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Pete's TAKO House
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Friendly service, good breakfast!
by Nichole E.
Must try the appetizer plate. You get a taste of everything they have to offer. Delicious food!
by Uchennaya O.
San Antonio is the capital of Tex-Mex, and whenever we've got a hankering for that singular style of spicy, cheesy, bighearted cooking we seek out a few classic spots in the city.
by Saveur M.
Try the country sausage and egg with gravy!
by Jeric A.
Maybe I came on a bad day, but my food was beyond awful. I didn't even make it halfway through a taco before throwing away. $5 for TWO tacos is waaaay too much for their awful food.
by Ruth M.
Ask to use the bathroom. It's a trip and you get to walk through the kitchen to see how the magi is made!
by Antonio R.
Fideo is the best in san antonio. Enjoy!
by Kelly H.
Menudo, six days a week (closed Sunday)
by joe m.
Try out the bacon and egg takos!! Very very good!
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I am a PhD Economics Candidate in the Department of Economics.
My research investigates two rather broadly defined topics: (1) fiscal policy (constraints, effects and measures, interactions and spillovers) in a monetary union and (2) various aspects of households' behaviour in transition countries, and (3) networks.
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Office: S2.110 (2nd floor)
Office hours: Term III – Monday: 3.00–4.00 pm [EC201] & Thursday 5.30 - 6.30 pm [EC312] or by appointment
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E-mail: v.zdarek [at] warwick.ac.uk
- Academic year 2016/2017 (links to websites): EC201: Macroeconomics 2, EC312: International Economics and EC331: Research in Applied Economics
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Past Class Teaching
|EC201 Macroeconomics 2 (BSc – 2011/12, 2012/13, 2015/16, 2016/17)
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Teen-Agers Educate Teen-Agers About Realities of AIDS
Published: April 24, 1994
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"It's a three-step process," Dr. Fisher explained. "First comes the knowledge. By the 90's we started finding that if you asked kids about AIDS they knew the answers about how you get it. Then the attitude begins to change as they realize they should be making changes in their behaviors. The actual behavior change is the slowest of all. But we're moving in the right direction.
"Kids are hearing the message. A few years ago condom use wasn't cool, and they wouldn't even answer yes, that they used them. Now they still may not be actually using them, but they know they should. So they answer yes, they do. It's a step-by-step process, and with teen-agers it often takes a few generations before you see substantial change."
Mrs. Kaplan added that certain behaviors became acceptable among adolescents. "I have three kids, ages 20, 18 and 12," she said. "My older two would never be caught dead wearing a bicycle helmet, because it wasn't cool. But my little one would never think of not wearing a helmet, because now it has become socially acceptable. We're trying to make it socially acceptable, and cool, to use condoms."
Health-education classes in the participating schools will evaluate the effectiveness of the program through responses to before-and-after questionnaires. Those results will be compared to responses from students in a school that was not in the pilot program.
The program cost $25,000, of which an AIDS steering committee paid the bulk. Absence of U.S. and State Money
The Federal and state governments have not allocated money for preventive education on AIDS, Dr. Kaplan said. He added that the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was setting aside money to be distributed through the state. The program coordinators have received phone calls from other Nassau districts interested in participating in the program, he said.
Peer education is a growing trend in communicating information, particularly on problems like smoking and substance abuse.
Herricks High School in New Hyde Park started the Share With a Peer program three years ago and has trained 20 to 25 members of the upper classes each year to run education and discussion groups for ninth graders about alcohol and drug prevention, cigarette smoking, AIDS, suicide and interpersonal relationships. A program director and social worker, Martha O'Leary, said studies had repeatedly shown that peer leadership and intervention were effective in solidifying or changing attitudes.
Parents and teachers have backed the program strongly, Ms. O'Leary said, adding that the lone negative reaction was from a small group of teachers upset that students leave their classrooms to attend the program.
"Peer education is a growing trend because it works," Ms. O'Leary said. "It's clearly the way to go."
Superintendent Bert Nelson of Hewlett-Woodmere, added: "Whenever education involves emotionally laden topics, nothing could be as effective as kids' educating kids. No adult can speak to kids as clearly as another kid can. When a program is organized under an institution like North Shore Hospital and followed up with supervision in the schools it should be able to stay on course and be very effective." Size of Groups
A sophomore at Great Neck North, Lindsay Etra, who did not attend the training, said she thought that peer education was a good idea but that it would work just with small groups. "Kids are sometimes ashamed to ask questions," Lindsay said. "But if I were in a small group with a friend for a leader I'd feel more comfortable."
Her mother, Susan, added: "The concept is great, but kids tend to act silly and immature in groups, where it's not always cool to ask questions or admit they don't know something. The peer educators must be mature and serious and must have validity with the other kids. If they do, it should work, and we've surely got to start somewhere, because kids still think it can't happen to them."
An organizer of the first AIDS Awareness Program last year in Syosset, Kim Sasso, said peer education would become more important because "kids listen to other kids."
"My only concern," Mrs. Sasso, a parent, added, "is that if the peer leaders don't have all the correct facts with 100 percent accuracy they could give misinformation. And it's very important to choose the kids carefully to be peer educators. They don't have to be honors students, but they do have to be able to relate to their peers, and most of all, they have to care."
In the North Shore conference room, the Great Neck students discussed what activities would be most effective in reaching their peers. A junior, Greg Kim, said, "That film that many of you reacted to didn't affect me."
"What would?" a classmate asked.
"If someone I know died from AIDS," he said.
From across the table a student answered, "But then it would be too late."


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Michael Brissenden presents AM Monday to Friday from 8:00am on ABC Local Radio and 7:10am on Radio National. Join Elizabeth Jackson for the Saturday edition at 8am on Local Radio and 7am on Radio National.
AM 40th Anniversary - a look back at the history of the ABC's agenda-setting morning radio program.
Sunday 30 March 2003
AM is Australia's most informative morning current affairs. It covers the stories each morning that the other current affairs teams follow for the rest of the day. Below is the program summary with links to transcripts and audio (if available).
It is the middle of the night in Baghdad, but the dark sky is again being punctuated by the pyrotechnics of the bombs and cruise missiles launched far away from the destruction and pain caused by their return from sky to earth. The southern rim of the Iraqi capital is the target for the bombardment, but no casualty or damage reports are yet available. Iraqi positions in the north of the country are also being pounded overnight.
