in branch).
- Debit/credit transactions using 365 online or phone or mobile banking.
- Withdrawals at Bank of Ireland ATM's or in branches.
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In the modern complex world of business the timely and accurate information plays a very important role. The overview and exact understanding of the situation helps avoid a lot of mistakes and prevents monetary losses or other negative results which the lack of information often brings. We can help you to act quickly - to take an advantage of favorable situations and avoid the unfavorable ones.
Our practical experiences allow us to help you with creation of internal control systems to insure the proper day to day operations and to prevent the occasional fraud.
We are offering the internal investigation and assistance services, accounts reconciliation, inventories and receipts and invoices reviewing, business consulting and advisory services in order to create the internal control systems which would improve the detection and deterrence of fraud and allow to watch out for unfair practices, signs of fraud or funds misused.
In view of recent audit failures the role of internal prevention system is rapidly growing. We encourage the clients to use us for those services of prevention before fraud takes place. We have confidential relationships with our clients and protect it.
Alternatively we could assist you in resolving commercial disputes or litigation working closely with our legal and arbitration colleagues. We assist the companies in the non-standard situations and develop systems for solving the problems, providing the business consulting or advisory services, often working one-on-one with the owner or principal of the business.
Our consulting fees are flexible and based on project complexity and our range of involvement. We are offering special rates for long-term clients or long term assessments.


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This will be entered into the following Challenges;
Mod Squad, Bold & Beautiful
Simon Says Wednesday, Anything Goes!
Simon Says Monday, Throwback, July 13, 2015 Anything Goes!
It is bold and beautiful....love the navy, so classy! Beautifully done!ReplyDelete
Navy and gold, you can get any classier than that, and bold it is. Love the stitched ribbon to accent the image, and that heart is just splendid. A great anniversary card.ReplyDelete
Every time you use that stamp I love it more. And doing it in navy really sets it off. This card is absolutely gorgeous. Nothing frilly about it, just all class. Gorgeous - I love everything about it.
I love your card and I agree that is a very noble looking tree image. I like your color choices too! Really gorgeous in every way,ReplyDelete
Really love that tree image and like the way you notched out the corners too! Great card as always!ReplyDelete
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Skin rash is a change in your skin. It may appear as areas of redness or raised bumps, blistering and/or peeling of the skin.
You may have also have areas of dry flaky skin or itching.
Skin rash can develop anywhere on your body, including inside your mouth, on the scalp and eyebrows, and the severity may vary.
Skin rash may be a chronic side effect caused by cancer medications used to treat kidney cancer, such as targeted therapy (Sutent, etc.) or immunotherapy (Nivolumab (Opdivo).
Things you may do to prevent or minimize skin rash:
- Apply thick lotions or creams daily and as needed
- Use mild soap and avoid soaps with strong scents
- Wear comfortable, properly fitting clothes
- Avoid scratching and breaking the skin
- Avoid hot water, especially when bathing
- Avoid skin products containing alcohol or retinoids
- Avoid sun exposure and use at least SPF15 sunscreen when outdoors
- Wear long sleeves and a hat when outdoors
When to call your oncologist or oncology nurse: *
When you first see the signs of a skin reaction.
If you are receiving treatment with an immunotherapy agent (i.e. Nivolumab (OPDIVO) and experiencing a rash or skin changes contact your oncology care provider immediately.
Discuss with your healthcare team if there may be other reasons or treatment options that may help reduce your skin rash.
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Annual Meeting - Time For Some Fun!
Monday, November 5, 2018
GREAT Annual Meeting and what better way to end it but with Pie and Ice Cream?
Our wonderful Valley View Cooperative family is so blessed to have a strong Board of Directors, great Committees and everyone participating to make it a great place to live. It's important to us that we make everyone feel included and important so we all try to go the extra mile to prove it!


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Putting Your Affairs In Order Event
High Hesket School, High Hesket, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA4 0HU
Celebrating Fairtrade Fortnight Events, Carlisle
Saturday 22 February to Sunday 9 March 2014
Fair Food Carlisle is a new project in Carlisle that aims to reconnect buyers and local producer of food in and around the city.
Carlisle Timebank is a way for people to 'get together' and spend 'time' instead of money. Everyone is valued the same and so everyone's time is equal.
Who's your hero?
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Don't Call It A Comeback: Why Facebook's T.V. Chat Might Still Surprise YouFebruary 25, 2014
When you're watching your favorite T.V. shows, what social networks are you using? For years, Twitter was the leading platform for hosting real-time T.V. chatter. However, a recent report suggests that you shouldn't discount Facebook in the race for real-time just yet.
The report comes from Analytics Firm SecondSync, which analyzed T.V.-related content on Facebook and found that it still hosts a substantial amount of in-the-moment T.V. discussions. For example, during last year's monumental Breaking Bad series finale, a quarter of the show's 10.3 million viewers were talking about their experiences on Facebook as they watched. To give a higher-level statistic, SecondSync also reported that about 60% of Facebook's relevant T.V.-based interactions do in fact happen while the show is airing live.
So is there an opportunity here for social media marketers? Obviously! Below are three tips for making the most out of epic T.V. and Facebook's real-time conversations:
1) Get ready for the key moments!
