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Base Nautica Flavio Gioia S.p.A.
General Agreement Conditions
art. 1) Any and all work and services supplied by Base Nautica Flavio Gioia, S.p.A. will be regulated by this General Agreement except for any other possible condition added to this contract.
Persons and places covered by this contract include: a) BNFG (Base Nautica Flavio Gioia, S.p.A.); b) Applicant or Signatory (person who signs this contract with BNFG); c) vessel (pleasure craft, boat, and/or any type of craft, pleasure or commercial); d) mooring location (the area where the vessel is located when in the water); e) dry dock (the area on land or in the storage racks where the vessel is located when not in the water); f) Main Office (the main administration of the Marina and Yacht yard.) g) overall length of the vessel (LOA): the actual overall length of the vessel despite the length indicated in the vessel's licence or other documentation.
art. 2) The Applicant or Signatory requesting services from BNFG and having been assured of same, must, at the time of signing the contract and/or requesting services, supply BNFG with personal identification, as well as the vessel's documentation which will include ownership and nationality of the vessel.
By signing this contract, the Applicant or Signatory:
- A) guarantees to BNFG, and absolves it from any and all liabilities, that the vessel for which services are requested a) is immediately available for services requested, b) is in excellent seaworthy condition; c) has all the required documents which are current; d) carries all the required equipment to comply with marine regulations; e) is fully qualified and in compliance with the regulations of the Maritime Authority; f) has third party insurance;
- B) guarantees to BNFG (if not the owner of the vessel) that he/she is authorised to sign the contract and by doing so accepts all general and specific contract conditions on behalf of the owner or leasing company;
- C) is legally bound: a) to accept BNFG stated fees; b) to eliminate BNFG from any possible compensation expected by any insurance company concerning the vessel (e.g. Theft, fire, third party liability, etc.); c) while in dry dock to insure that his/her own insurance company is waiving any compensation; d) to comply with the check-in/check-out procedures at time of arrival and departure; e) to communicate the details and identity of the vessel's crew and/or any guests; f) to permit verification of identity for legal or statistical purposes as specified by law.
- D) furthermore, (if not the owner of the vessel) commits to: a) informing immediately the owner and/or leasing company of the signing of the contract; b) being personally responsible (with no exception/exclusion/reduced responsibility for the owner and/or leasing company) for all obligations derived from these General Agreement Conditions, from the specific contract conditions and in particular for the fees due to BNFG for the services supplied.
art. 3) BNFG does not accept custody of the vessel, its equipment, or its accessories while the vessel is moored in the water, located on the docks or in dry dock regardless of whether the owner, crew or any other authorized individual is on board.
art. 4) In the event that the Applicant or Signatory delivers to the Main Office and/or the Marina Staff a copy of the keys to the vessel, this action will be considered solely as a courtesy without any onus of liability on the Main Office. This action will not be considered as taking delivery and/or custody of the vessel.
art. 5) The Applicant or Signatory is informed that BNFG, in accepting the vessel whether at a mooring in the water or in dry dock, is exclusively bound: 1) to permit the vessel to moor in the water, or to be placed in dry dock on its premises; 2) to provide 24 hour security surveillance of its mooring and dry dock facilities; 3) to maintain cleanliness of the docks and parking spaces and collect ordinary waste from the docks; 4) to provide assistance (if requested) during vessel manoeuvring without onus of any liability on BNFG; 5) to provide meteorological information without onus of any liability on BNFG.
All other services including water and electricity, special waste removal, etc., must be specified and mutually accepted by the Applicant or Signatory and BNFG.
art. 6) In the event of default on formal and timely cancellation, the contract will be considered renewed for the same period. Cancellation of any contract by the Applicant or Signatory must be communicated in writing: a) at least 90 days before the expiration date on contracts of 6 months or longer; b) at least 30 days before the expiration date on contracts of 2 months or longer and less than 6 months; c) at least 7 days before the expiration date on contracts of less than two months and no more than 15 days validity.
Upon expiration of the mooring or dry dock contract, the vessel must vacate the Marina. Failure to do so will result in the removal by BNFG of the vessel at the Signatory's expense and the imposition for the entire period not regulated by the contract of a fine equivalent to the summer daily mooring fee.
art. 7) BNFG reserves the right to cancel any contract at any time with 15 days' notice to the Signatory and without assuming any reimbursement obligation.
In the event that the vessel does not leave the Marina upon expiration of the notice date, BNFG may remove the vessel at the Signatory's expense, and charge the daily summer mooring fee for each extra day of permanence.
The obligation to serve notice of cancellation of contract to the Signatory will be waived if the cancellation occurs due to reasons of safety at the Marina or the Yacht Yard, or if there are other circumstances outside of the normal control of BNFG.
art. 8) Water and electricity supply must be authorized and agreed in advance with the Main Office according to the terms and safety conditions in effect. Any abuse will cause the immediate cessation of any supply with no prior notice and with consequences to the Signatory based on communications with the Authority having jurisdiction over same.
Electric energy supply is accepted at the Signatory's risk and it is his/her sole responsibility to ensure that all safety rules and regulations are observed. BNFG assumes no liability. All electric energy is limited and reserved exclusively for recharging the vessel's batteries, or for use with household appliances bearing a "CE" label.
Water and electric energy fees are calculated based on BNFG rates.
For vessels with an overall length of 23m. or over, fees must be pre-emptively agreed with the Main Office.
art. 9) The Marina Staff will allocate moorings and/or placement of the vessel in dry dock, and ensure compliance with the Marina regulations.
art. 10) Vessels may not take over or exchange mooring locations even if temporarily without the express permission of the Main Office.
art. 11) In order for the Marina to function smoothly, a vessel leaving the Marina must notify the Main Office 48 hours prior to leaving and state the expected return date.
A vessel leaving the Marina, even if for less than 24 hours, must declare its departure time and expected return time.
While the vessel is out of the Marina, its mooring location shall be at the disposal of BNFG.
Every arrival at the Marina must be communicated on VHF Channel 9 to the Main Office.
art. 12) In the event that the Applicant or Signatory intends to substitute the vessel moored and/or on dry dock, he must notify the Main Office in advance. BNFG has the incontrovertible authority to permit or deny the continuity of the contract, and/or to modify it.
art. 13) The Signatory bears all responsibility to inform the Main Office of any changes pertaining the ownership, possession and access to the vessel including all persons who may be responsible for the vessel, use or board the vessel while in the Marina. BNFG has the incontrovertible authority to permit or deny the continuity of the contract.
