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Uzbekistan to Create New National Mobile Network
Published on: 18th Feb 2014
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Uzbekistan is planning to deploy a new national mobile network, the country's President has announced.
According to a Presidential Decree, the mobile subsidiary of the state owned landline operator, Uzbektelecom will be upgraded to provide a nationwide service.
The decree calls for the creation of "the necessary conditions for large participation of national companies in the mobile communication market and further development of mobile cellular networks of the country, as well as to ensure information security."
Uzmobile will deploy just over a thousand base stations in Tashkent this year, and then expand nationwide.
It's expected that the mobile network will reuse the radio spectrum recovered when the government shut-down the network owned by Russia's MTS.
Uzdunrobita, MTS's wholly owned subsidiary in Uzbekistan, was declared bankrupt by the government in an action that is being contested by MTS. Attempts to sell the assets in three auctions did not get any bidders -- no doubt put off by the ongoing legal challenge to the sale.
MTS has repeatedly stated that the claims of the Uzbek authorities and actions in Uzbekistan, which resulted in the initiation of bankruptcy proceedings and attempts to sell Uzdunrobita's assets, have no legal or factual basis.
MTS has a claim pending against the government at the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).


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But out of the getaway, we've also managed to learn more about ourselves, the structure we set for ourselves, and our goals and strategies for the future. Rest assured, Pressyo (the company) is going through a reboot now, and we're going to be back with better ideas.

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This is probably Reinhard Becker's last recording on the C. Bechstein concert grand EN at Trossingen University of Music: in the summer of 2011, the institution acquired a new, colourful and melodious C. Bechstein D 282 concert grand. With this recording from 2009, however, Becker shows that the D grand's forerunner was already suited to interpreting the works of Haydn with great subtlety and clarity.
Becker's recording for the Canadian label Maple Grove (RB 11025) includes Andante con Variazioni in F minor and the sonatas no. 33 and 59 to 61. This CD demonstrates that the former pupil of Hans Kann and Hans Leygraf – today an extremely successful piano teacher himself – has long devoted himself to Haydn. The interpretations seem completely natural; nothing comes across as exaggerated and yet everything is articulated immaculately. Reinhard Becker definitely has something to say when it comes to interpreting Joseph Haydn, whose "singing and speaking" style he renders perfectly.


