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All posts by irishassociationofkorea
There's no place like home.
The following is an account by Donal Ormsby, winner of the grand prize in our St. Patrick's Day raffle. He and his wife won return tickets to Ireland sponsored by Etihad Airways
I'm sure it doesn't cross many people's minds to spend their summer holidays' lying at home with their parents and family, but for my wife Rosie and I, it was a holiday that we will never forget.
One month in Dublin by Choi In Gyeong.
The following is a piece written by Ms. Ingyeong Choi, winner of the Ireland Korea essay competition about her month in Ireland. We would like to take a chance to thank our sponsors, Etihad Airways, Emerald Cultural language Institute in Dublin and the Embassy of Ireland, Korea and Listowel Writers' Week for their continued support.
Winning the Ireland Korea essay competition was one of the luckiest things that has happened to me this year. I spent one month in Dublin as the prize.
For the first two weeks, I had hard time getting used to the longer daytime of June in Ireland. It was bright from 5 a.m. till 10 p.m. I usually cannot wake up in the morning without an alarm, but the early sunshine opened my eyes automatically. Besides jetlag, that made me keep yawning during the English class in the Emerald Cultural institute, for some time.
My daily routine in Dublin was attending the Emerald Cultural Institute, a language school, which was part of the prize. What I was looking forward to was meet diverse people from around the world and I did. There were a lot of students who had different reasons to study English: a French surgeon, a Venezuelan official, English teacher from the Czech Republic and Italy, students from Japan, Uruguay, Brazil, Russia, and Spain. Could I imagine conversing with someone from Latin America, before leaving Korea? It was exciting to share ideas in English with people from different cultures and backgrounds.
I took two classes in the mornings, grammar and conversation. The teachers were experienced and gave out interesting topics to discuss. In the afternoon, I participated in an extra conversation class, where I freely talked in a smaller group.
During the classes I learned that I needed to learn more vocabulary and natural English expressions. One month study was not enough time to perfect my English, but the time left me eager to keep practicing English. Learning a language was never-ending, I thought.
On weekends, I went on trips outside Dublin, short excursions to Dun Laoghaire and the Wicklow Mountains. Also, I went on day tours to the Cliffs of Moher and the Giant's Causeway. It was possible to travel from Dublin to the west coast or to the north end within a day. The prevailing scenes outside Dublin were so green. Indeed, I was in the Emerald isle.
The memorable scenes in the Dublin city were street artists and buskers. There was always music in the Grafton street and the Temple bar. The buskers are from a teenage boy to an old man. The music ranged from modern rock to harp melody. The street musicians made up a unique vibe in Dublin.
Also, pubs. There were pubs everywhere in Dublin. In the wooden interior, with nice music, drinks, and some good company, pubs are perfect places where you can feel alive.
I had heard a lot about Guinness before visiting Ireland, but I didn't know Irish butter was so good. I found that Irish butter was superb. My host mother proudly said that it was because Irish butter was fresh.
It is difficult to generalize people of a country, but I had an impression that Irish people liked to dance. On a Saturday night, there was an old man singing and playing the guitar on the Temple bar. An Irish girl jumped in front of him and started to dance. She was quite a good dancer and people around started to sway to the music too. Once, on the Henry Street, I saw a pair of girls dancing to the street music in the middle of the day. Once, in a pub too. I guess good music brings some moves from people, but I witnessed it more often in Dublin.
I think I will always recall Dublin with its buskers. Ireland had many charms. The one month I spent there was stimulating. I felt one month was too short.
At the Emerald Cultural Institute with teacher Desmond
Landscapes of Ireland
Dun Laoghaire
The Cliffs of Moher
The Giant's Causeway
On the way to Carrick-a-rede Rope Bridge in Northern Ireland
Irish Food
Seafood chowder& bread and butter
Irish coffee has whisky and thick cream in it
Guinness beef pie & some chicken dish
Leprechaun on the Grafton street
Are you in Korea? Do you have a blog?
July 2014
The I.A.K. is updating their website and wish to include a page on blogs written by the Irish in Korea.
If that describes you, simply drop a line with a link to firstname.lastname@example.com .
RASKB-Blue Dalmation photography workshop series. Part 2
The second Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch/Blue Dalmatian photography workshop will take place on Saturday, June 21, 2:00 pm~3:00 pm, at The Alibi, near Exit 11 of Gangnam Station. This month's workshop's topic is "Street Photography – Gangnam Style!" It will be led by our own Tom Coyner.
The agenda is as follows: * Past Month's Photo Challenge Constructive Critiques * Equipment, Settings, etc. for Korea Street Photography * Selecting a Street Photography Location * Jay Maisel's 33 Considerations for Street Photography * Other Street Photography Tips * Street vs Posed, Candid vs Buy-in * Legal and Ethical Issues * Henri Cartier-Bresson's "Decisive Moment" * Street Photography Examples * The Camera is a Two-Way Lens – a perspective * Hands-on Street Practice! (roughly 2 hours) * After-practice Results Review back at The Alibi with optional refreshments Participation fee is W60,000, payable in cash at the door. All participants will get an Adobe PDF copy of the lecture presentation.
To add a bit of philosophical dimension to this particular workshop, please ponder the following: In David duChmin's "A Beautiful Anarchy," the famous New York street photographer Jay Maisel (whom we will be studying in the workshop) was approached by a student who asked, "How do I make more interesting photographs?" Without pausing, Jay replied, "Become a more interesting person." That valid point not only applies to all the arts, but one may say to all aspects of life, including being an entrepreneur, corporate manager, carpenter or whatever. Whatever we do is a manisfestation of who we intrinsically are. If we are boring, over conventional, risk adverse, etc., our lives will be marked by corresponding demeanors and behaviors. Life is too short. Do what YOU have to do – including doing what you're not supposed to do whenever there is inadequate reason for conforming to the herd. And that may well include trying one's hand at street photography!
For more information, please contact Tom Coyner at firstname.lastname@example.com and/or visit the Blue Dalmatian Photography Facebook page.
