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India vs South Africa, women's 4th T20I – as it happened: Match abandoned due to rain
Lizelle Lee and skipper Dane van Niekerk smashed the visitors to all parts to bring up a thrill-a-minute 103-run stand for the first wicket.
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PLAY CALLED OFF. What a shame! This had all the makings of an enthralling contest. At first look, it might seem as though South Africa were running away with the game. But, India clawed their way back with three wickets from as many overs. Who knows what could have happened after that? India's top-order has been in fine form from the time they stepped in South African shores. The series is alive at 2-1 and India will be the more relived side here..over to the men's game, if weather permits.
More updates coming in:
Update: It is still drizzling at Centurion but if the skies clear out now, India's target will be 148 from 15 overs.
Update: India would need 148 in 15 overs after DLS, the broadcasters say. The target will be 109 runs if it's a 10-over contest. For a five-over game, India would need 61 runs. What a daunting ask that could be! There is a little bit of a drizzle still and the play could resume anytime soon. It's looking ominous for the visitors. Remember, the play has to be complete by 8.00 IST.
It looks like the skies is also clearing out. The question is, will overs be deducted and how many will India end up chasing?
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In the meanwhile, here's a breakdown of Harmanpreet Kaur's six-hitting technique – Balance, bat-swing, precision
It continues to pour down heavily at Supersport park. The word going around is that this might be shorter than a 20-over-side contest.
Over 15.3, SA 130/3: Rain halts play at Centurion and it's pelting down reasonably heavily. Harmanpreet had given away two runs from her first three balls, which included a wide. India will be the more relived outfit here. Or perhaps not, they got a wicket in each of the last three overs. It's been carnage for much of the evening at Centurion.
End of over 14, SA 128/3: Lizelle Lee gets to her fifty with a single with a cut shot....make that two as India continue to err on the field. But, India chip in again after Sune Luus misses a sweep and the ball crashes onto her right pad. The umpire raises his finger after a convincing appeal from the Indians. That's a triple-break for India.
But, there is more trouble for people sitting over the boundary ropes. And I am on copy-paste mode here: Lee steps out and smashes one. The ball goes miles over the longer rope. Six more.
End of over 14, SA 118/2: Another one goes and veteran Rumeli Dhar shows safe hands again. Poonam Yadav gets the wicket and it's Tryon who departs. The all-rounder was trying for a big hoick over deep mid-wicket but the ball goes straight to the fielder. Lizelle Lee is far from finished, though, and she connects a sweep, which goes over cow cover fence, six more. More sloppy work on the field as Veda's misfield allows the ball to roll into the boundary. She had put in the hard yards to get to the ball, but mistimes her dive and the ball bursts through her hands. C Tryon c Dhar b Yadav 2 (4)
End of over 13, SA 106/1: Van Niekerk gets to her fifty by stepping out and tonking a massive six over long on, easily clearing the longer boundary. Another boundary comes up after a short delivery was smashed down the ground to the boundary, easily beating the dive of long-on. And....caught. Dhar takes a simple catch at mid-off and that is the end of a solid, potentially match-winning half-century. It was a case of mistiming her pull on that occasion.
India may have more trouble is store as the big-hitting Chloe Tryon is promoted up the order. 13 and a wicket from the over. D Van Niekerk c Dhar b Sharma 55 (47)
End of over 12, SA 93/0: Harmanpreet brings herself on. She is running out of options and gets off to a reasonably good start. Just two singles from the first four balls. India had a hint of a chance in the fifth ball of the over as there was slight miscommunication from the two batters, but Lee manages to scamper home with a dive. Van Niekerk keeps strike with a single to long-on. Just four from it. Priceless under the circumstances.
End of over 11, SA 89/0: Lee steps out, six more. This is brilliant from Van Niekerk, who yet again has little trouble picking apart Gayakwad. She steps out and even though the delivery was short, hammers the ball down the ground. Lee also follows suit. This time, a rank bad delivery wide outside off-stump with no pace on it and Lee treats it with an astonishing flap over long-on, six more. No trouble rotating the strike either for the two batters and India are feeling the heat. More misfields. 16 from the over.
End of over 10, SA 73/0: Lee is now using her feet to combat Yadav's flight. The boundaries keep coming. Here, Van Niekerk swivels vigorously to find the deep square-leg fence. She gets a single but is targeting the leg-side boundary. Yadav slows down the pace in the final delivery to earn a dot. Seven from the over. The Protea women have had an answer for everything India has thrown at them so far.
End of over 9, SA 66/0: Deepti Sharma is into the attack...and she starts with a wide. Lee and Van Niekerk scampered for a single from the second ball. Two dead balls as the bowler and the batter have a chuckle. That is followed by a loose, full delivery outside the off-stump. Lee has no trouble bashing the ball straight down the ground and it's another six. Sharma finally gets her rhythm but India can't stop the singles. 10 from the over.
End of over 8, SA 56/0: Harmanpreet now turns to Poonam Yadav, who picks up from where she left in the last game, flighting the ball and changing pace. The batters could manage only four singles from the over. A much needed breather for India, who have been under the cosh for the last few overs.
End of over 7, SA 52/0: The boundaries keep coming. This time from Van Niekerk's blade. The South African captain continues to take a liking to the off-side. Dhar then turns to pitching the ball up, which cramps the batters for room. Fifty partnership comes up and it has only taken them 40 balls. The runs are coming thick and fast and it's eight from Dhar's over.
End of over 6, SA 44/0: Pooja comes back into the attack and Lee is in her groove now. A slog sweep goes over the short third-man fielder and rolls into the fence. Van Niekerk is also showing attacking intent, making room to beat the off-side fielders. Mixing her lengths impressively, Pooja makes a good comeback in the over. Six from the over as Mandhana's full-length dive at cover saves a boundary. End of powerplay.
End of over 5, SA 39/0: Gayakwad is brought into the attack and she is treated to a boundary. Poor from the left-armer who gives Van Niekerk all the time in the world to rock back and pull one to the leg-side fence. More short deliveries and Lee gets into the act, first with a pull and then sweeps a huge six over deep mid-wicket. What a catch from the gentleman in the crowd. 15 from the over.
End of over 4, SA 24/0: Dhar struggles for length in the first delivery and the half-tracker is heaved on the leg-side by Van Niekerk, four. The ball hits Vastrakar's hand and trickles to the boundary ropes. The India all-rounder needs some treatment as the ball smashed the lower part of the palm. Once again, Lee is content in getting off strike by running quick singles. Misfields are a problem and Poonam Yadav at short third-man allows the batters to cross over with a fumble. Lee keeps strike.
End of over 3, SA 17/0: A Little more intent shown by Van Niekerk and Lee, who run two quick singles from the first two deliveries. Pooja continues to maintain an outside off-stump line, varying her pace. Unfortunately, there are four leg-byes after the ball clips Van Niekerk's pads and beats Bhatia behind the stumps. The South African captain keeps strike with a single to deep cover – she missed out there as there was a four for the taking.
End of over 2, SA 10/0: No sign of rustiness from Dhar, who is on target and is getting the ball to move away from the off-stump, with a hint of swing. Bhatia comes up to the stumps in the third delivery. Dhar, varying her pace well in each of her deliveries, outfoxes Van Niekerk, who gets off strike through a bye. The veteran pacer's hard work is undone with a bad full toss, it's a four and a free hit.
Mandhana drops a simple catch at long-on from the free-hit delivery and the batters run a single. Van Niekerk keeps strike. Eight from the over.
End of over 1, SA 2/0: Pooja Vastrakar starts proceedings. Lizelle Lee gets off strike straight away with a dab on the off-side. Van Niekerk is watchful and lets the second delivery run through to the keeper. The third delivery is full and the South African skipper plays a crisp cover-drive but is straight to the fielder. Pooja returns to bowling from a good length and Van Niekerk gets off strike in the fifth ball of the over. Lee doesn't attempt to play a shot in the final delivery, which was low and wide outside the off-stump. Solid start for Pooja and India.
India's lower-order have a point to prove. At least Mithali Raj thinks so.
Veteran all-rounder Rumela Dhar will be playing her first game since March 2012.
Two changes for India Rumeli Dhar comes in for Shikha Pandey, Anuja Patil makes way for Deepti Sharma. South Africa don't disturb the winning combination.
Here are the playing XIs
India win the toss and to no one's surprise, Haramanpreet has elected to field first.
Before the fourth T20I, a quick recap of where India went down in the third.
The 6 overs that cost India the 3rd T20I and why it was an 'eye-opener' for Harmanpreet & Co
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Mithali Raj, Veda Krishnamurthy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Anuja Patil, Taniya Bhatia, Nuzhat Parveen Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Rumeli Dhar.
South Africa: Dane van Niekerk (c), Marizanne Kapp, Trisha Chetty, Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Masabata Klaas, Sune Luus, Odine Kirsten, Mignon du Preez, Lizelle Lee, Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Raisibe Ntozakhe, Moseline Daniels.
Here's our preview of the 4th T20I. Skipper Harmanpreet called the defeat an "eye-opening" one.
Hello and welcome to the live updates of the fourth T20I. Centurion is the setting to this contest. In emphatic fashion, hosts South Africa bounced back in Johannesburg on Sunday. Dane van Niekerk's side were disciplined with the ball, especially in the back end of the innings, and played smart cricket while chasing the target down.
In the closing stages, all-rounder Chloe Tryon proved once again that she can clear any ground in the world on her day. Sune Luus, Van Niekerk and former skipper Mignon du Preez also made handy contributions with the bat. The star of the show was undoubtedly pacer Shabnim Ismail, who picked up five-wickets. That too, after being picked apart for 17 runs by Smriti Mandhana in her first over.
India have a lot riding on their top-order batters, considering how their lower-order capitulated. The pressure is on Shikha Pandey and Anuja Patil on to deliver with the ball – both of them endured a hammering in the last game.

