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Are you a table game fan? Then you must want to set up a game room of your own having the most spectacular table games and board games for you and your kids. Having a friend with such an amazing room will drag your friends too in your place with whom you can have a great time playing with a couple of beers. Whether it's a pool table or an Air Hockey– gamers love betting and playing around with it.
So, if you're wondering to purchase an air hockey table for your home, there are a few things that you must consider before choosing and buying a table game randomly—So, let's explore those things and make sure you're following the rules for the perfect purchase of the air hockey table.
Know your purpose
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Select the table with different features
Nowadays, the top brands are offering the air hockey tables of different features. You can stick to the traditionally designed wooden tables where you'll have to use the manual scoreboard. Again, you have the option to shop the plastic made or metallic game tables with the convertible feature. Here, the scores are displayed on the screen of the device and you can also get some good sound while playing on the table.
Stick to the brands
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With the introduction of the eCommerce business, you have the provision of shopping the Air Hockey Tables For Sale online. You can get the most amazing discounts and cash back offers if you're shopping online.
So, these are a couple of things that you need to consider while purchasing an air hockey table.


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EDIT: My thinking on Travel Hacking has evolved—I recommend you read this post instead.
A few years ago, I found myself in Thailand without a ticket home. As I was browsing Internet forums between unfruitful flight searches, I stumbled upon something unbelievable: I could book a one-way flight, it seemed, from Southeast Asia back to North America, for around 500 U.S. dollars – in international first class.
The particulars of the deal were slightly more complex. I would need to begin my journey not in Bangkok, but in nearby Yangon, Myanmar. Additionally, the flight would take me not to Austin, but to Montréal; I would need to find my own way back to Austin from there.
Still, the overall cost of my first-class journey, including one-way regional flights and the visa necessary to enter Myanmar at the time, would be less than any one-way economy flight I could find – I booked the ticket.
Unfortunately, in spite of all the assurances other posters on the forum provided to the contrary, the airline quickly discovered this "error fare" and canceled all associated tickets, mine included. I ended up having to fly home in economy, but I remained fascinated by the world I'd just discovered: The world of travel hacking.
Three years later, however, I've come to the conclusion that travel hacking is usually not worth all the trouble involved. Here's why I feel that way, and what I recommend you do instead.
What is Travel Hacking?
Before I go talking a bunch of shit about travel hacking, I should probably define it. Travel hacking is a broad topic, which means different things to different people, but in general, travel hacking is exploiting weaknesses of companies that provide travel-related products and services to make travel easier and cheaper for yourself.
Common strategies of travel hackers include: Scouring the Web for extremely cheap airfares (both errors and deliberate flash sales); opening travel credit card accounts, often for the sole purpose of reaping sign-up bonuses; and planning travel around hotels that offer bonus nights or long-stay discounts. These are just a few of the ways you can "hack" travel, however – travel hacking is, by design, a limitless pursuit.
Travel Hacking Restricts Freedom and Flexibility
Ironically, the one thing travel hacking often limits is your freedom as a traveler. If you depend on error fares or sale fares to buy your plane tickets, for example, you are beholden to a limited range of dates and destinations, which may or may not correspond to where you actually want to travel. I've seen people book so-called "positioning flights" in order to take advantage of a particular deal, which add hours or even days to their overall travel time.
Likewise, if you primarily use points or frequent flyer miles to travel by air, you have to deal with availability and connection constraints that wouldn't exist if you paid cash. This, combined with fuel surcharges and other fees some airlines levy on award tickets, makes points in many frequent flyer programs effectively worthless.
Travel Hacking is Often Unethical
Back when I found my ill-fated first-class journey, I (and everyone on the FlyerTalk forum where I found the deal) knew that it was a mistake, but booked it anyway. After the airline canceled it, many objected, some of whom actually went as far as to sue the airline, due to a nuance in international air travel statutes a lawyer on the forum pointed out. Legal or not, it was the travel hackers, and not the airline, who were in the wrong, a truth the court eventually cited in its ruling.
Another example of travel hacking's questionable ethics is the credit card strategy I mentioned earlier. Many travel hackers proudly proclaim opening credit card accounts then, once they've reaped the sign-up bonus, closing them immediately in order to avoid paying the annual fee. While this, again, is legal, it's pretty shady and underhanded if you ask me.
Travel Hacking is a Short-Term Strategy
In addition to the fact that travel hacking limits your freedom and frequently places you in ethical grey areas, it's simply not a great strategy in the long-term. If you're constantly waiting for the next incredible fare sale or credit card bonus offer, you can't really think about your long-term travel strategy, whether that's a bucket list, building your own travel blog or hitting the road for months or even years at a time.
I personally know many travel hackers for whom travel hacking itself has replaced traveling. Their entire trips consist of sleeping in different first-class cabins, relaxing in multiple VIP lounges and purchasing nice cameras with their credit card points, then using them not to photograph destinations, but the opulent fantasy world into which they hacked.
One Alternative to Travel Hacking
Obviously, I haven't traveled to almost 100 countries over the past five years by paying full price all the time. What I have done, however, is built sustainable strategies that depend less on fleeting vulnerabilities in travel systems, and more on long-term trends and truths. Not so much travel hacking – maybe travel lubrication?
When it comes to airfare, for example, I decide where I want to travel first, then worry about finding a way to get there. Although I do occasionally consult websites like The Flight Deal and Secret Flying, the best way to find cheap airfare, in my experience, is to know which airlines (and their partners) fly where, and to search their websites often in the weeks (and, if possible, months) leading up to your trip. Click here to learn more about that.
Over time, you'll usually find that one airline or airline alliance tends to be the cheapest and most convenient out of your home airport, which will lead to your allegiance to that airline. This has its own perks, namely elite status, which afford you priority check-in, boarding and security, free upgrades and lounge access, among other benefits.
Opening a credit card account from this airline, sign-up bonus notwithstanding, will also benefit you more in the long term. I earn about 60,000 United miles every year, simply due to every day spending, which I can redeem for travel and upgrades across the industry-leading Star Alliance.
(When I can find availability, that is.)
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Grace Ward, 28, who suffered a broken leg in the crash that killed Ryan Folson, has been charged with second-degree murder.
Ward was reportedly driving on Interstate 5 in Redding on Jan. 7., when she crossed into oncoming traffic in an alleged suicide attempt.
Folsom, a 29-year-old father of two, was reportedly on his way to a Sacramento hospital to interview for a residency program when Ward's vehicle struck his.
Three other cars were reportedly able to swerve out of the way before Ward's car struck Folsom's vehicle, reports said.
"She intentionally was driving and swerving towards them," Shasta County District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett said.
Folsom and Ward were both taken to Mercy Medical Center in Redding where Folsom died.
Folsom is survived by his pregnant wife and two children.
A GoFundMe account raised more than $300,000 for the family.
Ward is also facing three counts of attempted murder. Ward has not yet entered a plea, but is expected to be appointed a public defender. She is being held on $1.5 million bail.
"She made a choice, a purposeful choice to use her vehicle and driving in a fashion that was reckless and dangerous with a complete disregard for other lives," Bridgett said.


