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I stole this from Cam...but changed her answers. :)
I Am: interested in everything
I Have: too much time on my hands some days at work
I Think: that i should get to play outside all day
I Know: that God is good
I Dislike: the dark
I Miss: Athens in the spring
I Fear: that no one likes me
I Feel: a little insecure most days
I Want: to do great things and travel the world
I Smell: my pomegranite Orbit gum in my purse
I Crave: warm cookies
I Cry: when i feel really lonely
I Usually: don't use my free time wisely
I Search: for the good in everything
I Wonder: why I can't adopt the whole continent of Africa and Asia
I Care: about orphans
I Love: PATRICK and kitties and Libby Gray and Melanie, Evie, and Jessica
I Regret: not investing in people better
I Always: love to get letters and flowers
I Worry: that we focus too much on what we disagree on rather than what we have in common
I Am Not: a big fan of vegetables, or even a small one
I Remember: the kindergarteners in Tokyo that wear yellow plastic hats and yellow boots
I Dance: in dressing rooms and in front of mirrors...always
I Don't Always: think before i speak
I Write: whenever something moves my heart
I Win: only at state capital contests
I Wish: I could spend time in every country in the world
I Argue: more than i should
I Listen: to the sounds of children all day
I Lose: at most games
I Don't Understand: why adults don't get a summer break or spring break
I Can Usually Be Found: watching America's Next Top Model, Ellen, or 24
I Am Scared: of the ocean
I Need: lots of people around me all the time
I Forget: how blessed i am
I Am: excited about lots of things
Friday, January 30, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
"Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Dreams are being fulfilled
Today dreams are being fulfilled.
I wrote the following in my journal last night during worship at Bethel:
"There is a joy in the room tonight during worship. We just watched Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I have a dream' speech. Our level of expectancy is rising in the room. Dreams from long ago are starting to be fulfilled. We are encouraged. And we're ready to see what's about to unfold.
Today is MLK Day. Who we are today as a class, church, city, state, and country is the fulfillment of a dream spoken of by MLK. We are the fulfillment of his dream he declared in 1963. Blacks, whites, Asians, Hispanics and many others are gathered around together worshiping tonight, thanking God that MLK's dream came to fruition.
Shawn Bolz is speaking in a little while and he once had a dream that a generation would be raised up that carried radical things. And that not just the leaders of a movement would hear from God, prophesy and heal, but that an entire generation would be equipped to do those things. We are a fulfillment of that dream.
Tomorrow, President Elect Barack Obama will become the President of the United States. He will be the first black president. He will usher in equality, courage and compassion in a way that can only be done by him. He is an equal, and he is the fulfillment of a dream. "
Today as I watched Obama accept the Presidency, I was overwhelmed with emotion. This is an awesome time in history and I feel so honored to get to be a part of it.
I'm committed to praying for our new President. I want him to succeed. I want him to be honored. I want him to encounter God in new ways. I want him to increase in knowledge and wisdom. I want him to increase in compassion. He is a symbol of hope to so many Americans. I pray that God would use him powerfully to rally this nation together. We are powerful when we are unified. And as easy as it is to hate on someone you don't necessarily agree with, I am choosing to love and not hate. To speak highly of him and to bless him. And I am making a declaration that he will do things in this country that no other president has been able to do. He was brought in for such a time as this. He has something to offer this generation. And it's going to be awesome to see it manifest.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
The Year of Restoration
2008 was the "Year of New Beginnings."
2009 is the "Year of Restoration." I believe this refers to the restoration of apostles to the church. The restoration of the mothers and fathers of faith for this generation. Restoration of 5-fold ministry. Restoration of identities. Restoration of dreams. Restoration of relationships and hearts. Of purity and beauty. Of love and of what grace was intended to be (not just a ticket to heaven, but the keys that unlock realms of the impossible).
One exercise we did in school several weeks ago was one regarding our identity and declaration. We all laid out on the floor and spent 1 1/2-2 hours asking God to tell us who we were. Soaking music played in the background as we started to see things in us that we always hoped would be there. Things that we never thought possible. Things that we'd been dreaming about since we were children. New things that seemed unfathomable, but were completely possible with a limitless God. The interns walked around and prophesied over us which helped confirm many of the things the Spirit was telling us.
At the end of this time, many of us had written down page after page of all the things God had showed us. In a sense, God had cast a vision for us for our lives.
One by one we lined up to make declarations to our class about who we were, and how God saw us. This was tough because God spoke to a lot of insecurities and lies that we believed about ourselves, and we had to stand in front of 70+ people and tell people the truth about who we were. The truth about what was deep inside of us. The truth that we had been concealing and hiding from others. The things we weren't ready for people to know. The things we didn't think we could steward once others knew about them. I wanted to share two different things here with you; who God told me that I am, and then my declarations and dreams that I have for the year 2009.
I am a healer of hearts and relationships.
I will change the way people hear and think about God.
I make people feel at home.
I am a safe place for people. In me people can find rest.
I carry radical grace and peace and I will continually walk into deeper and deeper levels of freedom.
I will see healing by touching without prayer.
I am marked for greatness.
I'm worth getting to know.
I carry an inner strength that can be imparted.
I am significant and loved.
I am beautiful.
I am worth encouraging.
I am a treasure-hunter in heaven.
I will have radical encounters with God and see visions and angels.
I carry a spirit of revelation.
I have the keys that unlock God's heart.
