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Thanks for the awesome tool. I am having some problems with generating a config that my PA will take.
I got a brand new pair of 3020s and have done nothing other than configure HA in the pair and upgraded to the latest code. I am also running the most recent version of the migration tool.
I am running into a few weird problems.
I did clean-up the "unused objects" and then created new objects, and applied them to a rule. Problem is, the new rule still shows as "unused". Second, when I pull down the baseline from my new 3020, drag and drop my items from my the left pane, to the right pane and generate the XML and attempt to push through the API, the API calls that are generated are that of the baseline, rather than the configuration changes I have made in the tool. What am I doing wrong?
For example, the standard default of interface 1 and 2 having virtual wire was there, but the tool was trying to repush that.
Also, the folders in the Source configurations [inputs] part of the folder are greyed out, should they be?
Any help is greatly appreciated. I feel like I am following the manual correctly.
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So, I figured out I wasn't pushing the "merge" button, however I cannot seem to get my policies to import. They do not show up on the API calls. Any ideas here?
Seems is the first time you use the tool :-) My advise will be always to spend some time with the documentation and check the use cases at the end of it. There are some step-by-step examples to understand how the tool works.
After you clean the unused objects, if you create a new rule and add some new objects to that rule you have to go to Objects and in the middle of the bottom bar you will a button with a green ballon, click there to recalculate all the used objects again.
Hope that helps !!
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The bill, co-sponsored by the group and Everytown for Gun Safety, tightens legislation to only permit gun loans between the gun owner and a parent, child, sibling, grandparent or grandchild. If the firearm is a hand gun, the person making the loan must register the weapon.
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In this section we present traditional stills and distillation equipment for schnapps up to 0,5 liter boilers. These are authorized by customs for use by private persons in Germany for distilling schnapps. If you want to distil larger amounts legally, then you have to emmigrate to another country or use several 0,5 liter stills at the same time.
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This Seminyak beach front luxury resort has 23 Pool Villas, and 7 Royal Pavilion Villas on the beachside part of the property alongside of the famous Seminyak Beach. Whilst their 22 Royal Courtyard Villas are located in a peaceful village courtyard setting, the villas across the street are larger with quaint tropical gardens and a good size lap pool. All villas have own full-size private lap pool, modern, fashionable and chic interior, self-contained entrance and the assurance of privacy.
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CEFR Workshop for Language Teachers on Wednesday July 27th, 2016
A workshop on "ELT Professional Development; "CEFR Workshop for Language Teachers" was organized by Language Institute of Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University in collaboration with Thailand TESOL Organization on Wednesday July 27th, 2016 from 8.30 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.at Computer1 Room, Computer Office, Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University. The workshop aimed at providing the participants with the better understanding of CEFR Framework and able to adapt CEFR into classroom in order to enhance students' English proficiency to a higher level. The speaker was Budsaba Kanoksilapatham, Ph.D. Professor. from Silpakorn University. English teachers from primary and secondary schools in Nakhon Pathom and nearby provinces attended the workshop.
Thailand TESOL third general meeting on July 11,2015
Thailand TESOL had the third general meeting on July 11, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Thammasat University. The main purpose of this meeting was to follow up the preparation for the upcoming international conference to be held on January 29-30, 2016.
Thailand TESOL Retreat
From June 20 to 21, Thailand TESOL has arranged the retreat for the executive committee members at Bangsaen Heritage Hotel, Chonburi. The purpose of this retreat is to review and revise Thailand TESOL policies.
Thailand TESOL New President Calls Meeting
Thailand TESOL Madam President, Associate Professor Unchalee Sermsongswad called a meeting at Thammasat University Language Institute on Sunday 30 June 2013.
In the meeting, the executive committee of 2013 – 2015 was introduced while the plans for Thailand TESOL activities under her presidency were discussed.
Assoc Prof. Unchalee also presented a token of appreciation to immediate Past President, Assoc. Prof. Nopporn Sarobol, and Mr. Damon Anderson, the Director of RELO, Thailand.
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Elizabeth Murray
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Elizabeth Murray (born inspirational speaker who is notable for having been accepted by Harvard University despite being homeless in her high school years.September 23, 1980) is an American
Early Life
She was born in the Bronx, New York, on September 23, 1980, to poor and drug-addicted parents, both of whom would later contract HIV. She became homeless just after she turned 15, when her mother died of AIDS in 1996, and her father moved to a homeless shelter. Despite her late high school start and lack of a stable home, Murray began attending the Humanities Preparatory Academy in Chelsea, Manhattan, graduating in two years. She was awarded a New York Times scholarship for needy students and was accepted into Harvard University, matriculating in the fall semester of 2000. Her older sister Lisa graduated from Purchase College in New York State and is a school teacher for children with autism.[1] After leaving Harvard in 2003 to care for her ailing father, Liz Murray returned to the university in 2006 and graduated in June 2009. As of August 2009, she began taking graduate courses at Harvard Summer School with plans to earn a doctorate in clinical psychology and become a counselor.[2]
She is the founder and director of Manifest Living and a motivational speaker. A made-for-TV film about Murray's life Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story, was released in 2003. Liz Murray's New York Times (US) and Sunday Times (UK) bestselling memoir "Breaking Night" was released in September 2010.
On May 19, 2013, she was awarded an honorary doctorate of public service and gave the commencement address at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts.
- ^ Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness. B. Ward, 2000.
- ^ Meg firstname.lastname@example.com (2009-08-03). "'Homeless to Harvard' subject to speak at local benefit". Poststar.com. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
- Breaking Night: A Memoir, Hyperion Books, 2010 (ISBN 0-7868-6891-0).
Further reading
- Lucy Ash, 'From Homeless to Harvard', BBC World Service, February 8, 2011.
- Meg Hagerty, 'Homeless to Harvard' subject to speak at local benefit, PostStar.com (Glens Falls, NY), August 3, 2009.
- Ron Sanders, Homeless To Harvard Story Inspires Worcester Tech, WBZ (Boston, MA CBS Affiliate), March 19, 2009.
- Kathleen McFadden, Liz Murray Encourages High Country Women To Pay It Forward, High Country Press (Boone, NC), June 12, 2008.
- Leah Beth Ward, Advocates Hear Story of a Life Turned Around, Yakima Herald-Republic, May 8, 2008.
- Nancy Arcayna, Her story tells of triumph over greatest odds, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, March 28, 2006.
- Liz Murray On Movie About Her Life, Plans For Future, interview with Gabe Pressman, WNBC, April 13, 2003.
- Emily Eakin, TELEVISION REVIEW; A Girl on the Street Finds a Path to the Ivy League, The New York Times, April 7, 2003.
- Al Siebert, From Homeless to Harvard - Liz Murray's Story, THRIVEnet Story of the Month, June 2000.
- "Liz's Story", New York Times Upfront, January 31, 2000....
External links
- Liz Murray on IMDb
- homelesstoharvard.com - official website
- Perseverance, a short film produced by Anson Schloat and John G. Young, 2006.
- Ubben Lecture at DePauw University; April 6, 2005


