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Treepodia Implements Innovative Personalized Video Marketing Solutions in Israel
Israel's largest companies reach out to Treepodia to engage with their customers
Jan 31, 2017, 08:00 ET
HERZLIYA, Israel, January 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Arkia, El Al, Leumi Card, daka90, 888.com, and Wissotzky, are major Israeli players that have recently personalized their client communication through videos. For customers of these brands, it is now possible to get a personalized video invitation for a travel tour, a happy birthday wish, a reminder to redeem membership rewards, a video poker profile, or to create their own tea video on Facebook.
Each client receives personalized video with individual customized content. The purpose of these personalized videos is to speak directly to the clients with content that clearly resonates with and engages them.
The advantage of personalized videos versus simple static communication is clear and reflected in the results. For example, Arkia's open rate with personalized video Invitations was 70% higher than with generic emails, and received a major increase in response rates.
"The data is striking! I haven't seen such results in any initiatives we have done in the past regarding emailing campaigns for clients. What does it prove? That personalization works, period!" said Adit Shmueli, Digital Marketing Manager at Arkia.
These companies also embraced personalized video remarketing campaigns via pre-roll ads that appeared on YouTube and Facebook. The videos are offered in hundreds of different versions, retargeting website visitors based on life stage, behavior and preferences.
All of these video marketing initiatives raise the bar for client engagement in the Israeli market and call for a constant drive in creativity. As Gil Deutsch, Digital Marketing Manager at daka90 said: "The video campaign achieved very high ratings, which shows that viewers like to watch it. Most importantly, we are very pleased with the results."
Customers also enjoyed creating and receiving videos, as reported by the hundreds of positive comments on the Wissotzky Facebook page, following the launch of their campaign. Clients saw the videos as part of the DNA of the brand, with a playful and innovative edge.
A similar initiative by the online gaming company, 888.com, has embraced the concept of personalized videos to improve the user experience. They provide their poker players with video profiles and summaries of their games and tournaments. Game statistics are sent to each player in a video story that can be shared on social media, and add to the excitement of the game.
Personalized videos are not only captivating and intriguing; they provide a unique and exclusive experience for each customer. Video ads are tailored to the specific needs of every client. As they address each person by name or discuss their specific situation, they make them feel valued. This personalization is captured beautifully in this Leumi Card video, offering their client, Avinoam, easy and enjoyable ways to take advantage of some deals. They personalized the TV ad in a way that most don't anticipate. This strategy is successful since each and every client receives a customized message. Leumi card has extended the campaign, since the response rate has been very high.
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About Treepodia Ltd:
Treepodia specializes in video personalization by producing millions of customized, engaging creative ad campaigns for pre-rolls, dynamic video banners, product videos and loyalty videos, which enable companies of all sizes (including Sears, Office Depot and eBay) to attract more clients. Through automation and A/B testing, Treepodia produces a variety of creative options and promptly tracks campaigns for performance in a streamlined and cost-effective process.
For more information, visit us at www.treepodia.com.
Contact: Sarah Nochimowski - [email protected] - +972-54-286-7338
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Cycles (2001)
Life Cycles tells a spectacular story of the bike, from its creation to its eventual demise. A visually stunning journey, with thought provoking narration, Life Cycles uses Ultra HD to document the many stories surrounding the mountain bike and its culture. Ride along into breath taking natural settings, as we battle the elements, showcase the progression of riding, take a road trip, fix the bike, and show the destruction and eventual creation of trails. Semenuk, Hopkins, Schwartz, McIntosh, McCaul Agassiz, Hunter and Vanderham guide you through this wonderful story. Life Cycles is a celebration of the bicycle, and is sure to entertain anyone who has ever ridden one.
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There are increasing concerns that the current rate of climate change might outpace the ability of reef-building corals to adapt to future conditions. Work on model systems has shown that environmentally induced alterations in DNA methylation can lead to phenotypic acclimatization. While DNA methylation has been reported in corals and is thought to associate with phenotypic plasticity, potential mechanisms linked to changes in whole-genome methylation have yet to be elucidated. We show that DNA methylation significantly reduces spurious transcription in the coral Stylophora pistillata. Furthermore, we find that DNA methylation also reduces transcriptional noise by fine-tuning the expression of highly expressed genes. Analysis of DNA methylation patterns of corals subjected to long-term pH stress showed widespread changes in pathways regulating cell cycle and body size. Correspondingly, we found significant increases in cell and polyp sizes that resulted in more porous skeletons, supporting the hypothesis that linear extension rates are maintained under conditions of reduced calcification. These findings suggest an epigenetic component in phenotypic acclimatization that provides corals with an additional mechanism to cope with environmental change.
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My Week at Eastern Angles18 September 2019
Hi, it's Mya here, this is my blog about my week here at Eastern Angles Theatre Company!
Before we start, I should take you on a little insight about me, my name is Mya Evelyn and I'm a year 11 student from Chantry Academy. I'm 15 years old and LOVE performing. Early this year my year group (at the time Year 10) got told we would be doing work experience at the start of Year 11, straight away I knew I wanted to work in a theatre of some kind. So, I let my school know I wanted to work in a theatre and well the rest is history!
I arrived at Eastern Angles at 10am and was welcomed by Aly (Engagement Manger) and Helena (Marketing Officer) and Jess (General Manager). Aly gave me a tour around the theatre and greeted me to some of the staff around the building.
We sat down in the bar area and Aly asked me my interests in and outside of school, and I told her about the show I had done this year Legally Blonde at my school!
We also talked about the show they had coming up Food Wars (go buy your tickets!). After our chat, we returned to the office and I was given my first task. In preparation for tomorrow's Guest Night for Food Wars, I made little ration bags of war time sweets (#FoodWars). I finished off the day by putting programmes together for tomorrow, a successful first day.
Today I got to the theatre at 4pm and started the afternoon by watching the rehearsal for Act 2 of Food Wars. The second Act of Food Wars was written and directed by the fantastic Jon who, like myself, is a big lover of musicals!
After watching the second Act of Food Wars I met properly Jon who then introduced me to the actors of Food Wars. It was very interesting to me the actors out of character as they put on Suffolk accents all the time! I also had the chance to stay for the director's notes.
By no time, it had gotten close to Guest Night! I helped clean up the theatre alongside Aly and made sure everything was in place for guests. I stood by the Box Office helping Aly and Jon welcome guests - handing them programmes and the little bags of sweet rations I had made! I then stood by the house doors ripping people's tickets and guiding them to seats.
I sat with Helena on row J and watched the whole show, having not seen Act 1 Oh, What A Lovely Food War. During the 20 minute interval, I helped Jon with some ice creams.
Today I started the day with the fantastic Helena who enlightened me in the world of marketing in theatre life. I had no idea how they did this or how they marketed shows. Helena showed me how to schedule tweets, I didn't even know scheduling tweets was even a thing!
I scheduled some tweets for upcoming shows at the theatre so be sure to look out for them on Twitter @SJMTheatre! She also showed me how Eastern Angles market shows and I made a What's on at Sir Johns Mills Theatre - be sure to look out for those too!
We had a matinee today for Food Wars, I was head of Front of House with Jon and got given an Eastern Angles top to work in - it looked cool! I again helped prepare the theatre for customers and welcomed customers into the theatre, passing out programmes and ripping tickets at the house door. However, today I didn't watch the show and helped behind the scenes with other volunteers.
Today I was in the Box Office with the sweet Hazel! She showed me how you book tickets when people call the Box Office. She gave me a list of names who had booked for an upcoming performanceKure Kure/Faraway, (plugging again, but seriously book your tickets! 😊) she gave me the option to call them and asked if they were interested in a special offer of a cultural supper pre-show for an extra £6. It took me a moment, but I decided to call the customers which was beneficial to me in my confidence talking to people! Thank you, Hazel.
After my morning with Hazel I had lunch and spent my afternoon with the fabulous Penny (Stage Manager)! We spent the matinee in the box, though before the show she explained to me how lighting worked during a show, how to program software and how to light a show with sound cues. We did a check of props before the show and moved some of them around. As the show was running, I observed how Penny lit and did sound cues as well as watching the show to see from a different point of view. By near the end of this week I have "oh oh, isn't it lovely food war!" stuck in my head!