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Need help with choosing a school! HELP!
Hey guys I appreciate it if you could give your opinions and thought on this. So there is 2 schools available for me. One that is far from my house and one which is near to my house. I get accepted to the further school but I can appeal to the other one until tomorrow. They both offer the same course (nursing) but I'm in a dilemma right now to which one to choose.
First school - Further school (Traveling time is about 1 and 1/2 hour - 2 hours):
Disadvantage - Newer course (opened in 2005 so less experience)
Advantages - More and new facilities/buildings, offers a lot more activities/sports and overall a more bigger school.
Second school - Nearer school (Traveling time about 20-30 minutes) :
Advantage - Older course (opened in 1992, so more experience and more prestigious). A lot of students went there.
Disadvantages - Rundown school, very little activities/sports and also facilities and overall a smaller school.
The first school is one of the top schools in my country overall but the second school is more famous for it's nursing. So which one?!?! :sobbing:
My mum keep insisting for me to choose the nearer school so that it's more convenient for me. I have until tomorrow to decide. :sobbing:
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all i can say is a long commute hurts and i will do everything in my power for the rest of my life to avoid spending any more time than i need to commute...
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You should convince your mother of the advantages of the first school. :shrug: Which parent wouldn't want their child to go to the best school in the country? I mean, your mother is right that commuting not just be very annoying but can also get tiring after a while. But if you are willing to follow through with it, it shouldn't be a problem, I think. In the end it will be you who has to travel up 2 hours each day. If telling that to your mother doesn't convince her, you should tell her that once you start working somewhere, you most likely won't be able to choose the work place closest to your home either.
In the end, it is you who has to be happy with your decision.
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I travelled from bukit batok to Ang Mo Kio and back for four years in secondary school which took at least 1.5 hours by bus/train/bus and it was one of the worst experiences of my life. Travelling like this every day is super tiring espcially considering the horrendous weather of this country. It seems like second school is more logical - shorter travelling time + better job opportunities. Sucks that there's no tennis but you can play elsewhere like Nikki said. :)
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I went to St Nicks. I had to take a bus to AMK station, then take train to Bt Batok, then take a bus from Bt Batok to my house. It was torture. :o Having a direct bus is not so bad but if your classes are going to end late then it's probably better to go somewhere nearer.
Eh I think I went Nanyang Poly to play tennis once. It's at YCK station right?
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Why did you go to ST Nicks in the first place. :tape: Unlike poly, there are tons of Secondary schools to choose.
Yeah it is. But there is no tennis CCA there :o But there is a tennis center near the MRT station but need to pay for rent fees if I'm not wrong.
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Cos I went to St Nicks primary and wanted to follow my friends to St Nicks sec. :o My mom went there also and she wanted me to go. Horrible idea. :o
Oh there's no tennis CCA. That's awful. :( But I think your job prospects are more important so I would really pick the school that will give me better prospects when i graduate.
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:hug: At least the torture and torment is over. Traveling to a further secondary school is more tiring because of the heavy schoolbags.
So you saying to choose Nanyang? I think I have to sacrifice a lot of things like tennis in order to go to the right school.
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I just found out that Nanyang Poly has a tennis court but no tennis CCA? What's the point of it then? :spit:
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Were you in tennis CCA in secondary school?
It doesn't really make sense to choose a school just for the CCA to be honest. After poly you'd probably be working already so you should choose according to job prospects. :)
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No. :tears:
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neither one, stay home
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If you think a WSBK or WSS machine is anything like it's road production machine I have some bad news for you. They have more in common with prototypes then they do production machines.
Hayden, Edwards, Spies, all came from "prodcution" machines, and have had succesful GP careers.
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With a 21-19 vote, a sharply divided Senate rejected an amendment that would have done away with a sweeping prison privatization effort, but doubts remain over whether GOP leaders =have the support to pass the outsourcing on its own.
After nearly two-and-a-half hours of questions and heated intra-partisan debate, Sen. Mike Fasano failed to muster enough votes for his amendment that would have stripped the controversial bill (SB 2038) and replaced it with a cost-benefit analysis. Eight Republicans joined 11 Democrats in voting for the measure.
Monday's actions leave Senate President Mike Haridopolos and other GOP leaders poised to bring up the bill tomorrow. But it's unclear whether Monday's vote indicates that Haridopolos, who twice yanked the bill from the floor because it appeared Fasano had the votes to pass his amendment, has enough support for his bill that would die on a tie vote.
Critics of the privatization include Sen. Paula Dockery, who Monday morning released data provided by the Department of Corrections showing that just four of the seven private prisons currently operating in the state are cheaper to run that similar public institutions.
But Senate budget chief JD Alexander insisted the proposal – that would outsource all DOC operations, including more than two dozen prisons and work camps, in an 18-county region in the southern portion of the state – would have to save at least 7 percent, or $16.5 million annually, of the $232.3 million the state now spends on Region IV.
"You can't get more information than we have. It's going to be disputed any way you go. The only way you get better information is you privatize a region and find out exactly what the savings are," Alexander, R-Lake Wales, said, urging a "no vote" on Fasano's amendment.
Fasano later took umbrage at criticism from incoming Senate President Don Gaetz over the Fasano faction's refusal to agree to take up a late-filed amendment. Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, kicked Fasano off as chairman of a budget committee because of his public objections to the privatization.
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Fasano also disputed proponents' arguments that many of the 3,800 state workers who would be impacted by the privatization could find jobs elsewhere within the system or be hired by the private vendors because the department is shutting down nearly a dozen work camps or prisons.
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Chocolate Turtles Recipe
There's nothing slow about these turtles—they're so rich and delicious they go in a hurry around our house! They also make nice gifts at the holidays for all our "sweet tooth" friends.
- 1 package (14 ounces) caramels
- 1-1/2 tablespoons milk
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- 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
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- 1. In a double boiler or microwave, melt caramels and milk. Stir until smooth. Place pecan halves in groups of three on a greased baking sheet. Spoon melted caramel over pecans (about 1 tablespoon over each cluster).
- 2. Refrigerate. Melt chocolate chips and shortening; spread over clusters. Keep refrigerated. Yield: 3 dozen.
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I really like the halos of the land in the sea. the rivers look good too as do the wiggly bits on the coast....did you hand draw the coast or use a tutorial? It would be nice to have you talk us through this one.
I thought of a Norwegian surrounding with Fjords and a rather steep coast. Since I'm mostly in the phase of trying out Gimp I hope it become decent.
For the start I have the sea and rivers.
I really like the halos of the land in the sea. the rivers look good too as do the wiggly bits on the coast....did you hand draw the coast or use a tutorial? It would be nice to have you talk us through this one.
The idea came from Ascensions "Antique Style maps in Photoshop".
First I make an outline plan of the coastline I want (preferable not black, I used green here)
I make three layers with clouds, the more detail the wigglier the coast. Set the opacity of the two upper layers to 50% and merge them down. Then I set the opacity of this layer to 50% and lay the outline plan under that. Now I take a signal color (red) and fill the pieces along my want to be coastline (sometimes I have to hand-draw a bit. When finished select by color and copy the red bits to a new layer. Then select the sea and save the selection as sea or coastline or whatever.
In my picture there's the coastline before the selection... the greys are the clouds, the green is the sketch and light red is the filled new coastline.
I like your idea of layered clouds...might give me more (finer) detail so I'll have to try that sometime.
If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
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ouch! this hurts my eyes....but I'm sure it's going somewhere good!
Yep, it's better to Zoom in while working
And I forgot in the description that you have to set the Colour Contrast of the Clouds to a maximum (so you get a black/white picture) before you can work with them.
Well, the terraforming process should be finished now... it's lacking woods and Towns. (The dark green areas are swamps).
When I saw the first one, I was expecting some sort of arctic/turndra map! The second versions shocked me a bit!
I like the new version even though I was excited about a frozen map. I think the coastlines are beautiful, and the rivers and mountains are very nice as well. Good gradiation between the mountains and the land especially.
Lookin' good!
Oh yes! Snow... I wanted to make Norwegian style...
Ah well, the map is the Summer version, but I added snow caps now. And for the feeling a frozen landscape in winter (only for fun, I have no idea for now how to make good looking snow).
Thanks msa for the kind words.
This is turning into a pretty cool map Zar Peter! I would like to see a zoomed in version, though
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Sophia Young Earns Western Conference Player of the Week
Young helped lead the Silver Stars to a 2-0 record on the week as the team improved its overall record to 7-5, third best in the Western Conference, with wins over the two teams ranked first and second in the standings – Minnesota and Los Angeles. For the week, Young averaged 22.5 points per game on 62.0 percent shooting (18-for-29) with 7.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game.
Young opened the week by scoring a team-high 23 points in a 94-80 win against visiting Los Angeles. The win, the third in as many games for the Silver Stars this season, was Young's third-consecutive 20-point game against the Sparks. In the three meetings with Los Angeles this season, Young has tallied 67 points. She then notched her third double-double of the season with 22 points and a team-best 10 rebounds in a 93-84 win against Minnesota, who entered the game with a league-best 13-1 record.
A three-time WNBA All-Star, Young leads San Antonio with 17.2 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.17 steals per game on the season, shooting 49.7 percent from the field. It marks the second career WNBA Player of the Week honor for Young, who also earned POW recognition for the week of May 27, 2008.
Atlanta's Angel McCoughtry joins Young as the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, June 25 to Sunday, July 1.


