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What if the Bible is true? What if the stories about Noah are true? I don't think we have had any context about 40 days and 40 nights of rain until now. Can you imagine 40 days and 40 nights of what is happening in Houston?
Here's the thing…
If Noah's story is true, then how can one doubt Christ?
The Wickedness of Humankind
6 When people began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that they were fair; and they took wives for themselves of all that they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, 'My spirit shall not abide[a]in mortals for ever, for they are flesh; their days shall be one hundred and twenty years.' 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterwards—when the sons of God went in to the daughters of humans, who bore children to them. These were the heroes that were of old, warriors of renown.
5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. 7 So the Lord said, 'I will blot out from the earth the human beings I have created—people together with animals and creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.' 8 But Noah found favour in the sight of the Lord.
Noah Pleases God
9 These are the descendants of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God saw that the earth was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon the earth. 13 And God said to Noah, 'I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; now I am going to destroy them along with the earth. 14 Make yourself an ark of cypress[b] wood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch. 15 This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. 16 Make a roof[c] for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above; and put the door of the ark in its side; make it with lower, second, and third decks. 17 For my part, I am going to bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die. 18 But I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you. 19 And of every living thing, of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. 20 Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind shall come in to you, to keep them alive. 21 Also take with you every kind of food that is eaten, and store it up; and it shall serve as food for you and for them.' 22 Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.
The Great Flood
7 Then the Lord said to Noah, 'Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before me in this generation. 2 Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and its mate; and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and its mate; 3 and seven pairs of the birds of the air also, male and female, to keep their kind alive on the face of all the earth. 4 For in seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.' 5 And Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him.
6 Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the earth. 7 And Noah with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives went into the ark to escape the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground, 9 two and two, male and female, went into the ark with Noah, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And after seven days the waters of the flood came on the earth.
11 In the six-hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. 12 The rain fell on the earth for forty days and forty nights. 13 On the very same day Noah with his sons, Shem and Ham and Japheth, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons, entered the ark, 14 they and every wild animal of every kind, and all domestic animals of every kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every bird of every kind—every bird, every winged creature. 15 They went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life. 16 And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the Lord shut him in.
17 The flood continued for forty days on the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. 18 The waters swelled and increased greatly on the earth; and the ark floated on the face of the waters. 19 The waters swelled so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered; 20 the waters swelled above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep. 21 And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all human beings; 22 everything on dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died. 23 He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, human beings and animals and creeping things and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark. 24 And the waters swelled on the earth for one hundred and fifty days.
The Flood Subsides
8 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and all the domestic animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided; 2 the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained, 3 and the waters gradually receded from the earth. At the end of one hundred and fifty days the waters had abated; 4 and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. 5 The waters continued to abate until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.
6 At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made 7 and sent out the raven; and it went to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth. 8 Then he sent out the dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground; 9 but the dove found no place to set its foot, and it returned to him to the ark, for the waters were still on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took it and brought it into the ark with him. 10 He waited another seven days, and again he sent out the dove from the ark; 11 and the dove came back to him in the evening, and there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf; so Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth. 12 Then he waited another seven days, and sent out the dove; and it did not return to him any more.
13 In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and saw that the face of the ground was drying. 14 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry. 15 Then God said to Noah, 16 'Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you. 17 Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—so that they may abound on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.' 18 So Noah went out with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives. 19 And every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out of the ark by families.
God's Promise to Noah
20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar. 21 And when the Lord smelt the pleasing odour, the Lord said in his heart, 'I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, for the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth; nor will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.
22 As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest, cold and heat,
summer and winter, day and night,
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Raptors Head Coach Jay Triano Out!
Posted by By Bowse at 1 June, at 22 : 35 PM Print
After yet another losing season, GM Bryan Colangelo has decided not to exercise the option on Coach Jay Triano's contract and have moved him to a consultation position. According to Doug Smith of The Toronto Star, the first Canadian born Coach of The Raps was let go earlier today.
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Next has head coach for the Raptors should be Lawrence Frank, he came from a good pedigree, he was a NBA former head coach himself, and he was replacing Tom Thibodeau, who had just moved onto a tremendous opportunity leading the Chicago Bulls. Frank is still the No. 2 guy in Boston but should be head coach in this league again.
He deserves the opportunity and would be perfect fit in Toronto and he might get it, too. Frank's the best man for the job. He's not a glamorous choice — in fact, some NBA fans have probably forgotten he exists — but he deserves another crack at a head coaching job.
Doc and the C's will be alright if Frank leaves. In fact, Doc's likely rooting for him to walk away. He loves to see his guys move up in the world, even if it means abandoning their work in Boston. He was happy for Thibodeau, and he'd be ecstatic just the same to see Frank leave him for the Lone Star State.
The Celtics may very well lose another great assistant coach this summer. But if they do, it's all for the best. Lawrence Frank deserves to move on to bigger and better things.

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As With The Mainland United States, The US Virgin Islands Is Being Impacted By The COVID-19 Disease. Here Is The Most Recent Info From The USVI Government
Sunday March 1, 6-7 PM
Gandhi-King Season for Nonviolence
Peace Hill, Virgin Islands National Park, St. John
On iconic Peace Hill overlooking the sea, sunsets on Sundays are the settings for the peaceful teachings of Gandhi-MLK Season for Nonviolence, a global campaign for peace. Unity of St. John presents teachings, music and meditation in a free program to enhance personal peace in a changing world. A complimentary shuttle to Peace Hill departs at 5:30 pm from the St. John ferry dock – take the 5 pm ferry from Red Hook – returning 7 pm.
Friday March 6
First Friday Downtown
Downtown Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas
First Friday in Downtown Charlotte Amalie showcases the best island St. Thomas has to offer in drinks, food and entertainment in the cultural mecca of the island. Every first Friday downtown restaurants and bars stay open for extended hours. Perfect time for dining out or a pub crawl.
Friday March 6, 6 – 9 PM
First Friday
Mongoose Junction, Cruz Bay, St. John
Discover, dine and dance the night away as Mongoose Junction features local artists, art exhibits and live music. For info visit www.mongoosejunctionstjohn.comfull events page here
St. Thomas has over 40 major beaches along its sun-drenched coasts. There are strands with crystal blue water and swaying coconut trees where a beach bum can enjoy a lazy-lazy day. For more active beach goers there are sandy coves with activities like windsurfing and kayaking.
Some shores are rugged and rocky offering beauty, solitude and the opportunity to daydream about castaway fantasies. And there are widely popular bay-like beaches with amenities such as restaurants, rest rooms, chair rentals and complete water sports centers offering a variety of rental equipment .
YOU KNOW THAT... Many couples are opting to save the
money (not to mention the stress and hard work) of a big
wedding at home by escaping to a Caribbean island for a
combination wedding/honeymoon. Upon their return, they can
share the event by showing the video and photographs at an
informal reception.
All the islands are beautiful and, on some, weddings have become a major promotional tool. So why should you choose St. Thomas above others?
St. Thomas, one of the three United States Virign Islands, along with St. Croix and St. John, St. Thomas is one of the most beautiful island destinations in the world, dressed with powdery beaches and sun-drenched weather. St. Thomas is located in the Lesser Antilles, 1,600 miles south, south east of New York City; 1,100 east, southeast of Miami; 70 miles of San Juan. St. Thomas and its nearby neighbor St. John, lay between the Atlantic and the Caribbean.more
Our Port
St. Thomas has two cruise ports - - The West India Company Dock (almost universally referred to as Havensight) and Crown Bay. Both are located on the south side of the island not far from Charlotte Amalie.
Generally, the ships of Carnival Cruise Lines, Norwegian Cruise Line, Celebrity Cruises, and Royal Caribbean (except Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas) dock at Havensight. Cunard, Princess, Holland America and Oasis and Allure typically dock at Crown Bay. This can change depending on the number of ships in port. Deeper draft ships such as Queen Mary 2, Oasis and Allure are required to dock at Crown Bay.


