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So you're having a hard time with life? I get it, we all do at times. Others look at you and wonder just how do you do it? How do you keep yourself together, but they can't see your pain through your fake smiles.
The scars and memories that taunt you from past experiences, the domestic violence, assault and the lost of a loved one, feels like it just happened yesterday,. How about the bad relationships, the loneliness, the feelings of torture that you try to hide?
you are at the end,
weak, lonely
and ready to give up
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About us
Our Client Promise - for total peace of mind
Charles Derby Mortgage Bureau advisers all share and adhere to our company standards, training and compliance requirements and our client promise. We aim to be one of the leaders in our field and welcome feedback on our services and advisers to help us improve.
We will always put your interests first
- Always try to be helpful, clear, easy to deal with, courteous and prompt.
- Get to know you and your aims. Before any recommendations, your Charles Derby Mortgage Bureau adviser will carry out a thorough fact find to ensure that any advice provided and solutions proposed are tailored to your needs and goals.
- Do everything possible to ensure that all our clients receive high quality financial advice, and where suited, the most appropriate products to meet their specific needs.
- Explain all charges and fees. In line with the requirements of our regulator, The Financial Conduct Authority, we will provide full illustrations and disclosure prior to any product implementation.
- Arrange to keep in regular contact throughout the lifetime of the mortgage especially as it approaches the end of its initial benefit period. Our review meetings aim to ensure that any changes in clients' circumstances, aims and any changes in the marketplace, can be taken into account on an ongoing basis.
- Protect your data and only use it to provide our services. We do not and will not sell any client data to any other company or third party.

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text: Referencing microscopic interactions observed in biology and genetics, these paintings evoke organic forms and processes found in the microscopic world. Drops of paint systematically applied to a grid allow me to explore subtle modulations of shape, color, and pattern. The resulting serial pattern is defined by the intrinsic character of the paint as it carves and shapes a distinct topography while color animates relationships between the constituent parts. In this work, I play with the delicate balance between order and chaos, growth and decay, and strive to convey a sense of the mystery and beauty that unfolds in the process of life.


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BUILDERS CHOICE – Packaged Products
The Builders Choice brand was born out of BGC's long and highly successful experience in the industry.
With a capacity of over 2,000T per day, our plants are in full production providing superior cement, lime and dry mix products to the Western Australian market.
Our bagged range includes a wide variety of cements, blended cements, hydrated lime and dry mix products to suit most building, construction and handyman applications.
A building lime recommended for the use in cement mortars and renders. Mortars and renders that contain Hydrolime have better workability, greater bond strength and in the hardened state, flexibility.
Hydrolime also gives mortars and renders the ability to 'self heal' fine cracks that may appear over time.
Lime 'n' Lite
Lime 'n' Lite is a pre-blended cement specifically designed for M2 and M3 mortars. Made from an equal blend (1:1 by volume) of Ultra Creme and Hydrolime, it takes the guesswork out of on-site batching.
Lime 'n' Lite is the perfect product if you want a cream-coloured mortar when laying bricks or blocks. Lime 'n' Lite also extends board life and does not require air-entrainers to be added to the mix.
Lime 'n' Grey
A pre-blended grey coloured cement specifically designed for M2 and M3 mortars. Made from an equal blend (1:1 by volume) of Grey Cement and Hydrolime, it takes the guesswork out of on site batching.
Lime 'n' Grey is the perfect cement for all brick and block laying.
Mortars containing Lime 'n' Grey will have a longer board life and do not require air-entrainers to be added to the mix.
Low Heat Cement
Low Heat Cement is a specially engineered cement for use where the heat evolved during the cement hydration process needs to be reduced. In mass concrete situations using normal Type GP cements, this heat of hydration can cause significant temperature gradients within the structure and thermal cracking may result. The use of Low Heat Cement (Type LH) can minimise this effect.
Low Heat Cement can also be used in soil stabilisation, underground mining and marine concrete applications where engineering properties such as reworkability and durability are required.
Plasterers Cement
A pre-blended mix of grey cement and hydrated lime specifically designed for rendering purposes. It takes the guesswork out of on site batching.
Plasterers Cement is the perfect product for your rendering requirements.
Plasterers Cement does not require air-entrainers to be added to the mix.
Fast Setting Concrete
Fast Setting Concrete is a pre-blended dry mixture of grey cement, sand, stone (aggregate) and special setting additives. It is used in situations where rapid setting of the concrete mix is required.
Typical uses include the setting of fence, pergola or clothesline posts, and handyman concrete. Place mixture in the hole, just add water, mix well and the concrete mix will set in about 5-15 minutes. Fast Setting Concrete should not be used for structural concrete purposes.
Grey Mortar
Grey Mortar is a pre-blended dry mixture of grey cement, hydrated lime and sand using the common bricklaying and rendering recipe of 1:1:6 (C:L:S). It can be used in mortaring applications up to M3 mortar classification (refer Australian Standard AS3700 Masonry Structures) and for cement rendering applications using the 1:1:6 recipe.
Floor Screed
Builders Choice Floor Screed is a precisely manufactured blend of the highest quality cement and finely graded sands. Builders Choice Floor Screed just needs to be mixed with with clean potable water and it's ready to go. The screed can be used to form and shape required floor surfaces. It can also take floor coverings and it can be waterproofed over. Builders Choice Floor Screed finishes to a hard, impact resistant surface that can be used internally and externally.


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How much uninsured motorist insurance coverage should I get?
I've discussed in detail why you should get uninsured motorist insurance coverage to make sure that you're covered if you're hit by somebody who is either uninsured or doesn't have much liability insurance coverage. Another important thing to think about is the amount of your uninsured motorist insurance coverage. I recommend at a minimum that you get $100,000 in UM coverage. Note that you will be required to carry equal or higher liability coverage compared to the uninsured/underinsured motorist insurance coverage you get.
California doesn't even require that you carry any uninsured motorist insurance coverage.
And, California only requires that people carry $15,000 worth of liability insurance. California doesn't even require that you carry any uninsured motorist coverage, and only requires that people carry $15,000 worth of liability insurance.
California's average cost of living is one of the highest in the country, and our required liability limits are among the lowest! Even largely rural states like Idaho and Iowa boast higher minimum limits. Additionally, if you are in the San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley or Los Angeles, medical costs are even higher than the rest of California.
If you are in an accident, what does that $15,000 state minimum of liability insurance cover?
Well, here's a rough estimate of costs our clients incur in their traffic accidents:
$2,500-$3,000 = Ambulance ride
$2,500-$5,000 = Emergency room visit
$500-$5,000 or more = X-rays, MRI's or CT scans
$5,000-$25,000 or more = Surgery(s)
$5,000-10,000 PER NIGHT = Overnight hospitalization
This doesn't even cover stuff like orthopedic follow up's, physical therapy and prescription medications.
There's no way that somebody's $15,000 state minimum liability coverage is going to be enough to pay for the bare minimum medical needs if you are in even a moderate – let alone serious – personal injury accident. Even if you are lucky enough to get out of an accident relatively unscathed, you are still looking at around $5-10,000 just to get checked out by a qualified emergency medical professional. That is why it's important to get uninsured motorist insurance coverage at the highest possible amount you can afford. Note that your liability limits will have to be set at this same amount.
Shouldn't my health insurance cover all of my accident-related expenses?
I understand that if you have a health insurance it should cover most of your medical expenses related to a traffic accident, however if you bring a personal injury claim, your health insurance has a contractual right to be reimbursed for anything that they covered. If you have to reimburse your health insurance out of a mere $15,000, that leaves nothing for you to compensate you for your loss of earnings and all the pain suffering and inconvenience you had to go through because someone else hurt you and caused your injuries.
Make sure you check your uninsured motorist coverage limits TODAY!
It's easy! Just pull up your "declarations page" on your insurance company's website, OR call your insurance agent or company and ask them to email you a cop of your "dec page." If you have anything less than $100,000 of uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage, I highly recommend you increase it. I would suggest you carry $250,000 if possible. Note that most umbrella insurance policies require $250,000 for you to be covered under the umbrella policy.
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A day of protest across Bay Area
WAR IN IRAQ / FIVE YEARS 150 arrested in day of marches, speeches, civil disobedience - and a die-in outside Feinstein's office
War protesters converged in San Francisco Wednesday for the five-year anniversary of the war in Iraq and, from early morning to late evening, rallied, marched, shouted, sang, danced and committed acts of civil disobedience to demonstrate their opposition.
Roughly 150 people were arrested, many of them in front of the office of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Many of those arrested were participating in an afternoon "die-in" - collapsing en masse to evoke deaths in Iraq - though a few actively scuffled with police.
Demonstrators gathered in the evening at Civic Center Plaza to hear speeches and take an evening march to the Mission District. They carried signs with slogans such as "impeach" and chanted mantras like "money for health care, not warfare."
In the morning, a crowd of about 500 people snaked its way through the Financial District, periodically prompting police to shut down intersections and city blocks and Muni officials to reroute buses.
Yet, despite the often creative costumes and messages, the protests were a far cry from the large and dramatic protests that marked the buildup to the war as well as the conflict's early months. Tens of thousands came to San Francisco in those days, making it an epicenter of the anti-war movement. Roughly 2,150 protesters were arrested during the first three days of the war, Mar. 19-21, 2003. The city's hotels were crammed, and mobs tried to shut down the Bay Bridge.
Wednesday's biggest demonstration in the city occurred in the evening. Answer coalition organizer Richard Becker estimated the crowd of participants at 7,000.
Some yearned to renew the hope of those early days, emboldened in part by an upcoming presidential election that does not include the candidacy of George W. Bush.
"There's been a lot of despair, a lot of feelings that the protest movement couldn't do anything and a lot of complacency," said Venee Call-Ferrer, who protested on the first-year war anniversary but hadn't done so again since Wednesday evening.
Veils of mourning
The 42-year-old Berkeley woman and three of her friends dressed in black, wearing veils of mourning. They wore red ribbons around their wrists to symbolize blood on their hands as U.S. citizens.
"This year, there's a feeling that things are going to change," she said.
It wasn't just San Francisco. Sparse attendance marked anti-war demonstrations nationwide, from Washington, D.C., to Syracuse, N.Y. to Hartford, Conn.
With song, signs, chants, costumes and even physical scuffles, the many expressions of protest in San Francisco seemed to reflect the eclectic and varied feelings among those opposed to the war.
The most dramatic acts were committed in front of the Feinstein's office at Market and Montgomery streets. About two dozen demonstrators staged a "die-in" at about 12:15 p.m., but were quickly surrounded by 80 police officers in riot gear.
As protesters were arrested, more demonstrators from the scores who were watching from the sidewalk rushed to fill their places.
Among those taken away were 20 people, calling themselves Act Against Torture, who were wearing orange jumpsuits with black hoods over their heads. They were costumed as prisoners at the controversial U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, where "enemy combatants" of the "war on terror" have been held.
President Bush declared in 2003 that prisoners suspected to be terrorists didn't merit the protections of the Geneva Conventions.
After more than two hours of protests - and about 100 arrests - authorities finally cleared the intersection and reopened Market Street to traffic at 2:30 p.m. Among the arrested were three demonstrators who wrestled with police. One officer was knocked to the street.
Left-wing activist Daniel Ells-berg told the crowd, "The symbolism of people lying in death appears to symbolize the life and death seriousness as we enter the sixth year of this crime against the American people." He soon sat down in the street and was arrested.
Biggest protest
The largest protest of the day came after work hours in front of San Francisco's City Hall.
"This is America," said State Sen. Carole Migden, D-San Francisco. "We are not proud. So we say to the world, to the people who are watching, we are Americans, we are against it, and we are sorry."
The protesters stood elbow-to-elbow on Civic Center Plaza, occupying roughly half the space between the plaza's two main rows of trees. Businessmen in suits and fathers with children on their shoulders were among those gathered, as well as Marxists and 9/11 conspiracy theorists, who had booths set up nearby.
The protesters included three men wearing only purple peace signs painted on their chest
An officer told the men "Put a towel or jacket around yourselves. People don't want to see that." But they simply moved.
"Protesting like this is no better than some other way," said San Francisco resident Rusty Mills. "But it's our way."
A large portion of the crowd appeared to be in their teens, many in leather studded belts and Mohawks.
Luis Martinez, 17, held a sign that read "no se puede la paz con la guerra" - "you can't get peace through war."
"I'm against the war because of all the killing," he said," and the military is made of young people like me."
At least 27 people were arrested at a die-in at Market and Third streets around 10:30 a.m. As officers encircled the group, they briefly pushed other protesters onto the sidewalk and confiscated at least one bicycle and a sign.
Across the bay in Berkeley, about 100 demonstrators gathered at the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park at noon to hear peace activist Cindy Sheehan speak. About 80 people marched afterward to the Marine Corps recruiting station on Shattuck Square, where demonstrators had gathered earlier.
Elsewhere in San Francisco, more than a dozen people were arrested in nonviolent actions at the Federal Reserve Bank on Market and the Chevron building at California and Battery streets.
The main group of protesters carried signs, shouted slogans and blasted music as they roamed the Financial District. Some threw play money in the air and waved pink flags.
One large sign carried by four people read: "Was it worth it?"
-- For a video from the downtown San Francisco protests, go to sfgate.com.


