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"Ok company to work for good pay but long hours "
- Work/Life Balance
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- Senior Management
I worked at Apria Healthcare
Good pay and the employees are good to work with. The benefits are good. You get five days vacation after a year and personal time off. The staff is very understanding when you need to take sick time and it is an overall pleasant enviroment to be in.
Long hours and it is not predicatable how busy the day will be. You could start work at 8AM and not be home until midnight or later sometimes to do it all over again the next day. The raises are less than 3 percent per year which makes it hard to make it a long term career.
Advice to Management
Perhaps to implement a plan where the drivers could know when they where expected to be off every day
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"Strong opportunity ---- company going NO WHERE "
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I have been working at Apria HealthcareDisapproves of CEODisapproves of CEO
Healthcare - strong industry that has no business management skilled leaders to direct and lead into the future. Home Healthcare has always been a cash cow, that has never required strong sales growth initiatives and development of quality leaders. This is changing in 09 - with the new President of the United States, the DRA, and the economy, providers of insurance are going to have to curtale their coverage - this in turn means a reduction in profitability for Apria. Apria's strongest asset is their greatest weakness. Apria is a national company with tremendous service potential, but the shared services costs and corporate overhead require branches to squeeze the middle of the P&L to a point where it is impossible to provide great service and grow.
Leadership is terrible - no vision
Advice to Management
Do you have any idea how to grow this business?
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I have been working at Apria HealthcareRecommendsApproves of CEORecommendsApproves of CEO
The people and an understanding as to what your job duties are is a major plus. The Managers are awesome when it comes to ALL employees family issues. Apria is very involved with employees that have fell on hard times, i.e a death in an emplyees family, when an employees home is destroyed by fire or storms. I do not believe there is a better company to work for when it comes to understanding, direction and the Management Leadership qualities, and skills. I would recommend any of my friends to work at Apria Healthcare. I have the utmost respect for the Managment Teams Apria Healthcare has in place at this time.
The downside is that you are not always at the level of pay for the job you do. Another downside is that while given promotions to Supervisor and Lead positions, the individuals are not always the best picks for those positions. I fully respect the decisions of Management, but they are not always aware of the fact that the Supervisor or Lead was not the best choice because the team under them pulls all the load and are worried that if they say anything they will eventually end up without a job.
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Advice I would give is to make sure that the employee is at the pay level they should be at for the job they are doing, not the "title" they are given due to the fact that some titles do NOT pertain to the actual job the employee is doing. I would like to pose a question. Have any of the Corprate people that decide what a latteral move is done any of the same jobs that are considered to be on the same pay level? A "title" that is given does not always portray the job that is being done.

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text: Tuesday February 14, 2006 View show Research News Animal Crime Lab Unravels Misdeeds The Veterinary Genetics Lab at UC-Davis has been called "the CSI of the four-legged world." The lab, directed by Beth Wictum, uses DNA samples from pets and other animals to help solve a variety of crimes. Listen Loading… Playlist Download Embed Embed Close embed modal <iframe src="http://www.npr.org/player/embed/5204605/5204606" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"> Health Stem Cell Research: Science and the Future In Stem Cell Now, bioethics expert Christopher Thomas Scott explores the possibilities of what some consider the greatest discovery since nuclear fusion: the isolation of embryonic stem cells for research. Listen Loading… Playlist Download Embed Embed Close embed modal <iframe src="http://www.npr.org/player/embed/5204335/5204336" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"> View show


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Walkers 5 trial crisp flavours
From left to right: Onion Bhaji, Cajun Squirrel, Fish & Chips, Chilli & Chocolate, Crispy Duck & Hoisin.
'Fish & Chips' rock.
The rest.... meh.
Fish and chips must be the obvious bookies favourite. Although the woman who served me in the shop said they tasted like old socks.
Personally, I'm looking forward to cajun squirrel. We're going to do a taste test tomorrow lunchtime.
What about the builders breakfast one? it won't win though as it tastes awful...very eggy.
You missed 'Builders Breakfast'!!
Squirrel sounds very enticing. Duck too, reckon it could have an outside chance.
The pictures on the bags might be a deciding factor though...putting a cute image of a squirrel and duck might not endear cute animal lovers. Bit like introducing Beatrix Potter character crisps (eg. Peter Rabbit flavour).
The question I'm going to try and answer tomorrow is whether it's actually possible to detect which flavour is which, if you do a blind taste...
It's like the 1960s all over again, when OXO, smokey bacon and roast beef flavours were first invented to add to the orginal plain, cheese & onions and chipmunk.
Can't beat good potatoes and quality vegetable oil with not too much salt.
"My Mum worked as a chip fryer for Chipmunk Crisps. I was the Wages Clerk there in the 60's. They were made in Long Buckby in Northamptonshire. They later were taken over by Golden Wonder"
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Dave Marcus
Tough doesn't cover it.
This is a seriously long term review on an old set of pants. I got these for a steal on SAC back in the summer of 2007. Since then, they've been my go-to pants for everything from camping to backcountry and frontcountry skiing.
The Thetas are seriously tough. Mine are patched on the left thigh, but it took an encounter with a rock that cut all the way down to my leg to slice the pants. Other snags, tree branches, etc. haven't even left a mark.
Features on these pants are great. The small pockets on the bibs are perfect for holding a ski pass or snack. Almost full-length zips make for easy on and off, even over boots. The gaiters keep the snow out, as expected. The fly includes a second slide that zips up from the bottom, allowing quick bathroom breaks without stripping down to your skivvies.
Fit-wise, these have stayed with me from my journey up to a 36" waist and back down to 34". The length is good, coming down over the tops of ski boots on my 31" inseam without looking like a disco star. I expect to be wearing these pants for a long time.
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A laugh-out-loud romance from the best-selling author of the Shopaholic series. Meet Audrey: an ordinary teenage girl with not-so-ordinary problems. Aside from her completely crazy and chaotic family, she suffers from an anxiety disorder which makes talking to her brother's hot new best friend a bit of a challenge. But Audrey has a plan to help her face her fears and take on the world again. First stop: Starbucks.
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This is the first book in the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Award-winning trilogy His Dark Materials, from Philip Pullman. Set in a parallel world very similar to our own, Northern Lights tells the compelling story of 12-year-old Lyra's quest to rescue her friend and find her father, aided by her daemon, an armoured bear, and a witch-queen.
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning-author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.
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For 16-year-old Tris, the world changes in a heartbeat when she is forced to make a terrible choice. Turning her back on her family, Tris ventures out, alone, determined to find out where she truly belongs. Shocked by the brutality of her new life, Tris can trust no one. And yet she is drawn to a boy who seems to both threaten and protect her. The hardest choices may yet lie ahead.... A debut novel that will leave you breathless.
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Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena live, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge....
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The pulse-pounding sequel to The Maze Runner. Thomas was sure that escape from the maze meant he and the Gladers would get their lives back. But no one knew what sort of life they were going back to. The earth is a wasteland. Government and order have disintegrated and now Cranks, people driven to murderous insanity by the infectious disease known as the Flare, roam the crumbling cities hunting for their next victim - and meal.
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Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone out to make sure you don't live to see the morning? In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by 12 outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.
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The thrilling second book in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, read by the author and a full cast. In this stunning sequel to Northern Lights, the intrepid Lyra Silvertongue and her daemon, Pantalaimon, find themselves in a shimmering, haunted other world - Cittagazze where soul-eating Spectres stalk the streets and wingbeats of distant angels sound against the sky. Here she meets twelve-year-old Will Parry, a fugitive from a third universe.
