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Hands-On Viral Vaccine Manufacture
Registration is unavailable at this time.
Delivery methods
|43% Lecture
|7% Discussion/group activity
|50% Hands-on lab experience
Course content
|20% Fundamentals and concepts
|60% Industry applications
|20% Emerging technologies
This course can count toward your Professional Certificate in Biomanufacturing Science.
Why should you attend?
This five-day course provides those attending with a broad understanding of viral vaccine production. The course begins with an overview of vaccine fundamentals, including vaccine types, basic vaccine immunology, and virus types. Attention then shifts to those steps necessary to produce, recover and purify virus, using influenza A as a model for viral vaccines. Through a combination of lecture and hands-on laboratory activities, participants learn the fundamentals of egg-based and cell-based virus production and virus recovery and purification methods including ultracentrifugation, chromatography, and ultrafiltration. Basic analytical techniques for quantifying and characterizing virus are also examined. At the end of the course, attendees will have a thorough understanding of the "how and why" behind vaccine manufacture and consequently be better equipped to manufacture viral vaccines and troubleshoot vaccine processes.
Attend and you will learn
- Vaccine classification and basic vaccine immunology
- The principles—both fundamental and operational—that underlie key operations used in viral vaccine production including egg-based and cell culture-based virus production, "low-speed" centrifugation, ultracentrifugation, chromatography, and ultrafiltration
- The critical process parameters CPPs) for each unit operation, how these parameters are monitored, and the effect that a change in CPP value will have on process performance
- How vaccine products are characterized with respect to their safety, efficacy, and purity by means of quantitative assays
Who should attend
Anyone interested in obtaining a basic knowledge of the operations involved in production of viral vaccines and applying that knowledge in industry-like labs, such as the following:
- Scientists and engineers who are new to viral vaccine production
- Biomanufacturing supervisors and managers interested in learning about the parts of the vaccine process that they do not manage
- Other personnel—including quality assurance, quality control, and validation professionals—who support vaccine manufacture but may not be directly involved with execution of the processes they support
- Vendors who supply the vaccine industry with equipment and components
Attend and you will receive
- 37.5 hours of instruction (3.7 Continuing Education Units)
- Notebook containing all course lecture and lab materials
- Morning coffee
- Lunch
- Afternoon beverage break
- Certificate of attendance
This course is facilitated by a team of BTEC and NC State faculty, including Driss Elhanafi, Ph.D., Gary Gilleskie, Ph.D., Nathaniel Hentz, Ph.D., Matt Koci, Ph.D., Jennifer Pancorbo, Ph.D., and Lucas Vann, M.S.
All courses are offered on site at BTEC, other than online courses. The Golden LEAF BTEC building is located at 850 Oval Drive on NC State University's Centennial Campus.
BTEC strongly prefers payment by credit card at the time of registration. BTEC accepts payment from all major credit cards including American Express, Visa, and MasterCard. If you are not paying by credit card at the time of registration, please email email@example.com to make arrangements immediately after registering and note the following:
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Discounts available
A 20% discount is available to:
- Employees of BMF companies
- Groups of five or more from one company registering for the same offering of this course
- Individuals registering for more than one course at a time
- Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB) members
A 30% discount is available to faculty/staff working in academic environments.
A 40% discount is available for NIIMBL members for the "Hands-On cGMP Biomanufacturing of Vectors for Gene Therapy" and "Hands-on Essentials of Automation for Biomanufacturing" courses.
Check out BTEC's professional development certificate program for an additional way to save money on short course costs.
Short course cancellations
Cancellation by registrant
To cancel a registration and be eligible for a refund of course fees, you must notify BTEC by e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com or fax to 919-513-1697. Fees are refunded according to the following schedule:
- 100% refund – If notification is received at least 15 business days in advance of course start date
- 75% refund – If notification is received 10–14 business days in advance of course start date
- 50% refund – If notification is received 6–9 business days in advance of course start date
- No refund will be issued if notice is received 5 or fewer business days in advance of course start
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KSM Qinhuangdao Auto Parts Manufacturing Co., Ltd announced its establishment on Nov. 1, 2013. The company, covering an area of 66,700m2, with its plant covering 30,000m2, is located in the Citic Dicastal Industry Park of Qinhuangdao Economic and Technological Development Zone, China. The project is expected to be completed in Sep. 2014, with an annual capacity of 20,000 tons of lightweight aluminum-alloy auto castings.
KSM Qinhuangdao Auto Parts Manufacturing Co. Ltd. will keep the diversified development way of Citic Dicastal. Its products include power trains-related parts, Chassis modular parts and body parts. The establishment of KSM Qinhuangdao is an effective step in localization of leading foundry technology and process of KSM Group in China after the acquisition of KSM Germany by Citic Dicastal. It will commit itself to the energy-saving and eco-friendly of China's auto industry and further promote the development of China's auto parts industry.

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Another sweet girl that I've had the pleasure of photographing this past year is sweet little Caroline. She has always been a ham, RIDICULOUSLY photogenic, and makes me giggle during every session.
She celebrated her birthday last month and was thrilled I was able to photograph her this month, little miss attitude ;]
Happy Birthday (and happy nurs-aversary!!) Caroline & Bianca!


text: Inquest Records Narrative Verdict Following Tragic Death Of Birmingham Toddler Lawyer Welcomes Hospital's Formal Admission That Fatal Errors Were Made 30.09.2011 The mother of a toddler who was falsely accused of murdering her own son when he died in his sleep days after being sent home from hospital, today spoke of her heartache after an inquest heard that doctors and nurses made critical errors in his care.Alfie Podmore was just three years old when his worried family took him to Birmingham Children's Hospital A&E Department on Thursday, February 3rd 2011 as he was vomiting blood, had a high temperature, left shoulder pain and a rash. Recording a narrative verdict Birmingham Coroner, Aidan Cotter, stated that Alfie died following a failure by the hospital to diagnose his illness correctly. The inquest heard how doctors should have performed an x-ray which could have identified that he was suffering from pneumonia. Now, as part of a separate civil claim for damages, the hospital has admitted that prompt antibiotic treatment would in all likelihood have saved little Alfie's life. However, he was wrongly diagnosed as suffering from a gastric illness and was sent home with antacid medication. On the morning of Sunday 6th February, Mum, Abby Podmore, a trainee dental nurse, woke to find her son wasn't breathing. Despite desperate attempts to resuscitate him, he was pronounced dead at his home by paramedics. However, within an hour of Alfie's death a devastated Abby was arrested on suspicion of murder and held in custody overnight. It was only after a doctor, acting on behalf of the Sudden Unexplained Death In Infancy Investigation (SUDII) protocol confirmed that Alfie had died of natural causes, that the police realised Abby was completely innocent.Following today's inquest hearing, a medical lawyer from Irwin Mitchell Solicitors confirmed that Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has now formally admitted liability for failings in Alfie's care and has offered the Podmore family a full and unreserved apology.Tom Riis Bristow, a medical law solicitor with law firm, Irwin Mitchell, who is representing the family, said: "Today's inquest and the admission of liability by the Trust as part of the civil claim has proved what Abby and her family believed all along – that Alfie's tragic death could so easily have been avoided if he had received proper medical care when he was taken to hospital."They are thankful to the Coroner for investigating Alfie's death so thoroughly and whilst the formal admission of liability and apology from Birmingham Children's Hospital is welcomed, sadly it does not turn back the clock. The hospital has assured Abby that the subsequent internal investigation has led to important lessons being learnt and a number of changes to procedures have since been made which will hopefully mean that no other family has to suffer the same heartbreak. "Abby remains extremely angry about the heavy-handed way in which the police handled Alfie's tragic death. She has now called on Irwin Mitchell's Police complaints team for help and has made a formal complaint to the Police which is being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. Abby Podmore commented: "Alfie was my whole world. I loved him so much and did the very best I could for him."I knew in my heart that I couldn't have done any more for my little boy. I put my trust in the hospital and believed the doctors and nurses when they told me he would be okay and to take him home. I am now expecting another baby in November and it's hard coping with the thought that Alfie won't be around to get to know his little brother or sister. "I don't know how I will ever trust medical professionals or the police ever again after the heartache they have put me and my family through. I just hope that lessons are learnt from what has happened because no-one else deserves to go through the hell that we have suffered." Press contact Dave Grimshaw Press Officer 0114 274 4397 Email Dave Tags Personal Injury Medical Negligence Birmingham Tom Riis Bristow Related articles 22.08.2019Family Instruct Lawyers to Investigate Man's Legionnaires' Disease Death After Hotel Kalofer Bulgaria Holiday 22.08.2019Family Of Rotherham Girl Injured At Birth Plan Special Casino Night Fundraiser 20.08.2019Hull Woman Suffered Severe Blood Loss After Accident At Aqua Paradise Water Park In Bulgaria 20.08.2019Home Office Announces Freedom Of Movement To End In Event Of No-Deal Brexit 19.08.2019Hampshire Harriers Set For Funding Boost As Irwin Mitchell Renews Sponsorship For Third Consecutive Year 19.08.2019Holidaymakers Instruct Lawyers To Investigate Gastric Illness At Lanzarote's Holiday Village