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Crowberry is a simple but pretty cardigan pattern that I published in July and never got round to making a blog post about - sorry if you have been waiting for more information!
This cardigan is ideal for spring/summer or warm autumn days where an extra layer is needed. It is knitted in DK weight yarn at a loose gauge to provide a soft, drapey fabric that provides warmth but not too much weight.
Knitted from the top down as one piece in reverse stocking stitch (which when knitted flat is just as easy as normal stocking stitch) it has 3 cute buttons to keep the top closed and then flares flatteringly over the waist and hips. The waist shaping gives those of us without any waist a flattering figure. It is the little details of this cardigan that I love so much such as the pretty eyelet holes that form the shaping of the yoke and the i-cord bind off that finishes the edges perfectly.
I don't know about you but the thing that puts me off reverse stocking stitch in the round is the row after row of purling.... This cardigan has none of that as the body is knitted flat and then the sleeves are knitted in the round on the wrong side(!) which means that you knit the sleeves rather than many rounds of purling.
The berry pattern and cardigan name was inspired by walking in the Pennine hills where I live. Crowberries (Empetrum nigrum) are lovely bright yellow-green glossy-leaved shrubs that can be found on English moorland. Every autumn they produce crops of dark purple berries that are edible and can be made into pies or jam.
The crowberry pattern has both charts and written instructions for the berry detail and a schematic to help with sizing and blocking. This cardigan needs a good block, particularly of the edges. Full instructions are given on how to make the berries and for the i-cord bind off so don't worry if you have not tried these before. They are easier than they look.
I knitted this cardigan in the very soft and pretty Woolyknit Bluefaced Leicester DK yarn. It gives the cardigan a lovely drape and shows off the berry pattern very well. It is such a soft yarn and the natural shades are perfect for knits with textured details. The sample has been hanging up in the Woolyknit yarn shop since July if you would like to see it in person. You can see all the lovely natural colours in their BFL range in this photo:
The pattern has been on sale on my website and on Ravelry since July, thank you to those who have purchased it. I hope you enjoy knitting it as much as I did! I will be uploading it to Craftsy and Patternfish today as well.


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Derek Schrier and Cecily Cameron/
NET WORTH: Unknown
SOURCE OF WEALTH: Indaba Capital Management
FUNDING AREAS: Education, Leadership Development, Civic Engagement, Community Development
OVERVIEW: Derek Schrier and Cecily Cameron established the Cameron Schrier Foundation in 2006. Based in San Francisco, the foundation invests in educational equity, youth leadership, civic engagement and community development.
BACKGROUND: Derek Schrier holds an A.B. from Princeton, as well as J.D. and MBA degrees from Stanford University. He worked in mergers and acquisitions at Goldman Sachs and was a partner at Farallon Capital Management before founding Indaba Capital Management in 2010. Schrier also worked extensively with the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa during the 1990s and managed research for the African National Congress's political campaign during the nation's first democratic elections in 1994. Cecily Cameron also graduated from Princeton and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She is a writer, but worked for many years in the financial services, technology, nonprofit and retail sectors.
EDUCATION: Schrier and Cameron's education funding prioritizes underserved populations in the U.S. and South Africa and promotes educational equity. Derek Schrier serves on the Board of Directors of Matriculate, which aims to improve college access for high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds. In the U.S., the Cameron Schrier Foundation has invested in several charter schools and charter school networks including Caliber Schools, Gateway Public Schools and the New Schools Venture Fund. One education grantee in South Africa is Ikamva Labantwana Bethu, which provides high quality educational services to gifted students from Crossroads Township, an area of high crime on the outskirts of Cape Town.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: Beyond educational equity, the Cameron Schrier Foundation has invested in programs and organization that mentor and train young people to take on leadership roles in their communities. One grantee, San Francisco Achievers, provides college students with scholarships, training, internships and mentors. In South Africa, the African Leadership Academy identifies youth who "show the spark of initiative" from all African nations and brings them together for intensive problem-solving and leadership development workshops.
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: The Cameron Schrier Foundation partners with Groundup, a news agency and social justice organization that emphasizes the needs and issues of vulnerable communities in South Africa. It has also partnered with Boston Review, a political and literary publication that aims to provide a forum for "a range of voices and views" and to stimulate public discourse toward "a more just world."
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: Cameron and Schrier have supported San Francisco's Larkin Street Youth Services, which provides homeless youth with shelter, education, job training, and health services. Another San Francisco grantee, the Homeless Prenatal Program, helps poor and homeless families move toward economic stability and healthy futures.
LOOKING FORWARD: The Cameron Schrier Foundation's work in Africa may broaden to address issues in other African nations and to promote collaborations between nations.


