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Matt Bevin has logged more than 47,000 miles on his truck, campaigning across Kentucky for the US Senate seat held for nearly 30 years by Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell. The two will face off in the Republican primary on May 20.
Senator McConnell, the Senate minority leader who is credited with single-handedly building the GOP in Kentucky, holds a considerable lead over his tea party challenger. Mr. Bevin, a businessman and family man with nine children (four adopted from Ethiopia), sat down with the Monitor at Nobles Truck Stop in Corinth last month. Here's what he had to say about his underdog campaign:
Why he decided to take on the formidable McConnell: "Because the greatest threat to our nation, bar none, is the debt. And you have in someone like him a man who pretends to be a conservative, but has voted and continues to vote for pretty much every expansion of government that has ever come down the line. He's voted for all these hundreds of billions of dollars in bank bailouts, using taxpayer money. He's voted for Part D of Medicare. Voted for the Patriot Act. Voted for all these encroachments on our civil liberties and encroachments on our wallets that are unsustainable."
How the "McConnell machine" has impacted him: "They tried to offer me any number of incentives not to do it [run]. Lots of shiny baubles…. I knew Mitch McConnell. Mitch McConnell tried to get me years ago to run against John Yarmuth, who was a congressman then. They have this program, 'the young guns program,' and I got all the young guns stuff and I was supposed to feel special. I was supposed to feel groomed and special and like you've been chosen and brought into the inner sanctum. You're supposed to kiss the ring and you're supposed to feel honored. And for a variety of reasons at the time I decided not to do it. But the more I reflected on it afterwards, the more I realized this is part of what's wrong with us as a society. It's like I said, what's at stake is who's in charge. And it's not this handful who think they get to self select."
Why tea party darling Rand Paul, who beat a McConnell-backed competitor in the 2010 primary, had an easier time of it: "He ran for an open seat…. He was still battling uphill against the establishment and the party, but not against an incumbent who was in a position to control the strings. That's a huge difference…. Never in the history of America, in our entire political process, has a congressional leader, in either the House or the Senate, ever been defeated in a primary…. It's a lot easier to raise money, if you're the sitting senator. And it's a lot easier to keep people from giving [to an opponent], if you're the sitting senator."
How he sizes up the race: "This is our race to win. It's a question of whether we can martial the sentiment in order to do so. It's a function of do people turn out…. I don't need a lot of votes, I just need to ensure that we turn out the votes that we have. I feel good about it…. Every day I'm out there talking to people. There is a hunger for change. There is a weariness for him."
On speaking at a rally for cockfighting, which is illegal: "I've never been to a cock fight. I don't support cockfighting. It's illegal … for a reason, because society does not condone this…. At the same time, there are people who apparently would like to see it legalized, just as there are people who want to legalize the use of various drugs…. It's their first amendment right to gather and talk about it."
His views on the future of the tea party movement: "The tea party has always existed. It's nothing more than people who value the things that this nation was founded on…. And they come out of the woodwork when they feel that their nation is doing them wrong. And maybe it has to do with abolition of slavery…. [Abolitionists] fought for change, and change happened. The same thing happened with women's suffrage, with the ability of women to vote. They were mocked and ridiculed for having that opinion…. But they didn't give up because they were right. And the same thing happened when it came to Jim Crow laws…. People rose up then, too…. Throughout history, these are people who are the fabric of America. And they rise up, they serve the purpose that is needed … and then they fade back into the woodwork. They've always been there, they'll always be there. They're not looking for power, they're not looking for a party, they're not looking for fiefdoms. They're looking to resolve issues…. Today it is the debt of the nation that is causing people to come forward. And then when it's been addressed to the degree that it can be, they'll fade right back into the fabric of society whence they came, and where they will always be."


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Just thought you'd like to know, one of my favourite supplement companies are holding a Sale:
ONNIT! I thoroughly recommend the Alpha Brain as it is rocking my productivity and thinking (review coming shortly). I just didn't want you to miss out on this sale as they have badass sports equipment like goblin and monkey kettlebells, steel maces, amazing supplements and very tasty food … at great prices but now with 15% off it's an even better deal for your money. Have a look and let me know what you think! Please note though that the link in the pictures and text are affiliate links (I get a small $% per sale if bought through these links).
The promo code is JUNE48 and the sale is live now and will end on 6/4/14 at 12PM PST.
A little about Onnit:
"Onnit started with a humble goal to create effective combinations of natural supplements to elicit peak performance. With the nootropicAlpha BRAIN, our team of elite doctors and formulators targeted the neurotransmitters directly, building a nutrient-based, stimulant-free formula to help bring mental focus and cognitive function to the pinnacle of one's capability. With preliminary Alpha BRAIN clinical trialdata pointing to statistically significant improvements in important measures of brain function, Alpha BRAIN has become one of the most respected and well-known nootropics in the world. Following the same successful methodology of clinically tested earth grown nutrientcombinations, we are challenging long held beliefs of what is possible for nutritional supplements.
We also realize that nutrition is the foundation for peak performance and simply feeling great. Partnering with world-renowned weight management and performance coach Mike Dolce, we set about offering foundational foods to help support a healthy lifestyle. Hemp FORCE, our flagship protein, contains a complete amino acid profile along with supportive nutrients that are both delicious and highly beneficial to optimal function. The Earth Grown Nutrient Powerfood is another staple of our dietary foundation as it offers a bounty of 24 natural ingredients, which run the gamut of green foods, sea greens, colorful fruits, high antioxidant nutrients, probiotics, and enzymes.
Onnit has never subscribed to the belief that just because something is commonly practiced, it means that it is optimal. Working with some of the world's top athletes and coaches we took a fresh look at the ways to achieve peak performance through fitness, building great bodies that look and perform superbly. We found that some of the most effective methodology was anything but conventional. Kettlebells— including our flagship kettlebell, the Primal Bell — are only the starting point for our training program, which includes our Steel Maces,SteelBells, Heavy Clubs, and Battle Ropes. Whether you are looking to burn fat, build muscle, or improve functional athletic capability, the Onnit fitness program has a variety of time-tested tools to help you on the path to Total Human Optimization."
From time to time, I will make announcements like this on events happening with my affiliates. Some of my lovely readers have asked for these kind of heads-up posts so they can be kept in the loop of what is happening. Please note that these sorts of posts will be very rare and will not detract from the usual awesome programming at NextLevelGuy!