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Adult Learning Tutor - Surrey Wide
Multiple opportunities to teach for Surrey Adult Learning across the county.
Surrey Adult Learning employs up to 300 part time tutors to deliver learning for adults. Courses are offered in a wide range of subjects including Art, Craft, IT, Languages, Humanities, Maths, English, Cookery, Exercise, Dance, Supported Learning, Family Learning, Outreach and ESOL.
We can offer you an hourly rate of £20.44 to £24.52 per hour, plus 14% or 16% annual leave entitlement dependent on length of service with Surrey County Council. This rate includes preparation time and travelling. We also offer many other benefits such as a local government salary-related pension and an annual training programme offering continual learning where applicable.
This is a zero hours (bank) contract. The amount of work you are offered will depend on the number and type of courses scheduled. A typical course could run over one, two, or three terms for up to two hours per week (day and/or evening classes) as well as occasional Saturday workshops. Please note that in some cases courses might not be viable due to low enrolments and may be cancelled.
Classes run in the north and south west of Surrey and are based around seven main centres: Guildford, Camberley, Farnham, Woking, Esher Green, Sunbury and Molesey. Family Learning and Outreach courses are run across Surrey in schools and Community Centres.
An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check may be required for some roles.
Surrey County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer of first choice reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all under represented groups.
About the Role
Tutors are required to have qualifications/expertise in their subject area as well as a teaching qualification (or be working towards one), such as the Level 3 award in Education & Training, and to have experience of teaching adults.
We are currently recruiting for:
GCSE Maths (all centres)
Family Learning - Early Years, Wellbeing, Cookery (East Surrey), Teenage Parenting (Surrey wide) daytime courses.
Arts & Crafts - Pottery (Camberley), Upholstery (Sunbury), Picture Framing, Creative Writing (Sunbury, Farnham), Interior Design.
Work Skills and IT - Web Design (Camberley, Guildford, Molesey, Woking), Business Start-up Courses (Guildford, Molesey), General Computing-Microsoft Office, Social Media - Business & Marketing.
Languages - Portuguese (Camberley), German (Camberley, Guildford, Farnham), French (Camberley, Guildford, Farnham), Spanish (Woking, Guildford, Farnham, Camberley), Italian (Guildford, Woking) Greek (Camberley, Esher, Guildford, Farnham) Japanese (Guildford), Polish (Woking).
Movement (inc. Dance) & Wellbeing - Exercise (Sunbury, Molesey, Farnham, Guildford), Pilates (Molesey, Sunbury), Bridge (Camberley, Sunbury, Farnham, Woking), Ballroom (Guildford, Woking, Camberley), Herbal Medicine (Guildford, Camberley), Pilates.
Outreach. A rewarding and exciting opportunity to work as a sessional tutor delivering Outreach courses in the community. A wide range of subjects are required, including IT. You will receive additional support from your line manager. Opportunities to share skills, knowledge and experiences of Outreach teaching are encouraged.
We are also looking for tutors with experience of working with learners recovering from mild to moderate mental health issues for our Passport to Wellbeing courses.
We are always interested in talking to experienced tutors about the subjects they can offer, and we would be particularly interested to hear from tutors who can teach subjects detailed in the attached list. at the bottom of this advert.
Please note, due to the number and variety of positions available, this advert is ongoing and applications will be considered upon receipt rather than the advert deadline.


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Dear Internet,
I can't wait! I am counting down the minutes to my holiday and I'm just not ready, which is so not like me.
Truth is I'm usually all packed and ready to go days (if it was up to me it would be weeks) before I go anywhere and yet for some reason I just don't feel like its holiday time.
First let me be clear, I might not feel like its holiday time but I'm not going to say no to a holiday! Work has been heavy the last few weeks, others have been on holiday and so there's been work to get done and now it's my turn J - big smile there!!
So perhaps tonight, when I get home I will pour myself a glass of something alcoholic and sit back for five minutes before I have to start packing and planning.
Thankfully I have tomorrow off work to make everything perfect and have clean sheets and a neet home to come back to. Tomorrow will be a rather unpleasant night (sleeping on the floor of the airport) so I'll be resting – thankfully not at work.
Clearly from this I'm thankful.
I'll keep trying to psych myself up for this!!


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I bathed my dog in regular shampoo and when she was dry, I applied the "gold". Proper dose for size and weight. Within a few hours she began shivering and became very hyper. She couldn't sit still and she was whining terribly. She had what appeared to be hiccups. This stuff nearly killed my litttle dog – It should be taken off the market.
3 thoughts on "Seargeant's Gold is AWFUL"
A letter Sergeatns: (I'd like to write)
I will tell you this is the first time I used your product the flea GOLD medicine and I have used frontline for years, thought I'd go a cheaper way, since I did not want to wait for the vet to open, and your product gave both my shih tzu's allergic reactions, one just small twitching but the other, running around, anxious, and whining like a maniac. i looked up on the internet many customer complaints and similar reactions, my vet said they had a reaction to your product. I called my vet late at night and he said there is nothing I can do unless they foam at the mouth or start tremors. I have to ride it out, even after washing it out with dawn dishsoap. My vet told me it was to late to wash it out, because it's a topical and it was already in the blood stream and had to ride it out. You need to pull it from the shelves and put similar less harming ingredients as frontline. So now I had a vet bill and had to buy capstars for the rest of the month. your product can kill animals. At least mine were fine, but suffered, just to save a few $$$.
I also put this product on my shih tsu. we had much the same results. shaking running around like a chicken with no head. very red and hot to the touch. he was also twitching/seizures ? I also called my vet. allergic reaction to hartz, give 1/2 tab of benadryl, or 1 tsp. in liquid. neousporin on area where applied. I had already bathed him twice, so back to the tub we go for a cool rinse to bring down his body temperture. today he is a little restless, but much more himself. I would hate to loose my little Ozzy too. we lost our little krissy due to liver failure.
I used the Sergeants Gold for the first time on my border collie/cocker mix and noticed soon after that she began itching, whinning and nervously pacing back and forth. I just thought she was hot and needed a hair cut. As soon as the clippers i had loaned out were returned to me (now 2 baths with Sergeants Gold later) I clipped her and my jaw dropped at what the damage the Sergeants Gold shampoo had done to her skin. The Sergeants Gold Shampoo created a chemical burn all over her back – no wonder she was so uncomforatable! As a pet owner i felt just horrible, unknowingly at the thought that i applied such a harmful chemical on my sweet dog and caused her so much discomfort. I'm now trying to find a product that i can apply topically to help heal her chemical burn.
This product needs to banned from the shelves. Does anybody know how we can make this happen?


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Sex trafficking has spread deep into Tennessee's rural communities, a panel of experts said Wednesday, creating fresh challenges for efforts to stop the enslavement of women and children for sex.
Studies by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation show that 17 of the 21
counties in the state where sex trafficking is most prevalent are categorized as rural. That finding contradicts assumptions that sex trafficking primarily involves foreign-born women living in cities, TBI special agent Margie Quin told an audience of about 100 who attended a Lipscomb University forum organized by The Women's Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.
"It happens to U.S. citizens in our own backyard," Quin said.
A century after Congress passed the Mann Act to combat the"whiteslavery"of prostitution by criminalizing the transport of women across state lines for immoral purposes, concern over sex trafficking has again been on the rise in Tennessee. A coalition of activists, law enforcement officials and state lawmakers has worked to raise awareness about child exploitation and the coerced prostitution of women.
The effort has led to tougher state penalties for human trafficking, and the passage of a Tennessee law that lets prosecutors charge those who pay for sex with trafficking. The Department of Children's Services and the Department of Human Services also have been asked to designate staff specifically to helping adults and children being exploited.
Much of the push has been based on a 2011 study that documented more than 100 recent cases of sex trafficking in Tennessee. The TBI will release a follow-up report by the end of this year that focuses on factors that pave the way f or boys and girls to be f orced into prostitution, Quin said.
Experts said victims of sex trafficking first fall prey around the age of 13, on average, as traffickers take advantage of past sexual abuse, domestic violence or other childhood traumas.
Reaching vulnerable children who live in rural areas can be difficult, the panel said, since outreach efforts tend to be based in and f unded by Tennessee's major cities. But they said increased awareness of risk f actors and the signs of sexual abuse can protect boys and girls from traffickers.
"Training can be prevention," said Derri Smith, the founder and executive director of End Slavery Tennessee, a Nashville group that focuses on human trafficking.
Panelists also heard from Ryan Dalton, co-founder of Rescue Forensics, a Memphis firm that collects and archives information from websites, such as Craigslist and Backpage, often used to advertise sex. The firm's database can be tapped by police of f icers to detect signs of sex traf f ickers' operating in their communities and by prosecutors to build cases against traffickers.
Dalton urged audience members to consider how they can put their professional skills to work to combat sex trafficking.
"Anybody can be an abolitionist," he said. "The needs are endless."