RASKB-Blue Dalmation photography workshop series
Or very own Tom Coyner is hosting this series of workshops. All the details are here;
RASKB-Blue Dalmatian Workshop series begins on Saturday, May 24th, 7:00 pm.
May 24 – Getting to Know Your Digital Equipment - review of proper use of the basics and intro to the rarely used functions, including those used by professionals, that make up 90% of most equipment's features. This first workshop is priced with an introductory 50% discount.June 21(?) – Korean Landscapes (field trip workshop): basics and handling unique Korean challengesJuly – Informal Portraitures: basics and cultural nuancesAugust – Street Photography – Gangnam Style: dealing with Korean strangers on the streets of GangnamSeptember – Lighting & Color: controlling and creating photo environments in KoreaOctober - On-site Application of What've Learned at Gyeongbug-gung (field trip workshop)November – Evaluating One's Own and Other's Photo PortfoliosDecember – Exhibition: Seoul location to be determinedFuture/Concurrent Workshops:* Fine Art Photography (workshop series)* Applying Leadership Skills to Your Photography (single workshop)* Korea, Thailand, Cambodia, etc. 3- and/or 5-day Photography Workshops (from 2015)
One does not need to participate in all or even a majority of the workshops. However, regular participation is rewarded by having professional photo critiques by Sang, an experienced photographic arts professor, which will take place during each subsequent workshop's review of the past month's photographic challenge photo assignment.
Map and directions to the Workshop (may also be seen at https://www.facebook.com/BlueDalmatianPhoto):Spring Studio in the basement of 107-12 Nonhyeon 2-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.
WALKING DIRECTIONS (5 minutes total): Come out Exit 3 of Gangnam-gu Office subway station on (Olive) Line 7. Go straight, with the street on one's left. Pass the first alley (Hakdong 47-gil) and go 1 short block to Hakdong 45-gil (separates a coffee shop from a pharmacy). Turn right on Hakdong 45-gil, and go down the hill to a T-intersection facing the 우림 Motel. Take a left and go up the hill to just one block short of the main intersection at the top of the hill. Turn right at a multi-story noodle store on the right, on to Hakdong 41-gil alley. Go 3 short blocks. The studio is in the basement of a four-story building on the right with a coffee shop on the first (ground) floor.
Please bring your camera with you to the May 24th workshop!
Please bring your friends to the workshops – but kindly have them to register with Tom Coyner first at email@example.com or by phone at 010-9099-6195!
The first 3-hour workshop, that starts from 7:00 pm, on Saturday, May 24, in Nonhyon-dong (Gangnam), is W50,000, or W45,000 for RAS members. The subsequent workshops will also be 3 hours long at double that fee rate. We are building the workshop series so that the total value will be greater than the sum of the individual workshops through ongoing individual monthly photo challenges/critiques. There will be a photo exhibition of the workshop's photographs in December. In any case, people pay at the door in cash at each workshop.
The workshops are being led by Sang-Bum Lim, a bilingual Korean fine arts photographer who studied 6 years at the Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California as well as worked as a commercial photographer and journalist in the US. He is now teaching at Daegu Arts University and Choong-Ang University. He has almost 20 years teaching experience. I have been doing photography for 40 years and have taught workshops for the Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch and the US Embassy in Korea.
The workshops are very much individual photographer oriented so as to be able to provide genuine value at amateur to professional skill levels.
The first workshop will take place in a professional studio and we will return there for portraits workshop later this year. I will uniquely dominate this first workshop, but Sang will take over the workshop at the end. The first half of the workshop will be a presentation on the latest trends in digital gear as well as tricks and tips that the professionals use in their shooting that most amateurs are unaware. Following that, Sang and I will consult each participation on questions and issues regarding current and possible future equipment. Sang will then give a presentation on his fine art and documentary photography. We will conclude the evening with Sang assigning a photographic challenge for the participants to take on during the coming four week. Optionally, following the formal session, we will have a survey of the local beer found near the workshop location.
Sang and I look forward to meeting you all on May 24th.
HBC Festival 2014- The Irish acts.
The HBC festival is happening this weekend, May 16th, 17th and 18th. The entire schedule and run down of acts can be found on their website.
Here are some acts involving our very own Irish….
Friday: Magna Fall will p lay at 11pm in Philly´s Basement
Friday: Ceolteori Seoul will play in VFW at 11pm
Saturday; Baekma will play in Rabbit Hole at 8pm
We´ll keep the list updated as we get the details.


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This week in a message called "Hot Seat" we unveiled some of the vision for Grace Community Church this fall. In this message we introduce new staff members and new assignments. Keep up with what Grace is doing next here… You can watch the first 10 minutes without logging in and then Truthcasting forces you to log in. I hope you will take the effort to watch an interview about what God is doing at Grace.
Category Archives: Ministry
Never Miss An Opportunity Again
I love being able to respond to opportunities as they present themselves. I am not talking about possibilities. I am referring to legitimate opportunities, things that the organization should and wants to take advantage of when they come available. (Read HERE for a post explaining the difference in possibilities and opportunities.)
The problem for many organizations is that they are not structured in a way that allows them to react quick enough to take advantage of opportunities, before the opportunity window passes.
My advice: Be prepared so you can make quick decisions.
Here are 6 tips to be better prepared for the next great opportunity:
Have margin in the budget for emergency funding, as well as expanse funding. At Grace Community Church we have always operated extremely conservative. Even when cash flow was tight we were never spending all of our resources. We waited to do some things we may have wanted to do so we would have margin for opportunities as they arose.
Network. Some of the best opportunities come quickly and are known to few people before they are gone. Stay connected to others in your particular industry to know when a sweet deal comes available.
Stay current with culture and trends. Many organizations are reactive rather than proactive. Great organizations know the people and society around them and can respond as changes occur.
Have systems and structures in place that welcomes innovation. For example, organizations that have a healthy team environment can more easily shift workloads to accommodate new responsibilities.
Make change a part of the organization's culture. Resistance is less likely when change is something people are accustomed to experiencing.
Be willing to move by faith. There are times when an organization has to take a risk or it will miss out on the opportunity.
How is your organization taking advantage of opportunities as they come available?
