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Recently, I've had a fairly difficult run of things. Life obviously decided that everything was getting too easy and decided to throw some more challenges my way. Nice of it to give me the opportunity to test my character and resilience!
Over the past few weeks I have had a lot of things to deal with. I have experienced every emotion under the sun, cried, hugged and talked to people… and eaten more chocolate than is probably advisable. It's not been easy and somewhere along the line, I lost something of 'me'. I became overwhelmed and exhausted by just trying to stay 'okay' and forgot that the sun keeps shining no matter what's going on.
Last weekend, I went down to vInspired HQ for a training day, which was fantastic. On Sunday, I went to a Scouting event. Both of these things helped to remind me who I am, what I have to offer and that I can do this. It's easy to lose hope, feel uncared for and lonely and disappear into your own little world when things aren't going so well, but that won't help anyone.
I love volunteering. I love feeling part of a group, seeing people smile, forming new relationships with people and feeling like a useful member of society. We break up this week and I'm going to head home, throw myself into the next Team v campaign, keep Scouting, and generally get involved in things again.
Somewhere in the last few weeks I have lost my sparkle. More than anything right now, I need to get that back.

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* Famed college football coach Paterno sacked amid scandal
* Paterno led Penn State to more wins that any other coach
By Edith Honan
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Nov 10 (Reuters) - Thousands of Penn State University students took to the streets around campus overnight on Thursday to protest the sacking of their beloved football coach, Joe Paterno, in the fallout from a child abuse scandal and cover-up.
Chanting "Hell no, Joe won't go" and "We want Joe back," students overturned a television van during the protest in the university town of State College.
Scores of police and state troopers, some in riot gear, tried to clear the streets, and some officers used pepper spray to disperse the demonstrators. Authorities were not immediately available to say whether there had been any arrests.
"I feel bad about the victims, obviously, and people are shocked. I have friends on the team and they are really upset about it," said student Kele Powell, 19, on Thursday.
Penn State, its football program and Paterno, 84, — one of the most iconic names in American sports — were thrown into turmoil on Saturday when long-time assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, 67, was charged with sexually abusing at least eight young boys over a decade.
Two other university officials have also been charged with failing to report an incident in 2002 when Sandusky allegedly was seen sexually assaulting a child. Paterno was also made aware of the accusations in 2002 and said in a statement on Wednesday: "I wish I had done more."
A ninth possible victim, now in his 20s, has since come forward and Pennsylvania police have set up a telephone hotline to receive information about the sexual abuse allegations.
The university's board of trustees fired Paterno and Penn State University President Graham Spanier late on Wednesday, thwarting a bid by Paterno to leave on his own terms after a 46-year career as head coach.
Paterno has won two national championships, more games than any other college football coach and the adoration of Penn State's students, alumni and staff. He has said earlier on Wednesday that he would step down at the end of the season, a few weeks from now.
The student newspaper The Daily Collegian published a commemorative 12-page tribute to Paterno under the headline "The End." A full-page editorial described the firing of Paterno as an embarrassment for the university and said protests by students "set out university two steps back."
Tom Bradley, currently the defensive coordinator, will take over as interim head coach, starting with Saturday's final home game of the season against the University of Nebraska.
The scandal has rocked the sprawling campus of about 45,000 students in State College in central Pennsylvania, the flagship of about two dozen Penn State campuses across the state.
College football is hugely popular in the United States, drawing massive television audiences every Saturday in the late summer and fall and filling huge stadiums. Penn State University's Beaver Stadium, which seats about 106,000, is one of the largest.
Teams generate million of dollars in revenue and successful ones raise the profile of their universities. That, in turn, helps fundraising — such as the $2 billion capital campaign now under way at Penn State.


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Writer. Adventurer. Currently working on The Dreamless City, a series of steampunk novels and short stories.
The Hollows is a magical place where witches, weres, vampires, and other Interlanders live shoulder-to-shoulder and humans fear to tread. Humans are afraid of tomatoes too, so good luck finding an Italian restaurant with a good marinara sauce. I have been in love with the Hollows since I read Dead Witch Walking many years ago. When the latest book in Kim Harrison's series about Rachel Morgan, witch for hire, dropped on my Kindle this Tuesday, my writing took a backseat for a couple of days so I could indulge in reading Ever After.
If you read the first nine books in the series, which I highly recommend, then you will enjoy Ever After. Rachel Morgan is a wonderful character, filled with flaws and virtues, making many mistakes, and dealing with demons and ex-boyfriends with equal aplomb. The dialogue is witty, with lots of humor, snide remarks, and thinly veiled threats (Ivy's having a tough time in this book).
There are some life-altering and life-ending events. I was a bit shocked by who is left standing at the end of the book. I don't dare ruin it for anyone. This novel also has one of the biggest action scenes in the series to date. It was so epical and symbolically awesome. I think I read that scene three times before I could move on and finish the book. There was some buttkicking to the extreme!
(Also, there is a scene with Rachel, Trent, and Al that had me in tears it was so funny. Gosh, that scene was one of the best!)
I'm really a fan of these books, so this isn't an unbiased review. I think it is the best urban fantasy series out there sporting vampires and weres. Sorry to Jim Butcher. Harry's awesome, but I gotta stick with Rachel on this one.
Kim Harrison has said she will release three more books in the Rachel Morgan series. You can follow her on her blog for the latest in Hollows news as well as info about her other series of books.


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From Lesbian Liberal to Lover of Christ
I have heard a lot of people say that gay people can't change. Well, Rosaria Champagne Butterfield's testimony refutes that view. Here is her story found on the Authors on the Line podcast (23 minutes):
Jesus' death on the cross was sufficient to forgive anyone's sins…that includes you!
Thanks for reading/listening
Posted on February 20, 2013, in Christianity, Culture, Theology and tagged Christianity, Culture, homosexuality, life, reformed theology, Salvation, theology, truth. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.


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The Energy Institute at Haas holds a one day research conference on energy research and policy in Berkeley every March. The purpose is to bring together outstanding scholars and practitioners from around the world to exchange ideas and research results on topics related to energy markets and regulation.
The next POWER Conference will take place on March 22, 2019.
Programs from previous POWER conferences are available here.