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Creating an optimised site structure – guide to recruitment SEO part 1
Over the next few weeks I'm going to be creating a guide to recruitment SEO: the series is aimed at beginner to intermediate SEO's or in house marketers working to design a search engine friendly website able to attract new candidates or potential clients.
Getting a clearly organised and well optimised sitemap structure on your recruitment website plays a vital role in user experience and search engine optimisation. This is a step by step basic guide to creating your website structure with that in mind. If you're thinking about creating a new site, read this post.
Step 1 – Do your research
When you're starting out, there will always be a bigger, better optimised site that you aspire to compete with. Study them. How have they arranged their site? List the types of content you find on the site. Let's start with taking a look at this corporate governance recruitment company.
By taking a quick look at the homepage you can see the content types your competitor is using. Make a list:
– homepage
– sector pages (eg Compliance recruitment)
– jobs pages (Intenal audit jobs or Business continuity jobs)
– Vacancies
– Supporting content eg: Market report and Success stories
There's a particulary good reason why Barclay Simpson's site structure is laid out like this. Relevance. Each section of the site (homepage, sector pages, jobs pages, vacancies) have been assigned their own keyword and therefore become the most relevant content to a specific query.
Step 2 – Draw your own sitemap
Now you've done a bit of research and you've got a note of the content types you're going to need, start arranging them into a site map. Here's one I've created:
I've created a hierarchical, semantic relationship between the sector pages, jobs pages and the vacancies (that's if you're displaying vacancies on the jobs pages, we'll come to this in another post). This means you only link to the job title pages on the sector pages that are relevant to that industry. Do the same when you're displaying vacancies on the job title pages.
Obviously this diagram is quite simple, it doesn't have a sitemap or the related content. Nor does it display horizontal internal links. Whenever you're creating that extra content, always try to add it to your sitemap and link any keywords to the relevant, important areas of the site. Internal linkbuilding is key.
Step 3 – assign keywords to your sitemap
In a recruitment website structure, there are 4 main types of keyword (keyword buckets). They are;
– Generics / top level eg: "Corporate governance recruitment agency" or "Technology recruitment consultancy". These phrases tend to describe the recruitment business at its highest level and should be applied to the homepage
– Industry relevant eg: "Compliance recruitment" or "Compliance jobs". These phrases need to be applied to their own specialist area (page) on the site. Create a set of pages that represent each industry sector you operate in to capture search queries for sector phrases relevant to you
– Job title specific eg: "Internal auditor jobs". High competition phrases that need their own page creating (you need to capture this traffic) but are categorised under a specif industry sector
– Long tail terms eg: "CLAS Consultant job in London". People do search for jobs like this so your keyword strategy needs to include optimised vacancy pages to capture this traffic. I wrote about the long tail of search in the recruitment business on SEOmoz several months ago. I'll rewrite and improve that post and include it in my guide.
Here's a revised sitemap diagram with the keyword buckets assigned:
Once you've completed this exercise, you've got a fair idea of the structure of your site and how you're going to assign your keywords, you have a structured, optimised recruitment website. Next we'll be looking at a key area of your site, the homepage optimisation.


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Since I last posted in this thread, I've moved to a different town in a different state to begin a not-so-different life as a grad student. This necessited getting an apartment, and filling it with things. I'd never have gotten any of it done without my family. Just wanted to say: appreciate those closest to you. Regardless of how simple or complex life may be (and it does vary), family's all you've got in the end. This doesn't always mean blood family; it does mean those you'd give your life for, and who'd do the same in return. Those are special peeps.
Now, in keeping with the theme of the thread, I've got lots of stuff. Lots. As a matter of fact, I just ordered a printer, as well as paper, and a few other accessories. Rather than beat myself up over having these things, I try to reember that the goal isn't necessarily to have as few things as possible, but rather, to have as few things as necessary. And even that might not be the goal. No matter how simply we live, we each afford ourselves and our loved ones various luxuries. Somewhere between excess and want lies balance. The trick, as with most things, is to find that balance.