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So what are the most popular truck stops and travel centers out there? We know you're familiar with quite a few, but here are 5 of the most popular truck stops around.
Iowa 80: The World's Largest TruckstopLocated in Walcott, Iowa along Interstate 80, Iowa 80 is touted as the world's largest truck stop. How big is it? Well, this rest stop's land is 4 times larger than your average truck stop, receives 5,000 visitors daily, has parking for 900 trucks, and staffs 450 employees. There are also showers, restaurants, and even a movie theater! There's a reason the Iowa 80 is known nation wide.
South of the BorderSouth of the Border is one of those well-known, intentionally campy destinations. Located in Hamer, South Carolina, just south of Rowland, North Carolina, this travel complex has restaurants, gas stations, and even a motel. Known for their Southwestern atmosphere, South of the Border comes with interesting amenities like a miniature golf course, a reptile zoo, and an observation tower topped with a sombrero shaped viewing deck.
Jubitz Travel CenterThis is the world's classiest truck stop, or at least they claim to be! Jubitz Travel Center is located in Portland, Oregon, and has a reputation for some of the best dining you can get on the road. With Jacuzzi hot tubs in some of the rooms and live music on the weekends, Jubitz is one of those places you want to spend your downtime in. Best of all, they have plenty of parking with 24 hour security, so you don't have to worry for your safety!
Little AmericaTurns out Little America isn't just another truck stop, it's also designed as a getaway resort! There are a few Little America stops out there, but the Wyoming complex includes a hotel, eatery, fuel center, and a repair shop with a mechanic on call. This is the perfect place to chill out, grab a home-cooked burger, and kick your feet back while you recharge.
Dysart's Truck StopFound in Bangor, Maine, Dysart's Truck Stop boasts a small community atmosphere, and brings that experience to travelers of all kinds. This truck stop offers full service fueling, private showers, a restaurant, and free Wi-Fi! Dysart's has become a favorite stop for travelers, truckers, and local patrons alike.
With so many truck stops throughout the country, it's hard to narrow it down to just a few! We know there are plenty of great truck stops that we missed out there.Then again, with the latest IFTA deadline come and gone, maybe you're more worried about IFTA audits.
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Culture vultures are flocking to Bellway's new show apartment at its prestigious Wynyard Woods development near Sedgefield.
Incorporated into the design of the contemporary show apartment, is a range of stunning artwork, which is available simply to view or for visitors to buy.
Prices start from £32.90, and there is a variety of paintings, glassware, ceramics and sculpture on display throughout the apartment and garden.
Bellway sales adviser Margaret Trouten says she has seen interest in the apartment from art enthusiasts and homebuyers alike.
Margaret said: "Because the show apartment has spacious rooms and a contemporary feel it's an ideal venue for displaying these breathtaking works of art.
"It's an interesting experience accompanying viewers around the apartment - many visitors who initially come to view the art are now interested in purchasing here!"
Four luxury apartments are released for sale at Wynyard Woods. Prices start from £295,000, and come complete with a double garage and allocated parking space.
Each of the four apartments is individual and incorporates striking design features and with large picture windows they are bright and airy.
Square footage ranges from 1,937-2,746 square feet, and apartments come complete with a fitted kitchen incorporating high- specification integrated appliances, including dishwasher, microwave and washing machine.
Situated on the beautiful, peaceful Wynyard Estate and set within mature trees, Wynyard Woods is the ideal location for commuters and is only a short drive from both the A1 and A19.


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Today is the big day! We've been working hard to renovate the nursery and after several weeks I'm excited and relieved to say it's done. And just in the nick of time might I add: our due date is less than 2 weeks away! At the beginning of this process, I had no idea what I wanted this space to look like, only that I wanted it to feel Nordic, fun and playful, a space that might spark imagination and foster creativity.
When we found out we were having a girl, I have to admit my mind immediately went towards the color pink: girly pink with white and neutrals. But the more visual research I did on Pinterest, the more I came to the realization that Ken and I don't even really like the color pink. And we all know the baby doesn't have a preference what her room looks like yet, so why not create a space that we'll enjoy spending long hours rocking our little one to sleep in. Let's kick things off with what this room looked like BEFORE, shall we?
For the full renovation diary check out these Francois Renovates posts: The Before || The Concept Board || Wrath of the Ice Dams || Board & Batten/Wallcovering Progress
If you like this video, head over and subscribe to my new YouTube Channel. I'm hoping to create a lot more video content like this one in the coming year!
Take one look at the rest of our home and it's not hard to see that we're pretty neutral people when it comes to home decor and design, but I'd recently caught the itch to wallpaper some thing, some where, some how and we agreed that if there was one spot we in the house to do it, it would be in the baby's room.
When it came to the wallcovering, I scoured the interwebs looking for Nordic-esque wallcoverings. Seriously, it was an embarrassing amount of time that I spent looking for papers, but I wanted to make sure I made an educated decision. After much discussion, Ken and I narrowed it down to two colors of Nethercote from Hygge & West. Should we do light grey or blue? If it were anywhere else in the house, no doubt we would have chosen the more neutral option, but going back to the original intent of creating a playful, creative space, we pulled the trigger on the blue. When the paper arrived I was having second thoughts like, 'Are we crazy for picking blue for a girl's room?' But as the paper went up it was clear we make the right choice. The intricate design is beautifully delicate and feminine and such a fun backdrop in the room. I can just imagine us pointing out and teaching her about all the different animals and creatures within the paper as she gets older.
A project that you'll soon see coming up on the blog is the lace applique pillow inspired by an Ox Eyed Baby swimsuit that's no longer available. The delicate lace shapes add the sweetest feminine touch to the rocker while also providing lumbar support for all those long nights up ahead in here.
Because we chose not to pull up the carpet and refinish the floors, we needed to create warmth in another way. My first thought was sisal: it's warm, natural, and textural. Let's be honest though, sisal can be kind of scratchy on crawling knees and hands, so I was happy to find a chenille/jute blend rug that still very much looks like sisal, but is much softer on crawling hands and knees.
I love incorporating vintage pieces in a space whenever possible because I think they add soul and and a sense of grounding. This mirror was one that we picked up at Les Puces Flea Market in Paris a few years back, and in a way the ornamented gilt frame reminds me of Sleeping Beauty. The marble lamp is another vintage piece I scored on Craigslist recently. It was in pretty rough shape when we got it, but a good scrubbing, new wiring and lampshade later, and it's the perfect reading light in this small room.
And there you have it! I hope you've enjoyed the look around. On Monday I'll be sharing the full "Get the Look" Guide, but in the meantime, here are a few sources:
Wallpaper | Board & Batten | Cocoon Light Fixture | Bicycle Print | Framing | Geo Art | Dresser | Crib | Glider | Changing Pad Cover | Rug | Bookshelf | Throw | Sheepskin | Handmade Ballerina Rag Doll (made by Seams Sew Cool) | Mudcloth Planter | Lattice House Shelf
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I am happy to introduce a two-part post by guest blogger Peter Metzinger, physicist and former Campaigns Director of Greenpeace Switzerland, Partner and Managing Director of The Reputation Rescue Company AG, and Chairman of pro:campaigning. Enjoy! ~ Jules
By Peter Metzinger
I know many really good PR people who share the same problem that many communicators share: C-level executives do not understand that communication is a strategic management task, and as a result, they hire us when it's already too late or they ask us to execute plans that are not worth the paper they are written upon. (And later, they complain that there was no Return on Investment coming from spending a PR budget.)
On the other hand, I have seen many PR people who do not think out of their boxes and promise to solve any problem through communication. But, although actually everything IS communication, some problems require other solutions. The original definition by the pioneer of PR was more than just communication. Edward Bernays, the «father of spin» gave the definition:«Public Relations is a management function which tabulates public attitudes, defines the policies, procedures and interest of an organization followed by executing a program of action to earn public understanding and acceptance.»
My hypothesis is that the creatives (the communicators) need to better understand the management side and need to acquire those skills. And the management side needs a better understanding of the communicators' side. I believe it is the obligation of those who actually see the problem to make the first step. By the way, we have the same issue in the branding industry. Marty Neumeier wrote a great book about it: The Brand Gap.
Personally, I chose another way. During my time as a Greenpeace campaigner (1984 – 1997) I learned a profession called campaigning, which includes communication skills as much as management skills. So the solution is already inherently included in the understanding of what we do. In 1998 I developed a concept that allows political campaigning as an approach to be translated for business, so that it can also be applied in the business context, not only in the political context. It might be useful for PR people who share the same understanding of PR to have a look at what I define as campaigning.
I am currently writing an English version of my book on business campaigning. A German version was published in 2003 at Springer. Jules suggested that I publish the summary on her blog, to open it up for a discussion. So here we go.
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Anya will be arriving tonight at midnight! Then on Friday we are off to San Francisco for a day of sight seeing then spending the rest of the days thru Monday at ALA 2015! I'll be taking the rest of the week off from posting on the blog but will… Read more »
Monthly Archives:: June 2015
What I've been doing while MIA
It's been a really odd past few weeks because I haven't felt like reading at all. Wait, that's not completely true tho because I did try reading but it was like all the words were jumbling together. So I binge watched TV instead. I have a few things to share:… Read more »
Review: A School for Unusual Girls by Kathleen Baldwin
A SCHOOL FOR UNUSUAL GIRLS was an unexpected treat. The alternate history mixed with the "unusual" girls and Georgie's budding romance both delighted and left me wanting more. The Stranje house is a place where aristocrat families send their unusual girls that don't fit into society. There aren't many girls… Read more »
Review: Hammered by Kevin Hearne
HAMMERED really showcases just how stupid and stubborn Atticus can be. While I like him I also really don't like him. He seems to kill much too negligently. I mean come on man, what did some of these people do to you, and can you think just a smidge further… Read more »
Review: Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
SHADES OF MILK AND HONEY proved to me that just because I enjoy recency romance movies doesn't mean those are the books for me. However, it was enjoyable but I definitely would have preferred watching it over reading it. Some things just work better for each of us in different formats…. Read more »
Audiobook Review: Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger
Oh, CURTSIES & CONSPIRACIES I was in the perfect mood for you. You were so much more fun then the first book. Don't get me wrong ETIQUETTE & ESPIONAGE was jolly good fun, but you dear, you had pinash! You put the treacle in my tart – Everytime I listen… Read more »