Even though this is all about real-time engagement, social media marketers usually have some kind of a heads-up that something big in entertainment is about to happen. Look to shows that are growing in popularity (ones that come to mind are thrillers like The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, and Scandal). Season premiers and finales are easy wins to catch something big, but ultimately, make sure you're watching and getting in on the same conversations as your audience!
2) Know the demographic—it might just surprise you.
Don't get us wrong, we LOVE Twitter (we have regular "tweet-offs" at the office to prove it). But Facebook still has incredible market power. Today, about 60% of Facebook's users that engage during T.V. shows are between the age of 18 and 34—a crucial revelation for a social network that is sometimes viewed as the 'second-horse' in the race for a younger audience.
3) Go mobile or go home.
Since an astonishing 80% of Facebook's T.V. talk is driven from mobile devices, it's safe to say that phones are today's premier second screen. Facebook, like Twitter and Instagram, has a great mobile layout. As a social media marketer, your real-time Facebook contributions should be created knowing that a large portion of your audience will be reading the material on smaller screen (hint: pictures take up more space and grab attention!)
To wrap up, when it comes to America's favorite pastime, there's no wrong platform to engage from—both Twitter and Facebook are proven hotbeds of real-time conversations. All you have to do is diversify your marketing strategies and stay in touch with trending shows. So get watching, and remember: no spoilers!


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Warning - This post is full of randomness.
The beginning of January I posted that my one main goal for this year is to consistently get up at 5:30 each morning. The first couple weeks I really struggled but last week and so far this week I've actually gotten up at 5:00. Some mornings, after having coffee with Doug I have gone back to bed for a little if I was up a lot the night before, whether because of late night daycare kids or Michael's restlessness, but . . . I did get up. And it is making a difference in how smoothly the day goes.
Sunday evening CJ made us pizza and salad for dinner. He's really proud that he gets to cook two evenings and week and a takes his job seriously. He did a good job and the food was delicious.
Michael's physical therapist gave him the job of learning to walk up and down the steps alternating one foot per step. To do this she suggested we assign each foot a color and then place those same colors on the steps where he should place his feet. He enjoys practicing this and asks to do it.
Today Michael had an appointment with Audiology for a hearing test. He does have some hearing loss because the eardrum is not vibrating the way it should. However, that may just be from fluid behind the eardrum. We have an appointment set up to see and ENT to decide what we need to do next. Tubes in his ears are one possibility.
It was nice to see the sun today and to have some warmer weather with highs in the upper 50s. The kids played outside for nearly two hours - an hour this morning and an hour this afternoon. The kids needed the outside time after the cold and rainy days we've had recently and so did I.
While we were out this afternoon Doug and I started looking at the cistern that is built next too the garage. We'd like use it to collect water to water the garden this summer. With a little work I think it could be a real asset to our little corner. It's 11 feet deep and 6x7 feet across. It's already set up to collect the water from the roof of the garage. We do need to put in a pump if we're going to use it to water the garden but Doug has a pump we can use. Looks like we have another little project.
And now, I think this is enough rambling for one evening. Time for me to do some reading before I go to bed so I can get up again at 5:00 tomorrow morning.


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Confronting the Past, Shaping the Future
Having fled Colombia with the two sons she could save, Luz finds strength in a community of women and the safety of her family.
Any loving mother would do whatever is necessary to keep her children safe. Luz fled her home in Colombia to save two of her sons, but lost a third to armed militia. Before their escape, Luz — a longtime maid — and her boys lived in an area controlled by armed Colombian guerillas, whose commandant would send Luz pigs and other animals to cook for his soldiers as they passed through town. He paid her in leftovers.
The commandant often tried to recruit her oldest son to be part of his army. The boy always refused, pointing to his studies as the reason for not enlisting. One day, the commandant came to Luz's home and demanded that the oldest boy enlist. But he wasn't there, so his younger brother – sick and home from school – was taken instead. Luz never saw or heard from the boy again. To this day, she doesn't know whether he is dead or alive, still fighting for the commandant.
"This chapter in my life is one I cannot overcome," Luz says. "I will never overcome it, because when you can bury someone, at least you know where they are. When you don't know whether they are dead or alive or what happened to them, that is difficult."
Fearing a similar fate for her two other boys, Luz fled with them to Ecuador, where they have lived now for four years.
"This is why I came to Ecuador: I was trying to save my sons' lives," the single mother says, sitting in a dimly lit office, silhouetted against curtains filtering daylight through the windows. She concealed her identity in front of the camera as she shared her story of unspeakable loss — and of a lifetime of abuse that even followed her to Ecuador.
This is why I came to Ecuador: I was trying to save my sons' lives.
She recounted the many dangers she had faced since childhood, beginning with her own family. At age 9, she left home for the first time, when she could no longer tolerate her brother's sexual abuse. She went to work as a live-in maid for a family, but the abuse followed her. It shadowed her from childhood into adulthood as she encountered repeated assaults from her employers and their families. "If it wasn't the husband, it was the son, the father or someone else," she says. "I would always leave the homes, because there was always someone who wanted to abuse me one way or another."