I will carry the love of Jesus to hundreds of nations.
I will see hospital numbers decrease and the need for hospitals decrease because sickness will no longer be able to hold a candle to the sons and daughters of God that are rising up and stepping into their identities.
For 2009:
I will see thousands healed. I will see nations being discipled. I will encounter God in new and radical ways. I will walk and grow in intimacy daily. I will see hearts healed. People will encounter God through my art. We will be blessed financially. Our dreams will increase 100-fold. Night-time sleep will be full of the sweetness of the presence of God. Revelation of Jesus and of heaven and of God's heart will happen daily. We will have angelic visitations. Patrick and I will go to places in the Spirit together. Our families will start to be transformed by the love that we carry and steward. Whenever we take territory, others will also get that territory (Deut. 11:24). Life will be abundant. We will see the dead raised and it will be normal. Patrick will get business ideas. I will find my place here and have clarity added to my passions and heart.
The cool thing about dreams is that we can dream in two ways. One: we can dream dreams that are so big that they can't be completed in our lifetime. Two: we can dream dreams that would be impossible unless God showed up. So....basically we need to dream BIG. bigger than we ever thought possible. Because God wants to show up in BIG ways.
So start dreaming big dreams and let God show up. Dreams are being restored this year. :)
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You are being attacked by a group, by plunder and deceit, they are mercilessly destroying your standard of living, stealing your kids future, and are responsible for countless deaths of the needy and vulnerable. It is not done by accident, but by deliberate actions to enrich themselves and their friends. The pain you and yours suffer is life long, and is nothing short of unnecessary brutal violence. What ever action you take to defend your friends and family can only be labelled self defence. Under no circumstances can self defence be held up as a crime, the crime is that you have suffered so long and are still suffering such injustice, poverty and deprivation at the hands of the few, in the midst of unimaginable wealth, that you and your friends created. The laws that bind us to this injustice are produced by the plunderers to protect their purloined wealth and power. They have built a powerful apparatus to enforce these chains that bind us, it lives under the name of the "judiciary system" For us to willing uphold these biased "laws" is to continue to subject ourselves to subservience, and accept our present state of injustice, poverty and deprivation, it is to abandon our children and grand children to the same stunted future. We the many have to decide to make our own "laws" and stop playing this savage game to the loaded rules of the plunderers. In a few simple words we have to accept we are in a class war and self defence is never a crime.
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Cosmicism is the literary philosophy developed and used by the American writer H. P. Lovecraft in his weird fiction.[1] Lovecraft was a writer of philosophically intense horror stories that involve occult phenomena like astral possession and alien miscegenation, and the themes of his fiction over time contributed to the development of this philosophy.
The philosophy of cosmicism states that there is no recognizable divine presence, such as a god, in the universe, and that humans are particularly insignificant in the larger scheme of intergalactic existence, and perhaps are just a small species projecting their own mental idolatries onto the vast cosmos.[2][citation needed] This also suggests that the majority of undiscerning humanity are creatures with the relative significance of insects and plants, when compared to the universe.[citation needed]
The most prominent theme in cosmicism is the insignificance of humanity. Cosmicism shares many characteristics with nihilism, though one important difference is that cosmicism tends to emphasize the insignificance of humanity and its doings, rather than summarily rejecting the possible existence of some higher purpose (or purposes). For example, in Lovecraft's Cthulhu stories, it is not the absence of meaning that causes terror for the protagonists, as it is their discovery that they have absolutely no power to change anything in the vast, indifferent universe that surrounds them.[citation needed] In Lovecraft's stories, whatever meaning or purpose may be invested in the actions of the cosmic beings is completely inaccessible to the human characters.[citation needed]
Lovecraft's cosmicism was a result of his complete disdain for all things religious[citation needed], his feeling of humanity's existential helplessness in the face of what he called the "infinite spaces" opened up by scientific thought, and his belief that humanity was fundamentally at the mercy of the vastness and emptiness of the cosmos.[3] In his fictional works, these ideas are often explored humorously ("Herbert West–Reanimator," 1922), through fantastic dream-like narratives ("The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath," 1927), or through his well-known Cthulhu Mythos ("The Call of Cthulhu," 1928, and others). Common themes related to cosmicism in Lovecraft's fiction are the insignificance of humanity in the universe[4] and the search for knowledge ending in disaster.[5]
Lovecraft's work also tended to impress fear of the other onto the reader, such as in The Dunwich Horror and Dagon, often portraying that which is unknown as a terrible threat to the rest of humanity. This is possibly a reflection of his own personal views, which were often insular and paranoid.