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Yesterday, Jean-Maxime Moris, co-founder of the studio behind Capcom's upcoming action game Remember Me, explained to CVG why the game's protagonist is a mixed-race female.
"We wanted [Remember Me lead] Nilin to stand out. I think these sort of issues become self-fulfilling prophesies; people saying that only white males sell so then everyone only does white males."
The idea that only white males are marketable protagonists is a theory that extends beyond the medium of video games. I've heard a lot of movie producers claim the same thing. "Not enough people are interested in a female or non-white lead." And hence, most protagonists are white males.
But would a fairer sexed or minority lead really keep consumers away?
I'll be honest, this concept has always boggled my mind. The idea that someone would refuse to see a movie or play a game they were otherwise interested in due to the gender or race of the main character has never made any sense to me. I personally don't care what race or gender a game or movie's protagonist is. If it looks good, I'll give it a go.
But what do y'all think?
This week's poll asks if the gender or race of a video game's protagonist has any bearing on your purchasing decision. Does it matter to you? Are you inclined to stick with a character of a particular race and/or gender? Vote in the poll and fill the comments and our inbox (firstname.lastname@example.com) with your thoughts on the matter. EZK and I look forward to hearing from you and discussing the topic on next week's podcast.
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Tallahassee, FL (AP) - Amin Stevens scored 12 points in the first half and Chris Watson scored 12 in the second to lead Florida A&M over Delaware State 69-63 on Monday night.
After holding the Hornets to 1 of 10 from 3-point range in the first half, the Rattlers (11-14, 6-6 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) led 29-25 at halftime and by as much as 58-44 with 8:03 left to play.
Delaware State, which held Stevens to just two of his 16 points in the second half, pulled within three, 66-63, with 1:49 remaining.
Chris Watson's free throw put the Rattlers ahead by four with 1:34 to play. Yannick Crowder then had one of his four blocks and Jeremy Dean grabbed an offensive rebound with 1:08 left followed by a dunk 6 seconds later for the final margin.
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Following the recent test loss the West Indies suffered at the hands of England, attention has been cast towards the long standing omissions of key players from the West Indies roster. With the treatment of cricketers including Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Jerome Taylor being brought back to light following the rant by former pace-man Michael Holding, one has to ask, why?
Former Captains Gayle and Sarwan have not turned out for the West Indies for nearly a year, with coach Ottis Gibson turning a blind eye to their excellent records in making outings for domestic teams. Particular Gayle, who took the Indian Premier League by storm this year for the Bangalore Royal Challengers, recently helping them demolish Delhi with an imperious unbeaten ton.
Gayle displaying his elation after guiding the RCB home.
He has been renowned for seeing it like balloon out there, taking home the accolades of the Orange Cap along with scoring the most 'Super Sixes' in the fifth edition of undoubtedly the most exhilarating Twenty20 tournament in the world. Sarwan, meanwhile, has impressed in his outings for in the County Championship for Leicestershire, churning out two centuries and two fifties for the side he says he is now happy at, and that the "county stint has helped him gain back his confidence, but would not turn down Leicestershire for the moment. " News had emerged that Sarwan would not be looking to leave Leicestershire any time soon, mainly due the comments Gibson had reportedly directed towards him, which had "hurt him mentally". As a result, he has made it clear that he would not be walking out on his current team any soon, and that he owes them at least a full season because they had invested and put faith in him.
As for fast bowler Jerome Taylor, he has not been picked for the West Indies since his last match in June 2010 against South Africa. He was ruled out of the World Cup by the West Indies Cricket board due to a back injury and apparently had not been contacted about it since. He has unfortunately been forced to miss the whole of the 2011-2012 season.
The justification for these omissions are still not clear, Chris Gayle's inclusion in the Windies side is still on hold due to standing apparent 'residual matters' and according to Michael Holding, it is down to "People responsible for West Indies cricket do not want Chris Gayle in the team." Coach Gibson has not made himself popular since his appointment and questions are being raised on his ability to maintain discipline within the side.


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Dried Kashmiri Chilli'sI live in Shepperton Middlesex and was advised to visit this store as they sold Kashmiri Chilli. Would you believe, not one Asian store in Hounslow, Middlesex sold them!! I use them in a recipe for Mangalorean Prawn Curry, They have a mild exquisite flavor and omit a beautiful deep red color to the dish. Dokal store is a wonderful shopping experience! such a choice! well worth a visit! looking forward to returning!


