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Shower of Blessings
I mentioned in my last blog I would have two parts - here is the second part. My visit to Belton was two fold - To see Brody's football game, and fellowship with friends and family for a local baby shower!! So many highlights: I will let my pictures speak louder than words. The theme of the Belton shower was "Toy Story" (Since the baby's name is Andy, Darby's idea was to do his nursery with the "Toy Story" theme in mind). WE loved the idea so much my hostesses ( Mom, Dana, Reide, Aunt Lark, Aunt Wren - not in picture, Cindy, and Aunt Billie Jo) used it for the theme of the shower too. The rest of the pictures celebrate some family, friends and great prizes for Andy. Take a look!! (p.s. - before the shower got started, Brody came in from a morning of hunting duck, I think. He looks so profess in his camo!)
Great friends and family give FABULOUS gifts. This apple with a worm inside was one of my favorites!!! Thanks Mildred!!! My Aunt Billie Jo knitted this hat for Andy, how sweet!!! Cousin Tracy and Katy came - they are responsible for the Ivester reunion every year in August. I promised them I would be there next year - since it is now INSIDE with AC - AMEN!!!
Cousin Suzanne gave me the Nemo bath towel hoodie - I loved the story behind why - her son Taylor (my cousin) is quite the baseball pitcher but he was born with one arm shorter than the other just like Nemo with his fin. Is that not the best story ever? And now overtime I wrap Andy up in that towel I will think of that and be reminded - our children (when encouraged) can accomplish anything they put their mind too. Thanks Suzanne!! One of my sorority sister gave Andy his first cape and mask and yellow Tonka truck. You can tell the Mom's of boys know the perfect gift... Cousin Cookie and Kathie and my best friend from kindergarten, Kris and her two beautiful daughters, it was a treat to see each one.
Great friend Lucretia and her Mom and daughters, sorority sisters from Charleston Southern, cousin Avari, my beautiful niece Bryant, and my sissy's, Dana and Reide...xoxo!!!
Thanks to my wonderful family for showering me beyond my imagination!!! My sister's, Aunt Lark, Mom and bff Cindy made me feel so special - The hostess' with the most!!! The last picture is cousin Kim. Her son Will is a huge POG fan and I loved catching up with her!
I pray you receive "shower's of God's goodness" on you today!!! God always wants to lavish on us!!! Sincerely, Leigh
A Great Weekend
I just wrote on Friday and now it's already Monday. The weekend went fast. It sure was a great one though:) Friday night our Panthers beat our opponent. Spence didn't get to play, but was sooooo happy to be dressed out in his uniform. The first of the season due to his injury. I think he felt more part of the team. Here is a picture of warm-ups. The first time in a varsity uniform. He looks so grown up to me.
Saturday morning we hosted Leigh's baby shower. She got some super cute little boy clothes. ahhhh they are so sweet! My favorite part of the shower was the food of course. Quiche, breakfast casserole, fruit, cinnamon rolls, chicken mini's from chick fi la, and of course my favorite thing, the white cake. It was really fun.
Here is Leigh and the hostesses
AND the picture of the cake with these cute bassinets made out of diapers and blankets. So cute. Obviously I did not make those.
The nicest thing about my weekend was that when I got home from the shower and my husband and boys had cleaned the house!!!! Wow, what a nice surprise. Most of the laundry was done. I had thought that I was going to end up cleaning house all afternoon. Instead I got to lay on the couch and watch college football!!! It was awesome.
Had a great Sunday at church, more football, went on a walk with a friend, and then we went to see UNCONDITIONAL as a family. So thankful for a weekend at home. Tonight Price has a baseball game. Monday's are always a big day for preparing for the week. AND homework. ugh. Hope that you all have a blessed week.
Hallelujah, it's Friday!
Yay it's Friday and I'm so happy to be home this weekend. It's been a full week, but lots of good things. I'm running around today getting ready for Leigh's baby shower tomorrow:) Fun times and always a good reason to have white cake which is my favorite dessert in the world. It's been a while since any of my friends have had a baby so I'm looking forward to it.
Spence's arm has finally healed. Thank you Lord. He get's to dress out for his first Varsity game of the year. He won't play tonight, but at least he is finally healthy.
Price ran for Student council this past week. He was Class President last year, so we weren't sure how things would turn out this year. BUT, I'm excited to say that he won!!! Here are some pics of our campaign headquarters.
He takes the job seriously so I'm very happy for him. Another thing I wanted to tell you about is a new movie that is out on the big screen. It's called "UNCONDITIONAL". Please go and support this movie. It has such a beautiful message of God's redemption. It is based on a true story. I will give you the heads up that it is PG-13 due to some of the violence that occurs in the story. So, if you have a younger middle school child, you may want to view it before you have them see it. The message is great though. ALSO, Price is in the movie:) You will see his face for about 10 seconds, but it's there and so you will have to let me know if you see it and notice him. He's so excited that he is on the big screen. haha
One other thing I thought I'd show you because I thought it was a great idea. Called "cake in a cup." It's a great way to serve dessert to kids:) My friend Kelly Berry made them for a luncheon the other day and I thought it was so cute.
