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Cystennin is an affectionate and friendly soul who enjoys the company of others. He is emotional and sensitive although he appears phlegmatic; corresponding reasonably well with an asthenic temperament (he is often influenced by the Moon or Cancer). For him, life seems to be pretty plain sailing, because Cystennin , rather slow and steady, isn´t really dynamic, neither is he particularly enterprising or determined, preferring to put off till tomorrow the things that he could do today. Fairly dependent on his environment (particularly the maternal and feminine influences), Cystennin is sensitive to the given ambiance and can go from indolence or laziness to over-activity with the emotional stimulation of a romantic or platonic relationship, and his moods can be unpredictable. Everything depends on his level of motivation, alternating between periods of life in slow motion and others that are much more hectic, seized by a sudden impulse which can disappear just as quickly... because he has an exasperating tendency to live more in his daydreams than in the real world! His assets are his charm, kindness, helpfulness and camaraderie. His psychological insight, coupled with fine intuitive abilities and plenty of know-how go some way towards compensating for his laziness. Choosing a social and often humanitarian cause will motivate him and allow him to live his Master Number 11. Cystennin is particularly likely to flourish by realizing his dreams, which would bestow him with a certain amount of strength and help him to leave immaturity behind along with his need to be supported, by taking responsibility for himself (especially if he was born on the 11th, in November, or if he has a life Path Number of 11). As a child, he is endearing, affectionate and kind, making him hard to resist. Nevertheless, his parents would do well not to succumb to his angelic smile, and will need to be gentle but firm with him. Cystennin would benefit from an early education regarding the notions of work, discipline, orderliness and responsibility... because such concepts are generally not included in his personality. Because he is anxious to do well and therefore heavily influenced by his family circle, his heart´s desire will be to make you happy. It would be a good idea to encourage him to take music lessons at a relatively tender age because he is a musician and an artist at heart. His education will depend very much on the family environment: he will require encouragement to do his work, although his excellent memory will prove to be a valuable asset.
What does he like?
Cystennin likes to escape: into the fantasy world of his imagination or by travelling in the real world. He has a bohemian side and just like the grasshopper he appreciates an easy life and the freedom to indulge in the pleasures of this world. Change suits him perfectly as does travel, and he often gets itchy feet. His active number 29 represents fragility and intense emotional strain, which can be felt acutely in his romantic life and even has an impact on his professional competence. He possesses many emotional qualities; however he often remains very dependent on his other half who often has to mother him (unless he changes from 2 to 11). Furthermore, sensual and voracious, he dreams of a lover who would fulfil him completely... although he often finds himself in complex or even absurd situations.
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What does he do?
He could rely on his family, because he isn´t always very resolute when it comes to choosing a career. He frequently chooses to exercise the same profession as one of his parents, or he could join the family business (particularly in the food and catering industry). Otherwise, he could be tempted by a position as a public servant, occupations where he could feel useful to others, those in connection with children (teacher, psychologist or facilitator...), those that would allow him to apply his intuitive abilities as well as a career related to sales and travel (especially if he has a life Path Number of 5).
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Love :Couples: The complicity between the two of you will be reinforced. Singles: An admirer will make themselves known.
Money :You are trying to decide whether or not to make a property investment. Take your time.
Health:You won't see any results without some effort Cystennin .
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(Pocket-lint) - BBC has just launched its new iPlayer Radio desktop site, with the accompanying app set to arrive in the Apple App store by tomorrow morning. The app is an entirely separate experience to the iPlayer video counterpart and is built from the ground up to create the best possible radio listening experience.
Fire up the application and you are given a radio station select dial - not unlike that of the old dial on a phone or a tuning nob on a radio. Drag the dial round, tap a station and start listening. Each station has its own set of options, designed to bring you more than just radio playback.
Swipe up and these options are revealed, and vary by station. Video is present on most stations and offer little snippets of items you might typical find on your selected radio channel. Radio 1, for example, had clips of One Direction to choose from.
The player will also list what songs you are currently listening to, as well as those you might have previously heard. There is no live rewind capability, so don't expect to use it as a crafty way to listen to free music on repeat.
Search has also been given a really thorough going over. There is the ability to search radio programmes by category as well by programme name.
A podcast tab is also present, so you can browse through each podcast via station. The BBC says there is no ability to download locally yet, but it hopes that, as with the video iPlayer, programmes will become downloadable in future.
Finally the app features a built-in alarm clock designed to allow you to fall asleep and wake up listening to the radio. You simply pick a station, set a time, and let the app do the rest. You can also choose for it to go to sleep after a certain period of time, so you can fall asleep with the radio on. A large-screen clock and brightness shortcut within the alarm section completes the app.
All in all, really a great app from the BBC. Shame about the lack of Android right now, but we are told it is coming. If you do fancy a dedicated radio app on Android, there is the likes of RadioPlayer, which launched last week. Although not all the functions are there, you do get a lot of what the iPlayer app offers, including search and local radio browsing.
There is also no dedicated iPad app, with the BBC choosing instead to use the iPhone app and expand it. Thankfully, everything works over 3G. The new app should be going live in the App Store over the course of today, and will be live everywhere by tomorrow morning.


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Roxboro Rotary Club has pledged its support to the Kirby Rebirth:
Upstairs-Uptown project. The club will donate $10,000 to the Piedmont
Community College (PCC) effort to renovate the second floor of the Kirby
Cultural Arts Complex in uptown Roxboro to create usable space for
cultural and educational activities that will benefit the community.