"Great book... but why the changes?"
Katniss Everdeen continues to struggle to protect herself and her family from the Capitol in this second novel from the best-selling Hunger Games trilogy.
"Really addictive!"
In The Amber Spyglass, the third and final instalment in His Dark Materials...the war between good and evil reaches a shattering conclusion.
"Mr Pullman Please Write Book 4!"
Tris has survived a brutal attack on her former home and family. But she has paid a terrible price. Wracked by grief and guilt, she becomes ever more reckless as she struggles to accept her new future. Yet if Tris wants to uncover the truth about her world, she must be stronger than ever...because more shocking choices and sacrifices lie ahead.
"Absorbing dystopian fiction"
Maze Runner 3: The Trials are over. WICKED have collected all the information they can. Now it's up to the Gladers to complete the blueprint for the cure to the Flare with a final voluntary test. But something has happened that no one at WICKED has foreseen: Thomas has remembered more than they think. And he knows WICKED can't be trusted.... The time for lies is over. But the truth is more dangerous than anyone could have imagined. With the Gladers divided, can they all make it?
"Good finish"
What if your whole world was a lie? What if a single revelation - like a single choice - changed everything?What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected? The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered - fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories.
Books 1-3 and the prequel novella of the Fate's Forsaken series. The series follows the adventures of Kael: a young man who is thrust from his home in the Unforgivable Mountains and onto a hero's path. The journey is long, the battles are fierce - nearly all of his companions are outlaws. And Kael's rotten bad luck seems to make everything worse. This is his story.
Clary Fray is seeing things: vampires in Brooklyn and werewolves in Manhattan. Irresistably drawn towards a group of sexy demon hunters, Clary encounters the dark side of New York City - and the dangers of forbidden love.
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Captivating bedtime meditations to bring peace, joy, and calm to the end of the day. There are three segments in this audio, each approximately 18 minutes in length. Choose from: By the Sea, An Adventure in Space, and Snowflake. May be used any time for general relaxation as well as bedtime.
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I have this dream that, secretly, all teenage girls feel exactly like me. And maybe one day, when we realize that we all feel the same, we can all stop pretending we're something we're not... But until that day, I'm going to keep it real on this blog and keep it unreal in real life.' Penny has a secret. Under the alias Girl Online, Penny blogs her hidden feelings about friendship, boys, high school drama, her crazy family, and the panic attacks that have begun to take over her life.
Half the man, twice the lawyer. In the small city of Strattenburg, there are many lawyers, and though he's only 13 years old, Theo Boone thinks he's one of them. Theo knows every judge, policeman, court clerk - and a lot about the law. He dreams of being a great trial lawyer, of a life in the courtroom. But Theo finds himself in court much sooner than he expected. Because he knows so much - maybe too much - he is suddenly dragged into the middle of a sensational murder trial.
"Half the length, twice the enjoyment"
With her mother in a coma and her father hell-bent on destroying the world, Clary Fray is dragged deeper into New York City's terrifying underworld of werewolves, demons and the mysterious Shadowhunters. Discovering the truth about her past was only the beginning. Now the fate of the world rests on Clary's shoulders, but can she master her new-found powers and control her feelings for a boy who can never be hers?
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When 17-year-old Isabella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father she expects that her new life will be as dull as the town itself. In spite of her awkward manner and low expectations, she finds that her new classmates are drawn to this pale, dark-haired new girl in town. But not, it seems, the Cullen family. These five adopted brothers and sisters obviously prefer their own company and will make no exception for Bella.
"The ballad of whining bella"
From the author of the international best seller If I Stay, now a major film starring Chloe Grace Moretz. When sheltered American good girl Allyson "LuLu" Healey first meets laid-back Dutch actor Willem De Ruiter at an underground performance of Twelfth Night in England, there's an undeniable spark. After just one day together, that spark bursts into a flame, or so it seems to Allyson, until the following morning, when she wakes up after a whirlwind day in Paris to discover that Willem has left.
From the author of the international best seller, If I Stay, now a major film starring Chloe Grace Moretz. Twenty-four hours can change your life....Allyson and Willem share one magical day together in Paris, before chance rips them apart. The romantic, emotional companion to Just One Day, this is a story of the choices we make and the accidents life throws at us. But is one day enough to find your fate? Perfect for fans of John Green and David Levithan.
Just listen,' Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel. I open my eyes wide now. I sit up as much as I can. And I listen. 'Stay,' he says. Everybody has to make choices. Some might break you. For seventeen-year-old Mia, surrounded by a wonderful family, friends and a gorgeous boyfriend decisions seem tough, but they're all about a future full of music and love, a future that's brimming with hope. But life can change in an instant.
"Beautiful and heartfelt"
The stunning sequel to Gayle Forman's international best seller If I Stay - now a major film starring Chloe Grace Moretz. If you had a second chance at first love...would you take it? It's been three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life. And three years he's spent wondering why. When their paths cross again in New York, Adam and Mia are brought back together for one life-changing night. Perfect for fans of John Green and David Levithan.
Aidan O'Linn's childhood ended the night he saw a demon kill his mother and mark his sister, Ava, with Darkness. Since then, every three years the demons have returned to try to claim her. Living in the gritty, forgotten corners of Los Angeles, Aidan has managed to protect his sister, but he knows that even his powers to fight demons and speak dead languages won't keep her safe for much longer.
Mallory, Russ, Jameson, and Nadia are just trying to blend in as normal teens while secretly learning to use their newfound superpowers. Everything changes when they're invited to travel to Peru under the supervision and protection of the Praetorian Guard, an organization claiming to have their best interests at heart. Seeing the trip as a challenge, the teens agree to go and help search for David Hofstetter, a man from their hometown who's been presumed dead for 16 years.
Steve is not the most rational miner in the world. When he has to find diamonds to survive, he takes a bad approach. He decides to rob a bank, which makes him one of the most wanted men in the block world. He has to turn to unlikely enemies, do horrible things, and deceive his friends in order to free himself from prison. Will he make it alive, or will the local cops get him?
British airman Dym Ingleford is convinced that the young German prisoner, Max Eckermann, is his brother Anthony, who was kidnapped years before. Raised in the Nazi ideology, Tony has by chance tumbled into British hands. Dym has brought him back, at least temporarily, to the family he neither remembers nor will acknowledge as his own.
Aija Mayrock, a 19-year-old girl, offers a fresh perspective on bullying. In The Survival Guide to Bullying: Written by a Teen, Aija offers support, guidance, and direction to her listeners. Aija was bullied in middle school and part of high school. She shares the different approaches and strategies that helped her survive and thrive. Aija writes about how to handle bullying and cyber bullying, dealing with fear, personal safety, and ultimately creating the life that you dream of having.
In a desperate attempt to escape destruction decades earlier, humankind was forced underground into the depths of the Earth, creating a new society called the Tri-Realms. After her parents and sister are abducted by the Enforcers, 17-year-old Adele, a member of the middle-class moon dwellers, is unjustly sentenced to life in prison for her parents' crimes of treason.
Prayer can sometimes be a frightening thing. How do you approach the maker of the world, and what exactly can you pray for? In this student adaptation of The Circle Maker, Pastor Mark Batterson uses the true legend of Honi the circle maker, a first-century Jewish sage whose bold prayer saved a generation, to uncover the boldness God asks of us at times, and what powerful prayer can mean in your life.
With those she's closest to dying around her, Adele embarks on a secret mission to the Sun Realm to assassinate the president. Along the way she'll uncover secrets about her relationship with Tristan that she might not be ready to face.