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'Three Artists: Paper, Textile and Canvas'
April 7th – 13th
Julian Beere
Lissa Chapman
Valeria Bateson
Of interest to bookarts aficionados:
Julian Beere has made an amazing display of 25 years worth of sketchbooks, collections, and artists books.
He will also be doing experimental projections through glass onto cloth on Friday April 13th 10:00-1:00
Waltham Forest Arts Club Gallery, Wood Street Indoor Market, 98-100 Wood Street, Shop No.40, London E17 3HX
Turnaround is a series of 11 exhibitions in 12 weeks by members of the Waltham Forest Arts Club in a pop-up gallery space in an all-windowed kiosk at the Wood Street Indoor Market from February 4th to April 27th 2012. A new exhibition opens every Saturday with an evening party the following Thursday 6-8. Turnaround is a curation project by Julie Caves, Julian Beere and Helen Porter.
Turnaround Project website
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Praga BD 500 1928 500cc 1 cyl dohc Combination sold
Manufacturer: Praga
Model: BD 500 Combination
Year: 1928
Displacement: 499cc
Engine type: 4-stroke / dohc
Cylinders: 1
Bore/stroke: 84x90mm
Power: 15hp@4400rpm
Weight: 170kg
Fuel consumption: 3,5l/100km
Top speed: 105km/h
Frame number: 1274
Engine number: 1274
Praga was a famous car maker in pre-war Czechoslovakia who, in 1929, took over the under-capitalized BD motorcycle works, thereafter re-naming the range 'Praga BD'. BD stood for Breitfeld and Danek who had made the absolutely superb, J. F. Koch – designed 'double-knocker' twin-overhead-camshaft, 84 mm x 90 mm, unit-construction single, so good that it had great success in most branches of motor cycle sport, despite being produced in the relatively small numbers associated with such high-end engines. This unit was mounted in a robust and up to date chassis, the whole being carefully made and well-equipped. Praga themselves ceased production in 1935 making them rare items.
This gorgeous combination is restored to high standard. This bike comes complete with a lighting system, Bosch magdyno and a Favorit sidecar. It´s 500cc DOHC engine runs fine.
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Gummy Bear – The funniest dang thing I've heard in a long time
Wow, this guy is amazing
Wow, this guy is amazing
Precision and master craftsmanship here!
Watchfinder & Co. presents: Inside the Omega Speedmaster, a demonstration of the intricacies of the Omega calibre 1151. WF&Co. Head Watchmaker Tony Williams shows you how this movement is taken apart and reassembled.
A History of the Omega Speedmaster:
There aren't many watches that can claim the same kind of heritage as Omega's Speedmaster. First seen in 1957, it entered one of the toughest competitions a watch could ever face: the race to become NASA's standard issue timepiece. Eight long years later, following a series of gruelling tests that pitted it against extreme temperature, pressure, noise and vibration, the Speedmaster was officially titled '. . . flight qualified by NASA for all manned space missions.'
But that hadn't stopped the Speedmaster from visiting the stars in the meantime. Walter 'Wally' Schirra, astronaut on board the 1962 Mercury Atlas 8 mission, had already taken an example of the watch up with him in an unofficial capacity. In the three years to follow before the watch was officially adopted by NASA, it underwent various modifications to meet the space agency's satisfaction.
First to go were the broadarrow hands, replaced by thin, high-contrast ones. Then the bezel was inverted to be white-on-black instead of black-on-silver. The crystal was also specified in plexiglass rather than the harder and more modern sapphire equivalent; a shattering crystal was not something NASA wanted to have happen. The finished moonwatch (as it became known following its famous trip in 1969 on board Apollo XI) served with NASA for many long years, earning many accolades along the way. It's easy to argue that the Speedmaster is one of the greatest contributions to history watchmakers have ever made, along with Harrison's marine chronometer and Breguet's tourbillon.
For more information on WF&Co.,
visit: http://www.watchfinder.co.uk
WARNING! This demonstration was undertaken by a professional watchmaker for entertainment purposes only. This is NOT a guide for servicing a watch. The watch featured in the video is NOT being serviced. DO NOT attempt to replicate this video on your own watch.
Wow video
No sound needed, but total suspense.
Just a wow set of clips, some I have posted the full videos. But still an awesome compiled video.
Looks like fun, but we would spend days just petting animals!
And eating Cheese, and Chocolate!
This is an all time must see video. Go FULL SCREEN, listen to the audio.
Awesome view, super fast. Very Dangerous, and impressive. Rock and Ice climbing at the expert level.
Don't you forget it!
A watch by Patek Philippe ca. 1914. According to the appraiser, "The finest watch I have ever held in my hand." Hour and minute hand and a second hand. Split chronograph. Minute register for chronograph. Slide for chiming the watch, a minute repeater. Day, date, month, along with moon phase. Perpetual and adjusts for leap-year. In excellent condition, in original box. Extra mainsprings and crystals. 18k gold case.
Every time I hear of a famous person paying for crazy modern stuff I think of these kinds of things. Unique, beautiful, and classic, Antiques.
On of the all time great views in a movie, and a funny ending.
Clint Eastwood
The beauty of Monument valley
And a Joke at the End
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Milton Friedman explodes the myth that the Great Depression was produced by a failure of private enterprise.


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Evening scene around Wat Phnom Resortreadmore »»
The smoke from incense burnt by hundreds(?) prayers
Crowds in the Children play ground
Yeay Penh Sacred place
Crowds in the Children play ground
Yeay Penh Sacred place
On the 1st day of Chinese New Year, my family and I went to Wat Phnom and the public park around there to let my lil cousins play in the children's yard. There are lots and lots of people, especially those who look Chinese! hehe....
By the way, do you guys celebrate Chinese New Year? ( ^,^ )
P.S. Wat Phnom resort is considered the sacred place for its history. People believe in the spiritual power of Daun Penh (the woman who first found the name for Phnom Penh).


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I'm also making an effort to turn the time I spend on public transportation (at least 2 hours a day, five days a week) into something other than wasted time. It's called MBTMI.
So I've been taking photos on my phone of places I pass on the train, and making drawings of them. With the weather being what it is (and with the MBTA being what it its...) I'm also posting some bitchy little sketch-comics about being cold and public transportation sucking.
So here's some building sketches, some bitchy winter comics and a photo I took from inside a train.


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Not all properties in Rent Pressure Zones are covered by the 4% annual rental cap. Properties exempt include those:
- That are new to the rental market and have not been let at any time in the previous two years, and
- That have undergone a substantial change..
A 'substantial change' must be a significant change or improvement to the dwelling which results in increased market value of the tenancy and therefore adds to the letting value of the property. The substantial change must have resulted in the property increasing its letting value. For example, simple repainting or replacement of white goods would not be sufficient.
The RTB have prepared a guideline for good practice on the Substantial Change Exemption in Rent Pressure Zone Areas which can be found here


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Papers And Originals
Infantile Overnutrition among Artificially Fed Infants in the Sheffield RegionBr Med J 1971; 1 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.1.5744.315 (Published 06 February 1971) Cite this as: Br Med J 1971;1:315
- L. S. Taitz
Artificially-fed 6-week-old infants in the Sheffield region are heavier than would be predicted from their birth weights and show a greatly increased incidence of excessive weight gain. These findings are associated with caloric intakes that exceed the classic 50 calories/lb/day (110 calories/kg/day) with a universal tendency to early feeding with cereals and mixed infant foods.
The possible harmful implications of the trend to infantile overnutrition are discussed.


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About Me
I graduated from Arizona State University in 2012 with my Bachelors in Special Education and Elementary Education with an endorsement in Early Childhood Education. This is my 5th year at Meridian Elementary, but my first year as a preschool teacher. I was previously the K-2 resource teacher. I have always wanted to be a preschool teacher and had the opportunity at Meridian!