Union Bank & Trust Co. has pledged its support of the
Kirby Rebirth: Upstairs-Uptown project through a donation of $10,000.
Spearheaded by Piedmont Community College, the Kirby Rebirth project will
provide initial renovations to the upstairs of the Kirby Cultural Arts Complex.
Bank & Trust is delighted to contribute to the Kirby Rebirth: Upstairs –
Uptown project," said Don Lancaster, Chief Banking Officer/Executive Vice
President, for Union Bank & Trust Co.
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Current record: 58-43, 2nd place in NL Central, 3.0 games back
Up Next: Chicago Cubs, 42-58, 5th place in NL Central, 14.5 games back
Season Series: 4-2 (3-0, 1-2)
Notes: After taking 3 of 4 from the last place team in the Central, the Bucs climb one rung up the ladder to face the Cubs. Chicago is known to be looking to make trades, so the make up of their team could chage in a big way before Tuesday night's game. Rookie 1B Anthony Rizzo has an .884 OPS since his call up.
Familiar Faces: Paul Maholm
Probable Pitchers
Monday: LH Erik Bedard (5-11, 100.0 IP, 93 K, 4.32 ERA, 1.45 WHIP)
vs. RH Justin Germano (0-1, 8.2 IP, 8 K, 1.04 ERA, 1.38 WHIP)
Germano will be making his first start of the season. Bedard had his turn pushed back two days so that Wandy Rodriguez could take his normal turn on Saturday.
Tuesday: RH A.J. Burnett (12-3, 115.0 IP, 94 K, 3.52 ERA, 1.25 WHIP)
vs. RH Ryan Dempster (5-5, 104.0 IP, 83 K, 2.25 ERA, 1.04 WHIP)
Tuesday is the trade deadline, so it's possible that Dempster could be gone before he pitches against the Pirates. The word is that he'll only accept a trade to the Dodgers.
Wednesday: RH Jeff Karstens (3-2, 51.0 IP, 38 K, 3.88 ERA, 1.24 WHIP)
vs. LH Travis Wood (4-6, 77.2 IP, 54 K, 4.98 ERA, 1.29 WHIP)
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Andi Burke has a dream—a kitchen big enough to dance in, regular income to support her daughter, and a chance to find true love. So when she enlists her sister Kim and their bubbly best friend Rachel to help open Creative Cupcakes, it all seems perfect.
Especially when hunky local reporter Jake Hartman offers to finance the store for them. Andi hasn't dated since her divorce, but the way Jake keeps looking at her might make her change her mind. After all, what could go wrong?
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As you close out the summer with the kids, and get ready for those first few sweet weeks of silence around your home, ensuring your kids stay hydrated is critical to ensuring they don't just go back to school – but stay back in school.
Everything from concentration to cognitive ability relies on your child's ability to stay hydrated. This post by Philippa Norman, MD shares some of the reasons why. Plus, when your child stays hydrated, they are more certain to stay healthy, stay at level moods and even stay freer of acne. In other words, they'll stay freer of those issues that cause them to miss school in the first place.
With that said, here's a quick 5-step checklist that you can use to help your child stay hydrated every day of the school year, along with some products from our online store (shared when appropriate) that can help you complete each item:
1. Serve Clean Drinking Water With Breakfast (and Lunch & Dinner)
A big part of the reason kids (not to mention adults) wake up with low energy levels is simply mild dehydration.
During the time we spend sleeping, our body uses up the hydration it has stored, meaning it needs to be replaced. Serving a tall glass of water, along with juice, milk or coffee during breakfast, is a great way to get this hydration back into the body. And just so lunch and dinner don't feel left out, we'd advise a tall glass of water accompanying every meal.
A filtered water pitcher, including those we offer from Brita, PUR or ZeroWater (pictured,) can ensure the drinking water you serve at meal-time always tastes clean, fresh and cool. Many of these pitchers are even sharp enough looking to deserve their own place at your table!
2. Send Them Off With An Eco-Friendly Water Bottle
What's great about the explosion in bottled water sales is that it means we are starting to understand the importance of staying hydrated and having a source of hydration close-by. Many schools, in fact, will now even offer bottled water in vending machines. The downside, though, is that plastic water bottles account for a significant percentage of plastic waste. In other words, great for your body, not so great for the planet.
Fortunately, we offer several eco-friendly water bottles, including many that will fit into lunch boxes, that can help keep your son or daughter hydrated without contributing to plastic waste.
3. Provide The Right Drinking Water Containers For The Right Time
Before sending your son or daughter off to school with a water bottle, one important task it to be sure that you send them with the right type of bottle, both in terms of when they'll be using it and what the school approves.
If your son or daughter's school does not allow beverages in the classroom, a smaller bottle – like the 12 ounce Klean Kanteen water bottle to the left – will fit easily into most lunchboxes and take up little space in a locker. This type of bottle is great for younger kids!
On the other hand, if your son or daughter will be using a water bottle primarily in after-school athletics, a sturdier bottle with a longer spout, straw and mouthpiece cover would be more ideal as it will stand up to more while remaining a more sanitary source of hydration – even when shoved into a dirty gear bag. The Katadyn MyBottle to the right is a great option.
4. Keep A Source of Great Tasting Drinking Water On Hand At Home
Once the kids arrive home, be sure that they remain hydrated throughout the evening by ensuring there's a great source of hydration on hand, especially during meal time.
As noted above, many of the filtered water pitchers we offer look great on a dining table, while our selection of faucet filters, countertop or undersink filters help to ensure your children get great tasting drinking water from virtually any tap in your home.