Well, I'm getting my hair colored right now, so I won't have dark roots anymore:) Then I've got to get my appetizers made for the football tailgate tonight. Hope you have a very blessed weekend. I know I'm planning on it.
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THURSDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Children's attitudes toward people with disabilities improve when kids have more contact with them, according to a new study.
Greater exposure to people with disabilities could help reduce discrimination and prevent the low self-esteem and depression that can result, the findings suggest.
"Schools vary in the number of students with special educational needs and disability," study author Megan MacMillan, of the University of Exeter Medical School in England, said in a British Psychological Society news release. "We predicted that if children manage to make more contact with disabled people, better relationships are built."
The study involved 1,520 children ranging in age from 7 to 16. The children were surveyed on their attitudes about disabled people. They also were asked about their contact with those living with disabilities as well as their feelings of anxiety or empathy toward them.
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St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church Msgr. Gerard Finegan leaves this week for France to pray at the Marian shrine of Lourdes. While there, he'll help care for the sick and crippled.
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Rajat Gupta's impending journey into the federal prison system for criminal insider trading ends a remarkable success story and punctuates his swift fall from grace.
A native of Kolkata, Mr. Gupta, 63 years old, moved at a young age to New Delhi. His father, Ashwini, a disciple of Mohandas Gandhi, was jailed for years in the fight for independence from the British and later was a journalist. His mother, Pran, was a Montessori schoolteacher and principal.
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Read The Journal's previous coverage of developments in the Galleon insider trading case, which exposed links between corporate insiders and a hedge fund that used tips to make profits. The case has yielded several high-profile prosecutions.
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Both died by the time he was in his teens, his father of tuberculosis contracted in an Indian prison, according to one of Mr. Gupta's daughters. Still, Mr. Gupta thrived both academically and as an anchor for his family. He studied engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, where he was a "a big man on campus, bright, talented, popular," and head of student government, according to his wife, Anita, who met him there taking part in a one-act play in 1968. He wrote his essays to apply to Harvard Business School in a local coffee shop.
"It seemed like such a dream," Anita Gupta wrote in a letter last month to the judge who sentenced him Wednesday for giving a hedge-fund manager inside information about Goldman Sachs Group Inc., GS +0.18% Goldman Sachs Group Inc. U.S.: NYSE $175.47 +0.32 +0.18% Aug. 22, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2.66M AFTER HOURS $175.80 +0.33 +0.19% Aug. 22, 2014 7:53 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 26,805 P/E Ratio 10.81 Market Cap $77.31 Billion Dividend Yield 1.25% Rev. per Employee $1,176,230 08/22/14 Metro Money: A Country Music S... 08/22/14 Goldman Sachs Partners Cut Com... 08/22/14 Goldman Sachs Settles FHFA Law... More quote details and news » where he was a director. Mr. Gupta agonized when he was accepted to Harvard about leaving his siblings, his wife added, but "decided it was an opportunity he could not afford to miss."
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He came to the U.S. in 1971, delivering newspapers at Harvard to help support himself. Two years later, in New York, he broke into McKinsey & Co., a top-tier consulting firm for America's most powerful corporations, and rose through the ranks. At 45, in 1994, Mr. Gupta became the first Indian-born chief of a U.S. international corporation. He served in that role until 2003.
Besides breaking ground in the U.S., Mr. Gupta's success inspired people in his home country. McKinsey was one of a few global companies in which many Indians made their careers, but Mr. Gupta blazed the trail for other Indians who joined the small club of multinational CEOs, including former Citigroup Inc. C -0.27% Citigroup Inc. U.S.: NYSE $50.93 -0.14 -0.27% Aug. 22, 2014 4:01 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 19.90M AFTER HOURS $50.95 +0.02 +0.04% Aug. 22, 2014 7:46 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 105,635 P/E Ratio 16.70 Market Cap $154.41 Billion Dividend Yield 0.08% Rev. per Employee $349,582 08/21/14 Record Bank of America Settlem... 08/21/14 BofA Settlement Earmarks $7 Bi... 08/21/14 Citigroup Faces Curbs on Hedge... More quote details and news » Chief Executive Vikram Pandit and PepsiCo Inc. PEP -0.49% PepsiCo Inc. U.S.: NYSE $91.60 -0.45 -0.49% Aug. 22, 2014 4:01 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3.84M AFTER HOURS $91.60 0.00 % Aug. 22, 2014 6:46 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 29,479 P/E Ratio 20.45 Market Cap $138.02 Billion Dividend Yield 2.86% Rev. per Employee $242,861 08/22/14 Strategies for a Smoother Ride... 08/21/14 Mexico Plays the Heavy on Food... 08/20/14 Target Lowers Earnings Outlook... More quote details and news » Chairman Indra Nooyi.