Cosmic indifferentismEdit
Though cosmicism appears deeply pessimistic, H.P. Lovecraft thought of himself as neither a pessimist nor an optimist but rather a "scientific" or "cosmic" indifferentist,[6] a theme expressed in his fiction. In Lovecraft's work, human beings are often subject to powerful beings and other cosmic forces, but these forces are not so much malevolent as they are indifferent toward humanity.[7] This indifference is an important theme in cosmicism. The noted Lovecraft scholar S. T. Joshi asserts that "Lovecraft constantly engaged in (more or less) genial debates on religion with several colleagues, notably the pious writer and teacher Maurice W. Moe. Lovecraft was a strong and antireligious atheist; he considered religion not merely false but dangerous to social and political progress."[8] As such, Lovecraft's cosmicism is not religious at all, but rather a version of his mechanistic materialism. Lovecraft thus embraced a philosophy of cosmic indifferentism. He believed in a meaningless, mechanical, and uncaring universe that human beings, with their naturally limited faculties, could never fully understand. His viewpoint made no allowance for religious beliefs which could not be supported scientifically. The incomprehensible, cosmic forces of his tales have as little regard for humanity as humans have for insects.[9]
Though personally irreligious, Lovecraft used various "gods" in his stories, particularly the Cthulhu-related tales, to expound cosmicism. However, Lovecraft never conceived of them as supernatural, but extraterrestrials who understand and obey a set of natural laws which to human understanding seem magical. These beings (the Great Old Ones, Outer Gods and others) — though dangerous to humankind — are portrayed as neither good nor evil, and human notions of morality have no significance for these beings. Indeed, they exist in cosmic realms beyond human understanding. As a symbol, this is representative of the kind of universe that Lovecraft believed in.[10] Though some of these beings have - and in some cases create - cults to honor them, to the vast majority of these beings the human race is so insignificant that they aren't given any consideration whatsoever.
See alsoEdit
- ^ Joshi, The Annotated H. P. Lovecraft, p. 12.
- ^ https://www.gradesaver.com/selected-stories-of-hp-lovecraft/wikipedia/themes
- ^ Fritz Leiber "A Literary Copernicus,"Discovering H. P. Lovecraft, ed. Darrell Schweitzer (1987).
- ^ Price, "Lovecraft's 'Artificial Mythology'", An Epicure in the Terrible, p. 247.
- ^ Price, "Introduction", The New Lovecraft Circle, pp. xviii–xix. Price writes: "One seeks forbidden knowledge, whether wittingly or, more likely, unwittingly, but one may not know till it is too late... The knowledge, once gained, is too great for the mind of man. It is Promethean, Faustian knowledge. Knowledge that destroys in the moment of enlightenment, a Gnosis of damnation, not of salvation."
- ^ William F. Touponce (2013). Lord Dunsany, H.P. Lovecraft, and Ray Bradbury: Spectral Journeys. Scarecrow Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-8108-9220-0.
- ^ Price, "Lovecraft's 'Artificial Mythology'", p. 249.
- ^ S.T. Joshi Interview - Acid Logic e-zine
- ^ Mariconda, "Lovecraft's Concept of 'Background'", pp. 22–3, On the Emergence of "Cthulhu" & Other Observations.
- ^ Burleson, "The Lovecraft Mythos", Survey of Science Fiction Literature, p. 1284.
- Joshi, S. T. (August 1997). "Introduction". The Annotated H. P. Lovecraft. New York, NY: Dell. ISBN 0-440-50660-3.
- Houellebecq, Michel (1999). H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life. Brooklyn, NY: McSweeny. ISBN 1-932416-18-8.
- Fossemò, Sandro D. (2010). Cosmic Terror from Poe to Lovecraft. Italy.


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Ndakaziva Majaka • 7 March 2016 2:32PM • 0 comments
HARARE - Zimbabwe's platinum output is expected to surge 12 percent to 430 000 ounces (oz) on the back of the completion of an expansion project at the country's biggest mine, Zimplats, the World Platinum Investment Council (Wpic) has said.
According to Wpic's sixth quarterly report titled Platinum Quarterly Q4 2015, the authority on the physical platinum investment market based in London said global refined supply was however expected to slump one percent to 5 970 koz.
"Completion of an expansion project sees output from Zimbabwe increase to 430 koz (+12 percent), while North American production drops very slightly following a mine closure (depletion) in 2015," the investment council said.
This comes as Zimplats posted a $20,5 million operating loss for the quarter ended December 31, 2014, a direct result of the collapse of its largest mine, Bimha experienced the same year. The mine's performance during the year was impaired by the lower production volumes and metal prices as Bimha was shut down during the period.
However, the platinum miner recently said the redevelopment of its collapsed Bimha Mine was progressing well and the mine was on schedule to reach full production in April 2018, with other expansion projects also progressing well.
Apart from Zimplats, Zimbabwe has two other active platinum producers Mimosa and Unki.
Data from the Chamber of Mines shows that hat the value of platinum production fell 23 percent in 2015 at $381 million from $495 million after the platinum price slumped by approximately 24 percent in 2015 to $1 053/oz.
According to findings of a Zimbabwe Chamber of Mines-sanctioned study, titled The State of the Mining Industry Survey, Report on Findings 2015, platinum output increased from 12 483 in 2014, to 12 564 in 2015 and is projected to increase in 2016 as one of the players expects to ramp up production in 2016.
Zimbabwe supplies 12 percent of global refined production, the same as North America while South Africa is the largest at 73 percent followed by Russia at 12 percent.
Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has anchored a 2,4 percent growth in the mining sector increased output platinum and other metals.
Wpic said South African supply was projected to be two percent lower year-on-year at 4 310 koz.
Despite planned output in South Africa expected to rise three percent to 4, 535-million ounces this year, the council adjusted its forecast for the country's supply down to 4, 31-million ounces "for potential disruption — industrial action related to wage negotiations, safety stoppages, or shaft closure due to fire".
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This video for teachers explores how controversy may arise in teaching evolution in the public school classroom. It first highlights teachers around the country who discuss how they handle questions and criticism from both students and parents. It then focuses on a specific case in Merrimack, New Hampshire, in which teachers and a school district addressed the controversy.
