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Our country recently experienced one of the most raucous and divisive presidential elections in recent memory. And, since January, we have been bombarded with news related to the new president's actions and policies. Depending on your preferred news source, the Trump presidency is either the saving of the American democracy or a sign of the coming apocalypse. Either way, such all-or-none viewpoints tend to make us nervous, no matter which side our beliefs fall on.
In times like these, financial planners often get calls from clients who are, not surprisingly, anxious about their investments. "The market is at an historic high; should I be worried?" "The Fed is raising interest rates; should I be worried?" "The European Union is having problems should I be worried?" "Employment is up, but not by very much; should I be worried?" And the list goes on.
Actually, it is very understandable to be concerned by headlines. Back when President Obama was elected–with the economy reeling from a financial crisis that threatened many of our largest institutions–many conservatively minded investors were convinced that the election of a liberal Democrat was going to be the death of the stock market. Most financial advisors did their best to calm such fears–and a good thing, too, since, for example, the DJIA went from a low of 6,443 in the depths of the Great Recession to a high, in mid-March, of nearly 21,000. On the other side of the coin, investors of a more liberal mindset might have felt panic at the election of Donald Trump. But thus far, such fears have proved unfounded: the DJIA was at 19,827 on the day he was sworn in, and as I write this, it stands at 20,596–a 3.9% gain in the last two-and-a-half months.
Of course, what these investors are really asking is, "What's going to happen?" And the only truthful answer for any advisor to give is "We don't know."
What we do know, however, is that no matter which direction the markets take, investors will still need to save for retirement, education, and other important life-phase-driven events. We also know that diversification tends to protect assets from major changes in value in any single market sector. We know that those approaching retirement can often benefit from prudent, planned movement into more conservative holdings, and that those whose horizon is longer will almost always see good results by holding to a well-conceived strategy, trusting that over time, the markets will generally reward those who are patient and disciplined enough to stay the course during the inevitable downturns.
There is no question about it: we live in an uncertain world. But taking the long-range view can help iron out the discomfort that comes with day-to-day fluctuations. Keep your eye on the goal, trust in your strategy, and maintain appropriate diversification. This advice may not be as exciting as the latest news headline, but it has stood the test of time and the markets–both good and bad.


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The word periodontal means "around the tooth". Periodontal disease attacks the gums and the bone that support the teeth. Plaque is a sticky film of food debris, bacteria, and saliva. If plaque is not removed, it turns into calculus (tartar). When plaque and calculus are not removed, they begin to destroy the gums and bone. Periodontal disease is characterized by red, swollen, and bleeding gums.
Four out of five people have periodontal disease and don't know it! Most people are not aware of it because the disease is usually painless in the early stages.
Not only is it the number one reason for tooth loss, research suggests that there may be a link between periodontal disease and other diseases such as, stroke, bacterial pneumonia, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and increased risk during pregnancy. Researchers are determining if inflammation and bacteria associated with periodontal disease affects these systemic diseases and conditions. Smoking also increases the risk of periodontal disease.
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Old Orchard Beach, Patricia Ann Emerson, 60, of Melvin Ave, passed away Wednesday at the Maine Medical Center in Portland.
She was born in Worcester, MA December 7, 1958 the daughter of Russell and Phyllis Chamberlain Whitney.
She graduated from Deering High School in 1977.
She and her family have been residents of Old Orchard Beach in the early 1990's. Patricia enjoyed watching TV shows and playing Candy Crush. She loved watching her fur grandchildren playing and acting goofy as she watched Nascar Racing. Tony Stewart is her favorite driver. She was also a big fan of candlepin bowling at Vacationland in Saco.
She is predeceased by her first husband Roger Emerson and her mother and father.
She is survived by her husband David Emerson of Old Orchard Beach, 2 children Brandon Emerson and Stefannie Emerson both of Old Orchard Beach. a sister Sandra Page of Old Orchard Beach, a nephew Michael Page, 2 grandchildren, who she loved dearly Spencer and Marissa Burnham, 3 fur grandchildren Rodgers, Leia and Khloe and a fur nephew Shadow.
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A candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, indirectly linked to disgraced, mass-migration lobbyist Jack Abramoff apparently has lost; it is the first result of the day.
The returns (albeit partial) are available because the election took place on the other side of the International Date Line, in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), just north of Guam in the western Pacific.
The losing candidate, for the nonvoting seat in the House, is Ignacia Acha Tudela Demapan, who had been supported by CNMI Governor Benigno Fitial, the last remaining elected U.S. official who had been allied to Abramoff.
Fitial, in turn, has one of the most dismal sets of immigration policies under the U.S. flag, being a long-time supporter of the local employers of badly treated migrant workers. Fitial endorsed Demapan against the sitting delegate, Kilili Sablan, whose own immigration policies are not particularly commendable — but at least he is free of the Abramoff connection.
With about one third of the votes counted, Sablan was leading Demapan by more than three to one; the count was 2,292 for Sablan, and 589 for his opponent. There are not very many voters in these islands, as a huge percent of the population consists of nonimmigrant workers.
Given the strong pull of local issues in CNMI, the result has no national significance, but it is the first of the day. Oddly, Demapan was backed by the recently nearly impeached Fitial, as Sablan was supported by the earlier, nearly impeached Bill Clinton. Demapan was the GOP candidate; Sablan ran as an independent, but sits with the Democrats in the U.S. House.
Abramoff, before he was convicted and jailed, had been an all-too successful advocate of expanding the H-1B program on the mainland and importing tens of thousands of badly exploited "guest-workers" to the Marianas, many of whom worked in the now-shuttered garment sweatshops.
For some background on the islands and immigration issues, see my recent blog on the topic.
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PacketCable Progresses, But Hits Snags on IP Specs
By FRED DAWSON
Cable Television Laboratories Inc.'s PacketCable task
force has crossed a key threshold on developing Internet-protocol specifications, just as
red flags popped up about the first in a scheduled batch of IP standards.
The good news is that PacketCable's
specifications-setting process will be buttressed by a royalty-free pool for
intellectual-property rights. The PacketCable IPR (intellectual-property-rights) pool
already boasts 18 signatories.
That move will help to reduce the uncertainties that
vendors may encounter in producing PacketCable products, said David Reed, vice president
for strategic assessment at CableLabs.
Notably, no one involved in PacketCable, including
CableLabs' member MSO companies, expects services like IP telephony to be technically
feasible until 2000.
But Reed acknowledged that some MSOs, such as Le Groupe
Videotron, will move ahead of formal standardization. Videotron has slated an IP-voice
rollout for late 1999.
"We don't want to hold up deployments until the
standards are completed," Reed said. "A lot of our service-company members will
move ahead, anticipating that they will be able to upgrade to be in compliance once the
standard is complete."
The 12 vendors that have signed on as authors of
specifications in the IPR pool are: Bell Communications Research (Bellcore), Broadcom
Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Com21 Inc., 8X8 Inc., Motorola Inc., NetSpeak Corp., Nortel
(with Bay Networks Inc.), 3Com Corp., TransNexus LLC, VideoServer Inc. and VocalTec
Communications Ltd.
Others in the pool -- some of which might eventually opt to
become spec authors -- are Arris Interactive, Broadband Access Systems, Hybrid Networks
Inc., Phasecom Inc., Tellabs Operations Inc. and Vienna Systems Corp.