He routinely visited India and maintained close ties with senior business leaders in India and was consulted by the Indian government on policy issues.
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"He was a hero from an Indian perspective," said Richard Rekhy, head of advisory services for consulting firm KPMG in India.
Mr. Gupta lived in Chicago for a time and eventually moved to Connecticut, where he and his wife live in Westport, on the Long Island Sound. They have four daughters and two grandchildren.
Having the ears of corporate chieftains, Mr. Gupta became active in philanthropic and academic endeavors, serving in advisory roles at Harvard and the Kellogg School of Management. Mr. Gupta worked with former President Bill Clinton in leadership roles at the American India Foundation and as chairman of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
He was viewed as a master networker, establishing relationships through his philanthropy with Mr. Clinton, Microsoft Corp. MSFT -0.15% Microsoft Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq $45.15 -0.07 -0.15% Aug. 22, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 17.89M AFTER HOURS $45.21 +0.06 +0.13% Aug. 22, 2014 7:47 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 401,130 P/E Ratio 16.97 Market Cap $372.03 Billion Dividend Yield 2.48% Rev. per Employee $677,570 08/22/14 Amazon Preps a Challenge to Go... 08/22/14 Overheard 08/22/14 The Morning Download: Microsof... More quote details and news » co-founder Bill Gates and Hank Paulson, the former Goldman CEO and Treasury Department secretary. Mr. Gupta and his wife were among the list of invited attendees to President Barack Obama's first state dinner, according to a list released by the White House.
It was through the creation of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad in the late 1990s that Mr. Gupta met the man who would help bring about his downfall. A mutual friend, Anil Kumar, asked for donations from Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon Group hedge fund, who pledged $1 million, according to testimony at Mr. Gupta's trial. Mr. Rajaratnam was convicted of insider trading last year and sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Mr. Kumar, who was Mr. Gupta's protégé at McKinsey, pleaded guilty to giving the Galleon chief unrelated tips, testified at both men's trials and recently received a sentence of probation.
Messrs. Rajaratnam and Gupta became friends. The ability to cultivate contacts, along with their South Asian heritage, was a quality Mr. Gupta shared with the 55-year-old Mr. Rajaratnam, a Sri Lankan native.
Messrs. Gupta and Rajaratnam had vastly different personal styles. The square-jawed Mr. Gupta was quiet and distinguished; Mr. Rajaratnam was rougher around the edges and enjoyed practical jokes, people who know them said. Though Mr. Gupta had a more public persona, the billionaire Mr. Rajaratnam was far richer.
Mr. Gupta often would have lunch with Mr. Rajaratnam in the hedge-fund manager's office, ordering Indian or Chinese food.
Starting around 2003, he and Mr. Rajaratnam began investing millions of dollars together, according to court documents from his trial, both in vehicles related to Galleon and in an Asia-focused private-equity fund Mr. Gupta had helped to start.
In the ensuing years, Mr. Gupta leaked Mr. Rajaratnam inside information, both because of their friendship and business dealings, prosecutors said.
They said Mr. Gupta became a "secret pipeline" to Mr. Rajaratnam from 2007 until early 2009 for inside information on the boards of Goldman and Procter & Gamble Co. PG +0.13% Procter & Gamble Co. U.S.: NYSE $83.39 +0.11 +0.13% Aug. 22, 2014 4:03 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6.93M AFTER HOURS $83.41 +0.02 +0.02% Aug. 22, 2014 7:45 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 47,761 P/E Ratio 19.90 Market Cap $225.79 Billion Dividend Yield 3.09% Rev. per Employee $703,915 08/22/14 Strategies for a Smoother Ride... 08/22/14 Will New Ad Guidelines Change ... 08/19/14 Risks Create Tumult for Tech, ... More quote details and news » He provided advance tips about, among other things, a $5 billion investment in Goldman by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRKB -0.77% Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B U.S.: NYSE $135.75 -1.06 -0.77% Aug. 22, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2.37M AFTER HOURS $135.75 0.00 % Aug. 22, 2014 5:56 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 43,528 P/E Ratio 15.83 Market Cap $334.43 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $625,182 08/21/14 Investors Pour Into Vanguard, ... 08/20/14 Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hat... 08/17/14 Corrections & Amplifications More quote details and news » at the height of the financial crisis and the investment bank's first quarterly loss as a public company, the government said.
After the conviction of Mr. Rajaratnam in May 2011, friends said, Mr. Gupta seemed worried and nervous about his own future. "He was distraught. He seemed upset," Anand "Bill" Julka, a childhood friend, previously told The Wall Street Journal.