Best friends Taylor and Sierra meet a hot guy in a chat room online. Both fall for Jacob's charms, but as usual, the more outgoing and vivacious Sierra overshadows Taylor and wins his attention. Taylor's devastated - Sierra already kissed Callum, Taylor's secret crush, over the summer holidays. Life's not fair, especially when Sierra's around. Moving quickly, Sierra sets up a date with Jacob on Friday after school. She asks Taylor and their friends to cover for her.
A royal wedding is what most girls dream about. It means one celebration after another: balls, fireworks, and revelry until dawn. But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As the wedding approaches, she aches to tell Arin the truth about her engagement: that she agreed to marry the crown prince in exchange for Arin's freedom.
When my dad dropped us off at the front gate, the first things I saw were the rose garden spreading out on either side of the main driveway and the enormous sign in iron cursive letters spelling out Laurinda. No "Ladies College" after it, of course; the name was meant to speak for itself. Laurinda is an exclusive school for girls. At its secret core is the Cabinet, a trio of girls who wield power over their classmates - and some of their teachers.
Eyes like violet sapphires. Wings of smoldering fire. Consume your true love's blood. Become the Eternal Vampire. Once upon a time there lived a vampire with wings and the genie who loved her.... Born of the seven magics, Jasmine is different in every way, including the obnoxious wings on her back courtesy of the original Vampires. She wants to be normal, to be a regular teenaged girl.
When 12-year-old Hannah uncovers an ancient Salish spindle whorl hidden in a cave near her home in Cowichan Bay, she is transported back to a village called Tl'ulpalus, in a time before Europeans had settled in the area. Through the agency of a trickster raven, Hannah befriends Yisella, a young Salish girl, and is welcomed into village life. Here she discovers that the spindle whorl is the prized possession of Yisella's mother, Skeepla, a famous spinner and weaver.
Ideal for young adults and kids. Once you start listening, you will want more. Enjoy the thrill, horror, and suspense. It will keep you on the edge.
Fay has spent 18 months locked up in a secure training centre. Drug deals and rip-offs are the only things this teenager knows. Now she's back on the street, looking to settle old scores. CHERUB agents Ryan and Ning need Fay's knowledge to unearth a major drug importer. They're trained professionals with one essential advantage: even experienced criminals never suspect that children are spying on them. But Fay's made a lot of enemies, and she's running out of time....
After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin.Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom.
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After a year of hard labor in the Salt Mines of Endovier, eighteen-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien has won the king's contest to become the new royal assassin. But Calaena is far from loyal to the crown. Keeping up the charade - while pretending to do the king's bidding - will test her skills in an entirely new way. And it certainly isn't the only point of confusion for the young girl. Because though she's made her choice between Dorian and Chaol, the ways of the heart are never simple...
"Worthy continuum"
Sonny Ardmore is an excellent liar. She lies about her dad being in prison. She lies about her mom kicking her out. And she lies about sneaking into her best friend's house every night because she has nowhere else to go. Amy Rush might be the only person Sonny shares everything with - secrets, clothes, even a nemesis named Ryder Cross.
Harry Potter has been heralded as one of the most popular book series of all time and the philosophical nature of Harry, Hermione, and Ron's quest to rid the world of its ultimate evil is one of the many things that make this series special. The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy covers all seven titles in J.K. Rowling's groundbreaking series and takes fans back to Godric's Hollow to discuss life after death, to consider what moral reasoning drove Harry to choose death, and to debate whether Sirius Black is a man or a dog.
Celaena has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak - but at an unspeakable cost. Now, she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth - a truth about her heritage that could change her life - and her future - forever. Meanwhile, brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world. Will Celaena find the strength to not only fight her inner demons, but to take on the evil that is about to be unleashed?
"As great as the previous books!"
Dylan Mint has Tourette's. His life is a constant battle to keep the bad stuff in - the swearing, the tics, the howling dog that seems to escape whenever he gets stressed. But a routine visit to the hospital changes everything. Overhearing a hushed conversation between the doctor and his mum, Dylan discovers that he's going to die in March. So he makes a list of things he must do before he dies: First, he wants to have real sex with gorgeous Michelle Malloy; Second, he's got to find his autistic best friend Amir a new best bud; Third, he's got to get his dad back home from the army so they can say goodbye properly.
"Tourette's for young adults"
More than anything, Joel wants to be a Rithmatist. Chosen by the Master in a mysterious inception ceremony, Rithmatists have the power to infuse life into two-dimensional figures known as Chalklings. Rithmatists are humanity's only defense against the Wild Chalklings - merciless creatures that leave mangled corpses in their wake. Having nearly overrun the territory of Nebrask, the Wild Chalklings now threaten all of the American Isles. As the son of a lowly chalkmaker at Armedius Academy, Joel can only watch as Rithmatist students study the magical art that he would do anything to practice. Then students start disappearing....
"light entertainment - with Sanderson magic"
If Artemis Fowl is "Die Hard with Fairies", then W.A.R.P. is "Oliver Twist" meets "The Matrix"...The Reluctant Assassin is the first book in the W.A.R.P. series. W.A.R.P. stands for 'Witness Anonymous Relocation Programme'. The assassin of the title is young Riley who has been apprentice to Albert Garrick, a Victorian illusionist who has fallen on difficult times and taken to using his unique conjuring skills to gain access to victims' dwellings.
"A change of direction but a gripping story."
An electromagnetic pulse flashes across the sky, destroying every electronic device and killing billions. Alex hiked into the woods to say good-bye to her dead parents and her personal demons. Now desperate to find out what happened after the pulse crushes her to the ground, Alex meets up with Tom, a young soldier, and Ellie, a girl whose grandfather was killed by the EMP. For this improvised family and the others who are spared, it's now a question of who can be trusted and who is no longer human.
"Review: "Ashes" by Ilsa J Bick"
In the final book of John Christopher's classic series, Will Parker returns to the headquarters of the Resistance after several months in the City of Gold and Lead. He travels to Eastern Europe and the Middle East to set up resistance cells with young boys who question the power of the Tripods. When they are able to capture one of the Tripod 'Masters', they unlock a secret that they use in attempt to finally wrest control of the earth from the Tripods, and maybe - just maybe - save humanity.
"A whole new world."
The capital has fallen. The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Now the nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army. Deep in an ancient network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina must submit to the dubious protection of the Apparat and the zealots who worship her as a Saint. Yet her plans lie elsewhere, with the hunt for the elusive firebird and the hope that an outlaw prince still survives.
Bodyguard: Ransom is a bulletproof thriller by Chris Bradford, best-selling author of the Young Samurai books. It's Lee Child for younger readers--Cherub meets Jason Bourne, a surefire winner for fans of Robert Muchamore and Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider books. Connor Reeves is a bodyguard, trained in surveillance, anti-ambush technique, hostage survival, and unarmed combat. He's already proven himself by saving the American president's daughter from terrorists in Bodyguard: Hostage.
"Good but not great"
The Changed are on the move. The Spared are out of time. The End...is now. When her parents died, Alex thought things couldn't get much worse - until the doctors found the monster in her head. She headed into the wilderness as a good-bye, to leave everything behind. But then the end of the world happened, and Alex took the first step down a treacherous road of betrayal and terror and death. Now, with no hope of rescue - on the brink of starvation in a winter that just won't quit - she discovers a new and horrifying truth. The Change isn't over.