Today is sadly my last day here at Eastern Angles ☹ I've enjoyed and learnt so much in this theatre and theatre life. I've appreciated every moment! Today I started the afternoon off with Helena in the Box Office writing this blog! I've been doing so for most of the day and have switched to the office to keep writing. Jess and I are getting ready to head off to HighTide Festival in Aldeburgh where we're going to meet Aly! See you soon HighTide, and goodbye Eastern Angles… at least for now 😊
What's been the best part of work experience?
All my time here at Eastern Angles has been amazing! But the part of work experience for me was Guest Night. It was my first experience being Front of House and taking lead in something important and professional, especially as there were important people attending that night and a big occasion for the theatre. I gave out my sweet ration bags I had made and very proud of 😊. I did something new I had never really done before. I feel like that was beneficial to me as I can sometimes get high anxiety in new situations or pressured situations and felt this was a step stone into not feeling that way.
Again, I wanted to say thank you to everyone at Eastern Angles for making me feel so welcomed and thank you for an amazing work experience.


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Alibaba's Singles Day made e-commerce history — but the numbers also suggest China's economy is cooling down (BABA)
- Alibaba made e-commerce history on Sunday, recording $30.8 billion in sales in 24 hours at the its Singles Day celebration.
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The Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's Singles Day event on Sunday was the biggest online-shopping day in history, but it also signaled a weaker macro environment in China.
Alibaba reported that customers spent $30.8 billion in 24 hours, a significant increase from the $25.3 billion in gross merchandise volume (GMV) Alibaba shoppers spent in 2017. That was almost three times the amount of last year's Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales combined.
Singles Day (November 11) was originally created as a student holiday in China to celebrate single people. Alibaba turned it into an online-shopping festival in 2009, and now it's the world's largest online-shopping festival, outstripping traditional American shopping holidays.
Despite its record-breaking sales, the GMV annual growth rate dropped from 39% to 27%, the smallest rate increase in the event's 10-year history.
"We believe this suggests a weaker macro environment in China, on top of the law of large numbers," Oppenheimer analyst Jason Helfstein said.
And this comes as the world's second-largest economy cools down amid deleveraging and ongoing trade tensions with the US. In the third quarter, China's economy grew at a 6.5% year-over-year rate, the weakest since the financial crisis. At the same time, quarterly nationwide consumer expenditures grew 6.3%, down from 7.5% in 2014.
Economists have attributed the slowdown to economic weakness that was caused in part by a deleveraging campaign started last year that has pushed up companies' borrowing costs. Additionally, the Trump administration has already imposed tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese goods, and has tariffs on the remaining $250 billion of goods ready to go.
And Alibaba has felt the pain from China's slowing economic growth. As part of the e-commerce giant's September quarter results, the company posted revenue of $85.1 billion, missing the $86.5 billion that was expected by Wall Street analysts, according to Bloomberg. Alibaba also slashed its fiscal year 2019 revenue guidance by 4% to 6%, citing an uncertain economy.
CEO Daniel Zhang, who will replace founder Jack Ma next September as Alibaba's chairman, recently said that there are many uncertainties in China's economic outlook.
"When people are facing a tough time, they want to change, because they have to survive," Zhang said in an interview with The Information. "If, five years from now, Alibaba doesn't have a new main business, we must have made a very big mistake."
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Part 20 of a series. In this segment the President is asked if he touched Monica Lewinsky's breasts, if he kissed Monica Lewinsky's breasts, if he touched her genitalia, if he used a cigar as a sexual aid, or if he had phone sex with Monica Lewinsky. "Phone sex" is defined in the testimony as "phone sex occurs when one party masturbates while the other party is talking in a sexually explicit manner."
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Today I'm going to be posing a question…you see the other day I overheard someone crying. At first I was going to ignore it, because I'm not very good at comforting people (I just don't know how to react) but instead something told me that I should go and see if this person was alright.
I gently knocked on the door. "Are you okay?"
When they replied with, "Everything's fine Ryder. Thanks." I decided not to press any further and to go back to watching Magnum P.I.
I don't know why this has been on my mind since but I do feel kind of like I should've done more.
They stopped crying for a bit but I heard them again not long after, and I felt as though I should check again or let them know that I was there if they needed me.
I'm not someone who likes to get into people's business, but something seriously moved in me. It was as thought I was making up for the time I heard them crying before and didn't bother to check.
If you had been in this situation, would you have just asked and left it at that, kept pestering them until they told you what as wrong, or just mind your own business?
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We always give thanks to our Living Lord and God for calling us to serve Him for the growth of His Kingdom through evangelism and equipping Christian leaders in Southeast Asia and China. Actually, our family has been blessed abundantly. We had opportunities to prepare ourselves for these ministries both in academics and church contexts in the United States. Academically, we had trained under several great professors on biblical exegesis and practicality; while we lived in the States, we had seen and lived among those individuals and congregations who practiced God's love and wisdom in their daily lives. Many of those faithful people have become the models of our ministries and lives. What we had learned and experienced, we now are exercising in our daily lives and ministries. Praise the Lord!
Stephen is teaching Greek
Ministry Update:
The past month, we spent most of our time equipping Christian leaders from Myanmar with a biblical emphasis. Every one of the Wongs is exhausted after two months spending time with these leaders. Stephen spent 6 hours a day from Monday-Friday consecutively for the past 4 weeks, while Mary took care of all the needs. Becky, Nick and John were taking turns in teaching English every evening. At the moment, we will be off this teaching ministry for some time until the next group's arrival at the mid of September or early October, 2014.
Besides evangelism, equipping Christian leaders is our focal ministries whether at the church or seminary (AIS). We believe that equipping the church leaders emphasizing on biblical studies is essential for church growth. Our vision is to see the church leaders rooted with the Word of God so that they will be able not only to lead God's people through His Word, but also to live like Christ. It is in fact a full joy to see a group of Christian leaders tirelessly, for two consecutive months, study God's Word during the week and practicing what they learned at churches during the weekends by teaching and preaching. We have confidence this is the way, in fact the only way, to make church growth biblically. As the Bible says everything, except God's Word, will fade away like grass. We are humbly serving our Living God and Lord by giving His Word to His servants so that they will be able to lead His people according to His Word. It is a joy to see, for instance, Moses preached God's Word at churches during the weekends and taught and sang songs that he composed according to what he had learned in the classes. Moses graduated from Myitkyina University and is now a preacher at his village-church at Jamanee. He is also a Bible teacher at one of the Bible colleges at Myitkyina; the capital city of Kachin State in Myanmar. He took his teaching time off for two months and would go back and teach what he had learned here at his college. It is also a joy to see Prissila, the only female students of this group from the central Myanmar, Mogok, Mandalay division, who carried out the Great Commission to the lost people all the way to China. She spent most of her time in the past year in China to evangelize to nonbelievers and teach children and women believers in China.
During our class on 1 Corinthians, we had found that the context of Corinthian churches was much like the context of the Asian churches. Both the Corinthian and Asian churches are a highly competitive society, with people vying in business, in politics, and in social status. Both thirst for honor and hungry for public recognition. Both are accustomed to cultural value and honor which they embedded from their society. They brought their standards of what is honorable and valuable with them into the church, and have not yet abandoned them in light of their encounter with the crucified Jesus Christ. Both are struggling with similar issues; for instance, idolatry, meat that is sacrificed idols, adultery, division, misusing the spiritual gifts, resurrection, etc.
We also have found that the worldly wisdom and the wisdom of God are incompatible. The former one belongs to this age, the evil ones, the flesh, the natural world and it cannot recognize the Lord and that which belongs to God. On the other hands, the wisdom of God is spiritual, mature, and possessing the Spirit. Therefore, the Corinthian and the Asian believers are vulnerable to preachers who themselves still live by worldly wisdom and promote themselves based on worldly standards or norms. So, please lift these students and their ministries up in your prayers so that they would be faithful and stand firm in God's Word.
