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Scott Arms Shopping Centre welcomes three new tenants15/09/2017
Dominos Pizza has opened a new takeaway at Scott Arms shopping centre in Great Barr this week – one of three new stores opening there.
LCP, which owns and manages the shopping centre, has spent £200,000 reconfiguring three units to accommodate the new stores after Dominos agreed a 20-year lease for a 2,066 sq ft unit, which will also have seating for customers.
Dignity, one of the largest providers of funeral services in the country, has signed a 10-year lease for a 1,400 sq ft unit, while Card Factory is also now open after signing a five-year lease for a 1684 sq ft unit.
With the arrival of the new tenants, Scott Arms is now fully let, said Jo Salmon, LCP's retail portfolio manager.
"We are very pleased that our improvements, which include introducing free 90-minute parking in January, has attracted these strong brands to the Scott Arms shopping centre," she said.
"Footfall has increased since the free, time-limited parking was brought in, and this has not only boosted the local economy but it has also enabled us to attract these three nationally known names. Having a full complement of tenants also demonstrates that this is an important retail centre for the people of Great Barr."
Other improvements at the shopping centre include a car park extension, upgraded landscaping and common parts. New signage is also to be installed.
Scott Arms has more than 30,000 daily passing vehicles – potentially 11 million customers a year. It is prominently located at the crossroads of the A34 Birmingham/Walsall Road, which connects Birmingham with Walsall, and the A4041 connecting West Bromwich and Sutton Coldfield. Junction 7 of the M6 is just over half a mile north of the Scott Arms. Occupiers include Iceland, Greggs, Well Pharmacy and Ladbrokes.


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This isn't the best picture, but I think I have enough information!! It's all about those left 2 windows:
(Top of Both Windows)
M.T. Lott
Real Estate Investments
A friend in deed
is a friend indeed
Donn Tatum
Tomahawk Properties
Latin American Development
Ayefour Corporation (Get it? I-4 is the local interstate that crosses through Orlando!)
Bay Lake Properties
Reedy Creek Ranch Lands
Compass East Corporations
Time to decode!
Donn Tatum was the 1st non-Disney family member to become president of Walt Disney Productions, succeeding Roy O. Disney in 1971
The right window - those 'subsidiaries' were the names of all the different fake companies Walt Disney used to buy up land in Orlando without being public about Walt Disney buying property. Together, they formed the Reedy Creek Improvement District, a small government formed basically by Disney, so that they could have more control over their projects.
For more information, check out this great Wikipedia page I found!

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(a) If Q is primary, then its radical is a prime ideal.
(b) If $Q_1$ and $Q_2$ are both P-primary, then their intersection is also P-primary.
Let $fg\in \sqrt{Q}$. Then $(fg)^N \in Q$ for some N and, since Q is primary, $f^N \in Q$ or $g^{MN}\in Q$ for some M. Hence, $f\in \sqrt{Q}$ or $g\in \sqrt{Q}$, ie $\sqrt{Q}$ is prime.
(b) Note: $Q_1, Q_2$ P-primary, ie $\sqrt{Q_1}=P=\sqrt{Q_2}$ where P is prime.
First, we show that the intersection is primary. Let $fg\in Q_1 \cap Q_2$. Then fg is an element of both, $Q_1$ and $Q_2$. Since they are primary, we get $f\in Q_1 \vee g^{N_1}\in Q_1$ and $f\in Q_2 \vee g^{N_2}\in Q_2$. In all cases, we get $f\in Q_1\cap Q_2$ or $g\in P$ and, hence, $f\in Q_1\cap Q_2$ or $g\in Q_1\cap Q_2$ for some M.
It remains to show that $\sqrt{Q_1\cap Q_2}=P$. If $f\in\sqrt{Q_1\cap Q_2}$, then $f^N\in Q_1\cap Q_2$ for some power N, ie $f\in P$.
For the reverse inclusion, let f be in P. Then some power of f is in $Q_1$ and in $Q_2$ (P is the radical ideal of both). Therefore, there is an N such that $f^N$ is in the intersection $Q_1\cap Q_2$ and f is in the radical of the intersection.


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Melon Communications MD, Helen Toomey Hesk has been appointed to the judging panel of Midlands Media Awards and Student Awards for the second year running.
The awards are organised by Cloud 9 Event Management on behalf of The Birmingham Press Club, which holds the crown of the oldest press club in world.
The Midlands Media Awards and Student Awards celebrate the very best of media talent and its diversity throughout the Midlands region. Designed to recognise core-values, creativity and headlines, the best editorial teams, news and sports photographers, journalists and new talent. The awards will be announced at a glittering ceremony at The Birmingham Repertory Theatre on 20 October 2016.
Helen said 'I am looking forward to appraising this years' entries in the 'Campaign of the Year category'. I feel privileged to see evidence of such a high standard and quality of work. I could appreciate when I judged last year, the creativity, skill, attention to detail and time that went into each entry'
The award categories are as follows:
Blogger of the Year
Business Journalist of the Year
Campaign of the Year
Columnist of the Year
Feature Writer of the Year
Headline of the Year
Journalist of the Year
Magazine of the Year
Public Choice
Newcomer of the Year
Newspaper of the Year
News Photo of the Year
News Reporter of the Year (Daily) or (Weekly)
News Website of the Year
Radio Journalist of the Year
Scoop of the Year
Sports Photographer of the Year
Supplement of the Year
The Tony Flanagan News Photographer of the Year Award
TV Journalist of the Year
To submit your entry please note the deadline is 5 August 2016. Find out more at www.midlandsmediaawards.co.uk
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Aquarian Pools & Spas started as a pool building and concrete finishing company in the greater Cincinnati area over 31 years ago. We are proud to have grown into a business that now includes a 9500 sq. ft. retail facility. Our inground pool design area features three inground pools, Cal Spas, Emerald Spas, Weber BBQ grills, outdoor patio furniture, along with all the swimming pool supplies needed to keep your pool working properly and looking great.
We have grown through the years, but still maintain the family business atmosphere by having three generations of the family and a great group of employees working within the company.
At Aquarian Pool & Spas we are here 12 months a year to help with our customers needs. When other swimming pool retailers shut down for the winter we stay open to assist with your needs.
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Coaching to Support Implementation in a Personalized Competency-Based System
How do we build the capacity to maintain and grow our personalized competency-based system? Marzano Research offers on-site and web-based coaching services to support the implementation of personalized competency-based education at the district, school, and classroom levels. Coaching services are available for district and school leaders, instructional coaches, and teachers. Services are tailored to the responsibilities of each role. Coaching can occur in conjunction with any of the professional development services at any phase of the project and support goal setting, progress monitoring, and modifications to support continuous improvement. After an initial site visit, subsequent sessions can be via webinar or additional on-site days.Request information
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In the immediate aftermath of what he'd just accomplished, the questions were coming at Rory McIlroy faster and more furiously than Phil Mickelson, Rickie Fowler and Henrik Stenson were Sunday afternoon at Valhalla, where he'd just captured the 96th PGA Championship.
At age 25, it was McIlroy's second PGA Championship victory, but more importantly, it was his fourth career major championship. The way's he's been playing the last half-year, that would be four and counting. Counting fast.
So the natural next step in the social-media, let's-get-ahead-of-ourselves world in which we live is to speculate on how many of these major championship trophies McIlroy will hoist before his career is over.
The benchmark, of course, is Jack Nicklaus' 18. Tiger Woods famously has been "stuck'' on 14 for going on seven years now, seemingly stalled in his very public pursuit of besting his idol, Jack.
So now it's Rory's turn. Fair or unfair, he is now on the clock.
One of the most refreshing characteristics to McIlroy is that he gets it. He understands exactly who he is, how he's perceived and what's expected from him and he embraces it. He has uncanny perspective — and always has — for someone so young.
As evidence of how much he's learned from Woods, who was always the player he looked up to as a kid, McIlroy on Sunday took a very different approach to the one Woods took when he first burst onto the scene and began collecting major championships like kids used to collect baseball cards.
When it was over on Sunday at Valhalla and he was being flooded with questions about which records he was going to shatter next, McIlroy deftly delivered the proper reverence to both Nicklaus, who has become a grandfatherly figure to him, and Woods.
"I think I've got to take it one small step at a time,'' McIlroy said. "The two next realistic goals are the career Grand Slam and trying to become the most successful European player ever. So Nick Faldo, [the] most successful European ever in the modern era, has six. Seve [Ballesteros] has five. Obviously, the career Grand Slam coming up at Augusta in eight months … they are the next goals. And hopefully, when I achieve those, I can start to think about other things.''
Since he was growing up in Holywood, Northern Ireland, McIlroy always has been a keen observer of the way Woods went about his business. He observed how Woods went about winning majors and he learned some things. Along the way, he surely observed the tack Woods took in his public pursuit of Jack's record.
And good for him. This more conservative, if plodding, approach he's taking cannot help but serve him better than that of Woods, who set 18 as the end-all goal, such that anything short would mean failure. So often in golf, success is all about the approach, and McIlroy's approach to setting and breaking records seems so much sounder than the one Woods took when he was younger.
Few in golf have known McIlroy as well as his fellow Northern Irishman (and de facto big brother of sorts) Graeme McDowell, and he was asked on Sunday how many career majors he thought McIlroy would collect.
"Eight,'' McDowell said.
"It's probably a little low,'' McDowell went on. "I can't look inside a guy and know what his number is, [but] not many people are born with the type of focus Tiger Woods had, [to] grow up with pictures of Jack Nicklaus on his wall and wanting to beat Jack's record.
"Knowing Rory as I have the last few years, it didn't seem to me like he was trying to beat Jack's record. So it's a case of how the guy continues to motivate himself. You don't know what the number is. It's however many he wants, you know?
"He'll win as many majors as he wants — within reason.''
Whether it is or isn't premature to think about how deep he can take this, the run that he's on absolutely warrants the conversation about whether the torch has been unofficially passed from Woods to McIlroy. To his credit, McIlroy understands this and, most impressively, he embraces it.
"You have to accept that to have a run of golf like I've had, it's expected,'' McIlroy said. "You have to welcome it. I don't think you can see it as a burden. It's a great place to be in. To be the face of golf or one of the faces of golf, it's a big responsibility. But at the same time, I feel like I'm up to the task of handling it well. I definitely don't have a problem with being one of the faces — or if not the — face of golf.''