The warning that suicide bomb attacks, martyrdom operations as they were described, would become routine military policy was issued by the Iraqi Vice President, Tahar Yassin Ramadan.
Well the Pentagon, now faced with unexpected resistance and these new guerrilla tactics, says it's surprised by the Iraqi's willingness to resort to what it calls "war crime tactics". But it's not only memories of Vietnam starting to spill back on the Pentagon, with guerrilla tactics coming to the fore.
It's not only accusations about what is going on inside Iraq. The United States also claims that there area American targets in Jordan and another Gulf country, and the Arab media are now carrying claims of a training camp for suicide volunteers operating inside Iraq.
Well news of Iraq's new suicide bombing tactics didn't take long to spread across the US troops on the battlefield south of Baghdad and elsewhere. BBC Correspondent Andrew North is embedded, as they say, with US forces near the city of Nasiriyah in southern Iraq, an area which has seen some of the fiercest fighting of the war so far.
Coalition commanders are using media briefings at Central Command in Qatar to counter reports of a pause in the advance on Baghdad to better secure supply lines. A consolidation break of four to six days has been suggested to better face off the determined militia opposition.
The Iraqi capital is experiencing some of the heaviest and most sustained periods of bombing since the beginning of the war, just over a week and a bit ago. Baghdad came under intense bombardment overnight, with a series of explosions across the city.
The Chief British Forces spokesman in Kuwait, Colonel Chris Vernon, has been outlining special operations in areas surrounding Basra, and particularly in towns like al Zubayr. The coalition forces there are apparently engaged in a deliberate strategy to kidnap people, particularly officials of Saddam Hussein's ruling Ba'ath Party.
Australia's military spokesman, Brigadier Mike Hannan, has been giving Matt Brown of our Canberra political reporting staff, the latest details of Australia's operations.
A peaceful anti war rally attended by about a thousand school children in the Palestinian territories in Bethlehem's Manger Square a few hours ago has ended in tears and terror, after an Israeli security forces jeep drove through the young crowd, spraying CS gas and hurling stun grenades.


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Vice-captain Rahul Dravid, with an unbeaten 92, and Virender Sehwag (75) also showed top form as the Indians hit up 335 for six in the allotted 50 overs despite failure by captain Sourav Ganguly.
Put in to bat by Pakistan 'A' captain Taufeeq Umar, the Indians were off to a rollicking start, scoring at almost eight runs an over.
Sehwag played in his usual cavalier style, scoring in fours and sixes while Tendulkar also entertained the crowd with his elegant shots. The Indian opening pair brought up the century stand in just over 12 overs with Sehwag dominating the stand with a 40-ball 50. Sehwag's 75 contained 13 fours and a six before he was caught by Bazid Khan.
Sehwag launched the assault from the very first over bowled by an erratic Gul who conceded as many as 34 runs in his first three overs.
Tendulkar was quite content in allowing his partner to torment the Pakistanis before he himself got into the act with a flurry of strokes. After the duo returned to the pavilion, the dependable Dravid took the centrestage with a 70-ball blitzkrieg to unsettle the home team completely.
Spinner Qaiser Abbas provided the first breakthrough for the home team by evicting the dangerous Sehwag. Ganguly (5) again fell prey to the short-pitched ball as he tried to fend off a flier from Gul but only succeeded in offering a simple return catch to the bowler, much to the delight of the home team.
The captain was soon joined by Tendulkar in the pavilion as the star batsman tried to sweep Qaiser Abbas but misjudged the line. His 82-ball knock contained 11 boundaries.
From a comfortable 149 for one, the visitors slumped to 182 for three at the midway stage but the in-form Dravid and VVS Laxman played sensibly. The duo added 57 runs for the fourth-wicket before Laxman fell to Junaid Zia, being bowled by a good delivery for 28 while Yuraj Singh (10) did not last long.
Dravid broke loose after Yuvraj's dismissal as he kept attacking the bowlers. His 70-ball unbeaten 92 contained 13 boundaries and a huge six.


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He is the author of five books includingWild Chickens and Petty Tyrants: 108 Metaphors for Mindfulness(Wisdom Publications, 2009),The Everything Buddhism Book, 2ndEdition (Adams Media, 2010), The Everything Guide to the Introvert Edge (Adams Media, 2013), The Awakened Introvert: Practical Mindfulness Skills for Maximizing Your Strengths and Thriving in a Loud and Crazy World (New Harbinger, May 2015), Mindfulness A-Z: 108 Insights for Awakening Now (Wisdom Publications, summer 2015). He also writes the Mindfulness Matters blog on Beliefnet and The Awakened Introvert on Susan Cain's Quiet Revolution website.
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Kanye West was just one of the many acts set to perform on Sunday, June 5.
Frank Sinatra Jr. passed away on Wednesday after suffering a cardiac arrest.
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Beer Style: Fruit Beer (20A)
Recipe Type: all-grain
Yield: 5 US gallons
A raspberry flavored Irish Red Ale. The use of raspberry extract gives you the flexibility of making a partial batch flavored and a partial batch as a Irish Red. One of my guests favorites (especially our female friends).
Original Gravity: 1.047
Final Gravity: 1.015
Alcohol by Vol: 4.19%
Recipe Type: all-grain
Yield: 5.00 US Gallons
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion / Batch Sparge
Heat 4.0 gal water @ 162.5F to get a mash temp of 152.0F. Mash for one hour and drain. Heat 4.5 gal water @ 179.9F to get a sparge temp of 165.2F. Mash for 15 min and drain. Should get about 6.5 gal of wort. Heat wort till boiling. At first sign of boil (T60), add 1 oz KG hops. With 15 min remaining (T15), I add Irish Moss to help with protein break/clarify the beer. With 5 min remaining (T5), add 1 oz KG hops. Cool to pitching temp and ferment for two weeks. When ready to bottle, add raspberry extract to bottling bucket.
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He thought he had brought enough, but as usual he hadn't. It was a strange city which perhaps was one reason why he rarely did bring enough of his brand of cigars with him. It was an excuse to go exploring, to find some out of the way tobacco shop that carried his brand, but more than that, it was an opportunity to see the natural sights.