Left to right--Mary, Prissila, Amos, Sergius,
Solomon and Moses at Hui Ko Church
Moses is preaching
Moses and Solomon are singing a song that Moses
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The team leading Sunday service at Nam Roo Church
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Looking back at the past months and realizing how God is gracious and has been merciful in my life. He has given me new chances and opportunities since my times of painful sickness. Due to the fact that I am now seizure-free and healing as I go. I thank God every day, and being comforted at His presence in my life. So this past summer, I had the opportunities to help my parents in ministries by teaching English to the Christian leaders from Myanmar and to the neighborhood children from kindergarten to 6th grades. I know that it might not mean a lot, but I think it is a few ways of giving back to God what He has done in my life.
Both groups are very friendly people and eager to study English whether in grammar, listening skills, reading skills, and also speaking skills. I had the pleasure of providing new knowledge to them. Of course, while teaching, I provided some fun and games to them to keep them from sleeping, which thankfully, they didn't. I Thank the Lord for giving me those great experiences in teaching English. I realize that wherever they live, how old they are, there's nothing wrong with learning. Please continue to pray for our ministries that many people can see the glory of God, and how He is greatly working in our ministries reaching the needs in people's lives.
Becky is teaching English to neighborhood kids
The month of July was filled with many blessings. The leaders from Myanmar were awesome! I felt like I grew spiritually along with these leaders that came to study here at the seminary. The leaders from Myanmar, especially the guys, and I bonded a lot in the past couple of months. We shared stories, we shared in fun times, and we shared in working to plant rice. We practiced worship songs together, we helped lead several church services in the churches in the mountainous villages, we started evening soccer games at a local elementary to help promote a good environment for neighborhood kids to come and play.
During the time that the students were here, I was blessed to have the opportunity to work with them on their English. English is a very important language for the Myanmar leaders to learn because the majority of the classes taught at the seminary are in English. Although teaching English is awesome, I didn't do that too much because Becky and John are actually taking over in that department. Before the Myanmar leaders returned to their homes, I was honored to administer a Spiritual Gift test to the five of them. They all were really thrilled to get their results and to discuss the results with me. I encouraged them to use their gifts when they returned to Myanmar, and they said they will.
After they left last week, the house became a bit quiet. We miss them, but we all know that we have other ministries to attend to. Even though they went back to Myanmar, John and I will still go play soccer when we can with the kids in the neighborhood because the kids seem to really enjoy playing soccer with us. We can hear the kids yelling, "They're here! They're here!" when they see us down the road. Although we miss the Myanmar leaders and the two busy months, we are glad to have a week to relax and have some family time before God gives us another awesome task!
Nick is giving words of encouragement to
Hui Ko Church
Throughout this month, it has been a great pleasure in helping teach English to the students from Myanmar. As my family, the students and I had traveled to different churches in order to enhance our teaching skills, it has been wonderful having these people be a part of our family as I cherished all of the times we went through together. A couple of days had passed since they finally departed homeward- bound and suddenly it started getting very quiet. Recently, I myself have been going through tough times as I had to take on more responsibilities of becoming an adult. Although these "jobs" were weighing me down, I took the time in order to ask God for strength and guidance through these times. I feel like God is using this time in order for me to have a closer relationship with Him and to put away my pride and independence in order to give God the glory.
John joined in a special song
Family Update:
The last couple of days have been a lot of fun because the majority of the family, besides Isaac, is on break. Since it is raining season, there are not many places to visit. There are flash floods that have already occurred in some areas. We have had a lot more time to spend together as a family by watching movies and playing games. Stephen has time to watch his favorite movies; he has gone through several 60s-70s cowboy movies. Mary is enjoying her gardening and sometimes just hanging out at the mall with the children. Isaac is at school, learning three different languages: English, Thai and Chinese. And of course, he is speaking Lisu at home.
Isaac and Stephen
We always appreciate your faithfulness in prayers for our family and ministry in Southeast Asia and China. May our Living God and Lord bless you abundantly.
In Christ Alone,
Stephen and Mary


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On 5/25/2004, 118 Chester Avenue was publicly recorded as sold for $985,000. This residence is a one-family home in the neighborhood of Huguenot, Staten Island, 10312. When this home was built in 1994, it was built on block 6532 and lot 18. This lot has 7000 square feet of land and the house has 3640 square feet of living space.
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•Year Built: 1984
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The 2019 Class of Future Sweetwater students graduated on Tuesday, May 14. The graduation and banquet event was held at TSTC in Sweetwater, sponsored by the Sweetwater Nolan County Chamber of Commerce. These students are sophomore students at Sweetwater High School. Throughout the school year the Future Sweetwater experienced 7 sessions that included Nolan County United Way, Quality of Life in Sweetwater, Education, Health at the Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital, Economy, and ended with a trip to the State Capitol.


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In the years between 1929 and 1939, when Itzik Manger wrote most of the poetry and fiction that made him famous, his name among Yiddish readers was a household word. Called the Shelley of Yiddish, he was characterized as being "drunk with talent." This bookthe first full-length anthology of Manger's workdisplays the full range of his genius in poetry, fiction, and criticism.
The book begins with an extensive historical, biographical, and literary-critical introduction to Manger's work. There are then excerpts from a novel, The Book of Paradise, three short stories, autobiographical essays, critical essays, and finally, Manger's magnificent poetryballads, bible poems, personal lyrics, and the Megilla Songs. These works, which have the patina of myths acquired ages ago, also offer modern psychological insight and irrepressible humor. With Manger we make the leap into the Jewish twentieth century, as he recreates the past in all its layered expressiveness and interprets it with modernist sensibilities.
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Leonard Wolf is a distinguished novelist and translator of Yiddish books, short stories, and poetry. He has taught courses in New York University's School of Continuing Education since his retirement from San Francisco State University.
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The World According to ItzikSelected Poetry and Prose
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESSCopyright © 2002 Fund for the Translation of Jewish Literature
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Chapter OneLOT'S DAUGHTERS
Lot's daughters sit in the kitchen Whispering among themselves. One of them plucks a new-killed goose, The other one mends a dress.
The First one says, "A week ago It was my fortieth year. Today when I looked in the mirror, I saw my first gray hair.
Father carouses in taverns And the years pass swiftly by. My bridal shoes in the closet Lie waiting, hopelessly."
The second lets her needle drop And sits engrossed in thought. "Sister," she says, "my bedclothes At night grow feverish hot."
She says, her breathing parched, "I dreamed A blue-clad soldier came And slept all night between my breasts ... It was a lovely dream.
And then he left the dream and me- He does not reappear- As if no troops were garrisoned Among us any more."
The first one says, "Now listen, Because I have a plan. If bridegrooms will not come to us- A father is also a man."
Her cheeks are flushed, her breath is hot, Her voice unsteady, dim: "Sister, on this very night I mean to lie with him. Tomorrow, you. Why should we wait? Our father is drunk as Lot. And mother, in that cursed town Of Sodom turned to salt."
They're both inflamed. Around their lamp Beats a tardy butterfly ... "Sister, get ready. Our father comes Stumbling heavily."
"Abraham, when will we have a child? We're not getting younger, you know. Other women my age would have had Eighteen children by now."
The Patriarch Abraham puffs at his pipe And waits, then he says with a smile, "A broomstick, my dear, can be made to shoot If the Lord thinks it's worthwhile."
"Abraham, love, each night I hear My body sobbing for life ... Hagar is only your handmaiden While I am your own true wife.
Often, it seems to me that the star That gleams in the windowpane Is the soul of my child that's wandering Among shadows and wind and rain."
The Patriarch Abraham puffs at his pipe And waits, then he says with a smile, "A broomstick, my dear, can be made to shoot If the Lord thinks it's worthwhile." "When I see Hagar's son playing With sunbeams in the sand I find myself caressing him And grief overwhelms my hand.
And when I take him in my lap His smile's so bright and sweet, I feel my blood turn strangely cold And then my eyes are wet.
Abraham, when will we have a child? We're not getting younger, you know. Other women my age would have had Eighteen children by now."
The Patriarch Abraham puffs at his pipe And waits, then he says with a smile, "A broomstick, my dear, can be made to shoot If the Lord thinks it's worthwhile."
Hagar, the servant, sits in the kitchen; A smoking oil lamp spills The shapes of shadowy cats and dogs To flicker on the walls.
She weeps because her master Fired her today. "Beat it, you bitch," he told her. "Can't you let me be?"