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Getting there
Direct flights to Ecuador's international airports in Quito and Guayaquil depart from a relatively small number of places outside of Latin America. In the United States, regular services leave from Miami, Houston and Atlanta; in Europe, they go from Madrid and Amsterdam. Higher prices are likely in the July to September high season and during December.
If you're planning to include Ecuador as part of a South American tour, consider an "open-jaw" ticket, which lets you make your own way overland between your arrival and departure points. Popular combinations are Quito and Lima, or Quito and La Paz, and tickets cost about the same as a normal return.
Ecuador is too small to warrant its own airpass, but is included in larger networks, such as the LAN airlines Airpass (wwww.lan.com), which links LAN destinations and offers further discounts if you have a transatlantic ticket with them.
Flights from the US and Canada
While there are few direct routes to Ecuador, it's easy to pick up connecting flights to the main hubs.
From the US, direct routes to Quito and Guayaquil are operated by American Airlines, LanEcuador and Aerogal from Miami; Continental from Houston; and Delta Air Lines from Atlanta. Avianca Airlines, Copa Airlines and Taca operate routes from other cities such as Los Angeles, New York and Miami, with changes in their respective hub airports at Bogotá, Panama City and San José.
Approximate flying times from the US to Quito without stops are four hours from Miami, and around five hours from Houston and Atlanta. Quito is about seven and a half hours from Toronto and Montreal, or about ten hours from Calgary and Vancouver. Prices range from around US$450 return from Miami, US$700–900 from Houston and CAN$900 from Toronto, but shop around, as prices can vary greatly.
Flights from the UK and Ireland
There are no direct flights to Ecuador from Britain and Ireland, but there are plenty of indirect flights to both Quito and Guayaquil involving a change of plane in either a European or American city. The US airlines fly via their respective hubs as discussed, while Iberia and Air Comet offer services via Madrid, and KLM via Amsterdam (stopping at Bonaire, in the Dutch Antilles). Other possibilities include taking a flight to South American hubs, such as Bogotá or Caracas, from where connections to Ecuador can be made.
Typical journey times are between fifteen and seventeen hours, with Iberia and American Airlines offering marginally faster services. You can expect to pay around £550–800 return including tax in the low season and £650–900 in the high.
Flights from Australia and New Zealand
There are no direct flights to Ecuador from Australia or New Zealand, though there are two main indirect routings, one via Santiago in Chile, the other via the US. The most straightforward is the Qantas/LanChile route from Sydney to Quito and Guayaquil, stopping in Auckland and changing in Santiago. Travelling to Ecuador by way of the US means changing in Los Angeles and then Miami or Houston. Another option is to fly from Sydney or Auckland to Buenos Aires with Aerolineas Argentinas and to pick up a connection from there. There are no real bargains on either routing, and connections can be complicated. Typical travel times are around 25 to 40 hours. Expect to pay at least A$1700 from Australia, and NZ$1800 from New Zealand.
Flights from South Africa
To get to Ecuador from South Africa, you're best off flying to a South American hub, such as São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Santiago or Lima, from where there are ongoing services to Quito. Johannesburg to São Paulo with Varig is a ten-hour flight costing upwards of around ZAR5000. From São Paulo there are direct flights daily to Quito with Taca, which take another eight to nine hours.
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Approval for Fremantle concert space rejected after trial
Yet another music venue space in Perth will be closed.
Less than a year ago, Sunset Events were approved to trial Fremantle's Arthur Head as a concert space.
The space is in the J-Shed precinct, directly behind the Roundhouse, WA's oldest building and next to the J-Shed glass warehouse.
The WA Planning Commission approved the trial in November.
After the trial ended in March, Sunset applied for a partial change of use to a Proposed Tavern and Ticketed Live Music Events Venue. The application included building alterations and an increase to the number of concerts and patrons, WAtoday reported.
The City of Fremantle voted to recommend the WAPC refuse the application.
"Community consultation on the temporary activation period and updated proposal revealed dissatisfaction with a range of issues including inadequate provision of promised community events, rubbish, insufficient parking and inconsistency with City planning policies," the City wrote on its website after the vote.
The WAPC reported that it too would recommend refusal for a bar and bigger gigs, that an approval would set an "undesirable precedent for the development of other Parks and Recreation Reserves."
The first season of concerts held at the space, Sunset Sounds, featured performances from Missy Higgins, Kate Miller-Heidke, San Cisco, Koi Child and SAFIA.
96FM has contacted Sunset Events for comment.
The J-Shed site is still featured as a concert space on their website.