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I'd be interested in hearing everyones first job horror stories.
My story was the job itself. It was in "Data Control" which meant I took the reports off of the printers, seperated them and put them on a cart and delivered to the departments. I also had to "burst and cut" our companies invoices, which meant cutting off the pinholes on each side of the paper, split them (2 invoices per page) and burst them (break the perferation between pages). This was a fun machine. The best part was getting to work at 4am and working until noon.
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I worked for a small company. The daughter's house was attached to the business. In the middle of the night she would come into the office and mess around on the computers for whatever reason. The owner decided to cancel the Domain web site instead of transfering it. About a week after he did that the daughter decided to pull the server off the domain one night. I spent quit a bit of time explaining to him best I could that you just can't put it back on the Domain it doens't work that way if it has nothing to authenticate to.
First IT job working for a company that had coupon printers at the checkstands of major supermarkets. Was working on one checkstand printer and underneath the checkstand there was a whole turkey go-back, that never went back. Was mid December and this was there since before Thanksgiving I'm sure. What a nasty smell that was. Have found some really gross stuff while working under the checkstands. Ughhh....still gives me chills!!! Would also get the managers calling wondering why the printers weren't printing...come to find the janitors would unplug the server in the manager's office in order to plug in their vacuum cleaners. There was never pleasing anyone at the markets. That was almost 20 years ago.
i was doing a school based traineeship for an advertising firm when i was in year 11 and they had a small business server with AD, exchange and sql loaded on it.
and I got a call from my manager while is was in school saying that no one can access any of the shares on the server but they could login and get emails but not access the the files or the printer on the server and it stumped me for that day while i was at school and the next day when i was missed school and went to work to fix the problem. about 4pm i found the problem........ somehow the File and Printer Sharing for Windows Networks option for that server had been unticked
Newbieee here,
In my first weeks at the law firm I was faced with a switch going down this was a 80-port stacked switch and there was no backup. I finally was able to rummage up from a computer recycler a spare power supply unit and get everything up and running. Thankfully this was on a Saturday Morning. With that behind me I was followed up with the next week a air conditioner that decided to quit that sits over the top of the servers in the server room. I remember walking into the building the next following saturday and the hearing the servers from clear across the building as the fans were trying to cool the machines. I recall opening the door to finding it a 108 degrees in the server room! I rummaged through the firm grabbing every fan i could and was able to get the rooms temp down to about 78 until the HVAC repair man was able to come to come that next monday. Talk about a stressful first 2 weeks.
I was working helpdesk for a piece of software that cached webpages using a prefetch technology. (think early dial-up accelerator type software) A customer called and complained about broken images on a website which was a common problem with corrupted cache files. I told the customer to clear their cache. The software interface has a customizable path with the default of C:\program files\our software\cache already populated and then a "Clear Cache" button next to it. The customer misunderstood me and deleted the path, when I corrected him and told him to press the "clear cache" button the software assumed that the now blank cache field was the cache and proceeded to delete everything it could on his computer. I was on the phone with a customer as our software wiped out everything on his system. I put him on hold, grabbed the main developer, and walked him through the problem. His reply still makes me laugh. "oops"
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First day on the job working for a Medical Facility, the workstations could not connet to the server from one side of the building. While trying to solve the issue through the workstations I heard a noise above me in the roof. There was nothing wrong in the set up, the issue was rats chewing through cat5 cable. GEEE! I LOVE RATS! NOT! These wer the biggest and ugliest rats I had ever seen. The exterminator was called and I ran new line took the better part of the day after the rats were gonew crawling around in the attic. Now I have other that can do that for me.
I would have to say while working at the late circuit city's Firedog for 4 years, customers who would bring in there roach infested pc's! That and the rat infestation that would randomly come in and out of the picture. One time a customer was so absurd that they took this lady's pc and put it in the middle of the road as she was asked to leave the property and refused! Wonder why they went under ;)? Thank goodness I'm out of the retail side of things now.
While working as a field service tech (think GeekSquad, except a small private company,) I had a customer who would call in every month or two with a virus infection. Everytime I went to his house I would hear him running around his computer room,slamming drawers and knocking things over, before he would answer the door and let me in. One July afternoon, after this scenario had been repeating itself for over a year, I was called to his house for ANOTHER infection (he really liked his Limewire pron.)
This time when I got there the door was open and there was no respone to my knocking and ringing the doorbell. I figured that since he and I were so well aquainted at this point, I would just let myself in. Well, when I got to his "office" I opened the door to be greeted by the unpleasant view of him sitting at his PC in his birthday suit.....headphones on, mouse in his right hand, trouser snake in the left. And lets not get into the bottle of lotion and the crumpled up tissues all over the keyboard.
I never touched his PC again.
Ill probably have more as im just a 2 year into it IT man
But I had a printer rep in trying to figure out why his printer would not print PDF's correctly.. smug little guy acted like he new everything .. one of the things we did required a CD to get some drivers... he saw me put the cd in .. well as we were working on it from my office .. one of the other techs asked what version the CD was .. i said its still in the cd player .. so he walks down into the server room .. after a few minutes .. I start to notice the network acting wierd .. started loosing connection to things .. Im like what the.... then i start thinking .. wheres the printer guy??.. hes still .. in .. the server ...rooomm. OH NO .. i jump up and run in there .. and 2 of my drive bay doors are open .. and hes about to pull out the third on (on a live server) .. and he turns to me .. and says .. WHICH ONES THE CD PLAYER!! ....
it took 4 people to hold me off him ... he was banned from the property..lol
consulted for a company that had many IT "I know better than you because I've been doing it for 24 years and I've read computers for dummies and PC magazines" people there...
started, fixed lots, installed, updated and improved then the self professed IT types stabbed me in the back, the owner blackmailed me, I quit and thus started a 9-month legal battle to get paid over 7 grand of outstanding invoices
working for yourself has its downsides sometimes
but now I'm happy and working on bigger and better things...plus I won so that helps too...
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Back in 82, I joined the US Navy to be a Data Processor. After three months of bootcamp ( I can walk in a straight line now and can eat almost anything with enough tabasco sauce), I was sent to DP school. The first day th einstructor apologized fo the training being based on card and tape processing, but the basics would be the same. He also mentioned that no ships in the fleet were using this system, we would get updated training once we started at our new commands.
Well guess what...? I got the last stinkin ship in the Navy with the card processing computer! The upside is, that there ar not many IT types my age with this traning.
You want to talk troubleshooting? Try a Univac 1700 with 64k of ferrite memory exposed just behind the front panel! Sneeze and... Oops, just blew out 4k! Jobs were processed via card input and then sorted tape to tape. Jobs took 24-48 hours, providing power was stable. Love those engineers!
Not my first job, but my only real horror story. Started with a home builder in Florida and in the first week or so, the Controller asks me to look at his laptop. I decided it was his profile that was acting strange and just messing up outlook and everything. So, I save out all his data, and reimage his system (whole thing was a wreck anyway), put everything back. Well, he goes, where are my folders in Outlook? Well, i restored the ones that I had saved out, but this company, for some strange reason, saves out the .pst to a single folder on the hard drive so that it won't get corrupted with the profile. Well, I didn't know that, so the majority of his saved mail was gone. After going through the backup, I had to tell him it was gone and I can't get it back. He does the whole act of walking around holding his head and making a scene. Couldn't do nothing but apologize. Well, my boss was a hardcore, 100%, results type person. So this Controller calls my boss in AZ and just goes off on me, and on and on. My boss pretty much went, "Okay, I understand. I'm sorry that happened." He never called me on it. Never said anything. Months later another tech said he was there when the COntroller called and my boss reaction after he hung up was, "These things happen from time to time." 180 from his normal reaction. Contoller thought he got me in trouble big time. I left a year later for another job, so I stopped by the guy's office and let him know I knew he called my boss behind my back, my boss said nothing, and the other techs laughed about it. Not a big horror story, but for about 30 minutes, I was scared ****less.
My first IT job was in a small town. It was a company who were pretty hardcore Christians. Now I have no problem with whatever religious path you walk, but this was my first job as well, and I really needed it. So during my interview my boss man made it known they're all Christians there, and they would conduct themselves accordingly. Anyway, they were cool with me for about a month until I was out on a job and the bosses son was working with me asking me all these personal belief questions, to which I answered without reserve. I found myself without a job a week later. I didn't have a leg to stand on, they wouldn't give me a straight answer. When I went to get my last check, they invited me to church, to which I respectfully declined. Had I known then what I known now I probably could've gotten a discrimination suit going. C'est la vie I suppose.
I think my worst horror story was my second IT position, tech support for a small software company. It was 2000 and we were running on a shared 56k modem connection since broadband wasnt yet deployed to that area. We had a client in Canada that got pushed off to me since I was the least experienced tech. The client had 33.6k modem. Needless to say, making even a small change to an access 2.0 database took about 8 hours to complete. And that was if the connection stayed up, which it rarely did.
I was working for a local community college and my boss asked me to go check out a machine in the admin lab. The admin lab was a small room with 4 PCs in it that the people in the admin office could use for guests or demos or some such crap. One machine was acting strange, it would turn on...then suddenly turn off, before POST was even finished. I worked at it and worked at it and swapped out parts and did everything I could. I really wanted to figure it out and impress my boss but I was stumped. I called my boss and had him come take a look at it. We were both looking at the PC, after about an hour, with completely stumped looks on our faces. It was a Gateway desktop case and the cover was off. I had my face inside the case looking around inside and we were flipping the power switch on and off...i don't know why...that's like kicking a TV that doesn't work...sure it might have some effect but it doesn't really fix anything.
Well I had my face inside and one last time my boss flipped the on switch and BANG!...the power supply exploded in my face. My ears rang for days. Sparks hit my face and the back of the PS blew out so I had a few nicks and scratches on my face as well. My boss said he had never seen such a thing happen...
The problem...two weeks before they had reran some wiring to the room and the outlet wasn't running at 110, it was running near 220. Those machines didn't get used that often so no one had turned them for two weeks. Safety mechanisms in the desktop were working perfectly to switch it off when it detected a power problem but those mechanisms don't last forever. The last time he turned it on it finally just blew the power supply right out...into my face.It was a quick way to learn respect for my chosen field.
My first IT Job, I was a network admin working for a casino. They were running Novell with NDS. Anyways, the place had no Anti-virus and I forgot what virus started infecting their machines, but my manager at the time was like, here load this copy of McAfee on all the machines. Yea, it was a single user license. Funny thing was, I asked what antivirus product they used when I interviewed, they were like, we don't use any because it slows the machines down.
Oh management sucked too, after that one manager left, his "friend" took his place. He called himself a DBA after a weekend class of SQL. Lame.
I was the first female PC programmer in 1985 using dBase III. I was assigned the task of changing a menu option in a customized dBase program. The previous programmer left the company. There was no documentation either in paper or in the program. It took several weeks to document what the menu options were doing so I could implement a change without blowing up the program. Once I was successful, I found out later I was given this challenge to fail. The manager never expected me to actually succeed. From then on, the male programmers made it known I was not welcome even throwing manuals at me and hurling pennies. The pennies hurt. I told the last programmer if he threw anything else at me, I would march his back side down to HR and have him fired. Needless to say, I wasn't welcomed. I stayed, they left.
Good for you Catherine!
My first IT experience was an internship at a major defense contractor. They gave me very simple tasks but everything was pretty close to mission critical. They had multiple layers of redundancy on nearly every service, but what killed me was the stress of having 2 out of 3 redundancy layers break simultaneously and have to fix them before the third gave up as well. This was in 99 and they were going through a major overhaul of systems, but it was a nightmare mess of PC's, terminal servers, mainframes and supercomputers that really didn't want to talk to each other. Scared me away from IT for 10 years.
Other is kind of tangentally related. Worked warranty for a satellite TV company. One of the major failure reasons for returned equiptment was cat hair and urine. The boxes ran warm and cats thought they made nice places to relax.
Let's see...
October 2003? the whole department was off for the three days. The building manager took the opportunity to shut down the electrical because it was a holiday (Columbus Day) to do some maintenance. We all come back to work and I find out some people are not able to log in. I look around and see some were able to but others weren't. I go to the telecom closet and what do I find, one of the hubs died on me. Luckily, all the offices weren't occupied, so I unplugged the vacant offices and plugged those that weren't able to log in into the other hubs that were functional. It took me the better part of the morning by the time I was finished. I was exhausted by the time after lunch came around, that I told my supervisor around 4:00 that I am going home.
Another instance...
I worked in the Bay Area and my offices were San Francisco and San Jose. This is my first IT job and I started around May 2000. Around October or November of 2001, I was given the Oakland office (which had about 40 people vs San Jose had 10 and San Francisco around the same) because of so many complaints from users about the IT person that did that office. I remember the first week I was there, I went around checked the users' computers for viruses (which I found on one PC) and did maintenance (like defragging, scandisk, etc Win98 machines). On one machine I fixed the sound card. This I did on top of my regular offices of SanFran and SanJo. Not only did I have a nightmare one of those nights, but I felt everyones' stares at my back wondering if after I work on their computer will it fail after I leave it. That first month of taking over that office was one of the most stressful times, but towards the end of that first month, everyone saw that I knew what I was doing. It took two or three people (out of the everyone) to warm up to me a few months later.
A kid at the first school I worked at plugging a patch lead back into another socket, looping itself.
Ended up powering down and disconnecting the whole cab (three floors) and bypass the main switch to get the rest of the network working while we tore out every lead and patched them back in one by one until it failed again.
I forget what the protection against this is, but they have it now!