Pre-Planning Your Week For Efficiency
Here's a quick encouragement to help you have a great week.
Spend the first 30 minutes of your workweek pre-planning for the week. Follow these steps:
Set goals for the week. – What do you need to and want to accomplish by the week's end? Be realistic, but make sure you include some stretch goals.
List the major tasks required to accomplish your goals – Break down each objective into the activities you will need to do to complete them.
Allot time for each activity – Again, be realistic, but determine that you are going to work diligently to meet your goals.
Schedule your week – Calendar each of the activities throughout the week. Be sure and allow for downtime, reflection, prayer and devotion time. Those times keep you grounded and fresh. If your schedule fills up before you finish you are probably either planning to do too much or allotting too much time for each activity.
With this pre-planning period you will be better able to enjoy your week with less stress, more productivity, and a better attitude at the end of the week.
Let me know how this works for you.
Spiritual Growth and Maturity Survey
As a part of my Master's in Organizational Leadership from Eastern University I am to conduct a qualitative research project. I wrote about the master's program in yesterday's post. Read it HERE. I decided to survey the spiritual health of our church by asking a cross-section of people questions about their own spiritual maturity and growth.
Specifically this research will attempt to measure:
- What contributes to a person's spiritual growth most?
- What has caused or will cause them to want to take next steps in their spiritual growth?
I am asking people to answer the following questions:
- What do you believe is spiritual growth?
- Do you feel you are growing spiritually now? Why?
- What has caused your life to improve spiritually in the past? Were there key events/people/times? Can you explain?
- How has Grace Community Church influenced your spiritual growth since you began attending?
- What would help you grow more spiritually mature?
- What changes do you need to make to grow more spiritually?
- Are there any comments or thoughts you have about the church and what we are doing to spur people to "become growing followers of Jesus Christ"?
I am getting great responses so far. I will share some of my results in future posts.
Feel free to play along. How would you answer these questions?
Master's In Organizational Leadership (WHY?)
I have been asked consistently for the past year why I would subject myself to the discipline of obtaining a second master's degree. I have a seminary master's in counseling, but last year I began work on a master's in organizational leadership from Eastern University in Philadelphia. I should finish this degree in early 2010.
The answer is fairly simple. I am an idiot who loves to torture myself.
Actually, the truth is that I felt the need for more education in a field that I practice most. As a pastor and church planter I need seminary training. Honestly though, I went to seminary later in life also and much of what I learned about the Bible I had studied previously as a layperson. I have been a student of the Bible since I was in my early twenties. What I have found the need for most in my leadership role in the church is insight on leading an organization. The more we have grown the more I have sensed the need to grow personally.
So far in my studies we have looked at organizational leadership, strategic planning, organizational efficiency, human resources, strategic thinking and change management and financial management. All of these are vital to what I do at Grace Community Church and the training has been directly transferable to my work.
There are a few other reasons I am pursuing this degree.
- Our church has grown faster than my ability to keep up with it at times. I recently wrote about leadership capacity and, as with many posts, this one had personal implications.
- I want to make the organization of the church better. One of the reasons I blog is to help others grow in their leadership with principles I have learned in business, church and through my education.
- I am a Kingdom-builder. When God called me into ministry, He called me for who I am. I am not a sit still, detailed, or single-minded person. I think big!
- I never want to stop learning. Ever!
It has been a fun, but stretching and expensive venture for Cheryl and me, but I am thankful God has given me the opportunity. I am also thankful to Cheryl for allowing me the time and to spend our money to do this. As an added benefit, I have learned to love Philly cheesesteak. I even have a favorite.
How are you learning and keeping up these days?
Warning Markers – Danger!
This passage spoke to me this morning…perhaps it will speak to you also:
Remember our history, friends, and be warned. All our ancestors were led by the providential Cloud and taken miraculously through the Sea. They went through the waters, in a baptism like ours, as Moses led them from enslaving death to salvation life. They all ate and drank identical food and drink, meals provided daily by God. They drank from the Rock, God's fountain for them that stayed with them wherever they were. And the Rock was Christ. But just experiencing God's wonder and grace didn't seem to mean much—most of them were defeated by temptation during the hard times in the desert, and God was not pleased.
The same thing could happen to us. We must be on guard so that we never get caught up in wanting our own way as they did. And we must not turn our religion into a circus as they did—"First the people partied, then they threw a dance." We must not be sexually promiscuous—they paid for that, remember, with 23,000 deaths in one day! We must never try to get Christ to serve us instead of us serving him; they tried it, and God launched an epidemic of poisonous snakes. We must be careful not to stir up discontent; discontent destroyed them.
These are all warning markers—danger!—in our history books, written down so that we don't repeat their mistakes. Our positions in the story are parallel—they at the beginning, we at the end—and we are just as capable of messing it up as they were. Don't be so naive and self-confident. You're not exempt. You could fall flat on your face as easily as anyone else. Forget about self-confidence; it's useless. Cultivate God-confidence. No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he'll never let you be pushed past your limit; he'll always be there to help you come through it. So, my very dear friends, when you see people reducing God to something they can use or control, get out of their company as fast as you can. 1 Corinthians 10:1-14 (The Message Version…emphasis mine.)
I consider the world we live in today and it was much like those days in Corinth. There are many options for immoral failure. Finding trouble these days is not hard to do. We must be on guard, because history teaches us that we can easily fall prey to temptation if we allow ourselves to become desensitized. I think Paul is saying to the Corinthians, "You see the immoral culture around you. You don't have to participate. You can choose to be different. You have the ability to flee temptation." I believe we can love the people of the culture without falling into the sins of the day. It's a challenge, one that I struggle with daily, but one that is made possible by Christ's power working in us.
What do you think?
What Is Your Leadership Capacity?
What is your leadership capacity? Do you know when you are in over your head?
I am using the term leadership capacity to describe a leader's ability to effectively lead his or her organization to accomplish the vision of the organization. Consequently a leader exceeds his or her leadership capacity when he or she no longer has the ability to effectively manage or lead the organization to reach its potential. If the organization is growing there will most likely be a time in the leader's tenure where he or she feels they have reached or exceeded this capacity.