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Showing the Top Rated Thriller Movies
A Mother's Nightmare (2012)
Rating: 5.9/10
Crime, Mystery, Thriller,
Annabeth Gish, Jessica Lowndes, Grant Gustin, Jay Brazeau, Eric Breker,
Soodhu Kavvum (2013)
Rating: 7.6/10
Comedy, Thriller,
Vijay Sethupathi, Sanchita Shetty, Radha Ravi, M.S. Bhaskar, Simhaa,
Airport (1970)
The #1 novel of the year - now a motion picture!
Rating: 6.5/10
Drama, Thriller,
Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy,
Thalaivaa (2013)
Time to Lead
Rating: 7.0/10
Action, Drama, Thriller,
Vijay, Amala Paul, Santhanam, Satyaraj, Ragini Nandwani,
The Call (2013)
There are 188 million 911 calls a year. This one made it personal.
Rating: 6.6/10
Crime, Thriller,
Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut, Michael Eklund, David Otunga,
Spawn (1997)
Born in darkness. Sworn to justice.
Rating: 5.1/10
Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller,
Michael Jai White, John Leguizamo, Martin Sheen, Theresa Randle, Nicol Williamson,
Runner Runner (2013)
Play. Or be played.
Rating: 5.3/10
Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Justin Timberlake, Ben Affleck, Gemma Arterton, Anthony Mackie, Michael Esper,
The Haunting (1999)
Some houses are born bad
Rating: 4.7/10
Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller,
Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson, Lili Taylor, Bruce Dern,
Fast & Furious 7 (2014)
Rating: ?/10
Action, Crime, Thriller,
Jason Statham, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Walker, Lucas Black,
House at the End of the Street (2012)
Fear reaches out... for the girl next door.
Rating: 5.4/10
Horror, Thriller,
Jennifer Lawrence, Max Thieriot, Elisabeth Shue, Gil Bellows, Eva Link,
Vanilla Sky (2001)
What is happiness to you?
Rating: 6.8/10
Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell, Jason Lee,
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
Rating: 5.8/10
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Dwayne Johnson, Jonathan Pryce, Byung-hun Lee, Elodie Yung, Ray Stevenson,
The Warning (2004)
Rating: 8.2/10
Short, Thriller,
Katie McGhie, Michael T. Coleman, Jordan Menashe, Spenser Flugum, Jalaina Ross,
Shanghai (2010)
In a world filled with secrets, solving a mystery can be murder.
Rating: 6.4/10
Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller,
John Cusack, Li Gong, Yun-Fat Chow, David Morse, Ken Watanabe,
Memory (2006)
Sometimes memories can kill.
Rating: 5.1/10
Drama, Horror, Thriller,
Dennis Hopper, Billy Zane, Tricia Helfer, Ann-Margret, Terry Chen,
La monja (2005)
Not all water is holy...
Rating: 4.0/10
Horror, Thriller,
Anita Briem, Belén Blanco, Manu Fullola, Alistair Freeland, Cristina Piaget,
Link (1986)
Man is no longer in control!
Rating: 5.7/10
Horror, Thriller,
Elisabeth Shue, Terence Stamp, Steven Pinner, Richard Garnett, David O'Hara,
KL Zombi (2013)
Rating: 6.5/10
Comedy, Thriller,
Zizan Raja Lawak, Siti Saleha, Izara Aishah, Fauziah Ahmad Daud, Zain Hamid,
"Rose Red" (2002)
From the imagination of Stephen King comes a disturbing new tale.
Rating: 6.5/10
Horror, Mystery, Thriller,
Nancy Travis, Matt Keeslar, Kimberly J. Brown, David Dukes, Judith Ivey,
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
When the undead rise, civilization will fall.
Rating: 7.4/10
Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Ty Burrell,
Ek Thi Daayan (2013)
Rating: 5.6/10
Horror, Romance, Thriller,
Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin, Pavan Malhotra, Huma Qureshi, Konkona Sen Sharma,
Anaconda (1997)
You can't scream if you can't breathe.
Rating: 4.4/10
Adventure, Thriller,
Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde,
Broken Arrow (1996)
Prepare to Go Ballistic
Rating: 5.9/10
Action, Thriller,
John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Delroy Lindo, Bob Gunton,
2 Guns (2013)
Rating: 7.0/10
Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton, Fred Ward,
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Never Sleep Again.
Rating: 5.1/10
Horror, Mystery, Thriller,
Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner, Rooney Mara, Katie Cassidy, Thomas Dekker,
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
George Orwell's Terrifying Vision Comes To The Screen.
Rating: 7.1/10
Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher,
The Adventurers (1969)
Nothing has been left out of "The Adventurers"
Rating: 4.7/10
Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller,
Charles Aznavour, Alan Badel, Candice Bergen, Thommy Berggren, Delia Boccardo,
Running Scared (2006)
Its Find The Gun, Or Death ..
Rating: 7.4/10
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Vera Farmiga, Chazz Palminteri, Karel Roden,
Blood Diamond (2006)
Rating: 8.0/10
Adventure, Drama, Thriller,
Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers, Arnold Vosloo,
Lo imposible (2012)
Nothing is more powerful than the human spirit.
Rating: 7.5/10
Drama, History, Thriller,
Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Samuel Joslin, Oaklee Pendergast,
The Running Man (1987)
The year is 2019. The finest men in America don't run for President. They run for their lives.
Rating: 6.5/10
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Jim Brown, Jesse Ventura,
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (1997)
All the rules are about to be broken.
Rating: 4.6/10
Drama, Thriller,
Jaime Pressly, Megan Edwards, Michael Des Barres, Greg Vaughan, Susan Tyrrell,
Sofia (2012)
Rating: 3.6/10
Action, Drama, Thriller,
Christian Slater, Donald Sutherland, Elika Portnoy, Timothy Spall, Mariana Stanisheva,
Pocong (2006)
Rating: 4.7/10
Drama, Horror, Thriller,
Shally Tria Amanda, Ronald Kansil, Eddie Karsito, Kinaryosih, Tutie Kirana,
Dream House (2011)
Once upon a time, there were two little girls who lived in a house.
Rating: 5.8/10
Drama, Mystery, Thriller,
Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz, Elias Koteas, Marton Csokas,
The Departed (2006)
Lies. Betrayal. Sacrifice. How far will you take it?
Rating: 8.5/10
Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen,
A Perfect Getaway (2009)
Let The Games Begin.
Rating: 6.4/10
Adventure, Mystery, Thriller,
Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant, Milla Jovovich, Kiele Sanchez, Marley Shelton,
Thuppakki (2012)
I'm waiting
Rating: 7.5/10
Action, Crime, Thriller,
Vijay, Kajal Agarwal, Sathyan, Vidyut Jamwal, Jayaram,
Layer Cake (2004)
Rating: 7.3/10
Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Daniel Craig, Tom Hardy, Jamie Foreman, Sally Hawkins, Burn Gorman,
Avalon (2001)
Dare to enter a world of future videogames
Rating: 6.5/10
Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Malgorzata Foremniak, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Jerzy Gudejko, Dariusz Biskupski, Bartlomiej Swiderski,
Altitude (2010)
Don't Look Down.
Rating: 4.9/10
Horror, Mystery, Thriller,
Jessica Lowndes, Julianna Guill, Ryan Donowho, Landon Liboiron, Jake Weary,
Carriers (2009)
The rules are simple. You break them, you die...
Rating: 6.0/10
Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Lou Taylor Pucci, Chris Pine, Piper Perabo, Emily VanCamp, Christopher Meloni,
Bride of Chucky (1998)
Here comes the bride... there goes everyone else.
Rating: 5.2/10
Comedy, Horror, Thriller,
Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Katherine Heigl, Nick Stabile, Alexis Arquette,
Con Air (1997)
One wrong flight can ruin your whole day
Rating: 6.7/10
Action, Crime, Thriller,
Colm Meaney, Mykelti Williamson, Nick Chinlund, Renoly Santiago, John Malkovich,
Critters (1986)
The original tasty entree!
Rating: 5.8/10
Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush, Scott Grimes, Nadine Van der Velde,
Transporter 3 (2008)
This time, the rules are the same. Except one.
Rating: 5.9/10
Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller,
Jason Statham, Natalya Rudakova, François Berléand, Robert Knepper, Jeroen Krabbé,
Crónicas (2004)
If It's On TV, It Must Be The Truth.
Rating: 6.9/10
Crime, Drama, Thriller,
John Leguizamo, Damián Alcázar, Peki Andino, Amira Bustamante, Carlos Cedeño,
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
Every Revolution Begins With a Spark
Rating: ?/10
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Banks, Sam Claflin,
Thinner (1996)
Be careful what you wish for.
Rating: 5.5/10
Horror, Thriller,
Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Lucinda Jenney, Michael Constantine, Kari Wuhrer,
Inception (2010)
Your mind is the scene of the crime
Rating: 8.8/10
Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe,