5. Manage Drinking Water Intake (Softly, If Necessary)
"How many glasses of water have you had today?"
This simple question is perhaps the easiest way to get your kids to drink more water. Honestly, whether they've only had one glass or whether they've had six glasses, asking this question will likely prompt kids of any age to drink another – which is great from a hydration stand-point. After all, any other response would simply lead to a battle that just about any child would know not to pick, in favor of something of far greater importance to them. Sometimes, the predictability of kid behavior can be a great thing!
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Emergency Suspension of Time Limits for Municipal
Civil Service Employee Testing for Firefighters and Police Officers
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Assistance and Disaster Act, R.S. 29:721, et seq., a state of emergency was declared through Proclamation No. 48 KBB 2005, issued on August 26, 2005, and extended by Proclamation Nos. 54 KBB 2005, 61 KBB 2005, 68 KBB 2005, 75 KBB 2005, 10 KBB 2006, and 14 KBB 2006; and Proclamation No. 53 KBB 2005, issued on September 20, 2005, and extended by Proclamation Nos. 60 KBB 2005, 67 KBB 2005, 74 KBB 2005, 9 KBB 2006, and 15 KBB 2006;
WHEREAS, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the state of Louisiana causing severe flooding and damage to the southern part of the state, which has threatened the safety, health, and security of the citizens of the state of Louisiana, along with private property and public facilities;
WHEREAS, approximately forty-one (41) fire and police departments within the Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service System have been catastrophically impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, rendering their local civil service boards unable to provide for testing as required by R.S. 33:2471, et seq., and R.S. 33:2531, et seq.;
WHEREAS, the emergency staffing needs of these fire and police departments have increased dramatically due to emergency conditions and shifting populations, and the state law limiting emergency appointments within this civil service system to ten (10) days failed to contemplate a disaster of this magnitude;
WHEREAS, there is a need to facilitate the matching of displaced fire and police personnel with critical staffing needs in other fire and police departments statewide;
WHEREAS, current state law requires that applicants for entrance employment with fire and police departments within the Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service be tested only after approval of a local civil service board following the posting of four (4) individual publications over a thirty (30) day period in the Official Journal of the jurisdiction;
WHEREAS, R.S. 29:724(D)(1) authorizes the governor to suspend the provisions of any regulatory statute prescribing the procedures for conduct of state business, or the orders, rules, regulations of any state agency, if strict compliance with the provisions of any statute, order, rule, or regulation would in any way prevent, hinder, or delay necessary action in coping with the emergency; and
WHEREAS, the Office of the State Examiner has requested the continued suspension of the time limit as set forth in R.S. 33:2496(C) and R.S. 33:2556(3) to meet the critical staffing needs of fire and police departments statewide and also to suspend other certain provisions of R.S. 33:2492(A) and R.S. 33:2552(1), more specifically the posting and advertising requirements for tests administered on a statewide basis;
NOW THEREFORE I, KATHLEEN BABINEAUX BLANCO, Governor of the state of Louisiana, by virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana, do hereby order and direct as follows:
SECTION 1: R.S. 33:2496(C) and R.S. 33:2556(3) are hereby suspended to the extent that it limits an emergency appointment to a classified service position to ten (10) days. However, the authority to make such emergency appointments as well as other provisions of R.S. 33:2496(C) and R.S. 33:2556(3) shall remain in effect.
SECTION 2: R.S. 33:2492(A) and R.S. 33:2552(1), which require local posting and advertising are hereby suspended. The Office of the State Examiner shall administer statewide testing for entrance firefighter and police officer on an emergency basis.
SECTION 3: The state examiner is hereby authorized and directed to take any action as necessary to administer entrance tests on an emergency basis, and to ensure that emergency appointments by local fire and police departments are not used to circumvent other provisions of civil service law. Applicants may request further information regarding emergency testing procedures by calling (225) 925-4400 or by visiting
SECTION 4: All departments, commissions, boards, offices, entities, agencies, and officers of the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, are authorized and directed to cooperate with the implementation of the provisions of this Order.
SECTION 5: This Order is effective upon signature and shall continue in effect until Friday, June 30, 2006, unless amended, modified, terminated, or rescinded by the governor, or terminated by operation of law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand officially and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of Louisiana, at the Capitol, in the city of Baton Rouge, on this 14th day of March, 2006.
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
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Camera by Kevin Scheafer
Edited by Xavi Marrades Orga
Associate Producer: Franz Barosy
Interview by Marc Santo
As one of the founding members of East Village Radio during its pirate days, Veronica Vasicka began collecting obscure and long-forgotten records that fell somewhere between the cold wave, post-punk and minimal synth genres. Not knowing what to classify these bands as, she coined the genre "minimal wave" and set up the website Minimalwave.org as an online resource to share her finds with the rest of the world.
The website quickly garnered a cult-like following amongst record collectors and DJs, and Veronica set out on a manhunt around Europe in search of the music's original creators. Veronica's contagious enthusiasm for these artists set the music blogosphere aflame, so she set up the Minimal Wave label to release the tracks of the genre she helped define. Most of the bands featured on Minimal Wave recorded extremely limited copies of their work (mostly in basement and bedroom studios) and were shared with the world through John Peel's legendary radio show and a handful of underground music mailing lists. The genre can be defined as a stripped down, purer approach to mainstream synth pop and new wave acts like Kraftwerk, New Order and Joy Division.
In addition to running Minimal Wave, Veronica launched a second label, Cititrax, as a way of exposing contemporary synth-based acts as well as obscure house and Italo classics. She can be heard DJing around New York City and every Sunday night at her East Village Radio show, "Minimal Wave."