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Canadian Tech's Inadvertent Ally: Donald Trump
Brexit, Donald Trump, and the rise of the alt-right in Europe have been at the top of our entrepreneurs' and investors' minds this past year.
With shifting political realities worldwide, many entrepreneurs are evaluating how these changes may affect their business strategies. Some of the questions these entrepreneurs have are:
- How does protectionism put pressure on revenues?
- How do more restrictive immigration policies impact the talent pool?
- How does projected tax rate changes—with downward pressure in the US and upward momentum in Canada—threaten competitiveness?
From a Canadian early-stage tech investor's perspective, I'm particularly interested in how the Canadian ecosystem can benefit from top tech talent becoming increasingly alienated by the political rhetoric and actions in the US – this is what I will focus on in this blog post.
Silicon Valley is well known for its inclusivity and diversity, as well as its reliance on technological talent from immigrants. The primary instrument for bringing these highly skilled workers to America is the H-1B visa program:
In April, President Trump signed into action executive order 13788, calling for a full review of the country's high-skilled immigration visa program (H-1B), as part of his "Buy American, Hire American" campaign promise.
As a result, Canadian tech is well positioned to attract some of the international talent that would have headed to the US. In January, over 150 top Canadian technology leaders, including Brightspark's Mark Skapinker, as well as executives from companies like Shopify and Hootsuite signed a letter urging the Canadian government to offer an expedited visa process in response to the US travel ban. As of June 12, Canada has launched the Global Skills Visa program. This now allows select Canadian firms and organizations (the MaRS Discovery Ditrict included) to bring in top international talent within just two weeks.
What will be intriguing is how Americans react to the capricious federal scene given that different levels of government have been diametrically opposed policy-wise. California, for example, is taking a vastly different stand from Trump's government on everything from immigration to climate change.
What our network has to say
I spoke to Stephen Kahn, President of Condor Asset Management and member of Brightspark's investor network, who thinks that Trump's immigration policies have the potential to hugely impact Canada's tech scene.
"Foreigners who have gravitated to the US might not be able to get a work visa, or just might feel sufficiently unwelcome there. They might not even bother trying to work in the US. Canada would benefit from an influx of these types of entrepreneurs. Tech-based companies based in the US will also be more likely to have non-trivial satellite operations in Canada. They would base their foreign-born tech people here."
Salim Teja, President of Ventures Services at MaRS and former Brightspark partner, recently shared his view on the situation in Time magazine.
"With Trump's new restrictive policies, fewer entrepreneurs will be able to come to the U.S. to build the globally impactful ventures that society truly needs. But as America shuts them out, Canada welcomes them in. Global entrepreneurs can find a home in Toronto — a city that sees beyond borders, and whose tech community leads the world with solutions in cleantech, biotech, and more."
I also talked with Alyssa, a recent Canadian university graduate who has noticed that her classmates are turning down opportunities to work in the US, instead looking at Canadian offers.
"Canada has its own great job opportunities, and the uncertainty of US work visas has only made them more attractive. I've seen how disruptive and abrupt the recent travel ban was to some of my peers who do not have Canadian citizenship status and needed to attend academic conferences in the States. While I was not affected, the possibility of that privilege being taken away suddenly seems very real."
Interestingly, Brightspark portfolio company Hopper's data has shown that there has been a negative impact on overall inbound travel and tourism to the US, a phenomenon they coined the "Trump Slump".
So, what does this all mean for individual investors in Canadian tech?
It's a well-known fact that when venture capitalists invest in a startup, one of the main determinants of "fit" is the team behind the startup. And when it comes to tech, talent and innovation is crucial. With Canada now poised to attract talent that would have undoubtedly gone to the US in the past, it will be exciting to monitor what innovation this new surge of talent can contribute to the Canadian tech sector looking to increase its stature on the international scene.
As investors, opportunities to diversify into great Canadian tech deals may become more prominent. The next generation of entrepreneurs will realize the increasing promise of Canada, and how diversity is our strength and catalyst. New initiatives, government aid, conferences and other collaborations within the tech community will only serve to reinforce the "warm and welcoming" culture that Canada is known for. As more quality startups reach the stage of venture/private equity funding, this will result in more deals for investors to potentially get involved in.
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CHICAGO — A 17-year-old boy is dead and at least 11 others were wounded in shootings across the city overnight, police said.
In the most recent nonfatal shooting, a 20-year-old man walked into Jackson Park Hospital about 4:20 a.m. and told police he was shot after an argument with three men in the 7900 block of South Maryland Avenue in Avalon Park. He was listed in stable condition, said Officer Ron Gaines, a police spokesman.
• At 3:53 a.m., a 37-year-old man was shot while walking home in the 9300 block of South Greenwood in Burnside. He didn't hear anything before he realized he was shot in the elbow and back. He was taken to Trinity Hospital in serious condition, Gaines said.
• At 2:55 a.m., a 21-year-old woman was shot in the knee while walking in the 3000 block of West Lyndale Avenue in Palmer Square. She was listed in good condition at Norwegian Hospital, Gaines said.
• Two 23-year-old men were shot in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood Saturday night. The shooting occurred around 2:40 a.m. at the intersection of 18th Place and Paulina Avenue. The first man was shot in his stomach and the second his buttocks. Both men were in stable condition at Stroger Hospital, Gaines said.
• Around the same time, two other people were shot in the 5600 block of South Emerald Avenue in Englewood. A 20-year-old woman was in stable condition at Mount Sinai Hospital after being shot in the side, and a 38-year-old man was in serious condition at the University of Chicago Hospital after being shot in both legs. The two people were standing on a porch when three men approached from out of the gangway and fired shots, Gaines said.
• A 23-year-old man was shot playing basketball in the 2900 block of South Poplar Avenue in Bridgeport. He was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition after being shot in his knee and buttocks. The shooting occurred around 11:10 p.m., said Gaines.
• Around 10:30 p.m., a 33-year-old man was shot in the 5700 block of South Racine Avenue in Englewood. The man was standing on the block when a light colored pickup approached and fired shots striking him in the buttocks, said Gaines.
The shooting was possibly gang related, and Area South detectives are investigating, said Gaines.
Seventeen-year-old Brandon Peterson was shot to death while walking in East Garfield Park shortly after midnight.
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Klindex Maxi Orbit, is the all new advanced professional multipurpose single brush which also makes it easy and quick working on all types of surfaces.
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The Robust and compact chassis, the reinforced rod's and ergonomic handle, large wheels, it's low weight and the release system of the main components (optional) make the Maxi Orbit a strong machine and very easy to carry.
Thanks to it's advance roti-orbital motion technology, Maxi Orbit offers excellent performance while keeping great stability and a unique ease of handling at the same time allowing less skilled or even those with little strength to operate the machine.


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While the terminally ill person you are caring for may not have wanted to die at home initially, their wishes may change as death gets closer. They may not want to be in an institution and would prefer to receive end of life care at home or in a home-like setting.
While some people wish to receive all their care in the home including at the time of death, others wish to receive care at home up until the last few days before the death at which time they may be transferred to a residential hospice, palliative care unit or other facility.
As a caregiver caring for a person at home at the end of their life you will need to consider where most or all of the care will be provided. While some people wish to receive all of their care in the home including at the time of death, others wish to receive care at home up until the last few days before the death at which time they may be transferred to a residential hospice, palliative care unit or other facility.
Caregivers will need to consider what changes are needed in the home to provide end of life care. Consider the following questions:
There is also equipment that can be rented that may be of assistance in providing end of life care including:
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Innovation is commonly associated with breakthrough developments in technology or biotech. Yet we broaden that concept from an investment perspective to include any product, brand, business model or strategic differentiation that allows for growth in the market share of an existing market—or in the development of an entirely new market, which we define as transformational growth.
Our Investment Philosophy
Within the emerging world, we see innovation in many sectors, but we observe its greatest concentration in high-growth, high-profit industries—including Consumer Discretionary, Health Care and Technology. These industries are a relatively recent phenomenon creating opportunities that hadn't been available to emerging market investors historically.
The way we invest is to focus on the types of innovative companies in these industries, rather than focusing on stereotypical emerging market businesses, such as ones that involve commodities or cheap labor.
Our investment philosophy is one that seeks to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for investors by focusing on innovation in the small- and mid-cap space. We also believe that we can achieve our objectives without exploitation, finding investments that are at the cross section of high earnings growth and benefiting the local population.
Our Investment Process
We have a universe of roughly 5,000 companies to choose from. Using a screening process, we weed out the less desirable companies—and focus on those we believe carry the highest potential for attractive rewards.
There are plenty of companies we avoid because we do not favor the industries in which they operate. For example, we do not invest in any commodities businesses (such as energy, metals or mining), or companies in highly regulated industries (such as telecom or utilities) in which innovation is low or non-existent. Rather, we focus on industries characterized by high levels of innovation.
We also spend a lot of time visiting emerging market countries meeting with companies' management teams, their customers and suppliers, political leaders, economists and locals to gain a firsthand impression of the regional landscape and context in which businesses operate.
On Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Considerations
We believe ESG and impact investing are very important criteria to consider when investing in businesses. These criteria, in our view, cannot be fully captured in mathematical models and need to be evaluated through active management.
What's most important for us is the social criterion, given our desire to empower local populations where we invest. For example, we seek to avoid companies involved in labor exploitation and would divest our holdings in such companies—no matter their upside potential.
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Case in point: At any given time, we have between 60% and 75% of the portfolio allocated to Health Care, the Consumer Discretionary (see above) sector, and Technology. As a result, we have very little overlap with large-cap indices—typically in the low single digits. In fact, the overlap with our own benchmark is also low, and our active share high.
Overall, we look to harness the investment potential of entrepreneurship in emerging markets and believe we serve a role in providing investors with differentiated exposure to these regions.
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Cut-off for 21km
The race is run from gun to mat
The official cut-off time at the finish line is 09:20.
Runners who have not reached the intersection of Rhodes Drive and Orchard Avenue (18.0km) by 9:00am will not be allowed to continue.
Runners who can't walk an average of 9.0 minutes per km are strongly discouraged from entering. If you do not reach the cut-off point within the required time, you will be asked to retire from the Race and leave the road. YOU MAY NOT CONTINUE RUNNING.
Athletes who fail to obey the race officials will be subject to disciplinary action and may be banned from participation in the Two Oceans Marathon in future. Transport will be provided at the cut-off point to take the runners back to the Finish.