The Apocalypse does not end. The Changed will grow in numbers. The Spared may not survive. Even before the EMPs brought down the world, Alex was on the run from the demons of her past and the monster living in her head. After the world was gone, she believed Rule could be a sanctuary for her and those she'd come to love. But she was wrong. Now Alex is in the fight of her life against the adults, who would use her, the survivors, who don't trust her, and the Changed, who would eat her alive. Welcome to Shadows, the second book in the haunting apocalyptic Ashes Trilogy.
"Good second book"
Bayport High's Varsity cheer squad is made up of the hottest of the hot. But this A-list is dangerous in more ways than one. The Squad is actually a cover for the most highly trained group of underage government operatives the United States has ever assembled. They have the perfect cover, because, beyond herkeys and highlights, no one expects anything from a cheerleader.
"Not your average teen book..."
Fed up with her wild behavior, 16-year-old Lex's parents ship her off to upstate New York to live with her Uncle Mort for the summer, hoping that a few months of dirty farm work will whip her back into shape. But Uncle Mort's true occupation is much dirtier than shoveling manure. He's a Grim Reaper. And he's going to teach Lex the family business. She quickly assimilates into the peculiar world of Croak, a town populated by reapers who deliver souls from this life to the next.
"Teenage Grim...."
It happens every year. A list is posted, and one girl from each grade is chosen as the prettiest, and another is chosen as the ugliest. Nobody knows who makes the list. It almost doesn't matter. The damage is done the minute it goes up.This is the story of eight girls, freshman to senior, "pretty" and "ugly." And it's also the story of how we see ourselves, and how other people see us, and the tangled connection of the two.
"Great concept, well written."
Sixteen-year-old Lex Bartleby is a teenage grim reaper with the bizarre ability to Damn souls. That makes her pretty scary, even to fellow Grims. But after inadvertently transferring her ability to Zara, a murderous outlaw, Lex is a pariah in Croak, the little town she calls home. To escape the townspeople's wrath, she and her friends embark on a wild road trip to DeMyse. Though this sparkling desert oasis is full of luxuries and amusements, it feels like a prison to Lex.
"Humorous shenanigans........."
Ephraim is horrified when he comes home from school one day to find his mother unconscious at the kitchen table, clutching a bottle of pills. Even more disturbing than her suicide attempt is the reason for it: the dead boy she identified at the hospital that afternoon - a boy who looks exactly like him. While examining his dead double's belongings, Ephraim discovers a strange coin that makes his wishes come true each time he flips it.
"Excellent YA Sci-Fi"
Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land, all while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret. But she can't outrun her past or her destiny for long. The Darkling has emerged from the Shadow Fold with a terrifying new power and a dangerous plan that will test the very boundaries of the natural world. With the help of a notorious privateer, Alina returns to the country she abandoned, determined to fight the forces gathering against Ravka. But as her power grows, Alina slips deeper into the Darkling's game of forbidden magic....
"Still as intriguing as the first book"


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Resolution 168/13 has enshrined and bolstered a social and political climate that puts black people in the Dominican Republic in grave danger.
As the ESPYs approach, we remember longtime ESPN anchor Stuart Scott whom lost his private battle with cancer. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Scott got his start at a few stations in the south, making stops in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida.
White supremacy asks us, on the Fourth, to consider ourselves one American people. But this too is an injustice, because it asks many to forget the ways in which the promise of America never applied to them and still remains largely incomplete. Perpetuating the myth of American independence, while it doesn't fully apply to all, cannibalizes the very hope of full emancipation and real equality.
Blacks are expected in a few states to live in the shadows of flag that celebrated and promoted our enslavement under any means necessary.
I was raised to be a strong, black woman who could handle her own emotions -- not ask someone to help me sort them out. How dare I need treatment for feeling worthless and for being bullied when I come from a lineage of ancestors who used strength and endurance as a way to survive?
The fourth of July is upon us, a holiday that signifies a meaningful moment in U.S. history, a date that marks our official independence as a nation. Over time, freedom and independence have come to take on very deep meaning for me as a transracially adopted person.
In the fuzzy arithmetic of their moral equivocation, flag pins matter, firearms matter, border patrols matter, but black and brown lives don't matter unless they can be leveraged for some self-serving political purpose
My protest started by recoloring the Confederate flag black, red and green -- the colors of black nationalism. This was my way of arresting my own anxiety and fear of black erasure, both personal and collective.
Knowing that we are not given the same opportunity to ever fully rest, we must keep faith and hope in an ultimate peace. We must keep faith and hope that things can change.
Right now, too many Americans are working long days for less pay than they deserve. That's partly because we've failed to update overtime regulations for years -- and an exemption meant for highly paid, white collar employees now leaves out workers making as little as $23,660 a year -- no matter how many hours they work.
Much like stubborn weeds growing between breaks in the sidewalk, Detroiters simply will not let their city fall away into disrepair or allow buildings to stay abandoned.
The count of black churches in the South that have been torched is not the six that have been burned since the massacre of nine blacks at Charleston's Emmanuel AME Church, but 37. The church burnings occurred in a period of not two weeks but over 18 months.
The best way to commit to our causes is to understand how they are connected to others. In that way, we realize that our liberations are inseparably linked to the liberation of others. If your advocacy is not rooted in intersectionality, it doesn't take much for others to surmise that you're merely pursuing your privilege, not equality.
President Barack Obama's eulogy for Reverend Clementa Pinckney unified nearly all Americans with a call to equal justice that no preceding generation had any realistic expectation to achieve. It was a moment desperately imagined by the voters who supported him in 2008 and 2012.
There's an important question being left out of the furor over charges that Rachel Dolezal, the former head of the NAACP's Spokane chapter, has been "lying" about her race: How can you lie about something that doesn't have any objective truth to it in the first place?
The film is about growing up and getting over one's circumstances. It humanizes the black male experience growing up in America; as do many of the films that are directed by Famuyiwa.
How much worse is it going to have to get before we take accountability for our racism and actively engage in dismantling it?
The physical endangerment that intense hostility toward a group can produce is particularly unsettling when you consider the breadth of damage it can have on how the targeted group thinks about their safety.
Newsome's action was a reminder to abandon the comfort and relative safety of insipid discontent. If we want more, we have to demand more.


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by Jeni Bone
The Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show has become a corporate member of SYBA (Superyacht Base Australia), with Barry Jenkins joining the board of SYBA.
Sanctuary Cove has a significant superyacht presence, including the Superyacht Pavilion.
The boat show has signed an agreement with SYBA and will work with SYBA and AIMEX in promoting the interests of both at various international events and boat shows, including key shows Monaco Yacht Show and Ft Lauderdale International Boat Show.
MaryAnne Edwards, chief executive of AIMEX (which oversees day to day operations of SYBA) and SYBA, says the agreement is just one of many developments SYBA has to look forward to this year.
'It's great to have Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show onboard,' says MaryAnne. 'They have a significant superyacht presence at the show in the Superyacht Pavilion and we will be working with them on enhancing exposure for the superyacht sector.'
She adds: 'We have lots of interesting developments for 2011 and beyond that will be discussed at the next board meeting, to be held in Brisbane 16 February. We will be confirming the direction and stratgegy for SYBA for the year ahead.'
SYBA is made up of representatives form the key clusters of Whitsundays, Cairns, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney, WA and Darwin. The Board has been expanded and now includes: David McQueen Director Azzura Marine (Gold Coast) Pty Ltd; Dominic White Chairperson MTU Detroit Diesel Australia; Rodney Tweddle Director SuperYacht Base Western Australia & Darwin; Richard Morris Director NSW Cluster; Joe Akacich Director Gold Coast; Murray Owen Director Gold Coast; Mike Ebsworth Director Maritime Projects; Mark Shepherd Smith Director Whitsunday Mackay Superyacht Cluster; Carrie Carter Director Cairns and Barry Jenkins.