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What Is Mortgage Fraud For Profit
What is Mortgage Fraud For Profit?
The Story:
In 2018, Sally was having trouble keeping up with her mortgage payments, and by September, she received a foreclosure notice in the mail .
a few days later, she was called by a man who said he could help .
He said she could have a check for $40,000 to help pay her bills, and she wouldn't have to worry about foreclosure any more .
Sally signed papers in late October at a title company in Maryland .
She went home with a $40,000 check and started making her new house payments to District Properties in December .
Nine months later, Sally started having trouble making her house payments again .
This time, instead of a foreclosure letter, she received an eviction letter in the mail .
Sally gradually realized that she no longer owned her home; she was simply a renter .
In a panic, Sally called District Properties .
The man who answered the phone told her that Subprime Mortgage Co .
held two loans against the house, one for $264,000 and one for $66,000, but she could buy her house back for $360,000 – three times the mortgage she had a year earlier .
Sally's income and credit were not good enough to buy her house at that price .
The man said, I'm sorry and hung up.
The Profile:
Like hundreds of District residents, Sally became a victim of mortgage fraud for profit, sometimes called equity skimming .
The scheme she fell victim to was orchestrated by a variety of people, including a mortgage broker, real estate agent, appraiser, investor, straw buyer, and bird dog .
Each person in the scheme received a portion of the equity in Sally's house .
In the end, Sally lost her house, Subprime Mortgage Co .
foreclosed, and the group that orchestrated the fraud made more than $100,000.
This fraud is different from predatory lending, in part because Sally never made a loan .
Predatory lending typically involves a single loan with extremely high fees and a high interest rate made to a homeowner or legitimate purchaser .
Mortgage fraud for profit is typically a more complex scheme involving an inflated appraisal, falsified loan applications, equity skimming, property flipping, and sometimes identity theft .
The borrower is typically a straw buyer, who never intends to occupy the house .
The mortgage payment is paid by the investor, or a company controlled by the investor .
Eventually, the investor stops making mortgage payments, forcing the lender to foreclose, or sells (flips) the house for additional profit .
In a typical mortgage fraud for profit scheme, a bird dog looks for distressed houses by checking public real estate records and driving around targeted neighborhoods .
When a house is identified, the bird dog reports the address to the investor and receives $1,000 or so for the service .
a straw buyer, who is a person with good credit or a falsely inflated credit score, poses as a buyer .
In some cases, a straw buyer is a stolen identity; the person whose name is stolen may discover the theft when credit is denied or the purchase appears on a credit report .
In some cases, a straw buyer is a participant in the scheme – a professional straw buyer .
In many cases, however, a straw buyer is a person who hears by word of mouth through family, friends or co-workers that someone will pay $5,000 to $10,000 for the use of his or her name .
As with most financial arrangements that seem too good to be true, a one-time straw buyer often finds that things do go wrong: his credit may be ruined because the mortgages are not paid, he may be investigated by law-enforcement for fraud, or he may be charged with conspiracy.
In addition to bird dogs and straw buyers, a mortgage broker and appraiser are important participants in a mortgage fraud for profit .
Usually, both are active participants in the scheme and receive money for falsifying documents .
Other industry professionals who play an important role are employees of a title company who create closing documents and disburse funds after a sale is completed .
Professionals who have access to credit report databases or software that generates W-2 forms and pay stubs also participate in the scheme .
As reported in the 2018 FBI Financial Crimes Report, 80 percent of all reported mortgage fraud losses involve industry insiders .
Perhaps this is why mortgage fraud for profit has become so prevalent throughout the country .
a homeowner facing foreclosure is easily convinced by a professional mortgage broker, for example, that he should sign contracts that convey his house to someone else .
People tend to trust professionals in the financial industry .
This is one of the reasons that government regulations requiring financial industry professionals to maintain specific standards are so crucial for the protection of consumers.


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Online Betting SoftwareSome people believe that the latest technology can solve every one of life's little problems. The adherents of betting software are no less devout than your average fanatic. You see, there is a big difference between the bets placed by average joes and the bets placed by those who know a thing or two about successful betting. Software is that difference.
Of course, a simple software program is not going to help your average punter. Then again, your average punter is just that - average. Maybe there's an office pool, or a friendly wager on the home team. Usually all of the average punter's bets are on the same team, and within the same sport. He does football, or she thinks she knows everything about the ponies. However, for broader, more serious betting, software programs can be quite advantageous.
One of the key advantages of betting software is the sheer amount of data that one of these programs can access and process. Historical data going back decades can be analyzed for trends, and real-time information can be included in the statistics. This can be especially useful if your sport of choice is complex. Also, multiple countries and leagues are easily handled by betting software. For this reason, software programs for football, baseball, basketball, hockey and horse racing are especially popular.
Now, all of this information, all these nice charts, graphs, and trend lines, can probably be interpreted by the user on his or her own. But what's the point of shelling out for fancy betting software if you have to do all the work? Most of the systems are designed to give recommendations, helping you take advantage of all that data. Several systems even go so far as to interface directly with booking agencies so that as soon as you've picked a recommendation you can get right on it.
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Fulham boss Chris Coleman was forced to field a weakened team for the second-round clash, partly as a result of the club's mounting injury problems.
But the former Wales international had stated the side should be strong enough to knock out Wycombe and he blasted tonight's lacklustre first-half display.
'It was a poor display from us in the first 45 minutes,' he said.