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Hotel Review: Delano Hotel Las Vegas
Vegas is a blast, we cannot deny, and casinos are a huge part of what has made Las Vegas such an enormous success. It can be so much fun to sit at a black jack table for hours, eeking out hard-earned dollars on hands you should have folded on or maybe doubled down on – take your pick. The last time we were there, I ambled up to the craps table at Caesar's Palace and tried desperately to follow the play until I picked up a few of the tricks from some hardcore players. Again, a total blast.
But when I'm done with the casino, I am D-O-N-E. I don't want to come downstairs from my room for breakfast the next morning, and still hear the ringing of the slot machines and whoops of big players hollering about the latest win or loss. I want my coffee, my quiet time, and a slow return to the living. Not more casino shenanigans. Which is why I love the Delano Las Vegas for its welcome absence of gaming.
Same with smoking. Something that seems perhaps a little glamorous at night, framed with cocktails, sly glances and pouty lips, becomes so disgusting the day after. The last thing I want is to smell smoke – or smell like smoke – when the party is over. Again, the Delano Las Vegas comes through as a non-smoking hotel. More points.
Oh, and not a great hotel with kids – which is why we didn't bring them! If you want to visit Las Vegas as a family, it can be so much fun. Stay at the Paris Hotel or Planet Hollywood for that kind of family entertainment.
Sexy Lobby
Whomever designed this hotel gets my applause. When it was formerly The Hotel, it was just okay in an opulent only-in-Vegas gilded kind of way. Now as the Delano, the spaces are sleek, warmly stylish, and well lit with appropriately dim cocktail lighting that looks good on anybody.
Low leather couches, lots of random-shaped wood furniture, very cool art and a chill vibe. My kind of place!
HUGE Rooms
These are some of the largest hotel rooms on the Strip, all suites with enormous sitting rooms, spacious bedrooms with giant granite and marble bathrooms and walk-in showers. Again the furnishings and design are high style, very chic with a vibe you would normally find in New York.
Nice Connections to Mandalay Bay
One other cool thing about the Delano is its direct connection to the Mandalay Bay, simply down a hallway and into the casino and restaurant arcade. So convenient! You can eat, drink, see a show and gamble at the Mandalay, and then stumble back to the Delano to relax in the rich, quiet vibe of coolness. The best of both worlds!
Bonus Location – End of Strip
If you've been to Vegas a few times, you start to learn the lay of the land. For example, if your dinner reservations are down the Strip a ways, and you need to take a cab, it can be a brutal and very long ride in heavy traffic. And walking? Out of the question! So staying at the Delano Las Vegas can be an advantage due to it being at the very end of the Strip, which gives cabbies and ubers many options to maneuver around traffic using surface streets. If you are always running a tad late (ahem) then every minute counts, and this little secret is a valuable one!
What's your favorite place to stay on the Strip? Come on, let's hear it!


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Feeding children is on the list of things I love right up there with cleaning toilets. It's necessary but equally annoying and always messy!
When Dayton came to us at 3 1/2 years old, he literally only ate chicken nuggets and macaroni and cheese. No fruits. No vegetables. Well this mama isn't a short order cook, nor do I have any desire to be one. After speaking with our wonderful pediatrician I adopted the, "This is what we are having or you are going to be hungry," style of parenting and haven't looked back.
Today for example, Dayton only wanted the charms out of his Lucky Charms. Refused his milk. Refused his banana. Ehhhh that's ok, milk is expensive, so if I can save it for the next meal, heck why not!
Lunch was left over chili. He hates chili. But everyone else was having it, so he was going to have it to. He picked out the crackers that weren't completely covered in chili and ate those, but that was all. Also, he wouldn't drink his water. Man, a rough day for him!
Needless to say, he was happy that snack was a granola bar and water. Both were gone in 2 seconds flat. But dinner was chicken pot pie, mashed potatoes and a clementine. He sucked every last drop of juice from the clementine and drank his water, but that was all. Some days it sucks to suck, but I don't care if his tummy is growling when he goes to bed. He was offered meals, he just didn't "like" what it was. Not sure why he didn't like it considering it never went near his mouth.
If I was a betting person, I would say that tomorrow morning I could serve him almost anything and he will gobble it down.
Unless a child has an actual eating disorder, they aren't going to starve themselves. They WILL eventually eat what you are offering. I was told many times, as long as he gets one good meal every 3 days or so, he'll be fine. When it comes to power of wills, I will always win. Call it the competitive side of me.
So moms out there, stop catering to your children. The world isn't going to cater to them, so don't give them that false hope. I refuse to be the mom at the big family dinner with the kid that says, "I don't eat this," to my family that has worked for hours to prepare a meal. You will eat or you will sit there with your mouth shut and be hungry. You will not get a different meal. I will not stop and get you something else. And when we get home, you will go to bed with your stomach growling.
And I've heard so many times, "If I don't make them something else, they will be hungry." Good. Let them be hungry. Let them know that you aren't their servant and I'm sure they will find something on their plate they will eat.
Now do the kids ALWAYS eat what we eat. No, let's be real. When Jason and I are eating steaks that are too "fancy" (aka expensive) for them to waste, they get PB&Js, but except for those rare occasions, they get what we are having.
To all the mom's that are currently short order cooks, throw your Waffle House uniform away, and toughen up your babies! They can eat that meals they "want" when they are old enough to buy the groceries, cook it and clean it up, until then, you are the head chef and they will eat what's served!


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Release: Northwest: Get It Now ... Full Sail Session Black Cherry Black
Hood River, Oregon ... How could Full Sail possibly make Session Black even more delicious and drinkable? Here's a way: Session Black Cherry Black. This brand new beer in the Session Series is everything fans have always loved about Session Black, now with a dash of dark cherry flavor. Still short, dark and drinkable. Still rocking those notes of roasty chocolate. But with a new twist.
"This new Session is Session Black with a cherry on top – actually, it's more like a cherry cordial without the brandy," says Full Sail Brewmaster Jim Kelter. "The aroma and flavor of cherry complements the smooth chocolate character of this dark lager. Brewed with Pale, Caramel, Munich and Chocolate malts, this is an easy-drinking wintertime beer. It's not too heavy with just the right amount of cherry."
Session Black Cherry Black pours deep garnet in color with a creamy tan head. Aromas of cocoa and cherry with a subtle floral essence make it a smooth-drinking dark lager with a full palate of bittersweet chocolate and sweet cherry taste. Black Cherry Black is rich in flavor yet finishes cleanly and is remarkably refreshing.
Session Black Cherry Black pairs well with lightly grilled red meats and roasted root vegetables, lighter cheeses such as Brie, mozzarella and ricotta, aged pungent cheeses like Glacier Blue, and nuttier cheeses like Parmesan. Its dark cherry flavor also complements chocolate desserts, such as German chocolate cake and brownies, as well as bread pudding.
When Full Sail launched the Session brand 12 years ago, it quickly became the hottest new craft-beer brand on the market, which has since brought home 100 medals, including 40 golds. Session's not a micro, a macro, or an import, but in a way it's a little bit of each. You see, virtually everyone who likes beer likes Session. It's a brand that's accessible without being ordinary. Totally drinkable, but never at the expense of character. And now, just for winter, there's Session Black Cherry Black. Available January through April in the Session Series 12-pack and in the Session Mashup variety 12-pack. 5.4% ABV, 22 IBUs.
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I'll be reprising my fall Tin House class, a three-hour afternoon workshop on "Setting the Clock: Manipulating Past, Present, and Pace in Fiction." We'll be doing some close reading and talking about how monkeying with time registers can help writers achieve the emotional effects they're looking for. Generative exercises will be included. Check out the other teachers and classes on the spring roster here! Application deadline for all classes is March 20. Location: Tin House Magazine office, 126 13th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues), #4R, Brooklyn, NY (Gowanus neighborhood).
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Earlier Event: April 1Maplewood Literary Award
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This is a test but it is mind blowing if it works. I am posting this from my phone. Imagine if you will the consequenses when (not if) this becomes mainstream.
The photo is my hubby practising.
[EDIT] There was no edit option so I have hopped back on the lappy to expand. The photo was also taken with my phone. The whole post took a matter of a few minutes to write, take the picture and load. The consequences that immediately come to mind are for journalism. When a good proportion of the populace have a blog and a web and camera enabled phone any event can be immediatley recorded and published. Actually I wouldn't need a blog. I could just have easily posted something with a photo to Facebook or Twitter with better effect as more people read my streams there.


