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FLORENCE – Three Francis Marion University faculty members were honored for outstanding individual work during the past year at a faculty recognition banquet on April 19.
Mary R. Dittman of Florence was given the Award of Excellence in Teaching, Douglas E. Gray of Florence was presented the Award for Excellence in Service; and LeRoy Peterson, Jr. of Florence received the Award for Excellence in Research. Each award carries a cash prize.
"Mary, Doug, and Pete rank among the very best professors in the state of South Carolina,"said Fred Carter, president of FMU. "Their work, in the areas of teaching, research and service, has garnered the respect of colleagues and students alike. I am very proud of their contributions to this university."
An instructor of marketing, Dittman has been a member of the FMU faculty since 2000. She is also the director of internships. Dittman was cited for her classroom teaching skills. A native of Tucson, Ariz., she earned the B.S. degree in marketing from the University of Nevada (Reno) and the M.B.A. degree from FMU. She serves on several FMU committees and is a member of the American Marketing Association. Dittman is credited with establishing the marketing internship program at FMU.
Gray, a native of Knoxville, Tenn., has been a member of the FMU faculty since 1997. He is an associate professor of art-ceramics. He was cited for his service to the university, the community and the state. He is an FMU Mediation Committee member and has served on the following FMU committees: Academic Support, School of Liberal Arts Election, Long-Range Planning and Integrated Learning Initiatives Art and Lecture Series. He was also an FMU faculty senate representative. Gray serves the community as a member of the board of directors for the Potter's Council, an organization sponsored by the American Ceramic Society. He is also a member and secretary of the board of directors for the Florence Regional Arts Alliance. His artwork has been included in numerous national exhibitions and has been published in both books and periodicals, some of which include: The Ceramic Design Book, 500 Teapots, Pottery Making Illustrated, Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times and Southern Living Magazine. Gray earned bachelor's degrees in art and English at the University of Louisville in 1991 (magna cum laude) and the M.F.A. degree in ceramics from the University of North Texas.
Peterson, a native of Florence, has been a member of the FMU faculty since 1990. He is an associate professor of chemistry and was cited for his extensive scholarly work, primarily in the field of chemistry. He earned a bachelor's degree at FMU and a doctorate in physical-inorganic chemistry from the University of South Carolina where he was an undergraduate laboratory teaching assistant. He is active in the American Chemical Society, the Pee Dee Math and Science Hub, the Science South project and the S.C. Academy of Science. He is chair of the local advisory committee for General Electric Quality Education for Minorities Partnerships and NEW PALS Project. He is president of North Vista PTA, serves on the board of Florence Boys and Girls Club and coaches in youth basketball leagues. He is faculty adviser for Omega Psi Phi and Kappa Alpha Psi fraternities and Zeta Phi Beta sorority and is active in the university's African American Faculty and Staff Coalition. He is also a member of the FMU Institutional Effectiveness committee.
Kenneth M. Autrey, a professor of English, also was presented the Shared Governance Award, sponsored by the FMU Chapter of the American Association of University Professors. This award is given to a faculty member who demonstrates commitment to the principles of shared governance between the faculty, administration and the board of trustees. This Wilkes-Barre, Pa. native has been a member of the FMU faculty since 1989. Prior to coming to FMU, he taught at the University of South Carolina and Tougaloo College. In 1996-97, he was a visiting professor at Hiroshima University in Japan while on leave from FMU. He earned the A.B. degree in English from Davidson College, the M.A. degree in English from Auburn University, and the Ph.D. degree in English from the University of South Carolina.


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Faith Bible Church to host Community Blood Drive Monday, July 9
Davenport, IA – Faith Bible Church will host a community blood drive from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Monday, July 9 at 807 Warren Street, Oquawka, IL, Sunday School Room.
What: Faith Bible Church Community Blood Drive
When: Monday, July 9 – 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Where: 807 Warren Street, Oquawka, IL, Sunday School Room.
Appointments: To donate, please contact Judy Norman at 309-867-8912
Donor Eligibility Criteria: Potential donors must be at least 17 years of age (16 with parental permission form available through www.bloodcenter.org) and weigh more than 110 pounds. A photo I.D. or MVRBC Donor Card is required to donate. To schedule an appointment for donation, please call the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center at (800) 591-8049. Donors who last gave blood on or before May 14, 2012 are eligible to give blood at this drive.
About Blood Donation: Blood donation is a safe, simple procedure that takes about 45 minutes to one hour. Individuals with diabetes or controlled high blood pressure may be accepted as eligible donors.
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Giving to Berklee
Berklee thrives because of robust support from alumni, parents, and generous friends. There are many opportunities to offer that support in a way that will best meet your giving goals. We welcome you to explore your giving options online and please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss the possibilities in greater detail. Thank you for all that you do to advance Berklee's capacity to enrich individuals, strengthen communities, and connect our world through music.
Giving Spotlight
Encore Gala Raises Nearly $2 Million for Berklee City Music Program
Alongside Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, and others, Boston had a good time for a great cause at the 22nd annual Encore Gala to benefit the Berklee City Music program.
Raising Voices: City Music Keeps Students First at 20th Annual Encore Gala
Raising almost $2 million, the 20th annual Berklee Encore Gala finds countless ways to bring the voices of underserved youth to the forefront.
Shane Gibson Memorial Fund Established
Friends, family, and bandmates of guitarist Shane Gibson '03 have rallied together to name a scholarship in his honor.


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Resilient Humor Debut Winner for Sassy Image
Trainer Jesus Mendoza took out his winning ticket to show he believed in his filly, no matter what her price was on the Los Alamitos Race Course tote Dec. 8.
Trainer Jesus Mendoza took out his winning ticket to show he believed in his filly, no matter what her price was on the Los Alamitos Race Course tote Dec. 8.
Bill Kaplan, one of South Florida's most successful trainers over the past 30 years and conditioner of 2011 champion female sprinter Musical Romance, will retire from training after this weekend.
Willis Horton, who earlier sold Take Charge Brandi for $6 million, bought a War Front filly for $2 million to close out the second Keeneland November breeding stock sale session.
Devil's Cave, winner of the Feb. 16 Sabin Stakes (gr. II), heads a field of eight including multiple graded stakes winner Unlimited Budget in the $150,000 Rampart Stakes (gr. III) March 29 at Gulfstream Park.
Alpha Delta Stable's Devil's Cave delivered a superb frontrunning performance in the $200,000 Sabin Stakes (gr. II) Feb. 16 at Gulfstream Park, setting a track record while earning her first graded stakes win.
Sweet N Discreet successfully stretched out to 1 1/8 miles in winning the Sunshine Millions Distaff, and she'll square off again with Devil's Cave in the $200,000 Sabin Stakes (gr. II) at Gulfstream Park Feb. 16.
Highlights from the career of dual champion Royal Delta. view slideshow
Helped by dispersals and a global array of buyers, Keeneland's November sale ended Nov. 14 with substantial gains and a record-equaling median.
Mandy Pope added another top mare to her broodmare band Nov. 6 when she landed champion female sprinter Groupie Doll for $3.1 million at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
$4 million Awesome Maria, dispersals lift Keeneland November opener's numbers.
Esther Marr recaps Day 1 of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, including comments from Walt Robertson, Keeneland Vice President of Sales. Sponsored by Taylor Made Sales. Watch Video
About halfway through the first session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, grade I winner Awesome Maria sold for $4 million to owners associated with John Magnier's Coolmore operation.