MARC SANTO: What is Minimal Wave?
VERONICA VASICKA: Minimal Wave is the record label and web project that I started to archive obscure new wave music. A lot of people recognize it as a genre because the music is characterized by drum machines, synthesizers and sometimes guitars. Most of the bands were active between '79 and '86, and when the technology changed and MIDI was introduced, the music became more formulaic and the genre ended. There wasn't really the genre of minimal wave until a couple of years ago when I decided that all the music I was finding fit somewhere between the genres of minimal synth and cold wave. I started it as a way to archive forgotten bands with music, translated reviews, photographs and scans, but the more I got into it, the more I realized the amount of talent that had been overlooked. In 2004, I was DJing in Brooklyn and started playing a lot of minimal wave tracks that hadn't come out yet. One of these tracks was "The Devil's Dancers" by Oppenheimer Analysis and people went crazy for the song. At that point I knew it had to be more than an archive, so I started the label. Today the website is full of discographies, interviews, a music player and an active community of people who join to talk about records and record collecting. My goal with all this is to get the music out to the public and give it a special place in the world.
MARC: How have you tracked down the artists and how have they reacted to re-issuing their songs 30 years later?
VERONICA: I usually start by emailing just to get an idea of where they're at in their life. Most people are surprised that someone even knows their music and they're usually interested in doing something. From there we'll decide on how we should go about releasing their work. Most bands only recorded a handful of cassettes in their bedrooms and that was it. Oppenheimer Analysis was my first release and they had an album with only 200 copies made. Andy Oppenheimer is related to J.R. Oppenheimer, who designed the atomic bomb. Today he's a nuclear weapons consultant who writes for the BBC. Most of the artists aren't doing music, but Oppenheimer Analysis are back together and working on music again, which is great.
MARC: Were there American or New York bands making this music?
VERONICA: Most of the action was in Europe, so people from all over the world would send their cassettes to a label in France through a mailing list. Most of the New York bands were on the fringe of the art and the no wave scene and they were making minimal synth music without knowing how they fit into the big picture. The Found Tapes is a compilation I put out that archives North American minimal wave from 1981 to 1986. It features most of the Canadian and American bands that were making this kind of music.
MARC: Is there a minimal wave scene in New York today?
VERONICA: A French DJ named DJ Gilles initiated the New York scene. He's back in Paris now, but in 2001 he was throwing parties in Brooklyn and the group that surrounded those parties became inspired to create their own music and have been making it the old fashioned analog way. I've noticed a lot of bands popping up on MySpace that are using synthesizers and drum machines that sound like they could be from 1985 and it's really fascinating to see that that's popular amongst the newer indie crowd. I don't know how long it's going to last, but I think now is the time.
MARC: What is Cititrax and what are your plans for the future?
VERONICA: Cititrax is dedicated to newer bands and other stuff I like. I was going nuts with Minimal Wave and getting hyperfocused on the project. Minimal Wave can sometimes be associated with bleakness and darkness and that doesn't reflect exactly who I am, so I wanted to express myself through another label. Z Factor was the first band on Cititrax and it's an old house project from Chicago. Last year Peanut Butter Wolf's label, Stones Throw, contacted me to do a compilation, which to me was a sign of success because he brought minimal wave to an entirely different audience. That's what I always intended on doing.
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Should a pastor have long hair? Most people I know would say that it does not make any difference at all. Yet 1 Cor. 11:14 seems to exclude the possibility of a male pastor having long hair. The minister in question is otherwise conservative and reformed in his beliefs.
Your question is an interesting one. Let's begin with issue of 1 Cor. 11:14. I might suggest that we re-word your question, as Paul is talking about men in general in 1 Cor. 14 and not ministers in particular. Whatever Paul is saying here, it applies to men and not ministers alone.
There is a variety of opinion on this verse. Some take the view that Paul is stating that the very order of nature ethically asserts that it is shameful for a man to have long hair. In this view, long hair for a man, in and of itself, would be sin. Hodge and Kistemaker appear to adopt this view. They add that Jewish men would likely not have had long hair, unless under the Nazarite vow. Other commentaries take the view that long hair, per se, is not the issue here, but what it potentially represents—gender confusion. Those in this camp note a variety of sources that indicate that long hair was acceptable among Jewish men and others during the biblical period. Calvin and Thiselton take this view. "Historical records bear, that in all countries in ancient times, that is, in the first ages, men wore long hair" (Calvin's commentary on 1 Corinthians, 361). I clearly am more convinced by the latter view. This in large part due to the word "shame" (amatio) used here in 1 Cor. 11:14 and also in Romans 1:26. The latter reference likewise has to do with gender confusion, and I believe is consistent with Paul's concern with the Corinthians. In both churches, homosexuality was an in issue. Paul rebukes this as sinful, and calls it shameful. This is unambiguous in Romans 1:26, which even clarifies how nature "teaches" this point; it does so by allowing them to "receive in themselves the due penalty for their error" (Romans 1:27). This seems to unambiguously refer to the natural diseases and maladies that come from homosexual behavior. It appears to me that in 1 Cor. 11:14 Paul is addressing the fact that Greek men were expressing their homosexual tendencies through the culturally recognizable sign of wearing long hair. Calvin affirms this as well (362 of same commentary). Likewise, women were also expressing their gender confusion by having their hair cut. I am personally not convinced that Paul is saying that it is a sin for a man to have long hair in and of itself, any more than he is saying that it is a sin for a woman to have short hair. It strikes me as odd that often people express concern about men having long hair, but rarely does the subject of women having short hair come up. Perhaps that is because it has become more culturally normal for women to have short hair than for men to have long hair. But Paul clearly addresses both in 1 Cor. 11:14-16. To summarize my view, it seems that the analogy of scripture would inform us that Paul's real concern is not the length of hair per se, but what is being communicated by it in a given context. If gender confusion, whether homosexuality or insubordination is being communicated, this is shameful, as even nature teaches.