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30 Years of WrestleMania book review
The heart-pounding excitement of the grandest spectacle in WWE, WrestleMania, is captured throughout the 30 Years of WrestleMania book with jaw-dropping photos and features on key superstars who became legendary.
Every match, every moment, recaptured with a summary of every WrestleMania that took place. If you did not know the gamble Vince McMahon put his company through and how WrestleMania revolutionized the world of pro wrestling, you are about to find out.
Hulkamania running wild for the first nine Manias, Undertaker winning 21 straight matches, the rise of the John Cena era, so many iconic moments went down at the event known as "The Granddaddy of Them All."
Main event matches and special attractions such as the Money in The Bank match, Ric Flair VS. Shawn Michaels, The Rock n' Sock Connection VS. Evolution, are given more words and space likely to help illustrate to the reader the main selling points of a particular Mania. The rare comments from the superstars give you a new in-depth look on a match. Kevin Nash criticizing the decision-making behind WrestleMania X8 is shocking to read. There was evidently a considerable amount of time put into the quality of every page.
Although it's only a little over 200 pages, vast amounts of history is covered. An incredible nostalgia trip for die-hard fans. Thankfully, this is an uncensored look at the history of WrestleMania. Blood is shown, Divas wrestling in their bra and panties is recaptured, even Chris Benoit and his accomplishments are mentioned and highlighted. Pre-show matches were not covered.
Also included in the book is every Hall of Fame inductee since WWE started it in 1993. A look at the start and success of WrestleMania Axxess is given a quick two-page spread. HHH's 18 matches also got a two-page spread while Undertaker's streak got four pages.
30 Years of WrestleMania
Written by Brian Shields & Dean Miller
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As a result the VLE will not be accessible from 3rd August 8:30am until 7th August 4pm.


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I never thought I would be doing this in a million years. Just for the record, I had to share.
Seriously! It actually looks like I know what I'm doing. :) In the back of my mind I have always wondered how my daughters would learn to sew. It seems like every girl wants to learn at one time or another. I just never thought I would be the teacher. Andrea inspired me one day to make birthday aprons. I was reading this post and decided it would be fun for Kaylee and I to tackle this project together.
It was easy enough for us to do. If I can do this, anyone can! Look how proud she is.
That face makes it so worth it! It's just a bonus that they turned out so cute. We decided that this would be her birthday gift to friends for one year. We can personalize them by finding out each friends favorite color. We included a box of chocolate cake mix and creme cheese frosting along with the recipe for Homemade Oreo's on a cute recipe card from Kaylee's Kitchen. Here are the aprons we've made so far.
She has been so excited to give these away as gifts. They have been a big hit and made with love. We decided Kaylee had to have her own birthday apron too. She picked out the fabric and helped sew most of it.
Our recipe for Homemade Oreo's: (Super easy for kids to make on their own.)
1 Pkg. Chocolate Cake Mix
2 Eggs
3/4 Cup Shortening
* Mix and roll into balls. Bake @ 350 for 8 min.
Creme Cheese Frosting:
8 oz. creme cheese
3 cups powder sugar
1/4 cup butter
2 tsp. vanilla
Smear frosting on one cookie and top with the other. If you want the really easy kid friendly way just buy the store bought creme cheese.


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All coaching is not the same. I know this because I tried to make it all the same and fell flat on my face. When I first began working with leaders one-on-one, I had an assembly line approach to the process and failed miserably.
Then I wised up.
One of the biggest ways that coaching differs from one individual to the other is the kind of leader you're coaching. Not so much in personality and learning style, which is just one of the ways all coaching is not the same, but mostly in the experience level of the leader.
Whether you coach formally for your firm or coach leaders who come to you informally, there are big differences between the way to interact with an experienced leader and the way to interact with an emerging leader.
Here are my top three:
1. Synthesis versus Direction
2. Deconstruction versus Validation
3. Legacy versus Legitimacy
Let's look at each one of these differences in that order.
1. Synthesis versus Direction
One of the things that characterizes new leaders is this: They often don't know what they don't know. Many times as you coach them, they are genuinely stuck, with simply no idea of what to do next. Here is where direction is perfectly appropriate as a coach and received from an emerging leader as water to a parched soul.
It's just the opposite, however, with an experienced leader.
I've found that the experienced leader needs to talk through all the issues at hand. They need to get everything out of their head, laying all their cards on the table. Then they need someone to summarize for them what they just said. Not a rote word-for-word summary, but summary with insight. Or what I call synthesis.
I had an interaction like this with one of the CEO's that I'm working with. For the better part of an hour she laid out the details of a challenging and emotionally charged situation that she faced. After listening intently, and asking the occasional question, I summarized what I thought she needed to do in a sentence or two, using her own words in the summary. In response she exclaimed, "That's exactly it!"
This woman was bright, passionate, and uber-experienced in her field. But she was way too close to the problem to see the solution. The job of a coach with leaders like this is to sit outside of the situation and frame it for them, synthesizing what they need to do in their own words.
2. Deconstruction versus Validation
Sometimes, however, synthesis is not enough. Sometimes leaders are tripping all over themselves, tangled up in their well-worn ways of doing things. This is where deconstruction comes in. Deconstruction helps experienced leaders reexamine how they work and decide if the way they've always done something is really the way they should do it now.
Deconstruction is tricky, however, because no one wants the comfortable walls of their house torn down around them. So do it with grace. But do it you must, for often it's the only way to build a bigger, better house. Remember the seven last words of a dying organization: We've never done it that way before.
Emerging leaders rarely need deconstruction, because much of their leadership house has not yet been built. And if you do deconstruct it, you may unhinge them completely. What emerging leaders need is validation that they are doing the right thing, and validation that if they persevere in it, good will come. They are, in a sense, on the field of play looking up to you in the stands for approval. When you give it to them, you also give them the confidence to move forward without fear.
When Do You Provide Which?
And, of course, when to provide synthesis and when to provide deconstruction is the great art of coaching experienced leaders. For that matter, too, when to provide direction and when to provide validation.
As an art and not a science, you learn this more by feel than by formula. Knowing that all coaching, and all coaching clients, are not the same is the start to mastering this art. But the real secret is developing a finely tuned sense of when to lean in and when to back off, and then having the courage—-or the self-restraint—-to do either.
The guiding question I ask myself in these moments is: What's in the best interest of this leader? As opposed to what might be the most comfortable to me in the moment, for often they are not the same.
3. Legacy versus Legitimacy
The final way coaching experienced leaders and coaching emerging leaders differs has to do with where they are on their leadership path. At the beginning of a person's leadership journey, they need help gaining legitimacy. They need to be encouraged to embrace the kinds of challenges that allow them to prove themselves and be seen within the organization as the go-to guy or the go-to gal.
Once leaders have achieved legitimacy, however, they can lose their way. That is, when no challenge remains, they may coast. That's why discussions regarding legacy are so important. Legitimacy precedes legacy, for no leader who's not respected by his or her peers and direct reports can leave a legacy. But this shift in thinking is critical, from making one's way in leadership to leaving a mark that's hard to erase.
For leaders who are younger, the word legacy may not connect well because it conjures images of old age and retirement. When working with a younger leader, I'll use the phrase "leadership brand" and ask, "What do you want people to think of when they think of you as a leader?" When a younger leader answers this question, they do, in fact, begin leaving a legacy.
Whether you use the word legacy or brand, the point is this: Those who are no longer new to leadership need to be challenged differently to be their very best. The way in which you do that is by appealing to their inherent human desire to make a difference in the world and change the lives of people in the process.


