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February 8 @ 1:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Our BEER CAN DERBY is BACK. What's a beer can derby, you ask? Well, it's just like the classic 'pinewood derby' of your childhood scouting days, except with a Castle Island beer can instead of a block of wood. Simple enough, right?
Oh you need more details? Alright LISTEN UP:
-Sorry, but the lil' ones can stick to the scouts for their racing needs. You must be 21 or over to participate in this event.
-The entry fee is $5 and includes your basic kit to get building. (One clean, unused Castle Island can, four wheels, and two axle assemblies.) YOU CAN ONLY REGISTER AND PICK UP YOUR KIT IN OUR TAPROOM.
-Use as little or as much of the starter kit as you want, but all can components must come from a Castle Island Brewing Company can. The rest is up to you.
-All race cars are gravity racers and can have no propulsion of any kind.
-Your car must not exceed these parameters:
Max. Width: 5″
Max. Height: 8″
Max. Length: 10″
Max. Weight: 12 oz.
-Check-in and inspection starts at 1 PM. We'll announce the order of the first round at 1:30, post time for the first match-up is 1:55. Racing starts at 2 PM sharp.
-There will be prizes for win, place, and show; as well as for best car design and best team name. Style points MATTER.
Sign-ups are limited to 32 racers; first come, first serve!


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In 2012, FIFA producer Aaron McHardy sat down with FIFA Soccer blog to answer some questions about scripting – and whether or not it still existed.
"This scripting behaviour…I can absolutely say this in not in gameplay… we hate this kind of logic," he said.
"Some racing games use this 'rubber banding' logic to keep races tight but it's not something that we do."
Fast forward a few years and EA's stance on the matter remains the same. Yet the existence of scripting is still a major talking point – and one that threatens to impact FIFA 18.
It refers to the notion that the game automatically changes the momentum during a match if it becomes too one sided – keeping it competitive.
So, if you're winning 5-0, the game recognises the imbalance and boosts the opposition's ability whilst simultaneously hampering yours.
This could be manifested in a number of ways – through decreased shot accuracy or goalkeeping prowess.
So, where does all this talk come from?
Fans point to FIFA 06, which was the first in the series to feature a momentum 'bar'.
Dots next to the team name would indicate how well the team was performing at a given point in time. This was thought to affect player performance and 'luck'.
After all, if a better player is thrashing another, lesser player, tedium will set in fast for both parties.
A lot of the entertainment in a match is feeling a tangible shift in momentum – knowing that even though you're 3-0 down you can still come back.
Does is still exist?
Whilst the bar is gone, momentum – it's alleged – still exists to keep people playing and help deliver these 'comeback' moments that happen in real-life.
This is despite EA standing firm on its stance that such a mechanism does not exist.
Late last year, one curious player claimed to find a hidden 'momentum' code buried in the game's files.
"I am no programmer or anything, but out of curiosity I was looking through some of the FIFA 17 game files," he wrote on Reddit.
"I found the following in the file "Initfs-Win32":
"The file can be found on PC at Origin Games > Fifa 17 > Update > Patch > Data."
This was followed by another discovery, with Reddit user u/CatalystFCP revealing a code that's alleged to show how momentum works.
So, what next?
This latest finding has caused many fans to demand that EA take action to explain the code's existence.
One user wrote on Reddit: "I been saying this for years and people didn't believe me that this was build into the game years ago.
"I cant believe EA would just expect us to forget about the momentum meter."
In the meantime, some fans have started to figure out how to crack the alleged momentum code.
One gamer wrote: "If you want to simply take advantage of momentum, take less shots, keep low possession, don't score early, and (use) a bronze bench."
While this makeshift solution will offer respite for some, EA must be prepared to field some difficult questions as FIFA 18 gets closer.


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Where in Maine?
August 2016
Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to "Where in Maine?" Here is our favorite letter from the August photo of Cape Newagen and Southport Island.
Back a hundred years ago, my grandfather, a Methodist minister in Boston, came to Southport seeking respite from hay fever for his son, my dad. He built two houses for a wealthy sponsor and ultimately had his own house on Blair Road, where I suspect I was conceived, though I don't remember. In 1967, my spouse, Jane, and I built a seaside home on Horn Cove, about a mile north of Newagen Harbor, and as I write and look out the door, I see the Cuckolds as shown in your photo. Now a B&B, Cuckolds Light is available if you wish to chance the possibility of being stuck there by high seas and stormy weather. Honeymoon, anyone? Southport Island, this shoreline, and Newagen Harbor have been the balm of life for our extended family.
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Business Continuity
Business Continuity is the activity performed by an organization to ensure that critical business functions will be available to customers, suppliers, regulators, and other entities that must have access to those functions. These activities include many daily chores such as project management, system backups, change control, and help desk. Business Continuity is not something implemented at the time of a disaster; Business Continuity is those activities performed on a daily basis to maintain business function service, consistency, recoverability, and regulatory compliance.
The foundation of Business Continuity is the policies, guidelines, standards, and procedures implemented by an organization. All system design, implementation, support, and maintenance must be based on this foundation in order to have any hope of achieving Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, or in some cases, system support. It is usually a bad idea to attempt to maintain multiple standards in support of a specific IT area. In many organizations today, separate standards are maintained for standalone AIX systems, HACMP clusters, and disaster recovery groups. This series of documents will show that is not necessary and how to consolidate into a single standard for all AIX systems, including HACMP and disaster recovery.
The documents presented here will define many IT areas that require enterprise wide policies, guidelines, standards, and procedures be defined, and will offer recommended solutions for those defined areas.
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Today's blog, written by Pastor Peter Yoon of Kairos Church in San Diego, was first posted on November 29, 2014.
Spiritual Food for Thought for the Weekend
Matthew 28:20
"And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
I'm learning that there is a huge difference between vulnerability and insecurity in the journey of faith.