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Sensuous actress Disha Patani is a busy bee and will be seen in Salman Khan's film Bharat, which also stars Priyanka Chopra. The 26-year-old actress has carved a niche for herself who don't have any roots in the industry. Disclosing that how her father, Jagdish Singh Patani, has never restrained herself and her siblings form dreaming big, Disha considers her father more as a friend.
"With my dad serving as the DSP to UP state police, hard work, determination and more importantly discipline were few qualities that were instilled in my sister, brother and me right since our childhood. I understood the importance of these qualities early on and it became a way of life for me. Having said that, my father has been more like a friend to us and never stopped us from dreaming big and achieving what we wanted to," Disha said.
Disha also one of the ardent fitness freak in B-town and keeps giving us sneak about her workout videos on her Instagram handle. Have a look:
Just giving it a try 🤪 "front flip"
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let's get fit & let's free our mind , body & soul. I urge all the youngsters to take time out of your hectic schedule & make time for yourself to keep calm & lighten your mind with Yoga. It's really important inorder to LIVE it up in this fast paced life.This international Yoga week , take part in Big Bazaar #YogaSeHoga challenge & strike your most calming & favorite Yoga pose. Tag @Big.bazaar & use #YogaSeHoga! The best poses will win vouchers. I challenge @subhransu.biswal to take the challenge
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Baby Faces
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|Title: Baby Faces
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 14
Vendor: DK
Publication Date: 2016
Dimensions: 5.13 X 5.13 (inches)
|Weight: 2 pounds
Ages: 1-2
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Look at all the baby faces with Baby Faces. Make a happy face with a smiling baby or make a sad face with a crying baby. Baby Faces is the ideal first board book for your baby. Read along with your little one to introduce common expressions on sweet baby faces for your baby to look at! With crystal-clear photos, read-aloud text, and an extra-special twinkle on every page, Baby Faces engages young babies with singsong rhymes and bright, colorful pages.
The Baby Sparkle series features appealing early-learning themes bedtime, baby faces, animals, and more. Each title has six sparkly, double-page spreads, designed to attract babies in the youngest age group (0 6 months). With lots to encourage playful interaction between parent and child, including singsongy rhymes and animal noises, these stimulating first books are a joy to share, and filled with high-quality real-world baby learning.


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Friday Favorites - Toys
Friday favorites - toys
Finding toys that I felt were safe for our littles, and that we could also afford has been a pretty rough task. There are many great companies out there, sadly many closed shop after a short while. But over the last long time I have managed to find several places I trust to get things for our babes.
1. Melissa and Doug. I first thought I had hit the jackpot with this brand, they seemed to be fair priced, safe and have many options. They I was super sad when I read that there had been found lead in their products. We choose to test for ourselves and all our Melissa and Doug toys were fine. No lead! So far we have been happy with all the toys we have gotten from them.
2. Hazel village. Oh I feel in love with these dolls when I saw them. So cute and vintage feel dolls and animals. Made from safe materials, and at an okay price. Only downside is their dolls are on the smaller side.
3. Cuddle + kind. As soon as I read about this company I knew I wanted to support them. One doll gives 10 meals to children in need. And it's fair trade, so I ordered as soon as we had the money. Their dolls come in two sizes. And let me tell you the big doll is a huge hit with our daughter, she normally isn't a fan of dolls, because the likes to carry heavier things, and this doll is just perfect. They are so cute and I actually hope to get more from them, either as a gift or just more for our kiddos. They also sell prints with motivational quotes from each of the dolls. Those prints gives 5 meals. So charity, fair trade and cute dolls. Yes please.
4. Lamaze. We really love our toys from them, and they have held up with a lot of abuse so far. I also like that each toy often serve a few purposes.
5. HatchlingCo. Activity gym! This is so gorgeous and safe for baby to chew on, it comes with 3 teething / play strings and a teething ring. You can choose different color combos.
6. Bannor toys. These wooden toys are so gorgeous, made so little can safely chew on them and play with them, and they come in so many different styles and sizes. We have a rattle, and a limited edition key set from them and I love it. They have these super cute state rattles that I can't wait to get, and bonus you can get them personalized
7. Misc. When we were in Denmark last year we also picked up some brands there, and I plan to get a few more there, as the standards for what they consider safe for children are higher than here. I hope I can find places where these can be purchased in the states.
8. Crocodile Creek - I found them at whole foods toy section, and I was so happy since we had been on the lookout for safe balls for our girl. I looked them up while i was in the store to check out info about the brand and make sure they were at the standards I have for toys and i was very pleased. I love the ball we have and hope to get another in a different shape soon.
Toy storage.
3 sprouts. They have such a great variety of sizes and styles, we will for sure be getting more. For our daughter they even double as toys sometime.
What are some of your favorite non toxic toy brands?
Diapers and accessories.
Diapers :
Seventh generation - First brand of diapers we used on Grace and she still uses them when she is not in cloth, they aren't the most pretty one, but I love them and she rarely has any accidents in them. Now Ezra has often leaked threw them, I don't know if he just pees a lot for his size or why this happens. But Grace never experienced this issue. With amazon subscribe they also come down to a nice price. I really wish we had used this feature sooner.Only downside, they seem to run a bit small.
Seventh generation (overnight) - I really feel Grace sleeps better with these, other than the fact that they are over night diapers everything else applies from normal seventh generation. I wish they would come in size 2, as that might help with Ezra leaking at night.
Earths best - So I tried these once with Grace and they were fine, but we just went back to seventh generation out of habit. Then when Ezra started having issues with leaking I read about these again on mama natural. She mentioned their absorbency. So we tried them, and so far we have much fewer accidents and Ezra seems to sleep better with these.
Babyganics (swim diaper) - We haven't actually been in a pool, but we did try them out in the tub, to see how they held up and so far they were fine. I wanted a cloth swim diaper, but we had trouble finding one that would accommodate a bigger toddler.
Honest company - the print on these are so so cute, it's like a cloth diaper in some ways. But when it comes to use, Grace got a rash every time, so I haven't dared to use them again. We tried them a few times and each time it was the same result.
Seventh generation - 110% my favorite, we only switch from them, if we are in dire need. I even clean our babies hands in them, so they don't just get used for diaper changes. We also use amazon subscriptions for these.
365 - I liked them, no annoying smell, Grace reacted very well to them and they come in a reusable box. Downside if you don't live close to a Whole Foods, you can't really get them.
Honest company - Not a huge fan of them, Grace did not react well to them, but they do come in convenient small sizes that I think is really neat for the diaper bag.
Water wipes - So these were some my husband got at the grocery store, and for a pee diaper I thought they were fine, but not sure if I trusted them for more heavy duty needs. But no issues at all with rashes or anything.
Diaper rash cream :
Desert Essence - We got this when Grace was born, and honestly we never had to try another. I love that it's safe enough that when Grace accidentally ate some of it nothing happened since the ingredients are so natural, but it still helps a diaper rash fairly fast.
Write something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview.
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About mid-morning, Brock and Keith took Keith's car and headed in to Cedar Rapids to visit a leasing company that both of their companies are considering doing business with. They enjoyed it because they saw a lot of great examples in how they run their company and have team and individual goals and everyone in their company sees how they're doing.
Anne was still not feeling well so I cleaned up the breakfast mess and got my shower. The kids had already cycled through the bathroom and were all playing together, mostly playing Minecraft together on their different devices.
|Here the kids are watching some of Brighton's videos.
We ate a quick and easy lunch of chicken nuggets and tator tots along with cucumbers and carrots.
When Brock and Keith got back, we heard about their trip and the Cuban restaurant they'd checked out on the way back.
Brock and I then decided to load up the two older kids and head into Iowa City which was about 20 minutes drive away to go to the nearest Laundromat. We ended up driving twice around the mall parking lot where the laundry was supposed to be and almost giving up before driving across to another building and peeking around its end and seeing the Laundromat tucked in there. We got our laundry started and walked across the parking lot to McDonald's for snack size McFlurries as a reward for having to do laundry. Brock was able to make a connection with our new tenants for our house in Bend via a phone call. It was good as they were moving in and it was the first time we'd talked to them. They had some questions too so it was nice to touch base.
Once the laundry was done, we headed back to camp where Keith and Anne had a fire going and the coals were perfect for another camping favorite - roasted hot dogs wrapped in crescent rolls. Fun dinner. The execution wasn't perfect; it was alittle difficult to get the hot dog hot without burning the dough or eating going dough in the center, but everyone ate some form of it. We enjoyed sitting around the fire for awhile and then got to bed.