Once in Ecuador, Luz found work cleaning rooms at a hotel, but after 5 months, the hotel owner's father started harassing her. "He locked me in a bedroom and pressured me to have sex with him," she says. "They think that because they are paying you to do domestic work, they're also entitled to have you, to have everything. I tolerated that job because I needed the work, until one day I said, 'No more.' I am a domestic worker, not a sex worker."
She discovered a similar resolve in other women — other moms — who had fled whatever dangers threatened them and their families. Like her, they also declared, "No more." Luz's story is extraordinary, the loss of her son unimaginable, but still she found strength and acceptance in the shared experience of other women, many of whom have worked for decades as maids in others' homes, surviving routine abuse at the hands of their employers.
domestic workers in Latin America work informally, leaving them vulnerable to abuse.
CARE and its local partners support groups like this in Ecuador and throughout Latin America, promoting unity among domestic workers whose often informal, overlooked profession commonly exposes them to sexual harassment and abuse from their employers. A study from the International Labour Organization found that eight of 10 domestic workers in Latin America work informally, leaving them much more vulnerable to such abuse.
CARE helps these women's groups organize and advocate for labor laws protecting domestic workers. Members learn financial management and other skills to amplify their collective voice championing dignified work. And they find solidarity with one another, in a network centered on their value as human beings, their right to a life free from violence and their courage to fight for their families, their daughters — and their sons.
Luz has persevered throughout her life, first for her own sake, and later for her boys'. She still mourns the one son she couldn't save but rejoices in the two she could.
The sun shines bright in the Ecuadoran highlands, nearly 2 miles above sea level. With her family now safely together, Luz is rebuilding. She makes furniture out of recycled car tires. She also repairs lamps and is taking sewing classes, which she aims to parlay not only into a new livelihood, but into a new life as well — for herself and her sons.
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Bridgeton Citizens Advice Bureau, based in Bridgeton, is an independent and innovative advice organisation providing holistic advice and support to local people.
The Citizens Advice network in Scotland is set to deliver a comprehensive, enhanced support service called Help to Claim. From April 2019 Bridgeton Citizens Advice Bureau will provide the advice and support people need to submit their claim for Universal Credit and support them through to their first payment.
Bridgeton Citizens Advice Bureau is looking for a client-focused individual with experience of providing specialist level advice, to join as a Help to Claim Adviser (Universal Credit) and to help ensure clients get the support they need. This includes supporting with online forms, the evidence required, and verifying their identity using face-to-face interviews.
The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate relevant recent experience and knowledge of the welfare benefit system including Universal Credit. Applicants should also demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills, be well organised and be proficient in using a range of IT tools to carry out their work, including case recording systems, Microsoft Office, benefit check programmes and be able to make and manage benefit claims.
Committed, results-driven and supportive to the needs of others, the successful applicant will be able to work both on their own initiative as well as part of a team and must be willing to follow and develop agreed procedures.
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TEMPE, Ariz. – The New Mexico State volleyball team opened its season at the Wells Fargo Arena on Friday by defeating Pacific in the Sun Devil Classic. The Aggies defeated the Tigers in four sets 25-23, 14-25, 28-26, 25-22.
The Aggies were to face host Arizona State Friday at 8 p.m. The Aggies close out weekend competition with a match against UT Arlington on Saturday at 11 a.m.
"The first weekend is not pretty when you only have a couple weeks to prepare. You expect a lot of peaks and valleys and we certainly had that today," NMSU coach Mike Jordan said. "I liked the competitiveness we showed at the end of the third set, coming back from a deficit. I think that injected some life into the team. Jordan Pleasants did a good job coming off the bench and helping with that as well. It was a good win against a WCC team and we'll take that any day. We look forward to our next matches."
How it Happened
NMSU (1-0) got off to a dominant start with a four-point scoring run with Tatyana Battle behind the service line. After an error by Pacific (0-1) gave the Aggies the 9-3 lead, the Tigers called a timeout, looking to stop NM State's rally. The Aggies continued to power past Pacific until a three-point run gave the Tigers the momentum, forcing New Mexico State to call a timeout. The back-and fourth-match continued but back-to-back kills by Savannah Davison gave the Aggies a 19-17 lead, however it was short-lived when a four-point Pacific rally put New Mexico State behind 21-19. NM State continued to fight and a pair of kills by Megan Hart and Battle tied the match 21-21. After the Tigers tied the match 23-23, a kill in the middle by Hart and a block by Lia Mosher and Ashley Anselmo sealed the 25-23 first-set victory.
The Aggie offense came out flat to start the second set and the team trailed 4-0 before a kill by Battle on the outside ended the scoring run. A rally with newcomer Halle Razo serving put NM State within a point, but the Aggies were unable to take the lead. The teams continued to battle for each point but New Mexico State errors resulted in the team trailing 18-11 late in the second set. The deficit proved to be too much to overcome as the Aggie squad gave up an ace to end the second set and the team fell 25-14.