I met with a great leader recently in a new venture that admitted he is overwhelmed with what is happening around him. He is feeling the weight of leading out of his normal capacity and concerned the organization could get away from him unless he does something now. I know the feeling and I appreciate this leader recognizing this about his leadership. That realization is like an insurance policy against his leadership failing.
If you are leading an organization and you feel you are reaching your leadership capacity, consider these steps:
Recognize and admit – Do not be afraid to admit you are over your head. Humility is actually an attractive leadership quality.
Re-evaluate – Are you trying to do too much? Are you standards for yourself too high? Do you need to reorganize your role or the organization?
Ask for help – Seek wisdom from those who have led longer than you. Find a mentor. Take a class. Join a network. One of the values of social media for me has been the insight I have learned from other leaders.
Delegate – Ask yourself what responsibility you could give away or what areas others on your team would be better able to handle. If you are the only team member, seek volunteers to help you bridge the gaps between your leadership ability and the demands of the organization.
Quit if needed – If you value the organization's vision enough then be willing to step aside if you are no longer a good fit to lead it. This is not a sign of failure or an indication that you are a bad leader. Sometimes the organization simply grows in another direction from our passion, skills or strengths as a leader. (I wrote a similar post about this subject HERE.)
Leaders, is your leadership capacity being stretched? What are you going to do about it?
Accommodating Versus Ignoring Criticism
In any leadership position the leader will receive criticism at some point. It is virtually impossible to do everything in a way that pleases everyone. Even Jesus had critics. It comes with the territory of leadership.
As a leader, I have learned that there are times with the criticism is dead-on and something I need to hear and other times when I need to dismiss it and continue in the direction I feel God has led me to go. Knowing when to accommodate the critic and when to ignore the criticism is a careful balance leaders face often. If I give into every critic I will never complete the mission God has called me to do. If I never listen to critics I will become arrogant and prideful.
Here are some principles I try to remember so I can balance the two extremes:
Learn something from everything – There is usually something that can be learned even from the harshest criticism, if nothing more than better understanding people.
My ultimate calling is to honor and obey Christ – I try to make sure I am pleasing Him above everyone else.
Find my affirmation in the people to whom God has called me to minister – This is a new principle for me, but one I wrote about HERE.
Consider the person offering criticism – A person with a sincere heart for the Kingdom, my ministry and me personally carries a lot more weight with me.
Be willing to humble myself – The fact is I could be wrong and others could be right. If criticism is warranted I must be willing to alter my position.
Leaders, how do you handle criticism?
Coming Home To God (Thoughts for a Prodigal)
So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. Luke 15:20 NIV
One of the finest word pictures in the Bible: God running to His children! Can you say Godspeed?
Jesus told this parable, not so much about a boy, foolish in his youth who squanders away all his wealth and then comes cowering back to an expectant father. Even though that is what occurs in the story, this story is about you and me.
Jesus is describing for us how God feels about His children. If you are a child of God, bought and paid for by the blood of Jesus, through your faith in Him and Him alone to save you, then God will always be ready to welcome you home! God will never give up on His children. God may discipline you, but you can rest assured He will never forsake you. You are His, and He will wait for you as His own.
Stop for a moment and picture this story as Jesus meant for you to see it. Imagine you are the prodigal child. You have wandered away from the comfort and protection of your Father God. You have wasted your life on wild living. It was fun at first, but then the new wore off and you were homesick. You realized what you had given up. What you wouldn't give to go home, but how could you? You had traveled so far and your pride was at stake. People would say, "I told you so". Your friends might even make fun of you. And what about your Father? How could He ever forgive you for what you have done? Plus, does He really want you to come home anyway? Would anyone?
Still, anything is better than where you are at now, so you head for home. Before you can even see the front porch…while your head was still hanging low…you hear a sound. It sounds like footsteps. Heavy footsteps. You look up, almost afraid to for fear of what you may see, and you the sight is something you have never seen before!
YOUR FATHER GOD IS RUNNING TO MEET YOU! God, the Creator of stars, is running to greet you, a sinner, and welcome you home. He isn't coming with a frown or a smirk of anger on His face. He has His arms open wide! He has on a great big smile! He has a loving twinkle in His eye, the kind He always had when He was proud of something you did!
He reaches you and instead of shouting insults at you, He tells you how pleased He is to have you home. There are tears in His eyes! He lets out a shout of joy. He orders a party to be held in your honor! He tells the angels to get the band playing! Gabriel starts up the gas grill! GOD IS GLAD YOU HAVE COME HOME!
Maybe you need to go home today! God is waiting! He's probably over half way towards you right now! All you have to do is turn around, and head for home!
I hope you'll invite me to the party!
Avoiding Change For Change's Sake
I love continual improvement. I am one of those who actually enjoy change. If things stay the same too long I get bored and begin looking for a new challenge. I even stir things for fun sometimes just to keep life interesting around me. (Sometimes this characteristic gets me in trouble with my wife.)
Personality aside, however, the truth is that not everything needs to be tweaked. Some things are probably working okay, achieving great success, and are best left alone for the time being. Change for the sake of change sake is not always good. When Momma said "if it ain't broke don't fix it" and the other cliché about "the grass is always greener", she was speaking from some life experience.
There is a fine line between making things better and messing things up. One of the great challenges for the leader is carefully considering the balance between instigating change for the good of the organization or team and allowing progress to continue without interference.
There are some indicators that change could be a good thing:
- When energy is waning in the status quo
- When needed improvement is planned and purposeful
- When the change will result in greater efficiency, returns or profit
- When it is clear a change will be needed soon to remain competitive or relevant
Leaders, how do you determine it is time for change?


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'Iron Man 3': Marvel Releases Tony Stark Holiday Photo
10:34 PM PST 12/26/2012 by Aaron Couch
Even though Robert Downey Jr. is stuck in the snow, he's still wishing everyone the best this season.
Billionaire playboy Tony Stark apparently has a soft spot for holidays.
Marvel has released an Iron Man 3 holiday image featuring Robert Downey Jr.'s character stranded in the snow -- a shot alluded to in the first trailer for the film.