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My gran died last Thursday. At 88 years old and of frail health, her increasingly common mental lapses meant that it wasn't unexpected when it happened, but nothing quite prepares you for that phonecall.
Her funeral was today, attended by the two generations behind her—probably the best turnout at a family gathering for many years. Religiously, my family is traditionally Catholic, at least in name. We traditionally only see the inside of a church at funerals, with weddings being secular affairs and not much interest in baptising our children. Still, if you were to ask my sisters, aunts, uncles or cousins what religious affiliation they belong to, it'd be Catholic.
As far as I know, I'm the only openly declared atheist. Before going on, the reason I left the church is simply because I couldn't reconcile my beliefs about how to live a good life with what I was reading and being taught. I have no stories about abusive priests, psychological trauma induced by images of hell, or any of the stuff that commonly makes it into the Reasons to Hate the Catholic Church™.
So the ceremony itself was a little weird. Having gone through Catholic education, I knew exactly what to say at what times, and when to stand, sit or kneel. It's slightly odd that I remembered the prayers: they must have been burned into my brain when I was a boy.
But, aside from standing and sitting and that shaking of hangs thing they do prior to communion, I didn't do any of it. I didn't recite or respond to the prayers, sing hymns, bless myself with water, bow my head or press my hands together in front of me. While the priest was asking people to honour god, I was instead remembering my gran.
When I was paying attention to what the priest was saying, the thing that generally struck me was the occasional reminder that we're born sinners, achieving grace only through Christ. There was even a dig at non-believers in the reading from the book of 'Wisdom', where we are collectively labelled as 'fools' for believing that death is the end of a persons life.
As a foolish non-believer, what I found very odd was the tinkling of bells by the altar boy when the priest blessed and raised the bread and wine, a process which—according to believers—transubstantiates them into the actual body of blood of Jesus Christ. The communion itself seemed similarly strange, with people treating these little, mass-produced flecks of unleavened bread with such incredible solemnity. Knowing that most of the congregation in front of him probably hadn't communed in years, and bearing in mind the Catholic no-no about taking communion with a sin-stained soul, the priest offered blessings to those who remembered enough of the dogma to stay away because of that.
With with mass almost at its end, all that remained was to sprinkle 'holy' water over the coffin and wreath it with smoke from burning incense. This done, the coffin was taken to the cemetery and interred alongside my granddad, laid to rest seventeen years earlier.
After all this, what I'm most shocked with is myself. For quite an extended period of time, I believed this stuff. I took part in the rites and rituals, saw value in the prayers and songs and material paraphernalia. And it wasn't even that long ago: I was a practising Catholic up until about ten years ago, a lapsed one for about five years after that, finally moving on to agnosticism and finally atheism over the course of the following two or three years. Not coincidentally, all of this happened alongside actually reading the bible, learning about its origins, learning about other religions, and seeing the harm inflicted by the church thanks to its views on contraception, sex education, and homosexuals.
How times change.
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Being an Ex-Catholic Atheist at a Catholic Funeral
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Should unelected officials be allowed to order the confiscation of some or all guns and ammunition in the United States? This is the question posed by Sen. Jon Corzine (D., N.J.) and Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D., R.I.), in their proposed Firearms Safety and Consumer Protection Act. As one might suspect, the bill is about neither firearm safety nor consumer protection, but is an especially clever stratagem by the gun-prohibition lobby. The Kennedy-Corzine bill would give the Treasury Department and the courts nearly unlimited powers to restrict firearms manufacture and sales, and to confiscate guns.
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When a Capable Person becomes an Incapable Mom/
I've always been capable. I got A's in school. I succeeded in college. It's true, I couldn't do sports, so I just avoided them at all costs. Instead I did the things I knew I could succeed at, like academics, leadership, and drama.
I was always a capable Christian. I'm not saying that I didn't accept God's grace and I based my whole life on works. I knew I was sinful and needed God's forgiveness. I knew I needed grace for my failings. I knew deeply the need for God's saving grace. It was his sustaining grace I didn't understand. Because I was generally capable to do the daily tasks God set before me, I didn't lean on him as the provider of everything I needed for life and godliness.
Then I became a mom. Motherhood did not come naturally to me. Suddenly I was no longer capable of simply completing the task set before me. And there was no avoiding this job. There was no accepting failure and finding another route. I couldn't send my baby back until I was better prepared for him. No, I needed grace to sustain me through every long moment of every overwhelming day.
I've been back in the Gospels lately. Not particularly because it is Lent season, but because I felt a tugging to go back and read about Jesus again with the my new unsupermommy perspective. I quickly reached the Beatitudes in Mark 5, and I've been stuck there for a while because they're just so new again.
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 5:3
I knew I was sinful and need of grace before motherhood, but I don't think I had ever experienced true spiritual neediness. I didn't know what it was like to start my day with nothing in my tank to give. I didn't know physical, spiritual, and emotional emptiness until motherhood took me far deeper than my personal capabilities. But Jesus looks upon that kind of lack as blessed. It's the opportunity to receive the kingdom of God anew.
When I reached the end of my emotional, physical, and spiritual rope, I landed at the foot of the cross. There I found a renewal of saving grace and his endless sustaining grace. I offered the emptiness of my poor spirit and received the fullness of Christ and I would never go back to being capable again.
If the pieces of your life have fallen apart in the work of motherhood, let Jesus bind up your poor spirit and fill you up with his sustaining grace. Grace upon grace. More than enough for today, tomorrow, and forever.


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Creating a helix using Adaptive components in Revit 2011
A few months back I looked at how to create a helix in Revit 2010 without the need of any heavy math. Zach Krone and BIM troublemaker did similar examples on there blogs with varying degrees of complexity.
So I figured the other day that there must be a smarter way to do this in Revit 2011 with the new adaptive component tool. Take a look at the youtube Video for more info.
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It's that time of year again, and time for Art in the Park! I've done this show the past few years, and this weekend I will participate once again. The weather is forecasted to be good, a little chilly but I will survive - and with the sun out & light wind, it'll be a great day to be outdoors (provided I don't forget my allergy pills!)
This year I am focusing on my bird paintings - all on stretched canvas, no frames. I'm trying to give things an overall uniform appearance. Right now, I'm attaching hanging hardware, putting together cards & card sets (they seem to sell at this event), and making lists! I always make lists - it's the only way I can do this type of thing!
So if you are free this weekend, and in New Jersey, stop by at Van Saun Park in Paramus. Over 100 artists are participating - should be a wonderful visual treat!