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Greenville Animal Care
Posted by Eddy Kicker on Monday, November 24th, 2014 at 3:36pm.
Greenville Animal Care is open admission county government facility that serves the pets of the county along with the stray pets of Spartanburg County. This important non-profit organization provides for the medical care and housing for over 20,000 Greenville & Spartanburg County animals. Their services include care for abused, injured, lost, stray and surrendered animals. Greenville Animal Care also provides foster care and adoption services along with wellness services, vaccinations, micro-chipping, spay/neuter and other important services. Adoption fees offered by the organization are reasonable and help cover the costs for micro-shipping and other wellness services of the pet.
Greenville Animal Care helps match pets to loving owners who can provide them with a safe, healthy environment. The organization also helps reunite pet owners with missing or lost pets through lost-and-found services. Lost/stray animals are held at the Greenville Animal Care facility for 5 days. To donate to Greenville Animal Care or volunteer, visit the organizations official website at www.greenvillecounty.org/ACS/


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Sports News of Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Source: footballmadeinghana.com
Former Ghana international Tony Baffoe has congratulated the Black Maidens following their impressive display against host Uruguay in the opening game of the 2018 FIFA Under 17 Women's World Cup.
The Maidens annihilated Uruguay by five goals to nothing on Tuesday night as they got the tournament underway.
Baffoe who is also the Deputy General Secretary of the Confederations of African Football (CAF) commended the team and wished them well in their remaining fixtures.
"Congrats to the Black Maidens 5:0 against the Host Uruguay and the entire management good start, well done." Baffoe tweeted.
Ghana will face Finland on Sunday in the second Group A game.
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Artificial Intelligence in Diabetes Management Market
Diabetes is a major pervasive chronic ailment that extensively impacts the global population. It is a global epidemic and the most expensive disease. As per the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the US alone incurs more than $245 billion a year in lost wages. Millions of people are afflicted with diabetes worldwide, and this number is rising at a rapid pace creating lucrative opportunities for companies and entrepreneurs. According to WHO statistics, nearly 422 million people globally have diabetes, and the number is accelerating at a burgeoning pace.
Access The Complete report @ https://bit.ly/2FwQZuK
According to Infoholic Research, the "Global Artificial Intelligence in Diabetes Management" market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 50.7% during the forecast period 2017–2023. The market is driven by factors such as rising elderly population, increasing obesity, favorable demographics, urbanization, rising healthcare costs, and increasing digital affinity. Patient's privacy and security concerns, lack of curated datasets, and less digital savvy patients are few growth deterrents in the market.


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Patrick Willis is showing off his brains after years of showcasing brawn.
The former NFL star, who is just one season removed from retiring, is now a Silicon Valley executive at a tech startup.
Willis, who made the Pro Bowl seven times in eight seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, is the executive vice president for partnerships for Open Source Storage, a company for which he also serves as a board member.
In an original report for Mashable, Sam Laird tells the story of how Willis went from the turf at Levi's Stadium to the tech field. The former linebacker told Laird he met Open Source Storage Founder Eren Niazi in their Silicon Valley neighborhood.
Niazi didn't have a clue who Willis was, according to Laird, but he noticed an injured Willis having trouble moving bags from his car to his house.
With time, the pair got to know each other more, enough to be comfortable working together on a business. Two months after Willis retired from the NFL, he agreed to join Niazi and officially became a Silicon Valley exec.
He told Laird,
For me, this is an opportunity to be able to tell young kids that you can be more than just a physical specimen to be great. I'm a person that can't speak about something until I've done it myself.
That "something" sees the former Ole Miss standout taking charge of creating strategic partnerships in the media, entertainment and sports industries for Open Source Storage, which itself is a company that specializes in data storage.
And while some might think Willis retired a bit too early -- he's still just 31 -- he insists he's at peace with having walked away from the NFL, saying,
For me, there's more to my life than football. It has provided an amazing platform for me to build on, but it's my health first and everything else just kind of makes sense around it.
If his new career path is as big a hit as the ones he delivered on the field, it will make even more sense than it already does.
Citations: NFL star Patrick Willis is thriving in retirement as a Silicon Valley tech worker (Mashable), Ex-NFL Star Patrick Willis Tackles Storage Technology (Enterprise Tech)


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Free of the traditional constraints of walls, art can now be inscribed within fluid space.
The unique, patent pending, denier stand'ART adds new layers to the sensory experience of art, integrating innovative design technology and sophistication in either exterior or interior environments.
My art can now be displayed – stand alone – in your living space or your garden. It's also great for commercial buildings (lobbies and waiting rooms) and public spaces such as sidewalk/street posters and in parks. It's fine art but it also brings urban art to a whole new level. It's a great way to beautify a city or revitalize an art/entertainment district.
All you need to do is to select one of the 3 stand models along with your preferred piece of art from deiNERI's Art Scene Collection.
Contact me or deiNERI directly.


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Thank you for your interest in
Spring Hills Homeschool Group.
Complete the forms below, and you will be contacted about membership.
We extend a very special welcome to the families new to our group and especially to those brand new to home schooling! Our desire is to offer support, friendship, and suggestions during this very exciting time.
There are so many resources available to home school families. The "members only" SHHS Google Group, SHHS Facebook Group Page, as well as the official SHHS Membership Roster will be vital to connect you with some of these resources, recommendations and friends!
Feel free to contact any member of the Advisory Team, under the 'Foundational Teams' tab, for general questions.
Membership Requirements:
You must currently be homeschooling one or more of your children or be interested in doing so in the near future to join this group. Alumni families are also welcome to be a part of this support group to help mentor and be a resource for actively homeschooling families. Membership is not granted by the completion of the form. You will be contacted to finalize your membership.
How Can I Participate?
Our group relies on the active, voluntary participation of families with each contributing according to their expertise, talents, and abilities. Our group does not request a fee to become a member. The leaders and coordinators are all volunteers and are not paid positions. (Exception: A co-op class may mutually agree to hire a paid teacher.)
Join Us:
If you feel this home school group is for you and you're ready to jump in, please fill out the information forms so we can gather information that will help us get acquainted with you and your family.
What We Do:
- Encourage and pray for each other and our children.
- Offer support, friendships, and assistance to home school families in Licking County and surrounding areas.
- Share from our experiences, exchange knowledge, and help each other organize events, co-ops, field trips, and other group activities.
- Provide opportunities for discussion, view, and sale/swap of curriculum materials.
- Provide opportunities for our children to develop strong, healthy, and Godly friendships.
- Facilitate an email group list for instant communication and a Facebook page for relational communication.
The membership join/renewal process is a two step process.
Please complete both forms below.
- Complete the Spring Hills Baptist Church (SHBC) 2019-2020 Child/Student registration form.
- Complete the SHHS Questionnaire form.


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I don't know about you, but this never-ending winter is really starting to get me down. They're predicting another 5-8" of snow for us tonight. In March. In the South. I'm done with the snow already. When I made this layout this past weekend, I really just needed an influx of sunshine, of sand, of summertime if at all possible. Since that wasn't in the forecast or on my calendar, I did the next best thing. I pulled out some vacation pics from 3 years ago and made a page. These are all pics of me (no surprise, right?), but they aren't selfies. They're part of a beach photo shoot I had with my bestie, Vonda, and her family.
Here's a closeup of the title block. I decided to use a premade PL style card as the title because I couldn't come up with anything any wittier to say. Shocking, I know. I layered a Pebbles tag (just for decoration) and a Dear LIzzy (?) sunshine and clouds diecut behind the photo and card for interest. I used my plain old Micron pen to write on the title card and added a pop of washi tape to the right. It's tonally appropriate to the page but not an exact match. That might really bother some people, but I"m like, "whatev."
You might notice that I trimmed all of my photos to the same size as the PL style card. That enabled me to fit 3 photos on an 8.5 X 11 piece of paper without making it feel too crowded or cluttered. It also created a grid style layout that I always like. The papers are Maggie Holmes, Dear Lizzy, and a random piece of floral from my scraps. I used a little more of the washi to create some vertical flow, and I also included a couple of pieces of Elle's Studios cutaparts. Not much journaling was needed, so I just tucked in a tiny bit on the cutapart card.
Here's a look at the layout completely. I like these pics mainly because of the lighting; the shadows and glows are interesting to me. I really should put the year of the pics somewhere; maybe I could go back and stamp that on the Pebbles card at the top.
Here's to sunshine and sand, not snow!