Champion Groupie Doll, some recent grade I-winning fillies, and Eblouissante, half sister to Horse of the Year Zenyatta, are among the 3,602 horses Keeneland has cataloged for its 2013 November breeding stock sale Nov. 5-14.
The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association named J. Paul Reddam the leading owner of 2012. Ocala Stud was named the top national breeder and Morton Fink was honored as the leading small breeder of 2012.
E. Paul Robsham Stables, which bred and raced grade I stakes winners such as Awesome Maria and R Heat Lightning, will completely disperse its breeding stock at Keeneland's 2013 November sale.
Pure Fun, winner of the Hollywood Starlet (gr. I) in December, gets her season started in the $100,000 Fathead Bourbonette Oaks (gr. III) as the 8-5 favorite in a field of a dozen 3-year-old fillies March 23 at Turfway Park.
Evan Hammonds recaps the Southwest Stakes, Sabin Stakes, El Camino Real Derby, and San Vicente Stakes from the weekend. watch video
After a six-year hiatus, the Calder Casino & Race Course Hall of Fame will welcome nine new members to its roster when inducting three horses, two jockeys, two trainers, and two owners/breeders.
Looking more powerful than ever, two-time champion Royal Delta tuned up for a possible return trip to the Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) with an easy five-length victory in the $98,000 Sabin Stakes (gr. III) Feb. 17 at Gulfstream.
Few want anything to do with Besilu Stable's 5-year-old champion Royal Delta as she preps for a start in the $10 million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) Feb. 17 at Gulfstream Park.
Musical Romance, who sold for $1.6 million at the Fasig-Tipton November sale, is headed to Japan where she will be a broodmare, one of her former owners said.
The Fasig-Tipton November sale, which is known for its prominent cast of selected entries, will again feature several standouts, including this year's Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT) winner Zagora.
Trainer Bill Kaplan discusses champion sprinter Musical Romance. Watch Video
Having stunned the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I) a year ago at odds of 20-1, reigning divisional champion Musical Romance seeks to defend her title in the 2012 edition of the race.
Fans at Santa Anita's Clockers' Corner had plenty of action on the morning of Oct. 25 as 10 horses pointing to the Breeders' Cup breezed. At Calder, defending Filly & Mare Sprint winner Musical Romance worked five furlongs.
|Breeder / Owner
|Terry Oliver
|Amen Hallelujah
|Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.
|Awesome Maria
|Todd A. Pletcher
|Catch a Thief
|Timothy A. Hills
|Kenneth G. McPeek
|Joanie's Catch
|Barry R. Rose
|Musical Romance
|William A. Kaplan
|Sassy Image
|Dale L. Romans
|Clasico Constitucion S. (G1)
|Prince of Wales S.
|Cougar II H. (G3)
|Jonathan Kiser Novice S.
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Fri. May 31, 2013 | John C. Cotey | Email
Chris Miller is the new football coach at Seminole High School.
And Admiral Farragut Academy — just five months after firing Miller then replacing him with a guy who has already abandoned the shipwrecked program — doesn't have a coach at all.
You couldn't blame Miller for finding all this to be deliciously satisfying. But I suspect the former Blue Jacket, who went to Admiral Farragut for eight years as a student, played quarterback there, planned to send his kids there and led the team to the Class 2A state final in 2011 as the coach, is too heartbroken to laugh.
Too much, anyway.
The rest of us, though?
At most places, spring football answered questions.
At Admiral Farragut, it just created them.
Mainly, um, what are you guys doing?
In a span of five months, the Blue Jackets have gone from anchors away to just, well, anchored.
No leadership.
No clue.
And after firing former Florida State linebacker Buster Davis on Thursday, or giving him his choice of resignation or whatever you want to call it, they have no coach.
How much damage this is doing to Admiral Farragut has yet to be determined. Players are starting to look elsewhere. Others who watched the 35-6 spring game loss to Berkeley Prep and read the postgame quotes from Davis about "changing the culture" — you know, of winning to whatever that was in the spring — are now reconsidering.
Not only did Admiral Farragut fire a successful coach, it replaced him with an unsuccessful coach (0-7 in his only previous year of coaching) who turned out to be even more unsuccessful by barely making it out of his first spring in St. Petersburg.
It is stunning, really, that level of administrative ineptness, because clearly firing Miller after last season, when the Blue Jackets went 8-2 and barely missed the playoffs, with absolutely no plan to replace him was poor judgment.
Unless there was plan, in which case, wow, was that a terrible plan.
Miller was the last to know he was being forced to resign, because he found it too unfathomable, even if people started whispering about it during the season while Admiral Farragut was still a postseason contender.
After all, Miller was one of them, the bluest of Blue Jackets. He had known headmaster Bob Fine since he was 10 years old, he was an alumnus, a former quarterback, a coach who took the job when no one else wanted it and turned the program into a Class 2A powerhouse and sent dozens of kids off to college.
Oh, and he was winning.
Besides, Miller says he had received an email from Fine during the season, after a homecoming win, telling him how proud he was of the job he was doing.
What possible reason could there be to make a change?
Turns out, there were three, laid out by Fine when he broke the worst-kept secret to Miller, each one more pathetic than the last: a name was misspelled on a program and not fixed, leaving two parents very upset; the divots weren't replaced on the football field after a game, because Miller decided to let the players wait until Monday as they were devastated after a tough district loss; and a player dropped the F bomb on the field and was allowed to play the next week.
One way, and maybe the only way, those sound like perfectly rational reasons is if, say, a well-heeled booster is pulling the strings. If he is hoping to replace the boring Miller with an exciting, big-name former FSU Seminole to, you know, take the program to that "next level."
Whether Admiral Farragut has its own little Buddy Garrity — you remember the erstwhile pain in the butt Dillon Panthers booster from Friday Night Lights — running around firing people, he definitely assisted in the hiring, sitting in on the interviews, which is such a terrible decision the school lied and said it never happened.
Coach candidates who were in the room, however, confirmed it.
Davis did not work out, clearly, and was not a trade up. I wonder if whoever made the decision considered this, which struck me back in February: he was 0-7 the previous year in Jacksonville at a first-year program and was replaced. The reason clearly had nothing to do with being 0-7, because first-year programs generally go winless.
It was probably something else.
Chances are, Farragut is now quite familiar with that something else.


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Tips for Finding Commercial Garden Landscaping & Concrete Cutting Services
Landscaping is a popular hobby among all lovers of nature and natural beauty since it is their outlet into the heart of the Earth within the limits of their homes. But, creating a garden and maintaining it are two completely different things, and one cannot survive without the other.
Most of the times, people are unable to take of their garden after planting it, and in such scenarios, companies that provide commercial garden landscaping service come as lifesavers. Such firms are typically involved with this field for a long time and hold proficiency in rendering quality service at affordable costs.
Usually, a company engaged in rendering commercial cleaning services offers executes landscaping jobs too. So, finding such an organization is not difficult since they have mushroom across the world. The firms that commission these gardening related services make use of the most environmentally sensitive practices while carrying out the requisite jobs.
All industrial garden maintenance, landscaping services are conducted with expertise by the personnel of such organizations. The professionals possess extensive experience in beautifying the gardens of their clients, a feat that the laymen cannot achieve. This is the main advantage of hiring a professional landscaping service provider since the quality of work is always unmatchable in its own respect.