If such information is not notified (signed and accepted by BNFG) the responsibilities, obligations and duties accepted at the time the contract was signed will continue to apply.
art. 14) The fees agreed upon and assessed for services must be paid for the duration of the contract, even if the vessel is not, for some reason or motive, in the BNFG Marina, or if the vessel leaves the Marina (even if temporarily), or is in dry dock in the BNFG Yacht Yard for repair.
art. 15) Service fees are calculated based on the actual overall length of the vessel, despite the length indicated on the vessel's licence or other documentation.
Supplies and services must be paid in advance.
If a mooring or dry dock space is reserved in advance, the following shall be due: a) contracts for periods of up to six months: the full agreed amount; b) contracts for periods of over six months: 50% of the agreed amount.
The reservation will be valid only after the above mentioned payments have been made (at the Main Office or via bank transfer with fixed date), and accepted by BNFG.
The amount paid at the time the reservation is made cannot be refunded under any circumstance, except for reasons imputable to BNFG.
The payment terms specified in the contracts are final and peremptory in the interest of BNFG.
If the contracts allow for payments to be settled on specific dates, failure to pay within 3 days from each specific date will cause all payments to automatically become due, without BNFG having to notify formally the Signatory.
Even when the contracts allow for payments to be settled on specific dates, if the vessel leaves the dock or the dry dock location before the agreed date, the entire amount agreed becomes due. In these cases, payment of the entire balance must be made before the vessel leaves the dock and/or the dry dock location.
In case of default, BNFG has the right to hold the vessel, its equipment and accessories until payment has been made.
Furthermore, in these cases BNFG reserves the right to move the vessel to a dry dock location.
art. 16) BNFG has the sole right to change the allocated mooring or dry dock space at its exclusive and incontrovertible discretion without objection by the Signatory.
art. 17) Each Signatory is liable for the safety of his vessel.
The vessel must be moored by the Signatory, in the space allotted by the Main Office, using his/her own lines, rigging, and fenders in sufficient size and number to protect any other mooring structure or third party.
The Applicant or Signatory is always responsible for any manoeuvring during the mooring process even if Marina staff have been requested for assistance.
The Applicant or Signatory must moor the vessel perfectly to protect against any possible emergency situation and he/she is bound to maintain a check and control constantly: a) that there is no loss of fuel; b) that electric facilities are working and are properly maintained; c) that on board fire extinguishers are in full working order; d) that compartments with liquid gas cylinders are properly vented; e) that automatic bilge pumps are fitted and will function properly if needed; f) that the lines used for tying up the boat to the dock are in good condition and secure enough for the duration of the contracted period of stay.
art. 18) The Signatory is required to communicate immediately to BNFG any condition of/or damage to the vessel which would compromise the seaworthiness of the vessel and/or pose a hazard to the Marina..
art. 19) BNFG is expressly free from any liability for any type of inefficiency or damage beyond one's control such as natural disasters, Authorities' interventions, or any events attributable to third party or the Signatory's actions or omissions..
In addition, BNFG is not liable: a) for any damage to the vessel, whatever the cause; b) for fire to the vessel, whatever the cause; c) for theft of the vessel; d) for damages caused by fire or theft of: vessel furnishings, objects/materials left on board, equipment and accessories (nothing excluded).
Mooring and dry dock of the vessel are at the Signatory's risk and danger.
art. 20) Motor vehicles, land vehicles whatever named, parked and/or stopped within the property of BNFG are not the custody of BNFG.
Admittance inside the Marina/Yacht Yard area of any vehicle whatever named is allowed only subject to the agreement of the Main Office, and in any case may not cause excessive noise, excessive smoke emissions which are incompatible with public health and safety. Vehicles must proceed at 'walking pace' while on BNFG property.
Authorization for parking is dependent on availability of space in designated areas and on condition that there is an absolute prohibition of sound alarms and theft systems.
Vehicle parking must be in accordance with the safety regulations of the Marina and the BNFG staff so as to allow for the free movement of first aid vehicles.
Any violation of these rules will authorize BNFG to remove the vehicle to an authorized depot with all charges to the violator.
The Applicant or Signatory is informed that permission for parking in any arranged area can be temporarily suspended or withdrawn during sporting events or causes beyond one's control.
art. 21) The Applicant or Signatory wishing to contract for work on his/her vessel, equipment or accessories must submit a written request to the Main Office.
It is expressly forbidden to allow outside contractors not authorized by the Main Office to enter the Yacht Yard for the purpose of working on the vessel.
Any violation of this article can be cause for the immediate cancellation of the contract with damages assumed by the Signatory.
Should BNFG authorise work from external contractors at the Signatory's request, BNFG will not be liable and all work will be carried out at the Signatory's own risk and peril.
Furthermore, the Signatory will be responsible for any environmental damage as well as damage suffered by persons or property; BNFG will not be held responsible.
art. 22) For any work ordered and/or performed by BNFG, the Signatory must request a test and/or proof of work executed before the vessel's departure. If such test is not requested, the work will be considered acceptable.
The guarantee for any work carried out or subcontracted by BNFG must be agreed beforehand ad hoc with BNFG, if no agreement is made BNFG will guarantee exclusively against third party rights on the material supplied.
art. 23) Access to any vessel on land (in dry dock) on which BNFG is in charge of carrying out repair work, must be agreed and authorised by BNFG and will only be granted if wearing all necessary individual protective equipment as required by Legislative Decree 81/08 and subsequent amendments. BNFG is not responsible for the efficiency of the individual protective equipment, as such responsibility lies with the owner/captain of the vessel.
Access to the vessel on land (in dry dock) is granted at the visitor's risk and peril; BNFG is not liable for any damage to vessels, persons and/or property.
art. 24) In accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Legislation (Legislative Decree 81/08 and subsequent modifications) DIY work, with or without the help of family members and/or employees, is forbidden on moored vessels.
Any violations to this rule will cause the immediate cancellation of the contract with damages assumed by the Signatory.
art. 25) Anything not expressly included in this General Agreement will be assumed to be covered in the BNFG Regulations, and be in compliance with the Maritime Authority which, delivered to the Signatory together with the signed contract is considered to be an integral and inseparable part.
By signing the contract, the User declares to have read, understood and unconditionally accepted BNFG Code of Ethics and Emergency Evacuation plans.
art. 26) Should BNFG not exercise any of the rights granted in these General Agreement Conditions, and or in the specific stipulated contracts, this will not infer that it has waived such rights and/or that it will not exercise them in the future.
art. 27) Any disputes will be adjudicated in the territorial court of Rome.
art. 28) In accordance with DTL n. 196/2003, any identification information in BNFG's property is used only for administrative-book-keeping procedures to track any requested and supplied services, promotions concerning the Marina, and for control by the State Police seeking compliance with the Naval Code.
The Signatory has the right to request which identification information is in BNFG's property and to which use such information is being directed. The Signatory is required to keep the BNFG informed of any changes or cancellation of such information, and also has the right to ask for the information to be blocked and/or rejected if the information does not comply with the Law.