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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Early morning serenity
This is the time from when the kitten and dog wake me up, till the little one decides that she is now awake enough to screech at the top of her lungs. What do I do at this time? I slowly make my way out into the living room, stepping on building blocks and tripping over our rescue kitten who has the bad habit of walking in between your legs while you are walking. Across the living room floor which is cold on my bare feet (I miss the carpet in here), and mumbling under my breath for not finding a pair of socks to put on. Looking up the temperature and seeing that it is below zero once again and dreading the fact that I have to take the dog out to do her "business." So, I sit here and type out an early morning rambling, and have now decided to go and curl back up under the big old comforter in a warm and cozy bed.
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I know this comment was brought up earlier, but unfortunately I am not satisfied with the changes to the spec. In Appendix C.3 is written: There are various scenarios where an SVG document fragment must be considered technically in error: * When the content is not well-formed according to the XML 1.0 or XML 1.1 specifications [XML11] * When the content is not namespace-well-formed according to the Namespaces in XML 1.1 specification [XML-NS] * Other situations that are described as being in error in this specification However, according to XML 1.1 Namespaces: This specification applies to XML 1.1 documents. To conform to this specification, a document MUST be well-formed according to the XML 1.1 specification [XML 1.1]. So it is *not* possible according to the SVG 1.2 spec to have a conforming 1.0 document (because the document must conform to XML 1.1 namespaces). In order to have a conforming document it must have <?xml version="1.1"?> at the top of the document. If this header is not included the document is assumed to be version 1.0. Please change the wording of the second bullet to: * When the content is not namespace-well-formed according to the Namespaces in XML 1.0 or Namespace in XML 1.1 specification [XML-NS] Or something similar. This removes the unnecessary constraint that all SVGT 1.2 documents be XML 1.1 documents. In order to completely satisfy this comment you will also need to modify section D.3.1 where it states currently: Is well-formed as defined in either XML 1.1 or XML 1.0 and conforms to Namespaces in XML 1.1; This should be changed to: Is well-formed as defined in either XML 1.1 or XML 1.0 and conforms to either Namespaces in XML 1.0 or Namespaces in XML 1.1; or something similar. In section D.3.3 it is written: SVG document fragments can be included within parent XML documents using the XML namespace facilities described in Namespaces in XML 1.1. This may not need to change, but it is also possible that the version number need not be included here. Thanks, Jeff RafterReceived on Tuesday, 27 December 2005 19:35:46 UTC
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About Us
Meet The Team
Featured Faculty
Kathryn Yount, PhD
Founder of GROW!
Kathryn M. Yount
, PhD, is Asa Griggs Candler Chair of Global Health and Professor in the Hubert Department of Global Health and Department of Sociology at Emory University. She is jointly appointed in Behavioral Sciences and Health Education as well as Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. A social and family demographer trained at Johns Hopkins University, she has more than 20 years of experience conducting large-scale, mixed-methods studies on women's and children's health, women's empowerment, and gender-based violence in settings in Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and the United States. Dr. Yount has led or collaborated on more than 30 research grants from federal agencies (NIH, NSF, CDC), multilateral agencies (USAID, WHO, World Bank, UNDP), governments overseas (DfID), and private foundations (Mellon, Sloan, Qatar National Research Fund) and has authored more than 150 publications in top venues in the social sciences and public health.
"Women's and girls' empowerment is a pillar of sustainable development."
Dr. Fai Cheong, PhD
Dr. Cari Clark, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology
Associate Professor of Global Health
Dr. Cheong is a faculty member in the Dept. of Psychology at Emory since 2016 and is a quantitative methodolost with expertise in measurement and multilevel modeling.
Cari Jo Clark, Sc.D., M.P.H. is Associate Professor in the Hubert Dept. of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health with expertise in partner violence prevention.
Dr. Solveig Argeseanu Cunningham, PhD
Dr. Dabney Evans,
Assistant Professor of Global Health
Associate Professor of Global Health
Dabney P. Evans, PhD, MPH is an exceptional public health leader, with expertise in human rights law and public health and violence against women, including in Brazil.
Solveig A. Cunningham, PhD, MsC is an Associate Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology at Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University with expertise in family and child health.
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Research Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor of Global Health and Nutrition
Dr. Haarderfer is a research methodologist with expertise in the analysis of social science data, including analysis of longitudinal, dyadic, and nested data.
Dr. Amy Webb Girard, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health with expertise in food security and women's and children's nutrition.
Lauren Maxwell, PhD
Dr. Usha Ramakrishnan, PhD
Monique M. Hennink, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Global Health
Professor of Public Health
Associate Professor of Global Health
Dr. Ramakrishnan is Vice Chair and Professor of Global Health in the Hubert Dept. of Global Health and Director of the Doctoral Program in Nutrition and Health Sciences, Laney Graduate School, Emory University. Her expertise is in women's health and nutrition in Central America and Asia.
Lauren Maxwell is a Research Assistant Professor in the Hubert Department of Global Health. Lauren is an epidemiologist with expertise in intimate partner violence, women's reproductive health, and knowledge synthesis.
Monique M. Hennink is an Associate Professor in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University with expertise in qualitative demography.
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Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education
Dr. Sales is a developmental psychologist by training with expertise in cognitive and emotional development.
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The township of Yowah, built on the Yowah Opal Mining Field, is 160 km
north west of Cunnamulla.
It has a resident population of about 60 which increases to nearer 250 during the winter months.
The first lease was registered in 1883 and opal has been mined on the field since that time.
The field is renowned for its Yowah Nuts, small hollow ironstone concretions, a small percentage of which contain a kernel of pretty crystal opal.
The field also has magnificent matrix which is a unique type of opal, usually formed within the outer shell of the Yowah Nuts and when cut makes an elegant gem.
Some 25 kms south of Yowah is the small field of Black Gate and the Leopardwood mine.
This area has ironstone opal similar to that found at Yowah, black boulder opal and crystal opal and well as some interesting fossils.
Many visitors to Yowah become entranced with the landscape, lifestyle, people and the search for opal that they continue to return to the area on an annual basis.
It is only in recent years that the town has acquired some of the everyday services we take for granted like electricity, reticulated water from the artesian bore, telephone and television via satellite.
There is a designated area for recreational fossicking (licence required) with hand tools only within close proximity of the town and both uncut and finished opal are available for sale from the many outlets operated by the opal miners.
Yowah has recently opened a Rural Transaction Centre. This houses the library, a cafe, internet cafe and tourist information.
Yowah has a series of newly established heritage trails. The heritage trail guide is available from the Rural Transaction Centre.
A 'must do' is a drive to 'The Bluff'. You'll need your camera!


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It has been awhile. I've been busy. Sick kids, sick me. Tobogganing, visiting, playing, visiting, celebrating, helping, sharing, loving… and all good things. But, now things are ramping up career-wise again.
It is ALMOST Literacy Week – which means a very busy time for me. I am excited this year, because I get to spend two days with an ENTIRE school, working on a very exciting project. I will be visiting The Marysville Public School on Wolfe Island for a book workshop. I am also visiting the Belleville and Napanee Early Years Centre's for stories and crafts.
Here is a bit of (AWESOME) news – In the Snow is in the January ELF Scholastic Book Club order. This is seriously something I have dreamed of my WHOLE life. Ever since I got my very first books from Scholastic – all new and shiny – just for me… I have wanted this. I am so excited, I hope it does well enough they will also sell In the Garden – we will see.
On the home front, we've decided that the best use for our back room is… drumroll please…. a STUDIO for me, and the kids. I could not be more thrilled. We were going to make it an adult space, but well – that is impossible right now, so we are moving me back there… it is magnificent, and almost done. Right now all my craft/art/easels are in our living space, my workspace had to move when baby #2 moved in – I happily obliged. But now, I get my very own work space, with room enough for a large work table and Mo's very own invention desk. Pictures to follow soon. Thank you to my dear husband who is doing the all of the work (and he is oh so talented). WAHOO!
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Disable Windows Update Device Driver Search Prompt In Windows 7 / Vista
Do you get annoyed every time Windows asks you to search for the latest driver using Windows Update? It is great way to update the device driver, but if you have the driver on a CD or you want to download it manually from the company's website, then you can turn it off.
To disable it go to Start and type gpedit.msc in the Start Search and press Enter. Once Local Group Policy Editor is open navigate to,
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Driver Installation
Now from the right sidebar open the key named "Turn Off Windows Update Device Driver Search Prompt" and select Enabled and click OK.
Now Restart your computer or Log Off and then sign back in. That's it. Now Windows bother you any more. Enjoy!
Note: This will not disable the Windows Update, it will only stop prompting you to update the device driver using Windows Update. You will still be able to update the driver by manually going to Windows Update.