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I tried to re-install rtMedia but it didn't worked. Could you tell me how I can resolve this database conflict? Chrome console is not showing any error.
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I'm imagining hunger insurance—or, perhaps, it would be called, in parallel with convention, "satiation insurance."
Hungry, I proceed to the burger joint, where some are covered but others resist the insurance mandate and pay out of pocket. My personal information is taken, and photocopies of my ID and insurance card. Those with neither insurance nor income are transported by emergency vehicles when they nearly succumb to starvation and are given a cheeseburger, despite lack of coverage or cash. I pay my co-payment of $1. I eat my cheeseburger.
The burger joint, to thrive financially, juggles payments from the various insurers, so it cannot post a set price of the cheeseburger. About six to eight weeks after jousting with the insurance company, the burger joint's billing department—which is housed in square footage larger than its kitchen and eating area and employs more white-collar workers than food servers—sends a three-page bill. The burger's price is listed at $34.81. The insurance share has been minused out in a separate column: $28.55. I still owe $5.26. If payment is not sent within 30 days, that will be $5.79. If not within 60 or 90 days… well, an algorithm and then bill-collection agencies will determine my fate.
Similar information had been received in my mail four days ago from the insurance company, although that information was listed in an entirely different format, using different column headers and jargon, more breakdown columns and more pages, including four pages to inform me of my rights to dispute and appeal, with all the steps of that process listed in language that only a Yale-educated attorney could decipher. Another two pages, probably compiled by a United Nations agency, listed interpretation services and the locations of the embassies I might visit for assistance with navigating my appeal. Baffled, I had set that statement aside.
By contrast, my digestive system processed the cheeseburger within a few hours, and, by simply pressing the shiny lever on a porcelain appliance, I was able weeks ago to put the matter behind me.
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Release Date: Jun 17, 2016
Record label: Nuclear Blast
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal
Nails exude confidence; their third LP, You Will Never Be One of Us, is the recorded equivalent of the "We're fucking Nails" introduction with which leader Todd Jones often begins live sets. The opening tracks blister by with the sound the band built their name on, a kind of post-Harmony Corruption Napalm Death with death metal folded into their grindcore sound, and built on possibilities rather than restrictions. Powerviolence started as hardcore punk being pushed to its limits, and in a way, You Will Never Be One of Us has elements of that, but rather than traditional hardcore punk, it grooves with the swagger of New York hardcore.
The third studio full-length from the Oxnard, California-based powerviolence/grindcore unit, You Will Never Be One of Us clocks in at just under 22 minutes. Their longest outing to date, the ten-track set would be less of a marathon were it not for the epic eight-minute closer "They Come Crawling Back," a doomy, thrashy, and relentlessly brutal bit of business that boasts the album's lone fade-out; it actually exhausts itself. The rest of You Will Never Be One of Us closely mirrors Nails' previous offerings, delivering forehead-melting blastbeats, whammy bar-induced audio grand mal seizures, and lyrics that target the sickly sweet spot between apoplectic and hopeless.
Heavy. Like, really heavy. Completely and utterly fucking devastating.That's the only way to accurately describe the twisted contents of Nails' third full-length effort. Possessing more jagged edges than a shed full of rusty chainsaws, 'You Will Never Be One Of Us' is 21 minutes of frenzied, guttural hardcore of the highest calibre.Pulsing with unrestrained malice and disregarding any sympathy for the state of your ears after listening, the bile-drenched 'Parasite' and sheer wretchedness of 'They Come Crawling Back' help make for an uncompromising assault on the senses that will leave you broken, bloodied and pining to experience the vicious clobbering all over again.
Over the course of their seven years in action, Nails have dedicated themselves to exploring the isolating nature of existential malaise. They've called their two full length LPs Unsilent Death and Abandon All Life, and on those two records, the Oxnard, California trio have perfected their defiant approach to the yawning void. They preach fatalist atheism or enact brutal masochism while diving headfirst into hardcore's darkest corners (grindcore, powerviolence, and d-beat just to name a few), and that's all in the course of just a minute or two.
Angry music ain't easy. Maintaining peak levels of disgust with sociopolitical hierarchies, religious bastardization, or the human race in general takes a lot of elbow grease—particularly over the course of a full-length record. Nails have it figured out, though: Don't trifle. Since 2009 the SoCal grind merchants have forged a punishing blend of machine-gun blast-beats, damaged riffs, and vocals that seethe and blister with the wrongdoings of mankind.
If you would've asked Carl and I that we'd still be writing this feature a few months ago, we would've been surprised. But we just can't help ourselves, seeing as this year has been exceptionally rich in terms of album releases. So how did we fare with our monthly "leftovers" this time around? Well ….
You'll be familiar, more than likely, with Groucho Marx's most famous quote, "I don't care to belong to any club that would have me as a member," or tweaked wordings thereof. Now, Groucho died before the onset of heavy metal elitism, and may not have been the type to throw horns to Manowar in any case – but, passing over those two barriers, consider his quip from the other side of the glass. That is to say, the most attractive members' club is the one that doesn't want to let you in.
Nails hates you. They hate your mother, sister, grandmother, and your dog. What the California triad despises most are trend jumpers, sycophants, and hangers-on – anyone who attaches themselves to something because of a perceived cool factor, rather than passion or belief. That loathing permeates the band's third album like xenophobia at a Trump rally.


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Illinois law states that children have the right to emotional and financial support from both of its biological parents, and it protects those rights through different measures. Child support is one of the more commonly known and discussed, yet obligors are often confused about where their responsibility ends and begins. Moreover, they are not always informed of their rights, such as the right to request a modification if a significant change in circumstances occurs.
When Can an Obligor Request a Modification to Child Support?
When child support orders are established, the income of each biological parent is used in the calculations, as are the specific needs of the child (i.e. children with special needs, etc.). The time that each parent spends with the child may have been used as well, but such considerations have only recently become commonplace. If a substantial change has occurred in any of these areas - the income of the biological parents, the child's needs, or the amount of time that each parent spends with the child - then either parent may request a modification to their order of support.
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Marco Stiepermann seals new Norwich City deal
PUBLISHED: 16:58 28 May 2019 | UPDATED: 10:12 29 May 2019
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Marco Stiepermann has signed a new Norwich City contract.
The influential attacking midfielder will remain at Carrow Road until at least 2022, after being rewarded for his impressive displays in the Canaries' Championship title win and promotion to the Premier League.
Stiepermann was approaching the final 12 months of his original deal, following his move from VfL Bochum in August 2017, but emerged as a key figure in Daniel Farke's plans over the recent campaign.
The 28-year-old struck up a formidable understanding with the club's player-of-the-season, Teemu Pukki, notching 10 goals and eight assists in 46 appearances.
His final goal of his second season in England was the opening strike in the promotion-clinching 2-1 Championship home win over Blackburn.
"It is a great honour to be asked to stay at this club," Stiepermann told the club's official site. "It's always a very proud moment for me to pull on the shirt every week.
"I'm happy that I've been able to help the team a lot this season. There was no doubt in my mind to sign this new contract and I'm looking forward to three more years here.
"I feel so happy in Norwich and my family does too. It was a tough first season but the manager spoke to me and just wanted me to be a midfield player.
"That was a sign of a new chapter for me. I gave my best in the attacking position and did quite well so I'm very happy.
"It's been the best season of my career. It will be very hard to get the same season again in my career because it was so special.
"I'm just really thankful that I was involved. The mix of young and old players was perfect and even the lads who weren't playing, they were also so happy to be a part of it.
"It was not like the other players in the team were friends or team mates, they were more like a family. In the dressing room, you could speak to anyone. That was key."
Stiepermann is the latest member of Farke's squad to pledge his future to the Premier League new boys, after Timm Klose signed a new contract also until 2022 earlier this month.