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My husband and I were given a trip to Hawaii by a friend who couldn't use it due to unforeseen circumstances. I'm very excited for this getaway since my husband (of almost 18 years) and I have never truly taken a vacation together without our children. As if that weren't fantastic enough, it just so happened that the incredible week on Maui that she gifted us was a Christian couples' getaway, and we are going to enjoy music from Mac Powell, not to mention daily encouragement from Pastor Greg Laurie. We leave in less than a month. I've purchased a new bathing suit, decided what clothes I should pack, loaded up on sunscreen, and made arrangements for our six children to stay with another dear friend of ours. It seems like it is all coming together.
Even though I can imagine us lounging on the lush tropical shores, hiking through spectacular state parks, and becoming besties with Mac Powell and his wife, I am experiencing great anxiety. Not I'm-so-excited-to-get-on-a-plane-and-fly-to-paradise anxious, but rather I'm-afraid-of-what-is-going-to-happen-while-I'm-thousands-of-miles-away anxious. Some of my anxiety is legitimate. For instance, what if the kids get sick, or worse yet, get homesick; I will feel so helpless that I can't comfort them. Other anxious thoughts need a little reigning in, like my tremendous fear of tsunamis perpetuated by the release of the movie The Impossible, or that an earthquake will rattle all of southern California and leave my kids without fresh drinking water. Will they remember that it's okay to drink from the toilet's tank, but not the bowl? It may seem ludicrous to you–golly, even I can see the ridiculousness that is plaguing my mind, but that doesn't lessen the fear I feel. Some days I can rationalize it away, but other days, especially as the calendar approaches our departure date, it grips me and the scenario plays out, leaving me frightened and searching through paperwork to see if crazy is a valid reason for trip cancellation insurance.
I think this happens to a lot of us parents that homeschool our children. Not the natural disaster freak-outs (although the more I talk with other mothers, the more I find I'm not alone on this either), but the what-if-my-kid-is-a-failure freak-outs. You know the ones. You feel secure in your homeschooling path. You have been touting the wondrous blessings that accompany the style you are embracing. Your passion is so great, that you are researching how to become a spokesman for your said style.
Then it happens. You meet the mother at the park. You know, the one that homeschools differently than you. Her kids are excelling more than yours in all scholastic subjects, not to mention rocking the social scene. She humbly tells you of their accolades in extracurricular activities and how frustrating it is when she has to buy two years worth of curriculum for one school year because her children are that expeditious. Your stomach sinks lower and lower in your body cavity. The fear grips you and you taste bile in your mouth, because maybe you should be doing something differently. Maybe your theories on parenting and home educating are way off. Maybe it is a big deal if your eight-year-old isn't reading Magic Tree House books on their own yet. Maybe it does matter if your pre-teen excels at Minecraft and still struggles with multiplying eight and seven. Maybe your kids will never get a job, will live in your basement causing the house to smell of sweaty socks while increasing the humidity level, and you will have to get a job to support their Hot Cheeto and Gamefly addictions.
How quickly we have fallen, thanks to fear.
Fear has a way of changing our view of what is truth and making us second guess our actions and plans. Most of us treat fear like the Puritans treated their underwear. It's there, shaping us, but no way will anyone be allowed to see it. When we take this approach to fear, we give the enemy the upper hand.
My great fear of tsunamis began long before the airline tickets to Hawaii were purchased. It started during my fifth pregnancy with dreams of not being able to rescue all of my children from monster waves . For a while I never mentioned the fear, but it ate at me and I wouldn't even consider fun getaways to sandy shores when the opportunity arose. A year later this fear continued to rob my family of impromptu vacations, and nightmares continued to plague me. I was in a Bible study by one of my all-time favorite Bible teachers, Beth Moore. In the video study she challenged us to admit our fears to God, something I had never done, for fear that the devil would take that knowledge and use it against me. Verbalizing my fear out loud face down before the Lord brought an unexpected peace. The truth was that no matter what might happen in my life, God wasn't going to stop being my God. Scripture says Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). He is consistent and doesn't leave our side during a natural disaster or a natural-style learning failure.
The Lord has given each of us unique personalities and creative strengths that complement our children's learning styles, allowing them to blossom within that framework. When we begin to compare and let fear rule us by assuming another family's teaching style in hopes of attaining the same scholarly results, we are messing with God's handiwork spoken about in Ephesians 2:10. "We are the handiwork of God, created in Christ to do what God already planned for us to do."
Do you see how this connects to homeschooling? God is intimately familiar with our strengths and knows our weaknesses because we are His masterpiece. He created us this way so that by the grace of Christ Jesus we could do what He asked us to do–homeschool our children in a way that works for our family! We need to embrace these traits and not allow fear to march right in like a confident mama with seemingly perfect academia-minded-trumpet-prodigy children. Fear has no place in what God has called us to do. We can make plans. We can change the plans. We can be totally afraid of how the plans or lack thereof affect our children, but it doesn't add anything to our lives or change the plans the Lord has to prosper and give our kiddos a hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11). Proverbs 19:21 says it best: "You can make many plans, but the Lord's purpose will prevail."
Homesick children, tsunamis, a semi-illiterate eight-year-old, or an orange-fingered forty-year-old in my cellar doesn't change who Christ is or His purpose for my children and me. In times of confidence or fear we reach for God. We celebrate our individuality and recognize how it works within our families. We confess the state of our hearts before the One who understands. We get up and ask for courage to live in an uncertain world from the One who can boldly fill us with His Spirit. We enjoy black sand beaches with an assurance that even if the water recedes and comes crashing back down on us, the One we serve is still who He has always claimed to be–the Creator of you and me.
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Heartwood Montessori School, founded in 1991, is located at 112 Byrum Street in the heart of Cary, North Carolina, near the intersection of I-40/440 and US-1/64, serving Cary, Apex, Morrisville, and the greater Raleigh area. Heartwood is committed to quality education for children ages 18 months to eighteen years with a total student population of 180. Our school provides an extensive curriculum based on the Montessori Method and inclusive of State and National standards.
The Montessori approach encourages children to learn through self-motivation within a carefully prepared environment. The multi-age setting offers the child an opportunity to relate to, and work with others at his/her developmental level. At all levels and in all areas, Heartwood places the needs of the child first. The AMS credentialed staff believes that children, not subjects, are taught. Respect for the child is the cornerstone of Heartwood's philosophy. Community is important to us.
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KJV Errors Fixed in this Bible
King James' translators also made some mistakes.
However, (aside from archaic language which makes the KJV almost unreadable), we believe that the KJV is still more technically accurate than any modern English translation.
But that's not saying much. No commercial Bible translation is even close to clearly communicating the essence of the original texts.
Here is a list (in-progress) of what we hope are the corrections or non-destructive readability improvements:
|KJV error
|LORD (all caps)
|When "LORD" appears in all capital letters in a bible, "LORD" is a placeholder for the actual Name: YHVH.
|GOD (all caps)
|As above, proper Names should always be trans-lettered, not translated
|Even though "Lord" is an adequate translation of "Adonai" and "Kurios", the prior use of "LORD" in the place of YHWH has created much confusion, so the Hebrew original is used for clarity. "Adonai" is also a much more beautiful and rich word than "Lord," worth the learning curve.
|God / god
|"God" is a poor translation for the Hebrew word "Elohim," and the debased Greek alternatives (Deos/Theos) are too connected with Sun-Worship to be respectful to YHWH.
|The real, meaningful name of the son of YHWH is restored to the name used by his disciples.
|NT quotations of Hebrew
|replaced with Hebrew
|Where the Newer Testament quotes from the Hebrew scriptures, the translation is made from the original Hebrew where appropriate.
|italicized words
|(removed where possible)
|Some of the words added unnecessarily by the KJV translators removed.
|thine, thou, thy, etc. similarly mapped to current usage, though this involves some compromise (thee and thou mean different things)
|all such verbs ending in eth now end in s
|Hebrew Names
|restored where necessary
|Some names with important meanings are restored to their meaningful form with the debased English in parentheses. Example: MattithYahu (Matthew).
|Confusing pronouns have been replaced with their object for clarity, for example in John 1:1, the pronoun rendered 'him/his' which should have been rendered 'its' is mapped to the pronoun's object, 'the Word' for clarity.
|Lying words
|Flat-out erroneous and therefore confusing additions have been removed, such as the article 'a' in 'the number of a man' in Revelation 13:18.
|Added words
|Highly verbose added KJV words removed. Random example: Prov 26:20
The scripture is meant to be orally (musically) transmitted, so the added words must be removed.
Hebrew scripture is not linguistically precise like Greek:
Hebrew scripture is mostly rhythmic nouns and verbs that paint mental and emotional pictures you never forget after singing one time.
|Book names
|The original book names are given alongside their debased common English forms.
|Church, Law
|Ekklesia, Torah
|Words like Ekklesia which have no complete English equivalent are restored to original.
|Preaching no longer means 'herald,' but "talk in a long monologue/lecture" which is forbidden by the Messiah (see Matt 6:7, etc.)
|For 274 years the KJV contained the Apocrypha.
The books which were removed from later editions of the KJV have been restored for your inspection, on the same grounds that Martin Luther cited for his inclusion of the Apocrypha in the Lutheran bibles:
Apocrypha: These Books Are Not Held Equal to the Scriptures, but Are Useful and Good to Read.
We know not all of the Apocryphal books are perfect.
But the 'cut' down to 66 books is obviously marked as a man's invention by the number of man 66(6)·
The "Apocrypha" was officially removed from the English printings of the KJV by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1885 leaving only 66 books."
|Foreign Languages
|The most common foreign language translations are being included in Sacred Name form with as many enhancements (e.g. readability) as we can manage, for cross-referencing, witnessing, and so that people of (hopefully) any language can use the thematic system to quickly find the verses on the theme that's got their blood boiling. Starting with: Spanish Reina Valera, French Louis Segond, and German Schlacter.
|...and many more...
|Please contribute your own suggestions using the links below every page. Thank you!