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Celebrating a playoff berth has apparently proved to be a bad idea for San Diego Chargers linebacker Thomas Keiser.
According to Teri Figueroa and Michael Gehlken of the San Diego Union-Tribune, Keiser was arrested at a restaurant in the Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego on a misdemeanor battery charge after an altercation Sunday night.
Keiser was arrested after police were called to break up a fight between Keiser and another man.
"We're aware of the issue involving Thomas," the Chargers said Monday night in a statement to the Union-Tribune. "We'll continue to monitor the situation and let the legal process run its course."
The Chargers had just wrapped up a playoff berth earlier in the day with an overtime victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. San Diego will play at Cincinnati this weekend in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. Keiser is expected to play for the Chargers.
Keiser has 4.5 sacks, 21 tackles and an interception this year in 12 games for the Chargers.


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Regulation Impact Statement Updates
Official website for publishing regulatory impact analysis information for regulatory decisions announced by the Australian Government, COAG and COAG Councils.
Horticulture Code of Conduct
Independent Review - Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
On 31 March 2017, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources announced a new Horticulture Code of Conduct to take effect on 1 April 2017.
The Government requested an independent review be held in response to concerns raised on the effectiveness of the mandatory Trade Practices (Horticulture Code of Conduct) Regulations 2006 (Horticulture Code) on 3 June 2015. Such concerns addressed issues of flexibility and the understanding of its application to industry practice, as well as that of transparency between growers and wholesalers.
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources certified the Independent Review of the Horticulture Code of Conduct: Final Report, November 2015 as having undertaken a process and analysis equivalent to a RIS.
The independent review provides 13 recommendations as amendments in remaking the Horticulture Code. In addition, the Government undertook additional amendments to the Horticulture Code in response to further consultation with stakeholders.
The Office of Best Practice Regulation does not assess independent reviews. The independent review has been certified at the Deputy Secretary level by the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, as consistent with best practice.
The Department has estimated that the reforms will result in an increase in average regulatory costs of $2.5 million per year. The Office of Best Practice Regulation has agreed with this figure.
Regulatory offsets have not been identified for the minor increase in regulatory costs. However, the Department has advised it is seeking to pursue net reductions in compliance costs and will work with affected stakeholders and across Government to identify regulatory burden reductions where appropriate.


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- Established: 19 November 1996
- Duration: Indefinite
- Number of Signatories: 184
- Number of Ratifications: 168
The Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO Preparatory Commission) is an international organization established at a meeting of States Signatories to the Treaty on 19 November 1996.
- Developments
- Verification Regime
- CTBTO Chairman and Executive Secretary Statements on North Korea's 2006 Test
- Statement of the Executive Secretary of the CTBTO to the UN
- August 2006 Speech by Nobuaki Tanaka on Synergies with Science
- Welcome at Synergies with Science Symposium
- Joint Ministerial Statement on the CTBT
- CTBT and PTBT Membership
Located at the Vienna International Center, Austria, the CTBTO Preparatory Commission prepares for the effective implementation of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)," and for the first session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Treaty. The Preparatory Commission's main tasks are establishing a global verification regime to monitor compliance with the comprehensive ban on explosive nuclear testing and promoting Treaty signature and ratification. The global verification regime consists of the International Monitoring System (IMS) and a consultation and clarification process to clarify and resolve matters concerning possible non-compliance with the basic obligations of the Treaty.
Treaty Overview
The CTBT is a cornerstone of the international regime on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons and an essential foundation for the pursuit of nuclear disarmament. Its total ban of any nuclear weapon test explosion in any environment will constrain the development and qualitative improvement of nuclear weapons and end the development of advanced new types of these weapons.
The CTBT was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, and was opened for signature in New York on 24 September 1996. It has achieved strong worldwide support.
Article XIV of the CTBT stipulates that the Treaty will enter into force 180 days after all 44 nuclear-capable countries (those that formally participated in the Treaty negotiations and possess nuclear power reactors and/or nuclear research reactors) have deposited their instruments of ratification with the United Nations. Currently, eight states on that list still must ratify in order for the Treaty to be legally binding. These states are China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, and the United States. All but three, Pakistan, India and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, have already signed the Treaty.
The CTBTO Preparatory Commission has concluded a Host Country Agreement with the Government of Austria and has a Relationship Agreement with the United Nations. The Relationship Agreement with the United Nations provides a framework for cooperation between the two organizations, as the Commission is an independent organization with its own membership and budget. Cooperation between the United Nations and the CTBTO Preparatory Commission facilitates the effective implementation of the Treaty, including the establishment of the global verification regime.
The Relationship Agreement allows the CTBTO Preparatory Commission to participate in United Nations meetings in the same capacity as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). These organizations may propose agenda items for consideration of the other and exchange documents, publications, and other information of mutual interest. The Executive Secretary of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission informs the United Nations of all its activities, such as in his annual address to the General Assembly. Using the United Nations laissez-passer as a valid travel document, officials of the Preparatory Commission engage in global activities aimed at facilitating the entry into force of the CTBT, for example holding regional workshops and conferences.
The CTBTO consists of a plenary body composed of all the States Signatories (also known as the Preparatory Commission), and the Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS). A State becomes a member of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission upon signing the Treaty. Member States each have one representative in the Commission, who are accompanied by alternates and advisors. Member States support the activities of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission through payment of assessed contributions and participate in the Commission's decision-making process.
Non-signatory States who host or will host IMS facilities are accredited with observer status and may attend meetings and activities of the Working Groups and their subsidiary bodies that are related to the IMS. However, observer status does not permit non-signatory States to participate in the decision-making process of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission.
Preparatory Commission
The main task of the Preparatory Commission is to establish a global verification regime as foreseen in the CTBT so that it will be operational by the time the Treaty enters into force. The verification regime will include procedures for on-site inspections and confidence-building measures.
The Preparatory Commission has three subsidiary bodies: Working Group A advises on administrative, legal, and budgetary matters; Working Group B advises on technical verification issues; and the Advisory Group contributes to financial, budgetary, and associated administrative issues. Both Working Groups make proposals and recommendations for consideration and adoption by the Preparatory Commission at its plenary sessions. Ambassador Aliyar Lebbe Abdul Azeez of Sri Lanka was elected as the Chairperson of Working Group A in October 2013. As of March 2015, Mr. Joachim Schulze of Germany has been acting as the Chairperson of Working Group B. The Advisory Group, with Sir Michael Weston of the United Kingdom as its Chairperson since June 2012, is composed of experts of international standing serving in a personal capacity. Ambassador Abel Adelakun Ayoko of Nigeria is the Chairperson of the Preparatory Commission for 2015.
Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS)
Under the Executive Secretary of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Mr. Wolfgang Hoffmann, the PTS began its work on 17 March 1997. During its plenary session in November 2004, the CTBTO Preparatory Commission elected Ambassador Tiber Tóth of Hungary to succeed Mr. Hoffmann as Executive Secretary. On 1 August 2013, Lassina Zerbo from Burkina Faso became Executive Secretary of the CTBTO. He was elected in October 2012. The PTS has an international staff of approximately 270 members from 70 countries. The PTS cooperates with the host countries in the development and running of an international network of 337 monitoring facilities provided for in the Treaty.
The Secretariat is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the provisional operation of the IMS and the International Data Centre (IDC), which receives, processes, analyzes, and reports on IMS data. The Secretariat is also in the process of developing operational manuals, which guide the various components of the verification regime, including budgetary and work planning.
Point of Contact
Executive Secretary: Ambassador Lassina Zerbo (Burkina Faso)
Preparatory Commission for the CTBTO
Provisional Technical Secretariat
Room E-0750
Vienna International Center
P.O. Box 1200, A-1400 Vienna
Phone: (431) 26030 6200
Fax: (431) 26030 5877
Website: www.ctbto.org
The CTBTO Preparatory Commission prepares for the effective implementation of the CTBT, and for the first session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Treaty.