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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan may cancel orders for Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 fighter jets if the price rises or deliveries are delayed, Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka said on Wednesday, casting doubt on Tokyo's choice of next-generation combat aircraft.
Tokyo has warned Washington against increasing the price, but this was the first time Tanaka publicly raised the possibility of cancelling the order.
The Pentagon this month confirmed plans to put off its own orders for 179 F-35s over the next five years to save $15.1 billion, a move that a Lockheed executive said would increase the price of the radar-evading warplane over time.
Smaller orders make it more difficult for Lockheed to order components in bulk from its suppliers. This can lead to higher prices in the short term. The company also has to spread its fixed infrastructure costs over a smaller number of planes.
Japan is due to pay 9.9 billion yen ($122.96 million) per fighter for an initial batch of four F-35s scheduled for delivery by March 2017. Japan plans to buy 42 in total.
"As for the first four planes, I expect an official contract to be concluded by this summer. If it turns out they cannot meet what they have proposed by that time, that would raise concerns about our defense capability," Tanaka told parliament.
"I believe we would need to consider as a potential option matters like cancelling our orders and starting a new selection process if that is the case."
Continued schedule delays and talk of lingering technical issues have prompted the eight countries helping to fund development of the F-35 to rethink their own near- and long-term plans. The group includes Britain, Australia, Turkey, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Italy and the Netherlands.
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz on Wednesday told Reuters the U.S. government was pressuring Lockheed to increase efforts to hold down the cost of the plane, despite the delay in orders from the United States.
The Air Force authorized the start of initial, limited flights of the Air Force variant of the F-35 by certified test pilots at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, where pilots and maintainers will be trained.
Schwartz said a first flight was planned at Eglin next week, part of a phased approach that will evaluate the training curriculum and gain more experience on the airplane before transitioning to more active training flights later in the year.
"This will be a crawl, walk, run sort of undertaking," he told reporter at a breakfast meeting.
Japan, which is concerned about China's rapid military buildup and constant threats from impoverished North Korea, in December chose the F-35 over combat-proven but less stealthy rivals.
The F-35 competed against Boeing Co's F/A-18 and the Eurofighter Typhoon, made by a consortium of European companies including BAE Systems.
Lockheed Martin has said it is committed to providing F-35s that meet the cost, schedule and industrial requirements of the Japanese government, but says F-35 pricing is determined by talks between the Japanese and U.S. governments.
Japan's defense budget has been under pressure with the country saddled by a public debt twice the size of its economy.
Stealth technology has drawn much attention in Japan since China, which has a long-running territorial dispute with Japan, confirmed last year that it had held its first test flight of the J-20 stealth fighter jet.
Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka and Tim Kelly in Tokyo; additional reporting by Andrea Shalal-Esa in Washington; Editing by Nick Macfie, Phil Berlowitz


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In Wayne Dyer's new book "Excuses Begone!", he talks about how fear is one of the biggest excuses for people living an unhappy existence and not going after what they want. He suggests using the emotional opposite of fear (love) to combat the excuse. He says that anything that is loved cannot be feared, and "if we can find our way to stay in a space of love, fear is an impossibility." I found this especially interesting after my own experiences with social networking.
Learning How to Participate
I'm still trying to wrap my mind around certain social networks, specifically Twitter and Facebook. I recently visited Twitter in hopes of understanding it a little better. As I scrolled through the conversations, I started feeling overwhelmed and wondered, "How am I going to figure this out? I don't get these conversations or even want to follow most of them, so how will I ever participate?"
Then I thought, "Let me find some people I know." I found several people and scrolled through their recent tweets. Immediately, I felt better, and, in some cases, I was actually following the conversations. It occurred to me that the important thing was to find and follow people I knew and supported or who knew and supported me, which immediately took away the intimidation (or fear) factor. All of a sudden, instead of feeling overwhelmed and confused, I could see that we were simply people supporting each other's endeavors and sharing in friendly conversation.
Learning Who to Follow
The second thing I had to figure out was who to follow, which can also be overwhelming. I decided not to feel obligated to follow anyone simply because the person was popular on the network or because the person followed me. Instead, I would only follow people I was truly interested in following. That way, I would be more likely to engage in the conversation. If someone followed me, great. If I discovered that we had common interests or that I was interested in his or her work, I might follow the person in time, but I didn't have to decide that right away.
Learning How to Find Followers
The final consideration was how to get people to follow me, and that was the easiest part. I simply had to be myself. I decided to only post information and resources that are relevant to my target audience, and then I'd let the audience find me. I've discovered that the more I do this, the more my followers increase. Sure, I lose some followers here and there, but that only means that they were never part of my target audience anyway, which is actually good news.
In the end, all we can be is ourselves, and most of the time, we already have our own set of true fans. Find them, follow them, and communicate with them regularly. Everything else will take care of itself.
How have you figured out ways to participate on social networks without feeling overwhelmed or intimidated? Share your strategies for building your online audience and engaging in conversations.
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2013 Western Australian Under 18's Women's Team
Lacrosse WA would like to congratulate the following players on their selection into the 2013 Western Australian Under 18's Women's Lacrosse Team
Please note names are listed Alphabetically
- Carlyn Blair
- Bronwyn Cox
- Lowrie Cox
- Rachael Ferguson
- Ashtyn Hiron Co Captain
- Kate Hooper
- Jesse Ingram Co Captain
- Tessa Kirby
- Hayley Lim
- Jacqui Manning
- Morgan Paccani
- Shannon Robinson
- Karri Somerville (Goalie)
- Natalia Tohi
- Chloe Townsend
Selected as Alternates
Meg Burns
Hayley Burns
Kirsty Graham
Emma Graham
Maddie Koelmeyer
Kerri McEwan
Selina Warburton
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When I started my journey to Coonoor all I expected was a boring trip, tiring exercises, and fruitless lectures. My expectations foiled. I got to admit the fact that my outlook changed. I have never been in a place like this before. Just few words cannot help me express the joy I had here and thing I learned...
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All our expectations were fulfilled. We experienced in and out of Manali very well. Had fun filled evenings with everyone. All the trainers were caring and loving, Especially Dheenu is awesome, entertained us, very well. Leaving Manali, NALS camp Half minded.
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A Wonderful experience. Arrangements were very comfortable and safe. The instructors were very professional, took extreme care of safety was the topmost Priority. Well planned and executed. Food was very good with a different menu for each day. 05 May 2015 hoping to return.
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We are very glad to give this feedback to NALS. We got a good experience by attending the Camp. We feel an enormous change in us. Hospitality given by you was excellent. We would like to have more and more training and workshops regarding the corporate structure to us. Love you all.
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NALS adventure camping challenges are designed to bring our leadership instincts in you that you would possibly not learn elsewhere..
NALS uses experiential learning techniques like adventure camping and trekking to develop family bonding, survival instincts and leadership skills. NALS is a consortium of professionals from defense, corporate and adventure sport domains for whom leadership training through adventure has become a passion.
NALS programs provide wholesome outdoor experiences that will unleash potential leadership capabilities of participants.
A whopping 25,000+ participants have visited NALS during the past 10 years. This milestone was achieved on 15 Dec 2018. We thank all our customers, our current / former employees, channel partners, business associates and vendors for the support, trust and faith in NALS.
42 members of PERSONIV, headquartered in Austin, Texas successfully reached an altitude of 16,000 feet - STOK BASE CAMP in Ladakh. The members of this group come from 4 countries. According to local logistic providers, this is the single largest corporate group to reach such an altitude in Ladakh. During the ...
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Dear frens of me the miao,
while the duck
sits squats on his nest porcelain throne, let me share with you a few things we found out recently. We learnt that:
• it takes nearly an hour to walk from home to Bishan as the duck is too cheapskate nowadays to take the bus and he fancies the trip will give him a sexy tan and trimmer beer belly,
• this particular wobbly ah pek, when asked if he needed help getting down the stairs on an overhead crossing, very politely declines the offer of assistance and asks, "Can you gimme some money" instead,
• paper clips and chest hair are a painful combination,
• turtles take years, or even decades, to grow for the noble purpose of becoming exquisite culinary treats for hungry men, while snakes exist primarily to be killed, either in primal fear or by accidental design, and you can find out all about the exact species of snake that you are throttling at this upcoming talk at Tampines Library,
• there are people who are honest enough not to care, while others just pretend to,
• ripped fingers and bloody mouths are the plight that awaits pet slow lorises,
• my feline cousins, when turned into wine and dried powder, can cure everything from rheumatism to laziness, but not wilful stupidity,
• allowing legal ivory sales doesn't seem to prevent declines in wild elephant populations,
• ogre movies are not at all suitable for chewren; duck agrees, he thinks the film shows too much ass and pussy and pushes the joy of procreation to an underaged audience,
• action sequences combined with wedding proposals are more painful to watch than Sao Feng's steam team,
• in this country, you don't warrant even a half-baked reason for job termination if you are too smart for your own good,
• the supermarket in Bishan no longer stocks Australian muesli, meaning the duck will have to switch to bird food instead,
• while Singaporeans are whining about their lack of garbage bags, folks down under are toting totes with style,
• what appears to be a tattoo is actually a pain-in-the-butt plaster for the mascot monkey,
• they are everywhere!
• the females of some caprellid shrimps kill the males with a poisonous claw after mating,
• poultry don't have sphincter muscles, so it's no wonder duck can't be litter-trained,
• before you get your own pet waterfowl, please ask yourself, "Are You Ready For A Duck?"
• that love can be unconditional, even if it hurts.