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Continuing the series "What is Fraud?" (go to that category on this blog for earlier posts), and continuing the 'badges of fraud,' the next 'badge' is:
false statements as to consideration
False statements in consideration points up the false promise, or the way in which the fraud is going to con the victim out of their property.
In the example of the person who comes to the door claiming to be selling shoes (then takes your money and the shoes never arrive), the 'false statement as to consideration' is the con man's statement that he will send the shoes. If he knew he was never going to send the shoes, if that was just a false promise to get your money, that is a badge of fraud.
Let's take another example. If a court demands a filing fee to "file" a case. Then it takes your money (much more than the price of most shoes – let's say $550), but intends never to have the case ruled upon by judge(s), that is a false promise as to consideration. You believe that by filing your case and paying the filing fee that the court will rule on the case. (Your justification for believing that will be discussed in later posts.)
Your money is taken based on the belief that your case will be heard. The court had an opportunity to, but failed to disclose that the case would never be heard. In that situation, the fraud is by silence (you are not told that there is a shadow system that sidelines cases, and you are not told that case your case has been sidelined – when that occurs), and by gesture (the clerk nods and receives the papers and the money, implying you have filed a 'case' or motion, or writ).
You leave, having paid your money (not to mention the time and attorney fees already spent on the paperwork), believing the false statement as to consideration: that your case will be ruled upon by a judge(s).
In this situation, the failure, the refusal to tell you before you pay your money that the case is not going to be decided by judge(s), is a false statement – by omission – as to consideration.
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2nd Annual Special Diets IllumiNations Dessert Party
Join Sarah Norris of the Gluten Free & Dairy Free at Walt Disney World blog for the 2nd Annual Special Diets IllumiNations Dessert Party. The event will include a dessert buffet in which all items will be made to be free of the top 8 common allergens (including gluten/wheat, dairy, egg, soy, tree nut, peanut, fish, and shellfish).
Last year's event featured a variety of food allergy and intolerance friendly desserts including chocolate raspberry cupcakes and peach blueberry cobbler. Guests will be emailed a list of all ingredients prior to the event, and a Disney chef will be available at the event to assist guests. In addition to desserts, guest swill be treated to giveaways and gift bags with a variety of products.
When: Sunday, October 13, 2013
Where: France Pavilion, Epcot Resorts
Cost: Tickets for this event are $50.00 per person and include admission to the private event, special viewing area for the nightly showing of IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth, access to an all-you-care-to-eat dessert buffet, gift bags and giveaways with products from special diets vendors. Children 3 years of age and under are admitted free to the event with a ticket holding adult.
For more information and to register, visit the Gluten Free & Dairy Free at WDW blog or contact Sarah Norris at [email protected].
Note: Beyond Celiac provides information on gluten-free events as a service to the community. Please note that Beyond Celiac cannot assure the event participant or restaurant patron of the gluten-free practices or knowledge of the restaurants cited if they have not completed the Beyond Celiac GREAT Kitchens program, which provides accredited gluten-free training to restaurants and other foodservice providers. Please call the venue directly to learn more about their preparation processes.


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LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ga. – The Huntingdon women's basketball team won its fourth straight game and picked up its sixth win in seven games this season with a 75-58 win over Covenant College on Saturday.
The win was the fifth in the last six meetings with the Scots and helped Huntingdon improve to 2-0 in the USA South Athletic Conference.
Junior Shaonica Thomas and senior Payton Kiser each turned in a season high for points to lead the Lady Hawks. Thomas finished with 20 points and six rebounds and Kiser had 19 points and four steals.
Senior T.I. Duncan added 13 points and seven rebounds and senior Mia Hudson had 11 points and seven rebounds.
Huntingdon took the lead late in the first quarter on back-to-back baskets by Kiser and Duncan and led for the remainder of the game. Huntingdon used a 19-4 run during the second and third quarters to take control of the game.
Leading 26-23 with a little less than 6:30 to play in the second quarter, Huntingdon closed the first half with a 10-4 run and carried a 36-27 lead into the half. The Lady Hawks scored the first nine points of the second half, with Hudson hitting a 3-pointer to make it 45-27 less than three minutes into the third quarter.
Huntingdon led by 19 points, 56-37, at the end of the third quarter and built its biggest lead of the game, 59-37, on a Kiser 3-pointer in the first minute of the fourth quarter.
Records: Huntingdon (6-1, 2-0 USA South); Covenant (1-5, 0-2 USA South)
Coming Up: Huntingdon returns to action on Dec. 8 with its first home game of the season. The Lady Hawks host Berea at 2 p.m. in Roland Arena.