It was Sarah who egged him on, That proper deaconess, Saying, "You get rid of the girl Or give me a divorce." Hagar takes out of her trunk A summer hat of straw; She takes her green silk apron And her bloodred beads of coral.
These were the gifts he gave her Once upon a day When they strolled the meadow By the railroad right-of-way.
"How like the smoke of a chimney, How like the smoke of a train Is the love of a man, dear mother, The love of any man.
God knows where we will run to, Myself and his bastard child, Unless in some alien kitchen We are allowed to hide."
She takes the kitchen broom up, She sweeps the kitchen floor. Under her blouse, her heart says, "I love him." She sweeps some more.
Again, she does the dishes, She scours the copper pan. "How like the smoke from a chimney Is the love of any man."
The dawn is blue at the window, Three times the rooster crowed. Outside the horse is neighing, Impatient for the road. Hagar is worn with weeping; Her child lies in her arms: Once more she casts her eyes around The gray, familiar room.
Outdoors, the teamster haggles For his fare with Abraham: "All right, six dollars, even, For hauling both of them."
The pony scrapes the gravel As if it were saying, "Come on! Give me a chance to show you How to make the highway tame."
"This is our portion, Ishmael; Darling, dry your tears. This is the way of the Fathers With their long and reverend beards."
She foresees herself abandoned In a railroad waiting hall In a foreign country and she sobs Into her Turkish shawl.
"Hagar, stop that sniveling- Woman, do you hear me or no?" Hagar takes her bundle, Hagar turns to go.
He stands with his silken cap on, The pious Abraham- "Dear mother, tell me, does he feel My heart's defeated pain?"
The whistle blows; they've started. She sees, through tear-rimmed eyes, The village houses slowly Scrape backward in a haze. She takes the earth and heaven To be her witnesses: This is the way of the Fathers With their long and reverend beards.
Hagar, worn with weeping, Sits on a highway stone. She asks of every passing wind The way that she must go.
One says, "Hagar, take the east." Another, "West, that's where." A third wind is a prankster And plays among her hair.
Hagar asks the passing birds Flying through the air. One whispers, "You go north." Another, "South, that's where."
She weeps, "For years, O God, I served him faithfully. See now how any bird or wind Can make a fool of me?"
Hagar lifts her head And sees a caravan Led by the Turkish sultan With a mantle all of green.
Nearer, he comes, and nearer, Then speaks. His voice is firm: "Tell me, are you Hagar, Servant to Ibrahim? And your little baby boy, Is Ishmael his name? We have heard our prophet say That we descend from him."
The sultan falls before her, He kneels down in the dust. "Our lineage finds its honor. Allah, O Allah be praised."
Not knowing what the truth is, She can only stare While the moon is a silver crescent Glistening in her hair.
The gray light of the dawning Touches the earth with dawn. Eliezer, the loyal servant, puts The black team's harness on.
Taking the child up in his arms, Old Abraham shuts the door. Over his ancient roof, there gleams A blue and pious star.
"Up, Eliezer"-the whip rings out, The road has a silvery look. "Sad and lovely," the poet says, "Are the roads of the Holy Book."
The graying willows on the way Run to the house again To see if his mother stands beside The cradle of her son. "Daddy, where are we going now?" "To Lashkev-to the fair." "Daddy, what are you going to buy At Lashkev-at the fair?"
"A soldier made of porcelain, A trumpet, and a drum; A piece of satin to make a dress For mother, who waits at home."
Abraham feels his eyes grow moist And the steel knife pressing, where It scalds the flesh beneath his shirt ... "To Lashkev ... the fair ... some fair."
"Eliezer, stop at the water mill. Stop for a while and wait. Isaac, my son, and I will go On from there on foot."
Eliezer sits and grumbles, and casts Down the road an anxious look. "Sad and lovely," the poet says, "Are the roads of the Holy Book."
The Patriarch Isaac walks in the field, Serious, solemn, and grave, And sees a butterfly perching on A cornflower, where it waves.
A moment, two, and it's gone- Far, far, without remorse- Ah, has the charlatan at least Given the flower a divorce? In Isaac's eye there gleams a tear- "The world is filled with sin." Then slowly, gravely, Isaac goes To his father Abraham's tent.
The Patriarch Abraham on the sill Chats there with the postman, Who has brought a letter, sealed, For Abraham, Terah's son.
"The bride's well-dowered, lovely, too, And everything's all right. Very soon I'll bring her home," True Eliezer writes.
"Yes, very soon, I'll bring her home With camels, jewels, and cash. Her name is Rivke, and she's famed For the way that she cooks fish."
Abraham smiles and gives The postman some baksheesh. Ah, since his dear wife, Sarah, died, Abraham's not tasted fish.
He shuts his eyes-Ah, he feels good To hear the melody. Of the Gemara Yitshok sings- He'll grow in piety.
Amar Abai, how sweet it is. The old man nods and smiles. In his beard a sunset ray Plays, trembling, for a while.
Excerpted from The World According to Itzik Copyright © 2002 by Fund for the Translation of Jewish Literature. Excerpted by permission.
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Table of Contents
ContentsLet Us Sing Simply,
Itzik's Midrash,
The Sacrifice of Itzik,
I Praise Thee Lord,
Eve and the Apple Tree,
Eve Brings Adam the Apple,
Abraham Scolds Lot,
Lot's Daughters,
Abraham and Sarah,
Hagar's Last Night in Abraham's House,
Hagar Leaves Abraham's House,
Hagar on Her Journey,
Abraham Takes Itzik to the Sacrifice,
The Patriarch Abraham Gets a Letter,
Rachel Goes to the Well for Water,
The Patriarch Jacob Meets Rachel,
Leah Brings Mandrakes from the Field,
Jacob Teaches the Story of Joseph to His Sons,
King David and Abishag,
Abishag Writes a Letter Home,
Cain and Abel,
King David,
Songs of the Megillah,
The Song of the Runner,
How the Blessed Mordecai Found Favor in the Eyes of the King,
Queen Vashti,
The King's Banquet,
Vashti's Song of Grief,
Queen Vashti Being Led to Execution,
Esther Getting Ready for the King,
Mordecai Leaving Esther's Wedding,
Fastrigosso's Elegy,
Queen Esther Can't Sleep,
Fastrigosso Dreaming,
The Blessed Mordecai, the Mediator,
The Queen Comes to the King,
Fastrigosso Has the Birds Carry a Greeting to Esther,
Haman Telephones Vayzosse, the Editor, at His Office,
Fonfosso, the Master Tailor, Delivers a Eulogy on Fastrigosso,
The King Ahasuerus After the Assassination Attempt,
Mordecai Comes to Queen Esther,
Wicked Haman Can't Sleep,
Wicked Haman in the King's Courtyard,
Fonfosso and His Apprentices Sew a Uniform for Haman,
Pious Mordecai Waits for Satan,
The Master Tailor, Fonfosso, Prepares to Fast,
Queen Esther, Fasting,
Haman Gets Ready for the Masked Ball,
The King Is Angry,
Haman Being Taken to the Gallows,
The Master Tailor, Fonfosso, Presides over a Banquet,
Fastrigosso's Mother Lights a Memorial Candle,
The Ballad of the White Glow,
The Ballad of the Crucified and the Verminous Man,
Old-Fashioned Ballad,
Hospital Ballad,
The Ballad of the Man Riding to the Fair,
The Ballad of the Blue Pitchers,
The Ballad of the Necklace of Stars,
Erotic Ballad,
The Ballad of the Man Who Went from Gray to Blue,
Occasional Poems,
In the Train,
Baal Shem,
Satan's Prayer,
Saint Besht,
Like a Murderer,
With Silent Steps,
At the Kolomey Station,
The Words of the Journeyman Tailor Notte Manger to the Poet,
There Is a Tree That Stands,
Rabenu Tam,
Reb Levi Yitskhok,
Since Yesterday,
For Years I Wallowed,
Autobiographical Episodes,
Childhood Years in Kolomey,
At Grandmother Taube's in Stopchet,
A Portrait of a Tailor's Workshop,
Excerpts from The Book of Paradise,
The Tales of Hershel Summerwind,
The Story of the Nobleman's Mustaches,
The Rabbi of Chelm: May His Memory Be Blessed,
First Letter to X. Y.,
The Ballad: The Vision of Blood,
Sholem Aleichem, the One and Only,
Folklore and Literature,