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Phil is a man obsessed with the game of baseball. The sounds, the smell, the feel of the bat when it hits the ball. The game is in his blood. Phil's father, Len Harding, is a legend in baseball. At 33, Phil is still trying to make it to the big leagues and bring himself out from under the shadow of his famous and domineering father. But Phil's marriage is falling apart, he's broke and he's just been released by the last team he had hoped would give him a shot at the big leagues. Not his wife, his agent or his best friend believe that Phil will make it. But Phil is not willing to give up so easily. When his agent, Benny, tells him about a development camp that could possibly get him noticed by some major scouts, Phil jumps at the chance.
Willing to give up everything, Phil goes on a desperate quest to raise the $3,000 needed for the camp, by whatever means necessary. Navigating his way through dive bars, pawn shops and the seedy strip clubs of the San Fernando Valley, he's out to prove everyone wrong and to keep his dream alive. But once the darkness takes hold, it does not willingly let go and Phil must fight an army of his own demons to make it out alive.
Geoffrey Lewis-"Len Harding"
Phil Donlon-"Phil Harding"
Ernie Hudson-"Coach"
Eddie Jemison-"Sal"
David Yow-"David"
Scarlett Fay-"Angie"
Lindsay Haun-"Heather"
Evald Johnson-Director/Producer


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TOCOM is the largest derivative platform in Japan which regulates trading of futures contract and options on metals, oil, rubber and other natural resources. It was established in 1984 as a result of the merger of Tokyo Textile Exchange, Tokyo Gold Exchange and Tokyo Rubber Exchange. In 1991 electronic trading was launched and the clearing process was moved to Japan Commodity Clearing House. In 2009 it introduced a new trading system to promote 24 hour trading. It has signed memorandum of understanding with Singapore Mercantile Exchange and Dubai Mercantile Exchange to develop and strengthen new business opportunities in the commodity market.
Through TOCOM investors can trade in
• Futures Contract- Metals such as Gold, Silver, Platinum, Aluminium, Palladium & Oil including Crude oil, Kerosene, Gasoline & Rubber
• Options- Gold
Gold options is the largest product accounting for one-third of the total volume followed by gasoline futures at 22%, platinum at 16% and rubber at 14%.
There are 3 types of members in TOCOM
• Broker member- They are granted direct access and voting rights at a higher entry cost. They can conduct proprietary trading and can also act as brokers
• Trade member- They have direct access and voting rights but at a lower entry cost. They are allowed to carry out only proprietary trading
• Associate member- They do not have direct access or voting rights and their entry cost is lower than that of trade members
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Fermeture du portail BDSP le 1er juillet 2019. En savoir plus...
Assessing intravenous cannulation and tracheal intubation training.
ANAESTHESIA, vol. 46, n° 7, 1991, pages 578-579, ISSN 0003-2409, GBR
A simple graphical method is described that allows the assessment of a student's progress while learning intravenous cannulation and tracheal intubation.
Thirty-four students were studied during their initial training; 91% of those students who obtained a sufficient number of trials to allow a final assessment to be made met the criterion of 80% success for cannulation and 95% achieved similar success in intubation.
Thirty-one ambulance staff who returned for a 3-day refresher course were a 44% (for intravenous cannulation) and 61% (for tracheal intubation) met the 80% success criterion.
Mots-clés BDSP : Formation professionnelle, Etudiant, Laborantin, Réanimation, Homme
Mots-clés Pascal : Intubation, Trachée, Cathétérisme, Veine, Formation professionnelle, Etudiant, Personnel sanitaire, Evaluation performance, Réanimation, Homme
Mots-clés Pascal anglais : Intubation, Trachea, Catheterization, Vein, Occupational training, Student, Health staff, Performance evaluation, Resuscitation, Human
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Inist-CNRS - Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique
Cote : 92-0682225
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he Chinese swear by it - their medicinal herbal tonics, I mean - brewed from
mixtures of herbs and roots. There's apparently a cure for every ailment known
to man, from headaches to lack of appetite to diabetes. These recipes have been
passed on from generation to generation and some have been medically proven
to be effective in combating the specific ailment for which they are used. Brewing
these concoctions are a tedious task though - some require simmering over a
hot stove for hours - and many people simply don't have the time to do it although
they love the benefits these tonics give them.
If you love to cook and you have a keen interest in herbal tonics as a means
of natural healing, then you could start a business brewing tonics for people
too busy to do it themselves. You could run this business from your home, but
to make any decent money, you would have to advertise your business or perhaps
operate somewhere with a lot of people who appreciate such tonics. You would
ideally need to open a stall in your local marketplace or mall.
You should always have the ingredients to brew specific tonics like health
and appetite boosters and cough and flu remedies. You could take orders from
customers who come to you for tonics for specific problems. Bear in mind you
may need to get the approval from your local health authorities before doing
this business. What you need to do is prove that your tonics are basically all-natural
ingredients derived from roots, shoots and leaves. A great way to help people
and your bank balance stay healthy!


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Problem-free machining of cubic workpieces with a high degree of automation
Thanks to their flexibility, milling machines and machining centers are among the most commonly found machine tools.
Their range of types extends from simple 3-axis-systems to complex multi-axis machining centers to hybrid machines that combine, for example, milling and laser machining.
Maximum assumptions for the cubic workpieces: Correct positioning and exact tool guiding at high speed. Which is a challenge for the controlling measuring systems. This is because the degree of automation is also constantly increasing. Above all if interconnected machines are used for the production of mass production parts.
BIP inductive positioning systems from Balluff supply the important information about tool clamping: Unclamped, clamped with tool, clamped without tool.
Combined with our BSP pressure sensors, the plausibility of the sensor signals can also be checked in hydraulic clamping systems via a second channel.
With Fieldbus Block, the commissioning of the machine controller for the individual sensor is decidedly simpler and more economical than with the classical star wiring.
Because the modules are designed for all standard fieldbus systems, you can use them to realize a variety of controllers having the same wiring topology.
Moreover, via IO-Link, the modules are predisposed for Industrie 4.0. This is because they enable the exchange of parameters, process and diagnostic data.
Whoever would like to check the travel of machine shafts has two options: Classic with BNS mechanical position switches according to the principle of normally closed contacts connected in series or contactlessly with BES inductive sensors.
With our incremental BML magnetic encoder, the sensor signals are sometimes also used for reference point runs.
In order to monitor the rotation along the Z-axis, for example, auxiliary axes (for example, C) are also used increasingly in addition to the main axes X, Y and Z.
Our BML magnetic encoder is used for high-precision detection of the angle of rotation. Its measurement principle enables a lot of clearance in the center of the axis. As a result, media such as cooling lubricants as well as the power supply and signal lines can better be fed through.
BIS C industrial RFID systems in LF (low frequency) or BIS M in HF (high frequency) ensure that the correct tool data (number, diameter, length, number of cutting edges, ...) are made available to the CNC controller in milling machines and machining centers.
Reliably identified and transferred, these parameters are the basis for optimized, high-quality tool management including downtime monitoring.
Pallet systems with automatic external loading and unloading of workpieces reduce internal setup times to nearly zero so that the machine can produce continuously.
Our BIS M 13.56-MHz HF system has established itself as the standard for reliable assignment and tracking with RFID. The system reads and writes key data storage media coded on both sides as well as databolts attached directly to the palette or the workpiece.