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On Tuesday, July 19th at 6:00pm, the Parish Council will meet to discuss new plans for evangelization and proposed changes to the weekend Mass schedule to allow time for a new Sunday family formation program. Fr. Naples discussed these and other parish news in the recent June 26th parish bulletin insert. Click here to read it online.
The proposed changes to Mass times are as follows:
- Sunday, 8:15AM Mass in Irasburg to move to beginning at 7:45AM or 8:00AM
- Sunday, 11:00AM Mass in Barton to move to beginning at 9:30AM or 10:00AM
- Saturday, 6:00PM Mass in Barton to move to beginning at 5:30PM, to be celebrated June through September.
All parishioners are welcome to attend Parish Council meetings. They are open to non-council members. The meeting will be held in the rectory, which is right next to St. Paul's church in Barton (Click here for directions).
Please consider praying a Novena as we present these thoughts and plans to the Lord. Nine Rosaries are recommended.


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Background: There isincreasing evidence that MRD in peripheral blood could serve as surrogate marker for risk stratification and predict efficacy and toxicity of cytostatic treatment. As integral part of the SUCCESS-Study, a collaborative project of three German university hospitalsinvestigatesprevalence of and systemic treatment effects on MRD in early breast cancer.
Methods: 60ml of blood will be analyzed for Ca27.29, circulating tumor cells (CTCs), genetic polymorphisms (SNPs) and genetic instability, i.e. loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and microsatelite instability (MSI). After immunomagnetic enrichment with an anti-Epcam-antibody, cells will be labelled with anti-cytokeratin(8,18,19) and anti-CD45 antibodies to distinguish epithelial cells and leukocytes. The CellSearchSystem (Veridex) will be used for isolation and enumeration of cells. Genes coding for targets, transporters and enzymes involved in the metabolism of cytostatics (CYP3A4, CYP2C8, CYP2B6, CYP3A5, CYP2C19, UGT2B7, 5-HT3B) will be analyzed by RT-PCR. PCR-based microsatellite analyses will be performed to identify LOH and MSI at known tumor suppressor genes to determine their influence on tumorigenesis. Analyses will be conducted at Frauenklinik Innenstadt der LMU München, Frauenklinik des Universitätsklinikums Erlangen and Tumorimmunologisches Institut des UKE Hamburg.
Results: The SUCCESS-Study was opened for recruitment on September 15th, 2005. At this point we have analyzed 108 blood samples. Blood samples will be collected at four time points during systemic treatment: before chemotherapy, after the end of chemotherapy and before start of zoledronate/endocrine treatment and after 2 and 5 years of zoledronate/endocrine treatment, respectively. Patients, who show MRD in 2 subsequent blood samples will qualify for intensified metastases screening, including chest x-ray, liver ultrasound and bone scan. First results of detection rates of MRD in peripheral blood will be presented at the meeting.
Conclusions: The combination of a clinical phase III chemotherapy trial with an extensive translational research program will ensure sufficient patient recruitment and high quality monitored clinical data for both aspects. The SUCCESS-Study (www.success-studie.de) will provide information on the role of MRD in peripheral blood for better risk stratification and selection of more individualized treatment options in early breast cancer.
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There are goals. And then there are golazos.
Fredy Montero's 35-yard strike in the Seattle Sounders' 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy on Wednesday night clearly falls into the latter category. The goal was his first of the season.
The Galaxy have been the Sounders' "boogey team" of late — Wednesday marked their first win over the defending champs since 2009 — but Seattle coach Sigi Schmid knew they had the victory in them all along.
LA will point out that they were without stars David Beckham and Robbie Keane, and that Bruce Arena made some lineup changes with long-term planning in mind. The alterations obviously didn't pan out as hoped. "We technically weren't very good," Arena said afterward.
On the other side, Sounders right back Zach Scott couldn't care less about who was or wasn't on the field for the Galaxy. "That's their problem," he said.
The three points put the Sounders up into third place in the West. But they're still trailing the San Jose Earthquakes. In fact, everyone is. The "confident" Quakes scored a 5-3 win over D.C. United on Wednesday to take the lead in the Supporters Shield race.
Likewise, Chris Wondolowski's brace gave him the lead the Golden Boot race with 10, one more than New York's Thierry Henry. Not that he's taking any credit for it. "Those two assists are the real things to talk about," he said.
Actually, Wondo, the real thing to talk about is this save from Jon Busch on Dwayne De Rosario's bicycle kick.
D.C. coach Ben Olsen pointed to his two missing starting center backs as a major reason for the loss, but he continued his praise of his players' character. Last week, he talked about their "chutzpah," and on Wednesday, he said there is "a lot of fight in this team."
Finally, in the third MLS match of the night, New England got back to winning ways after three straight losses with a 2-1 victory over the visiting Colorado Rapids. Saer Sene and Fernando Cardenas got the goals. Cardenas's cheeky chip was one to savor.
The win was the 100th of goalkeeper Matt Reis's career, a milestone the Revs marked with a commemorative "#100" jersey. Find out where Reis plans to hang it.
In the opening matches of the Amway Canadian Championship semifinals, Montreal and Toronto played to a 0-0 draw and Vancouver topped Edmonton, 2-0. The Whitecaps victory came courtesy of two assists from 18-year-old Omar Salgado, who lined up at left wing. "We think [left wing] suits his attributes a lot more," coach Martin Rennie said.
For Toronto, any result was an improvement. Winless in the league, TFC didn't create many chances, but that didn't bother coach Aron Winter. "We want to play attractive football, but at this moment … it's important to get results," he said.
The potential new owners of Toronto FC also got a result on Wednesday. The Canadian Competition Bureau said it will not challenge the proposed takeover by Bell and Rogers Communications of current TFC owners Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment.
No such luck for Real Salt Lake players. Coach Jason Kreis is happily challenging his team to be better, saying, "There's a lot of room for improvement — which is a good thing."
Portland's Troy Perkins is still nursing the injury he picked up when Montreal's Sanna Nyassi caught him with a boot to the face. Perkins called it a "stupid tackle," but reportedly admitted that Nyassi apologized through Perkins' Futty Danso, a fellow Gambian.
Timbers coach John Spencer is taking some heat from the fans for recent remarks that despite the "world-class atmosphere" at JELD-WEN Field, "it takes time to build a quality team."
Colorado's quality has been upped by this year's addition of Kamani Hill. The 26-year-old American discusses at length his years in Europe, including the incredibly impersonal way that Portuguese club Vitória de Guimarães informed him his services weren't necessary anymore.
Columbus Crew Stadium always has a world-class atmosphere when the US national team plays there. And Jurgen Klinsmann's side will be there on September 11 for a World Cup qualifier vs. Jamaica.
PPL Park has a world-class atmosphere for Union matches, and will presumably have it for the 2013 NCAA College Cup, which was awarded to PPL.
Finally, none of the goals on Wednesday required goal-line technology to determine their legitimacy (thankfully), but this commentary suggests the International Football Association Board's testing this month could pave the way for some form of GLT to come to MLS at some point soon.
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Earlier today/yesterday I was thinking about how blessed I was to get to love and know my Mom. In addition to the usual mother-daughter tussles, we had what I'll call "separation anxieties." So there were plenty of reasons for us to fight and tons of opportunities for us to have misunderstandings and slights — both … Continue reading
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There has been some controversy over whether soy raises or reduces the risk of breast cancer.
First, I must say that I think moderation of any food is a healthy way to create a long-term food plan. If you like adamame sprinkled on your salad, then enjoy.
That being said, from what I've read, soy is better for younger people due to the fact that it affects your estrogen levels. If you are pre or post menopausal, then that is not what you're looking for.
There is a great article that I found on the home page of YourCity.MD as to the relationship of soy with women who have already had cancer. Below is the link and some of the article:
TUESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Regular, moderate consumption of soy foods can help lower the risk of death and cancer recurrence in women who've had breast cancer, new research shows.
What's more, the association between soy and a reduced risk of death held true even for women with estrogen receptor-positive cancers and women taking tamoxifen, according to the study published in the Dec. 9 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
"We found that women with a history of breast cancer who consumed moderate amounts of soy food were doing better in terms of prognosis. They had reduced mortality and reduced recurrence," said study author Dr. Xiao Ou Shu, a professor of medicine and a cancer epidemiologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.
There has been some concern that soy might increase the risk of breast cancer or worsen the prognosis for women already diagnosed with the disease because soy is what's known as a phytoestrogen. That means that it can act like a weak form of estrogen in the body.
However, it appears those concerns may have been unfounded because Shu and her colleagues found that soy actually reduces the availability of naturally occurring estrogen by binding to its receptors.
The benefit of using the system checker on the homepage is that you can research the information for yourself. You must be your own best advocate! Information is the key to your best health!
http://www.cincinnati.md/articlepage_cn.aspx?cn-documentid=633839&query=soy and reduced risk of breast cancer&s=1&cat=con
Sunday 10/24/10- Exercise Journal Diary:
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Sunday 10/24/10 Food Diary:
1/2 serving Egg dish casserole * (60 cal.)
Whole wheat, low fat English muffin, 1 tbls no sugar added, low calorie jelly ( found in diabetic aisles at grocery) (105 cal.)
1/2 cup mixed berries, 1/2 cup non fat vanilla yogurt ( 65 cal)
A.M. Snack-
1 scoop protein powder, vanilla with ice and 1 tbls organic almond butter, 3 strawberries (in a blender) (205 cal.)
3 oz Ahi tuna steak, with roasted sesame seeds( 166 cal.)
1 cup green beans ( 30 cal)
P.M. Snack-
greek yogurt with blueberries, pinaeple, sprinkle of granola ( 160 cal.)
4 oz turkey cutlet with apricot glaze over 1/2 cup brown rice- (300 cal.)
Salad- 1 sweet red pepper, 1 yellow tomato, 1/2 cup thawed edamame, 1 cup romaine lettuce, EVOO, drizzle of red wine vinegar (150 cal.)
1/2 cup non fat cottage cheese, strawberries, sprinkly of sliced almonds (110 cal.)
* found in the receipe section on the homepage
It's so exciting when you see pounds come off when you begin clean eating and exercise. But if the process of weight loss slows down and you feel you are at a plateau, it's difficult to stay motivated. Some ways to stay engaged in the process is:
-To keep doing at least 1 hour of moderate-intensity exercise most days of the week.
-Try to consistently eat a clean diet. If you falter, don't jump ship. Try to do better the next meal. Be careful about 'taking the weekends or holidays off' of healthy eating. One day can turn into 2 days, which turn into weeks can…be careful.
-Make sure your getting the emotional support by those around you. If your support group isn't, then educate those people about how to help you and why it's important to you.
Good habits can become habitual as easily as bad habits. Make your health a priority! Make healthy, consistent choices.
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IUGR stands for Intrauterine Growth Restriction which basically means that the unborn baby is not growing at a normal rate and is considerably smaller than average for a particular gestational age. Not all small babies have IUGR though. The difference between low birth weight and IUGR is that the latter puts the baby at risk of various health issues during pregnancy, labour and also after birth.
It can be caused by a number of different things, the placenta not working the way it should, birth defects, smoking and drinking in pregnancy or if you are like me, for no apparent reason whatsoever. My placenta was fine, I didn't smoke or drink, my blood pressure was fine, my weight was within the normal range, I guess I just drew the shitty straw.
Both my two were born via induction at 38 weeks and weighed under 6lbs. My first, Eloise, weighed 5lbs 13oz at 38 weeks exactly and my second, Lily, weighed 5lbs 7.5oz at 38+2 weeks both dropping down to 5lbs 1oz within the first few days.
My first pregnancy was pretty normal, I measured small at about 34 weeks and was sent for a scan but everything showed Eloise was the right weight for her gestation and was currently sitting at about 6lbs. She ended up being born via induction 4 weeks later at 5lbs 13oz so either she hadn't grown at all the last few weeks or the scan was wrong. She was born with a heart murmur, whether this was due to her size I don't know but she was healthy in every other way.
My second pregnancy was very, very different. I was considered high risk and was consultant led anyway because I had retained placenta after my first birth and my initial thoughts were it would be a quick appointment with them explaining some measures to help avoid that happening again and that would be that. I was wrong, obviously.
I was about 26 weeks I think when I had my first consultant appointment, it was a ridiculous amount of weeks late because I kept having to cancel for various reasons but I eventually got there. Everything was okay, they discussed how the risk of having retained placenta again wasn't significant and to try not to worry. The consultant also mentioned about previous low birth weight, I had been told at the time that there were not really any concerns about Eloise's weight but apparently not. Anyway, they decided to measure my bump which had not long been measure by my community midwife who found it to be slightly on the small side but I was small anyway so she wasn't concerned. Turns out I was measuring nearly 6 weeks behind. After a scan referral it was discovered that my baby had IUGR.
From that appointment on my pregnancy consisted of bi weekly CTGs, fortnightly growth scans, weekly fluid level and cord flow scans, steroid injections and various emergency CTGs and scans dotted in between. I was told to prepare for my baby needing to be delivered at any point from now. During this time is when I really began to appreciate the doctors and midwives who were absolutely fantastic, every single one of them. I cannot fault any of them and they were forever reassuring me and making me feel so at ease. It was decided that I would be induced at around the 36 week mark if baby stayed in that long and everything was going well.
Carrying an IUGR baby is incredibly nerve wracking and exhausting. I found myself envying other Mums to be who could enjoy their pregnancy and spend more than 2 days without going to the hospital or those who can go into labour naturally. It was worrying about how premature your baby is going to be and whether you will be able to hold them after they've been born or if they are going to need to be taken to the NICU. It's a whole truck tonne of unknowns with another truck tonne of worry added on. It's buying every sized premature sleep suit because you just don't know how small they're going to be and packing your hospital bag in the second trimester because you just don't know when they're going to be born. It's googling every possible outcome and panicking about their movements. It's so many CTGs that you lose count and being injected with steroids to mature your babies lungs to give them the best chance at living. It's about wondering if they're going to survive.
Luckily, with today's science and second to none medical care the success rate for IUGR babies is incredibly high and many of these babies are born with no lasting consequences whatsoever.
Every scan I went to, which ended up being close to 20, there was always the thought at the back of your mind that this could be the last scan and they could be sending you to be induced later that day if baby hadn't grown or the fluid levels or cord flow were off.
Lily Rose was born on the 21st January 2016 at 17:29 at 38+2 weighing 5lbs 7.5oz with an Apgar of 9. She had her blood sugar checked as standard for low birth weight babies and despite her first outfit including a dolls cardigan, she needed no neonatal care and we were home 12 hours later. She did end up suffering with prolonged jaundice but other than that she was perfect and STRONG. She was holding her head up at 2 weeks and was walking by 9 months despite being the size of a 6 month old and is so far considered advanced with her fine and gross motor skills. Other things she hasn't progressed much with especially her speech so we are waiting on another hearing test and an appointment with a speech and language therapist but aside from that she is meeting all of her milestones and doing everything she should be.
Read my birth story here and watch my labour/birth vlog here.
Such an interesting read. I didn't know about this. My boy was big and 10.3 pounds and measured larger throughout xx
I find it so interesting seeing how different pregnancies are. Thanks for sharing this lovely xo
This was so interesting! I'm such a newb I'd not heard of any of this. My pregnancy has been really low risk so I've kinda just been left to it xx