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Upon arriving at Auburn Automobile Company in 1924, Errett Lobban Cord found the firm in dire straits. Years of conservative, uninspired designs in the face of increasing competition saw sales tank, and soon Auburn dealers were faced with a glut of unsold inventory. Needing to reduce existing stocks, Cord devised a simple plan to make the product line more appealing, which involved little more than applying bright paint colors and some creative marketing. The program saved Auburn from certain bankruptcy and Cord was offered a senior management position. Ambitious to a fault, E.L. Cord instead leveraged his offer and bought a controlling stake in Auburn. Within a few short years, the marques image was transformed, with sports stars, business moguls and Hollywood actors seen in stylish Auburn automobiles. E.L. Cord had carefully positioned the brand within his fast-growing automobile empire by offering smart performance cars at a competitive price point. For 1931, sales had continued to rebound despite economic conditions, and Auburn introduced fresh new styling that was inspired by the more upscale Cord L29. As a further boost to Auburn, a sporty new Speedster joined the lineup the same year. Even as Auburn, Cord, and Duesenberg flourished, E.L. Cord was losing interest in building cars and looking to invest heavily in aviation and shipbuilding. Cord spent fewer and fewer hours tending to the car business, and the dire economy caused sales to plummet 67% between 1931 and 1932. The addition of the sophisticated V12 engine did little to help. Again faced with reviving the struggling Auburn line, management brought in Gordon Buehrig in 1934 to redesign the Auburn line for 1935. He was apprehensive about the post since his friend and fellow designer Alan Leamy was rather unfairly fired over the failure of the 1934 range. For his redesign, Buehrig left much of the body alone, save for straightening out the controversial dipped beltline of the 34 model. He revised the front end with a new radiator shell and deep, full-figured fenders. The result was a beautiful design neat and sophisticated in the typical Buehrig fashion. Across the entire line, Auburn used the proven Lycoming inline eight-cylinder engine, after the expensive and unpopular V12 was dropped. An optional engine-driven supercharger joined the line, developed by August Duesenberg and Kurt Beier of Schwitzer-Cummins. Despite the best efforts of the designers and marketing team, the new models failed to ignite sales. The impact of the Great Depression was too much to overcome, and allegations of E.L. Cord engaging in stock manipulations spelled the end for Auburn, which closed its doors after the 1936 model year. This 1936 Auburn 852 Cabriolet is a marvelous example of the top-of-the-line, final-year Salon model, presented in beautiful colors and subject of a recent mechanical and cosmetic freshening. For the 1935 model year, Auburn re-introduced the Standard, Custom, and Salon to designate the respective trim lines. This car is a desirable Salon model, identified by its dual side-mount spare wheels with full steel covers, Crosley radio, folding windscreen, and the all-important dual-ratio rear axle. This car spent many years in the hands of a private owner in Illinois, who was an active member of the ACD Club and participated in their shows and events as well as with the CCCA, to which this car is welcomed as a Full Classic. The car was treated to a high-quality, CCCA Senior Premier Award-winning restoration some years ago, appearing on the lawn of the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in 2001. It is recently freshened for continued enjoyment on the road or show field. It presents in exceptional condition, finished in a beautiful shade of bright red accented with subtle, dark red feature lines and straw-colored stripes. The body is outstanding, with straight and properly-aligned panels. Plating on the bumpers, grille, and trim is excellent, appearing clean and finely maintained since the initial restoration. Optional wire wheels with Firestone wide-whitewalls round out the sporty looks. In its day, the Cabriolet was considerably more popular than the two-seat Speedster, as it offered superior practicality with similar performance. The additional rumble seat allows space for up to four passengers, while the roll-up windows and generous roof make for a roomy cabin up front. This cars tan leather upholstery provides a pleasing contrast to the paint color and is in great condition, showing some light creasing and character from occasional use on the front seat. Door panels, rumble seat upholstery, and the brown carpeting are all in similarly fine order. Original instruments are set in the ornate patterned-alloy dash, and this car features the factory Crosley radio set in the center of the fascia. Finished in tan Haartz cloth, the top is in excellent condition and includes a matching boot. Under the hood sits the original Lycoming inline eight, which displaces 279 cubic inches. The engine is recently and comprehensively rebuilt. Both the block and head were found to be in very sound condition, aside from normal wear. It was rebuilt with new rod/main bearings, ground and polished crankshaft, new rings, resurfaced head, all new gaskets, and new ancillaries including water pump and new tune parts. Before installation, it was professionally painted and detailed in the correct Lycoming green with satin-black accessories and proper decals and hardware. Naturally, it runs strong, sending power through the original 3-speed manual gearbox and functional two-speed rear axle. The Auburn 852 is a marvelous touring car, with power aplenty and the added benefit of overdrive for relaxed cruising. Stylish, rare, and with robust performance, it is no surprise that the 852 Salon Cabriolet has become the enthusiasts choice for an affordable alternative to exclusive Speedster. The Cabriolet offers virtually the same road manners and marvelous open-air driving experience in a cabin that is comfortable and practical for touring and regular use. With its beautiful presentation that encourages enjoyment, this is a truly outstanding example that is ready for ACD Club events, CCCA Touring, and casual show.
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Fitness Tips, Stories and Ideas from the Bond Wellness Center
Joan Ahern is a familiar face to Wellness Center members. She's often there behind the fitness desk, when she isn't teaching one of her many fitness classes. She's another Wellness Center staff who has been with the center since its first year of operation, 10 years ago. Prior to coming here, she worked at other gyms in the area, including what is now Gold's Gym in Milford, where she is still involved. In all, she's been teaching fitness for more than 20 years. In Milford, she organizes instructor trainings and conferences, and says she loves to mentor new instructors in the field.
"I love the teaching," Joan says. "It's very satisfying, mainly because when I first started nobody really helped me through the process. Now I've accumulated a lot of material on cueing and on music. I want to share my knowledge with new instructors."
Joan was first certified to teach when she was 44, starting out with step classes that were very popular at the time. Over the years, she's almost done it all—step, cardio-kickboxing, yoga and, her latest certification, Zumba™, the popular dance fitness class.
"I just like moving and being active," she said. "I eat well—I get my fruits and veggies–I enjoy eating, but I don't overdo it."
Joan has a background in business management and graphic design, and this month she'll take on new responsibilities as the studio manager, scheduling classes and instructors here.
Over her 10-plus years at the Wellness Center, Joan never fails to notice the transformations made by new members. "New people come in and they're looking down and maybe they're not very friendly," she says. "They're tired and they've got rounded shoulders or something."
But, she points out, almost without fail, within three months time, those same new members are "bouncing down the stairs and you barely recognize them. They're happier. They're walking taller. They're smiling. They've just become a different person! I see it all the time and it's just wonderful. It's amazing."
Joan hopes to continue working to bring in new instructors and to keep the fitness classes fresh. "They'll bring new energy and excitement to the process," she says.
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Dolphins Swimmers Impress in JC Dobb
With only 15 points between the top three clubs Hucknall and Linby Dolphins were delighted with their performance in the first round of the JC Dobb Autumn competition. One first place, nine runner up spots and an amazing twenty two third places were won at Hucknall Leisure Centre last Saturday.
First place on the night going to Lynden Johnson BOYS 14/U 50m Breaststroke.
Followed by runner up spots for Luke Hill14/U 50m Backstroke, Tyler Dennis 10/U 25m Backstroke, Alexa Sherratt 10/U 25m Freestyle, Mason Sims both Open 50m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly, Mark Turner Open 50m Backstroke.
Relay runner up spots in the mixed 8/9 4×25 Freestyle Relay for Marcus Smoczyk, Ruby Westmoreland, Joel Gospel, and Sophie Pritchard, mixed 14/U 4×25 Medley Luke H, Katie Hill, Lynden and Lauren Daft. Open 4×25 Freestyle Lynden, Mark, Gary Johnson and Mason.