Six months later, Mr. Gupta was indicted, surrendering to federal agents. He decided to go to trial instead of pleading guilty as many other defendants have, hoping to beat back the largely circumstantial case, sitting straight-backed through the monthlong proceedings, his wife and daughters right behind him. Unlike in the case against Mr. Rajaratnam, prosecutors had only one substantive wiretapped phone call of Mr. Gupta and pieced together the case through phone and trading records.
Mr. Gupta's lawyer, Gary Naftalis, told the jurors who convicted him on four of six counts that Mr. Gupta had no idea about Mr. Rajaratnam's "secret world" of insider trading and argued unsuccessfully that a falling out over a failed investment had negated his motive to leak. Nor did he personally trade on inside information, although prosecutors said he benefited from his business relationships with Mr. Rajaratnam.
Mr. Gupta, despite his desire to testify in his own defense, took his lawyers' advice and remained silent. Jurors, some of them shedding tears, ultimately convicted him on three counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy. He was acquitted of two counts of securities fraud, including the only one relating to P&G.
"We wanted him to walk, go home to his family, live a very prosperous life," juror Ronnie Sesso, a 53-year-old youth advocate in New York, said in an interview after the verdict. "I struggled with everything…but looking at the evidence made it clear."
Since then, Mr. Gupta has spent time trying to console his family, helping one daughter rearrange her Boston home. His lawyers sent more than 400 letters seeking leniency to District Judge Jed Rakoff, from the likes of Mr. Gates, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and many others. Mr. Kumar's 25-year-old-son, Aman, who had called Mr. Gupta "Rajat uncle" growing up, wrote one, too.
"Often these days, I see my father and notice an unfamiliar look of fear on his face," wrote his daughter Megha. "I'll put my arm on his shoulder and say, 'Don't worry, Baba.' He moves quickly to compose himself: 'I'll be all right, baby. Are you all right?' "
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Interstate Cigarette Bootlegging: Extent, Revenue Losses, and Effects of Government Intervention
AbstractIn this paper, we develop and estimate a model of commercial smuggling in which some, but not all, firms smuggle a portion of the cigarettes they sell. The model is used to examine the effects on interstate cigarette smuggling of the Contraband Cigarette Act and a change in the federal excise tax. We find that both policies have unintentional effects. While the Contraband Cigarette Act was imposed to reduce interstate smuggling, we find it had the opposite effect. In contrast, an increase in the federal tax is not intended to affect smuggling, but we find it increases the portion of cigarette sales that is commercially smuggled.
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I could have sworn, during the first few hours after the papal funeral, that I saw National Catholic Reporter superstar John L. Allen Jr. on at least three cable news shows at the same time.
It was amazing and predictable and, let me add, he was doing a great job keeping a straight face as, over and over, the anchor people kept trying to find new ways to ask him the same question: Who are the front runners in the political race to be the next Holy Father?
I think it was on CNN that one anchor said something like, "So the lead is that we basically don't know?" To which Allen flatly answered, with that serious look of his: Yes, the lead is that we just don't know.
Meanwhile, journalists keep quoting that old Vatican saying that cardinals who enter the conclave as "papabile" — or likely popes — come out as cardinals. Everybody knows that is almost always true, but you can still search Google News for papabile and get 1,370 references. Journalists know the questions are all but meaningless, but we cannot stop asking them, even if it angers — or worse, amuses — the insiders and experts we are interviewing.
So the anti-Borg here at GetReligion has not been anxious to bring you all kinds of links to the best and worst of the "who is the next pope" coverage. There have been waves of it already and the waves will only get higher, especially now that the cardinals have chosen to remain all but silent. There are hundreds of stories about that silence.
Still, there are new angles to cover. I think the most interesting is linked to the rise of the Third World cardinals and the tensions that must exist behind the scenes between this voting bloc and the cardinals of the "frozen chosen," the Catholics in the declining sanctuaries of Europe and the West.
If this topic interests you, you might want to check out this major New York Times feature story on the clout of the Third World cardinals or even this recent column from Nicholas D. Kristof about the state of Christianity in Africa. Then there is this nice summary feature by reporter David Blair in The Daily Telegraph, titled "Centre of Christianity moves to Africa." Here is a crisp summary:
The pews of Africa's churches now hold 390 million worshippers_ more than three times the total of 35 years ago. Over the next two decades, Africa's congregation is likely to grow by another 200 million, causing a huge shift in the character of the Christian faith. Its heartland will move decisively southwards, away from the empty churches of Europe and into the developing world.
The Centre for the Study of Global Christianity, an American think-tank based in a Protestant seminary, is charting this transformation and its findings are dramatic. Already, its study of "World Christian Trends" shows that white Europeans and Americans account for only 43 per cent of the world's Christians.