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"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will avoid one hundred days of sorrow."
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"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will avoid one hundred days of sorrow."
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A time out, today, from both my writing journey posts and my fiddler crab posts. No new info on the latter yet, by the way. It's like pregnant women past their due date – you just wait and don't ask if the contractions have started yet.
Today is a special day. It is our twentieth wedding anniversary. It is a milestone, and worth taking time out to honor. The years have gone quickly, sprinkled with child-raising, dogs, sick parents, near-death experiences, heart-ache, joy, aging. A good mix for life I'd say. As I've noted, we are both geeks in our own ways, and as such, we understand each other. I just wanted to take a moment today to honor my best friend, and I figured he would enjoy and understand the movie reference below. He and I speak in movie references – lines from movies that capture the emotion of a moment for us. Over the years we have accumulated a collection of lines from hundreds of movies. They have become a kind of coded communication between us.
This particular movie is called 84 Charing Cross Road. Anne Bancroft stars. Her husband, Mel Brooks, purchased the rights to produce it – his gift of love to her, knowing how much she loved the story.
It's the true story of a New York City writer, Helene Hanff – a person kind of like me – no bullsh–, doesn't mince words, very "unglamorous." She has a sharp, but kind sense of humor and a great heart. Helene LOVED English literature, but in late 1940s New York City where the movie begins, she could not find any English literature books except at the library. Then she discovered Marks & Co. and began a decades-long correspondence with them. The story is told through her letters. From the opening of the movie:
"October 5, 1949, to Marks and Co., 84 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2, England. Gentlemen, Your ad in the Saturday Review of Literature says that you specialize in out-of-print books. The phrase "antiquarian bookseller" scares me somewhat as I equate antique with expensive. I am a poor writer with an antiquarian taste in books and all the things I want are impossible to get over here except in very expensive rare editions. I enclose a list of my most pressing problems. If you have any clean second-hand copies of any of the books on the list for no more than $5 each, would you consider this a purchase order and send them to me?"
Thus begins her relationship with the very proper bookseller at Marks & Co., "FPD." FPD, over letters and time becomes Frank Doel, then simply, "Frank." It's a love story, but not the usual kind. They live an ocean apart, have different lives, and he is married with daughters. Happily married. So no, there are no hot sex scenes, the crutch of most modern movies. Yet it is a love story, anyway, because true love at its deepest is about caring, generosity, and the connection of souls. It is not limited by the relationship but can be felt for spouses, friends, relatives, neighbors. Their friendship enlarges their lives, expanding to include his wife, neighbors, daughters, other workers at the bookshop, her friends. Their love is about adding something to each of their lives, not taking things away or destroying things. It is about understanding each other, and that is the quality of love that sustains it, whether in marriage or friendship, well into old age. And frankly, a marriage that lasts well into old age is as much about friendship, as anything else.
Throughout the movie, she revels in the old books she buys, books better for having been owned by someone else first. Again, it is a love of connection to others, even those she never met. She says: "I love inscriptions on fly-leafs and notes in margins. I like the camaraderie-sense of turning pages someone else turned and reading passages someone long gone has called my attention to." She can't get enough of the books. Frank finds them for her.
By the end of the movie, he is "Frankie" to her, and she tells him, "You're the only soul alive who understands me." It's a sentiment that reflects a bond where you are known deeply, valued, and most importantly, accepted. Your truth is safe in the hands of another. Whether two people are the same or very different matters not if there is acceptance. When someone knows our deepest places, our vulnerabilities, and accepts us, they give us the best of gifts. The wish to be understood and accepted is one of the bonds that links us all. These are things I have felt for and from my husband.
At one point a friend of Helene's made it to England and visited the book store. She wrote Helene with a description:
"It's the loveliest old shop straight out of Dickens. You would go absolutely out of your mind over it….It's dim inside. You can smell the shop before you see it. It's a lovely smell. I can't articulate it easily but it combines must and dust and age and walls of wood and floors of wood…The shelves go on forever. They go up to the ceiling and they're very old and kind of gray, like old oak that absorbed so much dust over the years they no longer are their true color."
Such a visceral, sensual description. It was a description both my husband and I fell in love with immediately when we heard it. It is a place we hope yet, to be.
At one point in the movie Helene writes to Frank:
"I require a book of love poems with Spring coming on. No Keats or Shelley. Send me poets who can make love without slobbering. Wyatt or Johnson or somebody. Use your own judgment. Just a nice book, preferably small enough to stick in a slacks pocket and take to Central Park."
Late in the movie, Frank is shown, reflecting on her as a Yeats love poem runs through his mind. The moment, and the poem, are my gifts to my husband, my best friend. Thank you for these last 20 years. They've gone so fast. I'd like 20 times 20 more, and if time allows, I'd like yet to walk into 84 Charing Cross Road with you.
So to "Eddie," all my love, and to you and all romantics out there, a poet who can make love without slobbering:
He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths,
Of night and light and the half light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
W.B. Yeats (1865-1939). The Wind Among the Reeds. 1899.
One minute you are moving through your day, clearing tasks off of your to-do list and anticipating all the things you will still tackle during the rest of the afternoon. The next moment you're wondering if you will make it through the afternoon, and can you ever get what is choking you, out of your throat? In an instant, life changes.
I talked the other day about "awareness and staying in the present moment" in relation to my racquetball game. Shift to the future and you blow the present shot. The same thing happens in life.
My meditation class talks every week about paying attention to what you are doing, and that anything can be a meditation if you do it mindfully, full of awareness. I never thought about this extending to swallowing pills. I also never thought about how I swallow pills as a possible life-altering moment.
It's something we do automatically. Grab the pills, toss them back, throw in a mouthful of water, all while in motion through the day's to-do list. As you tip your head back to swallow, your mind is already on the afternoon's plans and everything you want to get done. Suddenly there is this sense of something horribly wrong.
It is said that when we are in pain, our world narrows. While that's usually said about emotional pain and our tendency to pull away and close down our connections to the world, the same is true of physical pain.
In just a second or two, the brain, reacting to that sense of something horribly wrong, starts reeling in the attention and cranking down the focus. It shifts gears from 4 p.m. back to 2 p.m. Within another second or two, it registers panic and pain. It tries to rally its resources to deal with the emergency. Whatever was on your mind before evaporates. It is suddenly incredibly irrelevant. You may never get to it.
Now focused very much in the present the brain is frantically trying to get a clear picture of what the hell is happening. It's processing emergency signals from several places in your body simultaneously – heart rate, throat, blood pressure, lungs, mouth, cervical nerves. The eyes bulge, hands go up to the throat, and the left brain finally grasps that the pills you swallowed without thinking, tumbled down the wrong way. In a one-in-a-million shot they've lodged side by side in your esophagus and are blocking the whole passage.
At the same time you're looking for a waste basket to throw up in and get those things out of you, additional panic shoots through you. The brain has further grasped that not only can't you swallow, but that the water you took with the pills has backed up into all of your air passages and is now choking you. Inside your head you hear the liquid close off passages. For an odd moment, like time standing still, you notice that the sounds in your head right now are the same as when you've dived underwater and everything is flooding with fluid. Except you're not in someone's pool. You're standing in an office wondering if you'll ever take another breath.
The breath. All those meditation classes. Come back to the breath. Breathe in your pain and fear, breathe out caring and calm. But even the breath has been taken from you. Panic. Focus. Panic. Focus. The battle in the brain begins because it knows if panic wins, you may lose the battle completely.
Suddenly the water drains out and you can breathe. The breath. Come back to the breath. You've been given another shot. Don't blow it. The brain is in command. Stay in the moment. Just this moment. Breathe – just one breath. Assess. What's your next move? Think. Take stock. Breathe again. Just one breath.
You determine you can't swallow except for tiny amounts. Okay. Focus. One swallow at a time. Look around. What are your options? Get help. Someone to be here in case they have to call 911. You remember the pills are large. Hard. Coated. They're not going to dissolve. You need assistance. Get to the ER.
Someone stays with you. They're trying to help. It's a comfort and calms you, even though you can't really respond. You're using all your focus and energy on "Breathe – just one breath. Swallow – slowly. You cringe. Intense pain shoots up your throat as the liquid shoves the pills against the esophagus wall and ever so slowly drips around them and down your throat. Breathe. It takes a few seconds to swallow saliva that you normally don't even notice is there. A few seconds more and the swallow is finished. Take another breath.
The brain starts to race – how long will it take my husband to get here? How long to get down the street? How long to the ER? How long before they can do something to make this better? Panic. The brain takes charge again. Stop. Stay in the present. Breathe. Swallow.
Every shift of the car gears hurts. You want to be sick. Take a breath. Swallow. Another bump. Breathe. Rounding the corner. Still a mile to go. Breathe. Swallow. Traffic backing up. Panic rising. Breathe. Swallow. Close your eyes. The ER doesn't exist. Just this moment. Breathe, swallow. Breathe, swallow. Lean forward because it doesn't hurt so much. Breathe. Swallow. You turn into the hospital. The ride to the door might as well be an eternity. Close your eyes. Breathe, swallow.
You struggle through admissions. Whisper name, date of birth, insurance, address. Breathe. Swallow. The nurse typing in your vitals seems to be taking forever. Will you ever get relief? Come back to the moment. Breathe. Just one breath. You spot your blood pressure and heart rate. It scares you. Close your eyes. Breathe. Swallowing is harder. Lean forward. Get ready. Breathe, swallow, tighten your fist to take your mind off the pain in your throat. Breathe. Stay calm.
I know my husband is there. His presence is calming. I can't respond to him. Can't even focus on him because I am focused on breathe, swallow. For a second I feel his hand on my back. Its warmth relaxes me, radiates through my muscles. Calms them. But I can't tell him yet. Just breathe. Swallow.
The doctor is approaching the room. Breathe. Swallow. You stare past the doctor and see a room across the department that looks just like the one your husband almost died in a little over a year ago . . . when he almost choked to death. Breathe. Swallow. The nurse pushes in the needle for the IV line. Breathe. Swallow. Meds are moving through your veins. Breathe. Swallow. Breathe. Swallow. Calm. The meds are calming. The muscles in your throat unlock. Breathe. Swallow. Suddenly, a tiny burp. Air is moving up. Breathe. Swallow. They give you water. Tiny sips. It slides down your throat. Pills shift and hurt. Breathe. Swallow. Ever so slowly, the burps get bigger. The sips of water larger. The medicine slows your heart rate. Your blood pressure has dropped. You can swallow and breathe without total concentration. Will you ever take another pill unawares?
Joan Didion wrote a book, The Year of Magical Thinking, about what it was like the year after her husband died of a massive heart attack. She was with him when it happened. It happened in an instant. In that moment as he fell, dead, everything changed.
Even as Kate Braestrup stared at her husband's cereal bowl in the sink that morning, he already lay dead in his state police car, killed when another vehicle lost control and crashed into him. Her life changed in that instant as she described in her book, Here If You Need Me. Lee and Bob Woodruff wrote a book, In An Instant. He was covering a story for ABC News in Iraq when an IED exploded near his vehicle. In an instant he nearly died. In an instant everything in her day changed dramatically.
It happens so often. It happens to everyone. Yet we all try to ignore that an end will come. We pretend that reality doesn't exist even though it does. In an instant we are reminded that though we think we are masters of our fate, we never are. It's out of our hands.
Friday night, terrified after what had happened to my day, my body, and with the calming effects of the valium wearing off, I scrambled to put myself in a place that brought me back to a time where I felt I had power. I retreated to the movie, Patton, about the controversial, powerful, and legendary World War II general, George S. Patton, Jr. His nickname, given by his men, was "Old Blood and Guts." He never retreated.
It's a standing joke in my house, that especially when I was younger, I was Patton. I was the general. I ran the situations. Whatever needed doing, I gave the order or executed the action. Failure or retreat was not in my vocabulary. Back then, my thought was, work hard enough, push hard enough, refuse to be defeated or back off, and you can do, achieve, overcome anything.
In the movie, there is one scene where Patton, played by George C. Scott, speaks and my family looks at me and laughs. Patton, has been reprimanded and his command taken from him. Patton, like him or hate him, was a brilliant field commander. He also put his foot in his mouth constantly, and some of his actions were controversial. Yet he was a power to be reckoned with. He bludgeoned his way through things, though aware of the pecking order, did manage to yield some deference to God. In this scene he is speaking to his aide after being told he might be sent home from the war in disgrace:
"I feel I am destined to achieve some great thing, what I don't know. But, this last incident is so trivial in it's nature and so terrible in its effect, it can't be the result of an accident. It has to be the work of God. The last great opportunity of a lifetime . . . an entire world at war, and I'm left out of it?! God will not permit this to happen!! I am going to be allowed to fulfill my destiny!!!" [LONG PAUSE] "His will be done."
The last four words are said almost as an afterthought, Patton remembering that God just "might" have some say in things. For some reason, at that time in my life, maybe even now a little bit, my family saw a lot of me in that scene. 🙂
So Friday night, I took comfort from retreating to a place and time in life where I felt powerful and in control of everything. Yet, in truth, even as I watched that movie I knew it was just an illusion, a temporary salve for a traumatic day. None of us are really in command of our destinies, only our responses to life's questions. Even the powerful General Patton learned that. He preferred to die in battle. Instead, in Dec of 1945 he was paralyzed from the neck down as a result of injuries in a car accident. He died a couple of weeks later from an embolism.
I took temporary sustenance from the movie, even as I am aware that we can only take charge of some things, our choices, but for the rest, there is just the one and only powerful tool we can use: stay aware in the present moment, and breathe.