The liability for protection of all identification information is borne by the BNFG Administrative Authority.
With reference to the above General Agreement Conditions, in accordance with art. 1341, 2°comma, and art. 1342 of the Civil Code , I accept the provisions of the following articles: 1 (Definitions), 2 (Signatory's Duties and Bounds – Signatory's Declarations), 3 (Vessel Custody and Control Exclusion), 4 (Keys and/or Documentation Acceptance Without Duty of Care or Responsibilities), 5 (BNFG Duties), 6 (Written Notice – Terms – Renewal – Removal – Penalties), 7 (BNFG Early Withdraw Option – Waive of notice period in the event of an act of nature or for the safety of the docking), 8 (Electricity and Water Supply Conditions – Specific rules for vessels with an overall length of 23m. or over), 9 (Mooring and/or Dry Dock Location Assignment), 10 (Contract Transfer), 11 (Vessel Departure From The Marina), 12 (Vessel Substitution) 13 (Change of Vessel's Ownership, Possession and/or Access), 14 (Service Fees), 15 (Fee Calculation – Reservations- – Final and Peremptory Expiry Dates – Acceleration clause – Default – Right of Retention – Right to move the vessel to a dry dock location), 16 (BNFG Option to Change Mooring and/or Dry Dock Location), 17 and 18 (Signatory's Docking Security Obligations and Duties – User Responsibilities During Assisted Manoeuvring), 19 (BNFG Fire, Damage, Theft AND Inefficiency No Warranty Policy), 20 (Land Vehicles Access – Land Vehicles Custody Exclusion), 21 (External Contractors Work – Responsibilities), 22 (Work Carried Out Or Subcontracted By BNFG – Acceptance of Work – Warranty Terms and Exclusion), 23 (Access To Vessels in Dry Dock Locations During Repair), 24 (DIY Work Policy), 25 (General Agreement – Code of Ethics – Emergency Evacuation Plans), 26 (BNFG Options – Non-Waiver Clause), 27 (Jurisdiction), 28 (Privacy Policy).


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According to Hits, with 37.97% of their sample in, PARIS is at #5 with 43,970 copies sold so far...In its first week out of the gate, Hilton's first CD is being widely seen as a certified flop. "Paris," which features the single "Stars Are Blind," sold a lackluster 75,000 copies in the United States - a pittance compared to Christina Aguilera's first-week sales of 320,000, according to Soundscan.
And projected sales for next week are said to be a measly 30,000, which is a larger than normal second week drop.
"Paris" is languishing at the bottom of Billboard's Hot 100 - so Hilton's label rushed out her second single, "Turn It Up," which isn't doing very well either.
"The international outlook is not much better for her," one industry source told Page Six. "The international people are not inclined to do a big push since she can't back up the album with a tour. Obviously, she can't sing live."
The source added that Hilton was advised a year ago to train her voice, work with choreographers and learn an instrument to prepare for a limited tour, but "obviously she didn't listen."


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YouTube (YT) attracts 1/3 of internet users and is the second largest search engine in the world next only to Google. Think about that, Brodie. This is ludacris since the video-sharing site isn't even a search engine to begin with. Let's be real: less people read nowadays and no one hardly ever watches traditional television anymore. We're at a time when online video is layf. And when it comes to online videos, YT reigns supreme.
Aside from earning tons of dinero from making videos, YouTubers (those who create content) also get to inspire, influence, and impact a lot of people. They are the new wave of celebrities. If you want to be—or already are—among the 50 million and counting YouTubers out there, we've prepared six tips based on YouTube's Chris Klapwijk, Manager, Creator and Artist Development Philippines, to jumpstart or energize your career. Here's how you can become the next PewDiePie, ElrubiusOMG, Jenna Marbles, or Yuya.
1. Story not sorry
Although technology is now more affordable (sorta) and videos might look nice shot with high-end equipment, no one will care if the story is sh*t. You can shoot a video using an army of drones and an 8k-ultra-hd camera, but a compelling and resonating story taken with your phone could still reach more viewers. Point is: 'wag ka masyado ma-stress over production quality, fam. Instead, consider what you want to achieve, feel, and do. Parang sa pagkain lang yan: we all prefer taste over looks.
Types of videos that go viral: structured vlogs (ones with flow, not the random crap), humorous skits (checkout nigahiga, smosh, keye and peel), and infotainment (tutorials and explainer videos).
2. Use people Collaborate
Ever heard of 1+1=3? An equation na medyo bopols sa math pero represents the concept of synergy. Guest on other channels or have other celebs appear on your vids. By coordinating with other YouTubers, organizations, and brands, you get to tap on their resources such as equipment, facilities, ideas, stories, and even audiences. Mas masaya and you create better.
3. Be unique, be Batman
As some wise, random person once said somewhere: "Being the best is great, you're number one, but being unique is greater, you're the only one." Gets? Think about who you are and how to add value to your persona to stand out. Don't fall into conformity. Having confidence goes a long way. Look at Batman: the dude's wearing a bat costume and his undie outside, yet he f*cking owns it.
4. Metadata Optimization
In short: make the most out of your data. Check your YouTube statistics, and apply what you learn to constantly improve your channel. By going through which videos worked and failed, you can adjust all your visuals and audio visual cues. You can establish your own channel branding this way: from titles and descriptions; channel art like thumbnails, front page, banner; to how you present yourself on videos. And get other people's opinions—tipong yung pinaka-judgmental mong kaibigan—is the appearance of my page appealing and consistent?
5. It's OurTube not YourTube
Oo na. We know it's YouTube. But you get the point? Involve your subscribers and followers in your content. Have them react and comment. Kunwari, tanungin mo sila kung ano gusto nila makita. Make them feel special, like how you treat your girl/boyfriend, family, and friends. Pag feeling ng fans mo na napapansin at nirerespeto mo sila, you'll get more support. They're the ones who will put you on top.
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MINIMUM AGE TO WORK AT COSTCO : 16 years old
Customer Service Representative, Sales Associate, Cashier, Cashier Assistant, Baker, Pharmacy Technician, Pharmacist, Photo Lab Assistant, Photo Lab Clerk, Print Shop Assistant, Inventory Clerk, Cake Decorator, Sanitation Assistant, Food Service Assistant, Maintenance Assistant, Skilled Maintenance Technician, Membership Refund Cashier, Meat Cutter, Forklift Driver, Stocker, Receiving Appointment Clerk, Optical Sales Assistant
There are many available career opportunities at Costco, here are some of the most popular ones:
CASHIER - The primary job duties of Costco cashiers include working assigned checkout aisles and processing payments. Cashiers also issue receipts for reconciliation at the exits. Workers must exhibit basic math skills and the ability to stand in place for long periods of time.