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Here's What People Are Saying About RAJA, Story of a Racehorse
"An outstanding debut novel for young people."
—Kirkus starred review
"This is a very very good book. It's definitely one of my favorite horse books – and I have read a lot of them!….. It's heartbreaking at times but also wonderful at others. I couldn't put it down. I would definitely recommend it!"
"A compelling tale of the courage and resilience of a great Thoroughbred, my favorite breed."
—Michael Matz, Hall of Fame Show Jumper, Olympic medalist and trainer of 2006 Kentucky Derby winner, Barbaro
I will be attending and/or doing signings at the following events in 2013. Dates are being added to the calendar.
Summer/Fall 2013
July 19 Saratoga Springs, NY 11:00-2:00
National Museum of Racing
Talk and booksigning
191 Union Ave, Saratoga Springs, NY
August 22 Saratoga Springs, NY 2:00
Saratoga Racetrack
Booksigning to benefit the American Steeplechase Injured Jockeys Fund
September 28, 2013 Bel Air, MD 11:00-2:00
CANTER/MAHR Benefit Horse Show
Booksigning to benefit CANTER
Heavenly Waters Park, Bel Air, MD
October 26, Lexington, VA 4:00 pm
Thoroughbred Celebration Horse Show
Booksigning to benefit After the Finish Line and the TB Celebration Shows
Virginia Horse Center East Complex, Lexington, VA
April, 2013
Apr 13 Annapolis, MD 11:00
Annapolis Book Festival
February, 2013
Feb 21 Baltimore, MD
Talk for St. Paul's School for Girls
Feb 23 Harrisburg, PA 1-4 pm
Horse World Expo, with CANTER PA
December, 2012
Dec 2 – Hunt Valley, MD 1-3 pm
Greetings and Readings
Hunt Valley Town Centre
118-AA Shawan Road
Dec 7 – Exton, PA 5:30 – 7:30
Barnes & Noble
Dec 15 – Middlebury, VT 10:30-11:30
The Lodge at Otter Creek
February, 2012
Feb 11 – Burlington, VT 5-8 pm
Vermont Hunter Jumper Association Annual Awards Dinner
Hilton Hotel (invitation only event)
Feb 11 – Millerton, NY 6-9 pm
Illustrator, Peggy Kauffman will be signing copies of RAJA at
The Gilded Moon Gallery, 17 John Street
Feb 24/25 – Harrisburg, PA 11-3 pm
Horse World Expo Farm Show Complex
2301 N. Cameron Street
Retired Racehorse Training Project and CANTER booths
March 2012
Mar 10 Wellington, FL 11 am-2 pm
Winter Equestrian Festival Beval Saddlery
Mar 16 Philadelphia, PA
Public Library Association 2012 Conference
Independent Book Publishers Association Booth
Mar 17 Ringoes, NJ
Amwell Valley Hounds Pony Club
12-2 pm Beaver Creek Equestrian Center
46 Wertzville RD, Ringoes, NJ
Mar 18 Glyndon, MD
Foxhall Farm Trophy Team Race
Green Spring Valley Hunt Club
Mantua Mill Rd, Glyndon, MD
Mar 25 Unionville, PA 1-4 pm
Mr. Stewart's Cheshire Foxhounds Point-to-Point
April 2012
April 6 Chester Springs, PA
Pickering Hunt Pony Club talk and signing
April 21 Butler, MD
Maryland Grand National
Vendor Tent – YOICKS! booth
Apr 22 Fair Hill, MD 1-4 pm
Fair Hill Point-to-Point
Signing to benefit the American Steeplechase Injured Jockey's Fund
Apr 29 Cockeysville, MD 1-3 pm
Maryland Junior Hunt Cup
Signing to benefit North American Point to Point Association
May 2012
May 2 West Chester, PA 7-8 pm
Chester Country Books and Music
975 Paoli Pike West Chester, PA
May 18 Baltimore, MD 12-1 pm
Black Eyed Susan Day at Pimlico
5201 Park Heights Avenue Baltimore, MD
May 26 Middleburg, VA
National Sporting Library Book Fair
102 The Plains Road, Middleburg WWW.NSL.org
June 2012
June 5-7 New York, NY
Book Expo New York
June 26 Middlebury, VT 10 am -12 pm
Ilsly Public Library 75 Main Street
Youth Services Event-Try It! Horse Racing
June 29 South Woodstock, VT 12:00
Green Mountain Horse Association
Junior Horsemanship Clinic
July 2012
July 2 Bar Harbor, Maine 7-9 pm
Sherman's Bookstore, 56 Main Street
July 6 Lake Placid, New York 1-2 pm
Lake Placid Horse Show Junior Day
Booksigning and talk
July 6 Lake Placid, New York 4-5 pm
Bookstore Plus 2491 Main Street
July 13 New Haven, Vermont 12-2 pm
Vermont 4H Horse Show
July 28 Saratoga Springs, NY 12-4 pm
Saratoga Racetrack
Booksigning to benefit the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation
July 30 Manchester Center, VT 4 pm
Northshire Bookstore
August, 2012
Aug 1 Saratoga Springs, NY 10-1 pm
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
191 Union Avenue Saratoga Springs NY
Aug 4 East Dorset, VT 3-7 pm
Vermont Summer Festival
Harold Beebee Farm Rte 7
Booksigning to benefit Spring Hill Horse Rescue
Aug 8 Weybridge, VT
UVM Morgan Horse Farm Open House/Vermont Day
Booksigning to benefit UVM Morgan Horse Farm
Aug 11 South Woodstock, VT 4-6 pm
GMHA Festival of Eventing Trade Fair
Booksigning to benefit GMHA XC Course upgrade
September 2012
Sept 1 East Hampton, NY 10-2 pm Hampton Classic Horse Show Booksigning to benefit ASPCA's Rescuing Racers Initiative
Sept 16 Shoreham, Vermont 12-3 pm Shoreham Apple Festival
Sept 23 Saratoga Springs, NY 12-3 pm Saratoga Horse and Tack Expo Saratoga Racetrack With Saratoga Saddlery
October 2012
Oct 13 Harrisburg, PA 5-8 pm Pennsylvania National Horse Horse Show 2300 North Cameron Street Harrisburg, PA 17110
Oct 19 & 20 Elkton, MD 1-3 pm Fair Hill International Horse Trials 378 Fair Hill Drive, Elkton, MD
Oct 21 Allentown, NJ Fall for Horses Thoroughbred Horse Show Horse Park of New Jersey
Oct 25 Washington, DC 5-8 pm Washington International Horse Show
November, 2012
Nov 13, 2012 Kennett Square, PA 6:30-7:30 pm Bayard Taylor Memorial Library 216 State Street, Kennett Square, PA 19348
Nov 24, 2012 Southern Pines, NC 2-4 pm The Country Bookshop 140 Northwest Broad Street Southern Pines, NC


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How can writers make the old new? How can artifact become a springboard for a creative practice? Angela will read a story from Please Do Not Remove and discuss the creative approach of her edited collection at the Burlington Book Festival. Shelagh Connor Shapiro will also read from her novel, Shape of the Sky.
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Track Company Returns and Get Insight on Debt With This Killer Metric
Do you want to keep a better handle on your investments but don't have the time or inclination to pore over financial statements every quarter? In "The Incredible Lightness of Part-Time Investing," we introduced financial ratio investing as a means to gain confidence in monitoring your investments over the long term. We described each of the four basic areas of modern financial analysis as answering a "big picture" question:
- Liquidity: Does the company have sufficient cash or other means to meet short-term obligations?
- Profitability: Is the company profitable during the period in question?
- Solvency: Can the company meet its long-term debt obligations?
- Activity: Is the company efficiently managing its assets and other resources?
In this series, we're looking at financial ratios that address each area. Return on invested capital, or ROIC, tracks the financial returns generated from a company's invested capital. It's related to both profitability and activity. Unlike many other ratios, ROIC has no standardized formula by which to be calculated, but most of the calculations you will see on financial sites are slight variations on the following:
Net operating profit after taxes / invested capital
"Net operating profit after taxes" is simply after-tax net operating income, with interest expense (net of taxes) added back in. "Invested capital" is the total cash that both shareholders and holders of debt have invested in a company.
In a nutshell, ROIC is a measure that tracks the amount of cash generated by each dollar invested in a company, both internally and by long-term debt-holders.
Why ROIC is a killer metric
Companies with a high ROIC tend to be efficient at utilizing both assets and debt. This is important because it's often difficult to evaluate a company's debt: Are borrowed funds primarily being used to take advantage of opportunities to increase long-term earnings, or are they merely a bridging mechanism? For an example, let's look at the personal-care and household-goods titan Colgate-Palmolive . Colgate carries an appreciable amount of borrowing on its books: Total current and long-term debt of $5.6 billion is equal to roughly 41% of the company's total assets figure of $13.5 billion. Having considered this, let's glance at Colgate's recent ROIC, expressed over a period of time:
As a rule of thumb across industries, successful companies typically generate ROIC in excess of 10%. Well-run multinational consumer-goods companies can often achieve ROIC greater than 20%. Colgate-Palmolive's ROIC gives you some insight into why it has earned a reputation for consistent, attractive financial returns. But it also reveals that the company is making efficient use of its capital structure: The significant amount of debt Colgate carries is contributing to, rather than hampering, the company's overall profit.
Tracking ROIC can throw up a yellow flag on debt
Viewing the trend of a corporation's return on invested capital can also provide information about when a capital structure is changing -- again, this becomes important when understanding the use of debt in an organization. Soak in the following chart on Priceline.com for a moment:
Trailing-12-month operating profits are obviously vigorous at this leading Internet retailer. Why is ROIC dropping? Going back to our equation above, if the numerator (adjusted operating profits) is increasing, something in the denominator (invested capital) must also be increasing for the total measure to decline.
Looking at Priceline's last few quarterly balance sheets, you can see that the company has issued a tremendous amount of convertible debt beginning in 2012: On June 30, 2013, the balance of long-term debt stood at $1.72 billion. One chunk of these issuances, an $875 million offering, was the largest convertible bond offering in the U.S. for the year at the time (March 2013).
Cash raised from the debt will enable Priceline to buy back its shares, which it believes to be undervalued. Because the interest on the debt is extremely low, management obviously felt comfortable initiating this transaction. Just checking in on Priceline's ROIC would have alerted an investor to the increasing debt burden. Tracking ROIC for further declines will help you determine if, in the future, this strategy turns out to be weaker than expected.
Watch out for false signals
Sometimes a reputable company's ROIC will seem unusually low, but this is not necessarily evidence of poor returns. For example, both Ford and General Electric would appear to have dismal returns on invested capital:
What's going on here? Aren't both of these companies fairly profitable, well-run, market-leading concerns? All of that is true, but in addition, each company carries a large amount of debt on its books via a financing segment. Both Ford and GE lend to their customers to sell their products, and each carries debt in the billions separate from debt associated with ongoing operations. This larger debt burden artificially deflates the ROIC metric. You will sometimes run into unusually low ROIC numbers for successful industrial corporations; consider this a cue to check in if the company in question is financing its products to a significant degree.
Frequency: check in once a quarter
Using the dynamic ROIC metric on a quarterly basis (when corporate financials are updated) will provide you with a deeper understanding of how your investments are faring. Moreover, if you combine this metric with other ratios, you may find that a bird's-eye view can keep you comfortable with your ongoing holdings and alert you when it's time to delve into finer detail.
Do You Want Stock Ideas Related to ROIC?
Companies with high ROIC typically generate strong cash flow. And those companies that use part of their cash flow to provide decent dividends can turn out to be solid long-term investments. While they don't garner the notoriety of highflying growth stocks, dividend stocks are less likely to crash and burn. And over the long term, the compounding effect of the quarterly payouts, as well as their growth, adds up faster than most investors imagine. With this in mind, our analysts sat down to identify the best of the best when it comes to rock-solid dividend stocks, drawing up a list of nine in this free report. To discover the identities of these companies before the rest of the market catches on, you can download this valuable free report by simply clicking here now.
The article Track Company Returns and Get Insight on Debt With This Killer Metric originally appeared on Fool.com.Fool contributor Asit Sharma has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Ford and Priceline.com. The Motley Fool owns shares of Ford, General Electric Company, and Priceline.com. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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Doc Holliday being in love with Melanie Wilkes from Gone With the Wind -- legend and literature come together.
When John Henry Holliday was a young man, he and his cousin Mattie Holliday were best of friends. During their teen years the friendship turned to a romance. Because they were first cousins, family members pressured them to end their involvement. Some folks say it was their tragic love affair that sent him West and her into a convent.
Doc and Mattie became close friends after Doc's father remarried just three months after his wife died. Doc was 14 at the time and gravitated toward his uncle, which would have given him more opportunities to see Cousin Mattie. Ten years after Doc left Georgia Mattie entered a convent and became Sister Mary Melanie. Mattie corresponded with Doc all of his life, but ultimately burned the letters exchanged by the two of them after his death.
Mattie's uncle was Margaret Mitchell's great grandfather. Years later, Mattie Holliday became a nun and took the name Sister Melanie. That was how she was known when Margaret Mitchell visited with her as an old woman at St. Joseph's Infirmary in Atlanta, Georgia. Mitchell is said to have asked her if she could name a character after her in the story she was writing, to which Sister Melanie replied, ''Just make her a good person."
Several years ago I was fortunate enough to take a tour through Margaret Mitchell's home in Atlanta. The docent pointed out two photos hanging on the wall -- one was Mattie and the other Doc. All of us tourists appeared surprised to hear of this love affair and how it had such a lasting effect on the two of them. Some have said that losing the love of his life might have contributed to his alcoholism.
For some reason I cannot understand, this story left an everlasting impression on me. How strange a man who became known as a fast gun of the west had loved a gentle lady who became a nun.
BLURB: Sassy Amalie Renard, a poker-playing saloon singer, shakes up Paradise Pines, a former gold-rush mountain community by turning the saloon's bar into her stage. Her amazing voice stirs the passions of the hotel owner, a man who anonymously travels tunnels at night providing help to the downtrodden as the mysterious Night Angel. Declan Grainger agrees to subsidize the building of a music hall to fulfill Amalie's dream, but a bounty for her arrest could spoil his plans. Distrust and jealousy stir flames of malice and revenge threatening to destroy their town. Drawing from past experiences, Declan and Amalie turn to each other to find a way to save the community.
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BLURB: The dusty trail of a wagon train leads west, but Darrah Benjamin finds it a pathway to love and forgiveness when an arranged marriage becomes much more than a convenience. Wagon scout Chase challenges her determination with his promise -- she'll give him her heart and invite him to her bed before they arrive at their destination. Darrah will shape her own destiny and claim a woman's spirit along the way. Charles Danforth, a scout known as Chase, leads a wagon train of emigrants west through plains plundered by murderers. As an undercover agent of President Polk, he has sworn to stop the massacres. Darrah's inadvertent comment gives him the clue he needs to achieve his assignment. His Sioux blood brother helps Chase end the killings, but almost ruins Chase's chance of winning Darrah's heart when he kidnaps her to demonstrate the depth of love Chase has for his wife.