No, Mark didn't think he was some sex maniac either. He just happened to enjoy the view that one could find, while on a mission to satisfy one vice. Not that he had many, well least not many that were bad for a person. So smoking a cigar wasn't exactly good, but the desire, the pleasure of seeing some of the various habitants of the local scene, now that was what he called a harmless vice.
Course others from his neck of the woods would disagree. Mark didn't really quite understand how his fellow countrymen were so hung up on sex, while the rest of the world seemed unconcerned about it. The rest of the world, and he had visited many places around the globe, seemed to simply accept the various differences people had about sex. Not his countrymen, which was a shame as there were some relatively good looking men back home.
Trouble was, most had issues about their sexuality, while abroad most seemed to not worry about it. Some he had struck up conversations with, and while not into his thing, they weren't rude or nasty about declining the advances. Back home a guy could get seriously hurt if they hit on the wrong person. Still, it was part of life, and hell, even some of those who were interested, were rude or nasty. It depended on the location more than the advance even, which added to one's frustrations.
Yet abroad, totally different. Oh you still had to be careful, and his 'gaydar' was pretty good about those things. It came with his advanced years, though he really didn't consider himself old. He could hold his own with most a quarter his age, but still, one didn't just blurt it out. One more reason, he suspected, as to why he constantly miscalculated the cigars he would bring with him on his little trips outside the good old USA.
Here he was up in Canada, a hop skip and jump from home and things were totally different. This would be his second journey into the city to find a store that carried his brand of cigars. The first had been a plus, but he didn't like to push his luck. It was at the first store, that not only had he found his brand of cigars, but had found Jason.
Thinking about Jason, he seriously pondered the idea of going back to that store, but then he was on vacation, and that meant finding new experiences, not repeating already found surprises. Jason certainly had been such a surprise.
Mark didn't consider himself old or ugly, just average really. Okay so he wasn't quite 6 foot, but he wasn't standing around hunched over with age, nor did he have a paunch either. Yes, the hair was thinning, definitely white not grey either. It was distinctive, or so many had said when they actually realized what his age was, but that too, was something different than back home. Most of those he had met abroad, didn't seem to care about age, and most were able to actually carry a conversation.
He hated it when those he met or thought about picking up couldn't carry a conversation. It was like they simply ignored the world around them, and while he knew they weren't dumb, their actions would make one think twice about that. Not really true with those in other lands. They seemed to be naturally interested, asked questions, and even had opinions too. They certainly weren't shy about expressing their views, sort of like Jason.
He had been standing outside the tobacco store when Mark had first found it. Naturally he had taken in the young man, a quick glance that told him he was about early 20's and was a bit taller than he was. He certainly looked interesting, from his long thin face, to his lanky frame. He wasn't skin and bones either and his clothes said he wasn't a street kid either. The jeans looked clean, stylish even, and his t-shirt was one of those yuppie types.
His hair was nicely styled, had a bit of frosting near the front bangs, and made him look rather handsome actually. It didn't look out of place, as so many did. Jason's eyes though, now those were something that made Mark lick his lips a little as he passed by, wondering if he would still be there when he came out.
That was one of his rules, to not rush into things, even after a second or third look. You just never could tell, but he did think about him while he browsed through the counters in the store, searching for his brand. Finding them, he didn't rush out. Mark had taken his time, checking out the other customers in the store and just enjoying the smells and sounds of the store. Besides, there was one counter person that was rather cute.
While he appreciated the man, his mind still kept going back to the young man he had spotted outside. That wasn't normal and he left the store, without even attempting to make a connection with the salesman. Jason was still outside the store, sitting on one of the numerous benches that were along the street.
For a minute, he just stared at the young man, taking it all in. He liked what he was staring at, the way he seemed confident, at home at just sitting there. His back was to him, as he watched him turning his head now and then. It was as if he was looking for someone, and yet not. He had the distinct impression that the young man was looking, but not for anyone specific. One of his observations that had rarely failed him.
Taking a chance, he walked over to sit on the other end of the bench, to unwrap one of his packages, and have a small smoke. At the same time, it might be an opportunity to speak to the young man, or at least observe him from close up. There was a large cement ashtray type pylon as well, so he knew it was okay to smoke in that area. So many countries were moving away from allowing any public smoking.
Lighting his cigar, he noticed the young man turn his head and look at him. He puffed on the cigar, keeping his eyes averted, but he could tell that he was being checked out, and rather closely too. It made him smile inside, as the signs were starting to be clear. After lighting the cigar, taking a long pull on it, he let his head lean back and slowly traverse the scene in front and to either side, like any tourist might do. His goal was to meet eye contact with the young man next to him, but before he could move his head around fully, the young man spoke to him.
It was a bit of a surprise, as he was asked what he was smoking. Naturally he had to offer the young man one, which was gratefully accepted. He leaned over to offer a light, and in the process, their eyes met. Mark couldn't believe his fortune, as the man just stared directly into his eyes. He had the finest looking eyelashes, that seemed to flutter a little. The eyes themselves were a dark blue that seemed to sparkle as they peered into his own face.
In some ways, he felt a bit uneasy, at how the young man looked into his face, the way it felt like he was being searched even. He smiled, and the young man smiled back, thanking him and introduced himself as Jason. Mark was seeing all the signs, and the obvious friendliness made him relax a little, as he introduced himself.
They sat there, puffing on the cigars, and talked. It wasn't anything deep or anything, but it was pleasant. He found himself chatting about home, about how things seemed so different, and it didn't feel awkward either. In fact, it was almost as if he had known Jason for along time, it was that easy to talk with him.
Before he even realized it, he had finished the small little cigar. Mark was tempted to light another, simply to avoid having to leave, or make the motion to. Jason seemed to have sensed his indecision, when he began to mention how there were some street musicians further down, and then asked if Mark would like to join him to go listen to them. It was a perfect suggestion, as it allowed him to keep company with Jason, and to also try to think of a way to find out more about the young man.
They moved along slowly, enjoying the sights. It was like a stroll with a friend, even though they had just met. The conversation didn't lag either, which made Mark feel very relaxed. He enjoyed listening to Jason, as he pointed out some of the shops, and at how expensive they were. He also pointed out how much of what they sold could be purchased elsewhere, for a lot less. It was being helpful, that Mark appreciated. It wasn't a ploy to solicit money either, which raised his estimation of Jason considerably.