New Mexico State needed to bounce back in the third set and the team went point-for-point with the opposition. With the game tied 10-10, mistakes by NM State put the Aggies behind 13-10, but New Mexico State clawed its way back. However, an attack error by Julianna Salanoa led to NM State trailing 24-21 late in the set. A rally that included kills by Davison and Hart tied the set 24-24. With the team's going back-and-forth, a service error by Pacific resulted in a one-point advantage for NM State. Battle followed the point with a kill on the outside, assisted by Natalie Mikels, to complete the comeback and give the Aggies the 28-26 victory.
Looking to clinch their first win of the season, the Aggies were on a mission in the fourth set and took an 11-8 lead early in the set. With Battle serving, NM State posted a four–point scoring run to hold the 19-13 advantage. The Tigers chipped away at the New Mexico State lead late in the set, but the Aggies came through in the end and a hard-hit kill out of the middle by Mosher gave NM State the 25-22 win.
By the Numbers
As a team, New Mexico State posted 43 kills, 38 assists, 45 digs and eight blocks. Battle posted a double-double to start her senior campaign as she tallied 13 kills and 15 digs. Hart also tallied 13 kills in the match, accompanied with her team-best .348 hitting clip.
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I am totally in love with the design of the bag this month. The back of it is a pretty coral color, too. The theme was: Go There. I guess the 3 women on the postcard went on an extravagant vacation to Paris and they think we can all afford to go on one as … Continue reading Ipsy Glam Bag | May 2018
Month: May 2018
Journal Entry #99
Wednesday May 30, 2018 06:49p Hey, all. 😀 Yesterday, I decided to stay home even though I said I was gonna go to work. No surprise there, right? On Monday night, before I went into work we went to Starboard Tack to have one fancy cocktail together. I guess mine was a bit too fancy for … Continue reading Journal Entry #99
My Favorite Quotes From… Start Without Me by Joshua Max Feldman
Start Without Me by Joshua Max Feldman Originally published on October 17, 2017 "You drank to come down from that feeling, to come down after any night onstage, good or bad, and then later to get up onstage in the first place." "Self-pity was toxic to recovery. It was the vortex that pulled in all your … Continue reading My Favorite Quotes From… Start Without Me by Joshua Max Feldman
Journal Entry #98
Monday May 28, 2018 05:39p We are so close to June! I'm not excited because I am turning one year older on the 15th. I don't want to get older anymore. I am at a good enough age. On Saturday, I went to work, it wasn't the busiest Saturday ever but, it was still good. … Continue reading Journal Entry #98
My Favorite Quotes From… My Book Of Life By Angel by Martine Leavitt
My Book Of Life By Angel by Martine Leavitt Originally published on September 04, 2012 "You look innocent, like a real girl, but you are a monster." "Sometimes one bite and everything's different after that." "But one day you break the rules, and you don't die, and then you think you'll never die." "Nothing is … Continue reading My Favorite Quotes From… My Book Of Life By Angel by Martine Leavitt
Recipe Reviews #31
Rachel Ray's Super Sloppy Joes & Deviled Potato Salad My Rating: Sloppy Joes - 5/5 stars Deviled Potato Salad - 2/5 stars My Review: I love Rachel Ray; we use her pots and pans set so it was cool to use her recipes, too. The sloppy joe was so tasty!! Hands down the best sloppy … Continue reading Recipe Reviews #31
My Favorite Dairy-Free Substitutes
On Tuesday, I posted my favorite dairy-free snacks! Like I mentioned in that post; I'm lactose intolerant. I've been straying away from dairy-filled snacks and experimenting with tons of dairy-free alternatives. In my Recipe Reviews, you may have noticed that I never use dairy products... but sometimes, the ingredient list will say "butter" and I'll … Continue reading My Favorite Dairy-Free Substitutes
My Favorite Quotes From… Close Enough To Touch by Colleen Oakley
Close Enough To Touch by Colleen Oakley Originally published on March 17, 2017 "The right thing. It's like a slippery salmon I've been trying to catch from a stream with my bare hands for my entire life." "I like hearing her laugh and knowing that I caused it." "It's a strange feeling, to be seen … Continue reading My Favorite Quotes From… Close Enough To Touch by Colleen Oakley
Journal Entry #97
Friday May 25, 2018 07:47p Good evening, folks. 🙂 Today, boyfriend had the day off. We had an appointment at the DMV to register our car. We awoke at around 11a and made it to our appointment right on time at 12:15p. We registered our new vehicle; we were lucky to receive some credits from … Continue reading Journal Entry #97
My Favorite Quotes From… The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds
The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds Originally Published on January 6, 2015 "It was like all of a sudden high school became... high school. A bunch of immature, irresponsible teens who felt invincible only because they'd never really been through nothing. The ones who had didn't act like everybody else." "He was … Continue reading My Favorite Quotes From… The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds


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Just watch the video
I can't imagine how anyone could consider raising a child gender-free. Really it is not possible. We are all born with a gender. Parents in Toronto, Canada want to let their child decide and choose what gender it wants to be at an older age. Transgender! And what about the mother in the video who is allowing her young son to explore being a girl and wear dresses? She wrote a book called My Princess Boy! Everyone involved in the discussion are so professional while attempting to rationalize gender exploration, gender-free upbringing and/or letting a child go with the gender of choice later in life. All I can say is that this is utterly horrendous!


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Salon duc Tape meets the second and fourth Friday of each month at 7:00. For the topic this week, click here.