Other participants are anticipated, Reed said, adding that
corporate procedures for approving such actions take longer at some companies than others.
Lucent Technologies, for example, has been involved with the PacketCable initiative almost
from its inception, but it has not joined the IPR pool.
The first group of PacketCable specs, slated for release
next month, will focus on the interfaces that will allow IP telecommunications to be
provided over cable networks to "thin clients," Reed said. Thin clients are
devices, often built into cable modems, which will serve as the "gateways"
between customers' standard telephones and the IP-telephony data channel over cable.
Additional specifications, slated to be released in stages
through the first half of 1999, will include interfaces designed to exploit higher levels
of processing power in personal computers and other end-user client devices, Reed said.
To issue that first, thin-client spec, PacketCable and its
participants must decide on a key, controversial interface used to handle communications
between a centralized "call agent" and the individual client gateways.
Debate over this interface, which determines how a basic
call setup is handled, is tantamount to a "religious war" in PacketCable
circles, noted Karl May, vice president and general manager of broadband technology at
May and others said it was likely that PacketCable would
endorse SGCP (single-gateway control protocol) over the signaling procedures incorporated
within the H.323 Internet-telephony standard -- despite the wide-scale deployment of
systems based on H.323 by entities outside of the cable industry.
SGCP -- which was developed by Cisco and Bellcore as a key
part of their newly integrated IP-telecommunications solution -- is under study at the
Internet Engineering Task Force as a solution to carriers' needs for simple signaling
methods that don't require a lot of computation at the end points.
Meanwhile, H.323 proponents are strongly urging the
PacketCable group to endorse an option known as "H.323 Lite," in order to ensure
complete compatibility with the existing H.323 base worldwide, said David Sokolic,
marketing director at VocalTec, a leading supplier of gateways and gatekeepers under the
H.323 regime.
"With the ITU [International Telecommunications Union]
and other standards bodies pushing H.323, the cable industry would be doing itself a
disservice to adopt something radically different," Sokolic said.
Sokolic questioned whether other protocol techniques, like
SGCP, are simply disguised efforts by other vendors to stall for time while they catch up
with IP-telephony technologies or advance proprietary techniques.
But backers of SGCP said it is not meant to replace H.323
for many basic functions, such as translating calls between the PSTN (public switched
telephone network) and IP domains, or managing call-address files.
Nonetheless, SGCP is too cable-centric for some cable
interests. May noted that Nortel -- which he described as "neutral" on the SGCP
vs. H.323 Lite debate -- is supplying customers in the cable domain that are
"absolutely committed" to H.323, no matter which way PacketCable goes.
These include many customers overseas that already provide
IP-voice services through H.323 gateways. Many of those groups want to add local
cable-distribution components to their existing IP-telecommunications infrastructure, May
But there are U.S. cable interests that are firmly in the
H.323 camp, as well, he said.
One of those may be AT&T Corp. In a discussion of the
carrier's new IP-telephony agenda at a recent press conference, officials said new
research facilities devoted to fostering interoperability and new technology would be
committed to advancing H.323, including in areas touching on the call-setup domain where
SGCP resides.
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Actress and comedienne Mo'Nique recently got everyone's knickers in a bunch around Oscar time when she had the gall to show up on the red carpet proudly displaying her unshaven legs. Quelle horror. Clutch the pearls. It's a disaster. Only, it really wasn't. Because if it had been up to my parents, no one would shave their legs. Ever. Not Black women, especially, because, as they told me when I was around 13: "That's something White people do." While most Black women have completely embraced the notion of the razor, the Nair and other hair remover contraptions and concoctions, there have always been some Black women who didn't. And while the "mainstream" pretty much had their vote and decided no hair should go there, most of my life Black women who choose to stay hairy have been greeted with a shrug. Yeah, some people were grossed out, but most didn't care, knowing at least a friend or a member of their family who practically thought leg shaving was the devil's handiwork. Case in point: My parents. When I was around 12, it occurred to me that I had hairy legs. They, like with many things associated with puberty, just seemed to show up one day, overnight and I was perplexed. I did not like this hair. I did not find it appealing. But I sort of ignored in the way when you're 12 and you're still more preoccupied with cartoons and passing seventh grade Algebra. This did not last. A year later, I found that I'd only grown to hate the hair even more. I was ashamed of it some ways–although I'm not sure when exactly I came to this conclusion. Perhaps it was how there was no hairy female role model in the public eye, strutting around, in all her hirsute glory. Maybe if Mo'Nique of the 1990s had strutted across an Oscar stage telling me to be hairy and merry I might think differently. But it was 1992, I was finishing up eighth grade and I couldn't take having hairy underarms anymore. I knew what my parents would say about the legs. I'd already been told on many occasions that Black women "don't" shave their legs according to my older, Southern-born parents. But pumped up on some article I'd just seen in the now defunct magazine YSB declaring that apparently that mythological monolith of "Black America" had a vote and hairlessness won, I summed up the courage to use a foul smelling depilatory to remove the hair from underneath my arms. The strangest thing, though. Even though it was almost summer, extremely warm and almost no other girls at my Junior High rocked a hairy afro under the armpit, I felt naked. I felt like everyone was staring at my now smooth armpit. I didn't raise my arms almost the whole day, suddenly self-conscious. Would they all know that I'd given in to the Westernized standard of hairless beauty? Would they all laugh at me? Or would they point and shout, "It's about time?" Most of this was the usual 13-year-old, self-absorbed claptrap that plagues us all. I'm almost positive not one of my peers noticed my underarms because they were too busy stressing out over acne. The same thing would happen a few years later when I dared to finally shave my legs. My parents were not thrilled and now that I'm older I think it had more to do with the implications of body hair removal more so than race. Shaving your legs as a teen/pre-teen bumps you into the "girl, you'll be a woman soon" territory. Even though I had the sort of parents who were progressive enough to teach me about sex when I was nine, they still didn't like the idea of their baby being seen as anything other than a baby. In their minds, what did I need to shave my legs for? Some man? Some man better not be touchin' their child! Amazingly, the subject of hairiness and race doesn't even come up now. My parents accepted that I shaved. I accepted that they thought it was a White thing. Despite this my Blackness was not questioned. Maybe there was some light eye-rolling, but they'd already forbidden me from dating until I was 18. The least they could let me do was let me feel somewhat confident in wearing shorts. After all, there was a vote. Read More:
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Actress and comedienne Mo'Nique got everyone's knickers in a bunch around Oscar time when she had the gall to show up on the red carpet proudly displaying her unshaven legs. Quelle horror. Clutch the pearls. It's a disaster. Only, it really wasn't. Because if it had been up to my parents, no one would shave their legs. Ever. Not Black women, especially, because, as they told me when I was around 13: "That's something White people do." Read More: Mo'Nique Talks Hairy Legs and Open Marriage Mo'Nique Wins the Oscar! Here's What you had to say: Chocolate legs commented: I love my fine hair lays in one direction on my legs! My husband and men I dated before him love it and find it very sexy. Brown-eyed cutie said: "I cannot stand to see a woman who is dressed nicely with hairy legs. It takes away from the cuteness. I don't see it as a black or white issue; it's just about preference."


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When it comes to materials, the adidas NMD doesn't shy away from anything. Now for 2017, the Three Stripes brand will debut what is reported to be the adidas NMD 'Corduroy'.