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Earn money for your organisation on May Day
Does your organisation want to make some money on May Day?
Now there is a good opportunity to do an eco action by working together and to fill the coffers of your organisation.
HYY declares a competitive bidding for organisations for cleaning Ullanlinnanmäki after May Day. The organisation must commit to provide the full contribution of at least ten people. Cleaning will take place on Fri 2 May, approx. from 7am to 2pm.
Bids by 12 April to Pipsa Penttinen (pipsa.penttinen(at)hyy.fi, 050 537 2831).


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Johan van Mil
Johan van Mil
Serial entrepreneur & investor at Peak Capital
Johan is a serial entrepreneur and investor. Currently he is co-founder and managing partner at Peak Capital. As an entrepreneur he was was founder of various TMT companies such as data driven advertising company Adatus, social marketing business ReturnSocial (exit to Uberconnected in 2015), MailMedia and Yourleads (exit to OMG in 2009). Johan is also a part-time teacher Entrepreneurship at the VU Amsterdam.


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NASA Discovers "Earth Twin"
Could there really be life forms somewhere else besides earth? People have argued the point for decades. Well, the argument has a chance of tilting to one side as scientists say they have found the most 'earth-like' world yet.
About a year ago, NASA launched the Keppler mission to search our region of the Milky Way to hopefully find Earth-sized and smaller planets where liquid water may exist on the surface of the planet.
Recently, NASA reported they had found 461 potential planets outside our solar system and one has them very excited as scientists say it's the first "habitable-zone super Earth around a sun-type star."
Is it only me, or do you hear William Shatner saying "...explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before."
To read more on the Keppler mission from NASA, click here.


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Geeky Folks: Barcamp Vienna Gallery
Last weekend Austrian geeks met at Microsoft headquarters in Vienna to do some serious unconferencing. Barcamp 2010 was the biggest Austrian barcamp yet and the feedback was simply amazing – here are some pictures.
Interview with Thomas W. Malone: Collective Intelligence, Privacy and Small Towns
Thomas W. Malone, founding director of MIT's Center for Collective Intelligence, talks about his research, the impact of the internet on global communication and our changing notion of privacy.
Concerned about your Facebook privacy?
Many Facebook users are afraid of sharing information with people they don't know without even realizing it. This tools might come in handy.
Quiz Result: I'm a Twitter bad ass!
Check out Gerald's quiz and find out your Twitter type. Thanks for this little distraction.
The perfect Social Media Rum: Foursquare
datadirt proudly presents: the perfect Barcamp drink. Even though Foursquare rum has nothing to do with the popular geo-location service, it's still a great drink.
Will the iPad blend?
We all knew it: the iPad wouldn't be able to escape Blendtec's hardcore test. The answer is: yes, it does blend. And here's the video.
WordPress 3.0: No more JPEG Support
WordPress 3.0 comes with a suprise: no more JPEG support due to high license cost, but luckily SVG will replace the legacy format.
Microsoft's future biz visions
Stephen Elop talks about Microsoft's visions about the future of business.
Windows Phone E-Mail Preview
Microsoft released a couple of preview videos for the Silverlight-based Windows Phone. It will hit the shelf later this year – but geeks won't dig a smartphone that doesn't do multi-tasking.
Paper Towel Gang: Bounty Viral
Can a paper towel hold 11 pool balls? This might not be a relevant questions, but it sure makes a funny clip.
Pictures: Las Vegas Overview
Yesterday I arrivaed at Las Vegas – and today it's about time for a walk on the strip at daylight. This morning I took some shots from my hotel room, locaed in the 33rd floor of Mandalay Bay Hotel.
Looking forward to MIXing in Las Vegas
Next Saturday I'm flying to Las Vegas – Microsoft invited me to attend the Mix 2010 conference. Looking forward – of course, I'll keep you updated via my blog and Twitter.
Gallery: Media History at the Technical Museum of Vienna
Last weekend I visited the Medienwelten exhibition at TMW – a fascinating trip from the early stages of mass media to the current internet days. Highly recommended!
When Content Partnerships smell funny
Not all content partners are equal. But some are more obnoxious than others.
How to turn WordPress into a Social Network Site
WordPress is just getting better and better: 2 new plugins implement social networking features. So finally, every registered user can write status updates and gets their own profile page. In this posting I discuss the advantages of social media features for niche blogs and explain how to install either BP or Mingle.
The common house cat
A house cat in its natural habitat.
Musicblogocide 2010: Google shuts 'em down
It's a shame – Google in the copyright game. At least 6 very popular blogspot-hosted music weblogs have been shut down: they call it musicblogocide 2010.


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A complaint made by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a female employee of Kentucky Fried Chicken involved religious discrimination. Due to the employee's religious beliefs, pants were no longer part of her attire. According to the allegations, she was ultimately fired for not adhering to the company's dress code. Her religious beliefs prevented her from following the dress code. Employers cannot discriminate based on religion or other protected classes. Discrimination is not limited to termination decisions, but may also include discriminatory hiring practices and harassment. One purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is to protect employees from discrimination. This includes protection from religious discrimination; employers are to accommodate workers' religious beliefs unless it would cause the employer an undue hardship. This religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the EEOC was settled. In addition to Scottish Food Systems, Inc. and Laurinburg KFC Take Home, Inc. paying monetary damages, they will provide training to employees on the requirements of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and how this prohibits religious discrimination. Their anti-discrimination policy will be clearly displayed at all their facilities. These actions seek to prevent future discrimination in the workplace on the basis of religion and other protected classes.
Link: http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/12-23-13.cfm


text: This adorable boys quilt was such a find! I am sure any little boy would love to cuddle up with this cute little pup! You never know what you will find when you are just out browsing! The music box is a great gift for your daughter. "Always my Daughter" is engraved on the bottom and it plays "Always"! Another find that was unexpected! Two great bedside milkglass lamps in perfect condition! Roses were another suprise from my sweet boyfriend! I am so blessed to have a boyfriend who brings me home roses for no particular reason!