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Countries with the most and fewest libraries per 100,000 residents (infographic)
How can you judge which country is the best for the book lover? You can rank countries by literate behaviour characteristics, for instance.
A much simpler method, however, is to look into how many libraries are available for the residents of each country.
And this is what you can find in an infographic created by Syracuse University's School of Information Studies.
The visual ranks 20 best and worst countries for book lovers measured by the number of libraries per 100,000 residents. The figures are based on data from the Online Computer Library Center Inc (OCLC) and the World Bank.
But libraries aren't just about books. They play an integral role in the social fabric of their communities. They provide literacy training to the homeless, offer a valuable gathering space for civic groups, and grant access to educational resources.
As you'll see in the table and an infographic, Slovakia leads the way, with 138 libraries per 100,000 residents. The top 10 also includes Palau, Finland, and Belarus, among others.
You won't find the US in the top 20. It ranks 62nd on the list, with 30 libraries per 100,000 residents.
Top 10 countries witht the most libraries per 100,000 residents
- Slovakia – 138
- Palau – 113
- Finland – 110
- Belarus – 107
- Latvia – 96
- Czech Republic – 91
- Ukraine – 86
- Armenia – 83
- Moldova – 81
- Russia – 79
Click or tap the visual to see it enlarged.
Keep exploring. Here are more infographics about libraries and reading:
- Privacy and personalization in the library (infographic)
- Why books and reading are important? (infographic)
- 14 books that made the largest impact on humanity (infographic)
- What were the most challenged books of 2019? (report and infographic)
- Reading time of terms of service compared to books (infographic)


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From On Home Beaches by Les Murray
"Back, in my fifties, fatter than I was then,
I step on the sand, belch down slight horror to walk
a wincing pit edge, waiting for the pistol shot
"To muse, to creep, to halt at will, to gaze ... such sweet wayfaring"
William Wordsworth
He's a wonderful poet, but the black dog does torment the man. He distils essence in a similar way to Tim Winton.
That is a wonderful pink - not cherry; it would have to be hot pink, I suspect.
Wonderful detail - focusing on the reflection really adds another layer to this scene.
To me, the sand turns the pink to almost a coral.
I detect a comfort... that's it! A COMFORT that is starting to creep in away from the bush!
And I'm with Julie, you can quote Tim and Les all day.
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I'm not familiar with the poet but very familiar with the sentiment... although, I looked forward to middle-age and the way it has of leveling the playing field, as it were.
Love the pink.
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Pete, not so sure about comfort yet but I agree I progressed a lot this year. Have learnt from looking at the work of others.ReplyDelete


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The past few months have seen a lot of celebrity controversies make headlines. Having an opinion and voicing it out of social media without getting trolled has become impossible. Things will get more difficult for you if you are an opinionated woman.
Be it ranting about the state of infrastructure or just talking about a concept that you believe or don't believe in – trolls will inadvertently link it to your physical attributes, personal relationships, the achievements and failures in your career et al. While these twitter-celeb controversies have garnered a lot of interest, it has also highlighted how some women have been unstoppable and given back to these trolls. They haven't gone off Twitter and still continue to post their thoughts and opinions. These cases, compared to some instances where male celebrities were involved, clearly highlight that women are better at standing their ground and handling trolls. Some cases in point.
Sonakshi Sinha gives it back to KRK:
Taking a dig at Sonakshi Sinha's big frame, KRK tweeted, "Pls RT this if you think tat @SonakshiSinha has biggest butt in Bollywood.(sic)"
Without even interacting with him, Sonakshi gave it back to him with the help of her fans. She tweeted, "Please RT this if u think @kamaalrkhan is a woman disrespecting waste of space and deserves to be hung upside down and given 4 tight slaps."
A Tsunami of RTs later, Kamaal deleted the tweet and retracted saying that he was apparently conducting a survey on the sexiest actress in Bollywood.
Bipasha Basu's perfect mantra to deal with trolls:
KRK, known for talking degradingly about women in the industry, posted a picture of papayas on Twitter and wrote, "These are as big as bipasha ke in bipasha song. #Jodibreakers." He further wrote: "Believe me I go crazy when Bipasha move her boobs on the song Bipasha of Jodi breakers."
Bipasha chose the perfect response and put an end of any further discussion to this by saying, "There is a lot of filth in this world and I don't think we should give these filthy, lecherous remarks any importance."
Neha Dhupia's #selfiewithdaughter controversy:
While people were busy posting their pictures under the #selfiewithdaughter, Neha took to twitter to bring in focus another important issues. She tweeted saying: "One rain and the city comes to a standstill. Good governance is not about selfies n making us do yoga, it's making sure your citizens r safe."
Trolls called her a C-grade dumb actress, someone who lacks knowledge and has had failed in her Bollywood career. But Neha stood her ground and again reiterated, "My goal was never to hurt anyone's sentiments. I hope we can focus on the issues that matter and that my appeal to improve our civic amenities is taken in the right way."
Shruti Seth on capital punishment
The junta on Twitter was divided on their opinions on Yakub Memon's hanging and capital punishment. And just like everyone else, Shruti Seth had one too and she didn't want to not be vocal about it.
"Killing can never be justified, in any form, for any reason by anyone," she tweeted and trolls started calling her names. One suggested that Oxford should replace the word 'idiot' with 'Shruti Seth'. Called her a bimbo who was trying hard to stand with pseudo-secular gang. Some called her hungry to be in the news.
It would be nice to note here, that just recently Shruti was targeted by trolls on Twitter when she called the Indian PM #selfieobsessedPM . She argued in her tweets that, "A selfie is not a device to bring about change Mr. PM Try reform." She urged the PM to be more than a photograph. She was trolled to an extent that she started trending on the widely followed social media site. There were personal digs at her with comments on her daughter.
Deepika Padukone Cleavage controversy:
What do you do when a video that shows your cleavage makes headlines? Do you go into hiding? Or do you say that 'It's not me in the video.' 'It is someone else.' 'That's photo-shopped.' You can do all of that but not when you are an unstoppable woman like Deepika Padukone. "YES! I am a Woman. I have breasts AND a cleavage! You got a problem!!??," she tweeted after the video went viral.
She also took to Facebook and wrote: "I have spoken out against an ideology that such regressive tactics are still being employed to draw a reader's attention at a time when we are striving for women's equality and empowerment.
"In a time where women should be applauded for making headway in a male-dominated society, we blur the lines between REEL and REAL life and dilute all our efforts by making a one-year old back sliding piece of news a headline. It is not about breasts, penises, or any other body part being reported. It is a matter of context and how out-of-context the reportage is just to sell a headline. And more so during a time in dire need of an attitude shift towards women."
And she went on about life as usual ignore any more negative comments. Just like a lot of the other women mentioned above. However, things haven't been the same for our male celebrities. From distancing themselves from the social network to being active only during film promotions to quitting it altogether, male celebs haven't been able to take it in their stride. At time when staying away was not possible, some retracted their statements and tried to give endless explanations to win their fans back.
Salman Khan's tweets about Yakub Memon and then the retraction is one of the biggest Twitter controversies so far involving a Bollywood celeb. He deleted his tweets about the 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon after it led to a huge uproar.
Shah Rukh Khan faced a lot of flak on Twitter when he revealed in one interview that a politician had asked him to "return to his land" due to his religion. Sad by the "judgments, jingoism, and religious intolerance on the net" SRK decided to stay away from the site. The sabbatical was broken when director-friend Anubhav Sinha persuaded him to return.
Rishi Kapoor had decided to delete his account and go off Twitter permanently after he was trolled for his viewpoint on what singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya and TV actor Ajaz Khan said regarding Salman Khan's conviction in the 2002 hit-and-run case. He had declared, "Too much negativity, abusive language and disregard for seniors. Will retire from Twitter coz it has only given me grief (sic)." He reconsidered his decision after director Sajid Khan's intervention.
You would expect director Anurag Kashyap to remain unfazed by the negative comments. But he too couldn't handle the trolls and took a sabbatical from Twitter post he voiced disappointment The Lunchbox not getting selected as India's official entry to the Oscars. However, he had to return to promote his film Bombay Velvet.
By far Imran Khan is the only actor who quit Twitter and has stayed away from it hence. He was upset with his trolls taking a dig at his acting skills and asking personal questions.
Amazing how his views are never linked with his acting prowess or his gender.
The men who have aced the game!
Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra have been a favourite with trolls. But a look at their comebacks and who won't know who's trolling whom.