From what we know of the flick, this shot takes place in a section of the film during which Tony is forced to drag his apparently nonfunctioning Iron Man armor behind him. It's not exactly celebration time, but it does make for a picturesque holiday card.
VIDEO: 'Iron Man 3' Teaser Shows Glimpse of Ben Kingsley as Villain the Mandarin
Marvel Studio's Avenger's follow-up is being directed by Shane Black and also stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle and Ben Kingsley. It's slated for a May 3, 2013 release.


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Let us do some more basics with the "Spring Rich Client" 1.0.0 (SpringRC). Although it is time to give an overview of the entire architecture I won't do this here, because I am a newbie with Spring and SpringRC. So we will just look into the steps how we get things running.
First of all we want to include a license prompt on the very first startup. If it is in pure text format surround the license with
licenseText
, save it to the classpath as /path/license.txt and do the following:
- Add the source code into LifecycleAdvisor
private final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass()); private static final String SHOW_WIZARD_KEY = "setupWizard.show"; private Settings settings; @Override public void onPreStartup() { boolean showDialog = true; if (settings.contains(SHOW_WIZARD_KEY)) { showDialog = settings.getBoolean(SHOW_WIZARD_KEY); } if (showDialog && getApplication().getApplicationContext().containsBean("setupWizard")) { SetupWizard setupWizard = (SetupWizard) getApplication().getApplicationContext().getBean( "setupWizard", SetupWizard.class); setupWizard.execute(); settings.setBoolean(SHOW_WIZARD_KEY, false); try { settings.save(); } catch (IOException ex) { logger.error("Can't save state.", ex); } } } public void setSettings(Settings set) { settings = set; }
- Add the following text into the application-context.xml
<bean id="setupWizard" class="org.springframework.richclient.application.setup.SetupWizard"> <property name="licenseTextLocation" value="/path/license.txt" /> </bean> <bean id="xmlInternalSettings" class="org.springframework.richclient.settings.xml.XmlSettingsFactory" factory-bean="settingsManager" factory-method="getInternalSettings"> </bean> <bean id="settingsManager" class="org.springframework.richclient.settings.SettingsManager"> <property name="settingsFactory"> <bean class="org.springframework.richclient.settings.xml.XmlSettingsFactory"/> </property> </bean>
And insert <property name="settings" ref="xmlInternalSettings" /> into the lifecycleAdvisor bean's property list.
- As last step you have to fill in the message text for this wizard into the message.properties file:
setup.intro.welcomeTo = Welcome to
setup.intro.title = TimeFinder!
setup.intro.description = TimeFinder in one of its future releases will help you with automatic and manual timetabling.
setup.cancel.title=Cancel Setup
setup.cancel.message = Do you really want to exit the application?
acceptLicenseCommand.label=I &accept the terms of this license agreement
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The most of the xml code above is necessary to inject a new instance of Settings which will be created from the SettingsManager.
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This settings object is then accessible within the LifecycleAdvisor because of the setSettings method and is necessary to save, if this wizard should be prompted on the next startup again. The xml-settings will be written to currentPath/settings/internal.settings.xml.
The used SetupWizard extends from AbstractWizard. This abstract class could be used for any other wizards: just add one or more AbstractWizardPages to the wizard and see this documentation. Here is the result:
Another cool feature is to show a progressbar on the splashscreen. This was very easy: add (or replace the existing) bean to the startup-context.xml file:
<bean id="splashScreen" class="org.springframework.richclient.application.splash.ProgressSplashScreen" scope="prototype"> <property name="imageResourcePath" value="/de/peterk/springr/ui/images/splash-screen.png" /> <property name="showProgressLabel" value="true" /> </bean>
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Color myYellow = new Color(255, 225, 100); Color myGreen = new Color(120, 208, 60); UIManager.put("ProgressBar.selectionForeground", myYellow); UIManager.put("ProgressBar.selectionBackground", myGreen); UIManager.put("ProgressBar.foreground", myGreen); UIManager.put("ProgressBar.background", myYellow); UIManager.put("ProgressBar.border", new LineBorderUIResource(myYellow));
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Mar 29, 2011Mimana Iyar Chronicle is a rather good game. The graphics aren't top notch, but they aren't horrible either. The voice acting has many memorable voice actors from other JRPGs, so it's sort of an all-star cast. The plot does take some time to start up, but once it gets going you get a sort of invested feeling (some time around the third dungeon). The characters may seem rather flat and one dimensional, but as with most JRPGs there is an underlying subtlety to their interactions with the main character. The battles are fun, but the loading times are a pain (usually takes 40-45 seconds to load a fight).
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This slapdash role-playing game shows some promise early, but quickly becomes tedious and frustrating.
With so many high-quality mainstream and indie titles on the gaming landscape this season, PSP RPG players would be best advised to skip Mimana Iyar Chronicle in favor of something better like Valkyria Chronicles 2 or Hexyz Force.
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Flynas (Arabic: طيران ناس) formerly Nas Air, is a domestic and international low-cost airline based in Saudi Arabia, the country 's first and only budget airline.[1] The company's head office is located on the first floor of the Al Salam Centre in Riyadh.[2]
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Saudi Arabian Airlines was the only airline in the country until 2006, when budget carriers Nas Air and Sama Airlines got their licenses from the government.[3] Nas Air was founded in 2007 .[4] Operations started in February that year.[3]
The company changed its name from Nasair to Flynas in November 2013[5][6].