Any firm that renders commercial garden maintenance, landscaping services carries out an inspection of the premises of their clients. This includes checking the area to be covered (in order to determine the time limit), services to be provided and assessing the requirements of the clients. By evaluating all of the above-mentioned items in detail, a plan is created for the clients. This plan can be tailor made for the customers or be a part of a standard package, depending upon the practices of the company. The following activities comprise the commercial garden landscaping services offered by leading firms of this field:
– Lawn mowing
– Garden maintenance
– Reticulation check & adjustment (weekly in summer, fortnightly in winter)
– Mulching
– Core Drilling & Concrete Cutting
– Lawn and garden fertilizing
– Regular site inspections
– Monthly site reports
– Replanting upgrade
– Indoor plant maintenance
The firms, which provide high-pressure cleaning services too, furnish site reports on a monthly basis to their customers and provide them with an assessment pertaining to the overall service commissioning process. All procedures followed while conducting the above-mentioned services are eco-friendly, since all firms rendering industrial garden maintenance, landscaping services understand the need to conserve water and other associated resources. In this regard, the personnel of these organizations are trained thoroughly in executing the requisite services in an environmentally conscious way.
Landscaping Supplies That You Must Have For a Great Garden
Garden landscapes that take your breath away don't transpire overnight. They are the result of meticulous planning and choosing the right garden supplies. In this post, I've listed a few things that you need to note before you start landscaping your garden.
Landscape Edging
The process of edging has more to it than just defining a border for your yard. It gives a finished look to any garden landscape. Choose landscape supplies that are functional, durable, and easy to install. Eco-friendly garden landscaping materials made of renewable components are safe to use.
Stone Edging: To protect precious plants and flower beds in your garden use border stone edging. A decorative stone edge that comes with weed barrier protection has an added advantage.
Wood Edging: One of the cheapest garden landscaping materials, it is also very popular because of its versatility.
Plastic Edging: Of all landscape supplies, this one is extremely durable and is useful for composite edging. You can buy the Ultra Edge, which has a flexible construction that allows edges to easily bend around plants.
Fencing plays a vital role in protecting your garden. You can choose from a variety of landscaping equipment to fence your garden. The most popular choices of the fence are metal and bamboo. Metal fences are easily foldable and are available in many intricate styles. Plastic fences are heavy duty materials that are easy to unroll and install. Always choose fences that match your landscape garden designs.
Landscape Accessories
Choose from a range of practical landscape accessories to add to the style and splendor of your garden. A compost starter can speed up the process of making compost for garden use. To meet your garden needs, buy landscape accessories like tumbling composter and landscape adhesives.
For the most part, the majority of your landscaping supply needs will be determined by the type of project you are undertaking as well as the land on which you have to work. Different types of land respond differently to various tools. This is why it is important to do specific research about your landscaping project before embarking on the actual physical work.
Gardening VS Landscaping the great debate
We are all aware of the great debate of which one is more popular for your house? Gardening or Landscaping? Well rest assure google has come the rescue and have provided a graph of who has been search for it!
As we can see as time progresses, landscaping has become more popular and is overtaking gardening as a way to improve the house.
Everything about your Garden & Landscape
Hi and Welcome to Millriver Garden! We are here to provide information about everything to do with home improvement and gardening. Please stay tunes as we will notify you of improvements and up to date systems and tools.
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Chris Ashcraft is one of the leading scientific minds in the Pacific Northwest. His knowledge of the science of origins (i.e., creation) is exceptional. I highly recommend Chris and the creation conferences he promotes in the Seattle area. He himself is an excellent speaker and a great defender of of scientific creationism.
Phil Fernandes
President -
Institute of Biblical Defense
March 17, 2013
Dear Bro. Preacher,
Let me introduce to you a science teacher and friend of mine, Chris Ashcraft, who specializes in Creationism.
He did a wonderful job in presenting an exciting program concerning dinosaurs to our church. His lectures are sharp, witty, and reasonable and have been very well received by our folks.
His presentations are fitting to believers and non-believers alike, as he is an articulate and rational speaker who allows the weight of presented evidence speak for itself.
You won't be disappointed to have him represent Creation to your school or church.
Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have for me concerning our recommendation of Bro. Ashcraft.
May the Lord grant us with more of these kinds of servants, equipped to fill the need of this hour.
We were glad to host the Seattle Creation Conference of 2011.
It was a win-win for all involved.
My first and foremost desire was to be a blessing and help to the folks of our own church.
In hosting the conference we were able to have exposure to some of the best cutting edge creation scientists and presentations around.
There would have been no way that we could have afforded the costs of the speakers alone. But we were able to take advantage of having them here through the effort and arrangements of Chris Ashcraft and his crew.
Secondly, I want to use any and all influence we have to promote the biblical account of creation to a world that generally cannot seem to get past the challenge of evolution.
This today is one of Christianity's fiercest battlegrounds.
We cannot even get a hearing if we fail to present a sound and scientifically accurate creation model that contradicts the shoddy faith-driven model of evolution.
That is where the major event of the Seattle Creation Conference comes into play.
Top scientists and speakers from various disciplines and scientific organizations take their turn in the conference to drive the one nail of true science further into the minds and hearts of believers and honest seekers.
The Bible is commended and people are directed to the God of creation.
We discovered that the benefits far outweighed the labor involved in hosting the meeting.
Our overall experience was positive, in that we came away willing to host the conference again in the future as the opportunity arises.
I believe that the presentations and teachings of the Seattle Creation Conference are beneficial to good churches who aspire to equip their people with the truth of the Word of God.
All for Him,
Pastor Rich Farinella,
Senior Pastor
Woodin Valley Baptist Church
September 5, 2012
Dear Fellow Pastor or Church Leader,
I believe that one of the biggest obstacles keeping many people from coming to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ is the evolution deception. This deception ultimately leads people to believe that there is no God, thus, keeping them from turning to Him in faith and receiving His amazing love and grace. There are even many Christians who are tripped up by the evolution vs. creation debate, and they are confused about how scientific evidence seems to fly in the face of their faith and what the Bible teaches. As a result, they remain ill-equipped to defend the Christian faith, and may even question the validity of many biblical accounts. Sadly, I even found this to be true in the church I pastor, so when I heard about the creation conference that Chris Ashcraft and the Northwest Creation Network put on, I didn't hesitate to have them come. Hosting the creation conference was a tremendous blessing for us as a church.
Our congregation was literally amazed, as they learned about the scientific and geological evidence that supports faith in God and the Bible. Many in our community who had believed in the theory evolution also came to discover that it's exactly that, a theory, and that the overwhelming evidence actually supports a young earth that was created by God. This knowledge is so vital in this day and age, and Chris Ashcraft has invested many years in this area of study, and does an amazing job at presenting it in a way that is engaging, and that the average person can understand. Sometimes hearing a lecture on this subject matter can be a little dry and hard to follow, but that's not the case when you're listening to Chris. He keeps your attention, as do the other speakers! I absolutely loved Chris' talk on "Amazing Animals: Design vs. Darwinism". He presented things about various animals that I had never known before, or even considered, and I went away from that talk not only with a new appreciation for these amazing animals, but for the amazing God who created them! I would highly encourage you to consider having Chris Ashcraft share his knowledge on the subject of creation with your congregation, and if you're considering hosting a creation conference, I'm confident that you'll be glad you did.
Jeff Dutra
Senior Pastor
Family Life Center
April 20, 2011
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Chris Ashcraft has taught classes at New Life University for the past 5+ years. He is a very clear communicator who provides biblical truths with insight and thorough knowledge. His classes are some of the best attended.Chris not only teaches adults with enthusiasm and insight, but youth also benefit from his classes. Chris is well studied and brings his strengths on the topic of creation apologetics to his classes. He utilizes current technology to underscore the truths he is teaching.We highly recommend Chris as a teacher and presenter of biblical truth on the topics of creation.