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Somehow, GM Profits Reach $125M in Q1 2014
Despite $1.3 billion for repairs to recalled vehicles, a $400 million loss in Venezuela, and a $284 million loss in Europe, GM still managed to turn some kind of profit in the first quarter.
General Motors is paying to the tune of $1.3 billion to repair the immense catalog of vehicles affected by recalls—including $700 million toward fixing 2.59 million vehicles with ignition switch issues similar to those that have killed at least a dozen people. Despite all of this, and despite taking a $284 million loss in Europe, global GM profits reached $125 million in Q1 2014.
Granted, a profit of $125 million represents an 85.5 percent tumble from the first three months of 2013, but the fact that the automaker even managed a nine-digit profit is somewhat stunning considering all that they have been up against. From a $400 million charge related to the depreciation of Venezuelan currency to the enormous hit in Europe, all signs seemed to be pointing toward a precipitous drop in profit margin. And while a more than 85 percent decline in quarterly profit is certainly nothing short of catastrophic, GM still somehow managed to perform better than what analysts expected.
Barclays Capital Inc.'s Brian Johnson predicted GM would show a one-cent a share loss in the first quarter and earnings of negative $113 million (before interest and taxes). For GM to make any kind of money of the course of three months where they have basically been exposed as historically not caring much about whether their customers live or die is pretty impressive.
"Clearly, the headline results are overshadowed by the recall campaign charges of $1.3 billion, but when you look underneath that, we had strong performance across the board," GM Chief Financial Officer Chuck Stevens said Thursday morning. Like Stevens said, once you wade beneath the tide of blood and tears that the company's incompetence has helped make possible, you'll see that they're actually still pretty good at selling cars. So yay for that.
According to Detroit News, GM says that transaction prices were up around $2,000 overall and that average transaction prices on pickups jumped $5,000 over Q1 2013.
GM profits, for as low as they may be comparatively, seem to suggest that the automaker is in no imminent danger of falling into bankruptcy…again. Now, as for their moral bankruptcy? Well, we'll see how the rest of the ignition switch investigation plays out.
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Women all across the globe spend hundreds of dollars on cosmetic products to keep their skin flawless and beautiful. The question is whether all such items are worth the money? The answer is probably a 'no', since with prolonged use your skin might get damaged from the chemicals used in the products and the effects are also short lived. Skin problems are challenging to eliminate especially when you have a busy schedule. In case you have oily skin and suffer from blackheads, you might be having a hell of a life.
What are pore strips?
Do you spend hundreds of dollars every month in order to purchase the pore strips that help in eliminating the blackheads or white heads from your nose? Pore strips are easily accessible in the market and are also considered as the best method of getting rid of the sebum blockages from the open pores. The strips are basically pieces of adhesives that can stick to the bridge of your nose. You have to pull it out once it is dry.
Can you afford the expensive pore strips every day?
There is no scenario of picking or squeezing the nose and getting injured. But the only problem with the pore strips is that they are expensive and costly products. There are many women who need to use the strips on a daily basis in order to keep their pores clean. Don't you think this is a costly affair? How many women can afford the use the pore strips on a daily basis. Is there any other alternative solution that is as effective and an inexpensive method?
Have you tried the DIY pore strips?
How about trying out making your DIY pore strips at home? Sounds exciting, isn't it? This is absolutely possible and you can save a lot, since you don't have to invest money on the cosmetic pore strips available in the market. Making pore strips is not only simple and easy but also not at all time consuming. This is something that you are going to enjoy as the methods are natural without the use of any chemicals and you don't have to fear about the hazardous side effects.
Let us look into the two different methods of making homemade pore strips.
All about method 1
- What are the ingredients required?
- 2 tablespoon of milk
- 1 tablespoon of unflavored gelatin
- 1 disposable cup
- A stick for stirring the mixture
The method of preparation
You need to mix the milk and gelatin in the cup until it gets blended perfectly. The mixture will be lumpy. You need to ensure that you are microwaving it for around 10 seconds and immediately applying it on the affected area of the skin. The moment the mixture begins to cool down, it will start getting hard. This is one of the reasons why you should use a disposable cup as cleaning it will be near to impossible. Let the mixture dry completely and then peel it off. It is better if you keep away the mixture from your hairlines and eyebrow.
All about the second method
The second method seems more convenient and less time consuming and is ideal for those with busy schedules. There is no requirement of any mixing or using multiple ingredients. You have to apply only Elmer's glue directly from the bottle and let it dry completely. Once the paste dries, you need to slowly peel it away from your skin like the first method. It will definitely clean your clogged pores and restrict the possibility of breaking out. You will definitely look fresh and radiant after applying the homemade mixture.
Apply caution while using the products
Even though the mixtures are made from homemade products and are non-toxic in nature but often our skin gets sensitive and we might get rashes after applying. Henceforth, it is always suggested that before you start with the application for the first time, you must experiment it on a small area of your to look out for any reaction or allergies which you might have. Do not go for these methods if you feel irritation or rashes on the part of the skin on which you tested these pastes. It is always suggested to keep the paste away from the eye section and eyebrows.
Try out the DIY methods of making pore strips and you will definitely benefit from them. And yes, it is always safe to use the pore strips just a few times a week rather than using them daily.