In this passage, Jesus is about to be taken up to heaven, and He understands the fears and insecurities that are gripping the disciples' hearts as they face an insurmountable challenge of making disciples of all nations. He knows that they will be facing uncertainties, but He tells them that they can trade all of their insecurities for an overwhelming sense of confidence in His presence.
Similarly, in Judges 7, Gideon gathers an army after being summoned by God to fight against the Midianites. Before the battle begins, Gideon would see God reduce the army to one percent of the original number, raising the odds from 4 to 1, to 400 to 1; another insurmountable challenge. Yet God's presence would go ahead and cause confusion among the Midianites, causing them to flee from a small army of 300 men.
Again and again, throughout Scriptures, people of God are led to circumstances where vulnerability and dependency on God are very real issues. He still does the same today as His church continues to seek His Kingdom.
Graham Cooke writes: Insecurity produces unbelief. A paralysis occurs where there needs to be movement and faith in action. People see their own smallness rather than the majesty of God. (The Israelites in Numbers 13: 33 said, "We were like grasshoppers in our own sight.") Such people are prevented from achieving breakthrough in faith.
In contrast, vulnerability is knowing that God is happy to send us out as lambs amongst wolves because He is confident in His own ability to watch over us and work through our weaknesses. When we are vulnerable, we see our inadequacies in the light of God's sovereignty and power, and we discover hope and faith.
It seems that when facing insurmountable challenges, we can either fix our gaze upon our inadequacies and be completely paralyzed, or we can fix our gaze upon Jesus who is also the perfector of our faith. The difference between insecurity and vulnerability seem so subtle; however, in God's eyes, the two are as far as east is from the west.
Perhaps some of you are facing circumstances that you know you are inadequate to handle. Look to God in this season and place all of your dependence upon Him. In prayer, express to Him daily of your need for His presence in your life.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I desperately need to depend on You, instead of people and things. So help me to discipline myself to spend a quiet moment each day with You. Help me to daily fix my eyes on Christ and ask the Holy Spirit to fill me. Amen.
Bible Reading for Today: Matthew 26-27


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Last week we held our annual conference for larger local (parish and town) councils. The sold out event included a panel discussion on localism and the new powers contained in the Localism Act, in particular the general power of competence. During this session our chief executive spoke about our take on the new powers for local communities, which we followed up with a letter to leading local government journal LGC to share our thinking more widely. An edited version of the letter was published yesterday as the letter of the week, the original text is below:
Local councils will be key to implementing new powers
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) is the representative body for 9,000 local (community, neighbourhood, parish, town and village) councils.
We believe there has never been a more important time for local democracy. Local people have long felt a lack of ownership over decisions that affect their lives and where they live.
So there is real support for localism and our very local councils have a vital role in community action, representation and service delivery.
We believe that these very local councils can be an effective democratic community leader, encouraging communities and people to take advantage of the new planning, housing, community asset protection and development powers coming their way through the localism agenda.
Local communities will be better able to influence and control what is happening through public service delivery in their area. For example local councils can be at the heart of work with communities to develop neighbourhood plans. The new powers will make it easier for local councils to innovate, make use of assets and work with private sector.
These new powers will add to the extensive range of powers available and we expect this to make the creation of new local councils more attractive – we are already seeing steady growth in the number established, particularly in urban areas and with Queen's Park, Westminster in line to be the first in London.
Alert principal authorities should be supporting these innovations including the creation of new councils, looking at how they can work better with our local councils and discuss how power and responsibilities can be devolved.
We want to reinvigorate local councils as the closest tier of government to people. The localism agenda is making the role of local councils exciting and vibrant and provides an exceptional opportunity to bring real power and responsibility back to local communities.


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Occult Lessons
Reading the Crystal
Supernatural Metals
Witch Craft
History of the Devil
Crystal Gazing
Astral Projection
Crystal Gazing
Development Methods
Dream Psychomancy
Future Time Psychomancy
How To Develop Yourself
Past Time Psychomancy
Simple Psychomancy
Space Psychomancy
The Akashic Records
The Astral Body
The Astral Senses
The Astral Tube
The Aura
The Five Methods
The Nature Of Psychomancy
The Three Classes
Dream Psychomancy
The Student will have noted that in many cases mentioned in these
lessons, the Psychomantic vision manifested during physical sleep. The
reason of this occurrence is that in the majority of persons the
physical nature, when awake, holds the attention of the individual to
such an extent as to prevent him from manifesting the psychic faculties
clearly. But when the physical body sinks into sleep then the field is
clear for the exercise of the Astral Senses, which not being fatigued,
are in fine condition to manifest. In fact the majority of persons do
manifest Psychomancy during sleep, but have little or no recollection
of the same when waking, beyond indistinct recollections of "dreams,"
etc. Still, many of you who read these lines will have a more or less
clear remembrance of certain "dreams" in which you seemed to visit
other places, scenes, lands, countries, etc., seeing strange faces,
land-scapes, etc., and upon awakening were somewhat annoyed at having
been brought back from your pleasant travels.
It is not our intention to enter into an extended consideration of the
general subject of Dreams, at this time and place. We write these few
lines merely for the purpose of calling your attention to the fact that
the phenomena of Psychomancy very frequently manifests itself in
dreams, for the reasons stated above. The principle in both the waking
and dream phenomena is precisely the same, the apparent difference
being that the dreamer very seldom carries back with him a clear and
connected memory of his vision, while the waking person is able to
impress his Astral vision upon a wide-awake physical brain, there to be
You will find several instances of Dream Psychomancy recorded in the
various lessons of this work, inserted for the purpose of illustrating
the several phases of the phenomena. In such cases we have made no
distinction between the Psychomantic phenomena experienced in dreams on
the one hand, and that experienced in the waking state on the other
hand. The principle is the same in both cases, and there is no
necessity for making any such distinction between the phenomena
occurring under any of the several general classes. But as we still
have to spare a few pages of the space allotted to us in the
preparation of these lessons, we think that we should give you a few
more of the many interesting cases of record.