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Creampied Sweeties brings you cum-drenched pussies and assholes, which for me is always the best kind of hardcore to watch. I always think that when a dude pulls out to shoot after fucking a chick's pussy like there was no tomorrow, it's a bit anticlimactic - pun intended.
I think that it's much more satisfying to see that pink filled with jizz and watch it dripping from the horny babe's hole. It's especially hot if she fingers that goo and uses it for lube to get herself off again. Chicks who really love sperm inside of them instead of wasting it really make the sex so much raunchier and that's exactly what you'll find on CreampiedSweeties.
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Now, I want to be able to tell you that all the creampies are real and not following the growing trend of adding some artificial cream into the shot. But there was a video edit/cut just before the creampie for a bunch of the scenes and that always makes me suspicious.
Every movie comes with some pictures. They let you see the action almost frame-by-frame in many cases, as that raw cock slides in and out of naturally lubed-up poon, or even up a tight tushy in some cases. The babes are presumably Russian amateurs and have small, slender frames and perky tits that you know would fit perfectly in your hand.
As a member, you also get access to 29 bonus sites and they're all part of the 1 Pass For All Sites network. There are sites with names like Daddies And Darlings, Drilled Mouths and Spoiled Virgins.It's sort of important that there are so many extras because the main collection hasn't updated since August 2009. There are posted dates that make the material seem more recent than it actually is.
Creampied Sweeties does have enough going for to make it worthy of a visit. You might not stick around indefinitely, but you'll have fun with what's already here.
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Score: 5% Date: 07/19/2014
I cannon download either the videos or zip files. They claim to be MP-4 format. I have not had problems downloading MP-4 files from other sites.
I can view the pictures, butt cannot stream the videos.
It's a shame because there is a lot of stuff I'd like to see.
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Score: 3% Date: 12/14/2012
ABSOLUTE ALL CREAMPIE ARE FAKE EVEN THE GIRL PICS OF FREE TOUR ARE FAKE 2 minutes 1 MINUTE BEFORE 10s,5 before the creampie scene the are video cut extremely bad made you notice immediately.
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Score: 30% Date: 11/17/2011
Are you kidding me ? These are obviously fake!
What looks like half a pint of milk spilling out is "real" to you ? The average male ejaculation is a teaspoon, not a pint! Bogus! I've stopped with these as they are obviously fake. Look for the cut scene before they insert the milk *just before* the money shot. FAKE FAKE FAKE
Score: 70% Date: 01/02/2011
As of 1/2011 there are no more updates (since 2009). But the girls are nice and you get a lot of network sites.
Score: 25% Date: 03/23/2009
The creampies are obviously fake, in every scene the guy pretends he is about to cum, then the camera switches. The guy pretends he is cumming and then all this obviously fake cum pours out of her. Fortunately, the sites that come with this membership have some really hot and young teens in sex scenes, but if you want a real creampie then don't sign up.