STOCK ASSOCIATE - One of the most physically demanding jobs available with the retail chain, stocker positions require strong bodies able to endure long shifts of lifting, bending, crouching, pushing, and pulling. Stockers frequently use automated and manual equipment to perform assigned tasks, including dollies, forklifts, pulleys, and crowbars
(Source: job-applications.com)
Costco offers excellent benefits to its employees:
Cashier - $14.65 hourly
Stocker - $13.38 hourly
Front End Assistant - $12.41 hourly
Supervisor - $23.41 hourly
Major Sales Associate - $13.84 hourly
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Yes! Another cheesecake recipe🙀. Just try and stop me making 'em.
This is basically an adaptation of my Buttery Biscuit Base Cheesecake recipe swirled with that smooth creamy delight that is peanut butter. 😻 🥜🥜🥜
The peanut brittle shards are a wild and a totally OTT decoration but it's fun to make, just give it a crack!
You will need:
For the base:
- 200g Hobnobs
- 100g Pretzels
- 100g Melted Vegan Butter
For the topping:
- 150g Smooth Peanut Butter
- 170g Cashews (soaked for at least 1hr in boiling water)
- 250g Dairy Free Cream Cheese (Tesco & Sainsbury's do a crackin' one, try Violife in ASDA)
- 250ml Coconut Cream
- 150ml Maple Syrup
- 1 tbsp Arrowroot Powder
- 2 tbsp Lemon Juice
- 1tsp Vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
To decorate:
- Peanut Butter Brittle (I made it using this recipe from the Tate & Lyle site but veganised it by using vegan spread in place of butter)
Preheat your oven to 160C / 320F
To make the base:
- Take out the day's aggression by bashing the hobnobs and pretzels to a crumb.
- Mix with the melted butter.
- Line a loose bottomed baking tin with baking paper.
- Tip the base mix to the tin and press down until firmly packed.
- Let him chill out in the fridge.
To make the topping:
- Add all of your topping ingredients, plus half of the peanut butter, to a blender. Blend until creamy.
- Once the mix is smooth, swirl in the remaining peanut butter.
- Whip out your chilled base. Pour on the topping mix.
- Bang in the oven for around an 50 minutes (you're looking for the edges to be firm and the middle slightly wobbly).
- When he looks done, bring him out and let him cool.
- Take your little peanut brittle shards and poke them into the top in a haphazard yet gloriously arty arrangement. Like, you want it to be cool but not look like you care. 💁
I guess it's peanut butter cheesecake time!! 🍌


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BRADENTON, Fla. — The first time Danny McManus laid eyes on Brandon Alexander he knew he was seeing something special.
Same goes for Jovan Santos-Knox.
He knew about them from their college film, invited both to attend free-agent tryout camps in the United States and when both seemed to fit the bill for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and their head coach Mike O'Shea, he got them signed to contracts.
From there, it was just a matter of the players taking the ball and running with it at the right times, in front of the right people.
"You've got to take it from there," McManus said. "All we can do is open the door. What you do when you go past that door is up to you. We can't control that part."
Alexander and Santos-Knox are two of the better success stories for the Bombers' director of U.S. scouting in recent years.
Both quickly made impressions on the Bombers coaching staff and became CFL regulars. Santos-Knox, a physical weak-side linebacker, parlayed that into a big free-agent contract with the Edmonton Eskimos, while defensive back Alexander has become an anchor in the Blue Bombers secondary.
It doesn't always work that way for McManus and fellow bird dogs Ted Goveia (director of player personnel) and Ryan Rigmaiden (director of college scouting).
"Eighty percent of your work never really comes to a conclusion," McManus said. "But it's that 20% that is exciting. You say, 'Hey, I like this guy, let's track him and see where it goes.'
"Santos-Knox was a great one. Brandon Alexander is another one. We did a free-agent workout to see where they developed and you saw where they got to. Santos-Knox was a good ball player for us and he's gonna be a good ball player for Edmonton. Alexander was a free-agent workout participant who grew into a starting role for us. Those are the stories that you like to see. There's all kinds of those stories throughout the league."
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On Tuesday the Bombers held a free-agent tryout camp at the IMG Academy, the same site where the team will hold its annual mini-camp Wednesday and Thursday.
The players pay $100 cash to register and are asked to bring their own workout attire and water.
They showed up with their gold Nikes, their talents and their dreams of playing professional football.
On this day more than 40 players were on the field and just four earned invitations to this week's mini-camp — two receivers, a defensive back and a quarterback.
The Bombers requested that the Sun not publish names of players taking part in the tryout but allowed us to observe the process, which involved testing — 40-yard dash, shuttle and three-cone drills and broad jump — and one-on-ones.
There were seven quarterbacks, three kickers, 20-plus receivers and defensive backs and a handful of running backs, linebackers, and offensive and defensive linemen.
One receiver said he was attending his seventh CFL free agent camp this year.
He was familiar with Santos-Knox and was hoping to follow in his footsteps, though he was disappointed to learn Santos-Knox is no longer with the Bombers.
Another player, an offensive tackle, travelled from a northern state for his first CFL tryout camp and said he was impressed by how the camp was run. Many players were particularly surprised at how well McManus threw the football, of course not knowing that he played 17 seasons in the CFL.
More than a few players on the field had no business being there, but many looked to be fine athletes in peak condition who are just looking for the right chance.
Even those who didn't make the cut surely learned something.
"Listen," Goveia shouted at one point. "This is how you get a job."
This was just one of many camps the scouting staff hosts during the off-season.
Earlier ones were held in Fort Lauderdale and Tampa, Fla., and Memphis and Nashville, Tenn., and future camps are slated for Dallas, Atlanta and Hartford, Conn.
Over the past three seasons, 30 players have been signed from free agent camps and nine of them went on to become starters in the CFL.
The best of the best from those camps will be on display here this week at the Bombers mini-camp, which will be made up entirely of Americans (44 at last count), mostly receivers and defensive backs.
"You never know when the next gem is in there," McManus said. "There's times when we think we've got one and he doesn't turn out well and there's another one that you don't think will turn out well and all of a sudden he's a CFL all-star."
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Of course, it's not all just about raw talent.
There are thousands and thousands of football players looking for work, either after exhausting all NFL possibilities or coming straight out of college having never had a chance at the big show.
Some of them have been on the Bombers negotiation list for a while and it's just a matter of convincing them to give the CFL a try, while others are simply out there, undiscovered.
The scouts make phone calls, watch tons of tape, tap into connections across the U.S. and Canada. They're calling up coaches, calling up CFL alumni who go to the games — any way, form or fashion to get information on a ball player that might fit what the coaches are looking for.
They try to eliminate as much as of the surrounding circumstances as possible and focus on a player and decide if he fits with what the coaching staff is looking for.