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is an artist.
|Date of Birth
|Mar 25, 1967
|Place of Birth
|San Francisco, CA, United States
|Living & Working Place(s)
New York City, NY, United States
|Representing Gallery(ies)
Gladstone Gallery (NewYork24) (New York City, NY, United States)
Regen Projects (Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Matthew Barney was born in 1967 in San Francisco. In 1989 he graduated from Yale University. Since then, he has created work that fuses sculptural installations with performance art and video. His singular vision foregrounds the physical rigors of sport and its erotic undercurrents to explore the limits of the body and sexuality. In this way, the artist's work reflects his own past as an athlete, while also being attuned to a new politics of the body evident in the work of many contemporary artists. Barney's ritualistic actions unfold in hybridized spaces that at once evoke a training camp and medical-research laboratory, equipped as they are with wrestling mats and blocking sleds, sternal retractors and speculums, and a range of props often cast in, or coated with, viscous substances such as wax, tapioca, and petroleum jelly. Indeed, his earliest works, created at Yale, were staged at the university's athletic complex. Within this alternative universe, Barney's protagonists—including an actor dressed as Oakland Raider Jim Otto, and the artist himself naked or cross-dressed—engage in a metaphoric dance of sexual differentiation.
Barney's exploration of the body draws upon an athletic model of development, in which growth occurs only through restraint: the muscle encounters resistance, becomes engorged and is broken down, and in healing becomes stronger. This triangulated relationship between desire, discipline, and productivity provides the basis for Barney's meditation on sexual difference. These athletic and sexual references converge in Otto's jersey number "00," which becomes a leitmotif for the artist's ongoing exploration of a polymorphous sexuality. Woven cipherlike throughout Barney's work, this motif intermittently appears as if marking elapsed time in his videos, and in altered form as a single oblong shape, resembling a football field. Barney notes, however, the oblong represents "the orifice and its closure—or the body and its self-imposed restraint." Homonymic with the word "auto," Otto also suggests autoeroticism, or a closed, self-sufficient system.
Barney began work on the CREMASTER cycle in 1994. Eschewing chronological order, he first produced CREMASTER 4 (1994), followed by CREMASTER 1 (1995), CREMASTER 5 (1997), CREMASTER 2 (1999), and CREMASTER 3 (2002). Along with each feature-length CREMASTER film, which Barney wrote and directed, and in which he often played one or more roles, the artist created related sculptures, drawings, and photographs. This epic cycle has as its conceptual departure point the male cremaster muscle, which controls testicular contractions in response to external stimuli. The project is rife with anatomical allusions to the position of the reproductive organs during the embryonic process of sexual differentiation: CREMASTER 1 represents the most "ascended" (or undifferentiated) state, CREMASTER 5 the most "descended" (or differentiated). The cycle repeatedly returns to those moments during sexual development in which the outcome of the process is still unknown—in Barney's metaphoric universe, these moments represent a condition of pure potentiality. As the cycle evolved over eight years, Barney looked beyond biology as a way to explore the creation of form, employing narrative models from other realms, such as biography, mythology, and geology.
In subsequent work Barney continued to expand upon the materials and motifs explored in the CREMASTER series. His sculptural work, like Chrysler Imperial (2002) and The Deportment of the Host (2006), utilizes the same self-lubricating plastic Barney employs to frame his drawings and which consistently appears in the CREMASTER films. His ongoing Drawing Restraint series, begun while Barney was still a student in 1987, took as its point of departure the biochemical principle of hypertrophy, or how muscles develop in response to increasing resistance. For Drawing Restraint 9: Shiomenawa (2005) Barney contemplated his strained role as "Occidental Guest" when invited to create an exhibition at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, Japan. For Drawing Restraint 11 (2005), also conceived for Kanazawa, Barney returned to the root of the conceived project and climbed the gallery wall, thus fighting increasing resistance, to create a series of escalating drawings.
In 2007 Barney began The River of Fundament in collaboration with composer Jonathan Bepler. The final film presents the pair's experimental opera, each act of which was performed only once in separate locations over a five-year period. Taking Norman Mailer's novel Ancient Evenings (1983) as a point of departure, the work combines characters from the novel and Barney's own CREMASTER 3 to create a hyper-sexualized and scatological vision of death, Egyptian mythology, and the history of the United States car industry.
In 1991, at the age of twenty-four, Barney was honored with a solo exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The Museum Boymans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, organized a solo exhibition of his work that toured Europe throughout 1995 and 1996. Barney has been included in many international exhibitions, such as Documenta in Kassel, Germany (1992); the 1993 and 1995 Biennial exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and Aperto '93 at the 48th Venice Biennale, for which he was awarded the Europa 2000 Prize. Barney has been awarded numerous other prestigious awards, including the Guggenheim Museum's Hugo Boss Prize (1996); the Skowhegan Medal for Combined Media (1999); the James D. Phelan Art Award in Video by the Bay Area Video Coalition (2000); the Irish Museum of Modern Art Glen Dimplex Artists Award (2001); the Kaiser Ring Award, Mönchehaus Museum für moderne Kunst, Goslar, Germany (2007); and the Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award, 54th San Francisco International Film Festival (2011).
Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle, an exhibition of artwork from the entire cycle organized by the Guggenheim Museum, premiered at the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, in June 2002 and subsequently traveled to the Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Barney has since had major solo exhibitions organized by Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo (2003); Living Art Museum, Reykjavik (2003); 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (2005); Sammlung Goetz (Goetz Collection), Munich (2007); Fondazione Merz, Turin (2008); the Morgan Library and Museum, New York (2013); Bibliotheque nationale de France, Paris (2013—14); Haus der Kunst, Munich (2014); and the Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania (2015). His work has also been presented in numerous group exhibitions, including those at MoMA PS1, New York (1999, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2013); the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (2002, 2011); Venice Biennale (2003); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2005); Biennial of Moving Images at Centre pour l'Image Contemporaine, Paris (2005); Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin (2006); the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2007); Museum of Modern Art, New York (2009, 2010, 2011); the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (2010, 2013); and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2012). Barney lives and works in New York.