Susan Boucard
Associate Pastor
New Life Foursquare
March 24, 2011
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"Just Awesome! We have a God that loves us right where we are. To see where we are in the galaxy, how small. It sure was a Wow Experience. Thanks you for sharing this gift that God has given you. Looking forward to seeing more".
Pastor Matthew and Lauren Nadeau
Lake Connor Christian Fellowship
January 2011
Church Leaders
To Whom It May Concern,
I am writing this letter to recommend that you give a hearing to "Creation Apologetics" by Christopher Wayne Ashcraft, M.S., M.Ed. We heard his presentation in our class at Aurora Church of the Nazarene and he was very well received.
Let me introduce myself and our class and you will get a better picture of our interaction with Chris. I majored in Physics at the University of Washington and received the Bachelor of Science degree. I received the Juris Doctor degree from South Texas College of Law and worked as a Criminal Trial Lawyer in Houston, Texas for over 10 years. I served in the US Army in Military Intelligence. My professional life consisted of a search for TRUTH. It wasn't just an esoteric academic search for some new theory. Lives depended on what I did.In Military Intelligence, I served in the 525th Military Intelligence Group in Vietnam. The 525th is now serving in the Middle East as the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade. After the 525th, I served in the Continental Intelligence Command and then the 163rd Military Intelligence Battalion. In each of these outfits, knowing the TRUTH was an absolute necessity. We gathered ALL information available whether good, bad or ambiguous and passed it on to the people who needed it to make decisions.This is the good part: In the 163rd, I was on the team that set up Project MASSTER. This unit completely revolutionized warfare. It was supposed to test battlefield sensors and was to exist for two years. The success of this unit was so phenomenal that it is still in existence 40+ years later and has become a major Army command. You may read a little about it on the internet:
As a criminal lawyer, I had to know the absolute total truth about what happened in the cases I worked on. In both Military Intelligence and in criminal law, we had to find ALL of the information that was contrary to our position so we could defend against it. We had to know ALL of the information that supported our position so we could make good use of it. In other words, we had to know everything whether it supported or opposed us. Christians should have the same goal. We should know ALL of the information that supports our position on creation AND the information that opposes us.
Christopher Ashcraft is, in my opinion, a valuable asset in providing needed information. Other members of our class include pilots, at least 3 who held Top Secret clearances in the military and technical government fields and one retired individual who makes biological testing devices for Homeland Security. He also holds several patents on medical devices. Our class was very favorably impressed with Chris's presentation and felt it was extremely valuable.
Sincerely, Dan Ross
Aurora Church of the Nazarene
Mar 7, 2013
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Chris Ashcraft recently was a guest speaker for our monthly Men's event and presented "
The Heaven's Declare - Seeing God in the Universe
." The event was a good draw, kept men's attention throughout, was well received and had a good Bible based message. We need people like Chris who are both knowledgeable and passionate about
Jesus Christ
and His creation. I recommend Chris and his creation messages for both church and school events.
Dan Hiatt
Cedar Park Christian Church
Men's Ministry Director
December 2010
Creation Ministries
It is my great pleasure to heartily and cheerfully recommend Chris Ashcraft as a masterful, talented, and knowledgeable creation speaker. I have known Chris for about five years and have invited him to speak to Design Science Association of Portland, Oregon, on at least four occasions. His talks have drawn more than two hundred attendees at a time and have had great response from the audiences. Chris knows his topics thoroughly and punctuates his presentations with state of the art photographs, videos, and animations. The talks are well-paced, interesting, and very informative. Chris' knowledge of current science and especially genetics makes him all the more credible.I have invited Chris into my home on more than one occasion and have come to know him personally. I am impressed with his love of the Lord and dedication to sharing reasons to believe that the Bible is true and can be taken literally. His technical computer skills give him a rare speaker's gift. Chris is a young scientist called of God for such a time as this to get out the true message of salvation, the truth of scripture, and creation by God—not by some unseen, unknown force or cosmic accident.Feel free to call me if you have any questions about his abilities or presentations.
Howard S. Mudder, M.S. Biology, U. of O.
High School Physics Teacher
Horizon Christian High School, Tualatin, OR
Program Director, Design Science Association of Portland
March 26, 2011
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"Wow! We had our mouths hanging open Chris! That was fabulous and I hope you will come and show it to us again!"
Melinda - Lake Connor Christian Fellowship
January 2011
I attended your men's group lecture on creation versus evolution in the month of January.
I want you to know how impressed I was with your excellent work in this field. It is truly a gift from God that the students at Cedar Park have you as a teacher. At one time, I taught accounting at the university level. I know what it takes to be a good instructor and teacher.
You have truly exceeded anyone's best expectations as a great teacher. Thank you for doing a great job. May God continue to bless you with wisdom.
Hans Kasper
March 16, 2013
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By Scott Flenner, 225th Eng. Bde. PAO, MND-BMay 14, 2009
BAGHDAD - Soldiers from the 225th Engineer Brigade, Multi-National Division - Baghdad gave medical training to the Iraqi Army route clearance team members of the 11th IA Engineer Regiment located in the northeastern Baghdad district of Adhamiyah, May 13.
Thanks to training provided by the 'Castle' engineers, what to do in the aftermath of a fellow soldier becoming injured is no longer a fear or cause for concern for the IA Soldiers.
"The mission today was to reinforce basic life saving skills, basic first aid, and show them new methods and new ways they can improve upon rendering medical care to each other," said 225th combat medic, Sgt. Mark Jackson, who hails from Alexandria, La.
There are many skills that a Soldier must master to become proficient in medical first aid, but none being more important than controlling bleeding.
"You have to control the bleeding," said Jackson.
To control bleeding in a combat zone usually means the application of a tourniquet, a device that constricts blood vessels to slow the bleeding; and being able to apply that tourniquet can be the difference between life and death for a Soldier.
"We showed the IA how to apply improvised and CAT II tourniquets, going in depth with the improvised," said Staff Sgt. Adam Sanchez of the 225th Eng. Bde., who is a native Pineville, La.
"An improvised tourniquet is not a commercial tourniquet. It is a tourniquet that is using the available materials that you may have with you such as rags, sticks, and such," he continued.
The Soldiers from the 11th IA quickly took note of the training and began practicing putting bandage wraps and the all important tourniquets on each other's arms and legs to practice what was just taught.
As the lead instructor Sanchez noted, "They were very excited to learn and I was surprised at the amount of knowledge (first-aid) that the IA Soldiers already had. Even some of the senior guys there were former med students."
The combat medics of the 225th Eng. Bde., will continue to provide instruction to its Iraqi Army partners for many months to come.


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Will There Be Justice For Trayvon Martin?
By now, I'm sure you've heard about the death of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old black Florida teen who was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, 28, in Florida last month. This case is somewhat outside the usual Frisky realm — women's issues and news, pop culture, style, cute animals, dating tales, etc. — but it's a story that has captured the nation's attention, not to mention mine, and is tied closely to issues that effect all of us, from racism to gun control. Here is a summary of the case as it stands now, along with links to further reading.
Trayvon was with his father at his father's girlfriend's house in a gated community called the Retreat at Twin Lakes in the Sanford area of Orlando. They were there to watch the NBA All-Star game and Trayvon had run out to the convenience store during half-time to pick up a drink and a snack. He was on his way back to watch the rest of the game when he was spotted by Zimmerman, the self-appointed captain of his neighborhood watch, who called 911.