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Global Processing Services (GPS) has increased its support for mobile wallets to include Android Pay using Mastercard Digital Enablement Service (MDES). Android Pay is now available to all clients using the pioneering GPS Apex platform.
MDES is a tokenisation solution that enables Programme Managers to offer Android Pay and other digital wallets to cardholders so they can make secure mobile payments over the counter and in app via their handset.
Darren Deal, Head of Prepaid for Mastercard UK&I says; "It is important for issuers and their supporting processors to be integrated into MDES for tokenization so they can support the latest mobile payment experiences for their customers both now and in the future."
"Interest in mobile payments has grown rapidly over the past year," explained Suresh Vaghjiani, Managing Director, GPS. "Our clients are innovators who are constantly looking for new ways to add value to their commercial offering. With the addition of Android Pay to our growing portfolio of mobile wallets supported, we continue to break new ground for our issuer clients and future-proofing the GPS Apex platform."
"Security and privacy is at the core of Android Pay. When you use a credit or debit card with Android Pay, the actual card numbers are not stored on the device or on servers. Instead, a unique Device Account Number is assigned, encrypted and securely stored. Each transaction is authorized with a one-time unique dynamic security code. "


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The new swimming pool and leisure complex at Lough Lannagh in Castlebar was officially opened yesterday by the Minister for Rural & Community Development Michael Ring and the Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council Blackie Gavin.
Over 30 people are now employed at the new leisure complex at Lough Lannagh, following an investment of almost €14 million.
Minister Michael Ring says Castlebar is one of a number of Mayo towns that benefitted from the Swimming Pool Capital Scheme, which he reopened when he was Minister for Tourism & Sport several years ago.
Minister Ring told Midwest News he was involved with this project from the start.
The CEO of Mayo County Council Peter Hynes told Midwest News that the development is not only a milestone for Castlebar, but also for the local authority and the county. He says it is the culmination of two decades of planning and preparation.
He told Midwest News that we are lucky to have such a facility on our doorstep.


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Simply put, the iPhone started a telecommunications battle royal, as well as a mobile revolution. Not only for "geeks" like me, but anyone who can afford the huge price for data service that comes along with the price tag of the phone itself. You barely see a flip phone anymore. With subsidies, just about anyone can get sucked into a 2 year contract for a "free" iPhone (3GS) or a $99 iPhone 4.
All the electronics companies have jumped on the bandwagon, with Samsung Galaxy III running Google's Android OS leading the chase of Apple's iPhones (still only able to access 3G data networks), Windows mobile a pale third place. The GS3 is HUGE compared to the iPhone. Great if you want to watch movies, unwieldy just a tad, in my opinion to put into your shirt pocket.
Apple is the most valuable company in the world. The iPhone helped make it so and it's sale alone exceed ALL OF MICROSOFT sales combined. My last iPhone was a 3G (still in use by my grandson). Had a Samsung Galaxy S on T-Mobile which was a very fast phone on 4G HSPA+ data (4G supposedly) network. It's now an orphaned product unable to use the latest Android OS.
T-Mobile is now as outrageously priced as ATT with no flexibility, once you have signed a contract. Their data network is the fastest with 40mbps available in some large markets. No other carriers offer data service even close in speed. The ads they run claiming "unlimted data" is a bold face lie. They cap at 2 or 5GB after which the speed slows down to Edge (2g) speeds. However, they are the only major network NOT offering the IPhone. They plan to offer the radio frequency the iPhone 3G data Service runs on. So millions of iPhone 4G phones (unlocked) currently using TMobile, will get faster data service than on ATT.
Along comes Richard Branson and another Virgin product, Virgin Mobile (on the Sprint network). Their service is "Pre-paid". $35/month gets you 500 minutes of talk time, unlimited text and data. $45 dollars a month gets 1200 minutes talk, unlimited data and text. Less than half of what I was paying T-Mobile. T-Mobile offers a $49 PLAN plan if you get two lines capping data at 2GB and a two year agreement.
For a hundred forty-nine bucks ($149) the LG-OPTIMUS ELITE is better than the Galaxy S, iPhone 3G and has a faster processor than iPhone 4, particularly because of it's 2 gigabyte built in memory and faster processor. Memory is expandable (unlike iPhones) with MicroSD cards up to 32 gigs.
For the price (now under $100) – it's the nicest small smart phone I've owned and works well with a 4GB or 8GB card. It's maybe 2mm taller than the 3G and a soft rubber iPhone 3g case fits petty well with an Exacto knife modification.
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Position Summary
The Delighted team at Qualtrics is on a mission to improve the customer experience for growing businesses. Our self-serve customer experience platform is used by thousands of brands, including many of today's unicorns, as well as the next round of startups poised to become tomorrow's unicorns. As our team grows, Delighted is looking for a strong designer to creatively translate our brand across multiple forms of website content, digital and offline media.
The ideal candidate has a firm grasp of the creative process and production management. They believe that creativity can create better stories and strive to create work that's simple but powerful. As a key member of the marketing team, you'll be the sherpa of the Delighted brand and be involved in creative digital media executions across our website, content platforms and digital advertising campaigns.
We've combined the best parts of a young startup with the stability, excitement, and innovation of a rapidly growing tech company. If you're ready for a place where you can build a career and make an impact on possibly the fastest-growing category in business, we've got a home for your creative talents.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and maintain our communication-based web properties – including but not limited to: the homepage, product pages, landing pages, blog, guides, infographics, customer support area, advertisements, microsites, marketing emails, etc.
- Collaborate directly with marketers, writers, engineers, videographers and other designers
- Design all offline communication collateral – including but not limited to: presentations, event materials, business cards, signage, product videos, etc.
- Manage and evolve the Delighted brand identity and style guide
- Help build upon our strong design culture by providing thought leadership on design and creative strategy
- 4 or more years professional experience as a communication/graphic/web designer
- Ability to create work that is engaging, creative, and transcends fashionable design trends
- Experience designing responsive websites with standardized CMS platforms (e.g., Wordpress)
- Ability to convey complicated concepts in a simple, and understandable manner
- Strong attention to detail
- Humble, ego-free attitude
- Ability to thrive in a collaborative and feedback-rich environment
- Ability to clearly articulate design decisions
- Strong prototyping skills
- Must be highly-proficient in Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop
- Must have a Bachelor's Degree (or higher) from a respected university (this is a company-wide mandatory)
- Strong grasp and practical experience working in HTML5/CSS
- Bonus points for experience in copywriting; illustration and/or iconography; product, UI, or interaction design; video design/production/editing; designing SaaS marketing collateral