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Maharashtra state government recently mandated civic bodies to upload details of illegal properties on the official website. This was necessary because, usually action is only taken when it comes to light that the building is illegal. Innocent buyers suffer in the process. Most buyers remain aware that buildings where they have bought property are illegal.


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of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford
Sunday Mass
Sundays of Year A
Advent and Christmas A
Advent 1A
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Advent 3A
Advent 4A
The Nativity of the Lord
Holy Family A
Epiphany A
Baptism A
Lent and Easter A
Lent 1A
Lent 2A
Lent 3A
Lent 4A
Lent 5A
Palm Sunday
Easter Sunday
Easter 2A
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Easter 6A
Ascension A
Pentecost A
Holy Trinity A
Corpus Christi A
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Christ the King A
Sundays of Year B
Advent and Christmas B
Advent 1B
Advent 2B
Advent 3B
Advent 4B
Nativity B
Holy Family B
Epiphany B
Baptism B
Lent and Easter B
Lent 1B
Lent 2B
Lent 3B
Lent 4B
Lent 5B
Palm Sunday B
Easter B
Easter 2B
Easter 3B
Easter 4B
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Easter 6B
Ascension B
Pentecost B
Trinity B
Corpus Christi B
Ordinary Time B
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Advent & Christmas C
Advent 1C
Advent 2C
Advent 3C
Advent 4C
Nativity C
Holy Family C
Epiphany C
Baptism C
Lent & Easter C
Lent 1C
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Lent 3C
Lent 4C
Lent 5C
Palm Sunday C
Easter Sunday C
Easter 2C
Easter 3C
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Pentecost C
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Ordinary 25C
Ordinary 26C
Ordinary 27C
Ordinary 28C
Ordinary 29C
Ordinary 30C
Ordinary 31C
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Ordinary 33C
Christ the King C
Solemnities and Feasts
Mary Mother of God A
Ss Peter and Paul A
Transfiguration A
Assumption A
Lateran Basilica A
Holy Cross A
All Saints A
All Souls A
The immaculate Conception
Holy Orders
Anointing of the Sick
Initiation of Children
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February Saints
March Saints
April Saints
May Saints
June Saints
July Saints
August Saints
September Saints
October Saints
November Saints
December Saints
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Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
Jesus tells a dramatic story in the Gospel, to make a very important point: the desperate need in our world for forgiveness and reconciliation. How many chances do we give each other? As many as seven? How often do we shut doors on people, even family and friends, saying "That's it; you've just gone too far this time: never again"? When Jesus says that we must forgive 'seventy-seven' times, he implies that we never stop forgiving, whatever happens. He doesn't just say this, however: even when they do the worst thing that could be done to him, nailing him to a cross, Jesus puts these words into practice: "Father, forgive them..." As his disciples, we must do likewise.
Notes for Readers
First Reading: Ecclesiasticus 27:30 - 28:7.
This is a remarkable reading - almost like a Shakespearean soliloquy in its power and intensity ! There is a strange darkness of tone in the reading, through which comes a great light - the light of forgiveness. This is very much a 'mood' reading - which you will have to get into. The author has obviously witnessed the results of grudges, resentments and lingering senses of injury, and has seen the destruction they cause. The first four lines are very dark - almost growling: the words '...these are foul things' are quite surprising in their power, especially in church on a Sunday morning: use them ! But then there is the light, the pleading of lines 5 and 6: 'Forgive your neighbour the hurt he does you...'. Then we have an appeal to reason, with three rhetorical questions: pause after each one, to allow people to think of the answer. Then the most dramatic, poetic section is the last four lines, each beginning with the word 'Remember...': be as dramatic as you like with these, addressing them to the people sitting in front of you. They are a clarion-call to all men and women of goodwill, and the repeated 'remember' gives this passage a tremendous emphasis. Also realise what the last three words are saying: 'overlook the offence': you can drop your voice for these, to a tender pleading, a desperate appeal, calling people to leave vengeance to those who do not know God. This is one of the finest passages of scripture that appear in the Lectionary: prepare and proclaim it as well as you can.
Second Reading: Romans 14:7-9.
As if realising the intensity of the first reading, this is brief and to the point: after the resurrection of Christ from the dead, both life and death are equally significant. Jesus has changed death, from an emptiness to something filled with the hope of glory. So we belong to him, whether we are alive or dead. Take this reading slowly, and in a matter of fact way, allowing the simple point to come across.
From the Catechism
God is love
God manifests his glory by sharing his goodness
"forgive us our trespasses"
In the course of its history, Israel was able to discover that God had only one reason to reveal himself to them, a single motive for choosing them from among all peoples as his special possession: his sheer gratuitous love. And thanks to the prophets Israel understood that it was again out of love that God never stopped saving them and pardoning their unfaithfulness and sins. God's love for Israel is compared to a father's love for his son. His love for his people is stronger than a mother's for her children. God loves his people more than a bridegroom his beloved; his love will be victorious over even the worst infidelities and will extend to his most precious gift: "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son." God's love is "everlasting": "For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you." Through Jeremiah, God declares to his people, "I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you." But St. John goes even further when he affirms that "God is love": God's very being is love. By sending his only Son and the Spirit of Love in the fullness of time, God has revealed his innermost secret: God himself is an eternal exchange of love, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and he has destined us to share in that exchange.
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More rumblings on trade rumors from around the league …
The Golden State Warriors and New Jersey Nets are discussing a potential trade that would send disgruntled Nets forward Troy Murphy and a second-round draft pick to the Warriors in exchange for center Dan Gadzuric and forward Brandan Wright, according to league sources. But the deal has not yet been agreed to, according to sources involved in the talks.
The Nets have been committed to moving Murphy for weeks, after he fell out of favor with Coach Avery Johnson. Murphy has been home since early January, having played in just 18 games this season for New Jersey, averaging 3.6 points. But the 30-year-old Murphy has long been considered one of the league's best rebounders and would be a good fit for a playoff team's rotation. There has been speculation that Murphy will be bought out by whatever team trades for him, given that he's on an expiring contract ($11.9 million this season), and would then sign with a contending team before the March 1 playoff roster deadline.
One source involved in the discussions cautioned that the potential trade was at best "50-50," but confirmed the teams were talking, as has been rumored for a couple of weeks. Yahoo! Sports reported the trade was close to being done Tuesday.
The Nets acquired Murphy last August from Indiana as part of a four-team deal that sent guard Darren Collison from New Orleans to Indiana, along with swingman James Posey, with forward Trevor Ariza going from Houston to New Orleans and Houston getting guard Courtney Lee from New Jersey.
The 23-year-old Wright was a first-round pick in 2007 but has been slowed by injuries during his years with the Warriors, appearing in just 98 career games in almost four full seasons. Golden State acquired Gadzuric and guard Charlie Bell from Milwaukee last summer in a trade for forward Corey Maggette.