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Target (TGT) - Get Report were popping by 6.65% to $76.19 in late afternoon trading on Wednesday, after the discount retailer reported a top and bottom line beat for the 2016 third quarter before today's opening bell.
"They really performed quite well," Telsey Advisory senior managing director Joseph Feldman said on CNBC's "Power Lunch" this afternoon. Although the results were down year-over-year for the quarter, everyone was happy that it outperformed expectations.
Despite the run-up that the stock has had in the last couple of days, investors should still buy it here, he advised. The stock is up about 11% in the past five days.
"Our price target is $82 so we still see some further upside for it," he said. The firm also has an "outperform" rating on the stock.
The next big catalyst for Target will be the analyst day it mentioned hosting in New York City at the end of February, Feldman said. "That will be the next kind of catalyst where you'll be able to hear more good stuff about their future. There's a lot of things they're doing on the expense side. There's a lot of ways that they're helping to drive gross profit. So there's good trends that are happening at Target."
Separately, TheStreet Ratings objectively rated this stock according to its "risk-adjusted" total return prospect over a 12-month investment horizon. Not based on the news in any given day, the rating may differ from Jim Cramer's view or that of this articles's author.
TheStreet Ratings team rates Target as a Buy with a ratings score of B. This is driven by multiple strengths, which the team believes should have a greater impact than any weaknesses, and should give investors a better performance opportunity than most stocks the team covers.
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You've heard the stories about Flint, Michigan. Perhaps you've seen Michael Moore's "Roger & Me." Perhaps you've heard on the news, or in a publication like The Huffington Post, about the problems plaguing the city -- from unemployment and poverty to crime and blight.
Our population has dropped from 200,000 in 1960 to under 100,000 today. More than one-third of remaining citizens live below the poverty line. The unemployment rate is almost 10 percent. One-third of all property in the city is considered abandoned or blighted. For three consecutive years from 2010-2012, Flint had the highest per capita rate of violent crimes in the country. Recently, our water has been found to contain alarmingly high levels of lead.
This is the Flint narrative that the media picks up on and the world sees. But there's an untold story in Flint, of neighbors helping neighbors, of people of all backgrounds serving their community, and of alignment between the city, nonprofit partners, funding partners, schools, and residents to champion service as a strategy to reinvent the community.
At the end of 2013, over 5,000 community residents came together and outlined a new Master Plan for the city -- the first in 50 years. This ambitious document codifies the hopes and dreams of a 21st century community. But ambitious dreams require ambitious resources -- something that's clearly a challenge for Flint.
Here steps in Flint's not-so-secret weapon: national service and volunteerism.
In 2014, Mayor Dayne Walling, an AmeriCorps alum, participated in the Franklin Project's Gettysburg Summit. Inspired by the call to make a year of full-time national service a cultural expectation, common opportunity, and civic rite of passage for every young American, and by the national goal of creating one million service year positions by 2023, Mayor Walling nominated Flint as a demonstration site for what that scale-up looks like at a local level. He outlined a commitment to have 250 national service members in Flint, a ten-fold increase, by 2019. These members would serve as the boots-on-the ground to meet the community-identified vision outlined in the Master Plan.
To make this happen, Flint utilizes one of its unique resources, the Flint National Service Accelerator, which I have the awesome job to oversee. The Accelerator promotes a place-based approach to increasing the number and effectiveness of national service members and volunteers serving locally. The Accelerator supports local organizations to secure members and provides funding to assist with match requirements. The Accelerator Fund has provided more than $900,000 in matching grants to national service host sites. Additionally, the Accelerator enhances the member experience through professional development, networking, and national days of service. We are bringing on board employers, higher education institutions, and national service alumni to support our culture of service.
So far in 2015, we've increased the number of national service members in Flint from around 25 to almost 100. 30 of these members came from Operation AmeriCorps funding, in which we were one of just 10 communities nationally awarded a program to address an urgent community need. For us, that is the revitalization of the once-famous community education model in our K-12 schools. Alongside national service members, we have more than 500 Senior Corps members providing a variety of services and a robust core of dedicated community volunteers.
The Franklin Project's Ambassador Program is a natural fit for me. For many other Ambassadors, creating service years and raising the profile of national service is an extra-curricular activity. For me, it's my job! I'm surrounded by brilliant people who see the potential for national service and volunteerism to transform our city and our future, and we want to be an example to the rest of the country for how to make this work at a local level. We're working to rewrite the narrative about Flint to be about our assets, not our deficits. We strive to be at the forefront of making a year of full-time national service an opportunity for every willing American. It's not just nice for our community. It's vital. The service provided by engaged citizens is the only way the city can become the place we've all envisioned it being, and the experiences that shape the members and volunteers themselves will create the next generation of civic-minded leaders who will determine our future narrative.
This post is part of a series produced by The Huffington Post and the Aspen Institute's Franklin Project in conjunction with Giving Tuesday. The series, which will run for the month of November, features pieces written by Franklin Project Ambassadors, local leaders who are working with community stakeholders in 25 states toward the Franklin Project's vision of making a year of national service -- a service year -- a cultural expectation, common opportunity, and civic rite of passage for every young American. For more on service year opportunities and organizations, visit https://serviceyr.org.


text: In this article I will illustrate the importance of learning a second language for the broadening of one's life and opportunities. You will learn the role of a second language in:* Expanding your social life* Gaining more business contacts* More business opportunities* More employment opportunities* Increased knowledge of other cultures and places* Travel* Keeping your brain sharpThe importance of learning a second language is greater today than ever. As the world keeps shrinking with greater advances in communications technology and modes of travel, people are moving around both physically and in cyberspace at an ever-increasing rate. Immigration and tourism are growing rapidly in many countries. You may live in a country with one "official" language but chances are that many other languages will be spoken in that country. Your Social LifeIf you live in an area where your next door neighbors' primary language is not your own, wouldn't it be nice to be able to speak their language also? You can get to know them on a more personal basis, get invited to more parties and more easily ask for help if you need it. Of course, if you don't care to talk to your neighbors or you live in an area where everyone speaks the same language, this would not apply. But what if you are the type of person who likes to spend a lot of time on-line? The Internet brings the world to your desktop! Wouldn't it be nice to be able to chat with someone on the other side of the world in their own language?If you are a single man or woman looking for Mr. or Mrs. Right, why limit yourself to only those who speak your own language? The perfect one for you may speak a different language! Many relationships like this are made but are problematic because of the lack of communications. Having a good knowledge of the other's primary language is a tremendous help. BusinessIf you own a business or work in sales, the importance of learning a second language should be evident. Knowing another language allows you to develop international business contacts, prepare advertising targeted to markets that speak another language or do sales work in neighborhoods with mixed languages. Expanding your market is one of the best ways to increase business, so why not learn the language of the market you are interested in? You have probably read stories of advertising screw ups where a product name or advertising copy did not translate well. You can prevent this type of thing from happening by learning the language. Your ResumeThe importance of learning a second language for business opportunities goes for employment opportunities as well. Having at least one other language on your resume is a big plus. It means that you are more valuable to the employer because you can help with more customers, deal with more business contacts or help prepare more targeted advertising. Know Your WorldIf you are the type of person who likes to increase your knowledge of the world, learning a second language can be very helpful. It's almost impossible to learn another language without learning something about the people who speak that language as well as their customs and their geographical origins. Likewise, if you really want to study a different culture, learning their language is very important in developing a complete understanding of it.TravelThe importance of learning a second language for travel purposes is obvious. Although some English is spoken in almost all countries, if your only language is English you may have a difficult time of it. Take for instance an experience I had while traveling in Thailand. The restaurant at the hotel I was staying at had a limited menu for Westerners in English. Being unable to read Thai at the time, I chose what sounded like an intriguing breakfast item of Yam and Toast. While nibbling on the toast with butter and strawberry jam that was served, I patiently waited for my yam that I assumed was being cooked. I soon realized that I was actually eating the yam (Jam) on my toast!Even though people in another country may speak your language, sometimes things don't get translated quite right. Having a good knowledge of the primary language in the country you are traveling in can make for a much more pleasant stay. Not only will you avoid some mix- ups but you will be more able to make friends or even develop a romantic relationship.Flex Your BrainScientists have known the importance of learning a second language for brain health for some time now. A 2004 study done by researchers from University College London found that learning a second language alters gray matter – the area of the brain which processes information – in the same way exercise builds muscles. So if you want to keep your brain healthy, learning other languages can help you do it.In conclusion, learning other languages is good for your social life, career, recreation and your health, so start learning one today!Copyright 2008, Terry Shurts


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How Do You Feel? by Simon R. Green
Title: How Do You Feel?
Author: Simon R. Green
Series: Nightside Companion
In: Hex Appeal (P.N. Elrod)
Rating Out of 5: 3.5 (Liked this)
My Bookshelves: Dark fantasy, Paranormal fantasy
Pace: Fast
Format: Short story
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Year: 2012
5th sentence, 74th page: Won't that be nice?
An interesting short story about Green's Dead Boy and how he lives his life.
How Do You Feel? was a completely unexpected short story – it was quite dark, with a twisted and unexpected strain of humour throughout it. The completely unforeseeable love story that rounded it out just polished it off to make me want to read the rest of the Nightside series. The use of a main character whose name is Dead Boy should have given me a hint to what kind of story I was in for though.
There is always a question about what happens after death, after all, most people don't want to believe that this life is all that there is. And the idea of what happens when a life is cut too short with little or no mercy is a far more tantalising theoretical question. In creating a character that exists almost solely for revenge, Green approaches this question from a unique angle. Not only in addressing what happens after death and the lingering of souls, but how a thirst for revenge and an unyielding anger can destroy a life (and afterlife).
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FutureVision 2016: Consumer Tech Pros Network, Idea Share in Paradise
Imagine getting a whole group of the top minds in consumer electronics retailing together in one room for two days, letting them learn from one another and get actual work done, and network against the backdrop of the Pacific Coast—from CEOs of tech manufacturing groups, to chief buyers from some of the biggest retailers out there. That's exactly what went down at FutureVision 2016 in Laguna Beach last week.
The event, put on by Dealerscope, gives retail attendees an extremely unique opportunity to listen to presentations on the future of retail, while providing a setting that allows them to network and talk business with industry visionaries and elite manufacturers.
As a first-timer at the event, the experience was nothing short of exceptional. From start to finish, attendees are treated with white-glove service, getting shuttled from the airport to the luxury resort. The accommodations were top-notch. The event staff are just above and beyond some of the best people to work with (yeah, they're my colleagues, but don't let that take anything away from the tremendous work they did). And the evening activities—from the food to the golf to the wine tasting—made it feel like you were almost on a vacation. Albeit an incredibly productive and informative one.
Rob Stott is corporate communications manager, Nationwide Marketing Group