A well-known and interesting case is that mentioned in the Proceedings
of the Psychical Research Society, of London. It is related as follows:
On September 9th, 1848, at the siege of Mooltan, Major-General R. was
most severely and dangerously wounded; and, supposing himself to be
dying, asked one of the officers with him to take the ring off his
finger and send it to his wife, who at the time was fully 150 miles
distant at Ferozepore.
"On the night of September 9th, 1848," writes his wife, "I was lying on
my bed, between sleeping and waking, when I distinctly saw my husband
being carried off the field seriously wounded, and heard his voice,
saying, 'Take this ring off my finger and send it to my wife.' All the
next day I could not get the sight or the voice out of my mind. In due
time I heard of General R. having been seriously wounded in the assault
of Mooltan. He survived, however, and is still living. It was not for
some time after the siege that I heard from General L., the officer who
helped to carry my husband off the field, that the request as to the
ring was actually made by him, just as I heard it at Ferozepore at that
very time."
The following, related by Mrs. Crowe, is interesting, particularly in
its aspect as a warning:
"A few years ago, Dr. Watson, now residing at Glasgow, dreamt that he
received a summons to attend a patient at a place some miles from where
he was living; that he started on horseback, and that as he was
crossing a moor, he saw a bull making furiously at him, whose horns he
escaped only by taking refuge on a spot inaccessible to the animal,
where he waited a long time till some people, observing his situation,
came to his assistance and released him. While at breakfast the
following morning the summons came, and smiling at the odd co-incidence
(as he thought it), he started on horseback. He was quite ignorant of
the road he had to go, but by and by he arrived at the moor, which he
recognized, and presently the bull appeared, coming full tilt towards
him. But his dream had shown him the place of refuge, for which he
instantly made, and there he spent three or four hours besieged by the
animal, till the country people set him free. Dr. Watson declared that
but for the dream he should not have known in what direction to run for
This case is an instance of Future Time Psychomancy, as the student
will readily see. Here is another case coming under the same
classification. It is related by Dr. Lee:
Mrs. Hannah Green, the housekeeper of a country family in Oxfordshire,
dreamt one night that she had been left alone in the house on a Sunday
evening, and that hearing a knock at the door of the chief entrance,
she went to it and found confronting her an ugly tramp, armed with a
big club, who forced himself into the house in spite of her struggles,
striking her insensible with his club during the conflict. She awoke at
this point. A considerable period of time elapsed, and she had almost
forgotten her dream until it was recalled in a startling manner. She
was then in charge of an isolated mansion at Kensington, and on a
Sunday afternoon, when the servants had taken a holiday, leaving her
alone, she was startled by a loud knock at the door. At once the memory
of her dream flashed before her with singular vividness and remarkable
force. She knew that she was alone, but for the purpose of frightening
away the intruder she lighted a lamp on the hall table, and afterward
in other places in the house, and also rang the bells violently in
different parts of the house. She also made sure that the doors and
windows were fastened. She succeeded in scaring off the man, by making
him believe that the house was occupied by the family, or several
people at least, but not until she had thrown up the window over the
stair landing, and there to her intense terror saw the identical man of
her dream, armed with the same club, and demanding an entrance. Had she
not been warned by the dream of several years previous, she would have
met with a fate such as she had dreamed of.
The following case of Dream Psychomancy, which is a good example of
Astral Projection during sleep, is related by a correspondent of the
Psychical Research Society, as follows:
"One morning in December, 1836, he had the following dream, or, he
would prefer to call it, revelation. He found himself suddenly at the
gate of Major N. M.'s avenue, many miles from his home. Close to him
was a group of persons, one of whom was a woman with a basket on her
arm, the rest men, four of whom were tenants of his own, while the
others were unknown to him. Some of the strangers seemed to be
assaulting H. W., one of his tenants, and he interfered. 'I struck
violently at the man on my left, and then with greater violence at the
man's face on my right. Finding, to my surprise, that I had not knocked
down either, I struck again and again with all the violence of a man
frenzied at the sight of my poor friend's murder. To my great amazement
I saw my arms, although visible to my eye, were without substance, and
the bodies of the men I struck at and my own came close together after
each blow through the shadowy arms I struck with. My blows were
delivered with more extreme violence than I ever think I exerted, but I
became painfully convinced of my incompetency. I have no consciousness
of what happened after this feeling of unsubstantiality came upon me.'
Next morning A. experienced the stiffness and soreness of violent
bodily exercise, and was informed by his wife that in the course of the
night he had much alarmed her by striking out again and again with his
arms in a terrific manner, 'as if fighting for his life.' He, in turn,
informed her of his dream, and begged her to remember the names of
those actors in it who were known to him. On the morning of the
following day (Wednesday) A. received a letter from his agent, who
resided in the town close to the scene of the dream, informing that his
tenant had been found on Tuesday morning at Major N. M.'s gate,
speechless and apparently dying from a fracture of the skull, and that
there was no trace of the murderers. That night A. started for the
town, and arrived there on Thursday morning. On his way to a meeting of
magistrates he met the senior magistrate of that part of the country,
and requested him to give orders for the arrest of the three men whom,
besides H. W., he had recognized in his dream, and to have them
examined separately. This was at once done. The three men gave
identical accounts of the occurrence, and all named the woman who was
with them. She was then arrested, and gave precisely similar testimony.
They said that between eleven and twelve on the Monday night they had
been walking homewards altogether along the road, when they were
overtaken by three strangers, two of whom savagely assaulted H. W.,
while the other prevented his friends from interfering. H. W. did not
die, but was never the same man afterwards; he subsequently emigrated."