Third places a plenty with individuals in the 12/U 50m Breaststroke Alexa, 10/U 25m Backstroke and Breaststroke Amy Heath, 14/U 50m Breaststroke Lauren, Open 50m Breaststroke Gary, 12/U 50m Butterfly Freya, 12/U 50m Butterfly Felix, 14/U 50m Butterfly Lynden, 12/U 50m Backstroke Josh Kemp, 10/U 25m Breaststroke Joel, 14/U 50m Freestyle Luke H , Open 50m Butterfly Hayley Goodwin, 10/U 25m Butterfly Alexa 10/U 25m Butterfly Luke C.
Relay Thirds in the 10/U 4×25 Freestyle for Joel, Marcus, Tyler, Luke c. 12/U 4×25 Freestyle Katie, Ella, Alexa, Freya. 8/9 4×25 Breaststroke Marcus, Ruby, Joel, Sophie. 10/U 4×25 Medley Luke C, Alexa, Katie, Marcus. Open 4×25 Freestyle Hayley, Katie, Megan, Lauren. 12/U 4×25 Medley, Freya, Luka, Felix, Alexa. 8/9 4×25 Medley Marcus, Sophie, Ruby, Joel. 14/U 4×25 Freestyle Lauren, Freya, Alexa, Sophie.
A spokesperson for the club said 'The young swimmers are really improving and coming through the ranks now. We were extremely competitive tonight with some extremely close finishes giving the time keepers a good soaking at times!'
Result: Radford 199, Kimberley 190, Dolphins 184, Portland: 154, Ilkeston 0, Sutton 0


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Twinning is an initiative of the De La Salle Christian Brothers (Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools) that encourages Districts that are financially able to aid those most in need. In the Lasallian Region of North America (RELAN), middle and secondary schools in United States and Toronto are twinned with 14 ministries in four countries in the Lwanga District of Africa: Kenya, Nigeria, Eritrea and Ethiopia. While the RELAN schools help support the Lwanga ministries financially, the students also build relationships as brothers and sisters in the Lasallian family to share challenges, accomplishments, stories and experiences.
The program began in 1995 in response to a call from the Institute to financially assist economically poor Districts and new Districts that were forming. A goal was to help these Districts achieve financial self-sufficiency in the long term.
The high cost of education in Africa presents a major challenge for most students who are financially poor and even without families in some cases. Therefore, the ministries subsidize much of the cost. To limit additional costs, students in Africa are responsible for many chores on campus, including cleaning buildings and maintaining grounds, growing food, and preparing, serving, and cleaning up after meals. Ministries use twinning donations for tuition assistance, maintenance and expansion of school facilities, the purchase of books and class materials, and other essential school expenses.
Twinning Resources
- Introduction to twinning
- Prayer – Lent version
- Prayer – short version
- Logo (jpeg)
- Map
- Remittance form
- Lwanga District website
- Lasallian Region of Africa (RELAF) website
- Twinning stories
Twinning Coordinators
Lasallian Region of North America
Elizabeth Jodice
202-529-0047 x105
District of Eastern North America
Maryann Donohue-Lynch
District of San Francisco New Orleans
Bob Carrejo
Midwest District
Abby Michels
Christian Brothers Conference coordinates RELAN's twinning program, facilitates communication between twinned schools, and serves as a resource center.


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Bank reports 300 at picnic
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- Category: Community
- Published on 06 May 2018
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
First National Bank employee Rachel Pearce serves chili to customers Eugene Gilstrap, Shirley Dacus, and Marie Redar.
Approximately 300 people attended the annual First National Bank Spring Picnic Saturday, April 28 at the Cypress Springs Branch. For more about the event, see the May 3 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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RPD Hawk
RPD Hawk served with Thames valley police from April 2006 until July 2011, he was a GP and tactical firearms dog.
Hawk retired with his handler, Sgt Burke and is enjoying a happy & healthy retirement with his family.
RPD Rocky
RPR Rocky started life in a rescue centre and went on to become an amazing Victim Recovery Dog for Thames Valley-Hampshire JOU Police where he served from 2011 until he retired in 2018.
Sadly Rocky passed away on 9th February 2019.
His handler said "He was an awesome police dog and is greatly missed by all his family"
PD Smudge
Handler PC Webster
Smudge was born in 2005, and served in Thames Valley, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire from 2007.
In 2011, he was re-handled by PC Ellen Webster in Buckinghamshire, after her previous search dog Benhad to be put to sleep.
In 2015, Smudge retired. He quickly gave up sniffing and searching as he was spoilt with treats and kings. This left the other two working dogs very jealous as they didn't get to live indoors like Smudge!
In the last few years, Smudge suffered from arthritis. Pensions 4 Paws assisted with funding towards his medication. In March 2018, he went to the vets for an X-ray, where it was discovered he was suffering from bone cancer. The decision was made not to let him suffer, and he was put to sleep on March 28, 2018.
Smudge was 13 years old.
PD Chase
Isle of Wight
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RPD Brodie
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This truly fantastic country property in Spain is situated 10 minutes from the village of Torrox, situated on a plot of 6000m2 with beautiful 360º views, from the mountains to the Mediterranean Sea.
A gated entrance opens onto the large parking area with pergola for several cars. The access is from a side of the property to the terraces surrounding the property, the front terrace has stunning views of the sea from the coast of Torrox to the Cerro Gordo of Maro. The interior of the house is so charming as the exterior. A conservatory with large windows gives access to the main house composed by a long spacious living room with open fireplace, adjoining this is dining room which leads on one side to the office area, a fully fitted kitchen with access to the covered terrace with BBQ and a master bedroom with ensuite bathroom. On the other side an elegant hallway leads to two double bedrooms, each one with ensuite bathroom.
The private saltwater pool is surrounded by grass, palm trees, cypresses and terraces to enjoy the sun. Close by it is a viewpoint balcony and guest apartment consisting of spacious double room with bathroom.
On the plot there are many fruit trees such as lemons, limes, orange trees and apple trees irrigated with its own 20,000 liters deposit that collects rain water, this cheap water supply makes the property a perfectly workable proposition. In addition the property has another deposit of the same capacity that supplies the property.
This is a delightful property which really must be seen to be truly appreciated! Good access, wonderful views, very spacious & in flawless condition.
We are a well established and professional estate agency and know from experience how to live and work in the area. Our team is made up of a group of people from Cómpeta and other countries that work together, each with their own ability, to help our clients.
We have an extensive and diverse portfolio of properties for sale or for rental in Andalucia, both inland and on the Costa del Sol; a wide selection of country properties, modern and rustic, townhouses in beautiful villages, apartments and plots of land.
Our aim is that our clients benefit from our combined knowledge, making the purchase of their dream home a pleasant experience. Once a sale is completed, our obligation continues. You can find us in any of our offices for whatever you need.
Home staging for your property to accelerate sale, landscaping, garden and swimming pool maintenance, plumbing, electrical work, construction and renovation of houses and pools are only some of the options available. Our team is able to give you the optimum comfort.
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Bulk quantities, serves 50ish. Both simple to make, hummus and guacamole are excellent for meals and snacks. Soak the chickpeas the night before for hummus. Vegan, Gluten Free Hummus Make loads of this and have it out for lunch every day to go with bread or salad. Ingredients 900g dried chickpeas, soaked overnight and rinsed. … Continue reading Hummus & Guacamole
Falafel meal – 400kcal
Using falafel mix makes this a convenient meal. Vegan, Gluten Free
B12 deficiency and diet
B12 deficiency can make you feel very unwell as it is a co-factor in most cellular processes. Deficiency often manifests first as fatigue, then neurological symptoms (such as pins and needles) and then as anaemia. There are many other symptoms of B12 deficiency. There are many causes of B12 deficiency. Some are caused by lack … Continue reading B12 deficiency and diet
Fats – the good, bad, and indifferent
Short version: stick to the whole fats (eg nuts, avocado, coconut, seeds) as these are healthier than oils. We need fat, but we don't need it in the form of oils/butters etc. The ideal cardiovascular diet uses no oil, but this can be hard to achieve. Fat is essential to life but not too much as … Continue reading Fats – the good, bad, and indifferent


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LemonCraft Daydream Layout Live in the Moment
Good Morning how are you? Rikki here with my final share for this month my LemonCraft Daydream Layout Live in the Moment. This is layout is mostly mixed media so if you don't have a lot of the collection left then this layout is perfect for the left overs.