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363rd message.
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In truth, it is time for this century to know the truth which leads to the eternal life and to be freed from the lie and seduction that leadto the eternal death. If the Lord Jesus has made us to carry his light, it is so that through it, the people should become enlighten and should no longer be in the confusion.
Every time, I meet people who always say to me that we pray the same God, either we are catholics, protestants, Jehovah witnesses, pentecostal… These last and all the men should know and understand that we do not pray the same god; for this thought has brought a lot of darkness in the hearts and beliefs of many. There are many creature gods and only one creator God, and everyone is defined by his status that comes from his word. I take the case of the Garden of Eden as an example. There, there was a God or a word that was telling to Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, and that the day they will eat it, they will die. Adam and Eve obeyed this word and were praying this God. Another god or word came and said to Eve that if she eats the fruit of the forbidden tree, they will not die. When eve and Adam obeyed to this creature god or word, they diverted from the creator God in order to pray this creature god of whom they preferred the status.
The status of the creator God or that of the creature god is in the obedience according to his will or his recommendations. That is why the Lord Jesus in the desert, on a mountain, was praying God because he was obeying to his word. But another god came with his word and said to him: "if you are the Son of God, throw yourself down". If the Lord obeyed to this word, he would have belonged or become attached to another god because he had obeyed to his recommendations. There are many creature gods and lords, but there is only one creator God and Lord. That is even why it is said: "For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords" yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist" (1 Corinthians 8/5-6).
Since the Garden of Eden, the first men got lost by the wearing of the status of the creature god who is not alive to give life or to vivify. The world being lost in slavery of the eternal death, God has sent his Son to come and seek the lost and to save them from this eternal death. That is why the Lord Jesus bears witness by saying: "…the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost" (Luke 19/10). Therefore, it is by the Lord Jesus that we become the sons and daughters of God or the word of creation, that is the brother or sister of Christ by respecting the will of God. That is why the Lord Jesus says: "…whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother" (Mark 3/35). We therefore need to know the truth of the creator God in order to become in the state of man made in the perfect stature of Christ and perfect in front of God.
The first men being separated from the creator God since the Garden of Eden through the wearing of another status which is the practice or the observation of another word or another god, the Eternal God came to reconcile them with him in the Son that he has sent. That is why it is said: "that is, in Christ God was reconcilingthe world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation" (2 Corinthians 5/19).
The Father is in the Son and the Son calls us in him so that we should become reconciled with his Father who is in him. That is why it is said: "I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me" (John 17/23); because the Father is in the Son for house and dwelling, and the Son being in us for house and dwelling, we become the house of God. That is even why it is said: "but Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope" (Hebrews 3/6).
There is only one reconciler or mediator between God and the men, and it is Christ as it is said: "For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the manChrist Jesus" (1 Timothy 2/5). The Eternal God has confirmed it since heaven where his words were coming from and making understand the apostles that they should listen to Jesus because he is his beloved Son, in whom he is well pleased. That is why it is said: "He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; listen to him" (Matthew 17/5).
There is a very great teaching and a great parable in the word of the Lord Jesus when he tells us to pray as such: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven…" (Matthew 6/9-13). Therefore, the Father of Jesus becomes our Father if and only if we become the brother or sister of Jesus by living his will (Mark 3/35).
"Hallowed be your name" means that his life should be lived in us, his justice should be justified in us, his light should be enlightened in us. "Your kingdom come" means that this kingdom should belong to us, being in the same kingdom with him, we prefer that this kingdom should come quickly so that we should see him as he is, for we cannot live the kingdom of Satan by the wearing of his status through the bad life and to wish that the kingdom of God should come in order to throw us in the eternal torment.
"Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven" means that his life should be lived on earth as it is lived in heaven, and it is not for the animals nor fishes, but for us the men who must listen and receive the word of the Lord. That is why it is said: "By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world" (1 John 4/17).
You must not see somebody who is sick or who has any kind of problem and you ask him money before praying on him, and when he gives you this amount of money that you have asked, you pray on him saying that you are doing it in the name of Jesus. It is not in the name of mercy which is the name of Jesus, but it is in the name of money. That is why the Lord Jesus says that he takes pleasure to mercy and not the sacrifice. You cannot have the status of the one that baptise babies and little children by even taking money from them and to say later that we obey to the same will, the same justice and that consequently, we pray the same god. We are mutually in communion if and only if we walk in the light as he is the light himself (1 John 1/7).
When the pastor or the priest, after he has taken money as the price of the baptism, stands in front of a baby or a little child and pour water on his head while saying that he does it in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, it is not the will of the creator God and Lord, but rather that of the creature god and lord; because if these last were praying the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, they themselves would have received the baptism that the Lord have received and they would have also given it to others and this, without any price of a material.
Therefore, it is to another god that they render justice and to whom they address the prayer. When the pastors, after taking money of a man or woman as the price of a title, raise a prayer saying that they establish this last church elder or deacon(ess) in the name of Jesus, it is not in the name of Jesus, but rather in the name of money. Their belief is not to witness Jesus, but rather Jehovah meanwhile we must be edified on the foundation of the apostles, the prophets and the Lord Jesus Christ himself. Neither the apostles nor the prophets or the Jesus himself did not talk of Jehovah, but he said that we should be his witnesses because he who has seen him has seen the Father. If the will of God is not to ask money to people before praying on them, and that people do it, therefore we do not pray the same God or we do not live the same will and feeling.
If in God we do not baptise babies and little children by taking money from them in addition, those who do it do not pray the same God or do not live the same will as the Lord Jesus. The world today is full of priests and pastors who sell the baptism at the price of money, and equally those who buy this baptism up to the head of states, ministers…; these priests and pastors who sell the baptism are corrupted, and the buyers of the baptism are corrupters; how do the world will not be full of corruption and fake? In truth, for corruption and fake to decrease in this century, it must start in the churches.
There is only one creator God and one Lord, and many creature gods and lords. I have met certain people who told me that we pray the same God either we are catholics, protestants, Jehovah witnesses, pentecostal… I have made them understand that they have not only bought the baptism in the price of money, but in addition to that, it was done when they were still babies or little children in order to understand that we do not pray the same god or we do not practice the same justice and will of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. I asked them to consult the bible and they have refused by making me understand that they believe in their priest or pastor, and I told them that it is another god and lord that they pray. Some of them have made me understand that if that is what I say, therefore I am against the catholic church, and I responded that I do not tremble in front of the named catholic. That if I am against the church of God, his recommendation, his writings, his will and his truth, I will tremble, but if I am against catholic and his church, I do not care for the lie and his bullshit.
There are people who are held captive in this lie and who must be liberated, and for this reason, I do not come to make the good Samaritan with the deception and seduction. If people become homosexuals, drink the human blood and eat the human flesh, sleep with animals, snakes, mad people… because they want to become rich of the dust of worthless end, how many times to say the truth of the Lord Jesus in order to become rich and to enrich others with a richness of endless value, even if for that, I will be assassinated like John the Baptist or hung like Jesus Christ.
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It's always hard to find local eateries outside of the chain restaurant world when you're not in a big city. Because of that, I always try to find as many local joints as I can and send my business that way. But the food also needs to be good. What's good about supporting local if the quality isn't good right?
The I-4 corridor is not really packed with great food options, especially at the intersection is Hwy 27 and I-4. So to find such a high regarded place such as Ovation Bistro & Bar was really captivating.
When we walked in, immediately you feel the bistro style feel to the restaurant. Open space with the bar tucked to the side and booth seats on the opposite. The music was classic 80's maybe some early 90's jam that fit this place perfectly.
The menu is layed out with lots of options, but is focused enough to not feel like they are trying to do too much. Their craft beer selection was good too. I've never seen a place where Dogfish 90 min IPA is on draft! They also had a decent selection for their craft bottle selection as well.
I'm always a sucker for fish tacos and I'm always looking them any place I go. Today I found the Bravo Tacos and they were awesome. I also added the lobster Mac and Chesse with it as an additional side.
All in all, this place is great and I hope I am out this way in the future to enjoys this place.