None of this comes as any surprise to Africa's clergy, who are well used to conducting three-hour services before packed churches.
Then again, you may simply want to read the Atlantic Monthly cover story that planted the seed for all of these Third World stories in the first place — "The Next Christianity" by scholar Philip Jenkins. Or you can click here to read it on a Catholic education site.
It's time for some serious questions about the Third World church, which is very much alive, but mysterious at the same time. These churches are said to be "conservative" and "orthodox," but what do these words mean in the context of the Third World, as opposed to the "Culture Wars" context of North America? If questions about homosexuality are the "elephant" in the American Catholic sanctuary, what are the unspoken questions in Africa, Asia and South America? Can Third World cardinals thrive in the dense bureaucracies of the Vatican?
If you see anyone asking these questions in print, please let us know.
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Carson Palmer spreads holiday cheer...or something like that
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Originally published: Dec 20, 2013 - 5:06 pm
Originally published: Dec 20, 2013 - 5:06 pm
There's fashion, and then there's fashion.
Friday, Cardinals kicker Jay Feely tweeted out that quarterback Carson Palmer is making his linemen earn their Christmas gifts by wearing some outfits of his choosing.
Needless to say, the players won't be modeling these on any runways anytime soon.
Left tackle Bradley Sowell
Guard Daryn Colledge seems to be taking things pretty well.
Outfit courtesy of @carsonpalmer Sex appeal courtesy of #BlueSteel Your welcome #BirdGang pic.twitter.com/irIDgIn4ET— Daryn Colledge (@DarynColledge71) December 20, 2013
Here's hoping the Arizona Cardinals' offensive line plays better than it looks. Oh, and Palmer's gift must be really, really awesome.
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He had long dreamed of a Bible school to train young ministers and workers in the fundamentalist faith. Now he attempted to found such an institution on the Old York homeplace at Pall Mall.yet understandable if we consider his education and the confusion he certainly experienced in following the commandments such as "thou shalt not kill" and yet feeling forced somehow to kill.
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on the embankment in Kingsbridge, a neat and practical base - one of sixteen individual apartments hidden from the road behind a quayside Victorian former customs store. Access to the apartment is via a lift from the covered, private parking (so easy for those with mobility problems) or via steps. Inside, the apartment is smart and comfortable. Good-sized open-plan living/dining/kitchen (dishwasher, microwave, fridge-freezer) with French windows to terrace, TV/DVD. Two bedrooms – a double (5' bed) with en suite shower-room (suite) and French windows to side terrace, and a room with two singles. Bathroom (suite plus bath-shower). Washing machine in hall cupboard. The apartment has an unusual amount of outdoor space with a terrace to each side, one (table/chairs) offering estuary glimpses and Mediterranean planting; the other, accessed from the double bedroom, is more secluded. No children under 8. An owner-loved and enjoyed holiday home and a perfect base for exploring the South Hams by boat, bus or car.
|Sleeps up to 4, 2 bedrooms
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|Single beds (2), Double beds (1)
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The agent has its own star rating system to quantify interior quality, comfort and ambience. This property has been rated 4 star.
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No children under 10.
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The South Hams: southernmost Devon; between the river Dart and river Tamar and south of Dartmoor, lush farmland and wooded river valleys turning to beautiful estuaries, its coast very beautiful and remarkably well preserved – sandy beaches and mighty cliffs between those estuaries, amazingly little sprawling modern ugliness. Inland too, away from main roads, it remains surprisingly peaceful.
Among special coastal places are Dartmouth; sheltered Blackpool Sands; Slapton's long curve of pebble beach and nature reserve lagoon; the cliffs about Start Point and Prawle Point, Bolt Head and Bolt Tail; East Portlemouth's beach and Salcombe's location and views; Thurlestone proving that family seaside places don't need to be brash; Bigbury's huge sands and the fun of getting to Burgh Island; waterside, oak-wood-sheltered Noss Mayo/Newton Ferrers; many others, less easy of access, are for you to discover.
Kingsbridge and Totnes, both old, attractive and small, are the towns at the area's heart; Plymouth – the West Country's biggest town, with Naval base, ferry port, theatre, cinemas, history, Hoe (great views) and Barbican (where the life is) – is on the area's edge. Dartington Hall is an arts centre (films, plays, music, dance) with lovely gardens. Pleasure cruisers ply the Kingsbridge estuary and Dart and Tamar rivers.
Kingsbridge: small market town (excellent shops, good pubs, leisure centre with indoor pool) and waterfront (sailing, motor boats) at the head of the many-creeked Kingsbridge estuary (boat trips) leading to the sea at Salcombe. Bantham beach, 4 miles. Tremendous variety of beautiful places and things to see/do within 5 or 6 miles.