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Train St Pierre des corps → Dijon
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Don't let the title fool you that this is a post on some feminist weekend chit chat about the most followed, trendiest or most talked-bout peeps on social media today. No way, far from it.
Our lounge event was a real testament of talented, passionate and curious multi-ethnic women ready to grasp all tricks of social media and its ultimately vital role in expanding their emerging businesses.
We were joined by ever so generous Roz Walsh, Communications Director at one of leading UK charities. Roz beautifully dismantled what sometimes can be a very overwhelming world of tweeting, hashtags, Facebook posts, Insta perfect images and all that millennial jazz. Step by step we stormed through planning, developing and implementing social media strategies.
Here are some key points to bear in mind when building your social marketing strategy.
- Brand. What's your brand positioning statement ( can you describe your business within a sentence, you have 30 sec, Go!)
- Audience. Who's your target audience (don't try to save the whole world, identify your key buyers, clients, audience i.e. if your business is selling clothes for mature women, focus on such age group only).
- Authenticity. Look closely at your business, what and who it represents – the brand is you so be YOU at all times! People will relate to real people and soon recognise business who aren't genuine.
- Competitors. Nobody likes those, we'd rather pretend we are the only ones out there. Time to put those blinkers off and start keeping a close eye on your competitors and do a better job. Ooh, and follow your competitor's followers 😉
- Key Influencers – be social, engage with them. Borrow & improve! As much as half of your sale/traffic can come out of this.
- Track yourself – aim for a min of 1% likes out of your total amount of followers. And don't forget to preview your Facebook content on your mobile – you want your posts to be punchy and stand out from the very start of someone reading your post on the go.
- Plan ahead – create a calendar with key activities / awareness day relevant to your business and create content ahead of these events, be ahead. You can create a simple excel spreadsheet or you can find/purchase a lot of templates online.
Facebook – very useful tool to promote your business. You can put money behind your chosen posts/events and boost your audience reach even further. To track such activities, remember to check "Insights" section, which shows your page clicks, posts views, impressions, likes, audience reach etc.
Instagram – great tool for visual products. Your should aim at posting the best pictures you have. Don't go too crazy with a use of hashtags (4-6 is plenty) and neither with the frequency of posting new stuff, bearing in mind, it varies based on a nature of your business.
Twitter – not everyone is keen on twitter, however, you can tweet away as much as you like and keep up with the latest news and interesting facts on industries interesting to you.
If you have any other tips, feedback and comments on social media strategy, share the love with us 🙂


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Bollywood has always been blessed with marquee actors, who have created a league of their own. With films like 'Gangs of Wasseypur' and 'Rajneeti', Manoj Bajpayee surely is a welcomed member of the coveted club of 'actors' and in his latest flick, Tevar, he does complete justice to his character. This is apparently why the media and the fans want to pronounce him one of the best actors in the industry today.
He has always experimented with varied genres and yet always managed to get critical acclaim for them. He has had his share of recognition right from the start of his career. HHHe delivered award winning performances for films like 'Satya' and 'Shool' for which he won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and Filmfare Best Actor Critic's Choice, respectively. He has always given performances worth remembering, some of which are still talked about. That trend has continued with the passage of time and transcended to films like, 'Special 26', 'Chittagong' and many more.
He is seen harnessing his skills in Tevar, also starring Arjun Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha, he does complete justice to his character yet again. He has marked his stamp of authority in front of the camera in each of the shots, and has been lauded for this performance too.
For Manoj Bajpayee, consistency has been his trademark, and he has yet again shown why he is so highly regarded in the cine town.


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Resolution Update Preview
I've been working hard on the resolution update, without posting a lot of updates recently. However, now that the sprite artists have finished a majority of the work, I'm proud to share a teaser screenshot Enjoy!
I've been working hard on the resolution update, without posting a lot of updates recently. However, now that the sprite artists have finished a majority of the work, I'm proud to share a teaser screenshot Enjoy!
The entire outfit system has been re-written, and the new models are ready for use! The only ones playable right now are the human, and orc, both male, but many more to come!
(P.S. The color palette looks glitchy, but its just the GIF compression)
I've been lucky to have enough time to keep working on the resolution update. The sprint is going by way faster than I thought, and I'm already about half way done! Check out the new character outfits in the character creation menu! (P.S. new races teaser!)
Got shield collisions to work! If you check the gif, you can see that a few of the spears were blocked (poof). The shield I used for testing had a 25% block chance, and I think I threw about 10 spears.
Lucky for me, it wasn't more than a couple hours of work to get projectile collisions working. See both included gifs, for the wand and thrown weapon collisions. This sprint is SO close to being done! SO
After a long session of re-writing old code, and then adding the floating combat system on top, we now have damage numbers! Check out the image included, enjoy!
As part of the combat & damage sprint, I've been working on updating the resource bubbles. There's no some regen (1 per second), and the animation has been smoothed. In addition, there's now text which updates to show how much of a resource you have left.
So, I've finally got most of the ability system working. You can drag abilities to the action bar, and they have cooldowns. Here's a quick demo of stealth working. Obviously the name plate and health bar still have to be hidden. When stealthed, you see yourself somewhat transparent, however other players don't see you at […]
Thankfully I was able to re-use a lot of code from the ranged weapons section. Throwing weapons work, yay!
I had a bit of struggle getting this to work. There are some weird things Unity does with networking and rotations. Anyway, working on thrown weapons next! 😀
Also, I've included a funny little bug during my development, enjoy!


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Dr. Zack, aka Steampunk Robinhood, aka The Pointy Eared Artisan, is a leatherworker, story teller, world wondering do-gooder, and a general Zack-of-all-trades.
In addition to his work with the Charity Munchausen shows, Dr. Zack performs a unique form of interactive storytelling show he refers to as "Maskwork Storytelling" where through the use of hand made leather masks, audience members become the characters of the story. Dr. Zack also often wanders shows and faires contact juggling just to add that little extra magic to an event.
Picture courtesy of Cat Trzaskowski Photography