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I thought about siting facebook posts but it was too much of a pain and it would bore you.
The point is that I've been dropped as a friend many times and all for having a differing point of view, "Thin skinned they are!"
It goes this way; they make a post. You bring a counter point of view. Then they say "Don' t judge me." or "Don't judge!"and you explain judgment is different than disagreeing. This doesn't help. Then after awhile they Unfollow you.
It is simply a ploy to shut you up, silence the descenters!
I have many people in my life I disagree with in attitude, words and action, and so do you. Yes, I think they are flat out wrong. I will challenge it because that is the right thing to do and strangely is truly loving.
Now real judgment includes condemnation and ostracization. If I were to exclude them and mistreat them for their attitudes, words or actions they could rightly state that I was being judgmental. But since I don't, they should simply conclude that I disagree and leave it at that, and make their argument more clearly.
But they drop me as a friend. Now that is judgment; excluding me because I disagree.
Remember, it is simply a ploy to shut you down and when it doesn't work they click, Unfollow!
I'm not complaining but explaining the phenomenon. Do not let them shut you up. They need to hear you out. And if you disagree, please don't Unfollow me…


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KHNL, virtual channel 13 (UHF digital channel 35), is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. The station is owned by Raycom Media, as part of a duopoly with CBS affiliate KGMB (channel 5); Raycom also operates MyNetworkTV affiliate KFVE (channel 9) under a shared services agreement with owner MCG Capital Corporation. All three stations share studios on Waiakamilo Road in downtown Honolulu, KGMB's transmitter is located in Palehua.
Syndicated programming on KHNL includes Modern Family, Right This Minute, The Doctors and CSI: Miami.
On May 5, 1957, Kaiser Broadcasting signed on the first independent station in Hawaii with the call letters KHVH (to match its AM sister station and its reference to the Hawaiian Village Hotel at the time), taking the channel 13 VHF position. KHVH was the first station to bring color television to Hawaii, and at the time was billed as a movie station (its first on-air program was 30 Seconds over Tokyo at 7 p.m., then signed off afterwards upon the film's completion), boasting a large motion picture library from MGM and Warner Bros., along with cartoons from Warner's animation library, serials, short subjects, and educational films produced by Encyclopedia Britannica. This made up a majority of its programming schedule, with 3 or 4 movies airing from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. daily, depending on the length of the film.[1]
But its brief time on the air was not successful and it was plagued by a lack of programming material available to air in Hawaii and financial difficulties. This resulted in Kaiser merging its operations with KULA-TV in 1958, and signing off the air in 1959 (KULA would eventually take the KHVH calls after it left the air, using it until 1973). Because of its merger with KULA, KHVH's history is tied to KITV through Kaiser's purchase of that station and is unrelated to the current channel 13.
After the channel was left vacant for 3 years, the Watumull Broadcasting Company was awarded the license by the FCC and signed the station on the air on July 4, 1962 as KTRG, broadcasting its signal from a transmitter on top of the Hawaiian Village Hotel in Waikiki. Operating as an independent station in its second go-round, KTRG aired English language programming from 5 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. daily. Unfortunately, the day that KTRG was set to debut, a technical glitch (due to last-minute repairs at the transmitter site to get it corrected) delayed the station's 5 p.m. debut, which meant viewers did not get to see the station launch until 10:10 p.m. that evening; its first full day of programming would start a day later on July 5. Like other independent stations in the United States, KTRG aired reruns of off-network and first-run syndicated programs (such as Jeff's Collie, The Texan, Riverboat, Leave It to Beaver and Supercar), as well as producing local shows like The Gripe Box (a talk show), Wally & Harvey (which featured Little Rascals shorts), and a local version of Romper Room, the latter later moving to KHON in 1966.[2] It also aired movies nightly from 11:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., along with hourly news updates.
By 1963, KTRG began adding Japanese-language programming. The station came under new ownership on January 15, 1966. In 1967, KTRG changed its call letters to KIKU and began broadcasting from a new studio facility on Puuhale Road; at this point, the station began offering English programming from 1 to 5 and 10 to 11 p.m., with Japanese programming from 5 to 10 p.m. By 1972, KIKU carried Japanese programming for nearly the entire broadcast day. Its schedule included several tokusatsu series aimed at children (such as Kamen Rider V3, Rainbowman and Battle Fever J).
Mid-Pacific Television Associates, owned by the Cushman family of San Diego in partnership with TV Asahi and ten local investors, bought the station on April 9, 1979. Beginning in 1980, it ran English programming (like Hour Magazine and The John Davidson Show), along with cartoons and old movies from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; this was followed by Japanese programming from 7 to 10 p.m. and English programming again from 10 p.m. until sign-off. In 1981, the station returned to being a full-time English language general entertainment station running a blend of cartoons, sitcoms, westerns, movies, and for a brief time, a local newscast. It also picked up ABC daytime shows that were pre-empted by KITV (channel 4). Japanese programming moved to various UHF stations in the market. In 1984, the station's callsign was changed to the current KHNL (the KIKU call letters now reside on an unrelated station on UHF channel 20 in Honolulu), it then branded itself as the "News Alternative" and "Free Movie Channel"; the station also acquired the rights to broadcast University of Hawaii at Manoa sporting events.
In 1986, the station was acquired by the King Broadcasting Company of Seattle. On October 6 of that year, KHNL became a charter affiliate of the Fox network, which at the time aired only a late night talk show The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers; primetime programming followed in April 1987 with such series as The Tracey Ullman Show and Married... with Children. Also in 1986, the station added translator in Maui, K21AG under a lease agreement with owner Scala Broadcasting; the translator was eventually divested to LeSea Broadcasting in July 1990. In June 1987, K65BV in Kauai became a KHNL translator through the ownership of the Channel 13 Club. In May 1989, KHBC-TV in Hilo became a full-time satellite of KHNL. In August 1990, KOGG began broadcasting on Maui as a satellite.
It was not until September 1993, after King Broadcasting was acquired by the Providence Journal Company, that KHNL adopted the "Fox 13" branding.[3] On May 5 of that year, the station entered into a local marketing agreement with KFVE (then on channel 5), which merged its operations into KHNL's facility. In January 1994, all University of Hawaii sports telecasts were moved to KFVE. In August 1994, Burnham Broadcasting-owned KHON-TV (channel 2) was sold to SF Broadcasting, a joint venture between Savoy Pictures and Fox (the network owning a voting stock in Savoy), in a four-station group deal. As a result of the sale, KHON announced it would drop its affiliation with NBC to become the market's new Fox affiliate through a groupwide affiliation deal with the network. At first, NBC considered affiliating with ABC affiliate KITV. However, after Argyle purchased the station in 1995, KITV renewed its affiliation agreement with ABC instead. NBC later reached an affiliation deal with KHNL.
Just prior to formally affiliating with NBC, KHNL began construction of the first fully digital newsroom in the world. It also became the first to utilize fiber optic technology to broadcast live feeds from the neighboring islands. Former KITV anchor Dan Cooke and sports anchor Robert Kekaula (who later returned to KITV) joined KHNL's news department during that time. On January 1, 1996, KHNL officially became the market's NBC affiliate, branded as "NBC Hawaii News 8" (for the station's channel position on most Hawaiian cable providers, although KHNL had used its cable channel in its news branding when its news department launched in April 1995); the Fox affiliation moved to KHON. That year, KHNL won the first Regional Emmy Award for best local news broadcast. When the Providence Journal Company merged with Belo Corporation on February 28, 1997, the station struck a deal with the Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspaper to share polling services.
On October 29, 1999, Belo sold KHNL and its LMA with KFVE to Raycom Media, along with KASA-TV in Albuquerque, New Mexico (which has since been sold to LIN Media). Raycom acquired KFVE outright two months after the company completed its purchase of KHNL, creating one of the very first official commercially-licensed duopolies in the country. On May 11, 2002, KHBC launched a digital signal on UHF channel 22.[4] In 2003, KHNL received national exposure after Triumph the Insult Comic Dog visited the station to appear on one of its newscasts, excerpts were seen in a comedy bit that aired on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Triumph was actually invited to the station after talking with people auditioning for American Idol during that program's audition tour stop in Hawaii.