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s well as working as a Learning & Development Consultant, Gill works with individuals to help them discover and develop their calling in life.
Personal coaching will support you to:
Gill hold an OCM Diploma (with Distinction) in Professional Coach/Mentoring, and an Advanced Certificate in Therapeutic Counselling. She brings a warm and non-judgmental approach to the flaws of being human, extends an invitation to celebrate who we already are, and who we are becoming.
Length, frequency and duration of sessions vary. These are agreed and reviewed frequently. You'll have an initial conversation about the length and frequency of sessions that might work best for you, and this can be reviewed and adapted as the work progresses.
Typically coaching might consist of six one hour sessions. However, a single session of an hour may be enough for you to achieve the shift you wanted. Or, if there are many or complex issues that you are keen to work on, sessions might last longer, and/or could be up to 24 in number. Frequency of sessions is usually not more than weekly, and not less than monthly.
Clients in the South West: you'll agree what location will work best for your sessions: outside is always an option! For further away/international clients, sessions are held on Skype or by telephone, depending on your preference.
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"I believe that all life on Earth is interconnected - Earth is life. When we hurt something else or someone else, we hurt ourselves. I believe that we have become disconnected from our past as a species - we have lost touch with our natural selves and many of us live at deep division from the rest of the world and often at deep division with others and ourselves.
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SEDONA, Ariz. -- A Sedona businessman has agreed to pay a fine and restitution for conducting a ropes-training course near Oak Creek Canyon without a permit and for damaging resources.
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Sweet Potato Pecan PieAllison Zimmer
This combination of two Southern favorites comes courtesy of the Dinosaur BBQ cookbook. While the ingredient list is long, the pie is very simple to prepare.
- Dough for a one crust pie
- 2 cups cooked, mashed, sweet potatoes, about 1 lb.
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/2 tsp kosher or sea salt
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground allspice
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 tbsp butter, softened
- 2 tsps vanilla
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup dark corn syrup
- pinch kosher or sea salt
- 1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
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Re:Grades vs IQ (391 comments)
If you are so smart perhaps you can explain why 98% of the internet has an IQ in the 150-170 range.
Because they take viral IQ quizzes meant to flatter, so you'll share them.
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Re:Grades vs IQ (391 comments)
If you are so smart perhaps you can explain why 98% of the internet has an IQ in the 150-170 range.
Because they take viral IQ quizzes meant to flatter, so you'll share them.
Re:memory management (637 comments)
On second thought, this sounds like a made-up story.
Re:memory management (637 comments)
Sounds like the prof is a frustrated dork who hangs out in Linux discussion forums, getting reinforcement for being an antisocial jerk.
That's not how FB works (130 comments)
You might filter your news (in the conventional, informational sense) feed that way, but you filter your Facebook feed according to people you think are interesting. If you only interact with people who are like minded, and that's not unlikely, *you* are creating a filter bubble, not FB. But it's also not how people tend to use FB. You probably have some "friends" who post idiotic rants or divisive jokes, and if you ignore them you are training FB to not show them, but you might also hit "like" or comment on pictures of their kids or news of their vacation, telling FB that you are, in fact, interested in this person. The real trick for FB is to distinguish between the two.
The FB algorithm is a popularity-seeking thing. It's probably one unspoken reason geeks hate Facebook. Adding a bunch of "mundanes" to your friends list can be really humbling. Spoken from experience.
Complexity as a virtue (372 comments)
That's because in the 90's programming got more difficult, and programmers *liked* it. No more soccer moms entering the field because they heard it was a way to earn a decent wage.
Complexity makes programmers feel they can do things most people can't. So, they seek complex solutions. If it's not complex, it must not be the intelligent way to do it, since a lesser person could do the simpler thing.
They have it backwards, of course. The ability to reduce the complexity of a task is actually a higher skill.
too smart to go to college (225 comments)
This cultural indoctrination that you must have a degree must end. I've been programming for 30 years as a profession and I have never had a degree
And I've worked with enough people who were so smart at 18 years old that they decided they didn't need to go to college that I've decided the requirement of a degree has some merit.
Some of these people really are great at syntax and terminology, and a few of them are actually good at coding certain things, but mostly, they do things the hard way, they organize their projects around data when it is process that better defines what they're trying to accomplish, the write overly complex solutions to simple problems, they saddle their employer with unnecessary technology, and there are certain classes of problems that they simply can not solve at all. For one, why do they think it's funny that they don't know math, and that a solution involving guessing, approximation and unreasonable process limitation is an acceptable alternative to algebra?
In short, they suck at problem solving. That's not a surprise since the first adult problem they faced, they took a shortcut.
Second Life (636 comments)
Please provide a link to any mainstream working application for Mac OS X that uses Qt. I don't know of a single one because Qt's support for XCode is incredibly poor.