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Monthly Archives: October 2016
Monthly Archives: October 2016
Why you Need God's Anointing
God desires us to stay in success as well as magnificent blessings at all times, and He is ready to have this done without considering what it will cost Him. This is one of the reasons why He made Adam and Eve to have dominion over all the creatures of his hands, He did this to make sure that nothing will be able to have power or control over them.
God's purpose for our lives has not changed since He created us, even after Adam and also Eve sinned against Him and He drove them from the Garden of Eden. God still wants them to live as the controller of the earth.
One thing that God had done to ensure and maintain the superiority of man over all other creatures is to make His anointing available to him. The anointing of God is the power of God in man, such power is given to enable him to do extraordinary things in order to fulfill some some of the tasks that God will often use man to fulfill.
Take Samson for example, he was among the Judges in the Old Testimony. He was quite a different individual when compared with all other judges that ruled in the land. He was kind of an one-man army that could defy and destroy the whole army of another nation. He was so powerful that He could killed a full grown lion with his bare hands, he could uproot the gate of a whole city and take it up a hill where they will not find it easy to bring it down.
He was able to do these great things because the anointing of God was upon Samson. For the whole Twenty Years that he reigned as Judge, no adversary nation of Israel dared to wage war against them simply because, they would have Samson to contend with.
Another great example from the bible is King David. He was only a boy when God put him under the spotlight and decided to bless him as King over Israel. He was not very different from any other boy of his age until he was anointed by the Prophet Samuel. After the anointing he was an entirely different person. Under the power of God's anointing he was able to kill a lion and and a bear to protect the flock which he was looking after.
Remember the story of David and Goliath? The Philistines were taunting the Israelites day after day with Goliath (the giant) and nobody had the courage to challenge him. All the warriors of Israel, including King Saul were afraid of Goliath's stature.
When David reached the battle and saw what was going on, he rose to the challenge. He was so brave through God's anointing that he refused the safety armor that was offered to him when he went into battle with Goliath. Armed with only his sling and a few smooth stones which normally could not kill a normal person let alone a giant, he met Goliath head on and was victorious.
God's anointing allowed both Samson and David to do the seemingly impossible as a way to show us what's possible when we allow God to work through us. God did the same in the life of His Prophets, Judges, and Kings to make them perform the functions He assigned to them.
In the Old Testimony God only permitted the Holy Ghost to come upon individuals when He them them to perform a certain job. His anointing would come upon them, empower them for the task, and then leave after the job is done. However, in the New Testament things were a little different. By God's design, the Holy Spirit will not only come upon people, but He will dwell in them and live with them too. Christians these days are to be carriers of the Holy Spirit as well as the anointing of God anywhere they go.
Jesus promised His disciples when He was going that they will receive power after the Holy Ghost might have come upon them, and with that they will be able to witness for Him. That power Jesus was talking about is the anointing.
Going further we see that the Holy Ghost actually came down on the day of Pentecost, and all the disciples present got baptized by fire, fully charged to carry out the tasks God gave them. They performed various miracles, signs, and wonders, in a record that we know as the Acts of the Apostles today.
There are many in the Christendom who believes that what the Apostles experienced in the bible ended with them, and that such are not possible in our time, how wrong can they be? God will give the gift of the Holy Spirit to anyone who asks, and just as Jesus sent them to go into the world and make disciples of all nations, the same way He had sent us forth, why should He give us lesser power to operate with?
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A lot of affiliate programs pay too little and as a result affiliates find it challenging to make the cash they need to be making. Look for an affiliate program that has an excellent pay rate for your work. # 3 Old Statistics, if Any You want an affiliate program that uses great, strong, actual time data, not old stats or ones that are not valid. There are very few affiliate programs out there that supply the kind of stats an affiliate supervisor requires, but do your best to discover an affiliate program that uses one of the most. # 4 No Support Too often affiliates find themselves waiting days for a response to an email and a crucial concern for their organisation. If possible or at least within 24 hours, you want an affiliate program that guarantees you support round the clock. If not, keep trying to find an affiliate program that wishes to assist you assist yourself. # 5 Fresh Ideas, Creative's. Many affiliate programs provide few concepts or imaginative's to their affiliates and so thousands of websites end up with the exact same advertising. Nevertheless, affiliate programs would have a better success rate if many different ads were provided so affiliates might alternate ads and position various advertisements on different websites, depending upon the items offered. Dedicate these five errors to memory so you understand precisely what you are trying to find in an affiliate program, in addition to exactly what to avoid. You will be a lot more effective and better as well if you do not get caught in these traps! 5 Tips To Choosing The Right Affiliate Program. Affiliate programs can be a fantastic way to make money online. You don't need to hang around establishing your own item, stress over taking orders, or look after customer service. If you already have a high traffic website or run an e-zine you can stand to make a constant circulation of commissions monthly without a great deal of additional work on your part. To help you get started promoting affiliate programs, I've offered the following 5 pointers to help you choose the affiliate programs that are best for you. 1. Choose affiliate programs that match the content of your website. , if your website targets a specific niche market than select affiliate programs that provide items to that specific niche market. 2. Pick affiliate programs that pay a high commission. For example 30% -50% on your direct sales. 3. Sign up with affiliate programs that pay two-tier commissions. This enables you to not just earn commissions on your own sales however also on the sales of people who you present to your affiliateprogram. 4. When your recommendations come back and acquire other services or items, sign up with affiliate programs that provide a line of items so that you can earn commissions. 5. Join affiliate programs that use their affiliates terrific marketing support. Many affiliate programs use their affiliates pre-written advertisements to use or get concepts from, sales letters, marketing courses, and articles to utilize in promoting their services. Keep in mind, the best affiliate programs will see their affiliate program as a partnership with you and integrate high commissions with exceptional support so that you can begin making moneypromoting their items as rapidly as possible. When people decide to sign up with an affiliate program to make extra loan, or to have a full time task, they typically do so with illusions and no concept of how the affiliate program actually works. One of the worst things to do is choose an affiliate program that believes in contending against other affiliates. Instead, select an affiliate program that concurs with supporting and growing other affiliates to have a bigger network and access to more affiliates. Too numerous affiliate programs pay too little and as an outcome affiliates discover it hard to make the loan they should be making. Lots of affiliate programs offer their affiliates pre-written advertisements to utilize or get ideas from, sales letters, marketing courses, and short articles to use in promoting their services.
Today's post is brought to us by Ian Coates of Christian Illustrations
The choices we make today are all leading us to someplace. We have to ask ourselves is that 'someplace' somewhere we want to go? We must know the road we travel!
Life is a journey. In regard to our physical, mental and financial wellbeing – where we find ourselves today generally depends on roads traveled yesterday. And where we find ourselves tomorrow depends on roads taken today.
Common sense dictates, if we wish to reach certain destinations we must find the roads that lead there. If we travel on paths going in the opposite direction to our destination it should be obvious we will never reach our desired goal.
Every day we make choices: some large – most small. Those choices are steps heading in one direction or another. If we choose to be lazy, self-absorbed, angry or bitter, we shouldn't be surprised when we reach those miserable towns called: Failure, Loneliness and Depression. No one plans to go to a wretched dead end, but if we are heading in that direction (by bad daily decisions) we shouldn't be shocked when we end up there.
As Christians, we should desire to become a person of integrity, poise and inner-happiness – a strong, inspirational Christian who leads many people to the Lord. To do this, we must travel on roads directed in God's Word. We must follow our Lord Jesus Christ. His way leads us to Salvation and the eventual arrival at Spiritual Maturity. His ways lead to a relaxed attitude where we are content in whatever circumstances we find ourselves. His ways lead to fulfilling a tailor-made plan that has eternal and glorious repercussions.
Every day we have the option of taking 'our way' or 'God's way'. Of course we immediately think, 'I want to head in God's way', but we must question if our daily decisions are taking us in the opposite direction. If we realize we are heading the wrong way, it's time to turn around.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6)
The road we travel today will lead us to where we go tomorrow.
Internet videos provide a great advertising medium. Video marketing is simple to get started. All you need is a video camera and an Internet connection. It's extremely easy to use this marketing method. If you'd like to get into video marketing, here are a few tips you need to know.
Video marketing is nothing to fear. It's simple to get a video together cheaply. You could either show your audience how your product is manufactured or simply sit in front of a neutral background and demonstrate your products or talk to your audience.
Keep your business relevant to today's audiences through video marketing. Request for your viewers to send questions they may have concerning your products or general industry questions. Then, attempt to answer these questions as best as you can. Send out some sample products to the chosen questions.
Most people will not want to watch videos that are more than 20 minutes long. If you're showing off a product and how to use it, it can take you over 20 minutes, and that is no problem. If you are just talking directly with your clients, stay under 10 minutes.
If you are hosting the video on your website, have a subscription form for your mailing list right below the video. People may wish to find out more about what your video is about, so you can utilize this time to get them more information.
You should always keep making videos so your customers will come back and watch again and again. If your viewers are not entertained, chances are they won't watch the entire video. Instead, you want to reach out and engage viewers. Ideally, they should be eagerly anticipating your next video. As content gets more interesting, more viewers will be attracted to it.
With this knowledge in hand, you should be ready to start your campaign. Remember to implement the advice given in this article in your own marketing strategy. The results will be astounding!