Salons are enjoying a renaissance. Formerly associated with an assemblage of persons with intellectual and social distinction in an elegant drawing room, salons are decidedly a more democratic gathering these days--often in coffee houses, at fair grounds, on backyard decks, and in folks' living rooms. People are talking more than ever, and it's a worried talk. In America people feel as if nobody in power is listening. Jim Hightower, the Texas progressive, set the tone by announcing "the corporations think they are the top dogs in America and all the rest of us are fire hydrants. Well, as you can see today, the fire hydrants are rising up."
The simplicity of a salon is appealing. The promise that starting a conversation can create social change is equally compelling. We want people to feel less isolated, more supported, and more aware. Salon duc Tape has the potential to increase hope, passion, and understanding about "where to go from here."
"Conversation and duct tape are essential to civilization. They both hold things together and they're inexpensive."--Strength Through Peace
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This dramatic coastal route gives you glorious views of the Moray Firth. As much of the route is on the line of the old Moray Firth Coast Railway, you can take advantage of the lack of motor traffic to enjoy the spectacular coastline and the fishing villages which seem to cling precariously to it.
Keep an eye out for dolphins, which are often spotted on this stretch of coast. If that isn't enough, this ride gives you the ideal opportunity to judge the rival merits of two serious contenders for the title of Scotland's best ice cream-makers - the Ice Cream Cabin in West Church Street, Buckie, and the Ice Cream Shop in Seafield Street, Cullen.
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We have taken all responsible steps to ensure that these routes are safe and achievable by people with a reasonable level of fitness. However, all outdoor activities involve a degree of risk. To the extent permitted by law, Sustrans accepts no responsibility for any accidents or injury resulting from following these routes. Walking and cycling routes change over time. Weather conditions may also affect path surfaces. Please use your own judgement when using the routes based upon the weather and the ability, experience and confidence levels of those in your group.


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Catholic tradition states that the Church began with Jesus on 0 AD. 33 AD marks the Pontification of the 1st Pope.
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First 5 books of the Bible
The date is listed as 'during the Jewish Hellenistic period', which I believe is 3rd century BC, but I could be wrong.
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THE MESSAGE The only Movie made about life of Last , Perhaps the Greatest and Final Messenger of God Prophet Muhammad (s) and the beginning of Islam in Arabia
Starring :Anthony Quinin as the Uncle (Hamza ) of Prophet Muhammad (s)
A critic review and views of this movie is given below
This is a great film. I'm a history major who took several courses in the history of the Middle East and Islam, so nothing is going to be good or accurate or trivia filled enough for me, but it certainly didn't contradict anything I'd learned (for cinematic purposes or otherwise), and that's more than I can say for any historical epic I've seen in several years.This film starts with Muhammed receiving the Koran from the angel Gabriel and ends at his death. It was filmed in accordance with Islamic political correctness, so The Prophet himself is never depicted, visually or vocally. While this is well affected, it unfortunately removes him from a lot of the story. I would like to have known a lot more about his life from the film, not his mannerisms or speech as depicted by a particular actor, but at least the major events of his life, his children, his wives, and so on.Having said that, however, the film is still a very good depiction of the birth of Islam. The plot focuses on the historical events rather than the Koran itself, which contains almost no history from its own period, and is therefore different from a lot of Biblical epics which present the historical events IN the Bible. It's accurate in that it tries to present the birth of Islam as most people today probably learn it. Definitely not a propaganda piece, but it's not a movie filled with facts, truth or fiction, more a movie of character and tone. It's more similar to Braveheart than it is to Ben Hur or the Gospel of John. The movie presents a decent snapshot of the times and the attitudes and lifestyles under which Islam developed.The acting is fantastic, the music is good (won an academy award), and the cinematography, filmed in Morocco and Libya, is beautiful. Costumes are cool, and there's a few scenes with a set of ancient bagpipes for you Celtic history buffs.


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LastPass is one of the more popular password managers out there. It's nice and secure, and also uses Nexus Imprint as well as Samsung's fingerprint reader to log you into your account. It's especially useful for those that are forgetful about their passwords. Now you just need to remember one password, or use your fingerprint. LastPass is free, but there is a premium version that allows you to use it across multiple platforms, and that costs you about $12/year. Recently, LogMeIn bought LastPass, making this the first update to the app since the acquisition. There's nothing that's new really, just yet. But there is a pretty cool feature called Emergency Access.
Essentially, what Emergency Access does, is it allows you to give access to a person or two, and they have access for 48 hours. Now the user will have to request access to your account. You'll definitely want to be careful with who you give access to here, you're basically giving them access to everything. You are still able to deny the request if you so choose. You can also choose to just share with the person, which will keep your password a secret, or give them your password. In other words, keep your password a secret or just give them your password.
The other feature new in LastPass 4.0 is sharing of passwords. So instead of just sending someone your password through Hangouts, or your favorite texting app, you know unencrypted. Now you can simply share the password through LastPass, which does not show the user the password, but lets them log into your account. Pretty helpful for sharing accounts, and not wanting everyone to know your password. Especially if you use the same password for every account, which is not a good idea anyways.