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Kris Pinot Grigio 2009
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KRIS Heart Rosso is garnet in color with intense aromas of dense blackberries, spicy currants and leather. Ripe fruit flavors are balanced by lively acidity, making this an excellent wine to enjoy with food. Recommended with roasted meats, rich pastas, smoked sausage and flavorful cheeses.
KRIS is a fresh, contemporary, and artistic expression of Italian wines from the classic Delle Venezie appellation in Northeast Italy, hand-crafted to exacting standards by the one of the region's most talented wine makers, Franz Haas.
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The aromatic 2006 Pinot Grigio from Kris presents generous, sweet apricot and melon flavors with an easy-going, refreshing personality. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2008.
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Veering Off-Course
Course Corrections
Norman Geisler provides an illustration of our tendency toward wandering from the truth of the gospel:
According to aeronautic experts, when a propeller-driven airplane takes off it naturally veers left unless it is steered right. Based on my observations of evangelical institutions and leaders over the past half century, it appears to me that the same principle applies. The only way to keep on the straight orthodox path is to keep turning to the right. Churches, schools, and even evangelical scholarship will naturally go left, unless they are deliberately turned to the right. The prevailing winds of doctrine blow against us. And if we are to resist them we must have a firm grip on the wheel of [the church] and steer it to the right.[1]
[1] Norman Geisler, "Beware of Philosophy: A Warning to Biblical Scholars" Christian Apologetics Journal, Vol. 2 No. 1 (1999).
In Need of Grace
There's a great old hymn entitled "I Need Thee Every Hour" that captures our need of God's grace to sustain us. In fact, as the following hymn suggests, God's provision of grace comes chiefly through the presence of our Savior:
I need Thee every hour, most gracious Lord; no tender voice like Thine can peace afford. I need Thee, O' I need Thee; every hour I need Thee; O' bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee. I need Thee every hour; stay Thou nearby; temptations lose their power when Thou art nigh. I need Thee, O' I need Thee; every hour I need Thee; O' bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee. I need Thee every hour, in joy or pain; come quickly and abide, or life is vain. I need Thee, O' I need Thee; every hour I need Thee; O' bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee. I need Thee every hour; teach me Thy will; and Thy rich promises in me fulfill. I need Thee, O' I need Thee; every hour I need Thee; O' bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee. I need Thee every hour, most Holy One; O' make me Thine indeed, Thou blessed Son. I need Thee, O' I need Thee; every hour I need Thee; O' bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee.
There are times in my life when I am more mindful of my need of grace than others. Tonight happens to be one of them. Sometimes my awareness is clothed in gratitude for my salvation and a desire for sanctification. And, sometimes it stems from feeling helpless as a result of my sin or the challenges of living in a fallen world with fallen people. That's when desperation and despair drive me to desire grace. Whether I acknowledge it or not, I am always utterly dependent on God's grace throughout each moment of every day. There is absolutely no hope apart from God's grace, and there will be no spiritual growth without it. The more consistently I acknowledge this fact, the better off I will be and the more gloriously will God be reflected through me.
The late Puritan pastor, John Owen, had a keen understanding of this human condition. He acknowledged that the Holy Spirit uses means to deliver God's grace to us when He initiates regeneration; He then excites that grace within us throughout our sanctification. It's a beautiful mess as God takes graceless sinners and establishes His grace within them. Nothing could be more marvelous and mind-blowing than that…
"God inclines our hearts to duties and obedience principally by strengthening, increasing, and exciting the grace we have received, and which is inherent in [believers]; but we neither have nor ever shall have, in this world, such a stock of spiritual strength as to do anything as we ought without renewed co-operations of grace." (John Owen, The Holy Spirit, 491).
Charles Spurgeon made a similar observation when he wrote, "One thing is past all question; we shall bring our Lord most glory if we get from Him much grace." (An All-Around Ministry).
Oh, how desperately I feel my need of God's grace. I pray for both His provision of it and a growing sense of my own deep need of it.
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Integrity of Heart
"A student will find that his mental constitution is more affected by one book thoroughly mastered than by twenty books which he has merely skimmed, lapping at them." Charles Spurgeon
Ezra 7:10 "For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel."
"As water tastes of the soil it runs through, so does the soul taste of the authors that a man reads." John Trapp
Psalm 78:72 "So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them with his skillful hands."
"As the heart is, so shall the service be." Jeremiah Burroughs
Acts 17:25 "God is not served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything."
"The keener the memory of our awful rescue, the more naturally we pity those in a similar plight. The more deeply we feel how undeserved and free was the grace that plucked us from the flames, the freer will be our benevolence to sinners." John Piper
Thomas Brooks on Prayer
"Christ choosing solitude for private prayer, doth not only hint to us the danger of distraction and deviation of thoughts in prayer, but how necessary it is for us to choose the most convenient places we can for private prayer. Our own fickleness and Satan's restlessness call upon us to get into such places where we may freely pour out our soul into the bosom of God [Mark 1:35]."
"God's hearing our prayers doth not depend upon sanctification, but upon Christ's intercession; not upon what we are in ourselves, but what we are in the Lord Jesus; both our persons and our prayers are acceptable in the Beloved [Eph. 1:6]."
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Useful Quotes
Thomas Watson:
"We aim at God's glory when we are content that God's will should take place, though it may cross our own."
"Thus to love God is to glorify Him. That which is the chief of our happiness has the chief of our affections."
Artrichus of Dreshaan:*
"God created the universe to glorify Him. Thus, if I have not glorified God today, then I have failed in my purpose for existing."
Thomas Wilcox:
"Untried faith is uncertain faith."
Thomas a Kempis:
"It is by gradual advances, rather than impetuous efforts, that victory is obtained; rather by patient suffering, that looks to God for support, than by impatient solicitude and rigorous austerity."
Jonathan Edwards:
"Humility is often found connected with long-suffering."
Richard Baxter:
"It is a mercy to have a faithful friend that loveth you entirely… to whom you may open your mind and communicate your affairs… And it is a mercy to have so near a friend to be a helper to your soul and… to stir up in you the grace of God."
*I came across this quote as attributed to Artrichus of Dreshaan; however, I've never been able to confirm the name or the quote. Yet, I find it worth sharing despite my inability to find any legitimate citation.
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Tiffany & Co. and JANA Partners Announce Appointments of Three New Independent Directors to Tiffany & Co. Board of Directors
In addition,
Tiffany also announced that the Company will be limiting waivers under the retirement age provisions in its governance documents, such that, in accordance with the mandatory retirement age, one current director will not stand for reelection at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and two current directors will not stand for reelection at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
"We are excited to be adding such distinguished directors to our Board
as part of our ongoing process to refresh the Board, and we are pleased
to have worked cooperatively with
In connection with the appointments,
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements contained in this document that are not statements of historical fact, including those that refer to the Company's strategies and the pace of execution thereon, the Company's search for a successor CEO and the Company's objectives to focus on improving performance and creating shareholder value, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
The potential risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements to differ from the predicted results, performance or achievements include, among others, global macroeconomic and geopolitical developments; changes in interest and foreign currency rates; changes in taxation policies and regulations; shifting tourism trends; regional instability, violence (including terrorist activities), political activities or events, and weather conditions that may affect local and tourist consumer spending; changes in consumer confidence, preferences and shopping patterns, as well as our ability to accurately predict and timely respond to such changes; shifts in the Company's product and geographic sales mix; variations in the cost and availability of diamonds, gemstones and precious metals; changes in our competitive landscape; our ability to successfully control costs and execute on, and achieve the expected benefits from, our operational and strategic initiatives; and any difficulties or delays we encounter in identifying a successor CEO.
Additional information about potential risks and uncertainties that
could affect the Company's business and financial results is included in
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
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The second episode of our world trip; 2 weeks in Northern India!
Varanasi & Kochi – India
Our time in the holy city of Varanasi and our trip further South to Kochi, 'God's own country' (rudely interrupted by a delayed onset of 'Delhi belly').
Udaipur & Agra – India
Our relaxing time in Udaipur drinking Masala Chai by Lake Pichola and our trip to Agra to see the wonder of the world; the Taj Mahal.
Dehli & Jaipur – India
A bit of a negative start to India with the harassment in Dehli but some more positive experiences visiting the Red Fort, Lotus Temple, Old Dehli markets, the Jama Masjid mosque. Also, our trip to the pink city; Jaipur going to the City Palace, Jantar Mantar, Hawa Mahal and the Amber fort.
Ep. 1 – Egypt
Our first video on youtube of our time in Egypt!
Aswan & Luxor – Egypt
We spent a week further South in Aswan and Luxor. We stayed in the Nubian village in Aswan and visited a botanical garden, the Aswan Dam and Philae island. In Luxor we went to the Valley of the Kings and Queens and the Hatshepsut, Luxor and Karnak temples.
Cairo, Egypt
Our first week in Cairo, Egypt visiting the Pyramids of Giza, the Egyptian museum, Cairo tower, Khan el-Khalili and sailing on Felukas!
The Route
A combined 20 vaccinations later (seriously), we'll be visiting 20 countries in 364 days with 2 back packs.