'At half time some of the lads looked like they were on the night shift when they really wanted to be on the afternoon shift on Saturday.
'We need to get that first half out of our system. It was different in the second half and we scored early doors.
'After that they got a lot of men behind the ball and made it difficult for us.'
Fulham's injury woes increased when Bocanegra limped off in the second half with Coleman revealing the USA defender had been earmarked for the midfield in Saturday's Barclays Premiership clash with Chelsea.
'Unfortunately Carlos Bocanegra came off with a sore groin. I didn't want to play him tonight because of a lack of bodies for Saturday but we had no option,' he said.
'Now we don't know if he's going to be available for Saturday. He played in midfield for us against Tottenham and did a wonderful job.
'He was tired tonight and we were debating whether or not to play him. But we had to put some experience on the pitch. We hope and pray it's not too serious.
'If he's not fit for Saturday then we don't have many people to choose for in midfield.'
Wycombe boss Paul Lambert hailed his giantkillers after Fulham were sent tumbling out of the Carling Cup with a 2-1 defeat at Craven Cottage.
Jermaine Easter rifled home the opener in the eighth minute before skipper Tommy Mooney doubled the score from the spot shortly before half time.
Heidar Helguson reduced the deficit a minute after interval with Fulham creating enough chances to snatch the tie but League Two leaders Wycombe could not be denied.
Lambert said: 'I thought we had a chance. My lads may only be in League Two but they're still top players.
'Fulham are a Premiership team with a superb stadium but the lads stepped up to the plate.
'Fulham had some big names in the team even if they rested a few. But it doesn't matter who they picked - it's still a massive result for us.
'Half time came as a reprieve for us. We started slowly and they scored their goal, putting us under pressure.
'But we stopped the pressure and found our feet again.'
Easter was the inspiration behind Wycombe's shock triumph with his dynamic running a constant threat to Fulham's defence and it was the 24-year-old who won the penalty after being hacked down by Carlos Bocanegra.
Lambert said: 'Jermaine is unbelievable. He's playing so much high-quality football and he's a danger every time he gets the ball.
'His goal ratio is excellent. He's been brilliant for us and his enthusiasm is superb. He never stops running.'


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My sister bought one of these coupons for a 3 course meal for 2 at Peter Doyle @ the Quay for something like $80. I've been burned by these coupons a few times so I was a bit skeptical. If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably isn't true. I once bought a coupon for a place that refused to take bookings even though I was calling and emailing and doing everything short of harrassment. And when we finally get a booking and turn up? The restaurant is half empty. Seriously.
Anyways ... Peter Doyle
The coupon turned out to be a really great deal. Check out that view! Daymn.
Trio of Tasmanian Salmon vodka & orange cured salmon with fennel salad, smoked salmon lettuce roll
Queensland Scallops served on truffle scented cauliflower with raisin caper dressing & popcorn shoots
Barramundi Fillets grilled with coconut, kafir leaves served with Asian greens
Fish and Chips
Passionfruit tart
An enjoyable experience and highly recommended.


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With the most Japanese cosmetic products, it takes three months or more to see any changes in your skin. Our newly developed beauty serum gives you clear results in just 14 days!
The skin's turnover time (renewal period) is typically 28 days. Cells take 14 days to move up from the skin's basal layer to the granular layer; they then take another 14 days to form keratinocytes, and finally flake off. New cells are continually formed over this 14 day period, and then pushed up from the basal layer.
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*The process of skin renewal and regeneration is called skin "turnover". Cells are formed in the basal layer, and change shape as they move up to the surface. The cells become corneocytes (without nuclei) and die. These cells are pushed to the surface by newer cells. Eventually they naturally redden and flake off.
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ADSC-CM is produced through secretion. It is rich in physiologically active substances such as cytokines, enzymes, and ECM constituent proteins. It has a range of uses as an activating ingredient, rejuvenating cells where activity has declined due to aging. ADSCM-CM promotes the biosynthesis of collagen and hyaluronan; smooths skin and protects against wrinkles; whitens the skin; stimulates production of fibroblasts, stem cells and epidermal cells; promotes hair growth; and has a range of anti-aging properties.
ADSC-CM is a protein ingredient secreted from cultured adipose stem cells extracted from human fat. Adipose stem cells are a type of fully-grown stem cell. They are easier to extract than bone marrow stem cells or umbilical cord blood cells, and, because of their abundance, have been increasingly used in anti-aging treatments and beauty products. Human adipose stem cell culture fluid is reported to contain over 150 growth factor protein ingredients derived from stem cells, including VEGF (Vascular endothelial growth factor), TGF (Transforming growth factor), FGF (Fibroblast growth factor), IGF (Insulin-like growth factor). ADSCM-CM is highly functional substance that prevents skin aging and damage, and promotes the regeneration of hyaluronan, collagen and elastin which are essential components of skin tissue. Stem cell culture fluid is recognized to have a range of uses, including for anti-aging treatments and the promotion of tissue regeneration.
The substances secreted by stem cells are rich in physiologically active ingredients and proteins needed for tissue regeneration. Physiologically active cytokines play a key role in activating cells through combining with cell receptors. Also, extracellular proteins such as hyaluronan, collagen and elastin help the process of tissue formation.
ADSC-CM is absorbed directly by stem cells, fibroblasts and epidermal stem cells. It promotes cell activation and cell reproduction, and accelerates the skin tissue regeneration process.