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Vermont Hiking
Vermont Hiking
From lakefront lean-tos to woodland campfires, Vermont's pristine natural landscapes call to the outdoor camping enthusiast. Vermont has over 75 private campgrounds, 40 state campgrounds, and general camping areas in the Green Mountain National Forest. The state maintains an excellent Vermont State Park web site describing each park in detail with maps of camping areas. Private campgrounds offer everything from snack bars and pools to cable TV and WiFi. If it's natural serenity you want, head into the wilderness, pitch your tent, and revise some of your favorite campfire songs: "There was a desperado from the wild and wooly west. He wore a big sombrero and two guns beneath his chest…."
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Wishing for the best homeschool year ever? Check out these tips to make it happen!
If I've said it once, I'll say it again…being a homeschool parent is hard work! And every year, each and every one of us put that pressure on ourselves to make certain that we are going to have the best homeschool year ever. After many years of homeschooling, I feel like I've found out a few tips and tricks along the way that actually make each new year the ultimate best homeschool year ever, and guess what, my friends? I'm going to share a few of those tips with you as well!
Here are 6 Simple Secrets to Help Make this Year be the Best Homeschool Year Ever
• Start with you.
Why not get the toughest part done and over with right out of the gate? Often times, what limits the curriculum and the studies from progressing can often be traced back to the teacher…and in that case, that would be us, the homeschool parent.
Now before you start being too hard on yourself, understand that you are also the reason why your homeschool is thriving and doing a great job as well! BUT, in order for this to truly be the best homeschool ever, you need to understand that you must have the right mind frame that works best for you and your children. Homeschooling is also about teamwork and when you can find a way to work together and still have fun doing so, you know that you've found success.
• Set clear goals for your homeschool.
Goals are life. Without having goals set, you have no true direction or balance. And if you don't have balance, then that means that everything and everyone around you feels that effect as well. As the teacher, you are the leader. It's super important to take the time to set down and write out your homeschooling goals for the year. Trust me when I say that you'll feel a huge relief taken off your shoulders knowing that you have an awesome plan of action that will lead you down the path towards your best homeschool year ever.
• Communicate with your children.
Remember that teamwork comment that I made a little bit ago? Yeah, its super duper important. In order to be successful in homeschooling, you have to be able to communicate effectively with your child. And even more than that? You have to be able to listen as well. Your wants and needs may be entirely different from your child's. And it's important to listen to them because their drive and energy for each and every day is also imperative for the future success of your homeschooling classroom and curriculum.
• Be organized.
There is nothing more frustrating than wasting portions of your day chasing your tail and trying to find items that you "misplaced". It not only frustrates you, but it's distracting to everyone around you as well. Truthfully, the term "organized chaos" is something that people say when they want to appear organized but truly have no idea where certain things are… Don't be that teacher! Plus, there are a ton of truly inexpensive items out there that you can use to create organization within your homeschool space. There is no need to break the bank trying to stay organized.
• Understand your child and the way that they learn.
It's absolutely 100% true that each person learns differently. Education isn't a one size fits all type of lesson, and to ensure that you have your best homeschool year ever, take the time to really assess how your child learns and what environment they thrive in. Are they a visual learner or are they more hands-on? Do they prefer to write or type? Simple things to find out but the answers to them can really help them in their education!
• Set a daily routine not a schedule.
Help yourself and your children plan ahead and have a routine so that everyone knows the gist of what is going to be happening when. You can break it up by the hour, the day, by sections of morning, afternoon and evening, or whatever works best for you and your homeschoolers. The great thing about a routine is that it takes away the unexpected.
With these simple tips, you may find that having the best homeschool year ever is totally within your ability. Above all, remember the true reason for you wanting to homeschool in the first place. Allow those positive thoughts and emotions to be your grounding point and guiding light in everything that you do and every choice that you make. You may find that these suggested tips can truly help you succeed in having your best homeschool year ever!
Need help with your homeschool?
Other posts to help you have your best homeschool year:
- George Müller, A Man of Unshakable Faith & Radical Prayer Life.
- How to Set Up Your Charlotte Mason Daily Schedule
- Homeschool Vlog News – September 8, 2019.
- Our Charlotte Mason Homeschool Life in Puerto Rico
- 3 Quick Tips For A Restful Homeschooling Year
- 10 Things I Love About A Charlotte Mason Education
- How To Transition Into Homeschooling Kindergarten
- How to Save 90% on Homeschool Curriculum Bundles
- How to Get Ready For Roadschooling, Homeschooling On The Go & Road Trips With Kids!
- Roadschooling: 5 Amazing Benefits of Homeschooling On The Road
Teach your kids independence and responsibility at easy!
Ana is the unhurried homeschool mom of 3, wife, health coach, social media and online marketing strategist, and blogger. She loves to encourage, inspire and empower moms to go from stressed to blessed by providing them with the tips, strategies, and resources they need to succeed. Ana is the founder of They Call Me Blessed and the creator of 5 Days to Your Best Homeschool Years, Grow Your Blog Partying in 30 Days, and the Beyond Blessed Life Planners. She leads a vibrant online community for moms on Facebook and you can connect with her at www.facebook.com/theycallmeblessedblog.