I would add to the discussion a little more about Jewish men. There is not much (if any) OT biblical support to the idea of Jewish men having short hair as an ethical rule. The Nazarite vow required men to stop cutting their hair, but does not really address how long or short it was before that. But I would raise this point rhetorically: if nature teaches that it is a shame for men to have long hair according to the understanding above, does it cease "teaching" this when men take the Nazarite vow? The law and nature teach the same thing, thus it would be odd for the law to institute a practice that violates the law of nature.
To step beyond the biblical picture, it is provocative to notice the way in which paintings of our Lord relate to this issue. They certainly don't settle the issue, but they raise some interesting questions. You are probably familiar with the pictures of Jesus with long hair and robe, short hair and a suit and tie, and even African American Jesus. I'm not a fan of any of these pictures, but the one thing they prove is that we tend to project our culture backward as we imagine people from the biblical world. Your question is phrased very well in that you are asking it biblically. My only point here is that we should be careful not to impose our culture on the Bible (I am sure you agree). As an example, it is interesting to me that in the Puritan/colonial period, men not only wore long hair, some of them who did not have the hair even wore wigs! While long hair was not a rule among them (I would be cautious to even call it the norm), it was certainly a respectable option for godly men. I am sure they were aware of 1 Cor. 11:14, and likely appreciated Calvin's interpretation.
So what does long hair for a man communicate now? I think this is an important question. If it clearly is associated with homosexuality, than it would be unwise for a minister or any Christian man to wear it that way. But I would be a long way from believing that this is the case today. Homosexual men, to my knowledge, are not identified by wearing long hair. In fact, short hair is likely more dominant than long (the "metro-sexual" look?). Length of hair, at least in our day, does not seem to send a clear ethical signal one way or another. Thus, I would argue that a man is free to have long hair, and a woman is free to have short hair.
There is one last thing I would add. I think motives are something to consider. In other words, what might motivate a man to have long hair? If it is pride, vanity, etc., that would be sinful or at least unwise. But I find 1 Corinthians 7:4 helpful here. In this passage, the husband "has authority" over the wife's body, and the wife "has authority" over the husband's body. The context seems to be physical intimacy. It is my sense that husbands and wives ought to care for and even adorn their bodies for no one other than their spouse. Our bodies are not our own. They belong the Lord foremost, and have been given as gifts to our spouses who "have authority" over our bodies. The implication here is that if a wife prefers her husband to wear his hair short, he should. The opposite is also true. Servant-hood is the pattern, even when it comes to how we care for and adorn our bodies.
In conclusion, if a man has long hair, it may or may not be appropriate. Homosexuality is always inappropriate (a "shame"), but long hair on a man does not always send that signal. There may be other reasons that make it inappropriate (or even appropriate.), like motives, ministerial context, etc.
I hope this is helpful.
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There are more chat vendors and services than dealers know what to do with, and with so many different possible features it can be difficult to sort through them all.
What features are most important to you?
Would you prefer full service where the vendor's associates chat for you 24/7? A program where your own people chat, but the vendor covers you during off hours? Or only the option to chat yourself?
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If you have found a chat service that meets all of your needs, I would love to hear about that too!
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Hi Amanda, I wanted to give you my opinion on this issue. I can tell you that the first questions most dealers have is "How Much", normally asking price prior to the value :-) In my experience the only main goal and focus that the dealer has and want to achieve is RESULTS. Features etc. is all wonderful but most dealers dont have time or really care about anything other than results.Proactive chat invites are proven to increase the leads and conversion by MUCH MUCH higher numbers(50% plus). If you are concerned about the proactive invite , you can always get custom settings to make the chat icon go away after how ever many seconds you wish. If you are looking to truly benefit from chat and the focus is results then the proactive chat should be a non issue. If you are focused on "annoying" customers then maybe chat might not even be the best solution. I believe you have to do it the correct proven result way or not at all.
Depending on what chat provider you choose, the chats with chat transcript is sent to your CRM/email within seconds. It comes through as "CHAT Lead from Company abc". I have extensive background and stories on why chat works and why it fails.
I do not believe in staff answering chats at any given time. Yes some might disagree but eventually they either drop it or go full service. Why do i say this? If you do not have a staff "dedicated" to chat ONLY, that picks it up in a very timely manner, or you need to leave to attend to a customer then you are really leaving a customer hanging and after waiting very long - trust me they will hardly ever return.
The other issue is that when people engage in chat, they are on your site because they are not ready to talk on the phone or be in your store yet. Sales people communicate the same "pressure" level through chat that they would in person or via phone. There is unique processes and ways to get full information and contact information via chat that works. Its really a fine art. If you have a full staffed BDC that can answer chat and it will always be answered quick - then you NEED to invest in training those individuals to the proper chat method. It is nothing like a phone call or an email. Doing it the correct way is how you establish trust and a pleasant first website experience.