The musicians were a small group of four. They played a more jazz type music, and was interesting to watch but before long, Jason, once more took the initiative. He looked at Mark, with a look of longing, and before he realized it, he had agreed to go with Jason to the park that wasn't all that far. In fact, in a mood of pure pleasure, he hailed a Kabuki Cab, and together they rode down to the local park. It was the scenic route, along the waterfront, and he was glad he had opted for this little extra.
Jason had his hand on his knee, and every now and then would slide the fingers down Mark's thigh, to tease him a bit. It was all rather exciting in a nice way, and even the young Kabuki Cab driver seemed to not care. Of him knowing, was obvious by the huge grin on his face as he had turned to give his tourist patter. Seeing Jason's hand on Mark's thigh, had elicited an even wider grin and from that point on, he never turned back around, just kept his chatter up as part of the ride to the local park.
In so many ways he was breaking his own rules, but Jason was so much fun, he really didn't care. The concerns, the fear of danger, didn't manage to break through the euphoria he felt as they sort of ran towards the dense outcrop of trees. As they got closer, he realized that there were pathways into the grove of trees, and while he felt a bit winded, he also felt excited. Jason kept looking back at him, and had reached out and taken his hand, leading him towards the trees.
The look on his face was enough for Mark as he made his way out of the beaming sunshine, into the trees. It was cooler and darker, a sort of murky haze as the trees hid the direct sun. It felt odd as he let Jason lead him deeper into the grove, and the sounds began to creep into his conscious thoughts. At first he didn't recognize some, but as they stumbled deeper into the woods, he realized it was muted voices, as well as birds.
Shortly they came to a clearing and before he could catch his breath, Jason was right up next to him, holding him tightly in his arms. Panic began to rise in his thoughts, but were as quickly abandoned as he felt the press of the young man's lips on his, the urgent craving taking hold. His body reacted automatically, as he too reached out, to wrap his arms around the slender young man, feeling his chest crush into his own, feeling it rise and fall in excitement.
The touch of Jason's lips on his, then the press of the young man's tongue made him ache all over. His body was fully aroused as they swapped saliva, kissing and tasting each other. He felt Jason's hand curl around his head, holding it firmly as he kissed Mark deeply. His other hand began to explore the older man's body, caressing his groin, grabbing at his aroused cock, and then tugging at the jeans. His breathing was rapid, as he quickly undid Mark's pants, then he began to slide down, to let his mouth kiss under Mark's neck.
His body was shuddering as his hands now rested on Jason's shoulders, pushing him down even more. Somehow his shirt had been opened, and he felt Jason's tongue as the young man licked his flesh, at the hollow of his chest. The raspy edged tongue moved firmly down his trembling body. His hands tightened on Jason's shoulders, as he felt his body shake. His pants had been pushed down, his shorts were at his ankles as he felt the young man's hands grabbing at his thighs, holding him steady.
He cried out, as the tongue moved down under his belly, and began to lick at his groin. His body shook, as he felt the mouth kiss inside his thighs, and his hands dug deep into the young man's flesh. His body was trembling, as he felt the hand reach up, poke at his dangling balls, then reach under to lift them up towards the young man's face.
Looking down, he saw the head resting near his own belly, felt the mouth slowly envelop his balls, sucking on them, while holding his leathery sac in the palm of one hand. The other hand clenched his leg, digging in just as hard as he was digging into Jason's shoulder. He moaned now, as the balls were released from the warmth of Jason's mouth, and he felt his cock being held in one hand. Then the hand moved up his throbbing shaft, and around his cock head, smearing his oozing precum back along the shaft.
The hand moved hard and fast, and he felt himself growing tense, when the mouth suddenly took hold of his shaking cock head. He cried out, as the lips tightened around the head, then slid down to grasp at the shaft, just under his cock head. Jason's tongue then licked the head, and swirled around it as he stood there, swaying and holding on for dear life. Mark was losing control of his body, as the young man licked at his head, then slowly the lips began to slide down more. He groaned a bit louder, as Jason began to suck on his cock, moving faster and faster with each stroke.
His hands were white from the strain, as they held onto Jason's shoulders. He groaned constantly now, as the pressure inside of his body became unbearable. He felt the balls slinging upwards, felt his cock head jerking side to side deep in Jason's throat.
It was too soon, but he couldn't help it. He was about to cum, and he cried it out, feeling Jason's throat suddenly relax, feeling Jason's lips tighten around his shaft. His body arched forward, his hips pushing outwards driving his aching cock deeper into the willing mouth. It was all he could do, to stand, as his body convulsed, quivered and then exploded deep into Jason's throat.
His head jerked from side to side, his groin was pushed hard into Jason's face. Mark felt the nose wedged hard between his thigh and crotch, as his body released load after load of his cum. His lungs threatened to burst as he stood there, trembling. His legs were numb, taut from the strain and his arms ached. He felt light headed as his body continued to shake and shudder long after the last of his milk dribbled out into Jason's mouth.
As Jason leaned back, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand, Mark slowly sank to the ground. He was exhausted and was panting as he stared at the young man. He just smiled, as they looked at each other. It was several minutes before Jason finally stood up, and offered his hand to help Mark up to his feet. He felt a bit saddened, realizing it was all over, but as they made their way out of the dense forest, Jason slipped him his phone number and gave him a kiss on the lips, as they parted company outside the grove of trees.
He stood there watching, at Jason moved through the tall grass in the opposite direction of town. He had given Mark easy to follow directions on how to get back, and just before he was out of sight, he turned and waved. Mark waved back, then headed back to town.
Mark shook his head, ending his recollection of the other day and began to move along the side street. According to directions, the tobacco shop was just at the corner and his eyes began to look from side to side, wondering if another Jason was lurking nearby. The smile on his face, made one or two look at him a second time, as he passed by, because he realized he still had that small scrap of paper in his pocket. His fingers were playing with it, as he came to the store. Right next to the entrance, was a payphone and he made a note to get some Canadian change from the store, as he opened the door and stepped inside.


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Why Learn Python?
Python is a great way to get into Programming. In fact it is the first language I ever learnt fully. Software Engineers are required by a lot of companies to have a knowledge of this new and fun language.
What is in the course?
In this course you will be able to learn Python 3.4 from scratch.