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Friday, 16 November 2012
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The Coventry Primary Schools' Boys' Cross Country Championship - Saturday 17th November 2012 at Keresley Grange Primary School.
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The Italian named his intended Republic of Ireland team for the final match of the four nations tournament in Dublin but said he may review his line-up after another training session.
Damien Delaney, Kevin Foley, Seamus Coleman and Keith Treacy are the players to make way following Tuesday's 5-0 thrashing of Northern Ireland.
Defender Darren O'Dea has won his battle for fitness after an ankle injury while Birmingham's Keith Fahey, who joined up with the squad after the Northern Ireland game, slots into midfield.
Wolves winger Stephen Hunt comes off the bench to play on the left while Portsmouth's Liam Lawrence replaces Coleman on the right.
Record goalscorer Robbie Keane, who took his international tally to 48 with a double strike four days ago, again captains the side and will partner Simon Cox.
West Brom striker Cox and Wolves utility man Stephen Ward, who will play at left-back, are rewarded for their goalscoring debuts against Northern Ireland with second caps.
Both Ireland and Scotland have won their opening two matches of the competition and the winner at the Aviva Stadium will claim the trophy.
Trapattoni's priority is next week's Euro 2012 qualifier in Macedonia but hopes to finish the competition well in front of a home crowd likely to be around 25,000.
"Obviously we will play for a good result but we do have one or two injured players.
"It is a game like a derby. Many of the Scotland players, like ours, play in the Championship or the Premier League.
"I hope and I think it can be a beautiful game."
Provisional Ireland team: Given, McShane, O'Dea, Kelly, Ward, Lawrence, Andrews, Fahey, Hunt, Keane, Cox.


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McCain likely to campaign in Hickory;
Palin coming to Greensboro fundraiser
With Democrat Barack Obama continuing to run strong in North Carolina, the campaign of Republican John McCain is ramping up its efforts here. Next week both McCain and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin are expected to campaign in the state.
Although nothing has been announced, McCain is likely to make his first general election appearance in the state Oct. 18. The most likely location is Hickory.
Palin will attend a fundraiser next Thursday at the Greensboro home of the McCain-Palin finance chairman, businessman Louis DeJoy. She is also likely to have a public rally.
Easley thinks rural voters will back Obama
Gov. Mike Easley says many rural voters will end up backing Obama.
In an interview Wednesday on "The Rachel Maddow Show" on MSNBC, Easley said that he thinks many people who said they would not vote for Obama will end up doing so because of their economic interests.
"There's a lot of people that have been saying all along they'd never vote for Barack Obama, but they're going to go in the voting booth, and they're going to do it because it's in their economic interest," said Easley, a Democrat.
Obama is expanding his outreach into rural areas Down East, and Easley argued it's working.
"I saw a pickup truck Monday," he said. "A guy riding in it with a shotgun in the back and he had a camo hat and two Obama stickers. I think the message there is 'I like McCain, but I love my job.'"
Perdue vows to meet the press each week
If elected governor, Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue vows to field questions from the news media every week, share her schedules and prohibit her staff from deleting e-mails.
The Democrat made the promises in a meeting this week with The News & Observer's editorial board.
"I'll be so available," Perdue said, "you'll be tired of me."
Republican nominee Pat McCrory, mayor of Charlotte, made the same pledge during his meeting with the board last week.


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Calvary Day School's Pre-K program offers a rich, engaging curriculum that captivates students through fostering independent thinking and an appreciation for God's beautiful world.
Our program is Accredited with Quality by the Georgia Accrediting Commission (GAC). Each teacher is certified in early childhood education and is an expert in developing a spirit of active discovery in students.
The excitement of learning is evident in Calvary's classrooms as student creativity flourishes through abundant hands-on activities like cooking, gardening, and painting. Additionally, each student is equipped with an Apple iPad for classroom purposes. Such "learning by doing" experiences emphasize concentration and teamwork, which enable Pre-K students to become self-confident learners.
Pre-K develops emergent readers and problem-solvers through activities based on phonics, one-to-one correspondence, number and letter recognition, as well as counting, addition, and subtraction. Likewise, each child's natural curiosity is welcomed and encouraged through field trips to fascinating locations including the Tybee Marine Science Center, the Jepson Center, the historic Massie School, the Savannah Music Festival, Disney on Ice, as well as the local pumpkin patch and Christmas tree farm.
Students further develop a love of learning through participation in delightful annual events such as Children's Book Week, Dr. Seuss Day, the Christmas and Georgia Day programs, and the Spring Fling.
The daily schedule for Pre-K is a lively one that matches the energy of the students. In addition to lessons, structured play, and personal activity time, students also participate in daily enrichment activities that span a variety of subjects such as art, music, physical education, Bible, Chinese, and library.
Calvary's Pre-K program is committed to providing a sound educational and Christian experience that not only stimulates learning and development, but also promotes spiritual and social growth through a supportive staff and nurturing environment.


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This October, Central Rappahannock Regional Library will be running a trebuchet contest. A trebuchet is a kind of medieval siege engine. Full-sized ones were used to smash down castle walls. This contest will be a fun, family event, and you can join in by bringing your handcrafted trebuchet and testing it against your competitors!
Discovery Tables are back, all summer long! Drop into the Fredericksburg, Howell, Salem Church, Snow, and Porter branches for a rotating series of self-guided, discover-it-yourself STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) activities. Grades K-6.
Many mysteries have been explained through space exploration, but one remains unanswered: Is there anybody else out there? Let the Curiosity rover guide you through the dusty red planet, while she searches for evidence of other life!
CRRL's newest MakerLab opened at Salem Church Branch beginning in April. This STEM exploration space includes hands-on activities and demonstrations for all ages, including a 3D printer, Ozobots, Snap Circuits, robot arms, Legos, and so much more. Regular hours for the Salem Church lab are every Friday, from 3:00-5:00.
Cells make up you, your friend, your hamster, and your mom's broccoli surprise. If it's alive or ever was alive, it is made of cells. Space scientists looking for life on Mars are trying to find microbes made of simple cells—not little green men—and biologists who search for cures to diseases work with cells. Small as they are, cells determine how life unfolds from its beginning to its end.
Dr. Daniel Wallace is a human factors engineer for the U.S. Navy. He is active in teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to children through demonstrations and teaches a science camp for a week every year at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Colonial Beach, VA. He is now in his 14th year as a member of the Westmoreland County Public School Board. He is also a musician, playing violin in the praise and worship band at his church.
We are very happy that he has agreed to share some of his favorite books with CRRL readers. To begin, here are favorites from his childhood:
Caroline Herschel had a very hard life early on. Born into a family of royal musicians in what is now Germany, two childhood illnesses left her face pockmarked and her body stunted. Her mother treated her very much as a servant while worrying that no man would ever want to marry her. In the 1700s, this was a real concern, for it was hard for women to make enough money to survive on their own. Caroline's life was pretty miserable as she was expected to do exhausting housework, including knitting stockings for everyone, over and over again.
Fortunately, Caroline's older brother William wanted to help her. He had moved to England where he was working as a choral conductor and piano teacher. William had the idea that Caroline could learn to sing and be paid for it, and that is exactly what she did. But that is not where her story ends.
A boy and his mother are canoeing on a pond in the Adirondack Mountains. It is peaceful place, maybe even dull. Or, is it? The boy asks his mother, "What's down there?"
So many things! His mother tells him about them, from the minnows, crayfish, and bullfrogs to beavers hunting "delectable roots" found in the mud and otters clawing for freshwater mussels.
And, over the pond? A great blue heron catches one of those minnows for his dinner. A moose munches a mouthful of waterlilies. As the sun sets, mother and son paddle back to shore and head for home. In the dark, life goes on at the pond. Raccoons come out to prowl, and catfish glide as they seek their suppers in the cool of the night.
Kate Messner's Over and Under the Pond does several things very nicely. First, it tells a soothing story, perfect for bedtime. But it also introduces an ecosystem, making the science of living things and the secrets found below a pond's surface very accessible, and it manages to do so without sounding like a textbook.
"Look, Mom, a shell! A beautiful shell!"
If you go to the beach this summer, you may find dozens of seashells, each uniquely wonderful. Plan on filling a whole jar with your favorites: scallops and angel wings (piddocks), whelks and sand dollars.
Rosie the Riveter is an icon, well-known for representing the scores of women who worked in munitions factories during World War II. Andrea Beaty gives a subtle nod to the original Rosie—and the powerful women she represents—in Rosie Revere, Engineer, her follow-up to Iggy Peck, Architect. Rosie Revere is a born engineer who loves creating intricate and unusual machines using parts she has salvaged from the trash. Her inventing has been a secret, though, ever since the day her Uncle Fred laughed at her snake repellant hat.