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One who identifies himself as homeless when he, in fact, has a home; frequently a nice one.
With a propensity for melodrama and several hours to kill between checking out of his hotel and his flight home, Joel became fauxmless.
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The condition of being in your late teens to early 20s, wherein one couch surfs, crashes on floors, or squats in an attempt to seem homeless, thereby gaining scene points. In reality, said fauxmless person could return to his or hers parents' house at any given time.
You: Yeah, I'm letting Kiley crash on my couch this weekend...she's going through a fauxmless phase. Best to just get it out of her system.
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San Antonio mayor to deliver Dems keynote
San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro will deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention.
He becomes the first Latino to give the high profile speech at the convention Sept. 4 in prime time.
Castro made the announcement himself in a video. He noted that two conventions ago a young politician named Barack Obama gave the keynote.
"It's an honor" to give the keynote, he said, noting he has "big shoes to fill."
A Mexican-American, he has a twin brother. Both Castros graduated from Stanford. Castro graduated from Harvard Law school in 2000.
Now 37, Castro became the youngest mayor of a major American city in 2009 when he was elected mayor.
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This article is part of the supplement: Genetic Analysis Workshop 17: Unraveling Human Exome Data
Genome-wide association analysis of GAW17 data using an empirical Bayes variable selection
Department of Statistics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
BMC Proceedings 2011, 5(Suppl 9):S5 doi:10.1186/1753-6561-5-S9-S5Published: 29 November 2011
Next-generation sequencing technologies enable us to explore rare functional variants. However, most current statistical techniques are too underpowered to capture signals of rare variants in genome-wide association studies. We propose a supervised coalescing of single-nucleotide polymorphisms to obtain gene-based markers that can stably reveal possible genetic effects related to rare alleles. We use a newly developed empirical Bayes variable selection algorithm to identify associations between studied traits and genetic markers. Using our novel method, we analyzed the three continuous phenotypes in the GAW17 data set across 200 replicates, with intriguing results.


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5 Criminals Who Messed With the Wrong People
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Criminals range in intelligence from big-time super geniuses to small-time crooks who can't tie their shoes without falling into a volcano. Karma is well aware of the latter group and punishes such individuals accordingly. The following five stories are shining examples of justice served at a cosmic level. When it comes to choosing victims, these criminals had the same amount of luck as Paris Hilton's gynecologist the day the AC was broken and the office was fresh out of latex gloves.
The Facebook Hacker
Most of us check our Facebook as often as a person with OCD triple checks that they locked the door or masturbated into the fish tank. Joyce Bary was not one of those compulsive Facebookers. In fact, she only signed up with the social network site because friends annoyed her into it. Joyce's lack of Facebook time made her a seemingly perfect target for a scammer who stole her password and hacked into her account. The scammer's intent was to rip-off whoever he could from Joyce's friend list via a convenient sob story. The scam began with a mysterious message sent to Joyce's friends that stated she was in London, had been robbed at gunpoint and needed $1,200 to get home. Despite being "robbed" fake Joyce still had the presence of mind to somehow log onto Facebook. Because in the hacker's mind doing so in real life would be far more productive than simply going to the police or using a telephone to call home for help.
One of Joyce's friends who received the suspicious Nigerian Prince-like message thought the random request for money seemed suspicious. Sensing a potential scam in progress the Facebook guardian of justice kept the person on the hook long enough to expose his ploy and allow local authorities to catch him. How did Joyce's friend perform this cyber miracle you ask? He asked the scammer tons of questions which the real Joyce would have been able to answer assuming she wasn't suddenly mentally handicapped. Joyce's friend eventually asked where he could send the money (as if to tease him) and if Federal Express was acceptable. However, he was told to by the crook to send the dough by Western Union. The nail in the coffin for the hacker came when fake Joyce was asked if she was still employed at a made-up company. When the response was "yes", the friend officially concluded it was all a silly scam.
58 Year Old Woman Defeats Rapist…with a Pen
The following incident took place in Middletown, NY in 2007. On the day in question a 58-year-old woman was alone, praying and taking notes in her journal at the chapel of St. Joseph's Church. Little did she know she was about to be forced into Charles Bronson mode.
When it comes to low-lifes, this would be rapist who went cruising in a church for a victim ranks up there with the worst of them. The video posted below shows an "on and off homeless mental patient" enter the chapel and sit down. After a short period of time spent lurking about the man eventually proceeded to grope and attack the woman. However, the predator got the surprise of his life when the woman defended herself in the most awesome manner humanly possible. Remember that journal we mentioned the woman was writing in earlier? Well the woman wisely used her pen and stabbed the man repeatedly in his neck with it. We'll repeat that since it was actually enjoyable to type. She stabbed him repeatedly… in the fucking neck… with her pen. Predictably the bloodied and defeated head-case ran off. Thankfully he was recorded by the church's security cameras. The attacker was later arrested when an off-duty firefighter called the police after spotting him riding a bicycle and recognized him from local news coverage. The tip from the firefighter was apparently one of many police received after the video was broadcast. Folks in Middletown, and most any place on the planet, don't exactly take kindly to lunatics who get their kicks attacking and raping women as they pray.
Wrong Dude to Rob…Really Wrong
As you can imagine from the photo above, the following attempted robbery went over about as well as a drunken clown at a funeral. If you thought getting stabbed in the neck several times was bad then brace yourself. In December of 2011 in Southwest Chicago a would-be thief approached a parked vehicle and asked the driver for a light. Clearly the crook didn't recognize the person he had sized up and proceeded to demand money at gun point. Shockingly the robber wasn't content with actually getting the money. Nope, he decided to push his luck further and ordered the man out of his vehicle.
That request was likely the last thing the mugger recalls so we'll fill in the rest. As it turns out the dude in the car was a mixed martial arts expert from Des Plaines. According to the MMA fighter himself, it was his "training," not his brawn, which allowed him to wrestle away the loaded gun from the mugger and hold him until the police arrived. The predictably battered crook was taken to Holy Cross Hospital with his face in pieces, two black eyes and a gunshot wound. How did the mugger get shot you asked? Apparently at some point during his unintended facial annihilation he also managed to accidentally shoot himself in the ankle. What was left of the mugger was charged with armed robbery and aggravated discharge of a firearm. The MMA fighter likely just went home, scraped the robber's face off his knuckles and went to bed.
Severely Bad Timing
In October of 2011 in Williston, Florida a would-be robber proved that timing is everything in life. He also proved that really bad timing can lead to an immediate run-in with the law as well as an entry in a Weirdworm article. When a crook decided to snatch a money jar which contained a whopping $35.78 from the counter of a north Florida convenience store he probably should have made sure nobody was looking. In fact he should have checked directly behind him because that's where an off-duty Marion County Sheriff's deputy was standing the entire time.
According to the The Gainesville Sun, when the officer attempted to take the would-be thief into custody things quickly got out of hand. The petty jar snatcher decided as most crooks do that he simply wasn't going down without a pointless fight. One ridiculous scuffle later and the two men ended up falling through a plate glass door. Eventually back-up arrived and the Williston police took the man into custody. Perhaps the worst part of this story is that the money in the jar was for charity sponsored recreational events for terminally ill children. The unobservant crook that clearly had beef with terminally ill kids was charged with robbery and felony battery on a law enforcement officer. Also, he didn't get to keep the $35.78.