Stead relates the following case, which was imparted to him as a
truthful and correct account of the vision of a murder seen in all of
its details by a brother of the murdered man. It is a case of Astral
Projection, undoubtedly:
"St. Eglos is situated about ten miles from the Atlantic, and not quite
so far from the old market town of Trebodwina. Hart and George Northey
were brothers, and from childhood their lives had been marked by the
strongest brotherly affection. Hart and George Northey had never been
separated from their birth until George became a sailor, Hart meantime
joining his father in business. On the 8th of February, 1840, while
George Northey's ship was lying in port at St. Helena, he had the
following strange dream:
"'Last night I dreamt my brother was at Trebodwina Market, and that I
was with him, quite close by his side, during the whole of the market
transactions. Although I could see and hear everything which passed
around me, I felt sure that it was not my bodily presence which thus
accompanied him, but my shadow, or rather my spiritual presence, for he
seemed quite unconscious that I was near him. I felt that my being thus
present in this strange way betokened some hidden danger which he was
destined to meet, and which I knew my presence could not avert, for I
could not speak to warn him of his peril.'"
The brother having collected considerable money then started on his
ride homeward. The story then continues:
"'My terror gradually increased as Hart approached the hamlet of
Polkerrow, until I was in a perfect frenzy, frantically desirous, yet
unable, to warn my brother in some way and prevent him going further. I
suddenly became aware of two dark shadows thrown across the road. I
felt my brother's hour had come, and I was powerless to aid him! Two
men appeared, whom I instantly recognized as notorious poachers, who
lived in a lonely wood near St. Eglos. The men wished him "Good-night,
maister," civilly enough. He replied, and entered into conversation
with them about some work he had promised them. After a few minutes
they asked him for some money. The elder of the two brothers, who was
standing near the horse's head, said, "Mr. Northey, we know you have
just come from Trebodwina market with plenty of money in your pockets;
we are desperate men, and you bean't going to leave this place until
we've got that money, so hand over." My brother made no reply, except
to slash at him with the whip and spur the horse at him.
"'The younger of the ruffians instantly drew a pistol and fired. Hart
dropped lifeless from the saddle, and one of the villains held him by
the throat with a grip of iron for some minutes, as though to make
assurance doubly sure, and crush out any particle of life my poor
brother might have left. The murderers secured the horse to a tree in
the orchard, and, having rifled the corpse, they dragged it up the
stream, concealing it under the overhanging banks of the water-course.
They then carefully covered over all marks of blood on the road, and
hid the pistol in the thatch of a disused hut close to the roadside;
then, setting the horse free to gallop home alone, they decamped across
the country to their own cottage.'
"The vessel left St. Helena next day, and reached Plymouth in due
course. George Northey had during the whole of the voyage home, never
altered his conviction that Hart had been killed as he had dreamt, and
that retribution was by his means to fall on the murderers."
The sequel shows that the murder was actually committed in precisely
the manner in which it had appeared to the brother in the dream. The
crime aroused universal horror and indignation, and every effort was
made to discover the murderers and bring them to justice. Two brothers
named Hightwood were suspected, and a search of their cottage revealed
bloodstained garments, but no trace of the pistol was to be found,
although the younger brother admitted having had one and lost it. The
story continues:
"Both brothers were arrested and brought before the magistrates. The
evidence against them was certainly not strong, but their manner seemed
that of guilty men. They were ordered to take their trial at the
forthcoming assizes at Trebodwina. They each confessed in the hope of
saving their lives, and both were sentenced to be hanged. There was,
however, some doubt about the pistol. Before the execution George
Northey arrived from St. Helena, and declared that the pistol was in
the thatch of the old cottage close by the place where they murdered
Hart Northey, and where they hid it. 'How did you know?' he was asked.
George Northey replied: 'I saw the foul deed committed in a dream I had
the night of the murder, when at St. Helena.' A pistol was found, as
George Northey had predicted, in the thatch of the ruined cottage."
We trust that we have established the identity of Waking Psychomancy,
and Dream Psychomancy, to your satisfaction.
Future Time Psychomancy
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Gabrielle Lupin Strips and Fingers On a Chair
Once again Gabrielle Lupin makes it look as though seduction is the easiest thing in the world to her. The natural beauty is flawless and quite pleased to bring your dreams to life. Pale and provocative, she slowly removes her little black skirt and then brings her luscious breasts out of her purple lace cami top. When her panties are removed all restraint is disregarded and Gabrielle eagerly fingers her wet pussy.


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The Oliver Inn
South Bend,IN
The Oliver Inn is an elegant home which has been lovingly restored to create a lovely bed and breakfast. It is an elegant, yet comfortable environment where visitors can feel at home and at rest, during their stay in South Bend. This site was created/developed for Think Marketing


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This is a non-profit project initiated and co- ordinated by Shreeni J and her team of stylists at D-Sign Interiors. We need your help to beautify the world and it can start with one person or one family who cannot afford to do it themselves. This is just a simple step to a greater vision of beautifying the world through the homes we live in.
We all have a greater purpose in life. Ours is to beauty the word we live in by allowing people to live in a home they enjoy or to sell their home to achieve their next stage in life.
Everyone deserves to achieve what they want.
We all deserve to live in a beautiful home.
Help people who cannot afford to live in a beautifully styled home.
Help people who want to sell their home for a greater cause.
Once a quarter the team will identify a person/family who deserves their home brought up-to date in interior design. We will identify a person or family who deserves it the best. The D-Sign team will find out their ultimate requirement whether it is to live in the house or to sell it for a greater cause. The team will style the house and project manage its styling and interior design project with the support of like-minded people.
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To Sell : If someone wants to sell the house for a greater cause and cannot afford to bring it up to date for selling – this is where we will help. We will stage and style the house to show-case its best potential and to get the price where the house owner is looking from. This could support in their valuable chapter in life. We will also do our best to involve a real estate agent/company to sell your house and to let you achieve a great sale.