"We've had some break-ins in the neighborhood, and there's this real suspicious guy," Zimmerman, who is Hispanic, told the dispatcher. "This guy looks like he's up to no good or he's on drugs or something. It's raining and he's just walking around, looking about." The dispatcher told Zimmerman not to pursue Martin, but Zimmerman did anyway, gun in hand. Shortly thereafter, neighbors heard a gun shot and Martin was dead. Zimmerman told police that he acted in self-defense, despite the fact that Trayvon died with only Skittles and an iced tea in his possession. Zimmerman was never detained by police. Florida is one of more than 20 states with a "Stand Your Ground"-esque law, a measure backed by the National Rifle Association, which expands the rights of citizens to claim self-defense in killings.
African-American leaders like Al Sharpton and members of the Congressional Black Caucus have expressed outrage at the handling of the case by the Sanford police department. After all, Zimmerman's version of the events that night simply does not add up; how can he be acting in self-defense when the person who ended up dead didn't even have a weapon? And how did he end up in a confrontation with the teenager anyway, given that the 911 dispatcher explicitly told him not to pursue Martin?
Last week, Zimmerman's father released a statement to the Orlando Sentinel saying that his son did not try to pursue or confront Martin, and that accusations that Zimmerman targeted Martin because he was black are false. "George is a Spanish-speaking minority with many black family members and friends," Robert Zimmerman wrote. "He would be the last to discriminate for any reason whatsoever."
Regardless of the elder Zimmerman's assessment of his son, mounting evidence suggests George Zimmerman has not been truthful with police about what happened that night. The 911 calls, released last week, include one neighbor saying they heard a cry for help. Though Zimmerman claimed that was him, there is very good reason to believe that the person begging for their life was Martin. After not getting any help from police — and, at this point, believing, with good reason, that he and his family cannot trust them — Martin's father Tracy worked with the cell phone company to find out if Trayvon had made any calls the night of his death; it turned out that he was on the phone with a girlfriend as he walked home. Tracy Martin tracked the unnamed girl down and she gave testimony that blows Zimmerman's self-defense claim out of the water. She testified that she was on the line when Zimmerman confronted Martin.
"Trayvon said, 'What, are you following me for,' and the man said, 'What are you doing here.' Next thing I hear is somebody pushing, and somebody pushed Trayvon because the head set just fell. I called him again and he didn't answer the phone."
Even now, with mounting pressure upon them, Zimmerman remains free; he has yet to be arrested. Sanford law enforcement officials have said that they do not have enough evidence to disprove Zimmerman's account of the events, but that, frankly, is clearly a load of hogwash.In addition to being passed on to the state's attorney, as of today, the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI have opened an investigation into the "facts and circumstances" surrounding Trayvon Martin's death. Hopefully now his family will finally get the answers and justice they deserve.
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One room available in a spacious house in Mt Martha. Overlooking Martha Cove. On a huge block that backs onto national park. The bus stop is right outside the drive and only a 15 min walk to the beach. The house is fully furnished except the bedroom. Am looking for a couple ($90 pw each) or one other person at $145. Unfortunately pets are a no, not by choice! there is no fencing on the property. Bills not included in rent, but would be split evenly. Is a very cute house on a large property in a lovely neighborhood
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A room out for rent in a location of 4 mins drive to Maccas, and 5 mins drive to rosebud plaza. BILLS INCLUDED, DISHWASHING LIQUID, TISSUE, ETC. AFFORDED Will be living with 2 hard-working people (chefs) who are easy to get along with! Backyard (w/ ashtray), 1 bedroom of own, built-in wardrobe, shared bathroom, car park provided, BBQ right outside of the house, and furnished. Dogs, cats, not allowed but other pets please notify. Minimum stay of 3 months, manimum 7 months. Deposit fee of 2 weeks rent, weekly pay, key deposit $50, 1 week notice of leaving. Please don't hesitate to contact via email or text for more info or inspection. *** $200 per single / 320 per couple ***
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One lovely room available in friendly, relaxed household. Price with bills included is possible. Looking for easy going female non-smoker to share a 4 bedroom home close to Mornington's main street and the beach. Short or long term. Fully furnished - but not including linen. Can be unfurnished for long term renters. Recently renovated bathroom- with spa and kitchen with dishwasher, gas cook top. Timber flooring throughout. Fire place, air con, split system heating, unlimited wifi and foxtel. One shared bathroom. Great fully fenced landscaped garden.
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Looking for an easy going, friendly and considerate housemate to share my fully furnished modern home in Mornington. The house is just over 3 years old and has 3 bedrooms and is located close to the Mornington Racecourse. I'm looking to rent out one room which has direct access out to the backyard/entertainment area. You will have use of the guest bathroom and toilet only used by visitors which directly adjoins the available room. Looking for someone aged between 28 – 40 years old who is neat and tidy, must be working full time please, have proof of income and will pay rent and bills on time. My home is fully furnished, open plan living, dining and kitchen area. The outdoor entertaining area is complete with a spa set amongst a tropical garden. I'm asking for $190 per week in rent and 50/50% split of household utility bills. If you have full time employment and think this may suit you, please get in touch with any questions and tell me about yourself. Cheers, Wendy
We are a young couple seeking a new roommate. Old one has just moved to WA. We've just been hooked up to the NBN and have unlimited data. We are pet friendly. The backyard is spacious and includes a large fire pit.
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i always get that error but it still compiles.
2.6.33 is an old release try 2.6.38
i have laptop dell inspirion 5030n with wireless card atheros ar9850 with windows 7 pro and 2 partition c and d. i have backtrack on dvd. when boot backtrack, he doesn't recognize my wireless card. i tryed install driver which i downloaded from http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/comp...2.6.33.tar.bz2. the first i mount partition d where i placed this archive. i extracted this archive i tryed with make but i receive
plz help me. thankswarning symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.535.8/module.symvers is missing; modules will have no depencies and modversions.
i always get that error but it still compiles.
2.6.33 is an old release try 2.6.38
I also have an atheros AR98XX, and everything is running smooth with ath9k driver... I don't think you should install anything.
What did you try so far ?
Running both KDE and GNOME BT5 flawlessly. Thank you !
i tryed to start the backtrack 4 rc2 and he doesn't recognize my wireless adapter.when i type airodump-ng i don't receive nothing.my wireless is atheros ar9285. i tryed to install driver http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/comp...2.6.33.tar.bz2 but i can't what i do?
Well, man... It seems like you did't read anything on the subject before going into it...
What do you mean it doesn't recognize you adapter?
What did you do prior to starting airodump?
Why did you try and install a driver?
What did you read before trying to do this?
Running both KDE and GNOME BT5 flawlessly. Thank you !


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Buying a pre-built system - advice please
Hi All,
Anyone have advice on buying a complete gaming system (in the UK)?
My budget is less than £800. Much less would be better.
At the moment I'm thinking along the lines of the "Titan 8700i Pulse" Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz @ 4.40GHz DDR3 Ivybridge Gaming PC from overclockers.co.uk - probably with a better graphics card and OS included.
Or there's a £750 Acer gaming PC on ebuyer that I can't link to right now because their website appears to be down.
Does anyone know any other good websites for full systems?
Also, am I being silly sticking to Intel machines? Is AMD up to snuff these days?
Edit: Wrong link.
Edit: The link keeps going to the wrong one :/
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VATICAN CITY — In their mission to serve all people, Catholic health care facilities also must be vigilant in maintaining their Christian identity and protecting the life and dignity of the human person, said the head of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry.