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Although I've noted St. Patrick's Day in past years, the famous saint's feast day is more meaningful to me now. Having walked in Patrick's chosen homeland during my Christmas 2006 trip to Ireland, I feel more connected to the roots of the modern American celebration.
Even today, Ireland has a lot of wild and rugged country. One can only imagine how daunting the landscape was sixteen centuries ago, when Patrick was teaching Christianity to the Druids. Patrick's mere survival in the midst of the native population is in itself a small miracle; his success in converting the Irish to the new Christian faith is a large one indeed.
On New Year's Eve, 2006, I snapped the photo of St. Patrick's Church in my grandmother's hometown of Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, Ireland. It is one of the hundreds, if not thousands, of Irish churches, streets, and buildings named for Ireland's patron saint.
It's my guess that Patrick deserves all of them. And he certainly deserves this one joyful day each year. I hoist a toast to all my readers, in honor of St. Patrick's Day--SLAINTE MHATH! ("Good health!")


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"Flowers for Sandy" is a SpongeBob SquarePants Best Day Ever short. In this short, SpongeBob surprises Sandy with flowers.
SpongeBob is carrying a bunch of packages into his house when he realizes that his calendar says it is Surprise Sandy Day. So, he sneaks over to Sandy's treedome and places a bouquet of flowers in the vase onto her picnic table with a note that reads, "To Sandy, the smartest, prettiest squirrel in Bikini Bottom. Signed: A Friend."
|( ‣ ) Associated production music
|( • ) Original music
|( ◦ ) SpongeBob music
‣ The Pollywog Strut - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Plays throughout]
- This short is available on the Season 4 Volume 2, Complete Fourth Season, SpongeShorts, The Third & Fourth Seasons and Pilot a Mini-Movie and the Square Shorts DVDs.
- This short premiered Bob Jaques' 50th birthday, six years after "Your Shoe's Untied" and "Squid's Day Off" premiered, and two years after Sponge for Hire was released on DVD and VHS.
- The calendar only has 30 days, meaning this short takes place in either April, June, September, or November.
- This short is similar to the scene in the episode "Tea at the Treedome" where SpongeBob gives Sandy some flowers.
- Sandy's glass vase is completely empty until SpongeBob adds flowers to it off-screen.


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I love stories. I spend a lot of my time either telling them or trying to get others to tell theirs (in 650 words or less) in their college application essays (shameless plug). I remember the low-tech days of yesteryear fondly, unfurling the knots in the extremely long phone cord, dragging it through the kitchen, down the stairs, and into my room. The best stories were swapped holding that hard piece of plastic to my ear, with nothing else to take my focus away. And I think that with all the ways we have to distract ourselves today, personally told stories are even more critical than ever. They take time and care to craft and tell well, and they require the focus and attention of others. If you have a story to tell, I want to hear it. Last Friday night, I sat in a little quiet nook at the Yale Club and told my story to Kim Berns for her new podcast, What's The Story with Kim Berns available on iTunes (although my episode is not up yet). We talked about what it's like to pivot at a certain age and find fulfillment by taking an unexpected path. We spoke non-stop for about twenty minutes, and then I earned my fee; a well-made Tanqueray and Tonic.
I was able to sneak in a quick Broadway show with Toni on Wednesday. We saw A Choir Boy, which we both thought was fantastic. It's a 2 hour, no intermission drama, but it's also got great music due to the subject matter. And even though the play is twenty years old, it is still extremely relevant, sadly, today.
Did I mention I have a sister who's a vegan? She's been opening my eyes to a culinary world where you can't cook with anything that makes food taste good. We met for lunch at Nix, which boasts a brand new shiny Michelin star. I took a picture of the gorgeous beet salad with quinoa, but the real star of my meal was the mushroom veloute that was so creamy I wanted to go back into the kitchen and have them prove it was vegan.
I took my first yoga class at Humming Puppy. We can all agree the name is ridiculous. I'm even embarrassed typing it, but the experience was nothing to laugh at. It's a new way to yoga, brought to you from Australia. The main difference between this yoga studio and all others is the humming. Throughout the practice, there is a constant hum in the room that comes from surround sound speakers. It sounds like the tones made from Buddhist temple bowls. Something like this. I will return, but it won't be my go-to spot due to the temperature in the studio. Women going through menopause have no business doing yoga in 80-degree rooms.
I'm always keeping an eye out for a fun, casual restaurant on the Upper East Side with decent food, as most of my friends live up there, and I feel bad always recommending restaurants downtown. Last week I went with friends to The Writing Room. I chose it because of its hugely storied literary past (as in Billy Joe's song Big Shot "…they were all impressed with your Halston dress and the people that you knew at Elaine's…"). There was a great buzz in the room, it was packed, and the food was really good. I'll keep it on my short UES list.
Saturday we killed two little birds with one round-trip Amtrak. My oldest son was in Philly visiting his girlfriend at med school, and my youngest goes to Penn. Tom and I got on a late morning train, arrived in Philly 1 hour and 15 mins later, just in time for an incredible brunch at Wm. Mulherin's Sons in Fishtown. The restaurant is located in an old rye whiskey distillery and has four extremely cool hotel rooms upstairs. I am already planning on renting these rooms for Annie's graduation in a few years. Sshhhh don't tell anyone with a sophomore at Penn. The food was fantastic, and after we ate, we moved to the couches in front of the wood burning fire for coffee.
We had some time to kill before the next meal, so we walked up Frankford Avenue which is one of the main streets in the Fishtown neighborhood. This street looks so freshly gentrified, it's almost as if the paint is still wet.
There are a number of fun restaurants and bars and an inordinate amount of vintage clothing stores, all carefully curated to the point where you don't know if the clothes are new or used. Here are a few we stopped into: Two Percent To Glory, Jinxed, and Urban Exchange. We also passed at least two open breweries on our way up the road. From there we ubered to another fun neighborhood, Queen Village. We started with happy hour cocktails at Tatooed Mom, a place we all loved. From there we walked to Hungry Pigeon a restaurant that has been on my radar, and I was excited to get a reservation (albeit 5:15). The menu is small, and is meant to be shared family style. We sat at this beautiful communal table and enjoyed everything we ordered.
But I want to return for lasagne season. You need to pre-reserve with 24 hours notice. You get your own lasagne (classic bolognese or vegetarian) with a few accompaniements for $80 PER ORDER. It feeds 4-6 people or 2 who like leftovers. I'm intrigued.
I love Philly, and I'm grateful that I get to continue to explore it over the next 2.5 years while visiting my daughter. It's a city of neighborhoods and stories – my favorite kind of city.
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To assist the Senior Pastor in preparing for, and administering, the ordinance of baptism.
1. See that all necessary baptismal equipment and facilities are prepared prior to each baptism; clean and restore the baptismal area afterwards.
2. Make recommendations to the church staff regarding additional equipment needs.
3. Coordinate with the church office staff regarding the scheduling of baptism.
4. At the pastor's discretion, assist in the preparation of name cards to identify baptismal candidates.
5. Assist baptismal candidates with robes and towels; assist them in entering and exiting the baptismal pool.
6. Assist the pastor with baptism at his discretion.
7. See that robes and towels are laundered and returned to dressing rooms.
The church's Bylaws specify the following for the Baptism Committee:
The Baptismal Committee shall consist of three couples, recommended by the Nominating Committee, serving three year terms, with one term expiring each year.
The committee shall make all necessary arrangements for the ordinance of Baptism and render such assistance to the Pastor and candidates as may be necessary.
The committee shall also insure that the baptismal robes are clean and available for the ordinance.