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Psalm 86:11-17
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Devout Prayer 062011
Few of us are able to pray devoutly, and on a regular basis. What are we doing that we don't have the time or focus to devote a few minutes of the morning to a devout prayer, and a few minutes in the evening.
Today, I pray with Psalm 86:11 'Teach me your way, O Lord.' We should pray so devoutly and regularly that we miss prayer in our life if we miss a morning's prayer, worse than starting the day without coffee or toast, or whatever our morning routine is.
Can we pray together this morning that our church and our society reclaim the habit of devoting ourselves to God each dawn?
Pray for peace, and pray for prayer today, and start the week with the love of God.
(brother) Bill
Psalm 86:11-17
11Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart to revere your name.
12I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever.
13For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
14O God, the insolent rise up against me; a band of ruffians seeks my life, and they do not set you before them.
15But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
16Turn to me and be gracious to me; give your strength to your servant; save the child of your serving girl.
17Show me a sign of your favor, so that those who hate me may see it and be put to shame, because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.
Genesis 16:1-15
16Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian slave-girl whose name was Hagar, 2and Sarai said to Abram, "You see that the Lord has prevented me from bearing children; go in to my slave-girl; it may be that I shall obtain children by her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. 3So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her slave-girl, and gave her to her husband Abram as a wife.
4He went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress. 5Then Sarai said to Abram, "May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my slave-girl to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the Lord judge between you and me!" 6But Abram said to Sarai, "Your slave-girl is in your power; do to her as you please." Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she ran away from her.
7The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. 8And he said, "Hagar, slave-girl of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She said, "I am running away from my mistress Sarai." 9The angel of the Lord said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit to her."
10The angel of the Lord also said to her, "I will so greatly multiply your offspring that they cannot be counted for multitude." 11And the angel of the Lord said to her, "Now you have conceived and shall bear a son; you shall call him Ishmael, for the Lord has given heed to your affliction. 12He shall be a wild ass of a man, with his hand against everyone, and everyone's hand against him; and he shall live at odds with all his kin." 13So she named the Lord who spoke to her, "You are El-roi"; for she said, "Have I really seen God and remained alive after seeing him?" 14Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.
15Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
Revelation 2:1-7
2"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands: 2"I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance. I know that you cannot tolerate evildoers; you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them to be false. 3I also know that you are enduring patiently and bearing up for the sake of my name, and that you have not grown weary. 4But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. 5Remember then from what you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. 6Yet this is to your credit: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To everyone who conquers, I will give permission to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God.
The New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
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Neighborhood Halloween Social
Saturday October 27
1328 Carr (Driveway)
This is an outdoors event, so please dress accordingly
Kids – Please come in costume!
Activities will include a Mini Pumpkin Decorating Contest
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Each family - please bring your kids and a bag of candy and a "trick or treat" bag – we'll fill each bag.
Assorted kids beverages and snacks
Adults BYOB – Very Important!
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Volunteer Opportunity
This coming Saturday (10/6) Annesdale Park will be helping to provide meals at St. John's Methodist Church. Many of our fellow neighbors and nearby residents will be coming to share in our company. This is a great opportunity to help provide nutrition and fellowship to those in need. Please come to the purple awning entrance on the west side of the St. John's building off the parking lot by 3:15 p.m. We will be concluded by 5:15.
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The Black Bands (Italian: Bande Nere), sometimes referred to as the Black Bands of Giovanni, was a company of Italian mercenaries formed and commanded by Giovanni de' Medici during the Italian Wars; their name came from their black mourning colors for the death of Pope Leo X. Composed primarily of arquebusiers the company was, by the Italian War of 1521, considered to be the finest Italian troops available.
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I'd like to see the option of re-naming one's crews (I believe this is possible on WOT for gold). Just for a bit of fun, WG can use a profanity filter to stop anything naughty. Preferably free or for little cost (10 gold tops, or a couple of tokens maybe), the generic names mean I'm less interested in their 'careers' so to speak.
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With close proximity to the bustling metropolis of New York City and all of the quintessential charm of New England, Connecticut truly offers the best of both worlds. Add to that the state's rich, revolutionary history, thriving economy, beautiful cities, top-notch universities and high quality of life, and it's easy to see why so many first time homebuyers want to call the "Constitution State" home. If you count yourself among that number but worry that you won't qualify for a conventional loan, applying for an FHA loan in CT could be the answer.
The FHA loan program was developed by the U.S. Federal Housing Administration to help veterans, first time homebuyers and lower income Americans borrow money to purchase property. FHA mortgage loans may only be provided by FHA-approved lenders and have different eligibility requirements than a conventional loan that make them more accessible.
However, for all of its benefits, there are still drawbacks to the FHA loan program, so it's important to have all of the information before you apply for an FHA loan in CT.
Pro: Lower down payments … One of the biggest selling points of the FHA loan program is that borrowers are only required to pay 3.5% down. As an added bonus, if you're approved for an FHA loan, you can use monetary gifts from family members, domestic partners and friends toward your down payment; with enough funding, your down payment could come at no cost to you.
Con: … that are contingent on credit score/history. Although it's true that the FHA loan program is more forgiving to borrowers with low credit scores or non-traditional credit history, a low credit score will still affect your ability to qualify for the low down payment advantage. Only borrowers with a credit score of 580 or higher are eligible for a lower down payment; if your credit score is anywhere between 500 and 579, you could pay as much as 10% down.
Pro: Borrow money for repairs. Is your heart set on a home in need of a little TLC? You can apply for an FHA 203(k) loan, which is designed to help homeowners secure the necessary funds to complete major home improvements. Note that a 203(k) loan is not based on the current value of the property, but on its projected value after repair.
Con: Minimum Property Standards. Although a 203(k) loan can certainly expand the range of property options available to you, it can't open all doors. One of the most important stages of the FHA loan application process is to work with a Department of Housing and Urban Development-approved appraiser to review the conditions of the home. Generally, these appraisers ensure that the home meets Minimum Property Standards (that the home be safe, livable and up to code), though an overly zealous appraiser could deny approval based on a minor infraction, causing you to lose the property.
Con: Stricter loan limits. Lending limits in CT vary from county to county based on factors such as median cost of housing per county and type of housing. Conventional loan limits are generally higher than FHA loan limits. For example, the conventional loan limit for a single-family home in Hartford County is $453,100, while the FHA loan limit for the same home is $353,050.
Pro: FHA loans are assumable. If you're purchasing a home from someone who previously financed their home with an FHA-insured loan, you have the option to assume their mortgage rather than obtain a new mortgage. If you choose to do so, you could secure a lower mortgage rate.
This is one of the tactics many sellers use — as well as contributing toward closing costs, up to 6% — to attract potential buyers. Just be aware that in order to assume a seller's mortgage, you must first receive lender approval, the same as if the loan were newly originated.
Pro: No prepayment penalties or similar fees. With a conventional loan, the lender reserves the right to charge a prepayment penalty if you pay off your loan too quickly. This gives the lender the opportunity to recoup some of the cost of lost interest over time. Until recently, FHA-approved lenders were allowed to write prepayment penalties into their mortgage contracts, but the rules were changed in the interest of protecting borrowers from unnecessary fees and hidden expenses.
Con: You'll pay more for mortgage insurance. FHA loans are considered higher risk than other loans because they are often granted to borrowers who have lower credit scores and higher debt-to-income ratios, and therefore could be more likely to default on their loans. Unfortunately, this means that if you're approved for an FHA loan in CT, you'll have to pay higher mortgage insurance premiums.
There are two premiums all FHA borrowers must pay: an upfront premium and an annual premium. You pay the upfront premium — 1.75% of the loan amount — when you take out the mortgage; you have the option to either pay this premium at closing or roll it into your loan amount. The annual premium is added to your monthly mortgage payments and can range anywhere from 0.45% to 1.05% depending on the size and terms of your loan. These premiums are perhaps the most significant drawback to the FHA loan.
Buying your first home is one of the biggest financial investments you'll make in your life. That's why it's important to approach the decision with all of the facts and with the right mortgage broker behind you to simplify the process. Fortunately, the experienced brokers at Blue Water Mortgage Corporation are here to help.
With over 150 years of combined experience, our brokers have the expertise necessary to not only help you determine which type of loan best fits your specific situation, but to connect you to the right lender and secure the best loan terms possible. We strive to develop relationships build on mutual trust and respect with each and every client and we've helped countless first time buyers finance the home of their dreams. If you'd like to learn more about Blue Water and the services we provide, talk to one of our mortgage experts today.


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We are back for our 2nd annual holiday concert and if you remember last year, well, it was a party in there. This Mediterranean's Jazz and Supper will team up with The Sunset Temple of North Park to host this amazing Holiday Smooth Jazz Concert.
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A minimum of 120 credits is required for graduation. Up to 6 credits from the major and 6 credits from the minor may be applied toward the General Education requirements.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: This requirement consists of six credits in English Composition (ENWR1101 and ENWR1102), and six credits of writing intensive courses within the major.
SPEECH/PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION: Requirements consist of a three-credit course that is substantially concerned with public speaking and oral presentations, typically a course in Speech.
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS: Accuplacer will place students in the appropriate class level. Students will take MATH 1101, 1105, 1107, or 1201 to satisfy this requirement; upper level MATH-prefix courses may be substituted with prior approval from Gildart Haase School of Computer Sciences & Engineering.
MATH, TECHNOLOGY or STATISTICS: Students will take 3 credits of an upper level math course at a level higher than the course fulfilled in Quantitative Analysis: either MATH 1105, 1107, 1201, 2202, 2243, or 2337, or one of the following courses: ENGR 1301, ENGR 2286, ENGR 3000, CENG 1205/EGTC1205, CENG 1245/EGTC 1245, EGTC 3261, EGTM 2230, EGTM 2232, CSCI 1105, CSCI 1201, any CSCI courses above 1201, any INFO prefix, or PSYC 2201. Students must fulfill any applicable prerequisites for a course before taking it. In addition, they can take either MATH2337 or PSYC2201, but not both in their course of study since MATH2337 and PSYC2201 cover many similar topics.
ETHICAL AND MORAL ANALYSIS: Requirements consist of a three-credit course that is substantially concerned with ethical theories and questions. Choose course from PHIL, RELI, a course that has "ethics" in its title, or a course designated as meeting the requirement within a major program.
SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS: Requirements consist of a minimum of six credits of laboratory science from BIOL, CHEM, ENVR, MBIO, or PHYS.
LANGUAGE: If a student is beginning a new language, Elementary II (1102) is required to fulfill the 3 credit language requirement. If the student is taking a language previously studied, successful completion of Intermediate I (2103) fulfills the requirement. The student taking a previously studied language must take the placement test. If the placement score is above the Intermediate I level, the student is excused from the language requirement and will need to replace those 3 language credits with a free elective.
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HUMANITIES: This requirement will be satisfied by PHIL1000 and three credits of a required major course in Interdisciplinary Humanities Seminars.
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2THEMATIC CONCENTRATION: AMERICAN STUDIES: 8 Classes from COMM/ENGL 3409, ECON/HIST 2206, ENGL 2140, ENGL 3369, ENGL 3370, ENGL 3383, HIST 1103, HIST 1104, HIST 2211, HIST 2213, HIST 2215, HIST 2350, HIST 2352, HIST 3306, HIST 3313, HIST 3319, HIST 3320, HIST 4435, HIST 4446, HUMN/PHIL 2443, HUMN 3221, MUSIC 1108, PHIL/RELI 1105, POLS 2251, POLS 2253, POLS 3312, POLS 3349
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Ah Easter. As I get older, it is becoming my favorite holiday more and more. It is all about renewal, rebirth, hope and family. In a world that can be so dark, at times, we could all use a little focus on love and hope. I hope all of you had a peaceful and hopeful Easter Sunday, spent some relaxing time with your loved ones (and ate a lot of ham….. or lamb – either are amazing – oh and deviled eggs….. see: this is why I had to be a food blogger)…..