"It's fundamental that Catholic health centers maintain their proper identity without compromise, welcoming everyone without, however, ceding to harmful forms of secularization or relativism," said Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, council president.
The archbishop opened the council's Nov. 15-17 international conference, which focused on "The Hospital, Setting for Evangelization: a Human and Spiritual Mission."
Adhering to the Gospel is "almost impossible to undertake and maintain faithfully" if people don't see their work as "an authentic vocation" and if people's lives are "devoid of faith in humanity and charity-love," he told the nearly 600 participants from around the world.
While Catholic health workers are expected to be at the forefront in medical and scientific developments and therapies, they must also "humanize" such progress, protect patients from being turned into "mere objects," and respect all human life from its conception to its natural end, he said.
Catholics who are inspired by their faith "have to be proponents and pioneers of an ethical formation that will accompany their professional studies," said Msgr. Jean-Marie Mupendawatu, the council's secretary.
Health care workers can't ignore ethical problems they encounter on the job thinking such dilemmas are a concern only for ethicists and moral theologians, he told journalists Nov. 13.
Experts in ethics and morality aren't making abstract pronouncements "from an ivory tower" nor are they regarding "the necessary and exciting progress of science and technology" with suspicion and distrust, he said.
Morality and medicine, ethics and science have to work together in partnership and translate into ethical and moral practice in the workplace, he said.
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Catholic "workers are under tremendous pressure to conform to political whims" that go against church teaching and their facilities run the risk of forfeiting public funding when they refuse to cooperate with unethical policies, he said.
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U.S. Father David G. Murray, who worked at the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry for 12 years, has begun a project with the Rome Diocese to help Catholics apply the Gospel in the field of health care.
The Christian Association for Health Care, which can be set up in any facility -- public, private or Christian -- by Catholics who work there, aims to gather Catholic employees and help ensure their identity shines through in action, he told Catholic News Service Nov. 10.
"There is a lack of communion among the different health professionals" in each facility, said Father Murray, who also works with the Idente Missionaries of Christ the Redeemer.
Professional barriers need to be broken down so Catholic administrators, doctors, nurses, assistants, volunteers, janitors, security and so on can unite to manifest the Gospel, he said.
"You can't testify the Christian spirit unless there's a genuine Christian spirit" manifest in the unity of people coming together as one family, he said.
By coming together, the Catholic staff can lobby administrators on policies and practices, which could include simple measures to protect patient dignity during an exam or even working for recognition of the right to conscientious objection for more grave matters, he said.
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Association members also would come together for prayer and education aimed at developing "a deeper understanding of the human being" and its unity of body, mind and soul, he said. Such a strategy is even more necessary as dioceses or religious orders sell their facilities or turn control over to secular administrators, Father Murray said.
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Bishop Robert J. McManus of Worcester, Mass., who is a member of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Doctrine and chairs its subcommittee on health care issues, attended the Vatican health care conference.
He said that in the United States, the Catholic identity of Catholic hospitals "is rooted in and overseen by" the bishops' document, "Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services."
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Mr. Callis, a lifelong resident of Lebanon, died Wed., November 23, 2011, one day before his 89th birthday.
A member of Immanuel Baptist Church and a World War II veteran, Mr. callis was a farmer who was known as The Egg Man to those who purchased his farm fresh eggs for many years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Charlie Leeman and Elizabeth York Callis, his first wife, Jean Wright Callis, his second wife, Ruth Hawkins Callis, an infant son, Charles Houston Callis, and daughter-in-law, Theresa Lening Callis.
He is survived by three sons, Eddie (Brenda) Callis, Robert (Marilyn Sutherland) Callis, and Tommy Callis, step-son Woode (Susan) Hawkins: grandchildren Gloria(Marvin) Maphet, Tracey (Sean) Swearns, Marianne (Chris) Mandrell and Matthew Callis, great-grandchildren, William, Benjamin and Sarah Griffith, Kris Cayce and Dylan Swearns; and great great-granddaughter Lily Griffith.
He is also survived by his sister, Irene Callis Eskew and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers: Donald Eskew, David Eskew, Douglas Eskew, Jim Wright, Mark Wright and Eric Wright.
Visitation with the family will be Friday, Nov. 25 from 2 until 6 p.m. and for one hour prior to the funeral service at Partlow Funeral Chapel in Lebanon at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011.
Pastor John Hunn and Bro. Carl Jones will officiate the services. Interment, Wilson County Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers contributions may be made in Mr. Callis memory to the Boy Scouts of America, Brooks House, or a charity of choice.
Arrangements by PARTLOW FUNERAL CHAPEL (615) 444-7007 OBITUARY LINE (615) 444-7700.


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JASA 2014 Women's Retreat "Growing in the Image of Christ"
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Friday, September 12, 2014 at 7:00 PM - Sunday, September 14, 2014 at 10:00 AM (CDT)
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Woman's Retreat "Growing in the Image of Christ"
Mirrors of Sacrifice, Surrender, and Service as we walk in the Favor and Authority of God
II Corinthians 3:18 (LBT)
The Retreat will begin on Friday, September 12, 2014 at 7:00pm with a powerful worship service followed by a "Welcome Reception." We will conclude on Sunday, September 14, 2014 with another awesome worship service at Metropolitan Community Church, 4610 So. Prairie Avenue, Chicago, IL beginning at 10:30 am. All are Welcome to attend.
REGISTRATION: June 1, 2014 thru September 14, 2014 - $175.00
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Each attendee is responsible for making her own room reservation direct with the hotel. Each room is $98.79/night (inclusive of tax). Each person MUST register to in order to receive complimentary breakfast.
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On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 09:04:14 +0100 [email protected] wrote: <snip> > To make full use of the 1Gb, you would need to run Broadband. If you > try to use a dialup it would be prohibitivly (sp) expensive and you > may as well go fopr broadband anyway. > > So this said, you have broadband installed. So, GMAIL - WHY > BOTHER!!!!... > > Run your own server with, say, SME running horde/imp etc. You then > have all the webmail services you would wish, coupled with IMAP SSL > Virtual Domains etc etc etc. AND< as much hard disk space as you can > cram into the server box. > > So again I ask... > > GMAIL - Why Bother !!!! > > Even if you do love the interface and facilities. It is MUCH cheaper > and easier to do it all yourself and it takes about 45 minutes to set > it all up. Hi Ken, it's not like you to cause quite such a stir when you pop in here! Anyhoo, why Gmail? Well.... o If you don't want a webmail service then forget it. Gmail is basically a new one of those - nothing special. o Forget the 1Gb issue, this is Google we're talking about, lots of G's and big numbers, so as a marketing gimmick it's a natural choice. It's just another webmail service at the end of the day. I have several webmail accounts in various places, although most I have let die. I have Yahoo! simply based on the fact that I am on a couple of their forums and so you get one as part of the sign up. I also have an Opera one because I was looking for a half decent webmail setup that wasn't Hotmail or Yahoo! If Gmail continues to be free I'll probably let the Opera on die too, but for now I'm hedging my bets, just in case when it is launched there's an unexpected catch! As to why have a webmail account when you could do your own, well that's down to personal usage and preference. If you don't have multiple machines and broadband at home then it is the only way of getting webmail. I know a number of people who just have a single Windows box or no box at all at home and use webmail to get a personal email account. That probably doesn't cover many, if any, people here though. It is an easier way of getting a webmail setup for those who need/want one than setting up your own server, and doesn't involve opening up pinholes in your firewall - personal preference again. Personally I have a webmail setup on my own hosted server where I can access my mail before it downloads and send out properly from my standard accounts. I also have a webmail service with Nildram who currently provide my internet connection, but I don't like using an email tied to an ISP, so that address is little used (only for testing purposes). Testing is probably one of the key reasons I use webmail. I need access to an email account that has nothing to do with my own or my ISPs setup (i.e. not using any common servers for routing, or domain names). Gmail is not only from Google, who I currently consider to be one of the more ethical companies out there (although these things are relative and changeable!), and also, from what I've seen so far it has one of the best webmail interfaces around (I wish I could use it for my own system!). I am in fact considering subscribing to some of the lists I'm on and letting mail sit on the Gmail servers where I can search the lists easily - although again I could do this locally myself, and may well do when I get the time - that's not a high priority though as I have other things I want to play with first like LDAP and getting back to the backend code on my websites to either continued development in Perl, or switch to PHP or Python, oh, and doing some scripting to link in on of my sites with an automated printed version using Scribus and Python (well, semi-automated - I'd still have to start Scribus and run the script as the Scribus scripting language is not stand alone - yet...). So it all comes down to your current setup, your requirements and a little bit of whether you want to play :-) Oh, I wouldn't go for the cheaper and easier bit - currently Gmail is free, it takes seconds to sign up, and little more to track down an invite! With your own server you have to be on 24x7 to enable remote access, as well as reconfigure your ADSL box and possibly firewall (depending on your setup), so you may have to factor in power usage and hardware costs into the equation if you aren't already setup for that (although I am, so the costs are the same - zilch). Connection costs don't come into it either way, if you are on dial-up you have to use an external service, and if you are on broadband there's no charge for using local or remote webmail. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ -- Please post to: [email protected] Web Interface: http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hants LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) > Caregiver Payroll & Administration > What's the difference between bi-weekly and semi-monthly, and what is recommended?