Also I will be using the AMAZING Lindy Stamp Gangs – MAGICAL SHAKERS….. omg they definitely do there name justice so grab some now in store !!! If your not to sure how they work, lucky for you I have done a video tutorial so you can follow along.
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So a handy hint when using the Lindy Stamp Gang Magical Shakers – buy yourself some little paint pallet, shake the smallest amount of the powder into them and add a small about of water…. if you dont use them all set aside.
Over the next couple of days the water will evaporate and you will be left with the colour – you can reactive them with some more water when you need them next.
Adding fold to your Dusty Attic Chipboard is a great way to add some instant shimmer…..
Adding a few left over butterflies and feathers is a great way to tie your limited pattern papers together and to use the last of your stash, whats better than that?
Lindys Stamp Gang Magical Shaker – Afternoon Delight Denim
Lindys Stamp Gang Magical Shaker – Time Travel Teal
Lindys Stamp Gang Magical Shaker – Polka Purple
Lindys Stamp Gang Magical Shaker – Magnolia Magenta Gold
Scrap FX Embellishments – Feather A
So now it's your turn to recreate my LemonCraft Daydream Live in the Moment, watch the video and we would love for you to share your version in the Anna's Craft Cupboard Community on Facebook HERE
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NaNo Diaries 2017 – Day 18
Ok, so I'm not perfect and I'm owning that. I wanted to do some writing today, I really did but it was another day that was packed full with things to do. First, I had to vote in a by election, I didn't quite get organised enough to do a postal vote so I went in and walked the short distance from my apartment to the polling booth, nothing out of the ordinary and I had time between my next outing and when I had to go…did I write? No.
Do I feel guilty about that?
I'm 66,000 words into my NaNoWriMo and I've started my second story. I'm allowed to do slack off a little.
Instead of writing I went shopping with my best friend and her mother, saw my boyfriend and went out with one of my other friends for her birthday. Just to put that in perspective…the last time I went out twice in a row…was never. Ha! Hopefully tomorrow will be more conducive to writing, because my fingers are itching to actually type some goodies.
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Distractions: Again…the whole day.


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Treatment plans may vary depending on what type of treatment you are getting, what your state requires from a treatment agency, and the treatment plans typically align with the philosophy of the treatment center. Most treatment plans include the problem statement, long-term goals, short-term goals, and strategies. For example, a treatment plan will have a specific place for the date. The problem statement should be directly related to substance use. Your goals need to be measurable and specific and should always start with "I will…". The method or approach to solve your problem that is listed in the problem statement should include specific activities. And lastly, there should be a date of completion to see your progress.
A treatment plan should be specific in the type of counseling you will receive such as individual, group, or family. Support groups are important to discuss in your treatment plan as well as what the your lifestyle changes may be. Be prepared to be educated through the entire process and the treatment plan should include aftercare and ongoing recovery goals.
Some other categories that are recommended on a treatment plan should include your strengths, a listing of the people that you have as part of your support system, and what clean and sober activities you do for fun and recreation. If you cannot think of any fun activities that you do now, just think about the past what you did before abusing substances.
Treatment plans will change throughout, as you start to clear your head of the fog that comes from your substance use history. This is why it is important that your counselor reviews and updates your treatment plan every month or so. Your treatment plan review is a summary report of your progress toward meeting short and long range treatment goals in certain areas that are listed on your individual treatment plan. Your treatment plan review should also indicate your level of care.
When getting a drug and alcohol evaluation or assessment, your counselor may identify specific issues that need to be addressed as a priority. For example, if you need detox, housing, or hospitalization. If you are suicidal or homicidal, need legal assistance or immigration help that should also be addressed immediately.


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What's in this session?
- Trey Van Camp (2:21)
- Story #1: Fan of Casey Neistat (5:11)
- Story #2: Casey invites Dustin to come to NYC (6:46)
- Story #3: Couple attends church on Easter (7:47)
- End notes (9:36)
Show notes and resources
- Passion Creek Church
- Trey on YouTube
- Trey on Instagram
- Trey's website
- Pro Church Tools
- Pro Church Tools on Facebook
- Pro Church Tools on YouTube
- Brady Shearer on Instagram
- Brady Shearer on Twitter
- Alex Mills on Instagram
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The Transcript
Brady Shearer: Hey Pro Church daily listener, Brady here. We're doing something that we've never done before at Pro Church Tools. We're doing a weekly vlog. We've actually been trying to do this for several years. We finally published our first one.
We're going to be publishing new episodes every single Sunday. If you go to prochurchvlog.com, you can watch behind the scenes with Pro Church Tools. Prochurchvlog.com is where you can watch those episodes.
Alex Mills: Well hey there, and welcome to Pro Church Daily, the show were in 10 minutes or less you'll get your daily dose of tips and tactics to help your church share the message of Jesus while we try and navigate the biggest communication shift that we've seen in the last 500 years.
I'm your host, Alex Mills. I'm joined, as always, by the boss man, it's Brady Shearer. Today, we're talking about three Bible verses that support technology in churches.
Brady Shearer: We wanted to give a biblical foundation, Alex, for why we care so much about digital media. So much so that we started the whole company around it and do daily content sharing about it. What is the biblical foundation for why we do this?
In my research for this episode of Pro Church Daily, I came across a number of different articles in Google that were not exactly of using technology in churches, just to … You know, if you are a part of Pro Church Nation, this may be a given for you-
Alex Mills: Right.
Brady Shearer: But I think it's important to understand that this isn't a given for everyone. Here are some examples.
Alex Mills: Yeah.
Brady Shearer: Three different titles of articles that I stumbled across in my research trying to find favorable things about technology in church-
Alex Mills: Right.
Brady Shearer: Turn Down that Microphone and Preach from your Soul. This whole article is how if you use a microphone to preach, it is somehow less valid than if you just yell without a microphone.
Alex Mills: It's the devil's tool.
Brady Shearer: The second article I found, my take, Technology Could Bring Down the Church. And then this one-
Alex Mills: This is the best one?
Brady Shearer: It should be noted, this was in all caps.
Alex Mills: Yes.
Brady Shearer: GOD HATES TECHNOLOGY.
Alex Mills: Yes, he does. It was created by sinful men, and therefore he must hate it.
Brady Shearer: I think it's important to understand how many people still think that tech as a whole is dangerous.
Alex Mills: Yeah.
Brady Shearer: Let's talk about three different passages, chapters, Bible verses from scripture that create a strong foundation for why we do what we do-
Alex Mills: Yeah.
Brady Shearer: Leveraging digital tools and digital mediums to share the hope and message of Jesus, recognizing that it's a timeless message being shared through timely mediums.
Alex Mills: Yeah.
Brady Shearer: We're not saying that you should change the gospel, we're saying that we should use the tools available to us-
Alex Mills: Right.
Brady Shearer: As we're going to see, Christians and apostles throughout centuries have done. First example, and probably the most classic example is the Apostle Paul preaching in Acts 17, and he's preaching to stoic and Epicurean philosophers. What he does is, he doesn't just share the traditional gospel message that he would, but he uses their understanding of Greek philosophy as a springboard to get them to the full gospel message.
This idea of contextualization is what is observed in this chapter. In Acts, the early church, the Apostle Paul, what he's doing is he recognizes that he's on one side of the spectrum and these Greek philosophers are on the other side of the spectrum. They have a different understanding, a different set of basic knowledge than he does.
He can't just go up to them … I was driving by a car the other day, no, it was a big giant truck. It was this 18 wheeler. It had this tent over top, and on the back it said, "God is the only mediator between man," Sorry, "Jesus is the only mediator between God and man." I was like, well that's a theological truth that I think most people will not understand.
Alex Mills: Yeah.
Brady Shearer: Like, if you [inaudible 00:03:25] gone to Bible College, if you're not traditionally trained in theology as Alex and I are formally trained, that is just a nonsensical statement.
Alex Mills: Yeah.
Brady Shearer: So what Paul did was, he was … Okay, these philosophers, these individuals, they do not have the foundational knowledge that I do. If I want to get them from here to there, I need to start where they already are.
Alex Mills: Yeah.