On August 18, 2009, KHNL and MCG Capital Corporation (owner of CBS affiliate KGMB) entered into a shared services agreement under which KGMB's operations, including its news department, would be combined with KHNL and KFVE. The agreement would see KGMB relocate from its studios on Kapiolani Boulevard in downtown Honolulu to the KHNL/KFVE facility on Waiakamilo Road; it would also see KGMB come under Raycom ownership, moving from channel 9 to channel 5, while KFVE would move from channels 5 to 9 and fall under MCG Capital's ownership.[5] Citing "the economic reality... that this market cannot support five traditionally separated television stations, all with duplicated costs," and facing the risk of "the loss of one, or possibly two stations in Hawaii," Raycom President Paul McTear said the SSA would "preserve three stations that provide important and valuable local, national and international programming to viewers in Hawaii."[6]
The plan, however, has met with criticism from organizations such as Media Council Hawaii which viewed the plan as a way to circumvent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) duopoly rules that prevent one company owning two of the four highest-rated stations in a single market[5] (the FCC only recognizes ownership of facility identifications and not a station's call sign or intellectual properties, and as such Raycom's ownership of both KHNL and KGMB, once it moved to channel 5, would be allowed as the overall viewership of channel 5, as KFVE, fell outside the criteria that would have otherwise barred a duopoly between KHNL and KGMB if facility IDs were traded as well). The SSA took effect on October 26, 2009, at which point KHNL dropped its "NBC 8" branding in favor of simply branding by its call letters (KGMB and KFVE, who swapped dial positions on that date, adopted similar branding approaches as well). An estimated 68 positions from a total of 198 between the three stations would be eliminated as part of the agreement.[7]
On March 2, 2011, KHNL's high definition feed began to be carried by DirecTV on channel 13. This left KFVE as the only station in the market whose HD feed was not offered by the satellite provider, it was carried by DirecTV only in 4:3 standard definition and widescreen SD (KFVE's HD feed was later added on February 29, 2012).
KHNL previously carried NBC Weather Plus on its second digital subchannel until the network shut down on December 31, 2008; it was then replaced with a 720p simulcast of sister station KGMB, before the subchannel was eventually deleted altogether (KHNL's Hilo satellite station KHBC-TV, however, continues to carry KGMB programming on its DT2 subchannel, as the signal of that station's Hilo satellite, KGMD, maintains a very weak signal that does not reach the entire island). On May 27, 2012, KHNL relaunched its DT2 subchannel as an affiliate of Antenna TV (replacing KUPU (channel 15) as the market's affiliate).
KHNL shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 13, on January 15, 2009, the date in which full-power television stations in Hawaii transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts (six months earlier than the June 12 transition date for stations on the U.S. mainland).[9] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 35.[10] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 13.
At the same time, KHBC-TV's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 22 (using its former analog channel 2 as its virtual channel), while KOGG's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 16 (using its former analog channel 15 as its virtual channel) for post-transition digital operations.
KHNL presently broadcasts 27 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with five hours on weekdays, and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays). As KTRG, the station aired a start-up weeknight 10 p.m. newscast called Nightly News that was broadcast from the station's original studios at Royal Block on Kalakaua Avenue; this program was later retitled as The Big News, anchored by Wayne Collins.
In January 1995, prior to joining NBC, KHNL became the last of the major network affiliates in Hawaii to form its own news department. On April 17, 1995, the station launched a prime time newscast at 9 p.m. that was simulcast on sister station KFVE. News broadcasts expanded that year with the addition of a 10 p.m. newscast on June 19, followed by the debut of a 5 p.m. newscast on July 24, and a 6 p.m. newscast on November 30. Upon joining NBC, the station added a two-hour weekday morning newscast from 5 to 7 a.m. on January 1, 1996; the 9 p.m. newscast was also dropped that day, becoming exclusive to KFVE. Within a few months, the station positioned itself as a strong challenger to long-dominant KHON. An audio simulcast of its 6 p.m. newscast began airing on KUMU (1500 AM) on January 6, 1997. The KHNL-produced 9 p.m. newscast on KFVE was dropped on August 3 of that year.
On August 31, 1997, KHNL debuted a sports magazine and wrap-up show called Sports Sunday Hawaii. On June 1, 1999, the weeknight 6 o'clock show began simulcasting on KCCN-AM (1420). The station debuted "Chopper 8", the only television helicopter in the market, on April 5, 2000. On April 1, 2002, the station's weekday morning program was reduced to 90 minutes, cutting the start time to 5:30 a.m. A news share agreement was established with KKBG (97.9 FM), KLEO (106.1 FM), KHLO-AM, and KKOA (107.7 FM) on October 10. KHNL entered into a partnership with KIKU (channel 20) to broadcast nightly news updates for the station on February 3, 2003. On October 18, 2004, KHNL began producing a half-hour prime time newscast at 9 p.m. for KFVE, restoring news to that station after seven years. On January 7, 2007, the station began producing a weeknight 6:30 p.m. newscast for KFVE. On December 3, 2007, KHNL debuted a midday newscast at noon, this program has since been dropped. On December 22, 2008, KHNL became the first television station in Hawaii to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition; the KFVE newscasts were included in the upgrade.[4]
The origins of the three stations sharing their resources was announced on August 18, 2009, when MCG Capital Corporation and Raycom Media (owner of KHNL and, at the time, KFVE) announced a shared services agreement that would result in Raycom merging the three stations' operations into the KHNL/KFVE studios on Waiakamilo Road in Honolulu (KGMB would vacate its studios on Kapiolani Boulevard). Though non-news programming would remain in place, news operations of the three stations would be combined into one entity. KFVE's newscasts would remain in place.[5]
The shared services agreement resulted in the termination of all but four members of KHNL's on-air staff and all of the technicians for KHNL's morning show when its newsroom merged with KGMB and the two began simulcasting newscasts on October 26, 2009.[12] The two stations began to jointly produce and simulcast weeknight 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts, while KHNL moved its 6 p.m. newscast to 5:30. KGMB continues to have its own weeknight 6 p.m. newscast. The only times when KGMB and KHNL do not simulcast news programming are on weekdays during the 7 a.m. hour when KHNL airs NBC's Today, at 5:30 p.m. when KGMB airs the CBS Evening News and at 6 p.m. when KHNL airs NBC Nightly News. Weekday morning and weekend shows are simulcast on the two stations, but are subject to preemption on one of the stations due to network obligations. The local news schedule on KFVE remains unchanged. There is no weekday midday news on either station.[13]
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California-based startup Oxygen Initiative has announced that it is launching its second-year partnership with German energy company innogy SE and is familiarizing the US market with smart infrastructure that utilizes blockchain technology within electronic wallets for drivers.
German electric utilities company and parent company to innogy SE, RWE, invested in Oxygen Initiative in February 2016, designating the startup to be the exclusive licensee of RWE's eMobility platform in North America.
As per Thomas Birr, senior vice president of innovation and business transformation at innogy SE:
"Following successful tests in Germany, we are very happy to roll out our mobility blockchain products in the United States with our partner Oxygen Initiative."
With the trial period in Germany completed, Oxygen Initiative will be adapting the electronic wallet technology from the German private peer-to-peer (P2P) charging network Share&Charge for use in the American market. Drivers of vehicles with smart infrastructure can enjoy having highway tolls, parking fees, and fees for sharing electric charging stations automatically managed for them.
"E-mobility technologies are ushering in advancements in transportation that could foster the adoption of clean-tech autonomous vehicles (AVs) and electric vehicles (EVs), which could bring the dream of less congestion and pollution, shorter commutes and lower operating costs into reality," said Stephen G. Davis, founder and CEO, Oxygen Initiative. "We're excited to do our part by introducing blockchain technology for the mobility space to the United States, starting with access and payment solutions for electric charging stations."
In addition, Davis tells ETHNews that Oxygen Initiative is commercializing ISO 15118, the new grid integration standard for electric vehicles that allows for 'plug and charge' – automatic owner account authentication at charging points that prevents data manipulation and initiates seamless 'smart charging' of electric vehicles. Though only a few vehicles currently possess the technology, Davis predicts that the number of cars equipped with ISO 15118 will grow significantly over the next year. Oxygen Initiative is working alongside automakers, utility companies, and state/local governments (including the state of California) to establish standardization for smart infrastructure.


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48 Posture Taijiquan Posture 2 - Left Brush Knee and Step Forward
By Grandmaster Shou-Yu Liang and Master Wen-Ching Wu
48 Posture Taijiquan requires that students have previously studied and completed 24 Posture Taijiquan. These instructions assume SOUTH as the starting direction.
Posture 2: Left Brush Knee and Step Forward
(Figures 5-8 to 5-11) Brush Knee and Step Forward, posture left side, in the sequence.