Location : We will be starting the process in Christchurch City
Styling plan Year 1: We style a house per quarter.
Quarter 1 - April to June 2018 – Applications will close on 31st May and the house will be styled in June 2018
Quarter 2 - July to Sept 2018 – Applications will close on 31st August and the house will be styled in September 2018
Quarter 3 - Oct to Dec 2018 - Applications will close on 30th November and the house will be styled in December 2018
Quarter 4 - Jan to March 2019 - Applications will close on 28th February 2019 and the house will be styled in March 2019
Application Process – A form is attached which I can make it available online - someone can nominate a person too. A team of stylists will choose the most suitable applicant who deserves it the most in the quarter.
For the Styling and Decoration - We need your help in hand and resources
The D-Sign styling team will assess the selected house and develop a plan on what needs doing. This will be posted on your facebook page -D-Sign to Beautify the Word (need to open one linked to D-Sign Home Staging Page)
We will need help
We will need your help to identify who deserves it. Please recommend and complete the application for on his/her behalf and advocate for the person/family who you think really deserves it. The applicant will need to own their home in some form so that one can sell or live in it for the longer term.
Team of Volunteers - For a 3 day implementation project
- We need hands to help tidy up the gardens, paint and clean the house
- We need your help to up-cycle furniture and your artists skills and upholstery skills will come in handy
- We need your skills for flooring, plumbing and painting
- Any other requirements after assessing the house
- We will need your gardening skills
Furniture, Accessories and Decor Pieces
We may need your furniture, accessories and decor pieces.
Storage Space
We may need your storage space and your help to store the required furniture until the actual job.
Hardware/Paint Etc/ Plants/ Landscaping material
We may need a list of things to get the job done. If you can help us in anyway, please contact us.
We have the furniture trucks. We may need some fuel to do the job and some responsible drivers. We may need some help in transporting landscaping material and may need to borrow your trailer.
Tools and Machinery
We may need your help with the tools, machinery and the operating expertise.
Health and Safety
We may need your health and safety project management skills, site safety plan and the management expertise.
Professional Expertise
We may need your professional skills in planning, landscaping, legal, architecture and engineering.
A Feed
The team of volunteers may need a feed on the days of work.
Register your possible donations, voluntary skills set and intentions - email to firstname.lastname@example.com ( D-sign to Beautify the World - Project Co-Ordinator) - we need to get a template done so that they can mention what they offer and the relevant quals and credentials. Then we choose based on whats required.


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Being a teenager, I totally understand the struggle that we have with ever changing skin types. One day it's too oily, the next it's too dry! THANK YOU SO MUCH unbalanced and confused teenage hormones…
As much as it is a pain, I have come to terms with the fact that these skin changes are inevitable and so I might as well just suck it up and deal with it.
Over two blog posts, I'm going to share my knowledge on skin problems and how to deal with both oily skin and dry skin. So here are my tips on how to deal with oily skin.
If you're prone to oily skin or have that lovely teenage skin I previously mentioned, cleansing is something you cannot skip on with your daily routine.
- Cleansing helps to get rid of excess oil, without completely drying up your face ( so you don't end up with skin that has the appearance and texture of a raisin).
- Of course, if you're prone to oily skin it makes sense to use cleansers that are oil-free and water-based.
- Gel cleansers or foaming cleansers would be the best to use on oily or oil-prone skin.
- in because they help to remove excess oil.
- One of my favourite cleansers at the moment that I would recommend for oily skin is the Neutrogena Visibly Clear Pink Grapefruit Facial Wash.
⇒Scrubs and exfoliators
- It's really important to exfoliate if you have oily skin at least once or twice a week. Without exfoliating your skin you don't properly wash off all the dead skin cells. this leaves your skin prone to dull looking skin, blemishes and acne.
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Telenor Connexion joins M2M World Alliance
Press release • Dec 11, 2014 10:00 UTC
The M2M World Alliance adds Telenor Connexion, the leading enabler of connected business solutions, to its growing global footprint.
The M2M World Alliance announced today a new member, Telenor Connexion, to its operator coalition. The M2M World Alliance is a global partnership of telecommunications providers committed to bringing technology to market that will simplify the process of global M2M deployments. Telenor Connexion is a leading enabler of connected business solutions, with more than 15 years of experience in M2M/IoT solutions deployed across the globe.
Multinational corporations planning to roll out connected devices worldwide face a multitude of hurdles. As the largest mobile operator coalition in the world, the M2M World Alliance aims to eliminate the complexity associated with worldwide deployments of connected devices.
The Alliance provides a global solution aimed to simplify and promote the adoption of M2M communications worldwide. The unique solution leverages the operators' combined global presence to the benefit of customers.
"Our global SIM solution presents a significant opportunity for regional and multi-national businesses to bring their M2M solutions to multiple global markets," said Randy Bryson, M2M World Alliance Chairman. "We are pleased to welcome Telenor Connexion as our ninth global member of the Alliance, expanding our footprint so businesses can seamlessly deploy connected devices in a wider range of countries around the globe."
"A strong cooperation between operators on an international basis is imperative to support the emerging M2M/IoT development worldwide. We are proud to be a new member of the Alliance and committed to share our extensive know-how from global M2M deployments around the world says Per Simonsen, CEO, Telenor Connexion.
Major growth areas identified by the M2M World Alliance for its global solution include connected cars, fleet management, smart meters, consumer electronics, game consoles, wearable electronics, tele-health and security solutions.