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"Barack Obama's speech on race today is that rare thing a political speech worth reading in full. (...) Overall, though, the speech was a boon to his candidacy--if he had got this wrong it could have ended his candidacy, he didn't. (...) But this speech today showed that his candidacy, for all its flaw, is an immensely important moment in American history." (James Forsyth)


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Sometimes it's easier to say what you mean and other times it's more eloquent to write it. I vlogged it today, which is the beauty of an integrated multi-media experience. Obviously, it means that pre-vlogging I had to wash and apply make up to mask troll like status. I was expecting to be a weepy, dramatic mess of smeared mascara, and Kate Bush like woeful lamenting, but The Grenade, very surprisingly, walked into to school and didn't so much as want to give me a kiss goodbye. I have, in the most stoical of British military spouse tradition, been burying my head in the sand and giving the day of reckoning a damn good ignoring. I had talked the The Grenade about it, and he said that he was a bit frightened of the housemaster. I had no problem with this as I thought the bloke might have a fighting chance of getting my special little nightmare to toe the line, especially with this fear instilled within him, and so, saw this as no bad thing. On the whole though he didn't seem overly concerned. When we got back from Frenchest France on Saturday, one of the neighbour's sons had just left to go to boarding school and his sister is going next year. The head boy in his dorm he's known since he was 3 years old, and he has always admired him in that adoration of older boys, who fight better, fart louder sort of way. The beauty of living amongst the community is that this is the norm so he doesn't see it as a big deal.
It's early doors and I am sure that it's the beginning of a journey which will be a rollercoaster, but as I said as I vlogged one off, with all the disruption at home, being distracted at school and focusing his attention on mastering the written word is the most important thing. This is his best chance and I do eventually want him to leave home, educated and financially independent, because as Bank of Parents go, we are more representative of the current Bank of Scotland, when it comes to cashflow.
Page 90, October Prima Magazine – pimp, pimp – for my published piece on the I Hate Housework blog. You get a free pink lippy too!!
Today, is the start of my new initiative called AMMM's M&M of the MONTH – I will send the person who typed the best comment of the month a FREE! packet of M&Ms for their marvellous words. You decide who it is so please vote on each comment. The most popular comment will receive a bag of the little multi-coloured, crispy coated chocolate nuggets.
The commentator will be awarded the prestigious title of A Modern Military Mother's M&M of the month for the whole of the following month and I will pimp you across my blog and other social networking platforms too, (that's if you want me too). So therefore my lovely little M&Ms get commenting for the chance to win a little packet of crunchy chocolate coated delight!!!
Today I am also wishing lots of luck to Heather@NotesfromLapland and Vix@Vegemitevix at the MADS tonight. Live blogging on the results as they are announced can be found at Who's The Mummy
COMING SOON – A truly incredibe, new branded site here at A Modern Military Mother, which is hotter than a hot thing on a hot day and is being cooked up storm by the world's most talented, artist and creative Kificreative. Are you looking for a design solution then look no further than Kifi!! However, please don't look until she's finished creating the new rocking design for me, otherwise I will be mighty p*ssed off!!
It's good to be back. I missed y'all. The Grenade's at school, The Menace is back at nursery, Hagar's at work and me I am back, rested and raring to go. I have had a quick email chat with Annie Jones, the author of Gumboots and Pearls and she's going to pop over to my quarters and I am going to have a chat to her about life on the domestic frontline back in those black and white days. Of course, this means that I am now going to have to read the bloody book as well.
Vegimite Vix has been running this fabulous meme called Tribal Wives and I would love to hear from an army wife and navy wife to see if you want to write a tribal wives peice from an army and navy wife perspective. I have got the RAF covered, but I think as culturally the three services are so different, we need to do it from the tribal wives of all three. Please leave me a comment if you would like to get onboard or email me at: firstname.lastname@example.com
It's going to be an autumn packed full of tales from the domestic frontline. The work up to war has begun……..and I am going to do what we millies do best, bury my head deep down in the sand, open the wine and give it a damn good ignoring. Keep calm and carry on!


text: What is a Turbo Levo SL? It is the name of a mountain bike created by Specialized and it is a type of mountain bike which has slowly started gaining traction, it is an electric mountain bike. First and foremost, an electric mountain bike in this category is not the same as an electric motorbike.


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- Fon A-line frock in chiffon fabric.
- Stunning embellishments accents the neckline, sleeves and hem borders; ornamental motifs all around the hemline; sequins shower all over.
- Stand collar neckline.
- Full sleeves styling.
- Super-soft silk lining.
- Silk chooridaar pajamas.
Embellishments crafted from sequins, beads, Swarovski crystals, diamantes, kora, dabka, naqshi, cut-glass, pearls, resham, badla, kamdani, and marorri. 100% natural pure imported fabrics.100% handmade embellishments. Same as shown.
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LA Radio's 'Jesus Christ' Hits Magical Affiliate Mark
It's amazing really that the right-wing blogosphere isn't making a bigger deal out of the Sunday morning KFI-AM radio program "The Jesus Christ Show." From 6 to 9 a.m., Latino host Neil Saavedra (pictured) speaks and answers 877-Holy-Host calls in the guise of the Savior, though listeners are reminded throughout that this is all merely an interactive ruse.
It's working. This week via Radio Ink came the news that the show has added its 50th syndication affiliate. The program is currently heard on such stations as KOGO-AM San Diego, KXL-AM Portland, WGST-AM Atlanta, and WIOD-AM Miami.
The official URL for the program is TheJesusChristShow.com, where Saavedra recently blogged a most unusual take on the Academy Awards. He starts off from the very valid point of view of how ridiculous the red carpet standard question of "What are you wearing?" is to riff on scripture and the reflective importance of the questions people ask.
Could Jesus really come back as KFI's non-Basso profundo Director of Marketing? Why not. To take a quick listen to the provocative program, on the air since 2001, click here.