We will be covering all of the basics from what a string is to how to manipulate it within an inch of its life.
You will learn how to create a few games and utility programs throughout the Course. These include: A calculator, and Etch A Sketch and a Black Jack Simulator!
I explain what the Benefits of learning the fantastic new programming language Python.
We Download Python and create a folder on our PC to store our files in.
We create the Hello World script and I explain how to use print statements.
We create our first variable and give it the value of a string.
We make another Variable and give it an integer value and then manipulate the variable.
We join of concatenate a string and and integer.
I explain what a Boolean is and the history of it.
I cover a few more Important things about Variables
We cover the syntax of IF Statements.
We Cover the ELSE Part of an If Statements.
We look at Elifs
We Create a While Loop in Python and create a variable to hold a number value.
We Learn how to stop a loop and make sure our loop has finished by printing a string when done.
We create a basic For Loop and I explain how to print out letters in a word individually using one.
We look at Index Values and how to create a range of values. We also look briefly at the len() function.
We look at what a list is and how to create a simple list of strings.
We look at some basic manipulation such as adding two strings together and deleting a list item aswell as looking at the other datatypes and sysntax related with lists.
We look at some function we can use to further manipulate a list such as reversing a list or inserting another item into a list.
We begin looking at string manipulation.
We continue looking at string manipulation
We Finish String Manipulation and prepare for time and date
We create the loop and make some basic imports.
We add the mechanics of the game to our code.
WE Make some important changes to our code.
We finish the game and take it for a test run.
How to make a dictionary about cats, dogs and rabbits.
We look at how to access and edit a dictionary.
We look at all things deleting.
Setting your email.
We look at sending the email
We define the emails for sending and receiving.
We Define the Message to Send
We finish and test the Client.
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I am a 17 year old Student and Web Developer from the United Kingdom.
I have developed web applications for 4 years now and have worked on several freelance projects. I enjoy programming and wish to pursue it as a full time career in the future. I also enjoy helping people to learn about the things that I love.
I am currently studying Computer Science at A-Level and have an A* in Computer Science at GCSE level. I am also studying Mathematics, Further Mathematics and Physics at A-Level and received 9 A*-A Grades at GCSE level.


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Tourism and recreation in Kansas have never gotten the attention they deserve. An effective recreation and tourism strategy would not only bring more outside money to our state, but it would keep more of our own money at home and improve quality of life issues. Our biggest challenge in Kansas, as identified in the Young Nichols and Gilstrap study in 1998, is our perception of ourselves. Many Kansans do not think anybody wants to come to Kansas, so we have been unwilling to invest in our recreation and tourism industry. One only needs to look at the Kansas Speedway to see how incorrect that attitude is. Some people questioned the potential benefit of legislation that paved the way for Kansas Speedway. It is difficult to find a skeptic now.
Our geographic location is an advantage upon which we can build. There are numerous people traveling through Kansas every day. In fact, the Young Nichols and Gilstrap study pointed out that Kansas has it share of tourists, they just don't stay in our state for very long. In many cases they are traveling through on their way to other destinations. The study goes on to say if we could just slow them down, the Kansas economy would benefit significantly.
As it stands in Kansas government, tourism does not have the stature or continuity of leadership to aid in the development or implementation of a successful tourism strategy. In order to give tourism the prominence needed, I would remove tourism from the Commerce Department and remove Parks from the Wildlife and Parks Department. They would then be combined to form a new cabinet level agency called Parks and Tourism.
When Fish and Game was combined with the Park Authority in the late 1980s to form Wildlife and Parks, increasing efficiency was the chief concern. This has not been achieved. In fact, Kansas is prohibited from pursuing some efficiencies because of restrictions on federal money flowing the Wildlife division. Additionally, the Wildlife division of Wildlife and Parks has always been the stronger divisions. Because the Wildlife division is the stronger part of the agency and their expertise is not tourism, Kansas has never developed the full potential of the Parks Division.
Under our proposed restructuring, the Parks Division would become an important part of our tourism strategy. We could begin to develop professionals within state government that know and understand tourism issues who could advise the legislature and the Governor, to develop and implement tourism strategy.


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Australian fauna is notorious on the Internets for being, well, freaky as all get out.
DROPBEAR DROPBEAR pic.twitter.com/Zr4yRbP028 — Danimal (@lemongoddess)
June 30, 2015
And the wedge-tailed eagle is the largest bird of prey in all of the land.
So when a wedge-tailed eagle came face-to-face with a pesky drone, you better believe it was about to go down.
And by "it" we mean the drone.
When drone owner Adam Lancaster first noticed the bird, he didn't pay too much mind to it.
"We first saw the eagle circle us, but it disappeared."
Then the bird reappeared from out of nowhere and went for the kill, using its massive talons to literally punch the thing out of the sky.
"It came back into our direction and the next minute it flew out of the tree and took me out."
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And let's just say the bird came away from the encounter looking far better than the drone. Lancaster had to spend around $100 to get the GoPro working again.
The eagle, meanwhile, circled above the crash site for a few seconds, admiring its work.
Lancaster's takeaway from the incident?
"Treat eagles like you are supposed to treat aircraft. If you see them, LAND."
That's as good advice as we've ever heard.
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Mr William Hull Botsford was born in Binghampton
1 on 23 November 1886 the son of cabinetmaker
2 William B. Botsford.
(Courtesy of Talitha Botsford, John Pulos, USA)
Botsford grew up in Millport NY. A picture from 1897 shows young William Hull standing on the porch of his childhood home.
(Courtesy of Talitha Botsford, John Pulos, USA)
As a boy he was educated at Horseheads High School one of only two boys in a class of eight
After leaving school at the age of sixteen Botsford worked for two years in the architectural office of Pierce and Bickford in Elmira
4 as well as a firm based in Rochester, NY.
After his work experience Botsford went to study at Cornell University College of Architecture. He demonstated great drawing ability, indeed one of his works was hung in the library there. His skills also led to a commission for the cover of The Cornellian, the University yearbook in 1910. While at college William developed an interest in wrestling. A lightweight, he gained national and state honours in YMCA tournaments after leaving college. He was also a keen singer.
After graduating Botsford become chief designer for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. He designed many stations in the New York and New Jersey area including those at Elmira, Bath, New Village, Hopatcong, Basking Ridge, Watessing, Bloomfield, Syracuse, Utica, Hoboken and Ithaca. The last station Botsford would design was at Montclair. After his death a memorial stone and window was erected there.