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At The Week, Movie Mezzanine's Sam Fragoso takes on the issue of contrarian criticism, specifically whether drawing attention to reviews like Kyle Smith's pan of "The Lego Movie" does more harm than good.
Attention was lavished on (and traffic was directed to) the snide words of a critic who is noted for strained, attention-getting contrarianism, and who clearly failed to fully engage with the film. Meanwhile, reviews like Dana Stevens' at Slate and Scott Mendelson's at Forbes, both of which said genuinely insightful or engaging things about "The Lego Movie," were less noticed.
Unfortunately, the blow-up over Smith's review is not an isolated incident. The response it received is a textbook example of an internet cycle in which unthinking negativity receives exponentially more attention than thoughtful discourse. It's an environment in which a bomb-thrower like Armond White receives an abundance of attention when he trashes "12 Years a Slave," while dozens of more reserved takes get a tenth of the readership. This isn't to say that critical dissent isn't important to the conversation -- writers like Calum Marsh have built careers on smart, incendiary takes that go against the grain -- but focusing on the writers who don't work with the same care and intelligence does everyone a disservice.
I share Fragoso's frustration with clickbait contrarianism, while admitting that I'm open to the charge of occasionally practicing it. But at the same time, I'm not sure I can subscribe to the notion that if we ignore bad criticism we can make it go away. It's a nice idea, but it didn't work with grade-school bullies, and I'm not sure it works now. For one thing, it's a trifle too convenient to label pieces that diverge from the critical norm, no matter how overwhelming, as thoughtless: Smith has written more than his share of offensively simplistic, attention-grubbing pieces, but I don't think his "Lego Movie" review is one of them. It's not the most thoughtful piece on the movie, which inspired a surprisingly robust debate on whether commercial movies can be used to critique commercialism and the ascent of remix culture, but it's not simply snarky and dismissive. Nor, for that matter, is Armond White's dissent on "12 Years a Slave," which while loaded with his characteristic bombast nonetheless raises worthwhile questions about the film.
Fragoso is on more solid ground with Chris Nashawaty's review of "Under the Skin," which goes four of its five paragraphs without even mentioning the film. Nashawaty has defended the piece by arguing that it was never meant to be a straight review, and is labeled as an "essay" in Entertainment Weekly's print edition, but if it's not a review -- and the C+ grade affixed to it says otherwise -- it at least takes the place of one. (Update: Some time between last night and this morning, EW removed the grade and changed the label on Nashawaty's piece from "Movie Review" to "Movie Article. A cached version of the original is here.) If Nashawaty didn't intend to review "Under the Skin," the magazine should have assigned the film to someone who would, and run his essay as a discrete feature.
I don't want to reward thoughtless or simplistic writing; I initially chose not to write about Nashawaty's piece, or even comment at length on Twitter, because it didn't prompt any thoughts beyond, "Huh, that's not very good." But bad writing matters, especially when it's in a major national outlet. And not all contrarianism, even the (apparently) willful kind, is without merit. At best, it presents a viewpoint from outside the echo chamber of one's peer group; at worst, it clarifies your own views in response. Taste is a matter of what you hate as well as what you love, and though I'd much rather spend time honing in on the the latter, there's something to be gained by thinking over why a piece of writing doesn't work, just as there is in pondering the failure of a bad movie. To a certain extent, the worry over contrarian criticism is overblown: The "Jesus, did you smell that?" reaction to an infuriating piece may fire up social media's outrage machine for a short period, but the attention doesn't last, which is why the traffic gurus at BuzzFeed shy away from the attack-dog approach. (Fragoso's "one-tenth the readership" scenario is more an article of faith than fact.) Thoughtful dissents sustain, but shallow negativity spikes and then dies off. Contrarianism pays, but it's a short-term investment.