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The St. Christopher necklace Mystery Bundle is offered in 3, 6 or 9 packs, each necklace comes with a ball chain necklace and our hangtag.
- ½" diameter & 18" aluminum ball chain (cut to shorten).
- No refunds, exchanges or returns on Mystery Bundles.
- Silver plated medallion.
- Colors are completely random
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Energetic and dynamic Business Development Managers with experience in selling accounting software products such as Sage, are always in demand here at AccountsIQ, particularly for our UK office, based within easy reach of our office in Kings Cross, London. An excellent fast track career opportunity is available for the right candidates. We are now seeking a Business Development Manager to start ideally in the first quarter of 2019.
AccountsIQ was awarded Enterprise Accounting Software of the Year 2018 at the Accounting Excellence and Software Excellence Awards, so you can be sure that you'll be joining a fast-growing company with hugely exciting innovation plans for its accounting software platform.
Get in touch if you'd like to work for a company that is growing fast and onboarding new clients on to our accounting software at the rate of knots.
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Ping Frederiks
Ping Frederiks
Born 1967 in Nijverdal, Netherlands
1984 – 1987, apprenticed Janny Risón in painting and theatrical makeup.
1987 – 1993, creative stay in Seville, Spain; during this time, she has many exhibitions in Spain.
1993, returned back to the Netherlands and opened an art studio in the city of Hengelo.
2000 – 2003, study at the Academy in Apeldoorn Fotovakschool.
1993 – 2008, works as a makeup artist in theatres and opera houses in the cities of Almelo, Deventer, Lochem.
2005, member of the Group of artists from Nijverdal.
2005 – 2008, teacher at the children's workshop and the evening school for adults in abstract painting in Nijverdal.
2006 – 2008, working as a muralist at KartPlaza Nijverdal.
2008, moves to Pöchlarn, Austria.
since 2009, member of the "Atelier an der Donau"
since 2011, member "Union Plovdiv Artists"
La Tienda de Bailen, Sevilla, Spain.
Pumpkin Gallery, Bodegraven, . Netherlands
Gallery Middelkamp, Nijverdal, . Netherlands
Medisch Center, Nijverdal, . Netherlands
Estenze Castello, Ferrara, Italy.
Museum Oskar Kokoschka Pöchlarn, Austria
Atelier Knapp Gallery, Emmersdorf, Austria.
City Art Gallery Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Art Gallery Arad, Estenze nia. Romania
Art Gallery of Pécs, Hungary.
Art Gallery Osijek, Kroatia.
Gallery Irzhe Schlehen, Pilsen, Czech Republic
Gallery Alafran Diepenheim, Netherlands
Gallery Catapult Hellendoorn Netherlands
Gallery UiterArt Nijverdal. Netherlands
ART Innsbruck Kunst Messe, Austria
Art Gallery Mikolov, Czech Republic
Convent Maria Tafeln, Austria
"Donau Auen Frauen", Gallery Alpha, Vienna, Austria
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For three weeks, I limped around with a pain across the top of my left foot that just wouldn't go away. I made it through five days on my feet (two workshops and an active vacation), but with no sign on improvement, I decided to visit a local orthopedist.
As it turned out, it was a good thing I went through this experience, because, as often happens, it reminded me why I do the work I do.
I called the doctor's office and an unhappy-sounding scheduling assistant treated me as if I were a huge intrusion into his day. He was abrupt, unsympathetic and annoyed when it took me a couple of seconds to give him precisely the information he demanded. He advised me that the doctor I wanted to see wouldn't be available this century and offered some alternatives. And he became noticeably agitated when I wasn't satisfied with the first available appointment. After all, who did I think I was? He worked for a doctor and was very busy. I was just one more bother in his bother-filled day.
When I arrived at the office, the staff were annoyed that I didn't notice the big hand-written sign at the window on the right that said "Sign in here" and that I thought it was OK to approach the busy person sitting behind the desk on the left instead. When I went to the person on the right, she handled our entire transaction — from the clipboard to the insurance card and picture ID — without ever looking up at me.
Believe it or not, your staff could be treating your clients this way, too. And no matter how good you are at what you do or how kind and considerate you may be, your clients may be thinking "I'm not coming here again."
Maybe — as was the case with this doctor — there are so many people waiting to see you that you can afford not to know how your staff is behaving. But if you're like most professionals, it matters that clients aren't staying with you and will tell others to stay away, as well.
If you want to grow your business, you need to be certain you've spelled out for your staff how to handle the phones and how to greet people and you need to be sure that they're following your system. This means listening in on a prospect call or having clients report to you how they've been treated while waiting for you. Don't assume that because you're being treated well by your assistant that she is treating your clients the same way.
It also means spelling out the basics for your team with a formal procedure which includes the following basics:
- Identify the office and yourself. Everyone who answers a phone should use his or her name.
- Be pleasant. No matter how frenetic your office may be, no caller should feel as if she is interrupting someone's busy day.
- Offer to help. The identification should be followed by "How may I help you?" or "How may I direct your call?" or something else that's genuinely helpful.
- Don't rush the caller. No matter how busy you may be, clients want to ease their stress, not to confront yours.
- Own the call. Until the caller is connected elsewhere, the person answering the phone must be responsible for the caller's experience.
Nearly an hour later, when I finally got to see the orthopedist, I found him to be extremely competent and genuinely nice. He informed me that I had fractured a bone, but I wasn't willing to face his staff for a follow-up appointment. I ended up taking my broken foot elsewhere.
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"Wine" Down in Maine
October 12, 2018 @ 8:00 am - October 15, 2018 @ 5:00 pm
By invitation only. We're meeting in Kennebunkport and Portland, Maine. Business networking, wine and the sights will all be included.
Sheryl Van Aken is the founder of the Enterprising Moms and runs a travel agency in Milton, GA, called Van Aken Travel-Dream Vacations. She specializes in cruises of all kinds whether it be individual leisure trips or large groups who cruise together. She is a certified event planner through Emory University and the Cruise Line International Association.
Sheryl has way too many hobbies which include becoming a jewelry designer through the New York Institute of Art & Design, paper crafting with Stampin' Up!, indoor rowing and enjoys her tenure as a band mom and general cheerleader for her kids. She has 4 great children and is happily married to her husband Mike for over 20 years,


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Novak's Historic Surge Towards Year-End No. 1
Novak Djokovic's remarkable late-season surge towards the year-end No. 1 ATP Ranking has the potential to rewrite more than 46 years of ATP Rankings history. Should the Serb chase down current World No. 1 Rafael Nadal to finish atop the year-end rankings for a fifth time, Djokovic would set several new rankings marks.
- No. 22 to No. 1: Djokovic fell to a low of No. 22 on 21 May – his lowest ranking since he was No. 22 as a 19-year-old in the week of 2 October 2006. No player has ever clawed back to year-end No. 1 in the same season from that low. The biggest climb to date was undertaken by Andre Agassi in 1999, when he rose from No. 14 on May 3.
- Sluggish Start: Djokovic began 2018 with a 5-5 match record (also 6-6). The worst start a year-end No. 1 had in his first 10 matches of a season was Gustavo Kuerten's 6-4 mark in 2000.
- Pre-Wimbledon Titles: Djokovic would become the first player to finish a season No. 1 without winning a title before Wimbledon. John McEnroe (1982) won only one title prior to the grass-court major before finishing No. 1.
How bad does Novak want No. 1? "I am really glad that I put myself in a position to compete for No. 1 of the world," he said this week in Shanghai. "And maybe four, five months ago, that was looking a little bit far from reach, but with the recent results, I put myself in a pretty decent position to fight for No. 1, year-end No. 1."
Djokovic ended his 2017 season in late July due to an elbow injury. He returned in 2018 to play the Australian Open but soon after underwent right elbow surgery, which kept him sidelined until the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami. Looking a shadow of his former self, he lost his opening matches to World No. 109 Taro Daniel and World No. 49 Benoit Paire.
His first significant result was a run to the Rome semi-finals (l. Nadal) and the Roland Garros quarter-finals, although his loss in Paris to then-World No. 72 Marco Cecchinato had many fans thinking that Djokovic was still well below top form.
He mused about skipping the grass season but after dismissing those thoughts he reached the Queen's final (l. Cilic) before winning his fourth Wimbledon title, beating Nadal 10-8 in the fifth over two days in the semis in one of the matches of the season before beating Kevin Anderson in the final.
In August he became the first singles player to complete the set of all nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000s by winning Cincinnati in his sixth appearance in the final. Then came the dramatic US Open. Djokovic wilted in oppressively hot and humid conditions in the early stages of his first-round match with World No. 41 Marton Fucsovics and a major upset looked a strong possibility when the players split the first two sets.
But after rallying to beat the Hungarian and then Tennys Sandgren in the second round in four sets, he won 15 straight sets to take the title, beating 2009 champion Juan Martin del Potro in the final.
Should Djokovic win his fourth Shanghai title, on Monday he will move to 155 points of Nadal in the ATP Rankings, which counts points earned in the past 52 weeks. (In the ATP Race To London, which measures only points earned in 2018, Djokovic will trail Nadal by just 35 points.)
That would set up a high-stakes battle when Djokovic and Nadal are next scheduled to face off at the Rolex Paris Masters, beginning 29 October, in the final week of the regular season.
And there is every chance that the year-end No. 1 ATP Ranking will be decided in the final week of the year at the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held 11-18 November in London.
Did You Know?
Pete Sampras owns the record for most year-end No. 1 finishes. The American finished World No. 1 for six consecutive seasons from 1993-98. The ATP Rankings were established in 1973.
- Joshua Rey and Graham Edgar contributed to this story