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The M2M World Alliance is a global partnership of telecommunications providers dedicated to providing multinational customers with seamless machine-to-machine device connectivity around the world through its single SIM solution that works on all member networks. The M2M World Alliance enables businesses to deploy an international M2M solution through a single point of contact, manage a vast number of connected devices through a unified M2M Control Centre, and leverage the reach of the world's largest M2M partnership. Current members include Etisalat, KPN, NTT DOCOMO, Rogers, SingTel, Telefonica, Telstra, VimpelCom and Telenor Connexion. For more information please visit: www.m2mworldalliance.com
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You'll join a friendly community of almost 19,000 staff and students
Barton Court and Wilmington Academy, took top honours at this year's Stock Market Challenge for schools and colleges held at Canterbury Christ Church University.
Over 150 pupils from schools from throughout Kent took part in the Stock Market Challenge, a joint initiative funded by HSBC and supported by the University in partnership with Global Investor Simulations.
Stock Market Challenge enables students to apply their knowledge of mathematics and business, and helps them to develop their communication, problem-solving, decision making, teambuilding and negotiation skills.
Stefan Colley with Canterbury Year 10 pupils
The initiative offers a unique engagement opportunity between schools and large businesses, such as HSBC. It aims to help students leave school or college prepared for the world of work with the capabilities and confidence to handle future higher education and career decisions. The initiative also supports the local financial services sector in its need to create a world-class competitive workforce.
Stefan Colley, Project Officer for the Outreach Team at Canterbury Christ Church University, said: "We think it is essential that we focus on developing the qualifications and skills of our young people, to ensure the appropriate skills base is in place to take advantage of the job opportunities now and in the future. Initiatives such as the Stock Market Challenge provide us with an opportunity to introduce the university to young people whilst also helping our next generation of business leaders to consider a high value qualification in finance, banking or accounting."
Nicola Lewis, Canterbury Branch Manager at HSBC, said: "Stock Market Challenge is a fantastic way for young people from schools across the region to build their understanding of the business world whilst developing their skills and having fun. The initiative links well with our community goals and gives pupils the opportunity to apply their learning at school to a highly realistic financial setting, whilst bringing their own fresh perspective."
Working in teams, their task was to manage a fund of shares and foreign currency by interpreting information and investing in the markets. The team with the highest total fund at the closing bell of each competition were the winners.
Martin Barnes, Director of Global Investment Simulations, said: "Stock Market Challenge is really about applied learning, one of the key aspects of this whole program is to allow students to take knowledge that the learnt in school, whether it be maths, economics, business, and apply it to an environment that's fun, exciting and enjoyable like the Stock Market Challenge trading game."
The events were supported by HSBC's staff who participated as 'traders' to recreate a 'real time' trading floor. The company also provided the prizes and, with Christ Church University ambassadors and staff, were on hand to provide teachers and students with guidance and information about opportunities in the sector and relevant courses at the university.
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Year 10 Schools
Northfleet Technology College, Maplesden Noakes School, Castle Community College, Herne Bay High, Sandwich Technology School, King Ethelbert School, Barton Court, Royal Harbour Academy, The Archbishops School, St Anselms School, Wilmington Academy and Strood Academy
Year 12 Schools
Northfleet Technology College, Herne Bay High, St Anselms, Wilmington Academy and Strood Academy.
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Ingredients for this Lamington Cake recipe
Two eggs
1/2 of a teaspoon of vanilla
Two cups of self raising flour
125 grams of butter, margarine or olive spread
1/4of a cup castor sugar
1/2 of a cup of milk
Lamington Icing ingredients
Two cups of soft icing mixture that has been sifted thoroughly
Two tablespoons of cocoa powder
30 grams of butter
Two cups of desiccated coconut
Three to four tablespoons of boiling water
Lamington recipe cooking instructions
Cream (beat) the butter and the castor sugar together until they are light and fluffy. Then add the eggs one at a time, beating well to ensure a good mix, between each adding each egg.
Sift the flour and then fold into the egg, butter and castor sugar mixture, adding the milk and vanilla during this to keep the mixture smooth.
Pour the lamington ingredient mixture into a well greased 20 x 26 cm approx lamington tin. Bake at 180 degrees centigrade or 350 degrees fahrenheit for 30 to 40 minutes. Turn the freshly baked lamington onto a cake rack to cool.
Lamington cakes icing instructions
Now make the icing for the lamington cake by pouring the boiling water on the butter and then adding the cocoa, and then the sifted soft icing mixture. Beat all ingredients well together.
When the lamington cake is thoroughly cold cut the laminton cake into squares, or rectangles depending on your tastes. Using a long pronged fork dip each square or rectangle of lamington into the chocolate icing and then into coconut. This covers each piece in icing and then sticks the dessicated coconut to the lamington
Leave the freshly iced lamington pieces to set on a cake rack.
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Dear Mr. Jackson:
During its meeting of 18 November 2004, the Commission reviewed and approved the proposed concept for the replacement building for the Anacostia Branch Library located at 1800 Good Hope Road, SE. The revised design responds to previous comments and is somewhat improved within the limits created by the site.
The final design should be submitted for review when ready. The Commission looks forward to the future review of this and other projects for the District of Columbia Public Libraries. Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday the 25th of January 2005, with a submission deadline on the 6th of January. The staff is always available to assist you.
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Today's early IPL game sees the Sunrisers Hyderabad, needing a win to secure a play-off berth, taking on the long-eliminated Gujarat Lions.
We have endured some extraordinary near misses playing the man of the match market this week in IPL. Yesterday's 12/1 pick Ben Stokes delivered a superb all round performance that looked sure to be deemed MoM except for his team failing to win from a seemingly strong position.
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This training will be held at Rock Church Point Loma- 2277 Rosecrans Street, San Diego, CA 92106
This training is certified by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (www.icisf.org) . Church members, chaplains, counselors, mental health professionals and pastors all benefit from these practical guidelines and strategies for people-care in times of need.