The bottom line is if the player doesn't fit with what the coaches want, he's not gonna be a part of the ball club.
"You've got to get that right type of guy and then give him a chance to make the team," McManus said.
"(Bombers head coach) Mike O'Shea does have things that he's looking for in a ball player and he has expressed that to us and those are the types of things that we ask, not only the player, but we ask his head coach in college, his head coach in high school, we try to find some teammates.
"It's not just one or two calls. We're digging deep to make sure we're getting the right guy and to make sure he fits into what coach O'Shea is looking for."
The plan is to have all that done by the time O'Shea gets a close up look at these players in mini-camp. Now it's just a matter of the players strutting their stuff.
"That's the exciting part, watching someone grow, fit into the system and seeing him play good football for you," McManus said.
"We all root for the guys that we've had connections with but once they come into the building or come into a camp like we're having here, we want what's best for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and if that's the person that's best for us, we'll take him, and if not then we will not bring him any further."
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This hasn't exactly been a normal year for the Bombers scouting staff.
The football landscape looked a little different with the creation and demise of the Alliance of American Football and the potential re-boot of the XFL in 2020.
Quality players — even those on neg lists — were a little harder to come by because of the lure of the AAF, which suspended operations before completing its first season.
However, the AAF did provide more scouting opportunities, including a central training camp before the season and now the majority of those players are looking for work.
"One of the things the AAF did was give an opportunity to a lot of guys to play football in a time when they normally wouldn't be playing football," McManus said. "That helped us to get some better evaluation of guys on our neg list that were involved in the AAF. Once the AAF folded, then we started to work on some of those guys as well to get them into the mini-camp."
No question, the AAF and potentially the XFL — leagues which pay in U.S. dollars as opposed to Canadian — make it more difficult for CFL scouts to attract talent.
But like the AAF, many American leagues have come and gone over the years and the CFL has continued to survive and thrive.
McManus said it often doesn't take that much convincing to get players to give the CFL a try.
"It's not that hard," he said. "Guys are interested in playing football. Most of the time guys on the neg list have gone through two years of being cut at NFL camps and stuff like that. They realize this is their last chance at playing football.
"We let them know it's a great opportunity. 'You're gonna come up to Canada, you're gonna get a great shot to play, you're gonna play against some great competition and enjoy yourself.'
"Every kid's dream here in the U.S., is to play in the NFL, so you've got to wait and see where that goes. But you want to get quality players, and we're pushing it that we want the same type of players that the NFL gets. In a lot cases, we won't get that, but that's the way we push at it and those are the kinds of ball players we want to put on the field."
No downtime for CFL legend McManus
BRADENTON, Fla. — He's a Canadian Football Hall of Famer and the man with the third most passing yards in CFL history.
He's also one busy man.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers assistant general manager and director of U.S. scouting Danny McManus must long for the days when the CFL football season only lasted from June to November.
"We start up right after the season is over with," McManus said. "January is nuts, February slows down a bit, March and April pick up with college pro days and our mini-camps and free-agent workouts."
McManus, 53, played 17 seasons in the CFL, including three with the Bombers, and threw for more than 50,000 yards. Nowadays, the Venice, Fla., resident watches the game pretty close to 365 days a year.
"May is training camp, June dies down a little bit, but July and August are NFL training camps and September, October, November are about our games and NCAA games and CIS games," McManus said. "And then we do it all again in December.
"There's not really any off-season. Our slowest downtime, is probably the beginning of the CFL season."


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PERRY, Okla., Oct. 4, 2018 – The Ditch Witch organization, a Charles Machine Works Company, has expanded its outdoor demonstration area at the 2018 GIE+EXPO, Oct. 17-18 in Louisville, Kentucky. Landscape professionals, golf course superintendents, general contractors and anyone else interested in the green industry can learn first-hand about the market-leading mini skid steers through product demonstrations, detailed presentations and in-booth product showcases.
The full family of versatile, construction-grade Ditch Witch mini skid steers will be available for attendees to demo at outdoor booth 7634D, including the SK600, SK800, SK1050 and SK1550. Named one of Equipment Today's Top 50 New Products of 2018, the SK1550 is the brand's most powerful mini skid steer.
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On Thursday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and then again Friday at 10 a.m., attendees of a detailed product presentation at the outdoor booth will receive a 2 USD credit towards any SK attachment with the purchase of a new SK unit. Throughout the show, the indoor booth, near the entrance and event registration area, will feature a putting green and will host giveaways.
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Wow, When I started this blog I had no idea where I drew this Asian guy, I remember being in a grass area, it was warm, I thought it was London.....then I thought it was when I was in Paris, somewhere around Sacre Coeur where there is grass near the steps going up to it, now I am thinking maybe the V&A back in London, I have no idea anymore.
Jesus, I did not notice the steps behind him, it must be Paris, but I ain't certain.
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The cinematography and acting in this film was amazing but I like how Lynne Ramsey made the sound effects and the music so loud. And there's hardly any dialogue so that was really interesting contrast. I usually hate loud soundtracks, because they can't always deliver it well - as if "this music will make this more happening" or something. But this was so intentional that way. I like Jonny Greenwood's soundtrack music. He's really good. - KG
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The iconic Semi was created in 1968, while Claus Bonderup & Torsten Thorup were still students. The design won the Royal Danish Academy's first prize and was very well received at the lighting fair in Milan. What makes this pendant so unique and immensely popular is the simplicity of its geometrical form: a perfect lampshade brought back to the essence of its purpose.
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This issue's featured article: Envision, Collaborate, and Create: The Evolution of an Exhibition. Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Basketry in America evolved from a unique partnership between the National Basketry Organization (NBO) and the University of Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology (MAA). The project began in 2012, when Lois Russell, then NBO's president, and Jo Stealey, then chair of its Exhibitions Committee, casually considered a travelling show that would highlight American basketry. The outcome is an exhibition of over ninety baskets that opens at the University of Missouri in January, 2017, and will travel throughout the United States through 2019. The exhibition is enhanced and supported by an interactive website, a scholarly print catalog, and an iCatalog. It is a testament to the vision, enthusiasm, and collaboration of the curators and their graduate students as well as the support of artists, donors, funding organizations, University personnel, and Museum professionals.
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From the Director / Alex W. Barker (Director) -- Envision, collaborate, and create : the evolution of an exhibition / Jo Stealy and Kristin Schwain (University of Missouri Faculty) -- The Romance of ruins / Benton Kidd (Curator of Ancient Art) -- Courtiers, courtesans, and crones : women in Japanese prints / Alisa Carlson (Curator of European and American Art) -- Special exhibitions -- Events calendar -- Missouri Folk Arts Program / Sarah Denton (Community Scholar) -- From the Museum Educator / Cathy Callaway -- From the Academic Coordinator / Arthur Mehrhoff -- Impressions of modernity : prints from 1870 to 1945 / Alisa Carlson, Alisa (Curator of European and American Art) -- Spotlight : ancient molds and bowls / Kenyon Reed (Collections Specialist) -- Museum Associates / Gary Anger (President, Museum Associates).