The graph in Diagram 1 shows hyaluronan generation by ADSC-CM. The lines on the graph show the amount of fibroblast hyaloronan produced in order, starting with the negative control group from the bottom (untreated test group); then the positive control group (treated with TGF-ß1: growth factor stimulating hyaluronan production); then ADSC-CM over a period of 12/24/36/48 hours. In this test ADSC-CM is observed to induce a larger volume of hyaluronan expression than the positive test control group using a hyaluronan growth factor.
This graph shows the results of the fibroblast proliferation acceleration test. ADSC-CM was applied to fibroblast cells for a 48-hour period, and the cell proliferation rates were placed in order, with the promotion of cell proliferation observed according to concentration
Fibroblast cells are the source of collagen,elastin and hyaluronan, which are vital for skin tension and elasticity.
When the fibroblast cells are active, collagen, elastin and hyaluronan ensure our skin's metabolism is working smoothly, and keep our skin firm and supple.
However, when fibroblast cells decline and stop working due to damage from aging or ultraviolet rays, the skin's metabolism slows down. Declines in collagen and elastin through skin degeneration means the skin loses elasticity, and declines in hyaluronan lead to a reduction in the skin's moisture levels. As a result, subcutaneous tissue becomes loose.


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A month ago we bought a quaker parrot that was not tamed. In this month I take him to the bathroom make him come out of the cage then he will step up on a stick. He also will allow me to put my hand in his cage, and he plays pee a boo with me.
Today I opened the cage allowing him to come out on his own. He never allowed me near him. Then when I went to put him back in the cage he bite me jumped down and I had to chase him so the dogs didnt get to him.
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As Chunhai Fan, Qing Huang, and colleagues at the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics explain in their report in the monthly journal ACS Nano, graphene is a material first discovered in 2004 by the Russian physicist Andre Geim (also responsible for the development of gecko tape). Many have since tested it for a wide range of possible commercial uses, including in solar cells, computer chips, and sensors.
Fan and Huang describe graphene as a "monolayer of tightly packed carbon atoms that possess many interesting properties," one of which turns out to be its effect on living cells. They discovered that bacteria were unable to grow on the paper, and yet at the same time human cells did not appear harmed by it.
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Professor Matthew Soar at Concordia University in Montréal, as a contribution to the Open Source Cinema Project, teamed with his students and spent what he describes as "three very intensive weeks rotoscoping a concert video" of Girl Talk. They were, he says, inspired by Bob Sabiston's digital rotoscoping (Snack and Drink, Waking Life, A Scanner Darkly), and by Christine Harold's OurSpace: Resisting the Corporate Control of Culture, a textbook used for his communications course.


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Guest article by Daniel McGuire, CEO of Skinnyprice. Skinnyprice is the creator of Gamify, an app on Shopify, that helps improves CTR, engagement and conversions.
Let's be honest, we all are constantly bombarded with sales promotions so often through out our day that we all now suffer from "Sales Fatigue". From signs during your commute, innumerable mall posters, dull commercials, and unopened emails – we have evolved blinders to sales marketing. This raises the question, as marketers how do we grab, but more importantly, maintain the customer's attention?
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Curiosity is undoubtedly powerful, but is it enough? Incited alongside an additional psychological trigger we are able to become even more influential in motivating customer behavior. We'd all be lying if we said we've never felt it, but the "fear of missing out" (FOMO) motivates the laziest of people to action. No one, and I mean no one, enjoys the feeling of regret upon learning the party they skipped rewarded attendees with extravagant gifts.
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Customer curiosity is peeked because the need to scratch that itch to know what that discount amount is. Then, the "fear of missing out" kicks in because if they don't spin the slot machine or scratch off the virtual scratch card then they could be missing out. No one wants to feel that.
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TAMPA, Fla., October 5, 2017 (Newswire.com) - With the recent devastation of Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, and Hurricane Maria, many people across the United States and Caribbean are trying to recover from the wreckage. For those who have homes to return to, cleanup can be a nightmare and be emotionally and physically dangerous.
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Exhibitions, Honors, & Interviews
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Jym Davis lives in Atlanta and is an Associate Professor of Art at Reinhardt University in north Georgia. He describes himself as a mask-making sculptor, a photographer, and myth builder. Since 2016, Jym has been invited to be a National Park Artist-In-Resident four times. He lived and worked at Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, Lassen Volcanic National Park in California, Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho, and Big Cypress Preserve / The Everglades in Florida. His work reflects his interest in conservation, environmentalism, and 'otherworldly' landscapes. The unique sculptural masks reflect the animals and landscapes where the artwork was made: Sierra Nevada Mountains, Volcanic fields, Arizona deserts, and the Florida swamps. "As I work the masks begin to take on the personality of the terrain and the animals that inhabit the area," Jym explains, "Sometimes my masks are inspired by a fossil or a single artifact. Each mask becomes an expression of the landscape, with characteristics emerging as sharp angles, prickly spikes, gentle curves, or rounded edges." His exhibition record also shows in Germany, The Netherlands, Austria, Russia, and Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki in Greece. He has presented work at The Anthology Film Archive in New York City and the Lewis Glucksman Gallery in Ireland. He is currently representing the state of Georgia in New York City's Treat Gallery. Also follow Jym's artwork at instagram.com/jymdavis
Selected Exhibitions
o Treat America Project, January 2019, Treat Gallery, New York, New York.