Bi-weekly is payment of employee wages every two weeks; at the end of a 52-week year, there will have been 26 pay periods.
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Situated in 5 mn by car of the old harbor and 20 mn on foot. Near Ré island
Bus stop in 50 m
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House rulesRoom of in and common toilets
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Annie is a thoughtful hostess, very nice and friendly. We communicated well. I highly recommend an accommodation.
Annie est une hôtesse attentionnée, très agréable et conviviale. Nous avons bien communiqué. Je recommande vivement son hébergement.
A frank verdict, 10 out of 10. The room is perfect for a stay and very well located near the city. Annie is a very generous and kind person! Thank you very much for hosting!
Un franc verdict, 10 sur 10. La chambre est parfait pour un séjour et très bien située près de la ville. Annie est une personne très généreuse et gentille! Merci beaucoup pour l'hébergement !
A very nice and friendly hostess. It was great to you, Any. Eine sehr aufmerksame, sympathische und fürsorgliche Gastgeberin.
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C´était super chez vous, Any.
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a quiet room in a quiet neighborhood, walk by feet to the center (old port) is possible. room, shower etc are clean and Any is a host one can dream of: prepares the coffee for breakfast when one got up, serves it on the balcony if weather allows this, gives a lot of information on the city etc.
THe talk to her was quite difficult as my knowledge of French is strongly limited and her English is improvable :)
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Relations between Cleveland Browns coach Eric Mangini and his former mentor, New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, are still frosty. But Mangini is open to a reconciliation.
The Browns coach told PFT's Mike Florio in his season-preview magazine that he would like to repair his relationship with Belichick down the road:
Said Mangini:
"He and I haven't really talked. When I talk about him, he was my mentor. He taught me everything, and I respect him tremendously. That's not bull. That's how I feel. I hope at some point, we'll be able to sit down and talk about things and get back to a better relationship. It's not there right now, but at some point things have a tendency to roll back."
Mangini worked for Belichick in Cleveland and in New England, where he became a defensive protege who helped the Patriots win three Super Bowls from 2001-2004. Their relationship soured when Mangini left to become the head coach of the New York Jets after the 2005 season.
The Browns coach said he has great affection for Belichick, though the two exchanged some chilly handshakes at the conclusion of Jets-Patriots games in Mangini's three seasons in New York. Mangini added the two didn't talk much in the days before he left to coach the Jets.
Said Mangini:
"He's intensely competitive and I was going in the conference to a team that was a pretty intense rival. And I'd been his protege, so I imagine that probably was difficult."
Belichick has not commented recently about his relationship with Mangini.
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Pedicures are the perfect reward for feet, which get us through our daily routine of walking up stairs, running to catch trains, and kicking down doors. Say thank you with this Groupon.
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Inside a spacious home office warmed by a crackling fire, Venus Salon and Day Spa's three-person team uses products from brand names such as Schwarzkopf and Bioelements to restore softness and glow to clients' hair and skin. In the salon, stylist Amanda Smart draws upon more than 10 years of experience to fashion updos, condition tresses, or permanently or temporarily imbue hair with custom color.
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I like artist Fred Tomaselli's work, so of course I'm pretty fond of this wallpaper he designed. However, it goes at a price tag of $1200 a roll. Yikes. THis would look great on a kitchen back splash or in a bathroom.
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Shawn Mendes Reveals That Charlie Puth Sends Him Workout Selfies
Shawn Mendes called in today to celebrate the release of his latest single 'There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back,' off of his debut album Illuminate.
The Canadian singer is about to kick off his debut headlining tour, Illuminate World Tour, with his friend Charlie Puth, who, Shawn revealed, will occasionally text him workout selfies! Looks like the pair are on the same page because Charlie told Z100's Maxwell a few months ago that he couldn't wait to workout with Shawn while touring!
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Nova atualização do Charlie Puth no instagram com o Shawn Mendes, em uma academia na Flórida. 💪 pic.twitter.com/2HTxW8MRzr— Charlie Puth Brasil (@charlieputhbr) December 18, 2015
Shawn also told us that he's currently binge-watching Grey's Anatomy in his down time! "I was so upset because I was actually falling in love with one of the actresses on the show. She's one of the interns, and I'm thinking this girl can't be much older than me because I totally forgot that this show is really old. And now she's like 40."
In the past, Shawn has been all work and no play, but lately, he's taking a little more time off in between performances. He opened up, "To be honest, it usually is all on the stage and work, but I planned this tour so that we have a lot of off. For each city we go to we have a day off the next day. I just really wanted to make sure I did that this time around because I didn't get to last time."
Before he heads off to travel the world on the Illuminate tour, Shawn is still relishing the guest appearance he made in Toronto on John Mayer's The Search For Everything tour. John is the reason Shawn started writing songs as a kid, so performing "Mercy" and "In Your Atmosphere" with his idol was a total dream come true.
Stay up-to-date with Shawn by following him on Twitter, Instagram, and shawnmendesofficial.com.
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Japanese businesses, buffeted by a decade of economic anemia and suffused with the conservatism that permeates IT investment strategies, are cautiously coming around to the use of storage area networks (SAN). But new evidence that the economy may be slipping back into recession and centralized corporate bureaucracies may dampen adoption of SANs on a large scale.
Research institutes and educational customers are early movers to SANs, according to Hirokazu Torikai, a director of sales at ITFOR Inc., a Tokyo-based systems integrator.
"Central Tokyo University is using a SAN because they have the immediate need," said Torikai, who was attending Japan's first storage networking event, Storage Networking World, here this week. The conference was co-sponsored by Computerworld and its parent company, International Data Group.