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As of May 2014[update], the CEO position is held by Raja Azmi,[7] who was appointed in June 2013 ,[8] succeeding Francois Boutellier.[6]
As of April 2014[update], Flynas is owned in its majority by National Airline Services Holding (63%); the balance is held by Kingdom Holding.[1]
Assiut and Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt became served by the carrier for the first time in 2009, with flights to the latter initially operated on a seasonal basis.[9] In 2011, the airline started services to three cities in Turkey: Adana, Antakya and Istanbul.[10] Also that year, Lahore in Pakistan became the second city served in the country, after Karachi.[11] In February 2013 , flights to Yanbu from Dammam were launched. Also that month, the airline started flying from Dammam to Khartoum, with the Sudanese capital becoming the first international destination ever to be linked to the Saudi city.[12]
In February 2014[13] and at carrying religious tourists to Saudi Arabia.[14] Flynas became the first low-cost carrier to serve the Saudi Arabia-UK market when it launched the Jeddah–London Gatwick service, its first European long-haul route, in April 2014 .[15] Medium-haul routes to Karachi and Lahore and long-haul services to Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur were also planned to start that month, followed by Casablanca, Manchester and Islamabad[16] in May the same year, all of them using Airbus A330 equipment.[8] Flights to Iran were also due to commence by the same time.[17], Flynas introduced its Global Flight Routes program, aimed at offering affordable rates to passengers for flights between Jeddah and points in Africa, Asia and Europe,
Manchester became the airline 's second destination in the United Kingdom on 7 May 2014[7][18] Cairo was made part of the route network in June 2014 , making the Egyptian capital the carrier 's seventh destination in the country.[19] In late June 2014 , it was announced the airline will also serve London-Gatwick from Riyadh starting 27 July the same year.[20] A month later, it was informed that services to Manchester would be discontinued starting August 2014 , just after three months of operations.[21][22] That month, the Indian market was expected to be served for the first time with flights to Hyderabad, followed by Calicut in September 2014 .[23] Plans were also to serve France next as well as China, Philippines, Nigeria and South Africa later on.[8] Flynas also expected to serve the US market in 2015.[24].
Manchester was removed from the carrier 's list of destinations in early August 2014[25] In October 2014 , Al-Qassim was incorporated to the route network.[26] Also that month, the airline announced the cancellation of most of its long- and mid-haul services owing to poor performance.[14][27][28].
The carrier also performs Hajj services.[29]
A codeshare agreement with Etihad that dates back to 2012 sees Flynas placing its code on a number of flights operated by Etihad that radiate from Abu Dhabi.[30]
In March 2014[31] Flynas incorporated the first of three Airbus A330s the carrier would lease from Portugal 's Hi Fly. These aircraft, two –200s and one –300, would be used to start long-haul services.[32] As of October 2014[update], the Flynas fleet consists of the following aircraft:[33],
|In Fleet
|Airbus A320-200
|20[citation needed]
|One aircraft stored in China
|Airbus A330-200
|On lease from Hi Fly
|Airbus A330-300
|Two lease from Hi Fly; one one lease from AirAsia X
|Boeing 747-400
|On lease from Lion Airlines
|Boeing 747-400M
|On lease from Eaglexpress Air Charter
|Boeing 767-300ER
|On lease from EuroAtlantic Airways
They also plan to add Airbus A350 in the future.[8]
Previous types operated for scheduled services include Boeing 737-500, Embraer 190LR and Embraer 195AR, besides others leased for temporary hajj flights.[35]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b Rashad, Marwa (2 April 2014). "Saudi budget carrier flynas says to become profitable this year". Reuters. Archived from the original on 4 April 2014.
- ^ "Contact Us." Nas Air. Retrieved on 3 December 2010. "1st Floor, Al Salam Centre Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Street (Tahlia), Olaya Riyadh, Saudi Arabia." Address in Arabic: "مركز السلام، الدور الأول شارع الأمير محمد بن عبد العزيز (التحلية) ، العليا. الرياض، السعودية"
- ^ a b Sobie, Brendan (19 December 2007). "Saudi market opens up further". Flightglobal. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Saudi Arabia's flynas long-haul LCC to Europe and Asia, introducing a new low cost alternative". Centre for Aviation. 16 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2014.
- ^ Moores, Victoria (12 March 2014). "Saudi's Flynas seeks to renegotiate its A320 order". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014.
- ^ a b Shane, Daniel (14 November 2014). "Rebranded Nasair aiming for 20m passengers by 2020". arabianbusiness.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014.
- ^ a b Cox, Charlotte (9 May 2014). "Saudia Arabian flight touches down in Manchester for first time". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 9 May 2014.
- ^ a b c d Jasper, Chris (11 March 2014). "Saudi Carrier Flynas Keen on A350 Deal as Airbus Order Reviewed". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014.
- ^ Morris, Martin (4 July 2009). "Nasair launches new routes". arabianbusiness.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014.
- ^ Sambidge, Andy (16 March 2011). "Saudi low cost carrier launches flights to Turkey". arabianbusiness.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013.
- ^ "Saudi's Nasair launches new Pakistan route". arabianbusiness.com. 19 June 2011. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014.
- ^ "Nasair launches its first flights from Dammam to Yanbu and Khartoum, launched a new sales office in Jubail to serve Nasair customers in the region" (Press release). Flynas. 25 February 2013. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014.
- ^ "Flynas launches Global Flight Routes program". Arab News. 4 February 2014. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014.
- ^ a b Dron, Alan (28 October 2014). "Flynas abandons long-haul program". Air Transport World. Archived 29 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Flynas launches new service to London Gatwick airport". Arab News. 12 April 2014. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Altuwaijri, Nada (18 December 2013). "Saudi low-cost carrier plans expansion into Europe, Asia". Al Arabiya News.
- ^ "Inaugural Flynas flight touches down at Manchester". Arabian Aerospace. 7 May 2014. Archived from the original on 9 May 2014.
- ^ "Flynas touches down in Cairo with daily non-stop flights". Al Bawaba. 3 June 2014. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014.
- ^ Sambidge, Andy (29 June 2014). "Saudi's flynas set to launch London Gatwick flights". arabianbusiness.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014.
- ^ Dron, Alan (28 July 2014). "Middle Eastern carriers drop routes". Air Transport World. Archived 29 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ellis, Dominic (23 July 2014). "Saudi's Flynas To Drop Manchester In August". Gulf Business. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014.
- ^ "Saudi budget airline Flynas to begin operations next month". The Economic Times. 25 July 2014. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014.
- ^ "ROUTES: Flynas to start US flights in 2015". Flightglobal. 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014.