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How To Speed Up WordPress Easy Steps post will help you improve the speed and performance of your website or blog.
Last Updated: April 30, 2017
I always work with a child theme as recommended by many developers including myself. However you might choose not to work with a child theme. Also keep in mind this post was written for beginners. There is no hacking or adding extra code. It is meant to help the average knowledgeable WordPress person and novice as well by using plugins and online services to improve the website performance.
How To Speed Up WordPress Easy Steps
- Choose the correct host.
- Install A Theme = It is always important to check your theme for stability.
- Installing plugins.
- Install an avatar plugin
- Install a cache plugin.
- Optimize your Database and delete any Revisions.
- If you have a Facebook or Twitter account then you are probably using one or more plugins to automatically post to these social medias.
- Optimize your images to reduce the size and increase speed.
- Set up Google Custom Search Engine.
- Sharing on social media.
Important: The information below explains in detail each step above.
Step 1 ) WordPress is great, flexible and easy manageable CMS "Content Management System. However with the greatness comes resources. Being a CMS running on PHP and MySQL requires some processing power. That is okay you can always signup to a great Host that will provide all of the above and more. Most host nowadays have come to realize that WordPress is growing more and more. Therefore most Host have specifically created packages to run WordPress websites or blog.
Most will start small meaning they create a blog or website. At the beginning you will not have much traffic at all. So you don't really need a very powerful Server. So I guess you could get away with a Shared Account. However if you are serious about your website you will want to make sure that when you start to get a lot of traffic that your host can handle the extra resources. What you will eventually need is more Processing Power "CPU", Ram "Memory", Space "Storage" and bandwidth "Traffic Access".
So make sure that who ever you decide to sign up with can provide all the necessary upgrades when your website or blogs starts picking up.
Some host give you the following packages for you to choose from.
- Shared Account
- Pro Account
- VPS Account
- Dedicated Server
Host I Recommend
- Justhost, The host I am currently using for this website.
- Bluehost, Bluehost and Justhost are sister companies. Bluehost is at the top of the list in wordpress.org website.
- Hostgator is a very well known and reputable hosting company.
- Dreamhost is very reliable and has many different plans i.e. shared host, VPS host, dedicated server and cloud.
- WP Engine is a hassle-free WordPress hosting environment which helps you with your speed, security, support and it is fully managed.
"Important: It is also good to remember that on a Shared Server Account you have many limitations and you will only be able to do so much to improve the speed. If you are in a Pro Server Account speed starts to improve substantially. However if you are on a VPS or Dedicated Server, the speed will improve substantially and you have more freedom."
Choosing a Theme
Step 2 ) When it comes to choosing a theme you need to make sure the theme is up to date and well supported. Too many web developers install a theme simply because it looks great and or it might be free. This is not always the best option and you should really investigate more about the theme. Only when you are certain about the theme that is when you install it.
Theme Options To Consider:
- Is it heavy or light in weight?
- Is up to date or not?
- Does it have a very good report?
- Are the developers constantly updating any issues found in the theme?
- Have the developer or developers been in the market for a long time?
Note: When installing themes, also install the following plugin Theme Check to test your theme.
Installing Plugins
Note: When installing plugins, also install the following plugin Plugin Inspector to test your plugins.
Step 3 ) The plugin that I sometimes use is Speed Booster Pack. The plugin has a few options apart from Google Libraries. Just play around with the settings until you get the desired speed.
Warning: Speed Booster Pack is very powerful and tricky to use. So make sure you create a backup and you know what you are doing before you use this plugin.
When choosing a cache plugin you should check to make sure it can perform the following.
- Cached pages will be valid for
- Enable compression
- Enable on-the-fly compression
- Allow browser caching
- HTTPS and HTTP caching capabilities = For example Bypass the cache, Cache separately or Use the standard cache ( I have HTTP/HTTPS aware pages)
- Mobile capabilities
- CDN = Content Delivery Network
- Far future expiry header = If your cache plugin does not have this feature you can always use the following plugin far-future-expiry-header.
Step 3-1 ) Install WP User Avatar to manage your local avatar and create a default local avatar. This will save time when visitors who don't have an avatar use your default avatar. It also means that you will be using your own resources which can also speed up the process if you run a fast server.
Step 3-2 ) Install and set up a cache plugin. I use Hyper Cache for it's simplicity and functionality. You might like to read the following tutorial Hyper Cache General Settings. There are many cache plugins nowadays that are great and work well for many. I have added a list below for you to test if Hyper Cache is not what you want or does not work for you.
Note: Other cache plugins I recommend WordPress Cache Plugins.
If you are using WP Super Cache or Hyper Cache, you can further improve your speed and performance by using Autoptimize in conjunction.
Information about W3 Total Cache: You might want to check this great W3 Total Cache tutorial by John from tentblogger.com. You might also like to check w3 Total Cache Troubleshooting tips.
Optimize Database
Step 4 ) Install and configure Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions. This plugin has only a few options to setup, go to Settings -> Optimize DB Options and configure the plugin. Once you have the plugin set up, run it regularly to optimize you database. This can improve the speed your website carries out when performing tasks between the server and the website on the browser.
Note: Other Database Optimizing plugins I recommend WordPress Optimize Database Plugins.
Social Media Sharing
Step 5 ) If you have not signed up to Facebook and Twitter, then I recommend you do. Once you have signed up then read the following tutorial Publish WordPress Posts To Facebook and Twitter. Currently I am testing Zapier external service to publish posts and pages directly to Twitter and Facebook. There are many different online services for you to choose from. There are also great plugins that will do a great job. However the goal here is to use as less plugins as possible. That's the reason why I choose an external service.
Note: The more plugins you use the more resources your server will use like memory and processing power. This will increase your page load time.
Step 6 ) There are two different methods I use to optimize your images.
- Method 1 ) I use an online service Gtmetrix.com.
- Method 2 ) I also use EWWW Image Optimizer plugin. You might like to read the following tutorial Optimize Images Using EWWW Image Optimizer Plugin.
Step 7 ) Click on the following URL Google Custom Search Engine to add Google Custom Search engine to the website.
Step 8 ) I am sure most of you will be sharing your information with some of the most popular social medias out there like Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Google Plus, Youtube and much more. The following URL Social Plugins is a list of social sharing plugins I recommend.
Recommended Testing
Step 1 ) Does your website follow Google rules? If you don't know and would like to check you can use this great website varvy by Patrix Sexton.
Step 2 ) How does your website compare to W3 standards? Click on the following URL validator.w3.org/ If you have to edit and test your code, I suggest that you use W3Schools which has all you need to troubleshoot css, html, js errors and more.
If you install all the plugins mentioned above and you follow the instructions you will notice a difference in speed and performance for your website or blog. This will make Google happy which is good for SEO. Of course there are more options you can implement to speed up your WordPress website but I just wanted to share with you the simplest method for anyone who wishes to try without having to hack or add some code.
Other Options To Consider.
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Kentec fire control panels are central to a new fire detection system installed at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics (WTCHG) - a research institute of the University of Oxford.
Based in the Henry Wellcome Building of Genomic Medicine located on the University of Oxford's Old Road Campus, WTCHG houses more than 400 occupants spread over three floors. The Centre aims to explore all aspects of the genetic susceptibility to disease, including the understanding of how DNA variants contribute to the risk of disease in the population.
When the university decided to replace the existing 10-year-old fire alarm and detection system, it was agreed with Oxfordshire based Pyrotec Services that the new system would be based around Hochiki's Enhanced Systems Protocol (ESP), Hochiki devices and Kentec control panels.
The University of Oxford Safety Office insists on open protocol systems, together with commonality of equipment. The use of Hochiki devices and Kentec control panels for all replacement and new systems has been the norm for the past 20 years.
The project involved installing a Kentec Syncro 12 loop, 96 zone Analogue Addressable control panel and two Syncro Focus Network LCD Repeater Panels using the existing cabling infrastructure. Approximately 1,000 devices were installed including nearly 500 ACB-E analogue multi-sensors, which incorporate a variable temperature heat element and a rate of rise heat element - both of which are controlled from the control panel, allowing either one or both elements to be active in making the fire decision.
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News reports may lead you to think retail's doomsday is here. And yet, Amazon, Under Armour and numerous other niche retailers seem to be doing quite well. Ram Venkatesh looks at the conundrum.
Virtually every news report is about store closings, bankruptcy filings, reorganizations and about possible mergers and acquisitions.
Everyone agrees millennials and technology are the primary culprits. There are over 80 million millennials in America alone which constitute over 25 per cent of the market. Millennials, born between the 1980s and early 2000s accounted for about US$ 2.5 trillion in spending power in the United States of America alone in 2015, according to Youbrand. There are about 2 billion millennials in the world with over 80 per cent living in emerging countries like India, China and Brazil. For global brands and big box retailers, this is a huge market segment that they need to understand to stay in business. While most changes are driven by the millennials, most people including the late baby boomers and Gen-Xers easily fit into this enormous generational market shift that is happening right now.
Retailers seem to understand the complexity of this market segment and are making changes and strides towards omni channel organisations and systems from merchandising to the last mile delivery systems. They have taken strides to integrate social media platforms into their marketing organisations. But yet, is this enough? I doubt it. The challenge is comparable to the story of David vs Goliath. Why does a startup or a small competitor succeed where a big retailer fails? Is it because they understand the consumer and their lifestyles better, or is it because they innovate products faster? Or perhaps they know each other better through prior engagement, and there is trust through familial engagement with peers or on blogs and social media.
To answer this, we need to understand the broader, organically-evolving lifestyle changes driven by the millennials and technology. A great report to understand the heart and mind of millennials is the Millennial Consumer Trends by Elite Daily, which describes itself as the premier online news platform for and by millennials. My own summary and take away from this report is:
1. Millennials are the most racially? Ethnically? Diverse, educated and connected population group we have seen in any generation. The comments and conversations with their peer group and experts on social media are more a driver of a purchase decision than simply a price/value proposition.
2. They buy with their mind and their heart. They do not trust advertising, but if earned, they are brand loyal. Traditional expectations like quality and customer experience remain but they expect brands to engage with them on social media and be authentic.
3. They would like to give inputs and co-create new products. They expect companies to give back to society and be responsible stewards of the environment. They are cost-conscious but will pay more for the right product and the brand that lives their values.
4. Technology is in the middle of it all. They are always connected on multiple devices and on social networks. Technology facilitates authenticity and experience.