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Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Alicia Vikander In "Louis Vuitton"
Sneak Peek new images of Oscar-winning Swedish actress Alicia Vikander ("The Danish Girl"), star of the upcoming "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" feature film reboot, on location in Brazil for the "Louis Vuitton" 'Spirit of Travel' campaign:
Vikander trained as a ballet dancer at the Royal Swedish Ballet School in Stockholm and the School of American Ballet in New York.
She began her professional acting career appearing in Swedish television series, gaining recognition for her role as 'Josefin Björn-Tegebrandt' in the TV drama "Andra Avenyn" (2008–10).
Vikander made her feature film debut in "Pure" (2010), winning the 'Guldbagge Award' for 'Best Actress'.
In 2012 she portrayed 'Princess Ekaterina "Kitty" Alexandrovna Shcherbatskaya' in director Joe Wright's film adaptation of "Anna Karenina", followed by the role of 'Queen Caroline Mathilde' in the Danish film "A Royal Affair", receiving a 'BAFTA Rising Star Award' nomination. She then starred in the 2013 Swedish drama "Hotell" and in the Julian Assange-biopic "The Fifth Estate" that same year.
In 2014 and 2015, Vikander achieved global recognition and acclaim for her roles as activist 'Vera Brittain' in "Testament of Youth", as a humanoid robot in "Ex Machina"...
...receiving the 'Golden Globe' and 'BAFTA Award' for 'Best Supporting Actress...
...and as painter 'Gerda Wegener' in "The Danish Girl", receiving both the 'Academy Award' and the 'Screen Actors Guild Award' for 'Best Supporting Actress'.
Vikander recently signed to play 'Lara Croft' in a new 'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" feature that will be released in 2018.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Alicia Vikander...
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1970 Floral Print Maxi Dress - XS
$98.00 was $115.00
This product is currently sold out.
1970s maxi gown with floral print overcotton. Dress feature straight neckline with short flutter sleeves.
Great. Cleaned and ready to wear
Bust: 33"
Waist: 24.5"
Hips: Free
Length: 57"
Fits-Like Estimate: XS
- To prolong your vintage garment keep out of direct sunlight. Delicate dresses should not be hung on non-padded hangers. Keeps moths away with cedar or lavender. Do not use mothballs.
- All sales are final. Please check measurements before buying. Insurance included on items over $200. Seller is not responsible for possible import duties/taxes.


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Massive Crisis of Faith
The other day i was having a very pleasant trip to my parents, they were watching Antiques Roadshow. On the show there was porcelain vase that was astonishingly beautiful turns out that due to some tax thing in the olden days for a short period of time porcelain or whatever was taxed very heavily probably to pay for some war, so these vases were actually made by glass blowers they weren't porcelain but white glass. They were so nice that for almost a whole minute i was determined to become a glass blower, i was ready to give up everything and retrain. Don't panic, i got over it! but i feel there is much to learn about Aesthetics from studying other materials.
The vase had a beautiful organic shape to it, there were slightly spiralling "ribs" around the outside that had the glass stretched between them it looked similar to a seed pod. After being told it was glass you could tell from the rim that it was, i don't know about glass but it was probably snapped off the stock material to make the opening to the top of the vase, and then melted a bit to remove sharp edges.
Anyway this reminded me of some of the stuff Fritiof had for show when he came over, Rob has some nice photos on his blog. The stuff of his i really loved were the birds. My point being that i loved these items because the wood almost seemed stretched, it gave a ligtness to the objects, you can use the bellly of the knife for the slight hollows. I feel like the Aesthetics of the two designs i'm working on at the moment are like forging metal the material feels like it has been hammered out this is shown by distribution of material.
Tips for Spooners
The profile of the inside of the bowl does not need to be parallel to the outside, in fact it can have quite a different profile, and i often prefer them that way.
Try flexing the spoon along it's length i like it when they don't flex more in one spot than another.
Think about shapes as dynamic when you shape a curve where does it start? where does it go? does the tightness of the curve accelerate or deccelerate.
Triangulation! all the cool knife grips are about triangulation, it generates absolute control.
Below are some photos of the spoon i made when Fritiof was here, i finished the hollowing this morning with my new hook. I am pleased to have such a large spoon to go with our new 18.5 litre pan, the pan holds about 30 odd portions of food and the new spoon serves one portion in one dollop. The hook is great for stopping the spoon dropping in the pan and for storage, i like the hook position so it doesn't interfere with holding the handle. The shoulders of the bowl are a signiture of Fritiof's spoons and are a great design feature that is easy to achieve.


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Our Barrie office provides a variety of companion services including, driver companions, overnight companions and drop-in companions in the Simcoe and Muskoka region. Our mature companions come from a variety of backgrounds and professions, and share the desire to assist seniors in living happier more independent lives in the comfort of their own home.
Branch Manager: Tom Johnston
60 Collier St, Suite 200
Barrie, Ontario L4M 1G8


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Parish Council
Acting in an advisory capacity to the Corporation, Parish Council meets once a month and consists of the clergy at the Cathedral, our Wardens, our Assistant Wardens, as well as general council members. Most members serve a two-year term. We elect or appoint members to Parish Council each year at the Cathedral's Annual General Meeting.


text: STYLE At Coach, It Was Hip-Hop on the Prairie 9:16 PM PST 2/14/2017 by Sam Reed FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Getty Images Just trust us here. We'll cut straight to the chase: Yes, Selena Gomez did show up to Coach's fall 2017 presentation Tuesday afternoon, and yes, the new face of the brand appears to be as lovely in person as any Selenator could have ever dreamed she would be. Seated front row alongside the superstar were Drew Barrymore, Emma Roberts (a longtime supporter of the label), Tavi Gevinson, model Sarah Snyder, Disney darling Sabrina Carpenter and one Anna Wintour — an English expat turned through and through New Yorker, much like Coach's creative director Stuart Vevers. However, whereas September's show drew a few male celebrities, including Michael B. Jordan, there were no famous dudes in sight for the brand's debut co-ed show, and on Valentine's Day no less. A post shared by Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) on Feb 14, 2017 at 2:41pm PST On the runway, Vevers continued to draw upon inspiration from the American West, which was obvious from the Route 66-at-sunset backdrop and dirt-covered runway rolling with tumbleweeds — one of which went rogue midshow, tumbling into the path of an oncoming model who artfully kicked it out of the way. The collection was inspired by "a tomboy playing with the juxtapositions of the great American outdoors and early New York hip-hop." And while the marriage of the two styles seemed like one destined for divorce, we should know better than to doubt Vevers, who has led the brand's turnaround efforts and put it squarely back in the green. (The soundtrack, if you're curious, was neither hip-hop nor folk; instead, a lengthened rendition of The Smashing Pumpkins' "1979" played through the show.) The creative director breathed new life into the shearling jacket trend by slashing coats at the waist and giving them an edgier, boxier shape that was decidedly New York in its unabashed toughness. A few versions of the jacket, however, brought in a country element with raw-edged lapels splayed open like a hides left to dry in the sun. At ditzy floral print, which Vevers has played with quite a bit over the past few seasons, was spotted on silky frocks with ruffled sleeves and lace-trimmed yolks. The synthetic puffer jacket, also spied quite frequently on the runways this season, got the floral treatment — even for dudes. Plaids, leather tassels and childlike horsey prints commingled with shearling baseball caps, platform sneakers and graphic "Coach 1941" tees featuring the classic stagecoach logo, for a street-meets-stables look. Accessories, the company's bread and butter, were shrunk down to an adorable (not to mention, affordable) size. Miniature coin purses on skinny metal chains — one of Roberts' favorite elements from the show — will no doubt be a popular piece among Gomez's younger fans who are itching to get their paws on a piece of Selena-approved merch. Itty-bitty top handle bags starring "Rexy" the T-Rex, as well as a unisex sweater with a quirky duck character (a new friend for Rexy?) also are likely to be big hits. And the miniature "Rogue" bags, also available in a duck print, are already shoppable on Coach.com. Saddle up the wagons. A post shared by Coach (@coach) on Feb 14, 2017 at 12:55pm PST FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Sam Reed firstname.lastname@example.com HereReedThis


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2014 Buick Enclave
NHTSA Defect Investigations
The Office of Defects Investigations (ODI) is an office within the NHTSA which investigates serious safety problems in the design, construction or performance of vehicles. The NHTSA is authorized to order manufacturers to recall and repair vehicles, if the ODI finds a safety issue. NHTSA investigations for the 2014 Buick Enclave, both ongoing and closed, are listed below:
INVESTIGATION: Seat Belt Anchor Cable Failure
NHTSA Defect Investigation #RQ19003
Component(s): Seat Belts:Front
Seat Belts:Front:Anchorage
Seat Belts:Pretensioner
Summary: On May 19, 2014, General Motors LLC (GM) notified the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) that it would conduct Safety Recall 14V266 to address fatigue and separation of the flexible steel cable that connects the front outboard safety belts to the seat-mounted pre-tensioner in 1.4 million Model Year (MY) 2009-2010 Saturn Outlook, 2009-2014 Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia and Chevrolet Traverse (Lambda Platform) vehicles.The remedy was to inspect for signs of damage and replace pre-tensioners as needed.Subsequently, ODI has received 4 Vehicle Owners Questionnaires (VOQ) reporting anchor cable separations with no warning in Model Year (MY) 2010-2014 vehicles after the Recall 14V266 remedy had been applied.ODI has opened a Recall Query to assess the effectiveness of the Recall 14V266 remedy and to evaluate the durability of this architecture in service.The ODI complaints cited above can be viewed at www.nhtsa.gov under the following ODI identification numbers: 10967518, 11076704, 11113486, 11144704


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I am back from a few weeks vacation:
If pressed, I will admit that conditions were not quite this bad, but to say that they were entirely unlike this would also be false. It was a great vacation nonetheless.
All shall be well, all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.
It looks just like that in my yard except there is snow instead of grass.
I think it's pretty funny that the title of the post below is "Hart on Atheism.