The Basic course is entitled "Basic Chaplaincy-Pastoral Crisis Intervention 1" and may be thought of as the combination of Biblical resources with traditional techniques of crisis intervention and trauma recovery. Pastoral crisis intervention presents the spiritual, physiological, emotional and mental responses to stress, grief and trauma and how to respond in manners of compassionate care. The purpose of this workshop is to assist the participants in learning how chaplaincy interventions may be effectively integrated for both the lay person and church leadership. Chaplains, pastoral counselors, mental health professionals, and basically anyone interested in using basic Biblical and pragmatic resources to come along side of people in a time of need should find this course of interest. The course uses multimedia and many interactive learning activities which makes for an enjoyable and enriching experience.
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Fifth Harmony may not seem like the most obvious candidate for feminist pop heroes. But the five-piece girl group, which was born on "The X Factor" in 2012, presents a more genuine and compelling face of millennial girl power than anything else currently on the radio.
Women reclaimed the pop charts in 2014, sparking a renewed interest in "girl power" as a concept, a marketing strategy, and as clickbait fodder. Last October, solo female artists held down the top five slots of the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks straight for the first time in the chart's 56-year history, setting into high gear an overarching media narrative along the lines of "girls rule, boys drool." It was a compelling angle, with more than enough evidence to support it: Taylor Swift's 1989 almost singlehandedly kept the record industry afloat; "Bang Bang" presented itself as a millennial "Lady Marmalade"; Beyoncé reset the standard for album rollouts; Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande, Meghan Trainor, and Iggy Azalea sat comfortably atop the charts. And yet something felt off about the media's flippant insistence that the ladiez had so neatly seized the zeitgeist, powered by the spirit of #girlpower and sips from their mugs of male tears. For one, it was a narrative spun by a predominantly white male media, and as such, often felt try-hard and devoid of nuance, a one-size-fits-all empowerment comprised of little more than a perfunctory "you go girl."
Upon closer consideration, the "girl power 2.0" narrative began to deflate. For one, its breed of feminism was uncomfortably second-wave: it's not hard to notice that the women reaping the benefits of pop's reinvigorated interest in the female perspective were overwhelmingly white, and often selectively mining from black culture while shirking its accompanying baggage. Desperate for a snappy, condensable headline under which to lump pop's female success stories, its complexities were glossed over. Why does mainstream media champion this kind of body positivity and hand-wring over this kind? Where had big butts allegedly gone from which they "returned" in 2014? And why does clickbait-era "empowerment" seem to rely on either pitting women against each other, or painting them in reductively broad strokes, as though artistic agency is dictated by some gender-ascribed hive-mind? To complicate things further, 2014's bumper crop of ham-handed "Feminism on fleek!" trend pieces were offset by an incessant barrage of think pieces detailing the death of culture via selfies, Instagram filters, and other habits of young women thinly cloaked in terms of "millennials." It's a baffling, and revealing, juxtaposition: bulk-value Kirkland Signature "empowerment" alongside constant reminders that, to adult male media gatekeepers, teen girl culture has no redeeming artistic value.
Enter Fifth Harmony, the five-piece girl group comprised of Lauren Jauregui, Camila Cabello, Dinah Jane Hansen, Normani Kordei, and Ally Brooke Hernandez. On paper, they may not seem like the most obvious candidate for feminist pop heroes: the group was born on "The X Factor" in 2012, ostensibly as a female answer to One Direction's breakaway success (both groups were masterminded by Simon Cowell and placed third in the televised competition), a creation story that comes with an implied soullessness to a cynical eye. But in fact, the group presents a more genuine and compelling face of millennial girl power than anything else currently on the radio, filling the last decade's depressing void of viable girl groups. Fifth Harmony's first official release, 2013's Better Together EP, centered around lighters-in-the-air breakup banger "Miss Movin' On", hinted at the group's potential to inject democratic, world-conquering bubblegum pop with unmistakable soul and friendly charisma, giving each individual member's specific vocal talents room to shine while working as a unified composite. But with their debut full-length, Reflection, the group proves they're much deeper than reality-R&B doubters pegged them for. It's an album of fun, feminist pop that is simultaneously wise beyond its years (four of its five members are still in their teens) and refreshingly age-appropriate—and it effortlessly embodies the ideals grasped at by the girl power think piece wave, with a sharp, nuanced perspective that can only come from lived experience.
Reflection's title track is a celebration of self-love without the somberness and pedantry that often comes with the topic, purring flirty coos to their own mirror images and breezily refuting the idea that women dress up for male approval. "We Know", a slick interpolation of DeBarge's "A Dream" that serves as the album's most impressive showcase of each member's solo talents (Jauregui's weightless pre-chorus is particularly stunning), resonates because of its dead-on portrayal of restrained revenge: the most effective comeuppance against a dude that dicked you over is to tell your girls how big of a douche he is. "Suga Mama", with co-writing credits from Meghan Trainor, subtly updates "No Scrubs" for the 2010s, depicting a frustrated girl supporting her deadbeat boyfriend with quick wit and casual realism. Lead single "BO$$" redefines "bad bitch" as a PG concept, aspiring to be like "Michelle Obama, purse so heavy, getting Oprah dollars" and renouncing men who take without giving ("I want a Kanye-ye, not a Ray J"); like "Independent Women, Pt. I" 15 years prior, it's a song girls will be lucky to grow up with, with the added benefit of being catchy enough for adults to enjoy too.