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You know it, deep inside you do
Not just your heart, your mind is broken too
The Voices are loud inside your head
You tell them "Stop!" but they get noisier instead
The Stranger smiles and promises the Light
You take a pause – there's just no light in sight
The Voices say, "Trust only what you see."
But the Stranger's words are as beautiful as can be
The Stranger speaks softly in your ear
"Those Voices give you Darkness, give you Fear."
So you try to run, but the Voices in your head
They stay with you everywhere you tread
The Stranger holds your hand and starts to lead
You think that maybe that's exactly what you need
In the dark, you are hopeful but you are blind
"There is no Light," say the Voices in your mind
"You make me glad," the Stranger says to you
And you smile because you know it to be true
But the moment you start to shed a tear
The Stranger stops and begins to disappear
You hide the tears to make the Stranger stay
You want the Light and he can lead the way
But the Voices say, "Let him go.
The Light is not for you, you know."
But the tears you hide, they fall somehow
So the Stranger starts to leave you now
"You are broken, that is why."
The Stranger tells you with a sigh
The Voices are the Darkness that you dread
But is it Light you want, or is it Truth instead?
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Marion Montgomery (April 16, 1925 – November 23, 2011) was an American poet, novelist, educator, and critic. For more than 30 years he was a professor of English at the University of Georgia.[1]
Marion Hoyt Montgomery was born in Thomaston, Georgia. After service in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946, he married Dorothy Carlisle in 1951. They have five children. He received his A.B. (1950) and M.A. (1953) from the University of Georgia and did postgraduate work in creative writing at the University of Iowa (1956–58).[2]
He published three novels, all of which focus on conflicts between the Old and the New South. When he published his first novel, The Wandering of Desire (1962), Flannery O'Connor wrote him a letter that later became famous. She wrote, "The Southern writer can outwrite anybody in the country because he has the Bible and a little history. You have more than your share of both and a spendid gift besides." His second novel, Darrell, was published in 1964, and — in the words of his literary executor and former student Dr. Michael Jordan — "combines comedy, satire, and tragedy in its depiction of the misadventures of a country-born boy and his grandmother as they attempt to adjust to life in an Athens neighborhood. Darrell's longing for an even more exciting life in Atlanta is counterbalanced by his grandmother's common sense and longing for the country." His most ambitious novel is 1974's Fugitive. It is an overt dramatization of the ideas that were at the center of the Fugitive/Agrarian movement. Successful country music songwriter Walt Mason, disillusioned with life in Nashville, Tennessee, moves to rural Georgia to become a gentleman farmer, only to find out that such a life can't be "poured in from the top," but must spring up from the roots.[2]
Several of Montgomery's dozen or so published short stories have been included in best-of anthologies. I Got a Gal and The Decline and Fall of Officer Fergerson appeared in Southern Writing in the Sixties (1966) and The Best American Short Stories: 1971, respectively. His books of poetry include Dry Lightning (1960), Stones from the Rubble (1965), and The Gull and Other Georgia Scenes (1969).[2] He also was a columnist for the now-defunct weekly Athens (Ga.) Observer.
Though he published extensively as a poet and novelist, it is likely that he will be remembered as a literary and social critic. Born the same year as Flannery O'Connor, Montgomery was her friend and has become perhaps her most insightful interpreter. He often pointed out that he, like O'Connor, was a "Hillbilly Thomist," and it is that Catholic worldview that permeates his own work and allowed him particular insights into both O'Connor and another great subject of his work, Walker Percy. He was perhaps the leading figure in what some have called the "second generation" of Fugitive/Agrarian writers — writers who, like O'Connor herself, were too young to be the contemporaries of Lytle, Tate, Ransom, and Warren, but who shared many of their literary and intellectual sensibilities.
Montgomery died in Crawford, Georgia at the age of eighty-six.[2]
- ^ Walsh, William. "An Interview with Marion Montgomery". Istanbul Literary Review. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
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The study of International Relations and European Studies (IRES) is concerned with the political relations between states and various non-state actors in the international order. International issues are becoming increasingly significant, complex, and diversified.In order to grasp the significance of these contemporary problems, we need to have not only a certain degree of specialized knowledge about the geographical regions in question, but also some theoretical understanding of International Relations. International Relations at the International Burch University combines the studies of other scientific fields such as Political Science, Sociology, History, Philosophy, Law, and Business Management.
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Bulgaria will see the building of a new winter resort near Smolyan in the Rhodope Mountains.
"Sports and Tourism Centre Perelik" plan to invest over EUR 255 M - an amount that won them a first class investment certificate by the State Investments Agency. This is the third such certificate given to a Bulgarian investor.
The resort will include facilities for both winter sports and summer tourism, reports say. Skiing tracks will spread over 55 kilometres in total, and there will also be 24 lift lines and various hotels.