Purse Snatcher Gets Stripped Naked
The one thing a purse snatcher may want to be wary of in Providencia, Chile is vigilante hordes. In November of 2011, in the capital of Santiago a would-be crook got the humiliation of a lifetime when he decided to grab the purse of an elderly woman. Clearly this action was not the brightest idea in the world, you know…considering the previously mentioned vigilante hordes.
The mob justice that followed may not be something you agree with, nevertheless it happened. Soon after the robbery the thief was chased down, pounced on by an angry crowd and stripped completely naked. Actually, they at least left him with his socks. To make matters worse for the humiliated criminal, nearby pedestrians cheered the entire spectacle as if it were a major sporting event. At one point the failed thief attempted to hitch a ride from passing cars but drivers likely only slowed down long enough to point and laugh. To be fair, very few of us tend to allow nude purse snatchers into our cars. Of course all of this was recorded on a fortuitously blurry cell phone. Eventually the police arrived and escorted the naked dude away as hundreds watched. Naturally they didn't bother to offer him pants.
Written by Anthony Quaglia – Copyrighted © www.weirdworm.com
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Milton and the English Revelation Part I: Freedom, Deception, & Disguise Melissa Brotton, MS, Ph.D. Department of English and Communication La Sierra University Milton and The English Revolution (1979) The Century of Revolution, 1603- 1714 (1961, 1980) Society and Puritanism in Prerevolutionary England (1964) The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution (1972) Puritanism & Revolution: The English Revolution of the 17th Century: Studies in Interpretation of the English Revolution of the 17th Century (1958) Christopher Hill 1912-2003 Leading Historian of 17th Century England Poet-Prophet Motif Biblical Tradition To receive and to give a sacred message through language that illumined and stirred the mind, heart, and spirit The poets were God's last prophets English Poet-Prophets since Milton Blake Wordsworth Byron (in reverse) Shelley Elizabeth Barrett Browning W. B. Yeats and T. S. Eliot The choice to study Milton Academy Experience of reading Paradise Lost Personal Spiritual Revival Understanding Milton through Adventist doctrine Parallels between Milton and Ellen White Parallels between Milton and Elizabeth Barrett Browning Connections with the Romantic Period Experience with Professors Desire for a challenge – Lycidas Charming Cottages Idyllic Pastures Villages and Shires Farmers and Peddlars Transportation by horse and carriage Death of Shakespeare (1616) King James Version (1611) Baroque Music (Gesualdo, Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Corelli, Vivaldi, Purcell, Scarlatti) Plague (1665) The Great Fire (1666) The Great Fire of London in 1666, Lieve Verschuier Rise in Puritan state 1640 power Regicide of Charles I 1648 Commonwealth 1649 Death of Oliver 1658 Cromwell and Weakened Government Restoration of throne to 1660 Charles II Milton loved having house guests He would have warmly invited you into his parlour, Asked you to sit down and stay to dinner, Asked you if you might take down a few lines . . . Milton's Cottage home in Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire Come, and trip it as ye go On the light fantastic toe, And in thy right hand lead with thee, The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew To live with her and live with thee, In unreprovèd pleasures free . . . . (L'Allegro 33-40) The Lady of Christ's College Born in London (1608) Became completely blind Entered St. Paul's (1620) Lost first wife & son 1652 Began composing poems Married Katharine Matriculated at Cambridge Woodcock 1656 Spent his post-grad years Lost second wife & studying & writing poetry daughter 1658 Began private teaching Imprisoned 1660 career 1639 Married Elizabeth First political tracts (1641) Minshull Married Mary Powell Publishes Paradise Lost (1642) 1667 Poetical & Political Career Died 1674 Early Poetry Mid-Life Poetry At a Solemn Music The Sonnets Comus Pastoral Play Lycidas Elegy Mid-Life Political Work L'Allegro (Cheerful) Areopagitica Il Pensoroso ( Contemplative) The Tenure of Kings & Magistrates Early Political Works Divorce Tracts Late-Life Work Anti-Prelatical Tracts Paradise Lost Paradise Regained Samson Agonistes 1643 Parliament orders book licensing in a form Milton found intolerant. Under the new order, no book was to be printed that contained forged, slanderous, scandalous, seditious, libelous, or anti-establishmentarian information. Areopagitica, Pamphlet title page Many of Milton's statements in Areopagitica formed the foundation for the First Amendment. Four Main Arguments against censorship (Michael Bryson, California State University, Northridge) The Catholic Church is the inventor of book licensing. Reading is a necessary acquisition of good and evil in a fallen world. The order was ineffectual in suppressing "scandalous, seditious, and libelous books." The order will discourage learning and the pursuit of truth. Many there be that complain of divine Providence for suffering Adam to transgress. Foolish tongues! When God gave him reason, he gave him freedom to choose, for reason is but choosing; he had been else a mere artificial Adam, such an Adam as he is in the motions. We ourselves esteem not of that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force: God therefore left him free, set before him a provoking object ever almost in his eyes; herein consisted his merit, herein the right of his reward, the praise of his abstinence. (John Milton, Areopagitica, 1643) There are thousands today echoing the same rebellious complaint against God. They do not see that to deprive man of the freedom of choice would be to rob him of his prerogative as an intelligent being and make him a mere automaton. It is not God's purpose to coerce the will. Man was created a free moral agent. (Ellen White, Patriarchs and Prophets, 331). 1890. Importance of intellectual diversity Complex and necessary interplay between good and evil in a fallen world –knowing good by evil The importance of even wrong ideas The educated prophets of the Bible, Moses, Daniel, and Paul "were skillful in all the learning of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Greeks" and that Paul "thought it no defilement to insert into Holy Scripture the sentences of three Greek poets, and one of them a tragedian" (Milton, Areopagitica, 1643) But if they be of those whom God hath fitted for the special use of these times with eminent and ample gifts, and those perhaps neither among the priests nor among the pharisees, and we in the haste of a precipitant zeal shall make no distinction, but resolve to stop their mouths, because we fear they come with new and dangerous opinions, as we commonly forejudge them ere we understand them; no less than woe to us, while thinking thus to defend the Gospel, we are found the persecutors. (Milton, Areopagtica) Good and evil we know in the field of this world grow up together almost inseparably; and the knowledge of good is so involved and interwoven with the knowledge of evil, and in so many cunning resemblances hardly to be discerned, that those confused seeds which were imposed upon Psyche as an incessant labour to cull out and sort asunder, were not more intermixed. It was from out the rind of one apple tasted that the knowledge of good and evil, as two twins cleaving together, leaped forth into the world. And perhaps this is that doom which Adam fell into of knowing good and evil, that is to say of knowing good by evil. (Milton, Areopagitica) If we think to regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all recreations and pastimes, all that is delightful to man. No music must be heard, no song be set or sung, but what is grave and Doric. There must be licensing of dancers, that no gesture, motion, or deportment be taught our youth, but what by their allowance shall be thought honest; for such Plato was provided of. It will ask more than the work of twenty licensers to examine all the lutes, the violins, and the guitars in every house; they must not be suffered to prattle as they do, but must be licensed what they may say. And who shall silence all the airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers? The windows also, and the balconies, must be thought on; there are shrewd books, with dangerous frontispieces, set to sale: who shall prohibit them, shall twenty licensers? For who knows not that Truth is strong next to the Almighty? She needs no policies, nor stratagems, nor licensings to make her victorious; those are the shifts and the defences that error uses against her power: give her but room, and do not bind her when she sleeps, for then she speaks not true, as the old Proteus did, who spake oracles only when he was caught and bound, but then rather she turns herself into all shapes except her own and perhaps tunes her voice according to the time, as Micaiah did before Ahab, until she be adjured into her own likeness. Who knows how truth will take its shape in any given time or situation? Truth takes many shapes, according to what is needed. Might not Truth even take the shape of a lie, like it did in a classical as well as a Biblical story we know. A sea deity His name means "first- born" "The