While we are sure that adidas will launch a few different colorways of the adidas NMD with corduroy, the first compiles Black, Dark Grey and whats looks to be Anthracite. Across the uppers we have Black which is done in corduroy while Dark Grey hits the Three Stripes. Finishing the look is more Black which is applied to the heel tab, EVA pod overlays, Boost midsole and outsole.
At the time of writing, a release date for the adidas NMD Corduroy has yet to be announced. Once we have more information and photos, we will make sure to let you know. Visit the comments and let us know your thoughts on them.
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- Pastor Gabriel L. Cochran
UNDERSTANDING ISLAM Part 5 - The "Miracles" of Mohammed
ISLAM'S "PROPHET" (who never prophesied about anything) is supposed to belong in a list of holy men that includes Moses, the Old Testament prophets, and Jesus. We have already documented and demonstrated how this poor, mentally and physically ill, sex-obsessed, demon-possessed, Satan-inspired (see our last article), polytheistic, suicidal, war-mongering lunatic from the 7th century belongs in no such list. Rather, he belongs in a list of murdering, pagan, heathen idolaters like Genghis Khan, Alexander "the Great" (a demon-possessed, epileptic killer) all of the popes (demon-possessed killers who killed and tortured those who opposed them), and Adolph Hitler (a demon-possessed killer and, incidentally, a Roman Catholic who has never been excommunicated by his church).
But, as history proves, the blind followers of all deeply religious dictators who love to kill folks who disagree with them are extremely loyal and creative when it comes to defending "Dear Leader" (Der Führer, His Holiness, etc.), even to the extent of ascribing godhood to them, and telling of their "miracles." But this is nothing new. Pagan charlatans have been trying to rip off the signs and wonders of Jesus, Moses, Elijah, and the apostles (see the present-day charismatic movement) ever since Pharaoh's magicians flunked out of the competition in Exodus Chapter 8. Mohammed's followers fall right in line with these superstitious counterfeiters.
In Mohammed's case, however, we have a unique situation where, contrary to many of the pagan dictators that claim to be gods or descendants of the gods (as in the Roman and Greek traditions), Mohammed confesses that he performed NO MIRACLES other than the supposedly miraculous production of the Koran. This brings to light the tremendous fact that Mohammed's followers not only LIED when they invented the myths of his miracles after his death, but in so doing made an even more incredible LIAR out of Mohammed than he had already made of himself (see Sura 17:91-95). Either Mohammed lied when he said he didn't perform miracles, or his followers lied when they said he did. Real trustworthy bunch we're dealing with here.
The so-called "miracles" of Mohammed are recorded in the Hadith, Islam's other "holy" book. As we review these counterfeit, imitation "miracles" we can almost hear the Mohammedan, on being told of Jesus' and Moses' miraculous works, respond with, "Oh yeah? Well guess what; OUR prophet did that too...and more!" as he embarrassedly makes up a competing account.
First, there was that time when the Meccans asked Mohammed to perform a miracle to prove he was Allah's prophet (I guess that fatty tumor on his back wasn't the "seal of prophethood" after all). Mohammed obliged by pulling out his sword, reaching up and CUTTING THE MOON IN HALF. Quite a sword he had on him, wouldn't you say? And quite a reach (in more ways than one). But let's not ignore the real miracle here: who on earth put the two halves of the moon back together again?! The Hadith doesn't tell us, but that guy would be my pick for Allah's true prophet. He's probably still running around in the desert out there somewhere. (See the Hadith, Vol. 4:830-832; Vol. 5:208-211; Vol. 6: 387-390.)
Then, there was the time in the wilderness where the Muslims needed water, and Mohammed produced it miraculously (see the original in Exodus 17:6). Only he didn't have it gushing out of a rock as in the Biblical account, but rather out of his FINGERNAILS. Delicious. This one turns out to be a real "fish story." One Hadith says the water Mohammed produced satisfied 70 people (Vol. 4:774). Another (Vol. 4:775) says 80 drank it. Yet another says around 300 (Vol. 4:772). And, one more time with feeling, still others say upwards of 1500 people (Vol. 4:776; 5:473) had their thirst quenched in this instance! If these Hadiths keep it up, they're going to contradict themselves as often as an NIV.
The next entry in Mohammed's list of miracles is another "creative original." He took bread and multiplied it to feed the hungry masses. Coincidentally(!), Jesus Christ does it twice – Matt. 14; Matt. 15; Mark 6; Mark 8; Luke 9; John 6. Mohammed even supposedly had them partake of the bread in companies, matching Jesus' method (Mark 6:40). For this "miracle," check the Hadith, Vol. 4:778, 781.
Speaking of eating bread, Hadith 4:779 tells us that food would actually shout out and praise Allah as Mohammed ate it. Now that one gets points for originality. Can't you hear the lamb-chop as it's being brought closer, and closer, and closer to Mohammed's mouth: "Allahu Akbaaarrgghhhmppphhhrmmmblemmmm...gulp! (burp)."
In another blatant attempt to match, and then outperform Jesus Christ (Mark 7:33; 8:23), the writers of the Hadith have Mohammed healing a man's eyes with his spit in Vol. 4:192, and 5:51. They then proceed to tell us Mohammed's spit could cure ALL manner of diseases in Vol. 7:641-642. And while we're talking about miraculous spit, Hadith Vol. 4:777 and 5:471-472 record that Mohammed spat into a dry well and filled it with enough water to satisfy 1400 men and their camels. That is one, magic loogie. Take that, Jesus.
The final "miracle" we'll document is an attempt to surpass the Apostle Paul and his experience in II Corinthians 12. Mohammed has a dream where a horse picks him up (from whence comes the "mare" our term "nightmare") and takes him to Jerusalem to visit the Dome of the Rock, and then on into the 7th Heaven (the Bible speaks of only three heavens, with Paul visiting the third, so the Muslims have to pretend Mohammed was higher up on the food chain than Paul). When he gets to the 7th heaven, he chats up Adam, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. This is recorded in Hadith, Vol. 1; nos. 211, and 345. Morey states that this "miracle" is considered by some to be the greatest of all Mohammed's wonders, outside of the Koran itself. It should also be mentioned that the Muslims stake their claim of ownership on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem based solely on a DREAM Mohammed SAID he had, where he THOUGHT he was taken there. He never physically stepped one foot in Jerusalem.
Now, these miracles of Mohammed are supposed to compete with the likes of these Biblical prophets: 1) Moses, who turned all the waters of Egypt into blood and had the death angel slay all of Egypt's first-born sons, including Pharaoh's, 2) Elijah, who called down fire from heaven to consume those who would do him harm (wouldn't Mohammed have exploited THAT power, if he had it?), 3) Jesus, who caused a blind man's eyes to materialize in their sockets, 4) Jesus, who restored a man's crippled, atrophied, arthritic, hand to perfect muscular form and function before the eyes of everyone in the room, 5) Jesus, who commanded the WIND and WAVES OF THE SEA to lay down (and they obeyed), 6) Jesus, who walked clear across a body of water as though it were dry ground, 7) Jesus, who raised a man from the GRAVE that had been dead, wrapped up in grave-clothing, and entombed for FOUR DAYS.