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Last fall, I wrote about the Illinois mandatory retirement program, which was set to take effect on November 1, 2018. Only large employers, those with more than 500 employees, were required to participate in it, and there was a real question as to whether it would remain in place, as then-Governor Rauner issued an amendatory veto that would have made the program optional, not mandatory.
That uncertainty has since been resolved, as the Illinois legislature last month chose not to act on the amendment, essentially overriding the amendatory veto. Governor Pritzker has shown no signs of wanting to repeal the law, so I expect it to be here to stay. And later this year it will start applying to smaller employers, so if you are one of these smaller employers, you should start preparing to comply with the program now.
The program is officially known as the Illinois Secure Choice Savings Program Act, and it requires private sector employers who have more than 25 employees and who have been operating in Illinois for at least two years to participate in the program or have another qualified retirement plan. Other qualified retirement plans include 401(k) plans, Simple IRAs, and SEP-IRA plans, among others.
Employers who are required to participate in the Secure Choice program must withhold 5% of an employee's compensation from his or her paycheck unless the employee opts out of the program or requests a different amount to be withheld. Employers then remit the amount withheld to the state-run program. Employers are not permitted to make any contributions. The program is administered by a seven-person board, which contracts out the administration of the fund to a third-party. The Secure Choice savings plan is a Roth IRA. The default investment option is a target date index fund, but participants in the program can choose from a number of different options.
The Act requires employers to distribute informational materials about the program to all employees. These program materials should be provided to employers by someone from the program, but if employers have not received the materials, they may want to contact the Treasurer's Department, who administers the program (You can do so online by clicking here or by calling: (312) 814-8955).
Employers who are required to participate in the program but who do not do so may be subject to fines and penalties. The Secure Choice program is separate from the Illinois pension system and is designed to give private-sector employees IRAs that they can manage. Employers with fewer than 25 employees who would like to participate will likely be able to do so after the program finishes rolling out in 2019.
As mentioned above, starting November 1, 2018, employers with more than 500 employees and who are required to enroll in the program must begin enrolling employees. In July 2019, employers with 100-499 employees must begin enrolling employees, and in November 2019, employers with 25-99 employees must begin enrolling. Employers can enroll their employees by visiting the Illinois Secure Choice website at: www.ilsecurechoice.com.
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And it had Bill having the first word and a word or two in the middle--in between a dinner entree and dessert. But not quite the last word. His admirers, colleagues and fellow Yale alumni seized the podium and had the most words in paying tribute to his 60-plus years of service to Yale.
The special night was the William L. Nightingale Standing Ovation Dinner in Harrison, Nov. 8 at the Renaissance Westchester Hotel. A primary goal was to raise funds for a new Nightingale Debate Fund to support Nightingale's cherished Westchester debate program. YWAA board secretary Nightingale, by all accounts, conceived of the the program, willed it into existence and molded it into the annual contest pitting Yale's debate team vs. squads from Harvard and Brown. High-school teams participate, too, as college debaters coach the high-school students. The new fund ensures the debate program will continue as a Westchester tradition for years to come and permits organizers to honor debate standouts with awards and scholarships.
YWAA Chair Merrell Clark '57 '70 MAR, organized the dinner. He was assisted by co-Chairs (and YWAA board members) Susan Kaminsky '86 and Scott Sherman '72, who have helped Nightingale organize the debates in recent years. Clark announced that the group will meet its fund-raising goal, thanks to generous contributions from Westchester alumni.
The special night was also a festive occasion to honor Nightingale for all he has done for Yale since his days as an undergraduate in Yale's Silliman College, a Yale he can recount with delightful stories and uncanny detail. Since his bright college years and with eagerness to give back to Yale and with a firmness to thrust Yale to even greater heights, Nightingale has assumed almost every alumni leadership role within his grasp.
|At the dinner, Mark Dollhopf '77, AYA Executive Director (top, left), said Nightingale was a role model for leadership for young alumni.
Clark proclaimed this would not be an evening of regurgitating lines from Nightingale's lengthy resume'. This was an evening of tributes, toasts, and telling stories about what makes Nightingale tick (and chuckle, roar and rave) and what special traits he has for marshaling armies of Yale alumni to join his bandwagon of getting Yale things done. Clark, as dinner emcee, set the rules and promised the night would unfurl as a Bill kind of night--filled with fun, humor, and fondness for Bill's critique of what Yale needs to do in every way to stay ahead of Harvard.
No prepared speeches, no index cards, and no laboriously rehearsed statements, Clark ordered. Just speak from the heart, make us laugh, and tell us a tale that shows us how Bill keeps Yale on its toes everyday.
Eve Rice '73, YWAA board member, read a message from Yale president Peter Salovey '86 Ph.d.: "It is especially fitting that we share a last name," Salovey wrote. "Salovey means Nightingale in Russian! And the nightingale, of course, has a sweet, usually nocturnal, song...I appreciate the knowledge that together we can 'sing' for the greater good of our shared alma mater!"
"Whenever Bill calls," YWAA vice president B.K. Munguia '75 said, "I try to say yes. He's so much fun. He only asks for what he gives--100-fold." She added, "The best decision he made was to marry Nancy (Bill's wife of 59 years, who has joined and assisted him in hundreds of Yale projects)."
Susan Kaminsky '86, who worked with Nightingale on the YWAA fund-raising dinner last year and with the debate program, described his "warmth and humor." Whenever they chat in person or on the phone, she said, aware of her work involving animal shelter and care at the Westchester SPCA, "Bill never fails to mentions animals to me. He asks about them in every conversation."
Past YWAA president Bruce Jennings '71 reminded the audience of Bill's "propensity to make puns." He laughed, "The less said about that, the better." Jennings acknowledged how Nightingale is a "persistent critic and commentator at AYA functions" and how he "held Yale and AYA's feet to the fire." Jennings remarked how Nightingale "illuminates" and maintains warm relationships with all of whom he is in contact.
"Bill is great at running events," described Scott Sherman '72, YWAA board member. "I'm a lawyer. I can't run events. It's an honor to watch him get people to do things." Referring to Nightingale's 53 years as a leader in alumni interviews for area Yale applicants, Sherman described him as "my ASC 'handler'," the one who calls the shots from behind the scenes in arranging for dozens and dozens of interviews.
|Tim Mattison '73 with his wife Eve Rice '73 (top, left) explained how Nightingale nudged him to become president of YWAA.
YWAA chair Clark remembered when Nightingale called to suggest the idea of starting the debate program. "I thought he was nuts," Clark laughed. But Bill pressed on and nurtured that "crazy idea" into the thriving program it is today. Over time, Clark said, "I was very impressed by the students. There was always excitement in the room in the way I've never seen." Fifteen years later, he said, "Bill's crazy idea" lives on.
Tim Mattison '73, YWAA president, said, "Let me tell you about Bill's evening phone call to draft me to be president." He explained the clever ploy. Nightingale had initially talked to Mattison's wife, Eve Rice '73. After she declined the role because of other duties, Nightingale asked to speak to Tim and persuaded him (or instructed him?) to step up. Mattison was eventually elected president, knowing his wife was really the first choice and aware that he couldn't turn down Nightingale's plea.
"If we want to inspire young alumni," Mark Dollhopf '77, AYA Executive Director, said, "then hold out the leadership examples of Bill Nightingale." Dollhopf explained "success metrics" (participation numbers) don't make an alumni group successful. Alumni should reconnect, become engaged and have impact. "But reconnect for what?" he asked. "How is the community affected (by the engagement of Yale alumni)? Bill Nightingale, you're a role model for that."
A Bill kind of night always winds up with music and song, especially joyous, melodious show tunes. His colleague at their advertising firm (Cason Nightingale), singer Angela Cason '83, and singer/pianist David Pogue '85 performed selections from Jerome Kern, including a rendition of Kern's "Bill." For a culminating, hanky-waving "Bright College Years," Dollhopf and Regina Possavino '01 joined them to lead Yale's alma mater.
For any Bill Nightingale kind of night, despite Clark's rules, Bill must have the last word. Or at least the last batch of words or the last laugh. When few were looking, Nightingale slipped toward the podium to tell Yale stories and to share his fondness for the Yale seal, the enduring symbol with the inscription "Lux et Veritas."
Bill remembered trips to the library back in sophomore year in New Haven where there seemed to be "less lux, and more veritas." The room lighting was always dull and dim--not conducive to studying history or literature. At a place that celebrates so grandly "light and truth," Bill said, "I had to bring my own lamps" to the reading room.
|Bill Nightingale '73 (top, left) is joined by debate and dinner co-Chairs Scott Sherman '72 and Susan Kaminsky '86. (Mattison photos)
|Guests at the Nightingale dinner included Angela Casson '83 and David Pogue (top, left), who sang and played favorite show tunes as a tribute to Nightingale. (Mattison photos)