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22 Reasons Why You Should Become an MRI Technologist
As long as you stick to the safety protocol, this shouldn't have any effect on your life (but it does make for a pretty cool job description).
13. There's No Pressure to Wear Nice Jewelry
Since you'll be exposed to a strong magnetic field, any piece of worn metal can attach itself onto the huge magnet when it's turned on.
MRI techs aren't allowed to wear any jewelry or piercings, so if fancy trinkets aren't your thing, the examination room is a safe place for you.
14. You Can Avoid the Typical Hectic Hospital Workflow
There are times when a medical facility may look like a beehive, with people rushing through the narrow corridors, shouting orders, and patients shifting in their seats while waiting their turn.
For the MRI technologist, a busy day is a busy day, but you'll be spared from all the chaos raging outside your examination room door. Instead of multitasking and rearranging your schedule, your attention will be focused on a single task in your own space.
15. You'll Work in a Neat and Clean Environment
The whole process of MRI scanning is very clean and fairly straightforward. You'll be spending a large portion of your time in front of the computer and less time physically interacting with the patients (compared to some other great healthcare professions).
16. You Won't Be Run off Your Feet
Compared to nurses, medical assistants, and nursing aids, your job will be downright relaxing. Nurses, for example, have far more physically demanding daily shifts. Most MRI techs don't spend much time lifting, moving, or transporting patients and equipment.
That said, you won't be spending all of your working hours in front of a computer giving instructions to patients. You'll also need to assist them to get into a comfortable position before each scan takes place.
17. You Can Avoid Long Night Shifts
MRI scans need to be planned well in advance, and it usually takes around a week for a patient to be approved. This means that an MRI technologist work schedule is relatively well-organized and evenly-paced.
18. You'll be a Certified Allied Health Professional
As an MRI technologist, you'll be a certified healthcare specialist. At the end of your training, you can earn a degree or certificate and become eligible for the ARMRIT and/or ARRT certification exams.
19. Completing an MRI Program is Actually Pretty Fun
Apart from classroom instruction, you'll also have to complete nearly 1000 hours of a clinical internship. Under the guidance of an experienced mentor, you'll apply what you've learned about MRI physics and instrumentation, human anatomy, and physiology.
By working alongside trained professionals, you'll learn more useful information (and fun stories) from their years in the industry.
20. Start Working Without Major Student Loans
You don't need years of medical school and tens of thousands of dollars to find excellent work in a hospital. With great MRI tech career opportunities across America, you'll have enormous freedom to choose where you work (and for a salary you deserve).
21. Impress Your Friends and Family With Fancy Medical Terms
During classroom instruction, you'll be introduced to a range of medical terminology and conditions. Next time you're watching your favorite medical flick or show, you'll understand almost every medical term they use.
Be sure to share the knowledge with your friends and offer to decipher all the strange medical jargon they can't figure out themselves.
22. Complete Your Education in 2 Years
Program length can vary, but it should take around two years to complete your course and obtain a degree or certificate.
If you decide to join the MRI workforce, you'll discover a field with a high demand and great salaries for qualified individuals.
To find out more about MRI education in New Jersey – and all the necessary requirements – check out AIMS Education's MRI program page.
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Great post! As Simon sinek says, one has to answer three basic questions before making a decision.. Why? Who? and What? This post answers the first question. Learn more about the second question, Who should become MRI Technician?
[…] An above-average wage and plenty of employment opportunities are just two of the many reasons to choose an MRI tech career. […]
This is great info! Are the typical hours 8-5 or is there room to do part time?
As an MRI tech I can tell you its not all that. You can constantly stressed by people not knowing what is in their body and want YOU to find out. Or they lie and say they don't have anything. And it iS VERY physically demanding, and I work 13 hours day, yes 13 hours until 11 pm. Where I work they have overnight shifts or you can get a job with call. Then there's radiologists who forget we deal with real human beings and want perfection. Sorry, but the money doesn't always make it wonderful. Think about job shadowing before going into debt to get into this field. You get the real deal from techs what its like.
Couldn't agree more!! From one mri technologist to another!!
just be thankful for your job! could be alot worse
The CT techs where I work tease that MRI is where old cat scan techs go to die because my coworker and I did cat scan prior to MRI. Yes the pace is different, but MRI has a whole different set of challenges.
Although I have only been an MRI tech for 3 years, I can honestly say that I LOVE IT!
I think the reason I love it so much is because I spent the last 20 years as both an X-Ray and CT Tech.(Mostly CT). With CT you are constantly on the move scanning patients. When you are finished one patient another is coming in the door. Talk about being over worked! But MRI is different. Yes there is stress and hard work. But it is at a different pace. When you set your patient up you have a few minutes to, "CHILL." Something I could rarely do as a CT tech. The pay is also much better in MRI. If you are thinking of MRI I recommend working as a CT for a few years first. Not only will this give you a good foundation of cross sectional anatomy, but it will help you appreciate the MRI pace so much more.
I agree with Dennis, you appreciate working in MR if you have experience working in CT and xray. There may be some not so nice places to work, but once you gain experience you have more options.
This is a very interesting topic. I wasn't aware that an MRI tech is actually a great job until I read this article. Thank you for sharing.
Where do I find one of these "high paying" not working long shifts, no call, scheduled a week in advance MRI positions? This must be a joke article. I work through lunch almost every day and they still want to suck more scans out of us because this guy who has had back pain for months comes to the ER and they just have to get a super stat MRI scan. If you're considering doing MRI…don't.
I actually work as a Patient Services Rep for a MRI facility, and the STAT MRIs because a parent wants to have their child cleared to play in a soccer game over the weekend, or someone has had pain for months and now all of a sudden it's super urgent. Or the patients who laugh when you ask if they've ever had metal shavings in their eyes or been shot and have any possible shrapnel, pellets, or bullets in their body. Lie to us if you want, but if you have any of the above, and do not tell us, there's a good chance the metal fragments will migrate and that is something I hope to never see. The patients don't understand that we ask these questions for THEIR safety, not ours. I'm still amazed at how many times a patient will have sx, especially cardiac, brain, and/or ear sx and have NO CLUE if anything was implanted in their body. I'm gonna need patients to be a bit more proactive in their medical care.
I want to make a career change but I also need to pay bills. Can I work and be on the program?
Absolutely love to scan, working as a technologist, to study anatomy and the freedom to make decisions. It's very demanding, you must be a multi tasker. You must be able to think creatively and quickly. The safety aspect is mind blowing complicated. It's a constant run to get "numbers" Doctors pushing for stat exams that delay scheduled patients, who are angry your behind. 13 plus hours with no breaks, just to try to get caught up and then taking call. Unless you find a day clinic job it's not a 9 to 5 position. And if the patient cannot cooperate per pain, dementia, illness the doctor blames the tech. If you dont have a problem being set up to fail you will be fine.