This new version of LastPass is available on the Google Play Store now. It also includes a slight design change – still material design though – as well as the usual bug fixes and performance improvements. It's nice to see that LogMeIn hasn't messed with LastPass to much just yet, although there's no promise that won't change in the near future.


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The Honeywell L5000-SIA is a LYNX Touch wireless alarm control panel that meets the CP-01 standards detailed in the ANSI/SIA CP-01 standards document published by the Security Industry Association (SIA). The document published by SIA was verified and approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) which verifies all American National Standards. SIA developed the CP-01 standards for alarm control panels to combat the growing problem of false alarms. When an alarm control panel goes into alarm mode and there isn't a real emergency, it is considered a false alarm. The vast majority of false alarms are caused by improper use of the security system. CP-01 compliant alarm control panels have programming features that are aimed at reducing operator error which cuts down on the number of false alarms.
If your security system is a local system that is not hooked up with a central station, a false alarm is just a loud nuisance. The worst case scenario is that a false alarm goes off in the middle of the night, while you are sleeping, and it wakes you up. However, if you have a monitored security system, false alarms are a major issue. When a security system is monitored by a central station, the operator responding to the alarm is not able to distinguish a real alarm from a false alarm. Therefore, the operator's only option is to call the authorities on every alarm. When this happens, the police or fire department must send out emergency response. Responding to a false alarm prevents that police officer or fire truck from being able to respond to a real emergency. Even if there is no other real emergency to respond to, the false alarms waste time and resources. Unfortunately, not enough alarm companies focus on preventing false alarms and therefore the vast majority of alarms reported to the police or fire departments are false alarms. In some municipalities, laws have been passed so that police departments will not even respond to an alarm called in by a central station. If every city and state were to pass these types of laws, the entire alarm industry would be in trouble. Central station monitoring would lose all value. Since the central stations wouldn't be able to rely on the police to respond to alarms, they would have to close down their businesses or they would have to send out their own emergency responders which would dramatically increase the price of alarm monitoring. Alarm users would be left with a security system that just makes a loud noise when an alarm occurs.
As SIA's mission is to protect and advance the alarm industry, it developed the CP-01 standards to manage the false alarm problem before it ruined all alarm companies. The Honeywell L5000-SIA wireless alarm control panel is essentially the same thing as a normal L5000 LYNX Touch wireless alarm control panel. However, to comply with the CP-01 standards, the L5000-SIA has some preset programming settings that are designed to reduce the number of false alarms that may occur. The 'Report Alarms' and 'Report Troubles' features are enabled by default. The 'Exit Error', 'Recent Closing' and 'Alarm Cancel' features are also enabled by default. When programming the 'Call Wait Cancel' feature on a L5000-SIA, you must program a call waiting cancel prefix if you are using call waiting. The 'Swinger Shutdown' feature only allows you to choose (1) report or (2) reports for the option of alarm reporting per zone. The default option is set to 2 reports. The 'Abort Window' feature allows you to choose only (15), (30) or (45) seconds with (30) seconds as the default option. The 'Entry Delay 1' and 'Entry Delay 2' features allow you to choose from (30), (45), (60), (90), (120), (180) and (240) seconds and when added together with the dialer delay, the total delay should not exceed (60) seconds. The 'Exit Delay' feature can only be set to (45), (60), (90) or (120) seconds. The 'Restart Exit Time' feature is set to 'Yes' by default. The 'Exit Warning' feature is enabled and cannot be changed. The 'Auto Stay Arming' feature is set to 'Yes' by default. Finally, the 'Cross Zone Delay' feature can be set to 'None' or (30), (60), (90), (120), (180), or (240) seconds. The default option with the L5000-SIA alarm control panel is (180) seconds. All of these programming settings are unique to the Honeywell L5000-SIA and are not found in the regular Honeywell L5000 LYNX Touch wireless alarm control panel.
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Powerful Exercises for How to Finally Let Go of Past Pain
I coached a woman on this episode of Last First Date Radio. Listen as I help her learn how to let go of past pain from toxic relationships.
I coached live on the air for the first time on this episode of Last First Date Radio. I spoke with Jas from Dubai, a member of my private Facebook group, Your Last First Date, who wanted to know how to let go of past pain, of the hurt caused by toxic men in her life.
Here's what she asked: "I feel one of my love blocks is not being able to completely let go of the hurt caused by toxic men in the past. Every time I feel I am doing inner work and moving on, something triggers me and feelings of anger and resentment arise. How can I overcome this?"
Find out in episode #271: How to Let Go of Past Pain From Toxic Relationships.
How to Let Go of Past Pain
When you've been in a toxic relationship (or two or three), it can be really hard to trust again. It's common to shut our hearts down to love, because we don't want to get hurt again.
In this episode, Jas discloses that pain from past relationships can be triggered unexpectedly, and it can linger and feel awful.
I tell her there is usually a connection between our families of origin and the toxic partners we choose. Jas reveals that her father is a narcissist, and she hates seeing her mother be abused. This triggers a painful response in her. I coach her on the importance of doing the inner work to heal the pain from the love she didn't receive from her father. Until this healing takes place, we unconsciously attract partners who remind us of those toxic family members, with the hope of somehow fixing the partner to be able to love us. This just leads to heartache.