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Brand loyalty is for grandpa, right? At least that's what every marketer I've talked to assumes. If you're going to get someone to sport your brand for life, you'd better look to the boomers.
But statistics tell us this isn't exactly true anymore. When we look at the boomer consumers, we see that they're not being so loyal. In fact, major brands who used to command the loyalty of boomers lost 20% of boomer dollar support in 2017.
It would seem that the "millennial" mindset is spreading. Or was it really a millennial thing to want businesses to treat you well?
Maybe "brand loyalty" as a concept ushered in an era of laziness for major "boomer brands." After a while, if you stop courting someone, they're going to drift away to other people. This is what I suspect happened with "boomer brands."
So, is brand loyalty still a thing? Let's take a look.
Where Do We See Real Brand Loyalty
The luxury market is the only place where we see true brand loyalty. Out of all consumer product categories, jewelry and luxury brands had the fewest willing to try other products.
Likely, things like automotive brand loyalty depend on how much the car says about you as a person. If you only see a car as a utility, you're likely to buy what's most economical. If it's about status, you'll stick with the brand that communicates your status.
The luxury market offers fewer choices from the start. The prices are high and the competition is low.
People Are Burned Out on Brand Loyalty
Story time! Our local running store is the perfect example of this.
The owner wanted to implement a customer loyalty program. And as a runner, 10% off everything sounds terrific. But guess who scoffed at implementing one and telling customers about it: the Generation Z employees.
Where did this hesitation come from? When pressed, they admit it's because their parents complain about brand loyalty programs. They don't want to make people feel uncomfortable. They don't think that's cool.
And the numbers reflect this. On average, a household is a member of 29 brand loyalty programs. But people are retracting their memberships more.
We're also seeing that a large number of these people would switch brands at the drop of a hat.
Attitudes are shifting. It's now going to be about actually putting the customer first. No more tricks.
The death of the old brand loyalty is a good thing. It means companies actually have to listen to customer needs. There will be healthier competition. And it encourages new companies to innovate and excel.