During his time with the DL&W Botsford lived in Orange, New Jersey. He taught night classes sponsored by the YMCA and occasionally contributed to architectural magazines.
Botsford's last and most substantial work was the Tunkhannock Viaduct (aka Nicholson Bridge) near Nicholson, PA. Half a mile long and 100 feet higher than the Brooklyn Bridge the viaduct was designed to carry the Lackawanna railroad. The design was only accepted by the railroad board just as Botsford was leaving for home. His ship was the Titanic.
Tunkhannock Viaduct
(Courtesy of John Pulos, USA)
William had taken leave to travel in Egypt, and Turkey and throughout Europe to study architectural design and techniques. For the return journey he boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a second class passenger. He held ticket number 237670, price: £13.
According to his sister Talitha
6 who was 10 years old at the time:
We were eating supper when the neighbor across the street came over and asked if we had seen the Star-Gazette. That was the first we knew of it.
We watched the papers and as soon as they printed the list of the missing, we knew.
Mr Botsford died in the sinking. His body, if recovered, never was identified
5. He is, however, remembered on a family grave at Millport Cemetery, New York.
(Courtesy of John Pulos, USA)
A memorial service was held at the Orange, NJ YMCA. A. G. Hallock a friend from Cornell made the following address:
He left a record of modesty and unselfishness which led his friends at the very first to give up hope that he might have been rescued. He would have thought first of the women and children and then of those having greater responsibilities than he.
Articles and Stories
Newark Evening News (1912)
Newark Evening News (1912)
Sidney Boardman
Phillip Gowan, USA
John Pulos, USA
Hermann Söldner, Germany
2. Unidentified Newspaper (1980s) Titanic: Elmiran remembers her brother who died on ill-fated cruise ship.
Note: At one time Botsford senior took leave from his employer and during his sabatical crafted six violins one of which his daughter Talitha played throughout her tenure at Ithaca College Conservatory of Music. Four of the violins were given to Cornell University and another to J. Emory Botsford (later of Brandon, Florida), Talitha and William's brother.
3. Eva Taylor op. cit.
Note: The other boy was Chester Moore who would later become the manager of the Elmira Bank & Trust Co.
4. Eva Taylor op. cit.
Pierce and Bickford were responsible for many public buildings in Elmira including the Steele Memorial Libray and the City Hall. They were pioneers in the use of reinforced concrete which Botsford would later use in his greatest constuction works.
5. One list suggests that body #194 was that of William Botsford, the reasoning is unclear. The body, which was buried at sea, was tentatively identified as a fireman.
6. Talitha Botsford, who grew up to become a poet, was still living, aged 99 in April 2000.
References and SourcesPassport Application (January 1912)
Newark Evening News, 17 April 1912, W. Hull Botsford, of Orange, may be Lost
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Marriages, births, deaths and injuries that have occurred on board during the voyage (PRO London, BT 100/259-260)
United States Senate (62nd Congress), Subcommittee Hearings of the Committee on Commerce, Titanic Disaster, Washington 1912


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The Sydney Symphony Becomes Opera Impresario with a Memorable Queen of Spades by Tchaikovsky in Concert
Tchaikovsky wrote Queen of Spades, in 1890, and one other opera, Iolanta, in 1891, near the end of his life after having promised never to write another opera because of the unpopularity of The Sorceress (1887). For theatre, these were very fertile years for Tchaikovsky. The Mariinksy first performed Sleeping Beauty in 1890 and Nutcracker in 1892. He wrote Queen of Spades at a Mozartean rate in Florence where it is said he composed the music faster than his brother Modest wrote and sent the libretto scene by scene. Perhaps living in Florence gave him enough distance from the darker, more repellent aspects of the story to avoid getting run down by it, but anyhow it seems a strange subject for him to choose, especially surprising to hear the incredibly lyrical music he created for it. The antihero Hermann is repellent, but for some of the beautiful music Tchaikovsky gave him, yet even so Hermann's are not as beautiful as Don Giovanni's arias (and duets), but I don't believe Tchaikovsky thought or intended his music to be as beautiful as Mozart's.
Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Sydney Symphony's Tchaikovsky Mini Festival Opens with Manfred and Rachmaninoff's Fourth Piano Concerto, Scott Davie, Piano
Rachmaninoff's 4th Piano Concerto didn't deserve to be cut. It seems to have received, in any version, the homeric epithet "Rachmaninoff's least popular" since it wasn't popular at the première (1927) and wasn't much more loved after the revisions (1928 and 1941), but this is perhaps as much due to the immense and perennial popularity of the 2nd and 3rd as any intrinsic quality of the 4th, and the unpopular label seems now to be beginning to give the original version a little bit of underdog cred. The original longer version was only published in 2000, and this performance, according to the Sydney Symphony, is the first of this version in Australia. It is a fascinating case of audience expectations based on a composer's perceived style and the composer worrying too much about pleasing them. Luckily the original was not lost. Even so it is not very long, though it does have a leisurely, operatic quality to its pacing, almost a Mahlerian pace, but with its drama turned in, more psychological and untidy than the other concerti, and so it is not as exciting as the other concerti. It does not have too solid a form holding it together, it doesn't tell a 'story' with beginning middle and end as the others do more obviously. It is not linear, or at least it is taller than it is long with all those enormous, thick, rich chords which defy a simple analysis and the long runs of impossibly fast notes which are not exactly melodic — maybe more harmonic as they ring in that resonant Steinway piano — but the melodies in the piece with the exception of the opening one are more like fragments of leitmotif without staging to help explain them. The opening theme returns here and there but it seems odd in its return, almost an interruption of the of the pensive, contemplative revery of the music, almost like the sudden landing of an eagle, or an angel, or a strange golden shaft of light. But the 20th century romantic music doesn't need a strict form since Rachmaninoff's concept is not architectural or plastic. The wonderful thing about music is that you don't have to worry whether it will stand up.