If we are to believe the Mohammedans, we are to take the unsubstantiated, contradictory fabrications of 7th century desert-dwellers as being equal to the quality of the true miracles and miracle-workers we just listed from the Bible. Isn't that something? We are expected to see Mohammed, at the very least, as being equal with Jesus Christ. Mohammed, who couldn't even prophesy which direction he would go when he died (he only had to decide between up or down!), matches up in the eyes of the Mohammedan with Jesus Christ; the same Jesus who, after being murdered by professional executioners, raised HIMSELF from the dead and was seen talking, eating, and drinking with over five hundred documented witnesses. (When he got through fellowshipping with these witnesses, he said "See ya later!" and launched Himself skyward like Superman, and was received up into the third heaven to be seated at the right hand of God His Father, where He "ever liveth to make intercession" for every born-again child of God.) You can check the documented evidence of these witnesses for yourself in a King James Bible, which has endured 2000 years of criticism from unregenerate scholars, secular humanists, atheists, agnostics, and evolutionists who have dedicated their lives and intellects to disproving It, while failing to disprove ONE WORD IN IT.
And if that still weren't enough, you can experience one of Jesus Christ's miracles yourself, right now. Contrary to the inability of anyone to contact Mohammed (without making the trip to hell) you can simply bow your head where you are and speak to Jesus Christ personally, ask Him by faith to wash you from your sins in His blood, and watch as He answers you and shows you the truth of His power by regenerating you, making you a new creature, and giving you His Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is alive, and has the power to change your eternity and your life here and now.
And what about Mohammed? What can he do for you? What did he ever do for anybody besides himself? He fits in the same bracket with Jesus, does he? Don't get mad at me; I've checked BOTH men out scientifically, and found one of them sadly lacking. Jesus Christ checks all the boxes. He checks out as Prophet, Priest, King, and Saviour. Frankly, He checks out as GOD MANIFEST IN THE FLESH.
You don't have to believe one word in this article; CHECK HIM OUT YOURSELF. That is, if you've got the guts. (You see, the problem you've got is, as wild and crazy as all the above seems to a 21st century, scientific progressive, something down deep tells you it's the truth, doesn't it? Come on, now doesn't it?! Think about it. You see, your problem isn't unbelief; it's COWARDICE. You're afraid I'm telling you the truth, and regardless of all your scientific excuses, you won't perform the experiment. "Well, I just think every religion is the same, and everybody has a right to believe what feels..." Uh-huh. Go on, stupid; keep kidding yourself – but don't think you're kidding us.
There are several other "miracles" attributed to Mohammed in the Hadith, but the ones we've listed are the most notable. We won't discuss the palm tree Mohammed had to console and caress until it stopped crying, or the time the angel Gabriel split Mohammed's chest open to pour in Zam-zam water (yeah, I don't know what that is either). We'll leave without comment the awe-inspiring instance when Mohammed guessed how many dates a garden contained before it was harvested, and the occasion when a grave rejected and threw out the body of a Muslim who had converted to Christianity (how's that a miracle of Mohammed?). And time fails us to tell of Mohammed controlling the rain (copying Elijah), and the man Mohammed helped to memorize the Hadiths by picking up imaginary items and throwing them into the sheet the man had been wearing.
You get the picture. The Mohammedans who wrote the Hadith were dishonest, ignorant, jealous frauds, who made a bigger fraud out of Mohammed than he managed to make of himself in his lifetime. Even the casual observer could discern the envy that motivated not only the fabrication of Mohammed's miracles, but the development of the religion of Islam as a whole. When the writers of the Hadith weren't ripping off or embellishing upon the real miracles performed by the real prophets of the true Jehovah-God, they were displaying their primitive ignorance by dreaming up this pagan, superstitious mythology they then attributed to their guru. And, lest the reader believe Mohammed and his followers to be innocent of the crimes of plagiarism and fraud with which we have indicted them, let the record show that when the muslims sat down to write the Hadith, the ministries and miracles of Moses and Elijah had been available for examination in the completed canon of the Old Testament scriptures for more than a THOUSAND YEARS; and the miracles of Jesus Christ and the Apostles had been documented in New Testament for more than SIX HUNDRED YEARS.
May God help anyone who is caught up in this fraudulent insanity, and in submission to this primitive, superstitious nonsense to come their senses and then come to the true God who gave His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to be the atonement for their sins, and not for theirs only, but for the sins of the whole world. ---GLC


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CHICAGO (September 6, 2011)—Millennials account for over 13 billion of the 59 billion visits made to foodservice establishments in 2010 and spent $73 billion dollars, according to The NPD Group. The clout this generation holds is largely due to its size: there are currently 52 million Millennials, ages 18 to 29, and unlike some other adult generations, their number will increase over the next ten years, driven by immigration. Much of the buzz about this generation focuses on its collective behaviors, but a recently released NPD foodservice market research report examines the diversity among this age group.
The NPD report entitled, Reaching the Millennial Generation, which studies what motivates and satisfies Millennials when it comes to foodservice meals and snacks, finds that Millennials represent a diverse generation of varied values, tastes, and preferences. The report also found that to meet Millennials' interests and needs foodservice operators will need to offer greater menu variety.
"Millennials will overtake Baby Boomers as the most sought-after target for restaurateurs in the coming years," says Bonnie Riggs, NPD restaurant industry analyst and author of the report. "In order to attract this generation, foodservice operators and manufacturers will need to understand both the similarities and differences among Millennials."
One of the collective behaviors among Millennials the report identifies is that they spend over half of their foodservice dollars on ordering food for takeout. As a group they spend a higher percent of their total foodservice dollars than other generations on snacks, and have a higher order incidence of snack food items like ice cream, nuggets, and mini sandwiches.
According to the Reaching the Millennial Generation report, Millennials differ from one another in a variety ways, including ethnic diversity. For example, one in five Millennials is Hispanic. The working status of those within this age group also differs. Among the 1,933 Millennials surveyed for the report, forty-seven percent are full-time students, nine percent are part-time students, and 44 percent are not a student. Forty-four percent are not employed, 30 percent work 35 or more hours a week, and 32 percent work less than 35 hours a week.
"Millennials are moving into their heavy foodservice using years, and this is the time to reach them to build their loyalty," says Riggs. "In reaching out to them, it's important to understand that Millennials are not a one-size-fits-all generation and their needs and wants are varied."


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At the age of seventeen, Irina Chistyakova looks back at an international concert career spanning ten years. Irina is the youngest of the four protagonists of the film Russia's Wonder Children made in 2000. By now seventeen years old, she is going through a drama that many prodigies experience: while they were children, they were able to stun audiences with the contrast of their delicate appearances and precocious talents.
Now, only perfectly accomplished performances matter. In consequence they have become competitors in the merciless music industry. They all want to get right to the top – but it is tough scaling the dizzy heights to the top of the piano-players' olympus. And there's only space for a handful of piano virtuosos up there.
Like Irina, Nikita Mndoyants (18), Dmitry Krutogolovy (19), and Elena Kolesnichenko (25), are still showered with praise and distinction. But what price did they have to pay for it? Did a barely experienced childhood leave its marks on their psyche? Irina has already had her share of backache, tendinitis and neuritis. Is the constant physical exertion by endless daily practise sessions really justifiable? If they want to become concert pianists, it is inevitable. The pain – both physical and psychological – is a daily companion and must be overcome somehow. And it is incredibly difficult to add something new, refreshing, something of one's own to the international reservoir of piano ideas.