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In this 32nd annual coverage on the print manufacturing industry in Hong Kong and China, seven major export printers mull over the ongoing U.S.-China trade dispute and potential fallout on the industry, and share their observation on the rising paper prices and its causes. These print suppliers also talk about their operations and short-term plans, with some sharing their unique projects. Our coverage continues online with two additional articles on thermochromatic and black light/ultraviolet-reactive printing. Click through to read all of our coverage below, or browse the special feature in Scribd reader. Do visit PW Printing Marketplace to learn more about featured printing companies.
Checking on the Printing Business in Hong Kong & China
Going Beyond Protecting the Print Book
A Sampler of Outstanding Projects
Unique Thermochromatic Ink Application in "Penguin Frozen Book"
Black Light Printing in "Find Monsters"
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After about three weeks I feel ready to write this late review on the Samsung Galaxy SII, an Android best seller. I have been using it, switched back to my Acer Stream (2010 gen.), compared it to the Pre Plus and the old and dusty T-Mobile G1 to come to the conclusions I will share now. The Galaxy SII in question was running Android 2.3.3, build Gingerbread.XWKE2.
The first thing one notices when one gets the SGSII is: "Wow, that IS a small box." The next is, after opening the box: "The box couldn´t be smaller." One takes it out and thinks: "Hey, that is thin and light". A second later one notices, that the battery isn´t inside the phone yet – I could go on like this, but who would read it like that.
It´s thin (8.49mm), but huge – and light (119g). It´s fast, a 1.2GHz Dual Core ARM Cortex A9 chipset, accompanied by ARM Mali 400 MP graphics (developed and made by Samsung, called Exynos 4210) and 1GB of RAM provide a stutter free Android experience on a WVGA (800×480) Super AMOLED Plus screen (12 subpixels. 16GB of onboard storage (microSD slot is there, too), an 8 Megapixel Camera with LED flash, a 2MP front camera and a HSPA+ capable 3G module make the spec sheet complete.
While the device feels good and solid in my rather large hands (at first I found it a little bit to light and was terribly afraid of breaking it), the hardware has its weaknesses – I don´t want to comment on the plastic skin of the device, which makes it so super light and feels sturdy, but on the button of the SGSII, which are.. well, not that great.
First of all, there is the missing camera button. Not that I would particularly like dedicated camera buttons, but with such a good and quickly starting camera like the one of the Samsung Galaxy SII, this IS annoying, as starting the camera becomes more interesting, as you know that you could do a quick shot if only there was a dedicated button (or maybe a lockscreen option, though that would be slightly inferior in my opinion) to start the camera. But there is none, and so you find yourself searching hecticly for that camera shortcut – I placed one on every homescreen, but that´s an ugly hack.
The three buttons the SGSII has on it the sides, volume up and down and power, are, to make this button game even worse, poorly placed, on opposite sides at the same height. This made me hating them, as I, while short pressing the power button to save power by switching the screen off, often accidentely raised the volume without noticing. Think of sitting in a business meeting (or a lecture at school or university, or in a play at the theatre) and your phone starts ringing loudly – it didn´t happen to me, but that was because I was lucky. I believe that Samsung should have placed both buttons on one side or moved the power button to where the iPhone has its – if engineerly feasible, they should do that for their next superphone, even if that means an extra milimeter of thickness.
These are the most annoying buttons, and I´ve got to say that the one physical, surrounded by two capacative ones, sitting right under the screen, aren´t that great, too. As Samsung seems to be trying to resemble the iPhone as good as possible, they didn´t watch usability here. While there is nothing to complain about the physical Home Button, the other two (you can configure their illumination in the settings, which is a nice touch) are so close to the bright and amazingly colorful screen (I didn´t miss qHD resolution, though more is always better ;) ), without anything that makes a haptic differentiator and at a low height of 14 milimeters, that it occurs that you touch them while trying to access the buttons of an application or the other way round – especially while you´re in a haste.
One more thing: There is no notification LED on the SGSII.
Nontheless, all these issues are neglectible, the Galaxy SII is a great hardware, that looks awesome (while sort of knock-offy), sometimes at expense of usability.
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The Android 2.3.3 software (as reviewed, I will update to 2.3.4 right after this review, unfortunately not OTA) doesn´t come stock but has a layer on top of it, that is custom to Samsung devices and has the name TouchWiz, iteration 4.0. With 4 buttons at the bottom it resembles a well known fruit phone. Besides that, Samsung has replaced many icons, and added in blue as an additional color.
While speed and responsibility aren´t harmed by TouchWiz (which is a notable thing, as other custom layers, like the ones of LG, Motorola (Motoblur), Sony Ericsson, and HTC (Sense) have been reported to slow the phones down – to there defense I have to add that the customizations of the latter two change a lot more), my eyes and usability are.
It´s a personal thing, but I find these TouchWiz icons ugly in comparison to what Android 2.3.x (Gingerbread) delivers. While the colored buttons in the settings menu may help some, the changed battery icon definitely doesn´t – it´s always green, while the stock icon features different colors that help illustrating the battery status.
Samsung has added some applications in, as all manufacturers seem unable to resist to (this, btw, is a great pro of the Nexus series). Most prominently these are the 4 Hubs (Social Hub, Gaming Hub, Readers Hub and Music Hub), that offer you content for money – even the Social Hub, which just comes with a limited feature set. All of these hubs seem to be an attempt to build an ecosystem like the one Apple offers – but it´s no more than an attempt in my opinion. In addition to this, there is "Samsung Apps", an application market which offers you a bunch of free Apps, among these many, that are in the Android Market anyway (which is still crowded and appears sort of unorganized). It has some special Samsung applications in the "Utilities" section, which are quite usable though (many of these come preinstalled, but not all), including Kies Air (which is great, you connect your Phone to your PC via WiFi and can access the phones data via your PCs browser), Samsung Remote, Samsung Mobile Print and a tool which you can use to update your phones camera firmware.
The most welcomed additions by Samsung to Android (they have added in a custom email app (somehow connected to that Social Hub crapware, customized dialer, contacts, calendar in a million small ways that don´t add value in my humble opinion) are 3 three pre installed apps: A Video editor, a picture editor and Polaris Office, which allows to view and edit Microsoft Office documents (+ view PDF). While all of these apps surely have a limited feature set (this is mobile!), they come in nice and handy and one is glad to have them. Swype is a nice addition that deserves to be mentioned, too.
A friend of mine just bought a SGSII (as his first real smartphone), and I want to share his first impression with Samsungs Software stuff (translated):
"I've now bought the SII 9100: D and I'm still happy ….. I wonder just how much garbage is already on the homescreens – mega lots of windows for gaming hub, movie hub, … etc – if you use them, does that cost money? Are these applications where one has to download stuff et cetera or where you are directed into a store?"
Sounds like fail, Samsung!
USABILITY/MULTITASKING (Software side)
Well, this is Android. Usability on Android has never been exactly award winning, and Samsung didn´t manage to really improve this with TouchWiz 4.0, which makes the whole TouchWiz story even more disappointing. Multitasking on Android means using a "Share" option (when you want to send something to another App) or using the Home Button with a short or a long press. While short press brings you back to the homescreen where you left of (another press then directs you to the first homescreen in TouchWiz (as opposed to the one in the middle on stock Android), a long press on the SGSII´s home button leads you to a Screen showing the "Recently used Applications". This seems nice, but say you´ve got a notification (new email) and entered your eMail app using the Notification area (which Samsung enhanced nicely, though CM does this in a better way), you won´t find that eMail app among the recent apps that pop up after another long press after you´ve gone elsewhere (e.g. browser, to look things up). Google should really improve this in Ice Cream Sandwich, the next Android release which is going to unite smartphone (Gingerbread, 2.3.*) and tablet (Honeycomb 3.*) branches of Android again.
And then there´s this Menu Button, which, mostly because of bad usability decisions by App developers is a pain in the neck – comparable platforms like iOS or WP7 don´t have such a button, which shows that it isn´t necessary – in fact this button is a relict of the early days when Android was developed to become a Blackberry competitor using Googles services.
None of these things are genuinly Samsungs fault though, it´s a problem of Android itself.
Samsung doesn´t put much into the small box. Among a wallcharger and an USB cable and an everlasting Quick Manual, all you find is a surprisingly good in ear headset, which really sounds good. I am going to get myself one of these for my Palm Pre Plus as it just is a lot better (though not as good in the looks department – but, as you know, beauty is in the eye of the beholder).
The Galaxy SII is a good phone, that offers great performance. Samsung really did a good job with the Exynos chipset – unfortunately the phone doesn´t deserve the title "great" due to aforementioned issues. Many of the issues, mostly those on the software side are fixable – if they aren´t fixed by Samsung, the community will attempt to do so.
+ / Pro
- huge, great, responsive, colorful Super AMOLED + touchscreen
- thin
- Camera
- fast. really fast!
- battery life is really ok for such a beast
- TouchWiz / Samsung Software additions don´t add much
- no Camera button, overall button placement
- WiFi isn´t that good
- Multitasking isn´t always fun thanks to Androids UX
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At Coventry University Art&Design Saturday Club, we run a year of engaging creative workshops exploring various art and design processes with different practitioners. In 2017/18, our programme covered Caricature art, digital painting using state of the art equipment & software, 2D drawing and sculpture, storyboarding and character design, armature-building and set building, location-based and abstract photography, digital and traditional photography processes and darkroom practice.
The Saturday Club offers Club members a unique opportunity to build new skills and develop creative confidence in a range of artforms and with artists from a wide variety of backgrounds, in a nurturing and non-pressured environment. Members have the opportunity to experience and use our state-of-the-art facilities and receive expert tuition from Coventry University's tutors and students.
As part of the National Saturday Club programme, the Club will also take part in three National Events: the London Visit, in which members create a pop-up self-portrait exhibition and visit one the capital's leading museums or galleries; a Masterclass with an industry professional; and the Summer Show, where all Club members from around the country exhibit their work at Somerset House, London – all for free.
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Reports are circulating that the NSA can now remotely break into computers that are not connected to the Internet.
According to the New York Times and Reuters, the NSA has installed custom malware on "almost 100,000 computers around the world", in order to spy on the machines and "provide a digital highway for cyber attacks."
The Quantum malware is reported to date back to 2008 and relies on a covert channel of radio waves from "tiny circuit boards and USB cards secretly inserted in the computer."
That said, initial analysis suggests that this is similar to a strategy, known as 'bypassing the air gap', employed in the past by the NSA to track dial-up modems and GSM handsets.
SCMagazineUK.com notes that when dial-modems and GSM (2G) mobile handsets were the norm in the early 1990s, the viruses of the day used any and all means of propagation -- including the use of floppy disks, IRC (Internet Relay Chat) and other communications methodologies -- to spread themselves around and communicate back-to-base, a process that could take days or weeks.
Andrew Rose, principal analyst for security and risk with Forrester Research, agrees that the techniques used by the NSA's Quantum project are actually nothing new, as the methodology is designed to jump the air gap.
'Air gapping', which is also known as 'air walling', is a network security measure that relies on the physically isolation of a computer from unsecured networks, such as the Internet or an unsecured local area network.
"It's really not that new, even though the media thinks otherwise," Rose told SCMagazineUK.com.
"Stuxnet used this approach and there are a number of other less high-profile attack vectors that use this approach," he said, adding that the irony of the situation is that telecoms hardware from China has been blamed in the past for leaking information back to malware and bad firmware code creators.
"These days the `bad guy' finger pointing is not just confined to the Chinese - it's also the Americans. In some ways the Americans are worse than the Chinese in terms of surveillance. And it is reports like these that call into question the security of all of the technology we use today."
Rose says that the bottom line is that you cannot truly trust the technology you are using.
"Encryption offers some degree of protection, but ultimately, the data has to be decrypted for viewing and analysing - and even if the data is only viewed on a monitor, it's still a collection of bits and bytes, so could be relayed using a surveillance process.
"As this is a state-sponsored [security] game, you have to presume the worst and, whilst you can reduce the risk of eavesdropping and surveillance, you can never remove the risk entirely."