- ^ Graham, James (5 August 2014). "Flynas axes Manchester service". TheBusinessDesk. Archived 7 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Al-Qassim is newest Flynas destination" (Press release). Flynas. 16 October 2014. Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Official statement from flynas regarding Global Flight Program flight suspension" (Press release). Flynas. 15 October 2014. Archived 29 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "flynas W14 Network Changes". Airline Route. 24 October 2014. Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Garba, Kabir Alabi (29 September 2014). "Nigerian Pilgrims in High Spirit, Commend Officials for Improved Services". AllAfrica.com (Madinah). The Guardian. Archived 15 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Flynas receives first Airbus 330 plane as part of fleet expansion". Arab News. 29 March 2014. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014.
- ^ Dron, Alan (1 April 2014). "Flynas takes delivery of first A330". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014.
- ^ "Flynas fleet". ch-aviation GmbH. Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Flynas Fleet". Flynas. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014.
- ^ [2]
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nasair (Saudi Arabia).
- Official website
- Duclos, François (11 March 2014). "Flynas: le Djeddah – Casablanca low cost confirmé" [Flynas: Jeddah – Casablanca low cost route confirmed]. Air Journal (in French). Archived from the original on 12 May 2014.


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John Tory's comments on why women earn less don't tell the whole story
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John Tory's comments on women's negotiating skills and advice about playing golf don't tell the whole story on pay inequality in corporate Canada, experts say.
While learning the best way to demand a raise and taking advantage of networking opportunities can undoubtedly can help an individual advance her career, research shows that women still face systemic discrimination in the workplace.
In an interview with CP24 host Stephen LeDrew, Tory recalled that "the number of men who came in to negotiate with me when I was running a law firm or a company was much higher than the number of women."
He later told listeners on his own show on NewsTalk 1010 that he disagreed with studies that suggest women are not socialized to ask for higher pay. But he also counseled young women to learn to play golf because "it's immensely advantageous to your career."
Tory is a lawyer and chair of the Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance. He is also rumoured to be a candidate for the mayor's race in Toronto.
The pay gap between men and women has persisted for decades, experts say. It stems from the days when men were typically the sole breadwinners for their families, while women in the workforce were typically single. In that context, higher wages for men seemed acceptable, said Dirk Matten, professor of strategy at York University's Schulich School of Business
"The fact that Tory says these things shows how deeply entrenched this view of women in the workplace still is," Matten said. The holdover attitude is, "they just can't hack it. They're not tough enough. They're not men, basically and that's the key impediment for them to be successful."
A study released by Catalyst in December found that, in their first job right out of MBA school, women earn nearly $8,200 a year less than their male counterparts.
Some observers chalk the difference up to poor negotiating skills, Alex Johnston, executive director of Catalyst Canada. "My response is that if we always fixate the conversation around women and behaviour we are never, ever going to make progress," she said.
When men are paid more for doing the same job than a woman with the same qualifications and experience, a host of other issues develop in an organization, Johnston said. Men typically end up with more important projects, with more direct reports and more exposure to senior executives.
Over time, "it puts men and women on two different career advancement paths. That's detrimental to the organization because they're not leveraging their talent," Johnston said.
The systemic barriers that women face in the workforce are "real and genuine," said Wendy Cukier, founder of the Diversity Institute at Ryerson University.
Surveys show that females are socialized to make fewer demands and that, starting as young as age 8, girls feel less confident about their abilities than boys.
"The question then becomes do we put the burden on women to change their behaviour or do we recognize that organizations and leaders have an important role to play in recognizing these barriers, and understand the way in which you create opportunities and a level playing field has to take that into account," Cukier said.
The idea of playing golf to get ahead speaks to unwritten rules that are present in all organizations, Johnston said.
Those unwritten rules matter," Johnston said. However, it's up to a company to know how powerful those rules are, because "you don't want your high potential men and women to be advancing on informal, unwritten rules. You want to evaluate skills, experience and contribution in a fair and equal way."
Correction - February 5, 2014: This article was edited from a previous version that mistakenly said John Tory told his listeners that he is unaware of studies that suggest women are not socialized to ask for higher pay.
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I wouldn't rule out Ben Savage at this point.Rich Gapinski 11-24-2014 04:14 PM
Unless it's Tom Savage? Can we rule that out? That situation is a mess.Brian Williams 11-24-2014 04:01 PM
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Ryan Mallett apparently out for the year. Welp, it took a few extra games, but Houston really is a...Matt Kocsan 11-24-2014 02:16 PM
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ok. some of the other incidents may be of more consequence. This one isn't. Lathrup Village is about 3 mile from my house. I drive there.
This was a speeding ticket. He was probably doing 45 in a 35. There are industrial 4 lane highways through that town at 35. 45 isn't unsafe. But the police there and generally around here write you up in a way to not get you points, but just a fine. They believe that people will just pay it as a tax, and not go to court, which ties up police.
I myself got a "unsafe driving" doing 43 in a 35 in Berkley on a 5 lane major road in a commercial section. No points but $180 fine.
It seems like the cop gave him the no points version and now because he can throw lawyers at anything, he will fight the charge, which is of course a non-sense charge.
Other items may not be so clear. This is just a 45 in a 35 ticket. Whoop de do.
Something's wrong with the Lions team culture. Schwartz says he only cares about what happens between the lines.
But if Suh keeps up this pattern of behavior he won't be playing between the white lines, he'll be in the owner's box, watching it from afar.
So it's in Schwartz's self-interest to get Suh straightened out. I'm thinking Schwartz doesn't have a complete handle on this head coaching business.
Not to be the defensive Lions fan.....but....But if Suh keeps up this pattern of behavior he won't be playing between the white lines, he'll be in the owner's box, watching it from afar.
This pattern of behavior. Any felonies? Any issues with abuse of women? Any PEDs?
But he has had 4 prior fines/suspensions. This will make 5 if it happens. He was suspended for the stomping. He does get a lot of personal fouls.
He also gave the largest single contribution by a former college player to his alma mater.
He also graduated with an Engineering degree and is extremely articulate in public.
The preponderance of personal fouls and fines does indicate a lack of control and discipline on the field.