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Gardening Tips for a Healthy Back
Here in California, gardeners enjoy being able to get out in the yard year round. Whether it is raking leaves, weeding, pruning or planting, there is always some task waiting to be done. So it's no surprise that I see patients with injuries related to gardening activities throughout the year. Last November we gave a talk to our local Sunnyvale Garden Club. I reminded the members that gardening counts as exercise (in fact it can be quite strenuous exercise at times) and should be treated as such. To avoid injuries it is important to treat gardening as you would any other sport, by staying fit, warming up, using the right equipment, and being smart about how you bend, lift and move. In addition to teaching some functional movement based exercises, I shared my "Top Ten Gardening Tips for a Healthy Back".
So before you head back out into the garden, check out these tips, have fun, and stay healthy!
Top Ten Gardening Tips for a Healthy Back
- Think like an athlete. Prepare your mind and body for your "sport." Start with a light warm-up such as leg swings or step-ups.
- Maintain the natural curves of the spine (neutral spine posture) as you work. Bend from your hips and knees…not from your back.
- Take a load off your back. Keep your work close to your body, especially when lifting.
- Avoid twisting and reaching. Move your feet (if standing) or knees (if kneeling) instead.
- Dress for your "sport." Wear a hat and apply sunscreen if you're in the sun. Wear gloves and supportive shoes. Wear clothing that allows you to move freely but won't get in your way.
- Take a break. Don't stay in any one position for too long. Stand up and stretch or sit down and rest a bit. Remember, "The best position is the next position."
- Break up large projects into manageable tasks. Plan ahead and pace your activity, spreading it out over a few days or a week.
- Drink plenty of water. Keep a water bottle with you while gardening.
- Use the right tools for the job. Don't take short cuts.
- Ask for help when you need it.


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How can you celebrate the special bond you have with your pet? We have taken the time to compile this list of 2019 Pet Celebrations, Holidays and Awareness-Raising Events to help you celebrate that bond every month (and day!) of the year. Welcome to our 2019 Pet Celebrations Calendar!
Celebrate these holidays with your pets. Take some of the more "human-centric" holidays and see if you can spin them into a way to celebrate with your pets. Share your creativity with us on our Facebook page!
Hot Tea Month
Oatmeal Month
It's OK To Be Different Month (Tri-pawds came to mind!)
Blended Family Month (Think adding new pets to your existing family)
Daily and Weekly Celebrations
January 1: New Year's Day
First week of January: Celebration of Life & Lose Weight, Feel Great Week
January 2: National Pet Travel Safety Day
Second week of January: Letter Writing Week, Thank Your Customers Week, "Someday We'll Laugh About This" Week
January 14: National Dress Up Your Pet Day
January 16: Martin Luther King Day
Third week of January: Healthy Weight Week (write about your pet and his or her healthy weight)
January 22: National Answer Your Cat's Question Day
January 24: Change a Pet's Life Day
Fourth week of January: Kiss A Shark Week, Hot Air Balloon Week (write about unique travel with your pets), National Glaucoma Week (write about eye health in pets)
January 29: Seeing Eye Guide Dog Birthday
Monthly Holidays
Beat the Heat Month
Dog Training Education Month
National Cat Health Month
Spay/Neuter Awareness Month (Humane Society of the United States)
Adopt a Rescued Rabbit Month
National Prevent a Litter Month
Unchain a Dog Month
Weekly & Daily Holidays
Second week in February: Have a Heart for Chained Dogs Week.
February 13-14: Westminster Kennel Club Annual Dog Show. Held at New York City's Madison Square Garden, this event is televised
February 14: Valentine's Day
February 14: Pet Theft Awareness Day
Third week in February: National Justice for Animals Week
February 20: Love Your Pet Day
February 22: Walking the Dog Day
February 23: International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
February 28: World Spay Day. Annual campaign by the Humane Society International and The Humane Society of the United States; held the last Tuesday of February
February 28: Spay Day USA. Last Tuesday of February
Monthly Holidays
Poison Prevention Awareness Month
Adopt a Rescued Guinea Pig Month
Weekly & Daily Holidays
March 3: If Pets Had Thumbs Day
March 5-11: Professional Pet Sitters Week
March 9-12: Crufts. Held in Birmingham, England, this is the world's largest dog show, featuring nearly 28,000 canines in its four days
March 13: K-9 Veterans Day
March 19-25: National Poison Prevention Week
March 22: World Water Day
March 23: National Puppy Day
March 30: Take a Walk in The Park Day
Monthly Holidays
National Greyhound Adoption Month
National Heartworm Awareness Month
National Pet First Aid Awareness Month. This event is an effort by the American Red Cross to draw attention to the need to know specialized pet first aid
Prevent Lyme Disease in Dogs Month
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month (ASCPA)
National Pet Month (UK)
Weekly & Daily Holidays
April 1: April Fool's Day
April 1-7: International Pooper Scooper Week
April 2: Every Day is Tag Day. Always the first Saturday in April
April 8: National Dog Fight Awareness Day
Second Week of April
Dog Bite Prevention Awareness Week
April 11: National Pet Day
April 9-15: Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week. 2nd full week in April
April 17-23: National Pet ID Week
April 18: Pet Owners Independence Day
April 21: Bulldogs are Beautiful Day
April 22: Earth Day
April 16-22: Animal Cruelty/Human Violence Awareness Week. An effort by the Humane Society of the United States
Third week in April
National Pet ID Week
April 28: Hairball Awareness Day
April 26: National Kids & Pets Day
April 29: World Veterinary Day. This event from the World Veterinary Association is always celebrated on the last Saturday in April
April 30: Adopt a Shelter Pet Day
April 30: National Tabby Day
Monthly Holidays
National Pet Month (US)
Responsible Animal Guardian Month
Pet Cancer Awareness Month. Sponsored by Pet Cancer Awareness and the Blue Buffalo Foundation for Cancer Research. (Also see November events.)
National Service Dog Eye Examination Month. The American College of Veterinary Optholmologists hosts this annual event when over 200 veterinary optholmologists donate their services to provide eye exams to service dogs in the US and Canada.
Weekly & Daily Holidays
May 1: Mayday for Mutts
May 1: National Purebred Dog Day
May 3: National Specially Abled Pets Day
May 5: Cinco De Mayo
May 8: National Animal Disaster Preparedness Day
May 13: Frog Jumping Day
May 14: Mother's Day
May 14: National Animal Disaster Preparedness
May 21: Armed Forces Day
May 23: World Turtle Day
May 30: Memorial Day
1st full week: American Humane's Be Kind to Animals Week. This week-long event has been celebrated since 1915. Always the first full week of May.
May 7-13: National Pet Week. Always held the first full week of May by the American Veterinary Medical Association
May 8-13: Puppy Mill Action Week. An initiative of the HSUS, this week is always scheduled to begin the Monday before Mother's Day
May 20-27: Dog Bite Prevention Week. This event by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) along with the United States Post Office (USPS) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) focuses attention on preventing dog bites. Third full week in May.
Monthly Holidays
Adopt-a-Cat Month®. From the American Humane Association
Adopt-a-Shelter-Cat Month. From the ASPCA
National Pet Preparedness Month. This month, timed for the first month of hurricane season, urges people with pets to make preparations in case they should be hit by a disaster…and that includes making plans for what you would do with your dog in case of a hurricane, tornado, flood or other natural disaster.
Weekly & Daily Holidays
June 4: Hug Your Cat Day
June 4-10: Pet Appreciation Week. First week in June
June 8: Best Friends Day
June 9: World Pet Memorial Day
June 11: Just One Day
June 14: World Pet Memorial Day
Mid-June: Animal Rights Awareness Week
June 20-24: Take Your Dog to Work Week
June 21: National Dog Party Day
June 22: Take Your Cat to Work Day
June 23: Take Your Dog to Work Day
June 26: Forgiveness Day
Monthly Holidays
National Lost Pet Prevention Month™. Learn how to keep your pets from becoming lost in this month-long observance launched by PetHub.
Pet Hydration Awareness Month. Make sure your pets are drinking enough water during the hot summer. Launched by PetSafe.
Weekly & Daily Holidays
July 4: Independence Day. This US holiday is no holiday for dogs; the sounds of fireworks causes many dogs to panic and run, resulting in many lost dogs every year
July 6: World Kiss Day
July 10: Teddy Bear Picnic Day
July 15: National Pet Fire Safety Day. Sponsored by the The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC), ADT Security Services and the American Kennel Club® (AKC)
July 15 & 16: Celebration of the Horse
July 16: World Snake Day
July 17: Global Hug Your Kid Day (You know you consider your pets your kids, so hug them up!)
July 21: National Craft for your Local Shelters Day
July 23: Clear The Shelters Day
July 31: National Mutt Day.
Weekly & Daily Holidays
August 1: DOGust Universal Birthday for Shelter Dogs. The North Shore Animal League America, the world's largest no-kill animal rescue and adoption organization, declared August 1 as a birthday for all the shelter animals whose birthdays are unknown. Happy DOGust!!
August 5: Work Like a Dog Day
August 6-12: International Assistance Dog Week
August 8: International Cat Day
August 15: National Check the Chip Day. AVMA and the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) joined together to create "Check the Chip Day."
August 15: International Homeless Animals' Day
August 17: National Black Cat Appreciation Day
August 19: International Homeless Animals' Day®
August 22: National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day
August 26: National Dog Day
August 28: Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day
August 30: National Holistic Pet Day
Monthly Holidays
Happy Healthy Cat Month. Established by the CATalyst Council
National Disaster Preparedness Month. Led by FEMA's Ready Campaign, Citizen Corps and The Advertising Council, this effort encourages individuals, families, businesses and communities to work together and take action to prepare for emergencies. Visit Ready.gov and CitizenCorps.gov
Responsible Dog Ownership Month
Weekly & Daily Holidays
September 10: National Pet Memorial Day. Established by the International Association of Pet Cemeteries (IAPC). Second Sunday in September
September 10: National Hug Your Hound Day
September 13: Pet Birth Defect Awareness Day
Last full week in September: National Dog Week
Last full week in September. Deaf Pet Awareness Week. By Petfinder.com
September 13: Pet Birth Defect Awareness Day. A day dedicated to the issue of pet birth defects including information on identification, prevention and treatment. Sponsored by the MBJungle Foundation
September 16: Puppy Mill Awareness Day
September 23: Dogs in Politics Day (also known as Checkers Day). Recognizing the dogs of politicians
September 24-30: National Deaf Dog Awareness Week. Last full week in September
September 28: World Rabies Day. Sponsored by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control
Monthly Holidays
Adopt-A-Dog Month®. By American Humane Association
Adopt-a-Shelter Dog Month. By ASPCA
National Animal Safety and Protection Month
National Pit Bull Awareness Month
National Service Dog Month
Weekly & Daily Holidays
1st Week of October. National Walk Your Dog Week
October 4: World Animal Day
First Full Week of October. Animal Welfare Week. (AVMA)
October 12: National Pet Obesity Awareness Day
October 9-15: National Veterinary Technician Week. Sponsored by the National Association of Veterinary Technicians of America
October 1: National Fire Pup Day
October 1: National Black Dog Day
October 15: Dog Film Festival, New York City
October 15: National Pug Day
October 16: National Feral Cat Day
October 21: National Reptile Awareness Day
October 28: National Pit Bull Awareness Day. Last Saturday in Oct. (unless Halloween falls on the last Saturday, then another date is chosen)
October 28: Plush Animal Lovers Day. A day that most dogs will be happy to celebrate…as they unstuff them…
October 29: National Cat Day
Octpber 30: National Black Cat Day in the UK
Monthly Holidays
Adopt a Senior Pet Month. By ASPCA
National Pet Awareness Month
National Senior Pet Month
Pet Cancer Awareness Month. Sponsored by Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI) and the Animal Cancer Foundation. (Also see May events)
Weekly & Daily Holidays
National Dog Show. Always broadcast in the US on Thanksgiving, this event is held at The Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania and is hosted by the Kennel Club of Philadelphia. Sanctioned by the American Kennel Club, the event features 2,000 dogs
November 1: National Cook For Your Pets Day
November 6: National Healthy Eating Day
November 13: World Kindness Day
November 5-11: National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week. by The Humane Society of the United States. First full week of November
November 17: National Take a Hike Day
November 17: National Black Cat Day
November 23: Thanksgiving Day (US)
December 2: National Mutt Day. Also see July 31
December 5: Bathtub Party Day
December 7: Pearl Harbor Day
December 12: Poinsettia Day
December 14: Monkey Day
December 15: Cat Herder's Day
December 21: Winter begins (Write about fun, safe ways to enjoy winter with your pets OR write about how to travel safely with your pet in the winter)
December 24: Channukah
December 25: Christmas
December 26: Boxing Day (Canada)
December 26: Kwaanza begins
December 31: New Year's Eve