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Book Review: Crooked Kingdom
October 25, 2018
Kaz and his group of theives and gang members are betrayed and are forced to hide Kuwei from the merchant concil. The rest of the Grishaverse are in the balence with a drug named Jurda Parem. Will a drug that could end lives be unleashed or will they stop it.
Genre: Fantasy Fiction
Pages: 560
Who should read this? People who have read the series' other book, Six of Crows.
Is it a series? Yes, it has two books: Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom
I enjoyed this book because I read Six of Crows, and I wanted tosee how it ends. Crooked Kingdom made me laugh and cry at some parts.


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Obituary: Michael Kutniewski Sr., 59, of Shelton
Michael Kutniewski Sr., 59, of Shelton entered into rest on Friday, July 19, 2013 at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Catheline (Pcolka) Kutniewski.
Michael was born in Bridgeport on May 29, 1954 son of Elsie Kondrasky Kutniewski and the late Joseph Kutniewski and was a Shelton resident for 45 years.
He attended the Police Academy from 1976-1977 and became a Shelton Police Officer for 16 years. Michael later was a manager at RC Bigelow for 7 years.
The family would like to thank the Smilow Cancer Center at Yale-New Haven Hospital and RC Bigelow for the care given to Michael and his family.
He is the loving father of Michael Jr., Jennifer and Amy Kutniewski, brother of, Joseph Kutniewski, Jr, and his wife Margaret and son-in-law of Eva J. Pcolka. He also leaves his beloved nieces and nephews, and dearest brothers-in-laws and sisters-in law.
Friends may call on Wednesday from 3-7 PM at the Riverview Funeral Home, 390 River Rd., Shelton. On Thursday, friends are invited to go directly to St. Joseph Church, 420 Coram Ave., Shelton, for a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, his family requests that memorial contributions may be made to Smilow Cancer Center at Yale New haven Hospital, Closer to Free Fund, P.O. Box 7611, New Haven CT 06519.
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The majority of motorcaravans come to the market rated at 3,500kg GVW to meet the requirements of the market segment made up of drivers who only posess a Category B Driving Licence.
However more ofthen than not there is an optional extra available
to have an 'uprated' GVW at the time of delivery. This option is usually availed of by those lucky enough to posess a category C1 licence (or higher).
As motorhomes find their way onto the used market their exixting GVW rating may not meet the needs
of some secondhand buyers. B Licence holders may wish to own a particular vehicle but are unable to do so because it has perhaps been uprated to 3,850kg GVW or a higher figure.
Simirarly a prospective buyer with a C1 licence may wish to own a particular
vehicle rated at 3,500kg or lower and would like the additional payload offered by a higher GVW.
Uprating and Downrating is a common excercise in The UK and Europe, and is explained in the following link http://www.svtech.co.uk/motorhomes.html .
Anyone contemplating a need to change the GVW of their motorhome should first contact a specialist company like SV Tech and also their local VTN testing center who will require a completed
RSA MODIFICATIONS REPORT TEMPLATE (LCV) see Section 60 page 97 http://www.rsa.ie/Documents/Vehicle%20Testing/CVR/LCV_Manual_final_version.pdf for
vehicles not exceeding 3,500kg GVW. For vehicles over 3,500kg GVW a completed RSA MODIFICATIONS REPORT TEMPLATE (HCV) see Section 71 page 147 http://www.rsa.ie/Documents/Vehicle%20Testing/CVR/HCV_Manual_final_version.pdf is
Following acceptance of the new GVW it will be entered against the vehicles details on the NVDF (Nation Vehicle & Driver File) by the VTN center. Unfortunately, the ammendment does not currently trigger the issue of an ammended RF101 and
the vehicle owner will have to persue a replacement document showing the new (correct) GVW seperately with The Driver and Vehicle Computer Services Division in The Department of Transport at Shannon Co. Clare
Notwithstanding all
the above, requests for a change in GVW of motorcaravans is a relatively new phenomenon here in Ireland and those of us at Motorcaravanning Ireland are unaware of any published procedures for its administration.
Going over 3,500kg GVW, even if you have a C1 Licence, may not be the best solutiion if short of pay-load.
Vehicles over 3,500kg GVW suffer from higher toll rates and/or access restrictions to low emmission zones in many countries.
in Ireland such vehicles are also tested on the Heavy Goods Vehicle lane at VTN test centers while those not over the magic number are tested on the Light Goods Vehicle test lane.
Vehicles (other than
motorcycles, mopeds, work vehicles or land tractors) having a MAM1 not exceeding 3,500 kg, designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than eight passengers in addition to the driver.
The vehicle may tow a trailer (a) where the MAM of the trailer is not greater than 750 kg or (b) where the MAM of the trailer exceeds 750kg the combined
MAM of the towing vehicle and the trailer is not greater than 3,500 kg.
Reading the above in conjunction with (a) it is indicated that a motorhome not exceeding 3,500kg GVW may tow a trailer with a MAM not greater than 750kg.
However it is indicated
in (b) that if the trailer exceeds 750kg the combined weight can not be breater than 3,500kg.
See the following link for full information http://www.ndls.ie/en/Driving-Licence/driving-licence-categories.html
It would therefore appear to be perfectly legal to tow one of these http://www.spaceextender.com/Medien/Videos/Fahrten_Zusammenschnitt.html or
one of these https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJgUZyXQh74 to increase overall carrying capacity and at the same time avoid the drawbacks associated with vehicles over
the 3,500kg GVW mark.
Such units perform the function of a trailer, but without the instability sometimes asspciated with one. Also, the challenges encountered when reversing with a tradition type of trailer attached do not exist.


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Volume 78 Issue 8
Inside this issue...
Ah, the sun is shining, we've got a British man as Wimbledon champion at long last and all is well with the world, isn't it? Well possibly not, on balance, but at least we've got another classic issue of Men Only to take our minds off the trials and tribulations of everyday life! With Linsey Dawn McKenzie back on the top shelf where she belongs, not to mention the combined assets of Cindy Hope, Mia Malkova, Aubrey and co, there's certainly plenty to keep us going. All things considered, we'd probably take that!
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