o Don't Wake Daddy XIII, December 2018, Feinkunst Krüger Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
o The Clown Show, October 2018, Elephant Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
o Infrared: The Invisible Made Visible, November 2017, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont (Juror Laurie Klein).
o Photo Scanography: The Art of Scanned Art, March 2017, Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, Colorado (Month of Photography).
o Look App This: Exploring iPhoneography, March 2017, SPARK Gallery, Denver, Colorado (Juror Mark Sink).
o Beyond The Selfie, March 2017, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, South Carolina (Juror Miss Aniela).
o Paper Beasts and Battle Preparations (solo show), October 2016, Jabberwock Gallery, Algoma, Wisconsin.
o False Face: Disguised Identities, October 2016, Reinhardt University, Waleska, Georgia.
o Focus on Photography, June 2016, Gadsden Museum of Art, Alabama.
o Dateline 012, April 2015, Dateline Gallery, Denver Colorado (Month of Photography)
o We Have Never Been Modern, December 2014, Dope Chapel, Norman, Oklahoma.
o Short Experimental Documentaries, November 2014, Anthology Film Archive, New York, New York.
o Alumni Exhibit: A Gamma Ray Society Show, October 2014, Carson-Newman University.
o PsychIcon, December 2012, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork, Ireland.
o Big Mini Media Festival, November 2012, Media Arts Department, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York.
o Traps: Video Screening Series, August 2012, SPACE 1026, Philadelphia PA.
o Reinhardt University Faculty Show, April 2012, The Hideaway, Jasper GA.
o Experimental Media Series (finalist), January 2011, Maryland Institute College of Art &The Philips Collection, Wash, DC.
o International Fest of Cinema and Technology, January 2010, Living Room Theatre, Portland, ORE.
o Art Outlet, Head Cinema – Sleep, Dreams, and Reality, October 2009, Capital Skyline Hotel Video Lounge Bar, Washington, DC.
o CologneOFF, Violence + Taboo: An Online International Video Festival, October-December 2009, Cologne, Germany.
o The Harrison Center for the Arts, Unusual Animals Project Space, Mostly Loves Clouds, January 2008, Indianapolis, IN.
o Kalamata Historic Centre, Festival Miden, July 2007 Kalamata, Greece.
o Outvideo, International Video Art Festival, July 2007, Moscow, Volgograd, Russia.
o DC Arts Center, By Chance, February 2007, Washington, DC.
o The Warehouse Gallery, The Werewolf Youth, April 2007, Washington, DC.
o Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Elements, April 2006, Greensboro, NC.
o Minna Gallery, Independant Exposure: Autumnal Edition, September 2005, San Francisco, CA.
o Samothraki World Music and Art Festival, group show, July 2005, Samothraki, Greece.
o Gallery 115: The Design Group, Faculty Group Show, April 2005, Greensboro, NC.
o Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, School of Fine Arts, Pixeldance Video Art Festival, March 2005, Greece.
o Weatherspoon Art Museum, Art on Paper, group show, January 2005, Greensboro, NC.
o RestCycling Art International Projekt, group show, September 2004, Berlin, Germany.
o Synthetic Zero Loft, Conversions Series, group show, August 2004, New York, New York.
o Der Witte Ruime (The White Space), group show, August 2004, Den Haag, The Netherlands.
o Machfeld International Arts and Culture Society, Machfeld Studio, group show, August 2004, Vienna, Austria.
o University of California Film and Video Center, Eyeberrations, group show, June 2004, Irvine, CA.
o Project Creo / Pier Gallery, Transparencies, February 2004, St. Petersburg, FL.
Residencies, Fellowships and Honors
o Artist-In-Residence, Big Cypress National Preserve, March 2018
o Artist-In-Residence, Lassen Volcanic National Park, July 2017 .
o Artist-In-Residence, Craters of the Moon National Monument, October 2017.
o Artist-In-Residence, Petrified Forest National Park, June 2016.
o Faculty Artistic Excellence Award, Reinhardt University, 2015
o Visiting artist lecture, Survey of New Media Course, Professor John Alford, Savannah College of Art & Design, Oct 2012 / May 2013
o United Arts Council of North Carolina, Regional Artists Hub Grant, 2005-06
o Howard Fellowship, University of North Carolina Greensboro, 2002-03.
o Hester and Deblasio Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, January 2003.
o Joan Mitchell Foundation, grant finalist, spring 2003.
o Dedalus Foundation, grant nominee, spring 2003.
o Visual Arts Award, Outstanding Visual Artist of the Year, Carson-Newman College, 1999.
Teaching Experience
o Associate Professor of Art (Tenured), Reinhardt University, 2006 – Current.
o Adjunct Instructor of Art, Wake Forest University, 2005-06.
o Part time Instructor of Art, University of North Carolina Greensboro, 2003-06.
o Masters of Fine Art, University of North Carolina Greensboro, 2003.
o Independent study, University of Tennessee, 2000.
o B.A. in Art, Carson-Newman College, May 1999. Cum laude.