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|Dr Tiby Mozes, Managing Director: TMC
Dr Tiby Mozes holds two degrees (BSc and MSc) in Chemical Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, and a PhD from the University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, in the field of industrial waste management
Dr Tiby Mozes has been involved in a large number of important strategic, environmental and business consultancy projects. He has also set up strategic alliances with local and/or foreign companies and, as a result of that, he has managed multidisciplinary project teams, involving a number of professional people, such as chemical, mechanical and civil engineers, inorganic, organic and analytical chemists, biochemists, microbiologists, zoologists and biologists. Through TMC, Dr T E Mozes has, thus, specialized in running multidisciplinary projects within the South African market.
Dr Tiby Mozes is an IMD graduate in Strategic Alliances (Lausanne, Switzerland), a Professional Engineer, a member of the South African Institution of Chemical Engineers, a member of the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa and a Fellow of the Water Institute of Southern Africa.
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Black Creek Historic Brewery, located at Black Creek Pioneer Village, has just announced the list of specialty brews for 2012. Our little brewery has become known for producing unique specialty beers, some based on historic recipes, others dreamt up by Ed our Brew Master! These handmade ales will be available on site at Black Creek Pioneer Village only – not in LCBO locations. Announcements will be made on the blog as each brew becomes available.
June 2012 – Spruce Beer
July 2012 – Maple Beer & Raspberry Ale
August 2012 – Lemon Balm Beer & Sage Beer
September 2012 – Wet Hop Pale Ale
October 2012 – Sweet Stout & Pumpkin Ale
November 2012 – Estate Ale (1 Mile Beer)
December – Winter Warmer
Leave a comment to let us know which specialty brew you're most looking forward to!


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Peyton Puckett and Annabelle Campbell won a new bike for having Perfect 100% Attendance! Way to go!!
Mrs. Meding's GT students participated in a Pringle Chip Challenge! You can see video here of how students attempted or succeeded at mailing Mrs. Meding one unbroken Pringle Chip. Students, first, had to design a package that would keep the Pringle UNBROKEN! Then, the students had to mail their design in a standard business or letter envelope for just one stamp! In this video, you can see Mrs. Meding open the students' packages and see how their design did in the PRINGLE CHIP CHALLENGE!!
Congratulations Marlie and Seth for being accepted into the Rogers Explorers Program!
East Bernstadt Board of Education is currently accepting sealed bids on surplus cafeteria equipment, outside storage buildings, and furniture. If you are interested, please submit a bid to East Bernstadt Board of Education Central Office by 2pm on Friday, July 17th.
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RoboSense wins CES 2020 Innovation Award for Autonomous Vehicle Technology
RoboSense, the world's leading autonomous driving LiDAR perception solution provider, announced that it has won the CES 2020 Innovation Award the second year in a row for autonomous vehicle technology. RoboSense won this year's CES 2020 Innovation Award for the first MEMS-based Smart LiDAR Sensor, the RoboSense RS-LiDAR-M1, winning in the Vehicle Intelligence and Self-Driving Technology category.
The RoboSense award-winning RS-LiDAR-M1 is the world's first and only MEMS-based smart LiDAR sensor for self-driving passenger vehicles with its own embedded AI algorithm technologies and SoC (System on a Chip). The RS-LiDAR-M1 goes beyond traditional LiDAR, providing full data collection and comprehension.
As a ground-breaking product, the RS-LiDAR-M1 not only collects and interprets high definition 3D point cloud data, but also processes road data in real-time, with a built-in AI algorithm and SoC, while at the same time synchronising high-precision positioning output; road traffic signage; lane markings, driving areas, road curbs, and obstacle detection; tracking; and classification. Also, it is the world's smallest MEMS-based solid-state LiDAR, providing a low cost, high stability, and superior manufacturability to meet automotive-grade and serial production requirements.
"Driving Safety is the most critical challenge for the Autonomous driving vehicles. Perception is the first sense for the AD vehicles to precept the surrounding environment. To ensure a completely safe perception working in all conditions, LiDAR with smart perception algorithm and supporting functions are indispensable. We are very proud that our smart LiDR sensor concept have been recognized by the customers and different application users, " said Dr. Leilei Shinohara, RoboSense Vice President of R&D.
The RoboSenseRS-LiDAR-M1 Smart LiDAR Sensor will be on display in the Innovation Awards Showcase at the upcoming CES 2020.


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Mystic Jaisalmer, Jaisalmer
Near Airforce Circle Dhibba Para Old City, Jaisalmer
Phone Number +91-299-2255582 www.mysticjaisalmer.com
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Well impressed great hospitality
Stayed in the hostel on the top floor. Everything was neat and tidy and the room itself was spacious with a central empty space and great window seats looking out into the city. The cafe right outside the room gave us a spectacular view of the Golden City as well as the Jaisalmer Fort. The complimentary breakfast was delicious, overall enjoyed in this place.
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Good stay but clarify all package details
Good tent stay and good food in mystic Jaisalmer hotel and tent. Food quality and taste is good. But I faced some issue too due to unclarity of certain point in package. Ashraf gave me Blissful night in Desert package for 2 couple and I blindly trusted on some of point mentioned. I stayed in Swiss tent on 02 Nov 2016. I booked 2 Swiss tent for 2 couple. As per my package, I have to check in to hotel rooms for relax / refresh for around 2 hrs. If I am booking 2 Swiss tent then its quiet obvious that ashraf(owner) should give me 2 room as there are different 2 couple with children. But he gave just 1 room between 7 people(4 adult and 3 child). Considering Pick season, I adjusted on first day which was my mistake. Second day, after we back from tent they didn't even gave room for relax which is mentioned in package, at that time too I didn't told anything and left for city tour. None of tourist point are covered by car. As per them all are at walk able distance but from Patwon-Ki-Haveli to Gadisar lake is far. It may be walking for them but not for family with children. This is one of point where I felt I am v disappointed, IF I am paying you for city tour then why can't you give me car for some of points. I didn't ask car for fort or near by location but if distance is far you have to give, after tourist spot we went to hotel and asked for room where Shoukat ali told me that rooms are not booked for you. But as per my discussion with ashraf in august he told me that he will give me room for relax and will drop us to station. Drop timing I confirmed on mail but rooms for relax we just spoke and it was not mentioned on mail. He didn't gave a single room for relax in afternoon. I went to Dharamshala and spent my afternoon so that children will get some rest, in night when we came, we again asked for room and this time shaukat ali gave room, which was helpful as we needed for luggage adjustment. Anyways good stay, good food overall satisfied with tent package, just he did overbooking of rooms for pick season. But before booking he promised me to give room for relax and it was my mistake that it was not included in mail. Anyways nice staff, good rooms, good view made our journey enjoyable. Thanks ashraf for good things. And one more thing I didn't got, how you got loss on my booking? I am paying you booking amount(50% of total amount) 3 months before and you saying considering pick season it is loss for you. Your this statement made me little bit upset. Why you people do early booking then? If you having loss then I prefer you to please do last minute booking considering pick season, I gave you amount which you asked me, everything was discussed with you whether it's child inclusion in package or room for relax or drop timing. I never transferred amount of my choice. Keeping promises is the only thing need improvement rest everything is good. I got drop at my prefer time. Thanks for Good hospitality.