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President Obama's weekly address hit upon one of the more troubling aspects of our government right now: the total failure of the FDA to keep us, our children, and our pets safe in the knowledge that what is consumed will not harm any of us. He has named a new Commissioner of the Food and Drug Agency, Dr. Margaret Hamburg (go ahead, giggle as I did at her last name being Hamburg(er)–I blame the cold meds I'm taking), and Dr. Joshua Sharfstein (nope, no food-related funny with his last name) as Principal Deputy Commissioner. Obama is also creating a new Food Safety Working Group which ultimately sounds like it will be making sure that the left hand of government agencies involved with food safety know what the right hand is doing–what a concept!
And as an animal welfare advocate I am THRILLED with the short, but oh-so-important sentence President Obama stated, "As part of our commitment to public health, our Agriculture Department is closing a loophole in the system to ensure that diseased cows don't find their way into the food supply." Please read Wayne Pacelle's email sent out this afternoon in response to this fantastic decision. Thank you President Obama, and thank you to everyone who helped put an end to the horribly abusive downer cattle issue!
March 14, 2009
It's been a long fight, and today, we closed another chapter on it. Since the mid-1990s, The HSUS has been working hard to stop as a matter of public policy the abuse of downer cattle — animals too sick or injured to walk. And today, President Obama himself announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture was officially putting a stop to non-ambulatory cattle being mishandled in order to get them into slaughter plants. He made the announcement along with two top selections for the Food and Drug Administration and a series of other statements about food safety.
I invite you to read my blog post for today about the food safety crises and horrifying investigations that led up to today's announcement.
The length of time we had to persist and what our investigations revealed are sad, but today I celebrate this news. And I hope that it is a harbinger of a far more serious attitude toward food safety and animal welfare from the new Administration. I am personally looking forward to working with Secretary Vilsack — a man of great integrity — on a wide range of issues. And I express my gratitude to him and his team today for his decisive action.
Many of you joined us in demanding change on this issue, so this is your victory as well as the animals'. Thank you for all you do.
P.S. Did you know you can easily subscribe to receive my blog daily by email or RSS? Look for the links to subscribe on the right side of my blog, www.waynepacelle.org. I write daily about pressing issues like farm animal abuse, so it's a great way to stay in touch.
You're a better person than yours truly if you can really grasp all that is (and hopefully will be) the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Here is President Obama's weekly address regarding the topic, along with a link to the White House blog discussing it. I've also added a link in my blogroll to Recovery.org, the website which lays out, it all its transparent glory, details of the Recovery Act, the entire bill for your reading pleasure, as well as a timeline of where the money is going. Let's keep our fingers crossed on this one, and our politicians held to task.


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Dougherty Provides $5.7M HUD-Insured Loan for Refinancing of Seniors Housing Property in Iowa
CLINTON, IOWA — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has provided a $5.7 million HUD-insured loan for the refinancing of Village Cooperative of Clinton. The 44-unit seniors housing property was constructed in 2013. All units are restricted to persons age 62 and older. The HUD 213/223(a)(7) loan is fully amortized over 40 years. The refinancing lowered the interest rate and resulted in reduced annual debt-service payments for the borrower, according to Dougherty.
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Today, I am publishing my 19th woodworking plan. Titled You Can Build a Rolling Tool Cabinet, this 21 page plan covers the construction steps needed to build a 12 drawer tool cabinet with an open area where larger tools can be stored. This plan is based on the tool cabinet I used in my workshop for almost 30 years.
The tool cabinet which is made from sheets of plywood contains basic joinery methods like screws and glue, brads and glue and a few pocket screws. See the slide show video below for a quick view of the plan…
The tool cabinet with casters measures 52-1/4″ tall, 33″ wide and 19-3/4″ deep. The drawers roll on 18″ ball bearing drawer slides and as the title indicates, the cabinet rolls on casters which makes it easy to move your tool cabinet closer to your work area.
At 21 pages, this is more than just some elevations of the cabinet and a cut list. In addition to elevations and a cut list, there are four pages of material cutting diagrams, multiple exploded views and embedded hyperlinks. This is a full construction guide. The links in the plan take the maker to videos showing more detailed information for mounting drawers, using a track saw and how to use a circular saw with a straight edge. Also important is the link on page 4 which will enable you to download the SketchUp model.
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IBPS PO Previous Year Question Papers with Answers SET 1
IBPS PO Previous Year Question Papers - Welcome to www.Coaching123.in > one stop destination for govt jobs coaching and govt jobs news. Today we will discuss IBPS PO Previous Year Question Papers SET 1.
The IBPS PO exam is based on the following stages -
1. Prelims (English+Maths+Reasoning)
2. Mains (English+Maths with DI+Reasoning with computer+Banking general awareness)
3. Descriptive (Letter writing+essay writing+report/precis)
4. Interview
Here in today's class we are going to discuss some IBPS PO previous questions answers from the English and Maths section.
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IBPS PO Previous Year Question Papers with Answers SET 1
English section
Read the following paragraph carefully -
The Reserve Bank has taken a bold (a) in the development of money, the government securities and the foreign exchange markets in (b) of their critical role in overall growth and development of the economy and (c) in the transmission mechanism of monetary policy. The approach has been one of simultaneous movements on several fronts, graduated and calibrated, with an (d) on institutional and infrastructural development and improvements in market micro structure.
The pace of reforms was contingent (e) putting in place appropriate systems and procedures, technologies and market practices. Initiatives taken by the Reserve Bank have brought about a (f) transformation of various segments of the financial market.
These developments by improving the depth and liquidity in domestic financial markets have (g) to better price discovery of interest rates and exchange rates, which, in turn, had led to greater (h) in resource allocation in the economy. The increase in size and depth of financial market has (i) the way for (j) use of indirect instruments.
Now you have to fill up the place of alphabets with appropriate meaning words. Choose the options below for each alphabets from the following -
1. participation
2. step
3. interest
4. role
Ans. 2
1. tune
2. point
3. pursuit
4. view
Ans. 3
1. visibly
2. particularly
3. decisively
4. reluctantly
Ans. 2
1. overload
2. emphasis
3. equilibrium
4. appeasement
Ans. 2
1. upon
2. against
3. for
4. by
Ans. 1
1. jubilant
2. trivial
3. significant
4. fastidious
Ans. 1
1. addressed
2. contributed
3. evolved
4. initiated
Ans. 1
1. activism
2. measures
3. debacle
4. efficiency
Ans. 2
1. dug
2. repaired
3. paved
4. elevated
Ans. 1
1. indiscriminate
2. revolutionized
3. flexible
4. arbitrary
Ans. 3
Maths Section -
1. A, B and C are employed to do a piece of work for Rs.529/-. A and B together are supposed to do 19/23 of the work and B and C together 8/23 of the said work. What amount should A be paid for the work ?
a. Rs.380
b. Rs.320
c. Rs.345
d. Rs.354
Ans. c
2. A girl rides her bicycle 10 km at an average speed of 12 km/hr and again travels 12 km at an average speed of 10 km/hr. His average speed for the entire trip is approx ?
a. 10.8 km/hr
b. 10.4 km/hr
c. 14 km/hr
d. 12 km/hr
Ans. a
3. In a ratio equal to 3:4, if the antecedent is 12, then the consequent is ?
a. 20
b. 22
c. 10
d. 16
Ans. d
4. By selling 45 mangoes for Rs.40, a girl loses 20%. How many should she sell for Rs.24 to gain 20% in the transaction ?
a. 18
b. 19
c. 20
d. 22
Ans. a
5. The sum of 3 consecutive natural number each divisible by 3 is 72. What is the largest among them ?
a. 28
b. 27
c. 25
d. 30
Ans. b
6. Suresh is as much younger than Anil as he is older than Pranab. If the sum of the ages of Anil and Pranab is 48 years, then what is Suresh's age in years ?
a. 30
b. 24
c. 26
d. 22
Ans. b
7. Find the greatest number that will divide 640, 710, and 1526 so as to leave 11, 7, 9 as remainders respectively.
a. 37
b. 42
c. 47
d. 52
Ans. a
8. The numerator of a non-zero rational number is 5 less than the denominator. If the denominator is increased by 8 and the numerator is doubled, then again we get the same rational number. The required rational number is ?
a. 3/8
b. 2/8
c. 1/8
d. None of the above
9. A bag contains one rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins in the ratio of 2:3:5. Their total value is Rs.114. The value of 50 paise coins is ?
a. 49
b. 72
c. 28
d. 62
Ans. c
10. From a pack of 52 cards, two cards are drawn together at random. What is the probability of both the cards being kings ?
a. 1/121
b. 35/121
c. 1/19
d. 35/256
Ans. a
11. An automobile financier claims to be lending money at simple interest, but he includes the interest every six months for calculating the principal. If he is charging an interest of 10%, the effective rate of interest becomes:
a. 15%
b. 10.25%
c. 11%
d. 13%
Ans. b
12. A towel, when bleached, was found to have lost 20% of its length and 10% of its breadth. The percentage of decrease in area is
a. 28%
b. 11%
c. 33%
d. None of the above
Ans. a
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Epilepsy remains
"critically unresolved" in Africa and 40 million of the world's 50
million people with the condition live on the continent, according to
the Gambian Epilepsy Association (GEA).
in the Banjul Independent, the GEA's executive, Phillip Chiga, said
that many people with epilepsy in Africa are subject to stigma and
discrimination in schools and the home with some of them rejected by
society and forced to live on the streets.
Chiga added that 70 per cent of people with the condition could be
treated with anti-epileptic drugs and that the GEA sponsors people with
condition, supporting them in their schooling, providing accommodation
and often fares to collect medication.