Second Life. They still make regular releases for the Mac (and Linux). It's open source, so you can grab a copy and see how they do it. Xcode not required.
Re:Whoosh (711 comments)
Watch starting at 45:00:
Clearly a joke.
Exactly. This was clearly a joke if you watch the keynote. And it landed pretty well too.
Re:It was a joke (711 comments)
I'll lend two more points of visibility to this. The humor may not be apparent in the transcript. Watch the video, starting at 45:00:
In case you didn't watch, they're missing some important punctuation there. It was tongue in cheek... targeted at the very Apple-friendly audience. Chill
Not impossible doesn't mean inevitable (339 comments)
When physics allows us to do something, and we understand what it is we want to do, we have an excellent history of going ahead and doing [it]
*cough* fusion *cough*
Note that those projects are getting bigger and bigger. It may be that there aren't enough people or there isn't enough money to make a sentient AI. It may also be that there is something well short of it that will give us all the benefit we are willing to pay for.
There's a world of possible outcomes between physically impossible and inevitable. It isn't sure to happen just because it isn't impossible.
Only 110K people who have figured out how to... (188 comments)
...sign up.
I tried to sign up for the streaming service today. I pressed the prominent "free trial" button, read the terms of service and privacy policy, and filled out the web form, only to be told "username not reserved." WTF does that mean? Temporary trouble? Hit the sign up button again...username not reserved. Picked a different user name. "Email not reserved."
So, I read some of their support forum, where other people are asking, "wtf is username not reserved", and found you had to sign up through their mobile app before you can sign up for the free trial on their website.
I checked again and found no instructions to that effect.
Maybe there are only 110K people who have figured out how to sign up.
Re:Amazon does do those things (405 comments)
The authors decide how many services to buy.
I'm guessing, "tell me if it's crap and shouldn't be published" isn't something they're willing to pay for?
Amazon is the new consumer item search engine (405 comments)
Yeah a lot of people shop on Amazon, but they search with Google, BIng, and Yahoo.
For media content, and even commodity manufactured items like guitar pedals and toasters, I search at Amazon. It's the easiest way to get a description and picture of the item, and sometimes the reviews are even helpful.
When using a search engine, mostly what you get for media and consumer products is offers to sell it. That only adds a step in the search. Easier to just go to Amazon. Once I've found it there I can use my wishlists to remember it and camelcamelcamel to tell me if it goes on sale.
Re:Pretty stupid reasoning (405 comments)
And you think publishers do that?
That Ready Player One got published indicates that they don't. That people seem to like it indicate that consumers aren't very discerning, and that the role of gatekeeper publisher may be obsolete.
Re:Amazon does do those things (405 comments)
Amazon is responsible for createspace? Then they aren't doing those things very well. Createspace titles aren't exactly top tier offerings.
Correction: Password length NOT shown (193 comments)
I was wrong. They are always showing eight asterisks. It's not the length of your password unless your password is eight characters.
Password still not stored securely (193 comments)
The personal information screen shows me the length of my password, in asterisks. They wouldn't know how long my password is if they were storing it securely.
Holy crap, look at all those scripts (97 comments)
How can it be necessary to run scripts from so many sites? And if you allow the ones on extremetech to run, it runs even more third-party scripts. Short of serving up obvious malware, this is about as hostile and risky as a webpage gets.
I don't need trinkets (302 comments)
Until I can print something meaningful, like a house or a car or a TV or a pair of shoes, I'm not interested. I don't need trinkets.
the interviewer lacks problem-solving skills (306 comments)
A technical interview is mostly a sign the interviewer lacks problem solving skills. Jargon and syntax are easy to test. Pass one of these and you'll probably spend your days working on projects that are a mess before you even arrive. Your new co-workers don't know what's important, they probably value complexity because it makes them feel good about themselves, their code will demonstrate the hard way to do things, and your new boss will probably already be of the opinion that your salary is money shoveled into a hole.
Evaluating a candidate's work using a natural language is a lot like problem solving and requirements gathering. If your interviewer lacks those skills, then those things probably aren't done well at this potential employer. If the candidate lacks the ability to describe his work in a natural language, then he probably lacks those skills, too.
Maybe we would see more people in IT with problem solving skills / critical thinking if we stopped scaring them off with so many amature rote memory based technical interviews... all you will get with most of these silly test are people that are good at taking silly test.
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BEAR Data Solutions announced today that it has achieved a Customer Satisfaction Excellence Gold Star from Cisco. This designation recognizes BEAR Data for delivering outstanding customer service to customers in the United States.
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"Customer service is a cornerstone of the Cisco Resale Channel Program. We are pleased to recognize and congratulate BEAR Data for achieving outstanding customer satisfaction," said Edison Peres, senior vice president of the worldwide channels go-to-market group at Cisco.