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Is Buffett in Trouble?
Sorting out the insurance scandal.
It's hard to think of a business less exciting than insurance (well, maybe accounting). But in the last two weeks, a scandal in the sleepy industry has grabbed front-page headlines, destroyed the career of one American business giant, and now may tarnish the good name of another.
First, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, the force of nature who turned American International Group into a global titan, was forced to resign on March 28, finally brought down by transactions that seemed designed to dress up AIG's balance sheet. (Monica Langley's front-page Wall Street Journal article about his final years at the helm—the Chinese butler, Greenberg yelling at corporate directors that they didn't know how to spell the word "insurance," the restricted use of the good bathroom on the corporate jet—is worth the price of a year's subscription.)
The Greenberg fiasco has dragged in Warren Buffett, because General Re, a subsidiary of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, was the other side of one of the suspect AIG transactions. Buffett is at best a peripheral player in the drama. He is scheduled to meet with investigators on April 11, but New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office has taken pains to note that Buffett is being called in as a witness, not a target. This still may damage Buffett's reputation. The folksy billionaire and investor par excellence is the self-appointed conscience of the American capitalist democrat. The spirit of the transactions, and Buffett's public reaction to them, stand in stark contrast to what has come to be known as the Warren Buffett way. (Disclosure: Buffett is a director of the Washington Post Company, which owns Slate.)
The AIG scandal involves the unusually arcane and obscure world of reinsurance. Insurers don't simply take premiums and hope you don't collect. They insure themselves with other insurers. By doing so, they move risk and liabilities off their balance sheets and onto others'. Because the transactions are complicated and ambiguous, both insurers and reinsurers may be tempted to engage in transactions that seem to be insurance but are really just deals to make earnings or balance sheets look better. AIG seems to have done that to keep its stock price healthy. Here's AIG's release describing a bunch of questionable accounting tactics.
The deal that helped end Greenberg's career and that now looms over Buffett was a 2000 transaction between AIG and General Re. AIG counted this as an insurance deal but now says that it "has concluded that the Gen Re transaction documentation was improper and, in light of the lack of evidence of risk transfer, these transactions should not have been recorded as insurance." It appears that General Re profited from AIG's desire to clean up its balance sheet. Buffett was briefed—briefly—on the AIG transaction.
Did General Re realize the deal wasn't kosher at the time? And if so, did Buffett know? The obvious—and plausible—defense for both parties is that General Re had no way of knowing that AIG was going to improperly account for the deal.
For most other CEOs, such an excuse might be enough. But is it enough for Buffett? After all, the nation's second-wealthiest man has used his pulpit to lecture politicians, corporate executives, and his fellow citizens—in plain-spoken and direct terms—on policy and business and etiquette. And on several counts, the behavior of one of his companies seems to have fallen short of Buffett's standards.
Buffett has been a constant preacher against the nefarious and widespread practice of managing for the short term, engaging in behavior and strategy geared at meeting the quarterly numbers. AIG plainly used reinsurance to make its balance sheets—and perhaps its earnings—look better in the short term.
What's more, Buffett's insurance operations have apparently been willing to profit from helping other companies engage in this sort of behavior. Monica Langley reported last week as well that the SEC is looking into a bunch of other General Re transactions with other customers, "apparently meant to look like reinsurance transactions but not transferring risk."
Berkshire Hathaway under Buffett has been a model of transparency and honesty. He famously noted that he writes his annual reports as if he were writing a letter to his Aunt Alice or his sister Doris, aiming for clarity, simplicity, and an absence of jargon or Clintonesque parsing. Buffett is also unique among CEOs for his willingness to criticize himself—he'll cop to a lousy year. (If you're the second-wealthiest man in America, it's easy to play humble.) But it's doubtful whether any of Buffett's relatives would have understood what was being done in these transactions. And thus far he has studiously avoided any public mention of the investigations. If he similarly skirts the issue at the upcoming Buffett-palooza in May, it would be both surprising and telling.
Finally, the AIG transactions plainly failed what Buffett himself had referred to as the "New York Times test" (and which should perhaps be relabeled the Wall Street Journal test). When considering an action, executives and managers should think about how it would look if it were splashed on the front page of the New York Times. So far, this is one test the Sage of Omaha is failing.


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When I started this blog I assumed I'd be writing about meaningful aspects of my writing life. The things that matter. Two posts in and the biggest issue on my mind is- what am I going to wear?
If you read my last post, you'll know I have an award ceremony coming up. Don't get me wrong, I feel privileged that my story is due to be given a commendation. But it means I'm going to have go up and receive a certificate in a theatre that holds 120 people! And I'm not one of those wonderful intellectuals who don't care what they look like. Trouble is, I have no idea what sort of thing I'm supposed to wear. I've never been to one of these things before. Is it formal, or casual? I guess I'll have to go for somewhere in between.
But there's still a problem. I live in Scotland. Which means that on the day in question at the end of august it could be anywhere from 10 to 28 degrees. If it's warm then the dilemma is over. I can wear a summer dress. But if it's cold? I just don't know… Any suggestions?
I promise I'll shut up about the award ceremony now. Until it's over. Then expect photo's, gushings about the judge, Alex Gray, and a little information about the ebook when I know more about it. I'm also taking a creative writing session with Lin Anderson that morning, so I'll try and pick out some helpful tips for you. But you're safe till the end of this month. My next post will be about the problems of being an introvert… Lets admit it, most of us write because we're rubbish at face to face interaction.


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We've been talking for years about the speed and cost savings of modular construction. So naturally, we weren't the least bit surprised to hear about a recent study that confirms modular construction is both faster and more affordable, cutting construction times by an average of 45% and costs by 16%.
As construction times are shortened, ROI increases. Researchers found that a 25% cut in construction schedule yielded an average savings of $5.81 per square foot. For schedules cut by 50%, savings increased to $10.93.
The study was completed by researchers at the University of Utah and funded in part by the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) and Modular Building Institute (MBI). Researchers compared 17 permanent modular construction projects against an equal number of comparable onsite projects. The projects were in the healthcare, residential, hospitality, retail and commercial office industries. Most were in the U.S. in addition to three in Canada, two in the U.K., one in Australia and one in Spain.


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Hi all,, just done day 2 of wk1 I took on board all the comments and yeah.. I stayed out the 30 mins, i went slower on my brisk walk and managed 4 and 1/2 of the jogs. The music was a good idea , it took my mind of concentrating how much was to go. I just carried on walking if I felt I could not jog anymore. I think I will be in few weeks on week 1 but as a lot of you have said this is normal and not to worry. It's not a race or a competition.
Thanks for all your encouraging comments.