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April 30, 2010- Massey Energy Co is under criminal investigation by the FBI after the deadly mine explosion in West Virginia, U.S. officials familiar with the matter said on Friday, news that sent the company's stock plummeting.
The FBI is probing the company and the circumstances surrounding the explosion which killed 29 miners, including for potential negligence, the officials said, declining further identification.
The miners died at the Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, West Virginia, on April 5, in the worst U.S. mining disaster since 1970.
President Barack Obama attended a memorial service for the men on Sunday and stressed the need for greater mine safety. On April 15, he placed primary blame for the disaster on Massey.
FBI and Justice Department officials declined to comment. National Public Radio reported that the agency that regulates the industry, the Mine Safety and Health Administration, was also under investigation related to potential bribery, but one U.S. official denied that report.


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On some sweet Saturday in April that convinced us it was June, David called me and said he had to get out of the house. By he, he meant we. The rose garden at Loose Park was a known cure for cabin fever, we agreed. Although the roses weren't blooming yet, we could imagine what they would look like, and the stone work was lovely year-round.
We were both far too pale to deal with laying out or walking around without shirts, though. I felt no shame wearing shorts and, after some adamant convincing, got him to agree to put some on. To my great surprise, he was actually wearing them when he picked me up. The first thing I did was make fun of his pasty white legs. He then complimented me on my knobby knees. Throwing inhibitions to the wind, but grasping tight to our egos, we took off for a day of citified nature.
Loose Park spread out for we-didn't-know-how-many square city blocks right in the middle of Kansas City. It was my ideal fantasy of what the country was like (only because I had conveniently forgotten the weekends my family spent visiting friends who lived on a farm). I preferred a little nature with my city, not the other way around.
All of the parking spots by the rose garden were full, so we drove around until we found a spot along the street at the other end of the park. We took the walkway that hugged the circumference of the park all the way around, through trees, across a little bridge that stretched across a pond, then by the playground. David wanted to stop to play on the swings. I think he needed to stop. Within a year, he wouldn't be able to walk very far without resting. He'd have to quit his job, go on disability, spend even more time alone. My job that day was to help him forget what was coming. If I hadn't already known, everything about him that day might have left me blissfully ignorant. Continue reading
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Age: 31
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 11 Jul 1958
Execution Place: Barlinnie
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Manuel
Peter Manuel, aged 31, second to last person to be hanged in HM Prison Barlinnie and the third to last to be hanged in Scotland.
Peter Thomas Anthony Manuel (13 March 1927 – 11 July 1958) was a United States-born Scottish serial killer who is known to have murdered 9 people across Lanarkshire and southern Scotland between 1956 and his arrest in January 1958, although he is suspected of having killed as many as eighteen people. Prior to his arrest, the media nicknamed the unidentified killer the Beast of Birkenshaw. Manuel was hanged in HMP Barlinnie for his crimes on 11 July 1958; he was one of the last prisoners to die on the Barlinnie gallows.
Manuel was born in 1927 to Scottish parents in New York; the family moved to Detroit before emigrating back to Britain in 1932, this time to Birkenshaw in Lanarkshire. From childhood, possibly due to bullying, he was a loner, and was known to the local police as a petty thief by the age of ten. Aged sixteen, he committed a string of sexual attacks that resulted in him serving nine years in HMP Peterhead, and served further sentences for rape before beginning his killing spree in 1956.
Although Manuel confessed while in custody to killing eighteen people, he was tried for the murders of only eight people in 1958. One of the cases against him was thrown out of court; another, committed in England, was attributed to him following his death.
Anne Kneilands: 17. On 2 January 1956, Kneilands was stalked onto an East Kilbride golfcourse, where she was raped and bludgeoned to death with a length of iron. Although he was questioned by police about the murder and would confess to it two years later, Manuel escaped arrest when his father gave him an alibi. He was charged with this murder in 1958, but the case against him would be dropped due to a lack of evidence.
Marion Watt, Vivienne Watt, and Margaret Brown: 45, 16, and 41. Marion, her daughter Vivienne, and her sister Margaret, were shot to death in their home in Burnside, Glasgow, on 17 September 1956. Manuel was out on bail for a burglary at a nearby colliery at the time of the murders, and was suspected by officers in charge of the manhunt for the Watts' killer, but he once again evaded capture following the arrest of Marion's husband, William. Although released two months later, he was assumed guilty of the murders until 1958, when the Smart family were gunned down in their home just a few miles away.
Sydney Dunn: 36. Manuel shot and killed his fifth victim, taxi driver Sydney Dunn, on 8 December 1957 whilst looking for work in Newcastle. Dunn's body was found on moorlands in Northumbria soon after, but by this time, Manuel had already returned to Lanarkshire. As with the case of Anne Kneilands, there remains some doubt as to whether or not Manuel did indeed kill Dunn; an inquiry into the murder, held a fortnight after the killer was hanged at Barlinnie, officially tied the crime to him after a button found in Dunn's taxi was matched to one of his jackets.
Isabelle Cooke: 17. Cooke disappeared after leaving her Mount Vernon home to go to a dance at Uddingston Grammar School on 28 December 1957. Manuel stalked her, raped and then strangled her, and then buried her in a nearby field; he would later lead officers to the spot where he'd disposed of her body. As with Dunn's murder twenty days earlier, Cooke's disappearance was not initially connected to Manuel.
Peter, Doris, and Michael Smart: 45, 42, and 10. The Smarts were shot to death in their Uddingston home on 1 January 1958. Manuel then stayed in their household for nearly a week, eating leftovers from a Hogmanay meal and even feeding the family cat, before stealing some brand-new banknotes that Peter Smart had been keeping for a holiday, and taking the family car and dumping it nearby. Ironically, Manuel gave a lift in this car to a police officer investigating the disappearance of Isabelle Cooke, and even told him that he felt the police weren't looking in the right places. It was only following the Smarts' murders that police realised a serial killer was on the loose, leading to the exoneration of William Watt.
Although many police officers who were familiar with Manuel suspected him of carrying out these murders, they were unable to prove it until shortly after the Smarts' murder, when some banknotes Manuel had been using to pay for drinks in east-end Glasgow pubs were found to be from the batch stolen from their household by the killer. Initially denying everything, he confessed to these murders, and more than a dozen others, after his mother confronted him at the police station where he was being held.
Manuel was tried for murder at the Glasgow High Court; in a move that astounded many present, he sacked his lawyers and conducted his defence by himself. Although the judge, Lord Cameron, admitted that Manuel conducted his defence "with a skill that is quite remarkable", the killer was unable to convince the jury of an insanity plea, and he was found guilty of all charges against him, except for that of Anne Kneilands, which had been dropped due to a lack of evidence. On 11 July 1958, Manuel was hanged on the gallows at Barlinnie Prison, Glasgow. His last words are reported to have been, "Turn up the radio, and I'll go quietly".
Contrary to what is sometimes believed, Manuel was not the last criminal to be executed in Scotland, but the third-last. Anthony Miller followed Manuel on to the Barlinnie gallows in December 1960, while Henry John Burnett suffered a similar fate at Craiginches Prison, Aberdeen in August 1963.
In 2009, a BBC programme Inside the Mind of a Psychopath argued that the authorities colluded to ensure Manuel was hanged, despite the fact that he was a known psychopath.
At 8.45 on the morning of 17 September 1956 Mrs Helen Collison arrived at the High Burnside bungalow as she did every day to start work as the daily help. She was surprised to find the house still locked and the curtains drawn. When she noticed that a pane of glass in the kitchen door had been broken alarm bells started ringing inside her head. Scared of what she might find she went next door to ask for help. Just then, Peter Collier, who was a postman arrived and, reaching through the broken glass, opened the door. Mrs Collison entered the house but soon came back out again.
Lying in bed were the bodies of 45-year-old Marion Watt and her sister, Margaret. Both of them had been shot at close range. Mrs Collison then remembered the Watt's 16-year-old daughter, Vivienne. Moving quickly to the young girls bedroom she was horrified to find that she too, was lying dead in her bed.
Mrs Watt's husband, William, was a master baker who owned a string of shops in Glasgow had gone away for a week's fishing holiday. So that Marion would not have to be in the house on her own Margaret had been staying with her during her husband's absence. Police investigating the killings heard of another bungalow in Fennbank Avenue that had been burgled during the night. The officer that investigated the second break-in recognised the handiwork of local villain Peter Manuel. He was 30-years-old who had been born in New York. His family had returned to Britain in 1932 and he had a history of offences that started when he was 12 years-old. He was currently on bail for a break-in at a local colliery. Police hurried around to the Manuel home but could find no evidence and Manuel frustrated police efforts by refusing to tell them his movements. A couple of weeks later Manuel was given 18 month's for the colliery job. Police suspicions had now centred on Mr Watts. The police had interviewed a ferryman on the Clyde who thought that he carried Mr Watts' car across on the night of the killings. Due to this mistake William Watts spent over two months in jail before police were satisfied of his innocence and he was released.
On Manuel's release he paid a visit to Newcastle-upon-Tyne. On December 7 1957, at 4.30 am, he hired the taxi of 36-year-old Sydney Dunn. The next day a policeman cycling along a moorland road near Edmundbyers, twenty miles from Newcastle, noticed a car abandoned in a gully. Although the car was empty it did have signs of fresh blood. He reported it and a search was launched to find the missing driver. It was not long before they discovered the body of Sydney Dunn. He had been shot and his throat had been slashed.
Meanwhile further north in Glasgow, a young girl, Isabelle Cooke who was 17-years-old had arranged to go to a dance in nearby Uddingston with her boyfriend on December 28. She left her home to meet him but never arrived. Her father reported her missing at 9 am the following morning. Over the next couple of days various items of Isabelle's clothing were found but there was no sign of the girl herself. In Uddingston, at about 5.45am on 4 January, Mr and Mrs McMunn awoke to find a face peering around the bedroom door of their Sheepburn Road house. Mr McMunn had the presence to mind to call to his wife, 'Where's the gun?' and the intruder fled. The story of the break-in heightened the feeling of tension that was already existing in the street. Neighbours had felt uneasy for several days as they passed the bungalow belonging to 45-year-old Peter Smart and his wife, Doris. They noticed that the curtains were closed at strange times and felt that they were being watched as they passed. All the same it was not until Peter Smart failed to return to work after the New Year's holiday on January 6 that anyone reported anything strange. When his car was found abandoned, the police were worried. Police went to investigate the Smart's bungalow and forced the back door. In a heavily bloodstained main bedroom they found the bodies of Mr and Mrs Smart and in a smaller bedroom they found the body of their 10-year-old son, Michael. All three of them had been shot. One person that the police had their eye on was Peter Manuel. A man who was normally broke, was now spending freely in the local bars. They managed to recover some of the £1 notes that Manuel had passed and found that they were crisp and of a newly printed batch. Taking them to the bank they asked if they could be traced. The bank checked the serial numbers and found that they had been paid over to Mr Smart, who had cashed a cheque in preparation for a holiday. This was all the police needed and they arrested Manuel and put him on an identification parade. He was identified by staff and drinkers at a bar where he had handed over other new blue notes that were in the same sequence as the ones given to Peter Smart.
He was arrested and charged on 13 January 1958. He agreed to help detectives and confessed to killing the Smarts and also to the murder of the Watts and Isabelle Cooke. He also owned up to the murder of another 17-year-old girl, Anne Knielands. Her body had been found on the fifth fairway of East Kilbride Golf Course on 4 January 1956. He had smashed her skull with a length of iron. He took police officers to the spot where he had buried Isabelle Cooke in a field and casually remarked 'This is the place. In fact, I think I'm standing on her now.'
At his trial in May 1958 he was found guilty on seven counts of murder, being found not guilty of the murder of Anne Knielands on the direction of the judge. When he was hanged at Barlinnie Prison on 11 July 1958 he was still only 31 years old.