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It feels like it's early for college basketball, but no matter, the season has begun in earnest after Tuesday night. And it did so with a bang, with a match up pitting #4 Duke against #2 Kentucky in Indianapolis in the State Farm Champions Classic. Many expected the Blue Devils team to be very good, and if this was any indication to go by, they might just be the Alabama equivalent to basketball. They utterly destroyed the Wildcats, winning 118-84 in the end. They scored 59 in each half! Remember, these are only 20 minute halves, not 24 like in the NBA. It's incredible to see those kinds of numbers without overtime and having done so against another very highly ranked team like Kentucky. Freshmen RJ Barrett (33 points) and Zion Williamson (28 on 11 for 13 shooting) paced the Blue Devils as they handed Kentucky one of its worst-ever losses.
Another big game took place on Tuesday in the same Classic, and it saw #1 ranked Kansas defeat #10 Michigan State by a score of 92-87. Kansas came out of the gates quickly, taking a 50-36 lead into halftime. They looked like they might run away with it, but the Spartans battled back in the second half to outscore the Jayhawks 51-42. However, Kansas did hang on in the end, and they have began their season well as a result.
In College Football, the second rankings from the College Football Playoff Committee have come in. And the top four is a pretty expected batch once again. Alabama remains at #1 and Clemson is at #2. Notre Dame, by virtue of LSU's loss, has now moved up to #3. The big debate was over who would get the fourth spot, and the question was answered… at least for now… with the Michigan Wolverines. The Wolverines have a similar record to that of Georgia, but they have edged it for now and will hope to hang on to that place for the next month and change.
In baseball news, it looks like Bryce Harper will not be returning to the Washington Nationals. This was the consensus of virtually everyone throughout the season, but according to GM Mike Rizzo, the 26 year old did turn down their advances toward the end of the season when made what he called an "aggressive" offer. This doesn't mean that he won't stick around with the Nats after he shops around some, but you have to think that the chances of him coming back are not very high at all.


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What's your vision?
Recently there have been discussions over 'how long is too long' from developers a little less than happy being part of a startup that is not yet paying them 'what they're worth' or even getting involved in a startup that doesn't pay them from the outset. Startup widows are also holding their spouses accountable for not having 'made it' yet.
The problem with this thinking is that the focus is on the payout, not on the journey or the goal. Their focus is on a timeframe. What's acceptable, what's not.
What's your vision?
Deciding to get into the startup life is like jumping off a cliff. You prepare really well, you're excited, and the people around you admire your decision. But after that, you're relying on your own vision. And that's where people begin to lose it.
When we decided to launch our startup in the US, I wish I had a dollar for every person telling me how 'lucky' I was. I find that weird. Lucky? No. Gutsy? Yes. Committed? Yes. Adventurous? Yes. Passionate? Yes.
I share a vision. (Please check out the difference between a corporate mission statement and vision statement here.)
So what's my vision?
My vision is one in which we create technology that makes a real difference to peoples' lives and changes how they view technology and communicate with each other. We're going to provide the tool that restructures the way people create and interact with technology and communicate with each other online. (Oh yeah, this is a change-the-world thing!)
I'm into equity – not the financial type, but the equity of access and use that will make people want to create content instead of just consume it. I want it to be easier for them. I lust for the day people do more than just search for things online. I lust for the day that everyone – you – truly feels able to produce content and interact with it because they can fit doing it into their day. I lust for the day that it makes as much sense for them to create content and really interact with other peoples' content as it does right now to Google something.
The prospect of being a founding part of the company that makes this happen excites me.
You'll note that no aspect of this vision includes a timeframe. Even though I want it to have happened 'yesterday' purely because I am so darned excited about it, I haven't said 'we have to make this happen within xx years or else I'm out'. It also doesn't include a financial payout. Sure we have to live, but it's amazing how your expenses tend to meet your means. Ramen noodles taste good ;). Free public education is good education. Without wanting to sound like a Monty Python skit, I am proud to say I have really actually walked two miles in the snow with bags of groceries, and I didn't die. The bus is usually my transportation, and sometimes if I'm lucky, a friend's car.
It's about what you're willing to do to see your vision come true. It's living the dream and enjoying the journey. It's the reality of working with a startup.
As I've said before, startup life is like nothing else. It's not a job. And when it feels like a job, when you start measuring 'success' by time and money, it's time to do everyone involved with the startup a big fat favor and get out – because it's not just about you. It means you don't share the vision. Maybe you really never did.


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Pensions Actuarial Trainee Consultant
- Recruiter
- Oliver James Associates
- Location
- Glasgow
- Salary
- £35000 - £45000 per annum
- Posted
- 11 Feb 2019
- Closes
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- Alex George
- Sector
- Pensions
- Experience/Function
- Nearly qual (11+ exams), Part qual (1-10 exams)
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Pensions Actuarial Trainee Consultant - Glasgow - £35,000 - £45,000 + study support, package
I'm seeking to appoint a Part Qualified Actuarial Trainee Consultant for a leading UK Actuarial, Pensions and Investments Consultancy. A highly prestigious form, the practise advise on some of the UK's leading companies and are consistently winning industry awards for their service and performance.
Your role will comprise of managing work on designated clients ensuring work is completed to high standards and on time. You'll also have the opportunity to work with more junior members of the team and help develop their skills, thus developing own leadership skills.
As a student actuary , you will have autonomy to work across different areas of the consulting practise including Investments, Life Insurance, DC, Corporate projects.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Good progression with Actuarial exams in the UK or Newly Qualified Actuary
- Previous experience of working in a Consultancy environment
- An understanding of legislation and issues effecting UK pensions
- Demonstrable evidence of providing high quality service on a range of projects for Trustee Clients
- Good time management skills, ability to manage own work load on designated clients
If you would like to discuss this opportunity further please get in contact
Alex George | Managing Consultant
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Sir KRISTIAN GOLMUND AUMANN is an author, screenwriter, filmmaker, director and actor – he lives and works in St. Andrä-Wördern nearby Vienna / Austria. He has been trained at the Lee Strasberg School followed by longer-term commitment, at the Vienna Burgtheater (Claus Peymann era) and at the Italian State Theatre. Kristian has had Theatre directing and major supporting roles in TV series and films. He has authored and published seven POETRY BOOKS in the United States, as well as numerous publications in importend international poetry anthologies and magazines. He currently works on the volumne of prose named "FROM RIGHT HERE TO OVER THERE" which will be published in fall 2014. The theatrical monologue "THE NIGHTMARE of the ARTIST" will be released in the German "Playwright Catalogue 2014" for State Theatre, in January 2014. The motion picture project "THE WHITE HOPE", a social critical comedy drama, is in the production phase. Sir KRISTIAN GOLDMUND AUMANN is a member of "IG authors Authors Austria".


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Monday, April 25, 2011
Alan and I just got back from a couple of days at Pender Island, visiting my parents for Easter. My sister Suzanne, her fiance, David, niece Andrea and her partner Dan also went, so it was quite a gang that descended.
We hit every beach we could while we were there and were blessed with sunshine.
These two photos were taken at Roesland, my favorite place on earth. I have done many paintings from there and there will be more to come. There's something about the place that is just magic to me.
That's Suzanne, off in the distance.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
This painting started out with a red underpainting and the plan was for there to be lots of red, black and buttery yellow. So much for plans. Things were not going well so I did a pthalo blue glaze over the whole painting and went in wet-in-wet.
I've done lots of paintings of crows though none recently. This one used a different photo for each crow- I cut them out and played around with different arrangements
"Blue Boys" 16 x 20" acrylic
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
Here's the finished piece-"Caramello" 30 x 40" acrylic. The painting has been delivered to Granville Fine Arts gallery in Vancouver.
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Another stage of the Rose painting. Background finished and roses started. Things are getting a little cooler than I wanted so the finished piece will show that I warmed everything up again
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Monday, April 11, 2011
Here's the next stage of the roses. Starting to build the darks and also some of the highlights. Keeping everything very loose and suggested at this point.
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Saturday, April 9, 2011
Here's stage one of the Rose painting. Quinacridone gold underpainting sets a lovely warm beginning. I'm going to try to keep it very warm to the end. Don't know what color the flowers will be but probably not red.
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This sketch is the start of my next large painting. I'm using two photos as reference for the painting - one for the roses and another one for everything else. The light is different in each photo so I have to figure out how to handle that.
I don't do a sketch for every painting but if I'm making anything up or changing things in my reference, it's a great way to plan the composition.
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Thursday, April 7, 2011
It's 6:04- I'm happy to announce that Linda Ramsden, with a winning bid of $515.00, is the new owner of "Above and Below". Thanks to all who bid for your support for a very good cause. It's wonderful for me to be able to make this substantial donation!
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Current price on the auctioned painting is $450.00- 10 minutes to go!
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
Yesterday I spent the day at the Cherry Blossom Festival at Van Duesen Gardens in Vancouver. A group of 12 students came to try their hand at plien air painting. Most were brand new at it. All were courageous and did a respectable job on their paintings.
We were blessed with no rain, although the sun came and went the whole time. We attracted a lot of attention from the crowds of people there, much to the consternation of some.
Thanks to all for being such troopers- it was fun!
We were blessed with no rain, although the sun came and went the whole time. We attracted a lot of attention from the crowds of people there, much to the consternation of some.
Thanks to all for being such troopers- it was fun!
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