The goal is to provide an informational and educated chat with knowing when to push for the appointment. It is a wonderful tool! Pricing is the next major issue. Some dealers wish to spend the $2k a month while others are cutting down on costs during he best more challenging economic times. I do not wish to promote my company or yours or demote either. Only giving my opinion. Chat allows to connect with your potential shoppers and engage them as early as possible. Hope this gives you some answers :-)
Hi Amanda,
Meeting and greeting a customer when they visit your virtual showroom is as valuable as when they walk into your brick and mortar facility. Unfortunately, customers often have their own shopping strategy when they visit you on the WWW or car row that doesn't necessarily synch with yours. You must be sensitive to their preferences and provide a consistent process that offers a personal solution.
The transparency and relevancy that today's internet empowered customers demand suggests the use of a customer interaction platforrm -- Chat -- however, customers often turn to the internet to start shopping for a vehicle because they like the privacy that the glass wall between them and the auto dealer provides. The solution lies in how you introduce your personal contact on your virtual showroom -- much like the way that a sales consultant should approach a customer when they visit your brick and mortar dealership.
Rather that making my suggestions in long form perhaps the following bullet points will highlight some best practices and key areas that a "chat" program should provide:
That should be enough to start this forum going for additional best practices and I hope that it helps in your search for a comprehensive state of the art Chat program. In summary -- yes, a customer interaction program is a must given the tendancy of today's internet empowered customer to use the WWW to filter out the dealership and their people from their shopping process.
Frankly, people, personality and relationships are important to the customer and the auto dealer even if though some customers may not realize it. It is your job to make a friend and then a sale and that is hard to do when the only thing representing your dealership is your website with no people providing the opportunity to build a relationship vs. only providing product and price information.
After all, what are friends -- and chat programs -- for!
No disagreement there! Customized solutions are not limited to the customers! Platforms that provide custom installations and integrated processes with established systems at the deaelrship are critical.
I also just read your reply and I agree that unless the dealer's staff is trained in the unique art of online chat vs. phone calls or emails they will fail! Outsourcing may be a solution as an alternative to having a qualified in-house staff meeting and greeting your virtual customers, however, given the opportunity of the newer customer interaction platforms to continue as an online transaction tool I suggest that you grow your own team and process.
The next generation of Chat is online transactions using two way video and complete push/pull capabilities and most outsourced BDCs and call centers won't be able to accomodate that.
Find your above 1st explanation very informative and objective, and concur that dealership staff handling is usually not the best practice in gaining more showroom traffic along with the integration of leads, from 1st hand experience as a GM/Dealer for 20+ years. Have learned that CarChat24 is of the best in so many respects and yes for the dollar especially... Ty
Hi Amanda,
My brother was a State Class Champion Trap shooter here in Michigan for a couple of years running. His "trademark" was he used an old field gun(not designed to use for Trap) that he had a trap sight mounted on. His talent was less about the tool and more about how to use whatever tool he had. Over the years he could pretty much shoot anything and get good results. Our Chat Tools at our store are very modest in cost. about 225.00/yr. It is not that we are cheap, it is more about learning to use what we had and now it fits us like a well worn pair of shoes.
Speaking from my experience only, in one location here in the mid-west, We Love Chat! We have found that if we can engage in a two way, having the right inventory and price become less important. We are live with inventory specialists who can make decisions in real time. We are "on air" around 18 hours/day. Our folks, starting with our ISM prefers to do as much of the chat as he can, he understands it to be GOLD and rolls over the sessions to "next available" until someone answers. We have "someones" lined up wanting to grab, take a crack at the opportunity because they understand that they are GOLD as well.
Absolutely no pressure applied. We engage with a disarming "folksie" presence. A typical answer to a complicated question will often start out with something like "ok, here's the scoop". If the consumer were to ask about a particular yellow used car and if we still have it...we train to say something like "yup, we sure do, you can't miss that one on the lot, I saw it this morning....if you can hold a sec, I'll shout at one of the salesmen and make sure there isn't a hold or sold tag in it"....When a chatter asks what his/her car is worth, we pull up Manhiem and give a range....and then suggest "hey, when you bring it in for the appraisal, if it isn't clean, swing by the car wash and bring me the receipt, I'll catch you back when you get here, it will help me a bunch when I get it appraised", If the weather has been especially noteworthy lately, we try to work in something about it,just as we do on the lot, we sell ourselves first.....We avoid disingenuous statements like "what a great selection you have made" or "I am sure you are going to like it". The first thing we had to decide was that who ever takes the Chat has to have the authority to present a deal and live by his words and at the same time protect the house. After that, is was allow people to sell on chat just like they do on the lot. Real sales people doing what they do best. Our process may not work for many but has worked exceedingly well for us. Our focus has been on what we do with the tool, not so much about the tool itself. No shortage of personnel wanting to participate for 18 hours per day, interest falls off after midnight. I do not doubt that there are better chat models out there and perhaps someday we will migrate to one of them, but for now we are sticking with the old, ugly gun. We use chat to differentiate our store from others who are less personal and are focused on dragging the up in or begging for a phone number. More times than not, they ask us to call. More times than not, they come in. More times than not, they buy. We Love Chat!
Heck, you nailed it! Your local lingo aside -- although it is a perfect example of talking with your customers vs. at or even to them -- I agree!
"Frankly, people, personality and relationships are important to the customer and the auto dealer even if though some customers may not realize it. It is your job to make a friend and then a sale and that is hard to do when the only thing representing your dealership is your website with no people providing the opportunity to build a relationship vs. only providing product and price information."
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After venturing beyond its core game franchise, Rovio is back with another variation of its hit Angry Birds game, this one called Bad Piggies.