We can't have a healthy relationship with those men, no matter how hard we try. We need to love ourselves more so we develop zero tolerance for toxic men.
I helped Jas get clarity about her must-haves and deal breakers, the types of men she will let in or keep out in the future.
And I shared two powerful coaching exercises that you can use to help you let go of toxic relationships or anything painful in your life.
Thanks, Jas, for opening up and being willing to be vulnerable on the show today. You were awesome!
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OLC is conducting a special election that could amend OLC's Code of Regulations. The first proposal is to dissolve the six OLC Chapters following the 2017 Chapter Conferences, the second is to update titles of the OLC officers.
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The Champions league is nearing the latter stages, in which their have been a number of impressive performances through the early stages of the competition. Punters have been using the Rivers casino bonus code welcome offer to support the outright markets as Premier league champions Manchester City remain the favourites for the title at a general 11/4. Here we cover the leading contenders.
Manchester City
The English champions are now progressing well and are the short priced favourites for another Premier league title as Liverpool begin to stutter. However what the owners want is a Champions league title and they remain the favourites to lift the title this season. They progressed through Group F as group winners with a total of 13 points from their six fixtures. City were then rewarded with a nice draw against German side Schalke. City somehow gained a 3-2 victory away from home in the first leg as Otamendi picked up a red card. Sterling got the winner in the 90th minute, in what was not a vintage performance for them. City are rarely showing their best in Europe, so at present 11/4 seems very short, but they are without a doubt one of the most likely winners.
The Spanish giants are having a very strong domestic season and already look set to win yet another La Liga title. They are also looking a major force in the Champions league and can be supported at a best priced 11/2 to gain another title. They are of course five time Champions league winners, with the last title coming back in 2015. Messi has continued to play a starring role for the side that saw them top a tough looking Group B, ahead of Tottenham and Inter Milan. This meant they got a favourable draw against Lyon with the first leg finishing 0-0. The return leg will be at the Camp Nou, and Barcelona will be strong favourites to progress through to the last eight.
The final side at the head of the market at a general 11/2 are dominant French champions, PSG. They have possibly the greatest attacking line in world football at present and are going to be a major threat for any side. They progressed through Group C in what was clearly the most competitive of all. This included Napoli and last season's finalists Liverpool. Following topping the group they have drawn Manchester United, and went to Old Trafford winning 2-0. This was a stunning result considering the level Manchester United are playing at present, which shows how strong a side the French champions are. They rate solid contenders for the title.


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Pasta 4 People – a Pot of Love
Last Wednesday, March 13th, Children For Change (C4C) hosted an activity night for the Gilead House families called "Pasta 4 People – a Pot of Love." The brainchild of this activity was a 3rd grader, Lily, who is a member of C4C. Lily hosted a bake sale to raise the money necessary to buy all of the families pots and made them all potholders. The Gilead House families were greatly touched and by Lily's gracious act and everyone enjoyed the delicious pasta dinner.
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I have before me two novels by John le Carré, an author whom I love. I have in mind a third novel by Tom Perrotta, an author whose work I've greatly enjoyed.
Le Carré (real name is David Cornwell) is a British author, born in 1931, who worked during his 20s and part of his 30s as a teacher and as a diplomat with ties to British intelligence. He is probably best known for his novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, about the hunt for a traitor at the highest levels of the British espiocracy. It was adapted as a television miniseries starring Alec Guinness in 1989 and as a feature film starring Gary Oldman in 2011. Le Carré's had many other best-selling novels, several of which have also been made into movies.
Perrotta is an American writer, born in 1961, whose ethnic background I've seen described as Albanian-American and Italian-American. He has taught creative writing. He's probably best known as the author of the 1998 novel Election, about a high school campaign, which was made the following year into a popular film starring Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick. (The book was inspired by the three-way presidential campaign among Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Ross Perot in 1992.) Another of Perrotta's novels, Little Children, was released as a film in 2006.
So what could these three novels by these two very different men possibly have in common? Let me answer that question in a roundabout way.
As readers of this blog may have surmised, I love to read. My tastes, naturally, have evolved over the years.
Initially I was wild about science fiction. In particular, I loved space opera, which I'd say emphasize plot-oriented tales of starship combat and other warfare over character-driven stories. I have largely set aside my passion for science fiction, but I return to it on occasion.
I've gone through different genre phases. In my teenage years, I developed a love of fantasy, now abandoned. (I have made an exception for the Harry Potter series, which I scoffed at until, in a fit of insomnia one night at my grandmother's Manhattan apartment, I picked up The Chamber of Secrets.) I later nurtured enthusiasms for thrillers and detective and spy novels that, again, are essentially burned out by this point.
Later, I turned to reading contemporary fiction. And occasionally I've become very interested in various types of nonfiction works.
How many books have I read over the years? I've no idea.
How many books have I started but not finished reading over the years? It's hard to say. There have probably been a fair number.
How many books have I read nearly all the way to the end without finishing?
Aye, there's the rub…
Perrotta's fourth published novel, Little Children, was released in 2004.