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In 1945, Clarence Hupka, from St. Mary, Nebraska, found himself in one of the world's greatest ironies. Surrounded by an ocean of blue water, he was dying of thirst. Traveling from Guam to the Philippines, the USS Indianapolis sunk in the Pacific Ocean after being torpedoed during the final phase of World War II. Clarence had been a member of a crew 1,200 men—only 317 survived. He knew that drinking the salty water of the Pacific would only cause him more pain and likely kill him. Remarkably, he followed his training, resisted temptation, and lived.
After the war, Clarence moved near Cook, Nebraska, where he and his wife farmed for 40 years. Throughout his life, he shared his stories of the war, ultimately joining other Indianapolis survivors being featured in the documentary, USS Indianapolis: The Legacy.
On October 29, 2017, Clarence Hupka passed away at the age of 95. Only 18 survivors of the Indianapolis are still with us, including Dale Krueger of Wayne, Nebraska. We should honor them and listen to the stories they share with us.
The stories of Clarence Hupka, Dale Kreuger, and veterans throughout Nebraska are inspiring to all of us. They are accounts of patriotism, heroism, and sacrifice. They are also reminders of why we can never break our promise to care for those who have bravely served this nation and defended the freedoms we hold dear.
In December 2016, Congress passed my bill, the CHIP IN for Vets Act, which granted local communities the authority to manage construction of VA projects and ensure these projects are completed on time and on budget. It set up a pilot program to test this new model of construction with five initial projects. Omaha is the first community in the country to use this model.
We must also care for veterans suffering from the invisible scars of war. Right now the VA does not provide service animals to those with PTSD. That needs to change. Research shows that service dogs often provide benefits to veterans suffering from PTSD, often treating the issue better than prescription drugs.
That's why I worked with Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) to introduce The PAWS Act, a bill directing the VA to implement a five-year pilot program to provide service dogs to veterans suffering from PTSD. This pilot program would connect veterans with organizations that pair service dogs with those in need. These vets would also receive follow-up support for the rest of the dog's life, helping those suffering from the unseen wounds of combat.
In May, I was humbled to join more than 650 Vietnam veterans from Nebraska for their honor flight to Washington, D.C. Flying from Omaha Eppley Airfield to Reagan National Airport, I was able to express my gratitude to them in person before they visited the memorial dedicated in their honor. Seeing Nebraska veterans reconnect with friends from the war was an incredibly moving experience that I will never forget.
Like Clarence Hupka, our veterans have experiences they want to share with the next generation. What they have lived through is a story that helps to weave our nation together. As we commemorate Veterans Day this year, I hope you will take the time to listen to what our veterans have to say and thank them for their service to our nation.
Thank you for participating in the democratic process, I look forward to visiting with you again next week.


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2 Best and Verified Methods to Solve Image Alignment Problem [WordPress]
As WordPress blogging platform is famous and known for easy to use but besides it has various problems and issues that occurs when creating a blog or website using this blogging platform.
Creating a quality post is the well-known tactic or technique for search engine optimization (SEO) and for driving traffic to your blog or website. In post, you should write more text, but a image is mandatory as it can represent idea more clearly to your users. So, inserting images inside post is very easy but if you are facing problems with your image alignment as we will discuss it in this post, then you are at right place.
Are you really screwed up of image alignment problem in WordPress? Don't worry, we have implemented and tested different solutions but the result was not satisfactory. Even we were also facing the same problem in our blog, but now we have resolved it by our own research, and technique.
Keeping it secret will be injustice with you lovely people. So, we are sharing these 2 techniques and methods with you guys, just follow the easy steps and resolve the image alignment problem forever. tada….
Try and implement both methods, I am certain one will work, method 2 worked for us.
Method 1:
Step#1: Open your WordPress Dashboard.
Step#2: Go to Appearance>>editor
Step#3: Go to Styles.css at the very bottom right.
Step#4: Press Ctrl+F and find ".aligncenter".
Step#5: Replace it with the following code:
.aligncenter, img.aligncenter { clear: both; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }
Step#6: Save it and you are done.
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Repeat step 1, 2, 3.
Step#4: Press Ctrl+F and find ".entry a img".
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"The bloody military conflict will lead to personal tragedy for both masters and servants alike and will mean life in the great house will never be the same again." It will also lead to the arrival of several dashing and eligible young officers who will break hearts and further complicate the tangled love lives of the three Crawley sisters.
Season 2 of Downton Abbey has begun filming and we have a few new details. [Expected airdates ~September 2011 on ITV in UK, January 2012 on PBS in USA]
The drama is expected to remain at Downton Abbey, and not on the battlefields, as earlier indicated by Julian Fellowes.
Some close to the production say the new series will draw on events that actually took place at Highclere Castle, which became a military hospital between 1914 and 1916. A source said: 'It wouldn't be right to say Downton becomes a military hospital but there are similarities between what happened at Highclere at what happens at Downton.' [source]
Amy Nuttall, is one of the new cast members, playing housemaid Ethel Parks.
"When I glimpsed Highclere for the first time it was breathtaking. It's even more gorgeous and beautiful in real life. It's so big but the cameras make it look bigger still."
Amy said everyone went out of their way to make her feel relaxed and welcome. She said: "I was in the first scene of the first day of the shoot and I was working with Dame Maggie Smith. I couldn't believe it. It was Ethel's first day, as well as mine, so I could show my nerves, it's allowed."
Wonder if Ethel the maid will sing? Here's a video of Amy Nuttall singing...
Note: Regarding scheduling of PBS Masterpiece.Some, including myself, have wondered why we have to wait in North America to see Downton Abbey when it will air in the fall in the UK. PBS has 3 distinct seasons of programming so Downton falls into their winter and spring slot.
Summer - Masterpiece Mystery! (best British mysteries)
Fall - Masterpiece Contemporary (modern dramas)
Winter & Spring - Masterpiece Classic (period dramas)
(Their "winter" starts in January)
Fall - Masterpiece Contemporary (modern dramas)
Winter & Spring - Masterpiece Classic (period dramas)
(Their "winter" starts in January)
Photos: ITV Press Centre
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Alexander Mueller wrote: > Thats the point, the server is sending the replay salt but as it is always different it is not "replayable". The trouble is that you're sending a hash, not the password, and you can't get a password from a hash because the hash is not an encrypted version of the password, but merely a semi-unique number generated from the password. Thus, the server would have to know the password in advance for the one-time hash solution to work. If that's the case, then an attacker need only capture the password when you first create your account and it's game over. Yes, you can theoretically create a random password and send it by email, but that still leaves two problems. First, the user may not remember the random password. Second, if someone is monitoring your web traffic, how hard can it be to read your email? Encrypt the email? Might as well just do encryption from the start and avoid such a complex solution. What we need is a better encryption solution, not a better hash solution, especially if we're sending one-time sensitive data like credit card numbers and the like.Received on Wednesday, 16 January 2008 11:52:18 UTC
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DOWNEY - Allison Iraheta is only 16, but she's already an idol in the eyes of millions of Americans.Allison, who lives in Downey, is among the 10 remaining contestants on FOX's hit show, "American Idol." Allison has been singing since age 3. Although she's a resident of Downey, she currently attends school at Animo Ralph Bunche Charter High School in Los Angeles. The school held an "American Idol" viewing party Wednesday, where friends, family and students phoned in to vote for Allison. "The voting last week was very scary. When they announced Allison was in the bottom three we all thought, 'this is it.' I was relieved when they finally said she was safe," said Sarah Iraheta, Allison's sister and a teacher at Animo Ralph Bunche. "That is why this viewing party [was] so important to us, we need to make sure Allison doesn't land in the bottom three again." Allison has also made a fan of Mayor Mario Guerra, who attended the viewing party. "The city of Downey is very proud of Allison," Guerra said. "She has demonstrated exceptional talent and sportsmanship in the competition. She has been a great example to our young adults and teens about achieving your dreams through hard work and effort. "We are always happy to see one of our youth make a positive impact on others."
********** Published: March 27, 2009 - Volume 7 - Issue 49