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Massa on the top of the timesheets? And at the moment which I am posting he has gone even faster with a 1:17:8 which is 0.339 faster than Grosjean's time yesterday. And he was running consistently fast, faster than anyone else on track. This are headline times, they doesn't mean anything. This is only the first test, in the others they will introduce their upgrades, but only after qualifying in Melbourne we can have the first picture of where everyone stands, but even there the situation will not be very much clear because the season is long, very long again.


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Carolina Coal Ash Liability- Tell South Carolina to Protect Drinking Water!
You'd hope that South Carolina would learn from the tragedy and trauma poorly managed coal ash ponds have caused its neighbors in North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee. Unfortunately, under pressure from the state's most powerful corporate lobbying interest the South Carolina House passed a bill that would protect Duke Energy from cleaning up coal ash pollution under state law. The bill would stifle private citizens from protecting their own property by filling law suits when the state has not done its job to address past, unpermitted pollution.
The coal ash spill on the Dan River in North Carolina and Virginia is still unfolding and the true impact will take years to be fully realized. But more than 30,000 tons of toxic coal ash now coats the river for dozens of miles. The communities in that area have been investing in the Dan River and looking to it as an agricultural and recreational economic driver, that future is now in question.
South Carolina had been on the right path to reducing the threat of this toxic legacy. After citizen suits were filed against both Santee Cooper and SCE&G to eliminate this source of pollution both companies settled the suit realizing that they needed to move the coal ash away from both the Catawba-Wateree and Waccamaw rivers to protect those drinking water sources. Last year, American Rivers listed the Catawba-Wateree River as one of the Most Endangered Rivers® due to Duke Energy's coal ash ponds and to shine a spot light on the issue facing rivers across the Carolinas.
South Carolina now has a choice protect its citizens or protect polluters? Let your State Senator know that you want the drinking water and the rivers of South Carolina protected from this toxic legacy!


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Chloe's quilt
by janiz
This is the quilt which I have made for my G/daughter....I am pleased with the way it has turned out and I hope she will love it
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by Pamena
wowww this is really amazing !!! your daughter would definetely love it!!!!
by Madalina_B
It's gorgeous, you are an artist
by mummza
That is so clever..what a lovely Grandma you are
by Grandmadamada
troppo bella too beautiful bravissima nonna
by Sandy
that is GAWJUS and your G/D will love it
by Kye
You are a poet and an artist, Chloé will be over the moon
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What a lucky little girl.. this could be heirloom material janiz.. well done!
by BritFinn
That is so lovely!
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so nice.....


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My Fall & Winter Crafts
Santa Key
This Santa key lets kids invite Mr. Claus inside, even if they don't have a chimney. Make a Santa key with your child to bring some Christmas cheer inside.
Stained Glass Snowflakes
This snowflake craft combines cellophane paper with traditional snowflakes to turn them into colorful, light-catching, stained-glass inspired works of art.
Candle Centerpiece
This candle centerpiece will add a special holiday glow to your dinner table. Make a candle centerpiece with your child this holiday season.
Rudolph Card Holder
Make this cute Rudolph holiday card holder so you can keep track of them and share them with the world.
Angel Craft
This angel craft for kids makes for a beautiful Christmas decoration. Make an angel craft for kids this holiday season.
Stained Glass Leaves
This autumn craft magically turns green leaves into autumn leaves by using crayon shavings and heat.


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Pronunciation: pan-tō′then-āt
1. A salt or ester of pantothenic acid.
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- Tuesday December 31st, 2013 :: 11:54 a.m. EST
Arrest Made in Car Break-Ins
On Sunday December 29, Northfield Township Police arrested a 21 year old Pinckney man for Breaking into vehicles at the Park n Ride located on N Territorial Road and Five Mile Road.
Officers were on patrol, doing property checks, when they observed the lone suspect standing outside one of the vehicles that had a broken out window, pulling items out and throwing them into the woods. An officer approached the suspect and ordered him to the ground and was placed under arrest. There were a total of 4 vehicles that were broken into and several items taken and recovered at the scene.
The suspect was lodged at the Washtenaw County Jail and charged with 3 counts of Larceny from an Auto and 1 count of Possession of Crack Cocaine.
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Hi Mamas,
My sister and I run a co-op. we do all sorts of items for baby, big kids and moms. In a lot of the cases we are able to get 40%-50% off retail! We've got a good group of mamas going but are looking for more so we can take full advantage of the savings.
Come check us out!
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