Dvořák and Shostakovich with Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Sydney Symphony, Jian Wang, Cello, Plus Some Extra Cellomania
Is Dvořak, to paraphrase Dr. Leonard McCoy, really that beautiful? Really so much more beautiful than other music you've heard? Or is it just that it acts beautiful? If it comes down to the performance to go more than skin deep, the musicians must play very convincingly indeed. Beauty in music has proven to be diverse. For a sound to be music rather than mere sounds, however pleasing, the it needs the broadest possible aesthetic idea of beauty. An ugly sound, it has been pointed out, can be "beautiful" if used so fittingly by a composer that nothing but that sound could be desired at that point in the music. For human beings, this has included the rasping shawms and the regals, and the augmented fourth of the middle ages and renaissance, the harsh use of the usual orchestral brass by Mahler, and all the freely used ugly sounds and outbursts in 20th century music and its terrible dissonances. I would draw the line at physically painful sounds, either through loudness or shrillness or both, as ugly in a destructive way, and so incapable of beauty, even betraying the faith of the listener who trustingly opens their ears to the music, though some do seem to find pleasure in the ginormous 19th century organs played at full volume with all the stops out. Free expression in a musician or a composer can be beautiful in itself, of course, though when that expression becomes gratuitous or self-indulgent, or sentimental (which can betray a certain narrow emotional rigidity) or arbitrary (which can betray a self-imposed or self-persuaded intellectual rigidity) it can become ugly. Music in a straight jacket can be ugly too. A masterful fugue in transcending any thought of a dichotomy between these two extremes can be most beautiful of all.
Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Sydney Symphony Play Prokofiev with Behzod Abduraimov, Berlioz and Elliott Gyger
This fascinating and varied program, each piece using equally colorful but very different orchestras and very different forms and structures, shows us some of the breadth of the Sydney Symphony. Their style is nimble enough to express itself in multifarious ways and Ashkenazy's style and approach to symphonic music is well suited to the three pieces. To mark the occasion of the orchestra's 80th anniversary, they have done something special in commissioning themselves a new piece by way of an open competition. Elliott Gyger's entry was chosen, and though only alloted a short amount of time to fit into this larger program of more familiar pieces, it does rather expand under the intensity of its short broken up motifs and its varied colors, sounds and textures, qualities Ashkenazy, at least as a conductor, seems to relish. The piece's title refers to the SSO's origin as a radio orchestra formed along with the Australian Broadcast Corporation in 1932. Gyger says he used an ensemble of 17 instruments, the same in the original 1932 radio orchestra, which for his "dialogue" are spread through the larger orchestra: three violins, viola, cello, bass, two each of trombones, trumpets and clarinets, a horn, sousaphone, piccolo, piano and percussion.
Matthias Pintscher, Guest Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Play Stravinsky, Ravel and Pintscher
Before Diaghilev decided to bring Russian art to the west, starting with his exhibition of Russian art in Paris in 1906, in 1908 bringing Chaliapin to Paris to sing Boris Godinov, and then his formation of the Ballets Russes, first performing in Paris in 1909, unadulterated, purely Russian art was little known or appreciated outside asia. Vast Russia, except for its toe in Europe was perhaps considered something of a cultural backwater in Europe. Diaghilev didn't hold back in bringing this unadulterated Russian art, also discovering and hiring young or little known artists — like Stravinsky — and this was part of his art's huge appeal in west to this day. So when Stravinsky visited the far, far East — Australia — in 1961, it was perhaps not so far from his roots nor so incongruous. Traditional indigenous Russian or central asian art was often an influence in the set designs and style of Bakst, Benois, Golovin, Roerich and the others, costumes sometimes used original traditional textiles (like the ikat fabrics bought from nomadic traders at St Petersburg markets for the costumes for the Polostvian dances from Borodin's Prince Igor), the choreography was sometimes classical in the best Petipan Franco-russian tradition preserved in the imperial Maryinksy school, but was often entirely new in style, especially Vaslav Nijinsky's for the Rite of Spring, though often borrowing from traditional, indigenous Russian dance, as in Firebird and Petroushka. Western audiences seemed unconsciously to understand this bizarre new art and went crazy for it, famously starting riots and booing, also becoming most fashionable tickets to have.
A Small Oboe Festival: François Leleux and the Sydney Symphony Play Bach, Ravel and Mozart
Leleux had put together a program of classics, well known but in playing he brought them a freshness and bright enthusiasm as if encountering them for the first time. He played, in both senses of the word, in an unlabored way even in the more difficult sections, even while his technique proved his mastery of the instrument and all the work and practice that entailed. His honest and lively playing was infectious. The musicians seemed not like performers set up on stage and weighted by everyone's eyes and ears and expectations set on them, but they gave the impression of artists playing music for its own sake in private, the listeners seemed not exactly an audience but more invitees to share in the experience, the exploration of the music anew.
Beethoven's Coriolan Overture, Strauss' Zarathustra, Brahms' Violin Concerto with Lisa Batiashvili, Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Sydney Symphony
The concert pulled us away from a particularly beautiful sunset over Sydney with Cray-Pas pink-crimson streaks and squiggles and a new moon following closely behind the sun, sparing us the feeling of mono no aware of a finished sunset. Zarathustra gave us maybe a more conventional sunset's "riot of color", or rather sunrise, to complete Vladimir Ashkenazy's three concert series of Germanic music which opened the Sydney Symphony's 2012 season. This small selection of major Strauss symphonies if not totally satisfying and complete in itself, gives one an urge to seek out more Strauss in order to seek out more in Strauss. Then again symphonic music can be enjoyed as a riot of marvelous sounds. Ashkenazy's pairings in the three concerts of a tightly formed Beethoven piece — The Ninth Symphony, the Fourth Piano Concerto and the Coriolan Overture, respectively — with a more spread-out Strauss piece (with the exception of Metamorphosen), perhaps more fun to conduct than to listen to at times, and the music with Vladimir Ashkenazy's enthusiasm for it, speaks for itself and justifies itself. Anyway, it is hard to speak generally about Strauss since he is quite varied even within one piece.