Cisco measures the customer satisfaction levels achieved by its Gold, Silver, and Premier Certified partners based on regional target goals, providing a weighted average of a partner's pre- and post-sales support over a rolling 12-month period. Partners that achieve outstanding customer satisfaction are awarded the Customer Satisfaction Excellence Gold Star and can be found using the advanced search menu in the Cisco Partner Locator.
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I've been working on this dress for quite some time. I got the fabric a while ago on sale at JoAnns and didn't know what to use it for but I knew that it had to be mine. I love the vintage look of the tea roses. A few weeks later I was browsing for patterns when I found the Simplicity 2444 pattern. It's a really pretty pattern and I was pleased to see that it's relatively easy to follow! I was nervous at first to attempt to sew pockets but following to instructions I had no trouble! I ended up wearing this dress to my highschool's Spring Fling dance. I went with two of my good friends and had a great night. I am always so grateful that I have amazing friends who like it that I sew my own clothes! Plus a huge thank you to MacKenzie for curling my hair and being my best friend in the world.
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Very pretty!! And you are so young to be so talented! Congrats on a great dress. Can't wait to see next version.
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This is too cute! Forever and ever sew formal dresses to wear out – it's the best feeling when people compliment them :)
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very pretty dress!
Thank You!
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You did a beautiful job on the dress, it looks fantastic on you!
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what a gorgeous dress, the fabrics lovely and the fit is fab on you. the photos are lovely as well x
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Thank you so much!
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User Interface that can be run on Linux, Windows and Mac?
Well, Jeff Alstadt will give you an introduction to the Qt
framework which allows you to code less and be more
productive. Qt is 20-year-old UI framework that is designed
with C++. The presentation will include an introduction to
the Qt Event System, Qt Signals and Slots concept, and a
demo of building a simple Qt application.
Prior to the main event, the Axiom Group (http://axmgrp.com),formerly known as WWFIRS, will be providing a pizza dinner.
In addition to the technical presentation, we shall be
giving away more than 300 dollars' worth of C++ books,
all published in 2012 or 2013, donated to our group by
publishers hoping to encourage sales by giving away free
samples of their product.
We shall also need to approve formally the proposed by-laws
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About our speaker:
Jeff is a Software Engineer at Litholink/LabCorp. He is
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mobile to desktop to web applications. He is also active in
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I think that we (especially Jung) are being too harsh with Jeff, presenting is not an easy task, and, now he has some feedback of how to proceed if/when he wishes to present another topic:
* Time is of the essence to people
* It would be very helpful to go home with code for a minimal
"hello world" app.
In the past, I've used Pavel Holoborodko's instructions, to build a Qt App on Windows using the instructions located here:
I hope some of you find this useful.
(I'm sure one can also download it onto other platforms, but I haven't done this).
-Mphahlele Moruthane
0 · March 6, 2013
Jung's latest comments are well thought out. My only disagreement is that in extremely bad weather it's customary to delay the start a few extra minutes. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra does that with 2500 paid seats, so it's reasonable for us.
0 · March 5, 2013
The meetup site states that "62 attended"! Attendance was actually only about half that number. But we had no check-in procedure, so there's no way to record who was and who wasn't there.
1 · March 3, 2013
Missed the event this evening due to bad weather. Is there any presentation material available for downloading?
0 · February 26, 2013
I generally agree with Jung's comments below. I have e-mailed Jay and Jeff with my concerns. Hopefully the next meeting will be better.
1 · February 28, 2013
Rob Douglas wrote: You include <GL/gl.h> and you use the standard opengl calls. Yes, indeed this is how it works, and I have no qualms with that. I my case GL/gh.h happened to come from Mesa; and a wealthy person's could come from SGI library.
0 · February 28, 2013
Things I liked:
The raffle idea was pretty awesome, and pizza is always nice. Having the recruiters was neat, as it could be a good lead for those looking for a job. Things that could use some work:
>2 hours is a lot for an after-work event. It would help if future events were shorter and had a specified end time. This way, people that have long commutes/want to put their kids to bed/have to take out the trash/etc. know what to expect. Of course, those that wanted to stay longer, could. My personal preference is <1.5hrs (with presentations being <= 1hr), and the option to stick around for socializing. It'd be the responsibility of whoever is organizing that night to ensure things stay timely.
2 · February 28, 2013
informative, but, WADR: a little long.
0 · February 27, 2013
Saw the forecast for tomorrow, may be pulling out if it does snow as I'm coming in from Mt. Prospect and heading back after the meetup.
0 · February 25, 2013
I am new to the group. Glad to see some of the familiar people in this group.
0 · February 25, 2013
I'm excited to see you all in my office next week! Lauren - I'd think you;d have to ask Jay but I don't think he'd mind. Obviously, I'd love to help as well
0 · February 20, 2013
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