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A file with a very long name cannot be attached when the path and filename are more than 260 characters long.
During such an attempt, the following messages may be written to the stdlog:
9/24 09:09:00.16 SDMPRI rep_daemon 19560 SIGNIFICANT FileMng.c 1153 CopyFile() - Failed to duplicate the file D:/PROGRA~1/CA/SERVIC~1/bopcfg/www/CATALINA_BASE/temp/a82f33b8-7495-4aba-96db-0c6b26c1e22e5653350277279663803.gz. (No such file or directory (2))
09/24 09:09:00.17 SDMPRI rep_daemon 19560 SIGNIFICANT FileMng.c 1197 MoveFile() - Failed to copy the file D:\PROGRA~1\CA\SERVIC~1\bopcfg\www\CATALINA_BASE\temp\a82f33b8-7495-4aab-96db-0c6b26c1e22e5653350277279663803.gz. (No such file or directory (2)) 09/24 09:09:00.19 SDMPRI rep_daemon 19560 ERROR AttmntMng.c 919 CUploadLocalFile() - Failed to move file 'D:\PROGRA~1\CA\SERVIC~1\bopcfg\www\CATALINA_BASE\temp\a82f33b8-7495-4aba-96db-0c6b26c1e22e5653350277279663803.gz' to 'D:/PROGRA~1/CA/SERVIC~1/site/attachments/default/servicedesk/files/rep_folder_00301/419FA5686FC95142A88C1BB45B5BCA7A_584774_E%20%20%20549011%20%20%2D%20RE%20%20%20Communication%20%20%20%20iPhone%20update%20%28ios%207%200%29%20%20%20Mixe%20%20kour%20an%20l'iPhone%20%28ios%207%200%29%20.msg.gz'.
The situation is explained by the Windows API limitation described in the following Microsoft article:
In particular, the article states:
"In the Windows API (with some exceptions discussed in the following paragraphs), the maximum length for a path is MAX_PATH, which is defined as 260 characters"
Please review the relevant sections of the article.
Be sure to not exceed the limit when setting the name of the file which is to be uploaded as an attachment.
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Storytelling - Friday's Google CS Club
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Do you like to create fun and interactive stories? Storytelling series emphasizes creativity by encouraging students to tell a unique story while learning Scratch, a free and block-based computer coding tool developed by the MIT Media Lab.
The club meets on 8 Friday afternoons (10/4, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22). Participants are encouraged to attend all 8 sessions. The activities are:
- Dialogue
- Check it out
- Setting
- Premise
- Characterization
- Interactive Storytelling
- Personal Narrative
- Your Innovation Story
No previous computer experience is needed. All materials and laptops are provided. Space is limited. Registration is required.
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