Vladimir Ashkenazy, the Sydney Symphony and Stephen Kovacevich Play Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto and Strauss' Alpensinfonie
Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra continue with the second in their triptych of Beethoven-Richard Strauss concerts which opens their 2012 season. Maestro Ashkenazy, their artistic director for the past few years who usually conducts himself several concerts at the beginning and end of the season (the Eternal Summer!), and the SSO seem to have established a warm and close rapport and respect, to judge from the jocular, playful exchanges and inaudible banter he shares with the orchestra members after the music, shaking hands with all the front-row strings after every concert, as well as from the fine and detailed interpretations they create together. Stephen Kovacevich brought a remarkable like-mindedness to this partnership. He also brought a complimentary attitude so that the concerto was a conversation beyond words between individual beings. The sound of his piano and what Kovacevich expressed therein had a remarkably immediate, very close presence, where often there is a wider gap between a guest soloist-virtuoso and the audience. Similarly the orchestra had a generous and open pellucid quality — not ever quite the homogeneously mixed and integrated sound of cogs in the the romantic-orchestral apparatus, nor exactly a contrasty orchestra of soloists, but something in-between those extremes and something else entirely which preserved the instruments' characteristic timbres, at least section-wise, in an even-handed balance, a sound which can speak coherently in many different ways all at once. Kovacevich got through his childhood concert début some 60 years ago and so has nothing to prove, and his performance with Ashkenazy, himself a pianist, and now a conductor, of great experience, had deep maturity, but also at the same time a playful child-like quality, a surface insouciance rather more interested in the details and problems in the music which matter.


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What was your first event?
Name: Maxine
Where you are originally from: I grew up in Northamptonshire with my Jamaican parents, 2 brothers, three sisters and Ginger the cat.
How long you have lived in London: I moved 25 years ago on a mission to find another black lesbian. I was pleasantly surprised to find a whole community but saddened by the realisation I didn't invent it!
The latest regular event at SHE, The BackSeat (2nd and last Wednesday of the month) is bringing soul, electro, rhythm and blues, "make out music" to the girls.
We asked promoters Maxie and Bridget a few little questions...
How long have you been running LGBT events and events generally?
Maxie: I am part of a musical collective called Gravy, with whom I have been putting on gigs (mainly in Norwich) for around 7 years.


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A recent study done by the University of Wisconsin- Madison titled, "Socioeconomic Inequality in the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence from a U.S. Cross-Sectional Study" draws a correlation between Socioeconomic Status (SES) and autism prevalence. It has been determined that population indicators of SES, such as household income, parental education and occupation are all strongly correlated with the health and development of children[1].
For many chronic childhood disorders and for developmental disabilities, the association with SES often is found to be such that population prevalence decreases with increasing levels of wealth. The study was cross-sectional and implemented with data from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, a multiple source surveillance system that incorporates data from educational and health care sources to determine the number of 8-year-old children with ASD among defined populations[2]. The results showed that as SES increased, so did prevalence.
What is the explanation for this? Surely it cannot be solely concluded that wealthy parents are more likely to have a child with autism. The research team draws the conclusion that documentation of this pattern, as well as exceptions to it, might provide clues to causal mechanisms underlying specific disorders or point to disparities in access to services, including early access to services that can stem the progression of mild conditions[2]. So, this may be more associated with access, resources and education. This would also imply that the current estimate of ASD prevalence might be significantly under-counted, with children of low and medium SES being under-identified and under-served in comparison to those with high SES. As autism continues to affect communities all over the world, it becomes increasingly important that we educate and spread awareness, particularly in communities were resources and health care may not be as accessible.
[1] Susser MW, Hopper K, Watson W (1985) Sociology in medicine, third edition. New York: Oxford University Press. 603 p.
[2] Durkin MS, Maenner MJ, Meaney FJ, Levy SE, DiGuiseppi C, et al. (2010) Socioeconomic Inequality in the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence from a U.S. Cross-Sectional Study. PLoS ONE 5(7): e11551. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011551


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(Recorded September 13, 2016). View this recorded webinar at your convenience.
Ched took us through a study Jesus' infamous and sobering parable of Lazarus and Dives, and how it relates to Sabbath Economics, contemporary wealth disparity, and even the upcoming elections! We then heard from the Protectors of the Waters and from Nathan Holst, who updated us about the evolving resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock in ND. Finally we were joined by University of Dayton theologian Kelly Johnson, in an impromptu contribution to this webinar.
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Activity has held up well in the first nine months of this year, and as this is in the face of increased competition from out of Borders and web based estate agencies, my view is that the group has reason to be pleased with our performance to date.
Low interest rates continue to have a positive effect on sales, and while we have seen decent viewing figures across all price brackets, it has been particularly pleasing to see the number of first time buyers coming back into the market. Borders is a comparatively low priced area of the country, and it is still possible to pick up a decent two bedroomed flat below £100,000.
The Borders railway was opened during September, and it will be interesting to see how that affects both price and activity in the local market over the next year.
Given that the quarterly statistics being collated are designed to be included in a feed to national media in an effort to up the profile of SPC Scotland, is there merit in inviting the centres to break down the sales activity above £100k into £50k or £100k price bandings. This would give a much more interesting snapshot on comparative affordability country wide, and would probably appeal more to the press and web based media from a local/human interest point of view.


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Praying has many different forms. Prayer may be done privately and individually, or it may be done corporately in the presence of fellow believers. Prayer can be incorporated into a daily "thought life," in which one is in constant communication with a god. Some people pray throughout all that is happening during the day and seek guidance as the day progresses. This is actually regarded as a requirement in several Christian denominations,although enforcement is not possible nor desirable. There can be many different answers to prayer, just as there are many ways to interpret an answer to a question, if there in fact comes an answe. Some may experience audible, physical, or mental epiphanies. If indeed an answer comes, the time and place it comes is considered random. Some outward acts that sometimes accompany prayer are: anointing with oil; ringing a bell; burning incense or paper; lighting a candle or candles; facing a specific direction (i.e. towards Mecca or the East); making the sign of the cross. One less noticeable act related to prayer is fasting.
A variety of body postures may be assumed, often with specific meaning (mainly respect or adoration) associated with them: standing; sitting; kneeling; prostrate on the floor; eyes opened; eyes closed; hands folded or clasped; hands upraised; holding hands with others; a laying on of hands and others. Prayers may be recited from memory, read from a book of prayers, or composed spontaneously as they are prayed. They may be said, chanted, or sung. They may be with musical accompaniment or not. There may be a time of outward silence while prayers are offered mentally. Often, there are prayers to fit specific occasions, such as the blessing of a meal, the birth or death of a loved one, other significant events in the life of a believer, or days of the year that have special religious significance. Details corresponding to specific traditions are outlined below.