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I run because I don't need to dress up to hit the pavement.
I run because I like waking up sore the next day.
I run because I don't know what'd I do with all that free time if I didn't run.
I hit the pavement because the road doesn't care how my day went, it doesn't need me to spill my problems, it doesn't offer a listening ear to everything that seems to be going wrong...but somehow at the end of the run my day turns for the better, my problems feel smaller, and I feel like I don't need to talk about everything that is going wrong anymore.
I run because physically, I have every reason not to, and I love breaking through the expectations of other people.
I run because I need to.
I run because I'm not coordinated enough to play any other sports.
I run because the muscle I've built would turn to fat if I didn't.
I run because it's a habit I can't break.
I lace up my shoes every day because the road is waiting. The sun is rising. The wind is whispering. And the sky is high above me. And when it all comes down to it, that's the only thing that matters to me while I'm running. It's me and the world, unsheltered, unobstructed, the wind in my face and the sun on my back. That's why I run.
July 23, 2011
I Run Because...
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Monday, 8 June 2015
Harvest Monday - 08 June 2015
The green one here is "Cervanek" and the red one is "Marvel of Four Seasons".
Because I have plenty of Lettuces on the go, I am able to cut them when they are young and tender, and not wait until they are old and tough:
Isn't it odd how salads look so much more substantial when you photograph them indoors?
This week saw what was for me an unusual harvest - some Oriental Greens (I think they are Pak Choi and Komatsuna), which came from my patch of "Cutting Salad".
I had picked some of their leaves when they were tiny, to go into salads, but now the plants had grown quite big and the leaves would probably have been too tough to eat raw, so I pulled up the whole plants and prepped them for use as a cooked vegetable.
Jane is not very keen on this type of brassica, so I ate them, stir-fried and mixed in with some Chinese noodles.
At the weekend I harvested some more of the "Annabelle" potatoes.
This year I am deliberately harvesting the first potatoes while they are very young. This means that even when I get to the last plants to be harvested the potatoes will not have become over-mature. "New potatoes" are best when they are slightly immature. If you leave them to get too big they become floury and lose that soft creamy texture that we all love.
This year I am again growing my potatoes in containers filled mostly with composted stable manure, which retains moisture really well. This in turn improves the skin texture of the tubers and helps to prevent Scab, which is often caused or at least exacerbated by soil / compost that is too dry. These "Annabelle" ones have lovely smooth skins. (I'm beginning to sound like an advert for Oil of Olay...)
Of course the Asparagus is still continuing to deliver its spears, a few at a time.
I usually keep cropping it till about the end of June, after which I allow the spears to develop into fern.
I'm linking to Harvest Monday with this post, so please follow the link to Daphne's Dandelions and see what everyone else has been harvesting.
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The potatoes look perfect,ReplyDelete
The harvests start getting a bit more interesting at this time of year. I like my lettuces while they're still young too, the leaves are much nicer eaten this way. I'm still envious of your potatoes, I've got a while to wait before I'll be harvesting any.ReplyDelete
Good job on the potatoes, they look beautiful. And from the looks of your noodle and greens dish, your wife is missing out on a good thing.ReplyDelete
Those lettuces look so perfect. Lovely. And the potatoes are flawless. They must be a joy to cook with in the kitchen.ReplyDelete
Lettuce look great ... and I love asparagus.ReplyDelete
All the best Jan
I'm hoping to move the SWC full of lettuce onto the new deck now that it's finished, where it will be in shade in the afternoon. Those potatoes look fantastic.ReplyDelete
You have really got new potatoes figured out, those are perfect. Absolutely beautiful. And everything else looks fabulous too. Veggies like that cannot be purchased.ReplyDelete
Oh, that lettuce is lovely! I'm still waiting for mine but it is finally starting to size up - hopefully I'll be picking some nice leaves in another week or two. And I agree with David - Chinese greens are my favourite type of green.ReplyDelete
Nice Harvest. Question - How many crowns did you plant in your asparagus bed?ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi David; I originally planted 10 crowns in the one bed - 1m x 2.4m - but a couple of them soon died. I think most of the useable spears come from about 5 or 6 plants, because some of them are pretty unproductive.Delete
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The Maastricht Treaty formerly known as the Treaty on European Union, was signed on 7 February, 1992 in Maastricht, Netherlands and subsequently enforced on 1 November, 1993. The treaty resulted in the creation of the European Union with the integration of the member countries of the European community and also resulted in the creation of the single European currency, the Euro. The treaty was a result of external events such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the prospect of German reunification as well as internal events which included the need to augment the achievements under the Single European Act with emphasis on economic reforms.
Apart from the economic objective of creating a common market, the objectives of the Maastricht Treaty included:
- Strengthening the democratic legitimacy of established institutions
- Improving their overall effectiveness
- Establishing an economic and a monetary union
- Developing the social dimension of the European Community
- Establishing a common defensive and foreign policy
The treaty thus resulted in the creation of the European Union consisting of three pillars – the European Communities, common foreign and security policy and police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters. The treaty created a single European citizenship over and above the national citizenship and mentions the rights vested in the citizens of the European Union. The treaty has been revised several times with several amendments made to the treaty.
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As a commercial tenant, it can be tricky to find and secure your dream property. Yet with tenacity, a good credit and tenant record, and an understanding of what commercial property owners look for in tenants, you can find great premises.
To stand the greatest chance of success when you apply to lease commercial property, read these 5 things that commercial property owners and landlords wish prospective tenants knew:
Prime commercial property is in high demand
There are limited properties within central business districts. Demand often outstrips supply, as many businesses want a central, convenient location. As a result, property owners have to process large volumes of applications. If you apply to rent a property at a peak time of year when many other business owners are looking, you can expect to face tough competition.
To beat other tenants and find a great location, plan your move for when other business owners have settled into their offices for the year. Or find property further way and use flexi-time to avoid employees struggling with rush-hour commutes.
Processing commercial rental applications can take time
Property owners and landlords need to liaise with multiple tenants. It's a good idea to be polite and considerate of this when querying agents. If you show demanding behaviour before you've even sent your application documents, the commercial property's owner will be less inclined to favour granting you the lease.
Have reasonable expectations of your new premises
If you are moving into an older building, keep in mind that there are specific requirements according to property law that might not include all of your personal requirements.
The law requires landlords to ensure that a property is fit for the use for which it is let. This means a commercial property owner is required to ensure their building is safe and maintained via normal running repairs. Landlords are not required to perform security upgrades or aesthetic changes (painting walls, replacing carpets, etc.).
Cooperative tenants are always preferred
Most commercial property owners have experiences dealing with nightmare tenants who always pay late or complain. One of the first things the property owner will look for is signs of a good fit, so make sure that you keep interactions cordial and professional.
Because property owners have to perform plenty of admin already, they'll be wary if it seems from the outset that your company's tenancy will add excessively to existing administrative loads.
It's easier when tenants know their needs
Many property owners experience the frustration of a tenant appearing happy with their commercial space at first but then finding it inadequate upon occupancy. Landlords and owners naturally want to avoid last-minute cancelations and having to scramble for new occupants. Make sure that you are fully aware of everything you need in your commercial space. Before you even start looking in earnest, list your:
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Royal Air Force, Bermuda (1939–45)
The Royal Air Force (RAF) operated from two locations in Bermuda during the Second World War. Bermuda's location had made it an important naval station since US independence, and, with the advent of the aeroplane, had made it as important to trans-Atlantic aviation in the decades before the Jet Age. The limited, hilly land mass had prevented the construction of an airfield, but, with most large airliners in the 1930s being flying boats, this was not initially a limitation.
The government-owned Imperial Airways built a flying-boat station on Darrell's Island that served as an airport for passengers flying to and from Bermuda, as well as on trans-Atlantic flights staging through the Island.
World War II[edit]
With the commencement of hostilities in 1939, Darrell's Island was taken over as a Royal Air Force station, with two commands operating on it. RAF Transport Command operated large, multi-engined flying boats, carrying freight and passengers between Europe and the Americas. RAF Ferry Command was responsible for delivering aircraft from manufacturers to operational units. As the requirements of the RAF and Fleet Air Arm could not be filled by the output of British factories, the Air Ministry placed orders with manufacturers in the neutral USA for all manner of aircraft. These included flying boats, like the PBY Catalina, which, designed for long-range maritime patrols, were capable of being flown across the Atlantic, albeit in stages.[1]
Imperial Airways, which had become the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), continued to operate in Bermuda throughout the War, as well, though in a war-role, with its new Boeing flying boats painted in camouflage. Its flying boats landed trans-Atlantic mail at Darrell's to be cleared by the British counter-intelligence censors at the Princess Hotel. In January, 1942, Prime Minister Winston Churchill visited Bermuda on his return to Britain, following December 1941 meetings in Washington D.C. with US President Franklin Roosevelt, in the weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.[2] Churchill flew into Darrell's Island on a BOAC Boeing 314. Although it had been planned to continue the journey by ship, he made an impulsive decision to complete it by a direct flight from Bermuda to England, marking the first trans-Atlantic air crossing by a national leader.
The first Bermudian killed in the Second World War was Flying Officer Grant Ede, an RAF Gladiator pilot who took part in the 1940 Battle of Norway, before dying along with almost everyone else aboard HMS Glorious when it was sunk during the evacuation from Norway.[3][4][5]
In 1940, the Bermuda Flying School was established on Darrell's Island with the goal of training pilots for the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy (RN). The school trained volunteers from the local territorial units using Luscombe seaplanes. Those who passed their training were sent to the Air Ministry to be assigned to the RAF or the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA). The Commanding Officer of the school was Major Cecil Montgomery-Moore, DFC, who was also the commander of the Bermuda Volunteer Engineers (BVE). He had left the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps (BVRC) to become one of at least eighteen Bermudian aviators of the Great War. The school trained eighty pilots before an excess of trained pilots led to its closure in 1942. The body administrating it was adapted to become a recruiting organisation (the Bermuda Flying Committee) for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), sending sixty aircrew candidates, and twenty-two female candidates for ground-based roles, to that service before the War's end.[6] With so many Bermudians entering the air services, the Air Training Corps was established in Bermuda during the war to train school-aged cadets (although, today there are only army and naval cadet corps in Bermuda).
In addition to the BFS graduates and BFC candidates, other Bermudians entered the air services during the war. These included at least two other Great War aviators who returned to service, Squadron Leaders Rowe Spurling and Bernard Logier Wilkinson, who served with RAF Transport Command and the RCAF, respectively. An officer of the BVE, Richard Gorham, transferred to the Royal Artillery, attaching to the RAF as an Air Observation Post (AOP) pilot, directing artillery fire from the air. He played a decisive role in the Battle of Monte Cassino.
In 1941, the USA was given 99-year free base rights in Bermuda, and began construction of a Naval Air Station, the Naval Operating Base (NOB), for flying boats, and an airfield for landplanes. The terms of the agreement were that the US-built airfield, on British territory, would be a joint US Army/Royal Air Force base. When the airfield (named Kindley Field after an American aviator who had fought for Britain during World War I) became operational in 1943, RAF Transport Command relocated to it, taking over the West end of the base in Castle Harbour.
With the entry of the USA into the War, at the end of 1941, the US Navy began operating air-patrols from the Island. Bermuda was a forming-up point, during the War, for convoys numbering hundreds of ships. Despite the importance of guarding against Axis submarines and surface raiders operating in the area, the RAF had not posted a Coastal Command detachment to maintain air cover. The Fleet Air Arm operated ad hoc patrols from its base RNAS Boaz Island (HMS Malabar) on Boaz Island. This was a repair facility which had several aeroplanes on hand, but no aircrew. It operated its patrols using pilots from ships at the Dockyard on Ireland Island, and RAF and Bermuda Flying School pilots from Darrell's Island. These patrols ceased in 1941 with the arrival of a US Navy patrol squadron, which operated from Darrell's Island until the US NAS became operable.
The RAF operated from its two facilities in Bermuda until the end of the War, when both Commands withdrew their detachments. Darrell's Island reverted to its pre-War role as a civil airport, until the replacement of flying boats as trans-Atlantic airliners by land-planes, like the Lancastrian, the Tudor, and DC4, led to its closure in 1948.
Post War activities[edit]
The senior RAF officer in Bermuda, during the War, Wing Commander E.M. Mo Ware, was loaned to the civil government to oversee the conversion of the RAF's end of the military airfield into a Civil Air Terminal. Pre-fabricated buildings were relocated from Darrell's Island to assemble the first terminal. Ware remained with the local government after leaving the RAF, becoming the Director of Civil Aviation for many years.
Although no longer maintaining any detachment in Bermuda, the RAF has continued to use the Island as a trans-Atlantic staging post since the War. Whereas most foreign military aircraft passing through the Island had used the US military end of the airfield, the RAF had continued to disperse its aeroplanes at the former RAF end of the field. Large detachments of tactical aircraft, accompanied by larger refuelling, transport, and maritime patrol aeroplanes, regularly staged at the island on transits between the UK and the garrison at Belize, or bombing ranges on US bases.
See also[edit]
- Military of Bermuda
- USN Naval Operating Base/Naval Air Station/NAS Annex, Morgans Point, 1941-1995
- USAAF, Kindley Field 1941-1948/USAF Kindley AFB, 1948-1970
- Naval Air Station Bermuda
- ^ The Flying Boats Of Bermuda, by Colin A. Pomeroy. Printlink Ltd., P.O. Box 937, Hamilton, HMDX, Bermuda. ISBN 0-9698332-4-5.
- ^ Bernews: Churchill's 1942 Flying Bermuda Visit
- ^ Archived GeoCities site of Seán Pòl Ó Creachmhaoil: FLYING OFFICER HERMAN FRANCIS GRANT EDE, DFC
- ^ The Royal Gazette: Heritage Matters Bermuda's first-lost in the Second World War, by Dr Edward Harris. Published 12 November 2011 (Updated 12 November 2011)
- ^ Biplane Fighter Aces of the Commonwealth: Flying Officer Herman Francis Grant Ede DFC, RAF no. 33307
- ^ That's My Bloody Plane, by Major Cecil Montgomery-Moore, DFC, and Peter Kilduff. 1975. The Pequot Press, Chester, Connecticut. ISBN 0-87106-057-4.
External links[edit]
- Military units and formations in Bermuda in World War II
- History of the Royal Air Force during World War II
- Aviation in Bermuda
- Bermuda in World War II
- 1939 in Bermuda
- 1940s in Bermuda
- Defunct military airports in Bermuda
- 1939 establishments in Bermuda
- 1939 establishments in the British Empire
- 1945 disestablishments in the British Empire
- Military units and formations established in 1939
- Military units and formations disestablished in 1945