I don't remember the story very well, but I believe it was set in a pleasant (Massachusetts? New Jersey?) suburban community. It involved three or four families, most with (yes) young children. The characters are pleasant enough, but their lives seem to be, well, rather boring — unfulfilling, even. Secret vices, including infidelity, help spice things up.
The novel climaxes one night as the different characters are wrestling with their demons, with varying degrees of success. That is to say, they're teetering on a knife's edge, balanced between redemption and catastrophe. And it's not always obvious whether the morally just choice will in fact lead to the optimal outcome.
As I recall, one mother and her child go to a playground so she can meet her lover. But that lover is torn between making the illicit rendezvous and ending the affair so he can salvage his marriage. And as chance would have it, a very angry, very dangerous man is heading toward the very spot where the straying woman and her child are waiting…
Over the course of a few hundred pages, I had come to care about Perrotta's fictional constructs. Perhaps it was because they were such fundamentally decent people, despite their flaws. Perhaps it was because I shared many of their flaws and discontents.
No matter the reason; I set aside the book. It seemed that disaster was afoot, and I simply could not bear to see (relatively) innocent characters come to harm. To this date, I have never finished Little Children, nor watched the film based upon it.
Our Kind of Traitor was published in 2010. It is, to the best of my knowledge, le Carré's 21st and most recent novel. I plunged into it sometime in the summer or fall of 2010 or 2011.
Memory fails to specify when I read Our Kind of Traitor, and it's vague on plot particulars. But I'll try to summarize.
Perry and Gail are British yuppies, long a couple but childless and unmarried. They are both intelligent but of only modest accomplishment. A small inheritance affords them the opportunity to vacation on the Caribbean island of Antigua.
There they happen to meet one Dima, a Russian man in his mid-50s. They also meet his entourage. For Dima is not just any Russian: He is a Russian mafioso. And he's not just any mobster: He's a mobster with secrets to sell and good reason to flee his homeland. His ideal exit would involve absconding with his loved ones into the protective and secretive embrace of British intelligence.
Normally, Gail and especially Perry would be the last two people to get into bed with a secretive (read: anti-democratic) government (read: oppressive) agency. But Perry and Gail, like many well-meaning left-wingers, are also suckers for a cause. And that's exactly why helping Dima and especially some of his innocent relatives appeals to them…
Having pledged to aid Dima, and not fully trusting the intelligence professionals who have vowed to assist him, Perry and Gail become intimately involved in the operation to extract the mobster and his flock. But the best-laid plans start to go badly awry as two vulnerable innocents embark upon a very dangerous tangent.
Again, these are not real people; they simply seem that way. I didn't know what was going to happen, but I was convinced it would be something bad.
After all, this is le Carré: His engrossing but grim books involve victories that tend to be Pyrrhic more often that not. If memory serves, at the very end of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, an innocent is abruptly and randomly snared by a trap from which there can be no rescue and to which there can be no retribution. The closing to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy sees characters' personal and professional failures seriously undermining their successes. At the conclusion of Smiley's People, a sequel to Tinker, at a moment when one character might be expected to exult, he feels hollow instead. As The Night Manager approaches its climax, a character balances sparing the life of one specific person against passively allowing many unknown people to die.
So again, as with Little Children, I put aside Our Kind of Traitor.
Le Carré's 20th book, A Most Wanted Man, came out in 2008. I have had it for years. But I put it down at least once, finding myself unable to get past the opening pages.
Some days ago, I embarked anew upon this book, which I understand is being made into a movie. And it wasn't long before I fell in love with A Most Wanted Man.
Le Carré, long an aficionado of Germany, sets the novel in the (evidently cosmopolitan) North German city of Hamburg. There is a mysterious fugitive named Issa and the people caught in his orbit: Annabel Richter, Issa's do-good lawyer, who works for a refugee aid society; Tommy Brue, the banker, whose dustiest, darkest files may contain the unlikely key to Issa's salvation; and Günther Bachmann, the spy, whose discovery of Issa may provide the key to…
Actually, it's not obvious what Bachmann wants or hopes to get, or what he'll settle for once other intelligence officials get wind of Issa. And for long stretches, it's not clear what Issa really wants; nor what motivates Richter; nor what path Brue hopes to navigate to achieve his personal or professional goals.
What gradually emerges is that Bachmann, a consummate professional, may not be telling the truth — or at least the entire truth — to the other characters. And it also becomes clear that Bachmann is losing control over events as things come to a head. Which is exactly what many of the characters begin to sense as they approach a moment that could change, or end, their lives.
I got to this point in A Most Wanted Man and, well, I think you know the rest:
Yup. I set this book aside as well.
But that's not the end of the story — I hope.
I've thought about Little Children many times over the years. The same with Our Kind of Traitor: I keep on wondering about how they end. That's true of A Most Wanted Man, too.
So I'm going to do it. I'm going to read the end of A Most Wanted Man. I will also read the end of Our Kind of Traitor. And then I'll get a copy of Little Children and finish reading it too.
I suspect that all three of these books will sadden me. But it's important to see things through to the end. And it's time I become a man who does that — who finishes, who sees things through to the end — more consistently and more often.
As always, thanks for reading this blog. I'll be doing more reading of my own — and I'll be sure to let you know what I find!