The magic of Jaisalmer and the hotel mystic Jaisalmer. Amazing hospitality by Shoukat and their entire staff at mystic. Beautiful colourful and clean rooms with WiFi, 24 hours water supply and all other necessary amenities. If you are planning a tour to Jaisalmer, the golden city, then mystic is the place to stay for you. And of course, don't forget to take the desert safari! The magic cannot be explained. Until you experience. Ashraf ji was always ready to help you to any extent and you will feel at home, no wonder. Beautiful place and extraordinary people, mystic it is.
A good hotel with friendly staff
Jaisalmer is nice destination. We went here before 3 months. We were spent 2 days in hotel Mystic. Hotel is located in calm area. Hotel staff is friendly. Hotel location is nice. I most like in hotel is its construction which is beautiful. Appearance is good. Food is tasty and healthy.
Courteous staff, neat and clean rooms
I was in Jaisalmer for 2 days. I got good facilities, hotel rooms nest and clean. Atmosphere is beautiful. Good hotel to stay with comfort. Hotel location is good as well hospitality. Staff is courteous and provides quick service. I enjoyed my stay in this hotel.
Mystic ambiance; delicious food
Stay was very comfortable, rooms were well done in typical Rajasthani style, bathroom was neat and clean with hot and cold water. Staff very helpful and co-operative, food very good and the cook Vinod took special care of us. The rooftop restaurant was great, having a wonderful view of the fort and the city at night. The meals were reasonable priced and taste very good.
Mystic Jaisalmer is ranked #22 among the 813 hotels in Jaisalmer with an average rating of 5.8 out of 7. On HolidayIQ, it has a total of 61 photos, 62 text reviews and 2 video reviews. it is rated top for its Destination, Service and Appearance. It was also named winner of the Better Holiday Awards in 2017 under Great Location.
The online booking price of the hotel ranges between Rs 2,500 to Rs 5,500 per night. The hotel offer 15 rooms to check availability or to avail complimentary breakfast, we recommend contacting the hotel to check if the final tariff includes it.
The ambience and the location of the hotel makes it a suitable option for variety of travellers. Family (48%) and Couple (32%) are the most common type of travellers that like to stay here. 53% of guests enjoy the hotel's relaxed environment, whereas 15% have rated the ambience as romantic.
Although the hotel is a suitable stay option throughout the year for travellers, book your accommodation in the months of Oct, Nov and Dec for the best experience.
The hotel ensures you are well taken care of during your stay. By providing free wifi access, the hotel makes sure you are always connected to the internet.
Other amenities include Laundry Services, Doctor On Call, Restaurant, Room Service and Parking Facility. For checkin and checkout time, we suggest contacting the hotel.
If you are in need for airport transfers or require a car for sightseeing around the city or you have to do an early check-in, then we recommend contacting the hotel directly and requesting for these additional services. All of the available amenities ensure your stay is enjoyable and free from any hassles.
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Budget Friendly Fun Snacks
>> Monday, June 30, 2008
I don't know how many of you have cruised the snack cracker aisle at the grocery store lately but it seems that Teddy Grahams are making a new snack- Trail Mix. Yep, those tasty little bears are doing their best to get every dollar you have.
Unfortunately for them I'm doing Dave and their tiny box of goodies that lasts 3 days (if I'm lucky) just doesn't fit into my budget.
But I'm not a fun-hating mommy. I mix up my own trail mix with whatever happens to be bite size and on sale or on a coupon (once in a while there are even Teddy Grahams in the mix!)
Today's mix includes M&Ms, some pretzels that I got in a goody bag this weekend, marshmallows, peanut butter baking chips and some off-brand cheese crackers.
It's just as tasty (actually more so), costs less per serving and lasts a couple of weeks instead of a couple of days.


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Matt would have turned 40 this year. Back in 2009 we made a mix CD for him and I was inspired to do it again this year.
So here's a compilation of songs that Matt might have liked to listen to or make fun of 🙂
I will miss you
With no warning
I will miss you
More than ever
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Enjoy your free track of Ysaÿe's Grave from his Sonate No. 1 for unaccompanied violin.
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Put simply, a debenture is a charge registered against the assets of a limited company, on behalf of any party owed money by the company.
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After a loan amount has been agreed between both parties, often with a fixed interest rate, the lender often looks to take security over some or all of the borrower's assets. This is done in case the latter is unable to repay, for example, if the company goes into administration.
Debentures are easy to put in place. They have to be registered at Companies House and take just a few days.
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After a no-good, very-bad week facing down the intractable realities of Brexit, UK Prime Minister Theresa May is facing the fiercest challenge of her career, one she may not weather, according to reports.
As Conservative lawmakers in the UK become increasingly unvarnished in their schemes to topple the nation's highest elected official, a vote of no confidence is now said to be on the table and could come as soon as Tuesday, according to the South China Morning Post (SCMP).
Although the opposition in parliament does not yet have the 48 votes required to automatically trigger a no-confidence vote, observers and pundits are readying their pens, and the UK PM office is said to be on 'standby' for the likely event, according to the BBC.
After the British leader last week declared that there was "no alternative" to her vision for Brexit, leading UK conservatives, including Dominic Raab and David Davis, eagerly readied campaigns in the event that May becomes cast aside.
Struggling to keep her Brexit agreement afloat, May has seen four senior ministers resign, a multitude of members of parliament (MPs) attempt to shout down her proposals and even party insiders begin to turn their backs.
It's been a tough week for the embattled May, the daughter of an Anglican priest and an inveterate hiker known in part for backcountry walks in the Swiss Alps with her investment banker husband.
In a Sun op-ed, May declared that there was "no alternative [Brexit] plan on the table" and warned that if it is rejected by parliament, Britain would be "back to square one with all the division and uncertainty that comes with it," cited by Reuters.
A minimum of 48 Conservative MPs must submit official letters of no confidence in party leader May to trigger a vote. Currently just 23 have publicly announced that they have done so, according to SCMP.