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New N.B. premier Blaine Higgs plans to see through pledge to fight carbon tax
FREDERICTON -- New Brunswick's newly minted Tory premier says he will follow through on his promise to fight Ottawa's carbon pricing plan but wants to get all the facts before making a move.
Just after his first meeting with his new cabinet Saturday morning, Blaine Higgs told reporters he'd spoken with the federal minister of intergovernmental affairs, Dominic LeBlanc, the previous day.
Higgs said he intends to hear a presentation on the federal carbon pricing system.
"We want to understand completely the situation as it is being proposed by the federal government," he said.
"Now, that does not take off anything in relation to my co-operation...with other provinces in order to fight the carbon tax," he said. "That is my intent, that's what I ran on and that's what I'll continue to do. But I always work knowing all the facts."
Higgs was sworn in as premier on Friday, a week after Brian Gallant's Liberal government was defeated on a confidence vote.
The previous government also opposed a carbon tax, with former environment minister Andrew Harvey saying it "defies logic" in the province.
Ottawa has asked all provinces to put a minimum price of $20 a tonne of emissions by Jan. 1.
The federal government recently detailed a plan to charge a carbon tax in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick -- the four provinces that have refused to comply. Ottawa plans to rebate the carbon tax money to residents of those provinces.
At the news conference Saturday, Higgs said he was committed to joining his counterparts in fighting the federal plan. He noted that he had spoken with Ontario Premier Doug Ford earlier in the week and plans to meet him, along with the others opposed to Ottawa's plan, face to face.
"I've always said we don't need more tax to stay on track with our emissions," he said, adding that he's learned New Brunswick's outputs are on track with the national standard. "We're meeting that target, and we'll meet it by 2030."
He said the carbon pricing plan could put New Brunswick at a disadvantage.
"I say it whether it be a carbon tax, whether it be in any aspect of our economy, we cannot be at a disadvantage with those we're competing with."


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Thinking of parking at Andy Lane trailhead and getting a shuttle to Dragon's Tooth parking then heading north.
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Sunwait is a small C program for calculating sunrise and sunset, as well as civil, nautical, and astronomical twilights
Sunwait is a small C program for calculating sunrise and sunset, as well as civil, nautical, and astronomical twilights. It has features that make it useful for home automation tasks.
While developed under Linux, it should work on any system with a C compiler and the C standard library.
With some minor patches provided by George Gugulea, it will compile on Win32, which results in sunwait.exe, but I haven't tested this extensively.
The feature that makes this program slightly unique is that it can be set to wait specific event (such as 5 minutes before sunrise), then exit.
This makes it useful for 'cron' jobs or 'scheduled tasks' when you want something to happen relative to sunrise, sunset, or some other astronomical event.
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Codable protocol in Swift.
Let's start with a simple type that conforms to
Codable. In this case we'll be using a micro-blog post, as that's what's consuming too much of my focus right now.
struct Post: Codable {
let title: String?
let content: String
Currently most of us are encoding and decoding to/from JSON like this.
let aPost = Post(title: nil, content: "Some Really Interesting Commentary")
// encode as JSON Data
let coder = JSONEncoder()
let data = try? coder.encode(aPost)
// decode from JSON Data
let decoder = JSONDecoder()
let restoredPost = try? decoder.decode(Post.self, from: data!)
This is great and relatively easy, but it is still a fair amount of boiler plate every time. You first need an encoder/decoder and you have to deal with the fact that the
Codable API methods are throwing methods. In this example I used the
try? optional return method. It's even more cumbersome if you need more than just an optional for the return values. Then you're rolling out the do-catch blocks to catch and parse errors, which you totally should be doing if you are consuming JSON data from a web API you don't control.
With a little bit of POP, AKA Protocol Oriented Programming, magic we can do better. In the cases where optional return values are sufficient anyway. Storing value types to NSUserDefaults or in other ways to disk for retrieval is just such a case. We know with reasonable certainty what we are storing and retrieving, so we don't really need the error catching pattern.
We start with a protocol our types can conform to. The protocol doesn't have any requirements, since will be using an extension to provide default functionality for these convenience features.
protocol JSONCodable { }
We only want this default functionality to be available to types that already conform to
Codable. We could achieve this by having our protocol be an extension to
Codable, but I like these things to be a little more explicit. We don't want to accidentally forget and use these methods on other
Codable types we aren't as certain that optional returns are sufficient for. To facilitate both of those goals we'll use our own explicit protocol,
JSONCodable and confine our extension to it to types that are also
This is our protocol extension. It contains a few static variables and 2 methods to make it a simple line of code to get the JSON Data version of our type or to restore an instance of it from JSON Data.
extension JSONCodable where Self: Codable {
// An encoder and decoder for our convenience methods to use.
// These are static variables to be used by the types themselves instead of instances.
static var encoder: JSONEncoder { return JSONEncoder() }
static var decoder: JSONDecoder { return JSONDecoder() }
// A convenience method to return instances as JSON Data.
func jsonData() -> Data? {
return try? Self.encoder.encode(self)
// An convenience init method to create instances of our type from JSON Data.
init?(jsonData: Data?) {
guard let data = jsonData,
let anInstance = try? Self.decoder.decode(Self.self, from: data)
else { return nil }
self = anInstance
Now we can simply make our sample type above conform to our new protocol.
extension Post: JSONCodable {}
Now getting JSON Data for instances of our type and restoring them from it is much easier.
// Get a JSON Data representation of an instance of our type.
let newData = aPost.jsonData()
// Restoring an instance of our type from JSON Data
let newRecoveredPost = Post(jsonData: newData)
This won't handle all of our
Codable needs, notably when you don't have certainty of the data model JSON data you need to restore. You should still use the do-catch block to handle errors in those cases, but in the cases where a simple optional return is sufficient we've really simplified things.
POP is a hot buzzword right now, but it's not a magic bullet. It doesn't solve all of our design and architecture problems, but in many cases it can be used to add shared functionality to types like this example. This code can all be found on Github if you'd like to take a look or use it in your own projects.
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April 2, 2011
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Federal Aviation Administration says there were fewer accidents last year in Alaska, but more fatalities. According to the F.A.A., 85 percent of general aviation accidents result from pilot error.
At the Loussac Assembly Chambers, aviators attended Saturday's all day safety seminar to learn from last year's mistakes.
One pilot, Dave Akers, had a story to tell. On July 22, 2010, Akers and his passenger headed into the Friday Canyon, near the Knik area, instead of heading back home as planned. It was a decision that resulted in a plane crash. The two were badly injured, and months later, Akers says he "felt it important to step forward and share the experience."
His accident was one of 95 in Alaska last year. The F.A.A. says 11 of those were fatal, taking the lives of 16 people. The F.A.A. safety seminar reflects on last year's accidents, emphasizing how a positive flight attitude, pre-flight inspections and having an updated E.L.T. are essential.
"There's just a tendency to think that's not going to happen to me, and some people get in their airplane they don't have their safety equipment with them," said F.A.A. Regional Administrator Bob Lewis.
The agency says those spending time in the sky will make mistakes, but the emphasis is on reducing risks and being prepared with a flight plan and survival kit.