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In order to recognise the eTwinning work done at school level, a new label is now available to apply for – the eTwinning School Label.
The concept of recognition for work done in eTwinning has been in existence since the start with Quality Labels being available to teachers for their projects both at national and European level. However, these labels are applied only to the work of individual teachers in projects. In order to recognise the work done at school level, a new label is now available to apply for – the eTwinning School Label.
The principle behind this new label is that eTwinning wants to recognise and appraise the involvement, commitment, dedication not only of scattered eTwinners, but of teams of teachers and school leaders within the same school.
The concept of attaining the status of an eTwinning School is that of a developmental journey with components that can be objectively assessed. It is not a competition, but rather a progression from one level to the next.
Why apply to receive the eTwinning School Label?
Awarded schools will:
- Have a high visibility at European Level
- Form a European network of eTwinning leading schools to inspire the future development of eTwinning
- Be recognised as leaders in the area of:
- Digital practice
- eSafety practice
- Innovative and creative approaches to pedagogy
- Promoting continuous professional development of staff
- Promoting collaborative learning practices with staff and students
- Be able to show their eTwinning School Label in all their promotional and information materials.
Awarded school staff and principals will be invited to become involved in dedicated professional development programmes.
The process for obtaining the eTwinning School Label has two stages.
Stage one is an automatic check of the following three points:
- The school has been registered on eTwinning for more than two years
- There are at least two active eTwinning teachers linked to the school at the time of the application.
- There is a European eTwinning project with a National Quality Label (within the last two years from application date).
If a school fulfils these requirements, all registered eTwinners in the school will receive an email invitation to fill in a self-assessment application form available on eTwinning Live.
Stage two involves completion – by any eTwinner in the school - of the self-assessment application form mentioned above, covering the following six Criteria:
- Criteria A. The school must demonstrate activities that prove teachers'/pupils' awareness of responsible use of the internet
- Criteria B. The school must demonstrate that there is active collaboration between a group of three or more teachers in eTwinning activities
- Criteria C. The school must demonstrate that at least two groups of pupils in the school are involved in eTwinning projects
- Criteria D. The school must demonstrate that two active eTwinning teachers from the school have participated in one or more eTwinning educational events and their contribution to the strategic development of the school
- Criteria E. The school must publically show its involvement in eTwinning. e.g. By either displaying the eTwinning logo and/or a description of their eTwinning activities on the school website or evidence from a school publicity /policy document or brochure
- Criteria F. The school must demonstrate that an eTwinning promotional activity has taken place within the school or in the local community in the year of the award.
The application period will open in December 2017 and will run until March 2018.
Schools will be asked to provide evidence for the various criteria requested and the final submission must be certified by the School Principal/Manager.


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