Leading cabinet eurosceptics are actively seeking to force May to change her Brexit proposal, according to The Daily Telegraph.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell, however, offered support for the PM in what he termed an "unprecedented onslaught," cited by SCMP.
Although he expressed some reservation for May's Brexit proposal, Mundell noted that the alternatives were "even more unpalatable," cited by the BBC.
"She is tackling an issue of epic proportions, on which she can never please everyone, and she is doing her very best to find a way through," the Secretary of State for Scotland said, adding,
"If it comes to a confidence vote, she will have mine."
The nation's army has reportedly been placed on alert as a means to keep order in the event of medicine- or food-shortage riots, according to the Sunday Times, which cited an anonymous "well-placed army source."


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you learned about chemical burns
the hard way, gel touching skin and now
every time you frown there is a reminder
to not touch wallpaper stripping. you
found the lesson again with hair gel, scalp
now producing as much wax as it does oil
when stressed, because it still cannot find
the balance it had before and it likely
will never find it again. the third time it was
your phone case rubbing against your finger
until your skin blistered to the point you couldn't
think of bending it, and now if you touch
plastic a little too long, they come back
you look at your collection of scars and wonder
how many could have been prevented if only
somebody cared enough to notice them happening
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About halfway through my 19 years pastoring a small congregation, we had a fresh-wind experience of the Holy Spirit that changed everything.
We had spent years trying to replicate the success I had seen at a previous church. Attendance skyrocketed as people responded to what were then cutting-edge methods we borrowed from the innovative megachurches. But when nothing worked to the degree we hoped, our small church got on its knees.
We soon learned that, until our church developed leaders who championed prayer for each ministry's strategies and activities, our results will be more about what we can do for God than what God can do through us.
As we had done repeatedly over the years, we changed many things. But only God could guide us into lasting change that would ultimately help the hurting, save the lost, and draw us all into deeper relationship with Himself and each other.
Our worship of God was the first to change, but soon our expectations of the leadership team changed too. Every person who took on a role of serving must exhibit a "first-of-all-pray" default mode when leading our ministries and activities (1 Timothy 2:1).
Until that time, our directors and workers had always prayed, but it changed from "Lord, bless what we have planned in the past hour," to "Lord, bless us in this next hour that we may hear your voice and discern your direction for us."
Our leaders soon had the expectation that God would guide our change, not the other way 'round. Through prayer, we repented from thinking we had authority; we yielded to the work of the Holy Spirit, seeking the mind of Christ, then allowing Him to actually preside.
Letting the Lord lead required several shifts in our approach:
- Everyone needs to participate. Leaders must to find ways to invite and involve the entire group into the praying, even those who say their spiritual gift seems miles away from intercession.
- Praying means listening to the voice of the Spirit. Telling God what we desire is not adequate.
- Leaders become active listeners to what others are praying, because it may be in one of those prayers that the Lord is speaking.
We found that the Word of God became dear to us as we often prayed through Scripture. Participants read verses as they felt led, and we received encouragement or discerned direction. God often spoke, and we weren't pursuing our change, but His.
The changes in our ministry did not result in meteoric growth, but through prayer we did receive clear and compelling assignments, and a strong sense we were fulfilling our mission in Christ.
Phil Miglioratti heads the National Pastors' Prayer Network and serves as IBSA's prayer ministries consultant. This column first appeared in the Summer 2013 issue of Resource. Read it online at http://resource.ibsa.org.


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This quick 2 minute video shows people marching and crowds singing during the important 1963 event. We liked it because the people shown do not seem to know they are on film and it is nice to see "unposed" moments.
For more on this event check out our Civil Right Movement PowerPoint.


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Project Authors: Darvish Fakhr
Darvish Fakhr is an artist and a painter. Born in 1969, Fakhr grew up in the U.S. before moving to Britain where his practice has been based for the last two decades. He currently lives in Brighton, Sussex. He is an award-winning artist in the field of Iranian portrait paintings. Of American/ Iranian heritage, Fakhr trained at the Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston and the Slade School of Fine Art in London. In 2004 he won the BP Travel Award and used the opportunity to go to Iran and paint local people in Tehran and Isfahan.
2014 "Palimpsest" Edge of Arabia (upcoming Sept 4-Oct 2), London 2013 "Farce" Aun Gallery, Tehran 2011 "Safar" Aun Gallery, Tehran 2008 Commissioned by Jerwood Gallery to paint Akram Khan. The nine piece panel is now part of the permanent collection at the National Portrait Gallery, London. 2007 "Embodiment" group show- Signal Gallery, Hoxton, London 2007 BP Award- National Portrait Gallery, London and Edinburgh 2006 BP Award- National Portrait Gallery, London and Aberdeen 2005 BP Travel Award Show, National Portrait Gallery, London and Edinburgh 2004 Winner of BP Travel Award, National Portrait Gallery, London 2003 Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London 2003 Quod Art Gallery, Brighton 2002 Chelsea Art Fair, London 2001 Medici Gallery, Piccadilly, London 2001 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London 2001 Royal West of England Academy, 3rd Place, Bristol 2000 BP Award - National Portrait Gallery, London and Aberdeen 1999 BP Award - National Portrait Gallery, London and Aberdeen 1998 BP Award - National Portrait Gallery, London and Aberdeen 1998 Exhibition of Portraits at Blue Gallery, Chelsea l997 Degree Show, Slade School of Fine Art l993 Annual Boit Competition, Museum School, Boston, Mass.
2013 Farce; Aun Gallery 2011 Safar; Aun Gallery 2007 BP Portrait Award 2006 "The Portrait Now" by Sandy Nairne and Sarah Howgate 2005 BP Portrait Award.
The Observer: Look Out For a Man on a 'Flying Carpet' at the Armory Show
Flying Carpet
The Flying Carpet (darvish is the Farsi translation for dervish) - The one that rides the flying carpet is the person I would like more to be. It is the darvish who has shed the capital "D", who prefers not to be weighted down by titles or the ambition of arrival... to be at peace among heaving madness. This is the state of mind I get myself into when I am traveling on my board.
My board is an electric longboard (long skateboard) that I have customized to my own needs. On top lies a hand made Persian Carpet that I perform my dance on. I wear a variation of a traditional 'darvish' costume. The only contemporary hint, other than the skateboard, is the white iphone headphones that poke up through my white gown.
Rather than whirling, I glide through the streets slowly in a twisting wave pattern of double helixes thereby affecting the flight of the board. When I wear my dervish hat I take a vow of silence, and seek communication through gesture.
Ultimately my 'journey's" are a way of seeking a higher plane of consciousness in hopes that it will not only bring a smile to people's faces but also a sense of 'stillness' through movement. I would like to one day fly my board around the world.