"The same sort of error could lead to disaster if we allow it to go that far, so we have to be aware of how we make errors," said John Steuernagle from the F.A.A. safety team.
Akers says in his case, a big contributing factor to the accident was a silent one: Personal stress. He says that prevented him from making good decisions. It's a lesson he wants to share in hopes that others will learn from his mistakes.
"I'm lucky to be the one to be here to talk about it," he said. "The decisions everyone is talking here today is about making good decisions and sticking with them."
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Danger Zone
As a sales manager, oftentimes, you end up as the middle man between the sales reps and executives in the office. However, this is what I like to call the danger zone. If your sales reps are talking to executives on a regular basis, they may be trying to go around you and it will be very hard on your relationship with the team as a whole. So, keep an eye on how your team is interacting.
As a sales manager, it is your job to shield your sales reps from the downward pressure. You deal with the executives and then the sales reps deal with you. This is the best way to keep your team working together. Don't skip a step and have your reps go directly to executives with every problem they may have.
If you are a new manager it is expected that there will be some micromanagement from above at first. It is your job to prove yourself and gain the trust of the executives so that they will deal with you and not directly with the sales reps. To earn their respect and their trust, work hard to make the numbers and take accountability for what your team is achieving. Once you have proven yourself you should be given the leeway to manage the team on your own.
As a manager, take cues and learn from other good managers. Once you have shown success with your team you will gain the respect of the executives and they will give you more room to do the things you need to do to grow your team and ensure their success. It is your job to make them confident that you are capable as a manager.
Setting the Stage
As the middle man between the sales reps and executives, you need to set the stage. In other words, the executives will have certain expectations of you as a manager and you will have to prove that you can work to those expectations. Work hard, hit the numbers, and their confidence in you and your abilities will grow.
You will earn their respect by showing them that you can manage the team and achieve the goals that have been set. You need to be accountable for what is going on with your sales team and you need to reach the outcomes that the executives expect of you.
Because you are the middle man between sales reps and executives, you need to be able to effectively communicate. Again, you need to learn from the good managers. There is a delicate balance of communication up and down the chain. You need to communicate with the executives and you need to communicate with the sales team.
Make sure that your team keeps you informed and that you are transferring information as needed to the executives. If you hold regular pipeline and forecast meetings and all information is regularly entered into the CRM, the executives should have the information they need at their fingertips. One issue is that they need to have trust that the CRM is accurate.
In order to gain this trust and have them know that what they can see in the CRM is what is really going on, invite the executives to attend some of your meetings. Make sure they have a connection to the sales reps and can see that they are doing their job and keeping you informed on a regular basis. Have a sales process in place and make sure the executives are aware of the process so that they can see what is going on at any given time.
Keep in mind that it is your job to manage the pressure from above and it should not be dumped on your team. If you provide accurate forecasting and ensure that you are going to hit the numbers that you need to then the pressure should be manageable. If there is some reason that the number will not be met you should know in advance and will be able to communicate with the sales reps and the executives about what needs to be done.
The Sales Rep
Sales reps are responsible for hitting their numbers. Which means, even as the middle man, you need to hold them accountable. Senior managers tend to look for people who are underperforming so that they can ensure that everyone is doing what needs to be done to get to the goal.
If you are a sales rep and you are underperforming, get to the front of it and figure out what is wrong or where you need help. Talk to your sales manager about any coaching you feel would be a benefit and how they can help you get back on track with your sales. Make sure you are in constant communication about what is going on and how you are going to reach your goal.
As a sales manager, you need to shield your reps from the emotions or whims of the executives. Find out what your underperforming reps may need and provide them with what they need to be successful. If the rep is honest and upfront about what is going on, you will be able to offer help.
Communication is key and you have to have a plan for success. If the plan does not work and the rep is still underperforming, you may have to let him go. Make sure that you have something in place in case this happens. You should have other people in the pipeline that you will be able to hire and train so there is not an empty spot on the team.
In any case, do not let panic rule the day. You will have the constant push/pull of making decisions and it is your job to do so. If an issue comes up, deal with it and do not panic about it. If you are a rep, talk to your manager about what you need and if you are a manager, talk to the executives about the steps you are taking to deal with current issues.
Everyone Plays a Role
Everyone in the company plays a role and it is important to maintain communication and do your own job. Do not try to do the job of someone else just because an individual comes to you with an issue; direct them to the proper outlet for dealing with the problem so that everyone is performing the role for which they were hired.
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Recent Food and Drug Administration guidance offers some "much-needed clarity" on communications involved with developing value-based contracts between payers and biopharmaceutical companies, according to a PhRMA report.
The alternative payment schemes, PhRMA reports, can "help deliver savings for patients, private payers and the government in addition to the potential for better clinical outcomes."
PhRMA describes three barriers preventing more broad implementation of value-based contracts:
- The Anti-Kickback Statute, which could be hampering innovative contracts;
- Dated Medicaid price-reporting regulations which fail to "accurately capture the innovative value-based contracting methods"; and
- Unclear FDA regulations involving biopharma-to-payer communications.
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Drug dealer movies based on true stories are more interesting to watch for everyone who enjoys crime and suspense thriller movies. To give you the best movies based on drug dealing true stories, we researched a lot, found few direct related stories, and few are loosely bound true stories those are based on the situations happened around the world.
I don't want to waste your time, so moving on to the list of drug dealer movies based on true stories that most of the people wish to watch.
- 1 Drug Dealer Movies Based on True Stories
- 2 Wrapping It Up: Drug Dealer Movies Based On True Stories
Drug Dealer Movies Based on True Stories
Drug dealer movies actually comes under crime genre along with mixed genres like thrilling, action, etc. If you like crime stories which are based on true stories, you can check horror movies inspired by Ed Gein serial killer.
You can go through the below list of drug dealer movies along with the information regarding each movie in detail.
#1 Maria Full Of Grace (2004)
Director: Joshua Marston
Cast: Guilied Lopez, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Orlando Tobon
A pregnant women is desperately in need of a job. She encounters with Franklin and he offers her drug mule job.
The cocaine pellets in stomach are transferred to other place. What happens to her? How her life transforms? To clear off all the questions, you have to watch the movie.
#2 Traffic (2000)
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Catherine Zeta Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas
The story is all about the fight against the drugs that are happened through many interconnected stories.
The judge of supreme court is unaware that his daughter is drug addict.
What happens next? How the story is turned?
#3 City Of God (2002)
Director: Fernanado Meirelles, Katia Lund
Cast: Matheus Nachtergaele, Leandro Firmino, Alexandre Rodrigues
The two people are diversified in their paths one a photographer and the other as drug dealer. Here, the drug dealer uses the photographer to benefit his drug dealing business. How the drug dealer used the photographer? Is photographer unaware of using him and his work by the drug dealer? What is the full story and how the director turns the story?
#4 American Gangster (2007)
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Russell crowe, Denzel washington
The movie American Gangster is about Frank Lucas drug dealer and the Richie Roberts honest cop.
How the cop tracks down the drug dealer is the movie. This is movie is inspired by the real life incidents of one of the drug lord.
#5 Sicario (2015)
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Emily Blunt
The FBI agent faces many problems and situation while stopping the dangerous drug operation between Mexico and US. Is the FBI agent successful in stopping the dangerous drug deal? What are the consequences of completing the deal? How thrilling has the director taken the movie? You are all set to watch the movie to get answered for all the questions ringing in your mind.