But currently, SAN users remain a minority in Japan, where many companies use centralized storage and backup methods such as tape drives and hard drives, according to William P. Reardon, area director of storage systems at Milpitas, Calif.-based LSI Logic Inc.
According to Gartner Group Inc.'s Dataquest unit, the storage market in Japan is the fastest growing market in the Asia-Pacific region, where it is projected to grow at nearly 17% per year and reach $4.2 billion by 2003. That growth is being driven by the rapid build-out of communications infrastructure throughout Japan. Japan currently has nearly 61 million wireless subscribers, and, according to Dataquest, the country is Asia's biggest Internet market with total subscribers expected to hit 64.5 million by 2004.
One touted benefit of SANs is that they give users the ability to add more storage capacity without burdening the corporate data center. But some Japanese companies view SANs as the outsourcing of key business functions and remain reluctant to make that move, said Torikai.
"Traditionally, we like to make centralized decisions, and so moving small parts of a business to a SAN is not always feasible. This kind of change for a company is very complex," he said.
Graham Timm, regional director Asia Pacific for Southboro, Mass.,-based Storability Inc. and a conference attendee, said he agreed. "There are some real cultural differences in the way business decisions about IT get made, and you have to respect them," he said.
And while another factor in the slow adoption of SANs is cost, according to Torikai, Japanese companies are being confronted by a unique twist on the need for more storage.
"First there is the double-byte issue," said Timm, referring to the need for added storage when using kanji characters. "Each letter of our [Roman] alphabet takes a single byte of memory, but with Japanese [and Chinese or Korean] characters, you need twice as much storage capacity."
The second driving force for SANs are Internet service providers. With the explosion of Internet usage, service providers have to offer customers around-the-clock storage and remote backup. "That wasn't something companies had to think about before," said Torikai. Tokyo-based ASAHI Net Inc. uses a Network Appliance Inc. SAN provided by ITFOR to serve more than 200,000 subscribers and 190 domestic access points.
But current business and technology conditions continue to slow the growth of SANs in the region.
Business spending on capital equipment, onee of the bright spots last year as Japanese companies scrambled to buy technology, is sagging. The government projects a 2.1% decline in capital spending for the fiscal year starting April 1, following an expected 9.4% jump this year.


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Dallas Voice has learned that a member of Celebration Community Church was killed and another was severely injured by a man who broke into their home on Fort Worth's west side early Sunday morning.
According to reports in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, James Bowling, 56, was killed when he and Don Keaton, 82, confronted the intruder, identified by police as Miguel Angel Hernandez, 29.
According to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's website, Bowling was strangled to death. The Medical Examiner places his time of death at 3:06 a.m.
Police said Keaton suffered multiple blunt force injuries and that both men suffered chemical burns that could have resulted from Hernandez throwing drain cleaner on him. They said Keaton may have suffered permanent damage to his eyes from the cleaner.
Celebration Community Church Pastor Carol West said that Keaton and Bowling had been members of her church for "at least 15 or 16 years" and were both active in "quite a few aspects of our church's ministry."
"They were both wonderful, loving men. Just good, good men, very good-hearted," West said Tuesday. "This attack was just so random. It is really scary for a lot of people in our congregation that it was so random and so violent."
Police believe Hernandez chose Keaton and Bowling's home at random. Patrol officers found him sitting in his own truck, naked, two houses down, according to Star-Telegram reports. Police said he took off his bloody clothes and left them in the yard of Keaton and Bowling's home, but left the keys to his vehicle in he pocket of his pants in the yard.
Hernandez was treated for multiple cuts, apparently incurred when he jumped through a window to escape the house, and booked into the Mansfield Jail. He was already wanted on outstanding warrants, including one for a parole violation on a sexual assault charge from 2010 for failing to register as a sex offender, and on a warrant for insufficient bail on a pending DWI charge. He has been convicted in Tarrant County on charges of assault with bodily injury and failure to identify, as well as DWI and sexual assault.


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Sending the right message: Former Monessen Treasurer Frank "Bucky" Rizzuto, a 26-year city fixture, was sentenced to a year of probation for skimming $470 from parking meter money. What he didn't get from the county District Attorney's Office was the option to enroll in a program that would have wiped clean his criminal record. Whether he took $400 or $400,000, he was an elected official who trampled the public trust. And for that breach there should be no easy out, offered or applied.
Amnesty for library scofflaws: Eighteen Westmoreland County libraries are making an offer that neglectful patrons cannot refuse: For the week of Nov. 3-9, they'll see their fines forgiven if they return overdue books, movies and CDs — dating back to 2008 — and donate a food item, which will go to the Westmoreland County Food Bank. Here's hoping this will reduce the backlog of more than 11,000 missing materials, which add up to a significant cost. Besides, those overdue items aren't doing scofflaws any good gathering dust in their homes.
Battery check: Members of a Ligonier Township family escaped tragedy last week when they were roused by their home's smoke detectors during an early morning fire. Fire officials said it's a "textbook example" of why they urge people to change the batteries in their smoke detectors at this time of year. Most people tend to wait until their smoke detectors "chirp" with a weak-battery signal. Simply swapping out batteries on a regular schedule makes considerably more sense.


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The primary election for federal, state and local offices will be held on Aug. 14.
Depending on the race, registered Democrats or Republicans can vote for their party's candidates for U.S. and state House, U.S. and state Senate, and Hillsborough county commissioner, elections supervisor and property appraiser.
All voters can cast ballots in the four judicial races and one countywide School Board race.
Editor's Note: Congressional and legislative districts have shifted significantly this election cycle due to the state's once-a-decade redistricting. To find the districts you are eligible to vote in, visit the Hillsborough election supervisors' website.
Explore the new districts and see how they have changed at tampabay.com/redistricting
School board, county judge and mayoral races are non-partisan contests. If no candidate wins more than 50 percent of vote on Aug. 14, the two top vote getters will be on the Nov. 6 ballot.


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The Belgian striker left Chelsea for €35 million this summer but the Spaniard insists that he got value for money in buying a player with the right attitude for the club
After a successful season on loan at Goodison Park, the Belgium international made the permanent switch to the Toffees this summer, leaving Chelsea in a €35m deal.
And the Spaniard is adamant that he has not overpaid for the striker, arguing that securing the right personality to take the team forward can be priceless.
|Romelu Lukaku is 11/2 with PaddyPower to score in an Everton win against Chelsea
"The figure is insignificant. It is about the character and type of player you want in the group.
"Sometimes a player at €4m can be an expensive buy and sometimes a player at €35m can be a very cheap buy."
Lukaku will face his old club when Chelsea go to Merseyside on Saturday but Martinez does not believe that the chance to prove a point to Jose Mourinho will affect how seriously the striker takes the match.
He remarked of the idea: "I know what you are saying. My answer is, of course, he is human and, leading up to the game, people will say 'you are facing your old team-mates and manager'. That's normal.
"But what I am saying is that his level of performance will not change from against Arsenal or Leicester.
"He is not going through the motions, he is raising his levels for every game. Every game he is fresh so I do not see any difference at all for this game."


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SheKnows, the network of women sites owned by AtomicOnline, continues the company's near-weekly string of acquisitions with the purchase of two pregnancy community sites, the company tells paidContent.
SheKnows' latest buyouts are the self-explanatory PregnancyFashion.com and CelebrityPregnancy.com. The adopted twins join PregnancyAndBaby, a more general community site, which SheKnows acquired last week. As for SheKnows' current interest in births and parenting, Kim Gundy, CelebrityPregnancy's editor, gushes, "Pregnancy is the new black!"