Loaded with transient cultural references—from the nae nae to Mean Girls to #nofilter—much of Reflection is likely to erode with time, and for the moment, Fifth Harmony seem more comfortable cobbling together a selection of existent trends (along with a healthy dose of mid-'90s/early-'00s R&B homage) than setting the trends themselves. The album's most recent single, "Worth It", is an exhaustive exquisite corpse of practically every radio hit of the last year and a half (Jason Derulo's horns, DJ Mustard's trance-y synth stabs, trap-inspired 808s, a '90s throwback sample, and a wholly unremarkable rap verse, this one from Kid Ink); "Like Mariah" does what is says on the tin, with a cute if expected "Always Be My Baby" sample, though thanks to the group's unwavering self-assurance, the end result is charming. But where the abundance of buzzy slang terms and sung hashtags might come off as irredeemably corny in less capable (or less age-appropriate) hands, Fifth Harmony make these moments feel natural. This isn't some jaded 20-something trying to get @DennysDiner more retweets, these are proud, honest snapshots of what makes girlhood fun in 2015. Album highlight "Them Girls Be Like" (co-written by Tinashe) is the perfect encapsulation of Fifth Harmony's subtle subversion tactics. Belting out lyrics like "Do you ever post your pics with no filter?," the girls reclaim the habits often used to paint young women as vapid and narcissistic and celebrate them for what they are: harmless, fun, and often empowering. Reflection is what girl power really sounds like in 2015: a group of young women of color raised under the guiding principles of Destiny's Child, TLC, the Spice Girls, and their moms, imparting that wisdom upon a new generation.


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Narrow the Information Gap or Face the Societal Consequences: Hear From Dr. Denise Bedford
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of a company is deeply affected due to the lack of managing its resources. With the growth of data and content on customers and systems, if the information is not handled strategically, businesses will be unable to achieve their goals. In order to examine this issue and provide a solution, expert Dr. Denise Bedford from Georgetown University, USA, and author of the publication,
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What would you say was the most surprising thing about your research in information management within organizations?
Firstly, for over 40 years, I have seen many different [business] environments. Despite the variations, there are a core set of challenges that are shared across organizations, sectors, and communities. To add on to that, the best intentions and efforts of all these organizations are how little attention is focused on guiding folks in planning, managing, and decision-making when it comes to information [management]. There are also significant gaps in professional training and education across the information life cycle, despite deep treatments in some stages. Finally, I would say I have been impressed by how many people from different backgrounds are responsible for information management across organizations. This is a logical result from a lack of formal or even consistent education and training. People who are assigned information management responsibilities are amazing because they learn from others, they learn on the job, and then [they] try to pass on to others what they are learning. One of the reasons I wanted to [work] on
Strategic Management of Business-Critical Information Assets
, was to give these people – and their managers – a foundation from which to grow and share their knowledge. The hope is that we will make more and faster progress if we all start from a [robust] foundation.
What were your main expectations for the outcome of this publication and how were they achieved?
This is an easy question to answer. I wanted to create a guide, [in the form of a] reference book that I have been looking for, in the past 30 years, which could potentially be something to help us wake up from a "Groundhog Day cycle" – every project requires a briefing of senior managers and stakeholders on what we mean by information management, why it is important "to do" information management, and what it means to do it strategically in a rapidly changing economy and society. Rather than having to reinvent or represent the same ideas, it might be more effective to give people something they can use to self-study and self-educate. I also think it is important to have a text we can use to start a conversation across all of the areas of information management practice. I have been struck over the years by how fragmented practices pertaining to information management truly are. I hope this might help those different sub-disciplines to see the common threads. We need all the information practitioners and professionals to coalesce around a "whole view" of information management and to reduce the existing boundaries. In the end, if we can achieve these two expectations, we will advance information management as a professional practice.
What is the foundation of information management as a capital asset among information professionals?
I would suggest that a common foundation and starting point for information management – all aspects and types of information – is the culture of information. This means it is essentially how we value information, our information behaviors, our most basic assumptions about information – as an important business asset rather than just a burden or a business by-product. We need to make all these invisible aspects of information culture and behaviors visible – what do these invisible artifacts and behaviors tell us about how we value information? The same mentality applies to business professionals, as well as information professionals. In the knowledge management sphere, it is a high risk to treat information as a burden or a by-product. We cannot take information for granted, as we cannot assume that all information has equal value. This also means bridging the nine distinct cultures of information management practices. We need to build that holistic culture and live it.
What are the main challenges of conducting research in information management in today's business environment?
The challenges are really for those who are trying to do information management today and to navigate the sea of conflicting advice, tools, and approaches. The greatest challenge is looking beyond technologies and tools – to see the fundamental issues and practices. Technologies are enablers, and each technology or tool is built around a set of assumptions. We need to critically examine those assumptions and compare them to the basic business assumptions of our organizations. Additionally, these practitioners and professionals are too often excluded from business conversations. This is because more traditional information professionals tend to create boundaries around their practices – boundaries that are reinforced by terminology, standards, and communities. We need to build the bridge between information and business professions. Information management research needs to be conducted in the "b"usiness – (small b) space – not in a segregated information space. Information research, which is segregated, is less likely to be trusted or adopted by the business, singling out the higher need for more adoption and trust.
As data continues to be an ever-evolving opportunity and challenge, where do you see the future of data protection and management within organizations in a few years, and why?
Data is a type of information, as it needs to be an integrated part of the information space. The boundaries between data and information are blurring more each day. As data comes ranges in many different forms, from fully-structured data or semi-structured data, there is a significant risk we are beginning to see when data scientists talk about unstructured data and apply structured data and statistical methods to those types. It is important to understand the commonalities of data and information assets, as well as the variations that may generate risks and liabilities, if not respected.
When it comes to research in managing information assets, how does your research differ from others in terms of innovation within business and management?
I am trying to create a business context for understanding and thinking about the issues. As I mentioned earlier, we have too much fragmentation and segregation of information management today, where there are too many unnecessary boundaries that no longer make sense. We need to create bridges. I would like to see information management taught in business schools and treated as part of the business management curriculum. We also need to make it more widely accessible to all levels of education – this is a community college, a bachelor's degree subject – not just a graduate level topic.
What has your experience been like publishing with IGI Global?
Excellent! The editors are more like coaches, colleagues, and support teams. I also like their careful selection of peer reviewers – the editors understand the topic and make sure the peer review process is constructive, relevant, and pertinent.
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