While much of the game play will remain a mystery until it comes out on iOS, Android and Mac starting Sept. 27, Rovio confirms that it has turned the Angry Birds plot on its head, with players in the role of the pigs instead of the birds. And there are no slingshots.
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An important set of principles can be taken to heart. How do the Cayman Islands support their projects? A group of offshore companies register there in order to escape the tax burdens of all the other countries in the world.
What the member is suggesting is that Canada should be a tax haven for all the misfit companies around the world that want to escape their rightful obligation to pay their taxes to their rightful government.
Now there is one hell of a good employment strategy coming from the Reform Party. Let us have a Cayman Islands employment strategy, says the Reform Party. Except I do not think Canadians want to have a Cayman Islands employment strategy.
Canada is a serious industrial country, one of the top seven countries in the world. Canadians realize we need a comprehensive strategy, not just infrastructure but a wide combination. Infrastructure is important in one element; stimulation to small business is another; reduction of the payroll tax for small business; serious training programs; real attempts to get their educational system in place, a broad based comprehensive program.
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Saturday, April 6 saw a "fabulous" opening reception for the annual exhibition of artwork by students of the Cooper Union Saturday Program. Open to the public, the exhibition, continuing until April 12, showcases works by artistically inclined New York City public high school students who receive free classes to supplement the ever-dwindling public school arts funding. The works of over two hundred students run the gamut of media including drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, graphic design, architecture, sound composition and even a spoken word component. For the first time the show acted as a fund-raiser for the program in an attempt to offset budget cuts.
"It was fabulous. The exhibition celebrates the culmination of two semesters-worth of art work by New York City public high school students", Marina Gutierrez (A'81), Director of the Saturday Program, says. She described the opening as a happy "mob scene" where, "kids who may not otherwise have received a lot of encouragement in creative fields have a moment of affirmation and pride. They run around with friends and family pointing out their work. You see people from communities that are not normally art-focused." Wall texts identifying the artists add a prized note of validation.
Works are hung salon style, organized by each studio class. The architecture class, for example, will include model shelters constructed from debris left by Hurricane Sandy. The senior portfolio class will display large-scale charcoal drawings. Weather permitting, visitors on the opening day will also be treated to current students of the program reproducing works of the Old Masters in chalk on the sidewalk in front of the Foundation Building. Additionally, midway through the opening, visitors will be led to the Rose Auditorium where spoken word performances will take place.
Undergraduates of the School of Art and School of Architecture established the Saturday Program in 1968 because, "they felt that art was underfunded in New York City schools," Victoria Febrer (A'08), a former student of the program turned Cooper Union graduate turned instructor and Administrative Coordinator at the Saturday Program, says. It continues to be taught by teams of undergraduates under the tutelage of professional artists. Named after its weekly Saturday 10 - 5 schedule, the Saturday Program has become an institution within an institution, reflecting The Cooper Union's core mission of providing "public programs for the civic, cultural and practicable enrichment of New York City." Besides free class time all art supplies are provided gratis. The program has expanded to including sound design, occasional video projects and even a significant writing component. Approximate 90% of Saturday Program graduates go on to higher education, according to Ms. Gutierrez.
But budget cuts throughout Cooper Union have meant lean times for the Saturday Program, which launched its first ever fundraiser this year. For example two instructors that teach writing skills could not be paid for the second semester. "We told them we would have to let them go and they said, 'we have a job to do and we will do it just the same' " Ms. Gutierrez says, "They volunteered their time, which is heartwarming but not sustainable." The fundraiser will pay for teacher's salaries, model fees and even light bulbs for clamp lights in the drawing class, among other things, Ms. Gutierrez says. For the first time the show itself worked as a fundraiser, including the passing of a hat, "church style," according Ms. Gutierrez, that netted over $1000. "It was noticable how the spirit of the show was raised to a new level when people felt more ownership by donating," she said.
Donations have been coming in, often from grateful former students or their parents. Ms. Gutierrez recalled one mother of a former student who came into her office, crying. "I thought something terrible must have happened so I had her sit down," she recalls. "The woman, for whom English was not her native language, said to me, 'All these years we sent our son to your classes and we just assumed the money came from somewhere else.' So she reached into her purse and pulled out a $100 bill." The Saturday Program continues to reach out for donations in an effort to attain their goal of $15,000. "I really learned something in terms of how actively people want to be a part of the program by donating," Ms. Gutierrez says. "And these are people who don't have a ton of money."


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The ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act request under expedited processing to the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security earlier today.
"The American Civil Liberties Union today demanded information from the government about reports that an active military unit has been deployed inside the U.S. to help with 'civil unrest' and 'crowd control' – matters traditionally handled by civilian authorities," a press release on the ACLU site explains. "This deployment jeopardizes the longstanding separation between civilian and military government, and the public has a right to know where and why the unit has been deployed, according to an ACLU Freedom of Information request filed today."
|Amy Goodman on September 22, 2008, reporting on the deployment of the 1st Brigade Combat Team within the United States.
"The military's deployment within U.S. borders raises critical questions that must be answered," said Jonathan Hafetz, staff attorney with the ACLU National Security Project. "What is the unit's mission? What functions will it perform? And why was it necessary to deploy the unit rather than rely on civilian agencies and personnel and the National Guard? Given the magnitude of the issues at stake, it is imperative that the American people know the truth about this new and unprecedented intrusion of the military in domestic affairs."