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South Texas Volleyball Academy
South Texas Volleyball Academy, a not for profit organization, was established in 2011 to provide San Antonio and it's surrounding communities with a dynamic, high impact volleyball training program for both boys and girls. Our mission is to help each and every athlete take their game to the next level through hard work, competition and disciplined training. Over the last 3 seasons, our girls program has seen rapid growth and has built a solid reputation for competing at the highest levels. We are building our program of female athletes between the ages of 9 and 16. We welcome you to our family and invite you into our competitive yet FUN environment! Come help us build a positive tradition at South Texas Volleyball Academy. If you are interested in participating please contact, Eddie Dahl at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Spoilers are everywhere in this post. Do not read it if you have not seen the film.
None of these things matter, as I've written elsewhere. But here they are, because I have to put them somewhere, or go mad.
The simple things:
London cannot be reached from the Greek islands by sailboat in one night. It can't be reached by tramp steamer in one night, either. A month, more like.
Belgium is right next to the North Sea. There's no need for Steve Trevor to blow himself up. He can just fly over the ocean and dump the gas.
In fact, the plane is supposed to go to London, which is across the English Channel. Turn twenty degrees to starboard instead, and pull the bombay hatch.
If it's against the rules for you to be trained, a warrior-general that can be sneaked up on and caught red-handed by a troop of horses is not someone you want to train with, ordinarily.
The training of all these warriors is awesome. If you're never leaving the island, what's it for?
Women are capable of interesting conversation. It wouldn't be a bad thing to write some, in the first thirty minutes of your movie.
English is funny in a lot of ways. For instance, when someone says "you may not return", it can mean "you might not return" OR "you cannot return". Confusion on the part of your audience is never a good thing, so explaining that, or choosing different language, is a good idea.
If someone's wearing a mask–very good, she does need to take it off–but some sort of explanation as to why it was there in the first place is a good idea.
The medium-important things:
If you make a point of showing someone setting up chairs outside a castle, best do something with those chairs. And no, that did not tell Steve Trevor that a big show was about to go down. He already knew it, which is why he was sneaking in.
And the "show" was taking place a long way away, hidden by woods. Not visible from those chairs. So what was the point?
If you're going to have a five-minute conversation about sex and pleasure and whether men are necessary for same, when you have sex later on, you have to reference that conversation.
If you have a sniper that can't snipe, and you take time to show us the likely reason why, you have to take a moment and deal with that before he just starts banging away at the end of the film.
If you have an Amerind that doesn't take sides, because to him both sides are pretty crappy (and who can blame him), you need to deal with that before he chooses up.
If you have a heroine that doesn't like killing, she needs to show some remorse for doing a whole freaking mess of it.
If you have a heroine make a moral choice not to kill someone, make sure it isn't the one person we've met that seriously, completely, and totally NEEDS killing.
What all these things have in common is caring. When you throw away such great character possibilities, it makes it really hard for the audience to care about your characters being in peril, because obviously you don't.
The fundamental things:
Why are you making a gas that can defeat gas masks if you then use it only and solely on those people that don't have any?
Why, if you have this other gas that turns sixty-year-olds into superheroes, don't you use that gas on your troops? Isn't that a far simpler solution to winning the war?
Withholding information from people does not help them. It's a trick writers use to amp up suspense. Used well, it can work. This was not used well. At all. My editor would have slashed the farewell beach scene to ribbons and threatened to quit. I can't believe your editor did not do that, unless you were using a volunteer that didn't get paid.
From a story standpoint, if you do decide to withhold said information, and you tell us why, please make sure that your reason for doing so isn't completely obliviated five minutes after your heroine walks into London.
Why have you made a society of super-warriors whose stated purpose is to stop Ares (and thus, war among men) and then hidden them on an island which they are forbidden to leave? Is that not what Ares would do?
Why is the queen NOT Ares? She's by far the most evil person in the movie. She has the weapon to stop millions of people from being killed, and she knows it, and she will neither develop the weapon, nor use it, nor allow the weapon to do it herself. And when the weapon finally defeats her and goes off to do it anyway, she withholds a critical piece of information that makes it less likely her weapon will be successful. That's too many things for it to be incompetence. It must be malice.
If you birth a super-warrior to end all super-warriors, and she can only be killed by another god, you really should tell her before people start shooting at her.
If you're going to make your protagonist immortal, you risk cheapening all the heroic self-sacrificing things that she does in the film, since she is, in fact, unable to sacrifice herself. I realize this is why you withheld this information, because for us as viewers it would really ruin the entire movie. But then you told us anyway.
And now Wonder Woman is Superman, only she's eliminated all the kryptonite by killing the only remaining being that could kill her. Good luck making us care about her in the next film.
There are probably more, but I can't find the energy to remember them all.


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1958 | 119 min
Sergeant King (Myron McCormick) thinks backwoods hillbilly-turned-new recruit Will Stockdale (Andy Griffith) might the dumbest private ever to join the Air Force. When King puts him permanently in charge of the latrines, Stockdale thinks it's a promotion. Somehow, all King's attempts to make Stockdale look foolish backfire, and one of them even finds the sergeant demoted to private by his superiors. Stockdale, meanwhile, squeaks through training, and soon begins wreaking havoc in the skies.
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83. R. Crumb [self-portrait]
Robert Crumb created
a set of eleven odd buttons for Kitchen Sink in 1977. Each had
a sub-set number within a small circle. This grumpy self-portrait
is No. 5 in the sub-set. (Do not confuse this button with
Crumb's self-portrait in the "Famous Cartoonist Series,"
#13 and #58.) Do not ask us why sub-set #5 is the second listed
in the master number list. It was assigned master list #83 long
before collectors cared about such things. Please don't ask us
why only four of the eleven Crumb designs appeared in 1977 or
why it took five long years for six others in the set to appear
(see #113-118). Finally, please do not ask us why the eleventh
button (No. 10 in the sub-set) was inexplicably never
manufactured. Just enjoy the ten actually produced while supplies
2.25" diameter. $20.00 (rare limited quantity)
One note, for serious button collectors,
you may want to read the KSP
BUTTON TEXT which explains the numbering systems for
identifying the various buttons produced over the last 30 years,
or see the COMPLETE
KSP BUTTON LIST. The list is VERY long, so be patient
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A Gold Level custom Home Theater for music producer Harris Jayaraj in Chennai. The contemporary simple line design of this theater matches that of his modern house. The room has a light and airy feel, with a large window running across one wall. Designed as a music-listening reference room with a comfortable atmosphere, it quickly transforms to a private cinema.
It includes a ten foot 2:35 projection screen, JVC 4K 1080 HD Projector, ATC Speakers with 7.1 surround sound, broad band bass trapping within a curved slat diffuser, and recliner seating to create a comfortable environment to entertain guests and watch movies.