Brady Shearer: I need to start with their understanding, and then bridge the gap.
Alex Mills: Yeah.
Brady Shearer: So he quotes these Greek philosophers. He starts where they are and says, "This is how you understand things. Here's how I understand things."
Alex Mills: Yeah.
Brady Shearer: Contextualization exemplified by Paul.
Alex Mills: I think this is such a great example of using a timely medium to communicate that timeless message, and we see it all throughout scripture. That's why so many of the parables are agricultural in nature is because a lot of the people that were hearing these stories and these kingdom truths were working in fields and working in agriculture, so it made sense. We're going to talk about sowing seed in a minute, but it made sense to talk about sowing plants because that was their business.
So it's kind of like that entry point to reveal a kingdom truth and to ultimately talk about Jesus's timeless message. But using a timely medium like Greek philosophy or agriculture to kind of level the playing field and say, "Yeah, yeah. I totally get where you're at. Let's speak the same language so that I can tell you the greatest story ever told."
Brady Shearer: Second scripture that we wanted to use as an example is the parable of the sower-
Alex Mills: Yeah.
Brady Shearer: And this parable is in all of the synoptic gospel, so it's Matthew 13, it's Mark 4, it's Luke 8 and just to summarize this parable that many of us know very well, basically a sower is sowing seeds for different types of ground. You've got the hard ground, the stony ground, the thorny ground and the good ground.
Alex Mills: Yeah.
Brady Shearer: Based on the ground where these seeds are being sold, they all yield, or reap, a different yield. So, the hard ground, nothing's growing there. The stony ground, it grows for a little bit, then it perishes. The good ground, that's where the good seeds are growing into [crosstalk 00:05:19] plants.
Alex Mills: Right.
Brady Shearer: This has been traditionally interpreted correctly-
Alex Mills: Of course.
Brady Shearer: As this is the heart of a person. So, you know you might share the same gospel to someone who's ready to hear, and it could produce good fruit, good seed. You could share that same message to someone who's not there yet, and it might not turn into anything.
Alex Mills: Yeah.
Brady Shearer: The whole idea is we need to keep sowing our seeds no matter the harvest because we never … We're not in control of the harvest, we're controlling how many seeds we sow.
Alex Mills: Yeah.
Brady Shearer: I think that what's great about stories is that they can have multiple meanings that are equally truthful-
Alex Mills: Yeah, it's both/and.
Brady Shearer: Exactly.
Alex Mills: Yeah.
Brady Shearer: That's what's so great. That's why Jesus taught through stories, because he's like, "I gotta take this crazy large eternal truth and share it through something that's going to be timeless throughout the centuries."
Alex Mills: Yeah.
Brady Shearer: What I see in this parable, alongside the, of course, popular understanding interpretation is that just as you sow a seed in the heart of somebody, it's also where you sow the seed.
Alex Mills: Yep.
Brady Shearer: So, the hard ground might be a medium where nobody is paying attention anymore.
Alex Mills: Right.
Brady Shearer: But like you can sow seed on the radio, let's say, but that might not produce nearly the yield as sowing seeds on Facebook, or on digital mediums and tools where people are paying so much attention. You could set up a billboard, and you'd have to sow a lot of seeds just to get that billboard, and a couple of people could see it and maybe one or two plants grow. But if you sowed that same seed elsewhere, where attention is being paid on scales that we have never seen before in human history, it can reap that much better of a harvest.
Alex Mills: Yeah, and in this technological and digital shift that we're going through right now, there are so many different platforms. It seems there's a new platform all the time. I think churches are going to have to get into this process of sowing small amounts of seeds here and there, and kind of testing it saying, "What kind of ground is this? What kind of fruit is this platform going to produce for us?"
So, sowing seed may be into YouTube for a while, "Oh, maybe that's not working for our church, but Facebook and Instagram is producing great fruit. So let's double down and let's plant more of our seed there." I think it's going to kind of be like this as new platforms arise and technology advances, testing this different ground and seeing-
Brady Shearer: [inaudible 00:07:23]
Alex Mills: Yeah, what is this ground even like?
Brady Shearer: Smart. Final scripture is the classic great commission, Matthew 28, "Go and make disciples." The operative term here, the verb, is "go", which is an action word. It's a verb. It requires you to actually do something. When we look at the earliest apostles going meant literally walking on a mission trip to another part of the continent.
Alex Mills: Yeah.
Brady Shearer: It meant literally getting up and walking. I think that we are so privileged in 2018 and beyond because we can now go into all the world, with just a click of a button.
Alex Mills: Yeah.
Brady Shearer: I think an emphasis for so long has been placed on "Come to our church. Get in your car and come to us."
Alex Mills: Right.
Brady Shearer: And we go to them, but only on like two mission trips a year, or we'd set up that bi-monthly event where we go into the community. Well now we have the opportunity at little cost and little investment of time and creativity to go into the world using these platforms, where attention is being paid. Like I said, at scales that have never been seen before.
Alex Mills: Yeah, I don't … Honestly, Brady, I think you nailed it. I don't think there's much more I can say to that because it's just this incredible opportunity we have now to share the gospel. We don't have to walk miles from Athens to Rome anymore, you know? We just have to get on the computer or get on our devices and use, now, the tools that are available to us.
It's an incredible opportunity. It's something that's exiting for me, and it shouldn't be scary technology. It's shouldn't be controversial. This should be exciting for us because this really is a monumental shift in the way that we get to communicate this message of Jesus.
Brady Shearer: Final thing that I want to highlight is the way that Christians and the church has embraced technology over the years. There's always that initial phase where we reject it because it's new, unfamiliar and thus feels uncomfortable and evil.
But if we look over the centuries at each new phase of technology, we can see examples of Christians and churches who have seized that technology to share the message of Jesus. We say that we're living through the biggest communication shift in the last 500 years. That other crazy communication shift 500+ years ago was the Gutenberg Printing Press.
Alex Mills: Yeah.
Brady Shearer: The first Bible, or the first book ever printed was a Latin translation of the Bible. That allowed the every man and every woman to have a Bible in their hands to read the scriptures themselves.
Alex Mills: Right, it changed everything.
Brady Shearer: It changed everything. Fast forward to 1844, Samuel Morse sent the first telegraph message, which contained the sentence, "What hath God wrought?"
Alex Mills: I'm not sure what that means, but it was in there.
Brady Shearer: It was in there. 1939, Theodore Epp started the radio program, Back to the Bible. It's one of the most successful radio shows of all time. It's still heard today.
Alex Mills: Yeah.
Brady Shearer: 1957, Billy D. Graham, starts worldwide pictures-
Alex Mills: Of course.
Brady Shearer: As a compliment to his Billy Graham Crusade organization. This, of course, reached millions of people via television, and that wouldn't have been possible without the [inaudible 00:10:08] of technology. It's interesting when you look at early evangelists that kind of came before Billy Graham: Billy Sunday, Dwight Moody, and they were a lot more restricted in their outreach because during their crusades they didn't have that type of technology.
Alex Mills: Right.
Brady Shearer: And so again, we are in living through this amazing, privileged time where we have access to people, and access to countries, really.
Alex Mills: Yeah.
Brady Shearer: We can share the gospel in ways that we never could before, thanks to technology. There's a strong biblical foundation for it. Don't be afraid of it. Dive right in. That'll do it for this episode of Pro Church Daily. We'll see you next time.


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Wine isn't just one of the hue's of the upcoming season. It's one of the happenings as well! Vino Volo, a popular wine bar/shop opened its 29th location — its 2nd in the DC area — at Tyson's Galleria last week, expanding its local presence with every pour.
"Building on the success of our Bethesda location, we are excited to continue growing a community of wine lovers in the DC area," said Vino Volo Founder and CEO Doug Tomlinson. "Adding to our authentic wine country experience, the Tysons team will be sharing their passion for wine by hosting a variety of wine-centric events including spotlights on regions, varietals and styles."
The full service restaurant, wine bar and wine shop will sell wines by the tasting flight, as well as by the glass and bottle and as part of a "Wine Club." At night, the wine shop, known as "the Cellar," transforms into a private dining room for events and special occasions. Vino Volo will also offer a full calendar of its own events, like "Meet the Winemaker" tastings and wine education nights.