The latest request falls on the heels of an FOIA filed on October 17 with the Justice Department and the National Security Agency. The previous request demands the agencies disclose "any policies and procedures" that protect Americans' privacy rights when the NSA "collects, stores and disseminates private U.S. communications." As Melissa Goodman, a staff attorney with the ACLU's National Security Project, noted, "the American public needs to know whether the NSA's procedures are sufficiently protective of our privacy rights. Unfortunately, there is often no meaningful court oversight of the NSA's surveillance activities and the NSA is left to police itself."
Earlier this year, Siobhan Gorman of The Wall Street Journal reported on the specifics of the NSA's "driftnet" surveillance efforts. Paul Kiel, writing for TPM Muckraker, provided the following summary of that system:
Here's the way the whole thing works, according to Gorman: into the NSA's massive database goes data collected by the Justice Department, Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Treasury. This information includes data about email (recipient and sender address, subject, time sent), internet searches (sites visited and searches conducted), phone calls (incoming and outgoing numbers, length of call, location), financial information (wire transfers, credit-card use, information about bank accounts), and information from the DHS about airline passengers.
Then the NSA's software analyzes this data for indications of terrorist activity. When it hits upon a suspicious pattern, the NSA "feeds its findings into the effort the administration calls the Terrorist Surveillance Program and shares some of that information with other U.S. security agencies."
The so-called Terrorist Surveillance Program is nothing short of a resurrection of the Pentagon's Total Information Awareness program, which was allegedly de-funded by Congress after details became public. Instead, it was rolled into NSA and is now classified. The NSA driftnet, according to Gorman, has a budget of $1 billion.
It is important to note that data collected by way of the NSA's lavishly funded driftnet is fed into a database shared by "other U.S. security agencies," no doubt including Northern Command with an active military unit — tasked with "civil unrest" and "crowd control" duties — at its disposal.
|Alex Jones on military surveillance of antiwar protests.
In January, 2007, the ACLU received documents through FOIA indicating that the Pentagon, under its domestic surveillance program, had monitored at least 186 antiwar protests in the United States and collected more than 2,800 reports involving Americans in a single anti-terrorism database. The Pentagon said they were spying on domestic antiwar and peace groups and compiling data in order to detect threats against military installations. A Pentagon unit known as Counterintelligence Field Activity, or CIFA, organized by Donald Rumsfeld after September 11, 2001, was created specifically for this purpose (see Walter Pincus, Pentagon's Intelligence Authority Widens, the Washington Post, December 19, 2005). In April of this year, CIFA supposedly fell, a victim of bad publicity thanks to yet another ACLU FOIA. As it turns out, CIFA had not only abused National Security Letters, but managed TALON, a database that included information about antiwar protests planned at churches, schools and Quaker meeting halls.
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CIFA also hosted the Joint Protection Enterprise Network, or JPEN, according to research conducted by the Agonist. JPEN allows DoD employees to enter "nonvalidated domestic threat information," that is to say "anything and everything that someone thinks is suspicious." General Richard B. Myers, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave a speech on May 11, 2004, and said JPEN was
relatively cheap; it was also off-the-shelf software that was modified. It was born Joint from the beginning. It took 90 days to get from the idea to a prototype and another 60 days to get 30 bases and headquarters equipped. NORTHCOM operates it. I think we need to continue that type of information sharing outside the military; it's got to go beyond just military installations.
On the day after Meyers made this comment, he told the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations the Northcom JPEN "network provides the means to share unclassified force protection information rapidly between military installations in the Continental United States, increasing their situational awareness and security significantly. Although currently operating only on military installations, JPEN has the potential to be expanded to share terrorist information with Federal, State and local agencies as well."
As noted above, the Pentagon and the NSA are more interested in monitoring antiwar and peace groups than actual terrorists. The fact Northcom is running a domestic "threat assessment" database populated with data on antiwar activists should send up a big time red flag. This is particularly ominous considering the deployment of a Iraq battle hardened brigade domestically.
It now appears the the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security — and we can only assume local law enforcement as well, as Meyers suggested back in 2006 — are sharing a "threat assessment" and terrorist database. How long before actionable information is passed down to the brigade level?
Hopefully, the ACLU's FIOA will turn up more information on the emerging police state control grid going online. Unfortunately, we are but one "terrorist event" away from this system being used to identify, track, trace, and round up the opposition. If we are to believe Joe Biden, Colin Powell, and Madelaine Albright, this event may happen as soon as the end of January, 2009.
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The Mayor of Verona caused controversy by telling Mario Balotelli he shouldn't "provoke" if he wants to avoid racist abuse.
Flavio Tosi, who is a member of the anti-immigration Lega Nord party, made the comments ahead of Saturday's Serie A opener Hellas Verona-Milan.
There are fears of racist incidents, as the Verona fans have been punished for this behaviour in the past.
"Will I reassure Balotelli about coming to Verona? There are two aspects here," noted Tosi on Radio Sportiva.
"One is the fans, the other is the club that has always worked hard to improve the behaviour of the fans other than those four idiots. If someone acts like a cretin, he'll be in the minority.
"However, if Balotelli provoked people a bit less, then it would be even better. There are many black players, but not all of them stoke the ire of the opposition fans. Most have no problems. Balotelli is very good at making himself unlikeable."
The comments from the Mayor of Verona come after Lazio ultras released a statement explaining their monkey noises at black Juventus players were "not racist."
Lazio have been forced to close down the Curva Nord for their next home game as punishment for the jeering during the Italian Super Cup.
Although the Biancocelesti ultras insist their behaviour is not racist, they have agreed to stop making the noises "to silence the hypocrites."
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