Bibliography, Publications, & Reviews
o Masquerade, Cherokee Tribune, October 28th 2016. Profile of my artwork and False Faces art show.
o Yue-Ling Wong, Digital Art: Its Art and Science, Pearson / Prentice Hall textbook, 2009p. 242 Chapt 6: Time-Based Medium.
o Kim Rinehimer, "Paints Well With Others", Washington City Paper, Art Section, April 5, 2007
o Tom Patterson, "A Versatile Medium", The Winston-Salem Journal, January 2, 2005
o Ann Millett, "Art on Paper 2004", Art on Paper Magazine, January / February, 2005
o Tom Patterson, "The Key Word is Paper", The Winston-Salem Journal, December 19, 2004.
o Lennie Bennett, "Putting emotion in Motion", St. Petersburg Times, May 6, 2004.
Commercial illustration, music video, and professional activity
o Illustration: ICG Magazine: International Cinematographers Guild, "Axe Men" Vol. 80 No. 9, August 2009. p. 37
o Illustration: Georgia Music Magazine, Georgia Music Magazine, "Moon River", Fall Edition, Issue 18. October, 2010.
o Participant in Sprockets Music Video Festival, The 40 Watt Club, Athens GA, 2008
o Encyclopedia Asthmatica, a DVD compilation of Asthmatic Kitty Records Videos, 2008. see below for videos.
o Music Videos: The Curtains, (Album: Calamity), My Brightest Diamond, (Album: Tear It Down), and Half-Handed Cloud, (Album: Halos and Lassos)
o Conceived of and co-directed title credit sequence to Beyond the Wall of Sleep, Lion's Gate Film. 2005.
o Visiting speaker and guest juror, Carson-Newman College, April 2005.
o Recognized and represented by Microcinema.com, an online San Fran. distributor of experimental media art, 2004 & 2008.


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Johnson is a co-chair on the Board of Directors for Growing Places, an organization that "teach(es) people to fish" by providing the materials and instruction for growing healthy food.
For five and a half years, Johnson has served as a mentor for teens through LUK, Inc. She's currently matched with a 15-year-old who she visits an hour each week.
"Mentoring is the basics," she said. "It's just an hour of listening to a kid and telling them you'll always be there for them."
Sometimes they get ice cream. Sometimes they just drive and talk.
Recently, Johnson said they have been volunteering together by packing meals at Karing 4 Kidz. Every week a group of volunteers packages 218 meals that eligible students can take home to eat over the weekend, she said.
Also, Johnson occasionally creates segments for Our City News on FATV, works with the Fitchburg Holiday Decorating Committee, and volunteers at holiday meals through Help For Our Community. And there's also time for local politics -- she has twice run for City Council.
Johnson, 34, started volunteering when she was a student studying political science at Fitchburg State University.
"I took a lot of sociology courses and that exposed me," she said. "How do you make a change? How do you make a difference?"
She started volunteering at a soup kitchen through Our Father's House.
"I fell," she said. "I was like, I'm in."
At the time she was a full-time student with a part-time job and a 6-year-old son.
Volunteering, she said, was a way to socialize, and she got her son, Seamus, involved. Seamus still volunteers and plans to spend his 14th birthday this March participating in a polar plunge at Wachusett Mountain to raise money for Camp Sunshine, a retreat for children with life-threatening illnesses, as well as to honor the memory of former organizer Hilary Bartlett.
In 2014, Johnson's volunteerism went beyond donating her time. Her friend was suffering from polycystic kidney disease, so she donated her kidney.
"My life has not changed, but now my friend, three years later, he has energy," she said. "I never knew him to be this man, because I always knew him sick."
She later helped raise cash to cover small expenses for another person interested in donating their kidney to a firefighter, she said.
"I talk about it because if someone has a family member or a friend ... someone steps up," Johnson said. "You have to talk about it."
Johnson highlighted several upcoming events hosted by organizations where people can get involved.
Growing Places will host a Food Gardener's Gathering on Saturday, March 3, from 9 a.m. to noon at Great Wolf Lodge. LUK, Inc. has a fundraising gala on Thursday, Feb. 15, at 5:30 pm., also at Great Wolf Lodge. Karing 4 Kidz is in the process of organizing a celebrity chili cook-off for this April.
"That's why I volunteer, to get more people involved, to get exposure and to help people who have started things on their own grow," she said.
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Geography: The lost world
If you are lost, don't ask a young person for directions - that is the message coming out of an international survey of 18-24 year olds conducted by America's National Geographic Society.
More than 3,000 young adults in nine countries were tested on their geographical knowledge - with some alarming results.
Despite a deluge of news about the prospect of a war against Saddam Hussein, only 13% of Americans tested could point Iraq out on a map of the world.
Perhaps even more worrying - when confronted with the same map, only 89% of Americans could find their own country!
The surveyors asked the youngsters to answer 56 questions on geographic knowledge and current events.
The results were then graded, using the traditional grading system used in the United States.
Disappointing scores
Not a single country managed the 42 points need for an A grade, even top scoring Sweden only got an average of 40 questions right.
They were followed by Italy and Germany, tied on 38 points each. America notched up a D grade with an average of 23 correct answers.
Britain came a disappointing fourth from the bottom and Mexico trailed into last place with an average score of just 21 out of 56.
But America did have some cause to celebrate, as it moved up from the last place it held in the previous survey in 1988.
The survey took place in June and July 2002 as a follow-up to a similar test carried out in 1988 by the National Geographic Society.
The president of the National Geographic Society, John Fahey, bemoaned the results.
"They highlight the urgency of the problem of geographic ignorance and the need to broaden our efforts beyond the classroom," he said.
"If young people can't find places on a map and lack awareness of current events, how can they understand the world's cultural, economic and natural resource issues that confront us?"
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