old Man of the Sea" (Homer, "The Odyssey") He can answer questions, but you have to capture him and hold on because he changes shape to avoid telling the future. King Ahab, at the bidding of King Jeshoshaphat, called his prophets together to determine whether or not he should go to war against the king of Syria in order to take back Ramoth-gilead. He gathers all of his prophets together to inquire – all his prophets, that is, except for one. . . . Ahab Warned by Michaiah. Ultimate Bible Picture Collection. Web. Biblios. Ahab's courtroom Ahab: Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain? The Prophets: Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.' Jehoshaphat: Is there not here another prophet of the Lord of whom we may inquire? Ahab: There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah, the son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but only evil. Messenger: Behold, the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king. Let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably. Micaiah: As the Lord lives, what the Lord says to me, that I will speak. Narrator: And when he had come to the king, the king said to him, Ahab: Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we refrain? Micaiah: Go up and triumph; the Lord will give it into the hand of the king. Narrator: But the king said to him, Ahab: How many times shall I make you swear that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord? Micaiah: I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said, "These have no master; let each return to his home in peace." Narrator: And the king of Israel said to Jehoshephat, Ahab: Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?'" Micaiah: Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the hosts of heaven standing beside him on his right hand and on his left; and the Lord said . . . The Lord: Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead Micaiah: And one said one thing, and another said another. Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, Spirit: I will entice him. The Lord: By what means? Spirit: I will go out and will be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets. The Lord: You are to entice him, and you shall succeed: go out, and do so. Micaiah: Now, therefore, behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these your prophets; the Lord has declared disaster for you. Narrator: After hearing the warning, Ahab had Micaiah imprisoned. He then went to battle and was wounded in a strange way. A stray arrow found its way into a small space between his scale armor and his breastplate. 33 And the battle continued that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians, until at evening he died. And the blood of the wound flowed into the bottom of the chariot. 36 And about sunset a cry went through the army Army: Every man to his city, and every man to his country. Truth can take a variety of shapes, even the shape of a lie; therefore freedom to print unlicensed books is all the more important because what we may think of as a lie may actually be Truth in disguise. Even if what we read is evil or erroneous, God can still bring blessing out of it. Milton's argument that God can use a lie to bring about truth is related to an idea we will see in Paradise Lost, the doctrine of the fortunate fall. Might not it be harder to disentangle truth from lies than we realize? Adam and Eve by Titan Deciding on a story . . . Milton's early emphasis on freedom of thought to flourish unrestricted so that truth could come out appears in his epic, Paradise Lost. Milton's decision to write a story based on the fall of man rested on a human dilemma, or paradox. Poetic narrative of Scripture with details extending from Genesis through Revelation Reveals the cosmic conflict, specifically, Satan's rebellion, as the source of human suffering More on Milton's purpose to come Satan Cast out of Heaven, Gustave Doré Narrative: story, history, a series of related events Drama: performed story, staged or screened, Epic: A long poem depicting a story about a hero's action(s) Tragicomedy: A story having the elements of hero downfall and uplift Movement/Plot Elevated language Chronology "The content of language" Characterization (Mary Oliver, A Poetry Handbook, 3) Sense of expectation Encrypted meanings Point-of-view Symbolic meanings Imagery Comparative structures Metered Lines Form Variety/Conventions Performance Stage Effects Scenes Characterization Audience Distance Collapse of time and space between audience and stage through suspension of disbelief Satan Satan's hosts Sin and Death The Father The Son Angels, principally Abdiel, Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel Adam Eve The Serpent You With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large Lay floating many a rood, in bulk as huge As whom the fables name of monstrous size. . . . So stretched out huge in length the Arch-fiend lay Chained on the burning lake. . . . (Bk. 1) Gustave Doré In Book III Satan travels from Pandaemonioum through space after spawning Sin and Death back to the gates of Heaven. He passes through Chaos and "the Limbo of Vanity" on his way. Next he flies to the sun and finds Uriel, "regent of that orb." He disguises himself as a holy angel, wishing to know the way to the new world and the man God has placed there. Uriel is at first deceived and instructs him how to get there ... One gate there only was, and that looked east On th' other side; which when th' Arch-felon saw Due entrance he disdained, and in contempt, At one slight bound high overleaped all bound Of hill or highest wall, and sheer within Lights on his feet. As when a prowling wolf, Whom hunger drives to seek new haunt for prey, Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve In hurdled cotes amid the field secure, Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold: Or as a thief bent to unhoard the cash Of some rich burgher, whose substantial doors, Cross-barred and bolted fast, fear no assault, In at the window climbs, or o'er the tiles; So clomb this first grand thief into God's fold: So since into his Church lewd hirelings climb. Thence up he flew, and on the Tree of Life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant; yet not true life Thereby regained, but sat devising death To them who lived; no on the virtue thought Of that life-giving plant, but only used For prospect, what well used had been the pledge Of immortality. (Bk. 4. 178-201) O Hell! What do my eyes with grief behold, Into our room of bliss thus high advanced Creatures of other mould, earth-born perhaps, Not Spirits, yet to Heav'nly Spirits bright Little inferior; whom my thoughts pursue With wonder, and could love, so lively shines In them divine resemblance, and such grace The hand that formed them on their shape hath poured. Ah gentle pair, ye little think how nigh Your change approaches, when all those delights Will vanish and deliver ye to woe, More woe, the more your taste is now of joy (358-69). Then from his lofty stand on that high tree Down he alights among the sportful herd Of those four-footed kinds, himself now one, Now other, as their shape served best his end Nearer to view his prey, and unespied To mark what of their state he more might learn By word or action marked; about them round A lion now he stalks with fiery glare, Then as a tiger, who by chance hath spied In some purlieu two gentle fawns at play, Straight couches close, then rising changes oft His couchant watch, as one who chose his ground Whence rushing he might surest seize them both Gripped in each paw: when Adam first of men To first of women Eve thus moving speech, Turned him all ear to hear new utterance flow. (395-410) Gabriel Speaks: Ithuriel and Zephon, with winged speed Search through this garden, leave unsearched no nook, But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge, Now laid perhaps asleep secure of harm. This ev'ning from the sun's decline arrived Who tells of some infernal Spirit seen Hitherward bent (who could have thought?) escaped The bars of Hell, on errand bad no doubt: Such where ye find, seize fast, and hither bring. (782-87) So saying, on he led his radiant files, Dazzling the moon; these to the bower direct In search of they sought: him there they found Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve; Assaying by his devilish art to reach The organs of her Fancy, and with them forge Illusions as he list, phantasms and dreams, Or if, inspiring venom, he might taint Th' animal spirits that from pure blood arise Like gentle breaths from rivers pure, thence raise At least distempered, discontented thoughts, Vain hopes, vain aims, inordinate desires Blown up with high conceits engend'ring pride. (797-809) So spake the Enemy of mankind, enclosed In serpent, inmate bad, and toward Eve Addressed his way, not with indented wave, Prone on the ground, as since, but on his rear, Circular base of rising folds, that tow'red Fold above fold, a surging maze, his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes: With burnished neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant: pleasing was his shape, And lovely, never since of serpent kind Lovelier. . . . With tract oblique At first, as one who sought accéss, but feared To interrupt, sidelong he works his way. (Bk. IX.494-512) . . . .when contrary he hears On all sides, from innumerable tongues A dismal universal hiss, the sound Of public scorn; he wondered, but not long Had leisure, wond'ring at himself now more; His visage drawn he felt to sharp and spare, His arms clung to his ribs, his legs entwining Each other, till supplanted down he fell A monstrous serpent on his belly prone, Reluctant, but in vain; a greater power Now ruled him, punished in the shape he sinned, According to his doom: he would have spoke, But hiss for hiss returned with forkèd tongue To forkèd tongue, for now were all transformed Alike, to serpents all as áccessóries To his bold riot: . . .