#6 Elite Squad (2007)
Director: Jose Padilha
Cast: Caio Junqueira, Andre Ramiro, Wagner Moura
The Roberto Nascimento narrates the storyline of the movie. Here, the drug lords and the police cooperate to each other.
Why they are cooperating to each other? Will the drug deals continues or there is an end to it? You have to watch the movie to know how situations are going to impact the story-line.
#7 No country for old men (2007)
Director: Joel coen, Ethan Coen
cast: Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Tommy lee Jones
The Llewelyn is a hunter and he finds many remains of drug runners. He finds lots of money and he takes it with him.
What happens next? Will drug dealer's follow Llewelyn for money? What do Llewelyn do? How director takes the story to an end?
#8 Cartel Land (2015)
Director: Matthew Heineman
cast: Jose manuel, Tim nailer foley, Paco Valencia
The director storied the ongoing problem of drug along the Mexican and US border. How the story is portrayed on the screen?
What is the issue and how the story gist is maintained? You have to watch the movie to get out of all the suspense's.
#9 Dredd (2012)
Director: Pete Travis
cast: Lena Headey, Olivia Thirlby, Karl Urban
The police has the authority to jury, judge, executioner. Here, the cops team up with a trainee and catches the gang who deals with drugs.
What is the drug? How the team catches the drug dealer? What are the consequences they go through while catching the drug dealer?
#10 The raid: redemption (2011)
Director: Gareth Evans
cast: Ray Sahetapy, Ananda George, Iko Uwais
Tama is a drug lord invades into the apartment along with his gang.
The Police has to fight against the odd situation with limited bullets.
What happens next? Are police successful in the mission? What is the complete story?
Wrapping It Up: Drug Dealer Movies Based On True Stories
Drug dealer movies based on true stories is one type of the suspense thriller category. Hope our selection of movies are interesting to watch for you. The drug dealer movies are not completely based on one story and related to the problematic situations that had occurred around the world.
If you have any queries, please let us know in the comment section. We get in touch to clear all your queries at the earliest possible.
Do you know any drug dealing movies that we missed out from the list? Please, let us know we always update list to give our followers and viewers best of all.


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We are a three-member team based in different parts of the world. Thanks to our passion for torrenting and online anonymity, BitTorrentVPN was born.
That's when we started reviewing VPN providers and handpicking the best ones to download torrent files anonymously.
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In order to review our favorite VPNs, we buy a premium plan of the VPN provider we want to test, and we start our testing procedure. All factors are considered, but the ones related to torrents have more weight, such as security, speed and tools like a kill switch.
There are several tests performed in order to include a VPN in our list of recommendations. We focus on leaks that can expose users.
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The VPN providers that we don't think that they are suitable for torrenting are simply not included on our website. We review and recommend the ones that passed all our tests.
It may happen that a bad VPN provider is trending and many users are downloading torrents with it (when they shouldn't). In that case, we usually write a blog post warning users and telling them why they shouldn't use a specific VPN provider for torrents. Our priority will always be the online safety of our readers.


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Lady Gaga is perfection. Exaggeration? Maybe. But is it totally true? In our eyes (and ears), yes.
What a wild ride she took us on this year at the Super Bowl LI. The level of expectation preceding these annual performances is almost at an unattainable level, with audiences expecting bigger and better year after year. Thankfully Gaga is no stranger to big and bold performances—in case you missed the spectacular show, you can stream the entire performance right here:
Fitting for what has to be known as the most American event all year, Gaga opened up with a beautifully sung mashup of "God Bless America" and "This Land Is Your Land." Standing tall on the roof of the NRG Stadium, the pop star was dressed in an intergalactic bodysuit covered with sparkling studs and had a magical flight of drones lined up to form an American flag as the perfect backdrop to complete the look.
After this majestic opening, she then jumped off the ledge and catapulted herself into the arena to land gracefully on a tall halftime stage platform. With a short "Edge of Glory" teaser, she jumped right into one of her biggest songs to date, "Poker Face." Packed with arena-worthy pyrotechnics, an incredibly skilled dance crew and even Gaga's own acrobatic skill, the 13-minute show ran through a handful of her biggest songs, including "Born This Way," "Telephone," "Just Dance" and "Bad Romance."
Unless you've taken a seat and counted off just how many hits Lady Gaga has made throughout her illustrious career, it is pretty shocking to hear so many classic pop anthems from one artist being sung in a row—and even more shocking once you realize she even left some out.
Keeping the tempo mixed up, she even performed her heart-wrenching "Million Reasons" on the piano as an emotional tribute to her latest album Joanne.
One of our favorite moments during the show was her powerful performance of "Born This Way," a song with lyrics more powerful now than ever before. Without making any explicit claims or references to the current divisive state of the nation, Gaga still sent a powerful message of inclusivity and diversity out to the 111.3 million viewers last night.
"This land is your land, this land is my land…"
"No matter gay, straight, or bi / Lesbian, transgendered life /I'm on the right track baby / I was born to survive No matter black, white or beige / Chola or orient made / I'm on the right track baby / I was born to be brave"
According to Fox News, the Super Bowl viewership peaked during Lady Gaga's halftime show, which generated a 50.0 Nielsen rating. 5.1 million tweets were sent out regarding her performance and her Twitter handle, @LadyGaga, was mentioned over 2 million times in less than one hour.
It's safe to say Gaga knocked it way out of the park this year. Though we weren't treated with her usual level of unpredictable, out-of-this-world antics, us Little Monsters couldn't have asked for a better show. Thank you as always, Mother Monster. Mic drop.


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CyberTheory is seeking an Ad Operations Manager with programmatic pedigree and great technical skills. This role demands a player who thrives in a demanding, fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. A mind for data, analytics is a must, as is the ability to collaborate. The ideal candidate will be passionate about growth, applying new skills and jumping in wherever needed to ensure campaign success.
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The Ad Ops pro will manage all executional aspects of paid media and demand generation pertaining to tagging, tracking, audience verification, data capture strategy, lead scoring and media technology, to ensure the timely launch and proper execution of advertising campaigns. The ideal candidate has a passion for the digital media landscape, must possess excellent communication skills, and have the ability to ideate and work with cross teams.
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- Responsible for analytics and a data capture strategy to ensure proper collection of data for reporting.
- Responsible for success of the digital media and lead generation campaigns.
- Primary contact for troubleshooting of all placements, tagging, and floodlights/vendor pixels for on-site tracking implementations to ensure proper tracking
- Work with Sales to respond to RFPs and build client solutions
- Serve as subject matter expert and stay educated on changes and innovations in the field
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"Erik started his international banking career in 1996 in the Netherlands. He was part of the team that created the first ABN AMRO payments and investment internet site. After joining the compliance team, he was stationed in Singapore.
He worked in various senior compliance roles in private banking and joined the fintech sector in 2014 as Chief Compliance Officer of itBit, the first officially regulated Bitcoin exchange in the world. He spent a year in Abu Dhabi working on a regulatory framework for crypto currency. Currently, Erik is Chief Compliance Officer at Sequant Capital in London.
Erik studied law at the University of Amsterdam and holds an MBA from Webster University, St Louis. He was a founding board member of the Singapore chapter of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) and is a Fellow of the International Compliance Association (ICA)."