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Hint, Hint... Nudge, Nudge...
by Kim F. Miller & Alicia Anthony
Mini Jumps
Like everything else in the world, backyard jumps are much more sophisticated than they were in my day. Courses then were easily constructed of picnic benches and broomsticks and mops set between two chairs.
Young equestrians today need not suffer such indignities thanks to UK company Mini-Jumps. It's a family owned endeavor that has been making scaled-down show jumping fences, with proper standards, cups, poles and directional flags, since 2006. They've been shipping to the States throughout that time, but recently finalized arrangements that make U.S. purchases easier and more affordable.
The obstacles are available in two sizes, to fit "competitors" from 4 to 14 and they can be used anywhere, from small, indoor arenas, like the living room, to wide open spaces outside.
More info: visit www.mini-jumps.co.uk.
Coloring Books
Adult coloring books are all the rage these days, for everybody from cancer patients to, you guessed it, horse and dog lovers! Here are a couple of sources for beautiful coloring books featuring horses and dogs.
The Prism Horses Adult Coloring Book features the designs of equine illustrator June V Evers. The soft-cover book has 24 pages of highly detailed illustrations on heavyweight paper. It's comb-bound so the books lay flat for coloring and the finished product can easily be pulled out and framed. Made in the USA, too.
June Evers is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design in illustration and has been drawing horses all her life. Her art can be seen in the many books she has written as well as illustrated: Anyone Can Draw Horses, Mazes & Connect the Dots - Volume1 Horses, The Original Book of Horse Treats, The Ultimate Guide to Pampering Your Horse and The Wonderful Life of Lola.
Along the way, she studied with renowned equine illustrator, Sam Savitt. June says, "That was one of the most exciting clinics of my life to study with Sam Savitt! Sam introduced me to the work of Sir Alfred Munnings and Paul Brown. Fabulous!"
She currently is a graphic designer with clients all throughout the horse industry. She also runs Horse Hollow Press, which has been in business for 26 years. Started in an apartment in New York City in 1990 when June was an art director at an ad agency. Horse Hollow Press is an outlet for her creativity. Products include bumper stickers, decals, window stickers, books, activity kits and greeting cards.
More info: www.horsehollowpress.com.
The Amazing World of Horses and four other titles are available from Selah Works, an enterprise of two fine artists, one of whom is horse enthusiast Cindy Elsharouni. When she decided to share her passion for art and horses in the form of adult coloring books, she wasn't expecting to eventually sell over 6,000 copies a month. The key to their popularity, the artist says, is that "they're not just coloring books, but a boundless opportunity for creativity tied together with its own narrative."
The coloring books, for adults and kids, can be purchased through the Selah Works Facebook page, where digital downloads of individual coloring pages are also available.
Grey Horse Candles
Fresh cut hay, cedar shavings, campfire and high-end saddle are among the scents available through Grey Horse Candle. Bringing favorite smells of the horsey lifestyle into candle form is the brainchild of Kayla Stacy, a photographer and horse owner from Tennessee. Made of organic soy, the hand-poured candles are beautifully packaged to make perfect gifts for everybody, especially editors!
More info: www.greyhorsecandles.com.
Good Reads
The Cowgirl Jumped Over The Moon, by Linda Ballou
Take a thrilling ride with Gemcie McCauley aboard Marshal, her bold Irish hunter. Sail over daunting courses designed to test the skills of horse and rider on the road to the World Cup. Feel her heartbreak when she crashes into a fence and loses Marshal to abusive owners and her husband to her arch rival.
Ride with her in the Range of Light, where she trails solo and finds solace and strength living among the majestic spires on the John Muir Trail. Feel her terror when a bear attack lands her in the arms of a solitary cowboy. Return with her to rescue Marshal and become one with him, flying high once more.
More info: www.LindaBallouAuthor.com.
Décor Galore from Rebecca Ray Designs
A variety of equestrian themed archival ink images can be placed on prints, canvases, pillows, t-shirts and mugs – all made in America. The images include a cat, dog, horse, fox, a snaffle and several others and can be turned out quickly as customized gifts for friends and family.
The only danger in this idea is that going to Rebecca Ray's website will take you to her familiar line of wonderful leather and suede belts, bracelets, bags, etc., which are really hard to resist whether you need one or not. But more great gift ideas for you disciplined shoppers!
More info: www.rebeccaraydesigns.com.
Written by by Kim F. Miller & Alicia Anthony
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One of the best golf swing tips is that your club face cycles through various ball flight alignments in response to different body movements such as widening or narrowing your stance after gripping your hands on your club.
This is a golf swing tip about which few instructors and golfers are aware.
Indeed, it is almost impossible to know to which golf ball flightalignment your clubface has rotated during either your setup routine or golf swing.
If you wish to improve your golf swing you should come to understand how ball flight alignments change in response to various movements of the body after gripping the club.
At the very instant you hands are gripped on a club handle with either a conventional overlapping, interlocking or baseball style of grip your clubface will rotate to an effective open alignment and an out-to-in swing path. This constitutes a sliced ball flight alignment.
This slice ball flight alignment is in the middle of the ball flight alignment spectrum.
Should you desire to hit straight golf shots, it would be necessary to rotate this slice ball flight alignment to a straight ball flight alignment.
On the other hand, if you were to narrow your stance slightly while in this slice alignment, the swing path of the club face would remain on and out-to-in path but would rotate to a closed alignment and create a pull ball flight alignment.
This means a slice alignment is only a fraction of a degree of club face rotation away from a pull alignment once a conventional style of grip is assumed.
However, were you to assume a conventional grip and then widen your stance slightly wile in this slice alignmnet, your clubf ace would rotate to a closed alignment and the path of your clubface would rotate to an in-to-out path, creating a hook ball flight alignment. This means there is more clubface rotation required to change a slice alignment to a hook alignment than to change a slice alignment to a pull alignment.
When the stance is widened even more after the clubface rotates to a hook ball flight alignment the alignment of the clubface will rotate from a closed position to an open position but the path of the clubface will remain on an in-to-out path, creating a push ball flight alignment.
This means even more rotation of the clubface is requirred to change a slice alighnment to a push alignment than to change a slice alignment to a pull alignment.
Unknown to most instructors alike, the alignment and the swing path of the clubface will rotate with each body movement once a conventional overlapping, interlocking or baseball style of grip is formed on a golf club.
Since there are no reference guides to indicate to which alignment and swing path the clubface has rotated, golfers do not have a clue as to whether they will hit a slice, hook, push or pull type of golf shot. One thing for sure, they are not likely to hit the golf ball straight to the target.
The only assured golf method to hit a straight golf shot to the target is to lock-in a square alignment and an online swing path of the clubface during the setup routine.
Then center the sweet spot of the clubface directly behind the ball, align the shoulders parallel with the target line, raise and lower the shoulders slightly and then execute a simple golf swing.
Your ball will fly straight to your target, one golf shot after another, and you will experience the best golf swing tip of all.
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(Written January 2017)
Finding words to describe to which depths depression can take us can be difficult. But, it sure can be a very unpleasant place to be. When the dark thoughts gather up around us, a sense of hopelessness and apathy can rise which we feel will never go away. Add anxiety and it doesn't only feel like we're alone in a wasteland without directions, we are simultaneously on fire while pushing our tears back or breaking apart inside them. It feels like we're being force-burned and cut with a razor-knife inside the chest. Drowning in our emotions, over and over again.
So, what's gonna rescue us from these personal hells? Are there ways to break the downward spiral and regain some strength and hope for ourselves?
I believe hobbies can be a part of this, and I'll try to clarify why and how I think this is.
First I will be honest. There are periods when depression makes me feel hobbies and interests are meaningless to engage in, and anxiety frightens me too much to even consider pursuing them. I feel quilt for the idea of choosing to spend time on something I enjoy, as if I wasn't worthy of it and should instead give all my time for the benefit of others first and always. Or anxiety hits with it's fake reminder that people will talk down and hate me for doing it. What could be a more perfect barrier?
However, there are those days and moments when my strength is a little more on the plus-side of things. When I really miss being out shooting pictures with my camera. What I've learned is that I need to pay attention to those emotions and act on it. If I can manage to get out of the apartment with my camera in my hand there's so much to be gained:
When I photograph I usually stay out for hours. That means I breath in fresh air.
I also tend to walk a lot to find the right spots for my shots. This means I get some exercise.
If I'm lucky(at least for my health, not so much for photo-friendly lighting, though) there's sunshine to take in. But, all weathers will do.
Often I choose to photograph in nature. To me nothing can beat the calm experience of that.
Sometimes I forget that I'm depressed altogether, probably since I'm so focused on taking pictures. It lets me feel pure joy without analysing or judge myself. I feel no worry. When I capture an image which I'm satisfied with I feel that I've accomplished something that day. It's a good feeling. Coming home to relax from a day outside is rewarding in itself.
The path with depression is different and individual to each and everyone of us.
For me I've come to understand that a big part of my walk in recovery is reexperience or relearning. By that I mean I need to learn to know myself, who I am and what I want all over again. Somewhere along the road I lost these things by being self ignorant, self sacrificing and a servant to others to such a degree that I erased my own will, my own identity.
Every time I'm pursuing photography or another interest of mine I take back parts of me that I've lost; and that are the good experiences, moments to cherish and make the long run worth while.
I'm not meaning to make it sound easy. I know it can feel impossible to get back on track. But, we must believe that we can. One step at a time.
If shadows rise on you, don't let them judge you or steal from you. Acknowledge them as real, but not as truth. The storm will eventually calm, and when ready you'll take another step towards healing.
If depression stole a hobby or interest from you, don't give up getting that thing back. Even if it seems a big step, start by simply thinking about it.
Don't be hard on yourself for not being able to do it all the way at once.
Take it easy, the best way is at your own pace. Take whichever step you can. You'll get there.
Don't do it for anyone else, do it for yourself. You're incredibly worthy of experiencing good moments, or making some new ones.
I believe in you!