The traffic ticket/incident is his 4th in 12 months, which shows he probably needs to rein it in on the road. The tree incident is not major, but not trivial. The others are.
Suh now has a media template. Every traffic ticket will make ESPN. That's the way it is.
I still don't understand how the league didn't suspend Suh for his donkey kick. While the target may have been incidental, it's obvious he had every intention of laying a cheap shot. For the league to fine and suspend players over helmet to helmet hits that are seemingly incidental, how they just let this deliberate act go with what will likely be a relatively small fine is beyond me.
Him and Bradford. And Gerald McCoy.
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We've already had 30 pages of dirty or not dirty regarding Suh. So I'm not going there.
Almost everyone has gotten a fender bender, clipped a curb or backed into a mailbox. Some people do it all the time, but we don't see those because they aren't famous. Suh sucks as a driver and the world knows it. While it's not newsworthy, it certainly does add weight to a pattern of behavior.
I guess my problem is that the pattern seems to include the inability to know thyself and to show learning skills. Mostly likely, he needs an edge on the field and his actions are part of it and it is also most likely that he should just never drive.
Worst case, he is a dirty player and he is doing some things and getting into car accidents and making bad decisions for something he hasn't been caught for yet.
Maybe he doesn't want to pay for a driver. I don't like paying bills, but it helps me keep my house. Maybe the coach isn't helping. I dunno, but a pattern is a pattern.
The gifts that he obviously makes off the field are nice stories, but as Lance Armstrong taught us, good things can be done by people who also do bad things.
Suh has been fined for the kick:
Suh's fine is making me crazy. The league has determined they can't know his intent (so it's accidental?) then why fine him at all? If they suspect intent (unsportsmanlike conduct to some, any body part) why isn't he suspended?
Can't have it both ways Rog. This is why I despise you. You're an inconsistent dope.
OK. I have to agree with B.
If the reason you can't do a suspension is intent, then WHY are you doing a find. He didn't kick him in the head. So other infractions are usually for malicious, over the line, intended offenses.
Other than in the head, I don't know of ANY fine for an accidental impact, especially one that didn't cause a longterm injury.
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Gatland sparked a strong reaction this week by saying English players were targeted by other countries and that a large English contingent in the Lions squad to tour Australia this summer could create a "media circus".
The Lions head coach has since backtracked, insisting nationality will not be a factor in selecting his team and that he would have no problem in picking a large contingent from Stuart Lancaster's in-form side.
But Campese, who won the World Cup with the Wallabies in 1991, insists English players will come under extra scrutiny in Australia, before adding that England's form in the Six Nations - where they top the table after two rounds - and their triumph over world champions New Zealand last December, does not represent a shift in power in the global game.
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Family and friends of Joshua Benjamin Nelson "Malekebu" Parks gathered last Saturday (Jan. 4) at First Baptist Church-Broad Street for a memorial service. It was part of the healing process unfolding after a triple shooting that left Parks and the mother of his children dead.
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Parks, along with the 39-year-old mother of his two youngest children, were found inside a Binghampton apartment. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Parks, 34, died later at a local hospital. The 54-year-old grandmother of Parks' children was found just outside the apartment door in critical condition.
Park's mother is Bennetta "Bennie" Nelson West, the founder and executive director of the Memphis Black Arts Alliance (MBAA). She linked the tragedy to her son's bout with depression.
"Depression is a mental illness," said West. "It must be treated as a medical condition just like cancer or diabetes. The condition can be just as fatal if it goes untreated. We don't think twice about someone with chronic physical illness seeking medical treatment. Depression must be recognized as a disease and, likewise, treated, or the consequences are just as deadly."
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Dr. William M. Young Sr., executive director of the Emotional Fitness Centers of Tennessee, said the African-American community must remove the shame of suffering from mental illness.
"Depression has traditionally been seen as a 'white person's disease,' but black people have always suffered from depression and other forms of mental illness. Our people would say that someone had a 'nervous breakdown,' and it was a family secret that was not to be talked about outside the home."
The situation is complicated by a "historical distrust of doctors and institutions" that Young said has resulted in "a generation of African-American men who suffer from depression but many times won't seek help. The suicide rate of African-American youth between the ages of 15-24 has risen more than 500 percent since the mid-90's."
West said son's latest experience with depression was associated with him no longer living in the home with his two children. She tied his depression with some childhood experiences that she chose not to detail.
"I don't want to speak about Josh as a child. That isn't helpful to me, and I don't want to go there," West said. "But I will say that Josh's father was an African man, Malekebu, who was not in his life. And because he never knew his own father, Josh sought to be the best father he could be to all five of his children. He was a loving father and a wonderful person. I am grateful for having him with me while he lived."
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Parks is the second child West has lost. Her 19-year-old daughter, Sarah, contracted pneumonia on December 30, 2006, and passed suddenly.
"There are no mistakes or coincidences. I believe we must accept the divine order brought by the universe," said West. "Circumstances are 'pre-sent' to us; that is our present, our reality. We are all energy. We are all connected. I believe we must live with great gratitude for everything.
"I am grateful that I have one son still with me," said West. "Jacob lives in Nashville, but we have reconnected again, and we are drawing closer to each other because of Josh. I am grateful for that."
West said great good would come out of the tragedy.
"We must live out of love – love self first, love others, and then love the earth. I have no doubt that great lessons will be learned and shared.'
A fund for Parks' children has been set up at First Tennessee Bank. Donations will be received for the next two months. Gifts of any amount should be made payable to "Josh's Kids Memorial Fund."
may revisit yet again since i have bookmarked it.
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may you be rich and continue to guide others.
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Our unique collection process of the does vaginal secretions and estrus urine at the peak of her cycle makes VS-1 the most powerful attractant ever produced. It is 100% pure and must be refrigerated.
VS-1 is shipped starting at the beginning of September.
Very limited supply and has sold out every year!
Recommended to be used with our scent sponges. Apply 6-8 drops to scent sponge, hang 3-4 sponges from low limbs in and around scrapes or high traffic areas. When done hunting, take sponges down and store in ziploc bag in refrigerator. Just add a few fresh drops to sponges when returning to hunt.