(Bk. 10. 506-20) . . . dreadful was the din Of hissing through the hall, thick swarming now With complicated monsters, head and tail, Scorpion and asp, and amphisbaena dire, Cerastes horned, hydrus, and ellops drear, And dipsas (not so thick swarmed once the soil Bedropped with blood of Gorgon, or the isle Ophiusa); but still the greatest he the midst, Now dragon grown, larger than whom the sun Engendered in the Pythian vale on slime, Huge Python, and his power no less he seemed Above the rest still to retain; they all Him followed issuing forth to the open field (Bk 10.521-533) There stood A grove nearby , sprung up with this their change, His will who reigns above, to aggravate Their penance, laden with fair fruit like that Which grew in Paradise, the bait of Eve Used by the Tempter: on that prospect strange Their earnest eyes they fixed, imagining For one forbidden tree a multitude Now ris'n, to work them further woe or shame; Yet parched with scalding thirst and hunger fierce, Though to delude them sent, could not abstain, But on they rolled in heaps, and up the trees Climbing, sat thicker than the snaky locks That curled Megaera: greedily they plucked The fruitage fair to sight, like that which grew Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed; This more delusive, not the touch, but taste With spattering noise rejected: oft they assayed, Hunger and thirst constraining, drugged as oft, With hatefullest disrelish writhed their jaws With soot and cinder filled; so oft they fell Into the same illusion, not as man Whom they triúmphed once lapsed. Thus were they plagued And worn with famine, long and ceaseless hiss, Till their lost shape, permitted, they resumed, Yearly enjoined, some say, to undergo This annual humbling certain numbered days, To dash their pride, and joy for man seduced.
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My eldest is really taking an interest in cycling now (7 years, but quite small for his age).
Ive been looking at the Moda Minor and the Islabikes Luath but he's still a tad short for either according to their size guides.
He would however fit the Battaglin Junior 22"
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Wondering if anyone has any real world feed back on this (checked forum and nothing comes up) bike for smaller hands etc. Its all very well specced, especially when side by side with the Islabikes, do i take the plunge now and go for the 22" Battaglin or wait until June time and go for the 24" options.?
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Companies frequently rely on CCTV footage in disciplinary hearings where wrongdoing by an employee or worker is alleged.
Where companies have CCTV installed, images taken from company cameras positioned on company property can be used in any disciplinary hearing.
Provided they follow and document the procedure as detailed below:-
This process will ensure that the company complies with the Data Protection Act 1998 {DPA} the CCTV Code of Practice and other relevant legislation and demonstrate that the company has taken all steps possible to protect the personal information of anyone captured on the CCTV.
- Acknowledge: that the company does have CCTV installed with appropriate signage. Clearly state that the purpose of CCTV is to prevent crime and protect public safety. Remind staff that the use of CCTV in disciplinary proceedings is referred to in their Contract of Employment and their Staff Handbook.
- State: that the CCTV allegedly caught an employee committing a disciplinary offence {which may also be categorised as a criminal act} during the course of their employment. The CCTV footage may also show images of other staff not involved in the offence or crime.
- State: that the company wishes to use the CCTV footage in connection with the disciplinary proceedings against the employee. The CCTV footage may also be available to the Police.
- State: that the company recognises that the CCTV images contain personal information and therefore to comply with the DPA they cannot be disclosed or released. However, Section 35{2} of the DPA exempts the CCTV images from the non-dislosure provisions of the DPA where they are used for the purposes of, or in connection with, legal proceedings.
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- State: that the circulation of the CCTV images will be strictly limited to those attending the disciplinary hearing and that those attending the disciplinary hearing will have signed a Confidentiality Undertaking and be bound by its content.
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I would like to ask about who can actually view the CCTV footage? I have had an allegation made and the only evidence that they can use is CCTV footage of a public area/front counter. The person who reviewed the CCTV is an Assistant Manager and I find no record of him on the Information Commissioner's Register and as far as I am aware he does not have a SIA licence. It is within his rights to check the CCTV for evidence?
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Hello I have just been dismissed from my job on evidence taken from a company cctv camera the use of these in my disciplinary hearing are not in my contract or company handbook the 1st I knew of the use of this was at my final hearing when they produced it from nowhere on a company laptop after reading your curb procedures that they have to follow surely this evidence is inadmissible
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Is the above article right as I shall quote it in my appeal hearing tomorrow as by reading this they have blatantly broken most of the data protection act concerning the use of camera recording and disciplinarys.
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Myself & three colleagues have been through a disciplinary hearing (we were found not guilty )the evidence in the case was cctv footage .The footage was collected by our line manager from a monitor in a busy reception he watched it there & took notes infront people who had nothing to do with the case .Has my employer broken the data protection act
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we have a camera in our control room and my employer has used cctv footage from it in an investigation hearing against me i have also checked the paperwork before hand and my manager has not signed for or requested (by filling in form) any footage whereas the police have to is this breaching my rights or breaking any law, thanks
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If you want to buy DVD's in Penang, go to Prangin Mall. Many shops selling for RM6. For this price they are 'single layer' (not the best quality). One shop on 4th floor has for RM12, 10 if you buy a few, and these are 'double layer', much better quality. If the movie has just come out, or in some cases, not hit the big screen, then there is of course a very good chance that they were filmed in a cinema, hence the heads. However, if the movie is already out on DVD, it will be a copy of that. Of the 96 we bought last year, only a couple had heads, and about 4 stopped mid movie, but at that price, who cares. Anyway just bought this years oscar nominated movies, and all the ones we missed last year. Will add to this post when we've seen the quality.
What to buy: DVD's
What to pay: RM6 -12
If you are buying these in a shop (on the street or in a mall - not a stall here), check the cover. It is nearly always obvious if it is a fake, and if not, the price will probably give it away. Ask someone who works in the shop to play the CD/VCD/DVD on the CD player or tv screen (nearly all shops will have these). Don't feel stupid or embarassed about doing this, it is quite common for people to ask it to be played- you want to check the quality before you purchase something. Make sure the DVD is for the correct region that is suitable for your DVD player at home. Some copied CDs will have bonus tracks, and copied items sometimes have different covers to the original genuine ones. If you cannot find what you are looking for, just ask - they will be happy to help you.
What to buy: You can buy copied items in the night markets, but they are likely to be of a poor quality. Shops generally sell better quality versions, but places like Singapore or KL are better for these things.
What to pay: About 10/15 ringgit for VCD
road side markets.
What to buy: It seems that everywhere you can get the latest movies on DVD even before they come out at the movies. While they are cheap, the quality is generally not that good, and often u can see heads popping up on screen. They can't be legal anywhere else but they are cheap. The other thing to watch is that some may not work when you get back home, even on muilti regional players. This is usually because the disk is faulty.
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