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Sunday Morning Church School and Youth Programs
Information about the various Church School classes offered on Sunday mornings, in addition to various other programs for our children and youth can be found in the following publication:
A Guide to Christian Education and Youth Ministry at BCCUCC 2019 – 2020
All children and youth from infants through Grade 12 who participate in any church activities (including the nursery, church school classes, youth group, confirmation, OWL etc) need an up to date Church School Registration form on file. Download one at the link below. Registration will take place on Sundays, September 9th and 16th both before worship (from 9:30 am) and after worship at coffee hour. The registration table will be in the foyer of Fellowship Hall.
Church School Registration Form 2019 – 2020
Volunteers who work with our children and youth are required to complete a Volunteer Application Form, which can be downloaded at the link below
Volunteer Application Form
Birth thru Preschool:
Loving nursery care is provided for babies, toddlers and preschool-aged children.
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Godly Play teaches children the art of using Christian language – parable, sacred story, silence & liturgical action – helping them become more fully aware of the mystery of God's presence in their lives.
Godly Play…
…is a creative and imaginative approach to Christian nurture.
…is based on long established, tried and tested approaches.
…encourages participants to make meaning for themselves by inviting them into stories and providing the opportunity for them to connect the stories with their personal experience.
…is a non-coercive way to encourage people to move into larger dimensions of belief and faith through wondering questions and open-ended response time.
…values process, openness and discovery.
…respects the innate spirituality of children and encourages curiosity and imagination in experiencing the mystery and joy of God.
Visit www.godlyplayfoundation.org to learn more.
It takes 10 adults to facilitate our church school programs each week. Might you be called to share your talents in this way? Contact Andrea Bullard to learn about upcoming training opportunities.
Grades 2, 3 and 4:
Deep Blue Rotation Stations
The 2nd through 4th grade group will be immersed in the Bible stories by using the Deep Blue Rotation Stations Curriculum. By using a rotation format where the children alternate between learning stations each week, they are engaged in Bible stories and characters through art, cooking, games, missions, storytelling/drama and spiritual practices. Each story will remain the same for three Sundays, but the children will encounter it in three different ways through the different stations. Repetition is an important part of Deep Blue.
Grades 5 and 6:
A Bible-centered curriculum, Connect, takes 5th and 6th graders on a journey through the Old Testament and into the New Testament exploring the connections between several stories each week. Every lesson follows a three-part sequence: see, explore, and more. the children focus on and reinforce a theme by exploring biblical text, watching a brief & witty video, and creating projects that range from games to art and more.
Grades 7 and 8:
Seekers and Peacemakers
This Sunday morning program for Grades 7-8 focuses on faith exploration, spirited discussion, and service to others.
Each year, the Seekers group rotates between service activities, Nooma series discussion (nooma.com), and an exploration of world religions. This year the group will explore spiritual practices from across the country and the globe. With an ecumenical and interfaith focus, while also exploring core elements of the U. C. C., this program will explore and celebrate several religious traditions in a way that is intended to grow curious, respectful, and inclusive seekers and believers. We will learn about the beliefs, rituals, prayers, worship and people of various traditions worldwide.
Grade 9:
Confirmation Class
Confirmation marks the beginning of a journey toward adulthood in which an individual takes responsibility for shaping his or her own values and faith.
Through this program, these youth discover how to express their Christian values in daily life, affirming the vows of Baptism. This program for 9th graders will explore these themes together and their roles in our lives of faith: God, Jesus, the Bible, the Holy Spirit, Church History, the U.C.C.
We'll also be bringing an increased awareness of what it means to live in a world with multiple expressions of faith. This diversity will be celebrated while we question, explore, relate, connect, listen, and share together as people of faith.
Brendan Curran, our Associate Minister, will facilitate the Confirmation program again this year, with support from parents, church members, and Rev. Dale Azevedo.
Grades 10-12:
Worship and Assistance with Church School
Youth who have completed confirmation are encouraged to participate in Sunday worship with adults or to assist in the nursery, classrooms, and with Church School events.
Youth Experiences
Sing and Celebrate Choir | Grades 1 – 5
Though designed for children in grades 1 to 5, our youth choir welcomes older children who enjoy singing! These youth enjoy learning how to participate in a choir and actively participate in our Sunday worship services. Rehearsals take place immediately following worship service.
For more information please contact either Kate Colby at firstname.lastname@example.com
and/or the Choir Director, Marina Zabinski at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Mission Trip | Grades 9 – 12
This group meets during the school year and takes their trips during April break or at the end of June to such places as Tucson, AZ, Biloxi, Mississippi, West Virginia, NYC, Philadelphia, Pinon, AZ and Orland, ME. The 2020 Mission trip will be to Puerto Rico from June 21-27, 2020. For more information click on this link
Our Whole Lives (OWL) | Grades 7 – 12
This is a series of comprehensive sexuality education resources written by human sexuality educators for use in a variety of congregational, school, and community settings. Core values of OWL include self-worth, sexual health, responsibility, justice and inclusivity.
There are two programs we offer. One is geared towards grades 7 and 8 youth; the other for grades 10-12. We alternate each year between the two programs. In 2018-2019 the OWL program was for grades 7-8. In 2019-2020 the OWL program is being offered for grades 10-12. See the current Guide to Christian Education and Youth Ministry at BCCUCC for the 2019-2020 schedule of classes. (link at top of page)
For more information about the OWL Program, please click here.
Youth Group | Grades 6 – 12
The Youth Group will gather bi-monthly throughout the year. One monthly meeting will focus on fellowship that includes group discussions, games, art projects, movies and pizza or some combination of those things! The other meeting will focus on service. We will reach out to groups in the community, and will help with soup kitchens & shelters.
Youth Group activities and meetings are open to all youth from Grades 6 – 12. For the full schedule for 2019-2020, see the current Guide to Christian Education and Youth Ministry at BCCUCC (link at top of page).
For more information about the group or current activities, contact Linda Hartley at email@example.com
Below are pictures from some of our youth events!


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Occupational therapists at South Texas Health System Edinburg evaluate patients to see if they can take care of themselves, are able to work and if they can participate in play or leisure activities. Occupational therapists then develop and implement a plan to help patients accomplish such daily tasks. In addition, the therapists help people develop, recover and/or maintain their ability to perform the tasks of daily living, such as eating, dressing, bathing, performing in a work environment and more.
Occupational therapists also help patients compensate for the permanent loss of function through adaptive equipment, such as splinting or dressing equipment, including sock aids, long-handle shoehorns and more. At the South Texas Health System Edinburg, the staff helps adapt a patient's home or work environment to promote better performance in a safe and independent manner.
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Patients and their families are educated on treatment techniques to use at home and on how to modify behavior that impedes communication.
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At South Texas Health System Edinburg, physical therapists evaluate patients for the range of motion in their joints, muscle strength and development and their functional level. After the evaluation, the therapist design an appropriate treatment plan to help the patient achieve maximum physical restoration.
In addition, physical therapists help maximize physical ability such as transfers, balance, coordination, mobility, flexibility, posture, endurance and gait training. Patients and their families are educated about adaptive equipment such as braces, prostheses, crutches, canes and other equipment that can help increase function and independence. Physical therapists determine each patients ability to be independent and reintegrate themselves into a work setting or the community after their injury, disability or disease.
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