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NEW CONSTRUCTION DOWNTOWN!! Have you ever wanted to live downtown surrounded by all of the charm that Charleston has to offer but didn't want the upkeep of a historical home? Well, here's your chance! This home is not only turn key, it leaves very little need for upgrades of any kind. The builder spared no expense from the leathered granite countertops, modern subway tile and pendant lighting in the open concept kitchen, to quartz countertops and gorgeous tiled showers in the bathrooms. Two front porches add to curb appeal, with views of the bridge from the porch off the master. All of this AND you will never have to look for parking! The 1000sf garage has room for 3 cars OR a MANCAVE! Room for 5 more cars in the landscaped driveway. RARE FIND. Be the first to own this pristine home! This would be an incredible investment for someone looking for rental income as each bedroom has it's own bathroom. ~$1700 lender credit is available and will be applied towards buyer's closing costs and pre-paids if the buyer chooses to use Carolina One Mortgage. This credit is in addition to any negotiated seller concessions.
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I have been on a rampage lately about thoughtful portfolio construction rather than trading. This is one of those "gets my goat" issues, because I have taught trading classes in which most attendees had no clue as to why they were trying to identify growth stocks that were flashing particular technical signals.
To be clear, I have absolutely nothing against high-beta growth stocks as part of a well-thought-out portfolio. Plenty of professional asset managers have plans for buying, selling and holding these stocks as a means to achieve a specific objective.
But too many individual investors get caught up in one methodology or other, and lose sight of the end game. What is their why? In other words, why are they chasing high-beta names and trying to master the art and science of technical analysis?
Most would say, "To make money." But that's the wrong answer. The objective of investing is to offset future liabilities. Risk management, in the form of keeping pace with inflation, is another objective. Trying to beat some random and arbitrary index, such as the S&P 500, can be a setup for risky trades.
Having said all that, I wanted to point out some of the large-cap growth names we hold in our equity portfolio for clients. It's crucial to make this distinction: We do not view these as short-term trades, but instead as medium-term holdings. That means the pullbacks are not automatically a signal to panic and run screaming into cash. Pullbacks often mean an opportunity to add to a position that still has room to run.
I've written before about AbbVie (ABBV), the pharmaceutical spinoff from Abbot Labs (ABT). The stock made its debut on the first trading session of this year, and has advanced nearly 30% since then. The lion's share of revenue, 45%, comes from its flagship product Humira, a rheumatoid arthritis treatment.
Analysts expect the company to earn between $3.11 per share this year, which would a 7% year-over-year decline. That's not particularly "growthy," but we like its longer-term prospects, and view occurrences such as the current pullback as opportunities to add shares.
Though the company is heavily dependent on one product, Humira's prospects look good. In addition to rheumatoid arthritis, it also has approval to treat Crohn's disease and psoriasis. With its planned launches of hepatitis C treatments, the company's product pipeline for 2015 looks promising.
Another large-cap growth holding is MasterCard (MA). After a two-year run in which its share price more than doubled, valuation metrics are looking a little stretched. Some analysts believe that consensus forecasts for 2013 and 2014 are a tad aggressive. The past couple years of out-sized performance boosted investor expectations, with consensus estimates calling for double-digit earnings gains this year and next.
While continuing to make investments for the future, the company has closed the operating margin gap and revenue growth gap with its rival, Visa (V). MasterCard's management team has done an excellent job at setting conservative guidance and then exceeding it. To that end, given the uncertain global economy, MasterCard was prudent to slash the low end of its 2013-15 revenue growth range. It now forecasts growth of 11% to 14%, down from an earlier estimate of 12% to 14%.
Given the stock's advance over the past couple of years -- and while it is perched on new high ground -- investors may want to consider taking some profits.


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Join us this Saturday again at the waterfront Lido Marina Village in Newport Beach. From 11:00am - 4:00pm every Saturday, you'll have the opportunity to experience new music, new treats and new memories with some of the area's tastiest food trucks and hippest live acts. This weekend, we'll kick things off with live music by Eric McEntee and bites from top local food trucks - be sure to tell all your friends and we'll see you Saturday at Lido!
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Earlier Event: March 5POP UP SHOP AT TReSs APOTHECARY + SALON
Later Event: March 16Pegasus School x Lido Marina Village Shopping Event


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At markets and bake shops I am a sucker for buying date squares. Two weeks ago I wondered aloud why I never make them myself? Rose to the 'self-challenge' using this recipe from Canadian Living's new Sweet & Simple Cookbook. Many of the recipes use fruit that is at the market now, or in the months to come. I gave up putting stickies on pages I like - I may have to try every recipe over time..
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emmabovary I now have two questions about living in France.
1. What is up with your tax inspectors? Do they really look at all your paintings and decide you should be more taxes, or was that just a joke for the movie?
2. Wow, the French are really into their adultery aren't they? ;-)


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In our family prayers, some often used phrases are "help us to find ways of serving others" or "give us opportunities to serve those around us." Do we really want to have to go out of our way to serve others? Are we really looking for opportunities to serve? For myself, I have to say, yes (at least the majority of the time, I do have my bad days and fall short more than I'd like to admit). I always hope my children are doing the same and of course I do see them go out of there way to help others. I know they don't do this for the approval of others, but because they truly want to live to be Disciples of Christ.
A few weeks ago my 16 year old son had the opportunity to go to a 5 day youth conference (EFY) put on by our church. This is something he looks forward to every year. We didn't check to see what time registration was and he was a few hours early, so to kill a little time he went to Wal-mart to wander around. As he was walking in, he saw an older woman who was struggling to get out of her car. He ran up to her and asked if there was anything he could do to help. She asked him if he would get her a motorized shopping cart and he ran inside to get one for her. After he reached her car again he helped her into the cart and bent down to give her a hug. He stayed with her during her shopping to help her reach high things on the shelves. Once she was finished, he put her groceries in her car and he helped her back into the car. She gave him another hug and teary-eyed thanked him for being such a good boy.
Now, I don't want you to think that my boy shouts from the roof tops when he does a good deed, in fact, I didn't hear about this from my son at all. About a week later, I was talking to my younger daughter who also attended the conference and I asked if she had had any experiences that she wanted to share with me. She said that during their first devotional the counselors were talking about serving others and how some people do it for the glory of men and others do it to glorify God. Then out of the blue, they called my son to come up front. Apparently, some of the counselors where also at Wal-mart early that morning and were paying close attention to my son's actions. They were thrilled again when they saw him register at the conference. They called him up front (about 500 kids attended) and shared with the attendees what they observed my son do. After which, one of the counselors read some scriptures relating to service where the Lord speaks to one of his servants and whenever the Lord spoke the name of the servant, the counselor replaced the name in the scripture and used my sons name (I wish my son had taken down the scripture but I'll try to figure out what it was!). My boy was overcome and wept.
The Savior is our perfect example of service. Even though He came to earth as the Son of God, he humbly served everyone. Jesus used a parable to teach the importance of service. In the parable, he speaks of his return to the earth and of separating the righteous from the wicked. To the righteous He says: "Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye game me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me." (Matthew 25:34-36)
The righteous didn't understand and asked: "Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or wen saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?" (Matthew 25:37-39)
The Lord answers, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethen, ye have done it unto me." (Matthew 25:40)
I love that! We are here to serve one another - to be the Lords hands.... to say kind words, do good deeds and to gladden the hearts of our brothers and sisters. There is no one here on this beautiful planet that isn't a VIP to God and His Son! They love each and every one of us the same and we are obligated to serve others as Christ served. He gave ALL He had for us and if He wants us to love each other, isn't it the very least we can do!
Lastly, in Galatians 5:14 it says: ... "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." And, John 13:34: "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another."


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Would You Care More for Blue Fin Tuna
WWF France is running a print advertising campaign connecting the plight of the Bluefin Tuna (Thon Rouge) with the popular causes of the panda, rhinoceros and gorilla. Tuna are shown wearing panda, rhino and gorilla masks, with the question, "Would you care more if I was a panda?" The campaign is a continuation of an earlier print advertisement run in November 2010 in which readers were encouraged to join protests carrying white flags. The original print ad asked the question in French. "Feriez-vous plus attention a moi si j'etais un panda?".
"The Bluefin Tuna is being hunted to extinction. So, like a few other species, it would appreciate your help".
Le thon rouge est en danger. Si nous voulons offrir un avenir a cette magnifique espèce. En 2011, mettons un terme aux pratiques de pêche industrielle et protégeons ses zones de reproduction. Du 17 au 27 Novembre 2010, "Hissons le drapeu blanc pour le thon rouge". Retrouvez-nous sur www.wwf.fr et www.planete-attitude.fr le premier reseau social nature-environnement.
The Blue Fin Tuna campaign was developed at Ogilvy, Paris, by creative director Chris Garbutt, copywriter Arnaud Vanhelle, art director Benoît Raynert and photographer Thomas Mangold. Photographer for the earlier print ad was Régis Fialaire, with retouching done by Brigitte Carasco.
Tagged: Ogilvy & Mather, Ogilvy France, Régis Fialaire, Thomas Mangold
Location: France


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