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Copyright© 1999, Douglas Alberg.   Photographed July, 1999
Mil Mi-12 "Homer"
Experimental helicopter which first flew in 1969.
The Mi-12's four Soloviev D-25DF turboshaft engines each produced 6,500 hp for a total of 26,000 hp.
Two Mi-12's were built. The other is reportedly on display at the Mil plant in the Moscow region.
The plane shown at the far right is the first prototype of the Su-27, called the T-10-1. The first flight of this aircraft was made on May 20, 1977 from Zhukovski. Several other prototypes were produced to fully define the production Su-27.


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The Complete Runner
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Jack has competed in nine marathons around the world along with qualifying and running the Boston Marathon the past three years. While training for the marathon distance he is an avid racer in local 5K and 10K races; currently training to improve his 17:09 5K best. Jack is a three time volunteer pacer for Hy-Vee's Drake Relay Half Marathon fastest pace group for the 1hr, 30min finish time. Jack's passion is helping others lead a balanced lifestyle to reach their running goals.
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Tammy is a lifetime resident of Baltimore County and has lived in Northern Baltimore County for more than 20 years. Her energy, positive personality, commitment to excellence, and great work ethic have made her a successful realtor and served her well in her community and her home. Tammy has real estate experience and knowledge in all the Metro Baltimore surrounding counties and specializes in first-time buyers.


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Given the current temperatures in Boston, it is easy to forget that spring is just around the corner. But Truck Day, the unofficial beginning of spring training for the Red Sox, reminds us that baseball season is coming.
This year, the team's equipment truck is scheduled to depart Fenway Park around noon on Tuesday, Feb. 5. The 18-wheeler will then make the 1,480-mile trek to the team's spring training home in Lee County, Fla.
Pitchers and catchers are scheduled for their first workout Feb. 12 and the first full squad workout will take place Feb. 15. Boston's first Grapefruit League game will be played Saturday, Feb. 23 when they take on the Tampa Bay Rays at JetBlue Park at Fenway South in Lee County.


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Maxwell Chambers
Maxwell Chambers is the world's first integrated dispute resolution complex housing both best-of-class hearing facilities and top international arbitral institutions. With custom-designed rooms, the facility can accommodate arbitration cases of all sizes.
Maxwell Chambers is located at 32 Maxwell Road within the central business district. It offers 10 hearing rooms and 12 preparation rooms housed within a refurbished four-storey conservation building that has won both local and international awards for its sensitive restoration and blend of traditional and modern design.
For more information, please visit our website: www.maxwell-chambers.com.


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No hike in rail fares, freight rates: Lalu
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad has said that despite the rise in petroleum prices, the Railways will not hike freight rates or passenger fares.delhi Updated: Jun 05, 2008 21:10 IST
Railways on Thursday decided not to hike its freight rates and passenger fares despite rise in petroleum prices.
"In the wake of the recent diesel price hike, the Indian Railways will not pass its additional financial burden on its users - passengers and freight customers," Railway Minister Lalu Prasad said in a statement in New Delhi.
Prasad pointed out that Indian Railways consume 227 crore litres of diesel per annum and an increase in the price of diesel by Rs 3 per litre would cost railways Rs 681 crore annually and Rs 560 crores for the remaining ten months of the current financial year.
While truck rental is expected to be increased by about 5 per cent, private taxis and commercial passenger vehicles are also expected to follow suit.
Currently railways expenditure on account of fuel stands at an average of Rs 8,000 crores annually which is 15 per cent of its total working expenses.
Prasad said that railways have decided to absorb the diesel price hike by improving its productivity, efficiency and volumes.
Increasing electrification is also expected to save about Rs 150 crores per year. Railways have electrified 18,145 km route out of the total 63,000 km network so far.
Prasad said that all zonal railways have been directed to grant upto 50 per cent discount against the prevailing 30 per cent, for loading of essential commodities like cement foodgrains, fertilizers in the empty flow direction.


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MobiHand Opens Windows Mobile App Store
MobiHand has released its On-Device Windows Mobile App Store, beating Microsoft to the punch by four days.
PCMag reviews products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use.
Taking pages from Amazon and Apple, MobiHand is also offering Deals-of-the-Day, plus free trials and apps as little as 99 cents.
Strangely, MobiHand also claims to be a partner with Microsoft, for Microsoft's own Windows Marketplace for Mobile. Plus, MobiHand continues to power other third-party online app stores with its own storefront platform for Android, BlackBerry, Palm, Symbian, and Windows Mobile phones.
It's always nice to have alternative app stores available, but this is getting a little confusing.


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BTW Dubai has 2 have more fans. What half people out there now for Caro vs Halep? Must be better than that. Fly airplanes free from England?
— Matt Cronin (@TennisReporters) February 20, 2015
From @paulson_smw: #AusOpen women's final on ESPN: 0.7 overnight ratings (up 40%). Men's final: 0.5 overnight, down slightly from Stan-Rafa
— Courtney Nguyen (@FortyDeuceTwits) February 4, 2015
Crowd massively concerned for Begu's health in Rio. pic.twitter.com/JVhNyA13Q1
— Stephanie Myles (@OpenCourt) February 21, 2015
As we seem to be doing empty stadium shots. Thought I would share this one pic.twitter.com/2REnjCdgJY
— The Spin (@bridgepea) February 21, 2015
@KaPliskova now receiving off court medical time out. How do you treat insufficient heart in the important moments?
— Barry Flatman (@Barry_FlatmanST) February 21, 2015
Maintaining momentum after good fortune is a gift that wins titles. @KaPliskova found sadly lacking as very slack game hands back break
— Barry Flatman (@Barry_FlatmanST) February 21, 2015


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Kasia Struss dons a vibrant and colorblocked wardrobe in this Hans Feurer exclusive for Vogue China Collections. The image series is an ode to Parisian fashions and boasts a number of matching separates that are somewhat schoolgirl inspired.
Resembling a boarding school student from children's book and cartoon 'Madeline,' top model Kasia Strauss' exudes an air of sophistication. The beauty is styled by Belen Casadevall who dresses her in colorful tights, tweed jackets and light trenchcoats from a number of luxury labels including Chanel. The model pulls off youthfully braided hair by Adam Szabo and understated makeup that is courtesy of beauty expert Tatsu Yamanaka.
Hans Feurer's latest editorial exclusive is a contemporary translation of Parisian fashions and will appeal to fans of sophisticated and classically elegant clothes.
Hans Feurer Captures Vibrant Womenswear for Vogue China Collections
Jana Pijak — May 28, 2015 — Fashion
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Today is a day of rest. We listen to minihouse music and hang out with my mom.
I lament the loss of Kendra, Bridget and Holly from the "Girl's Next Door". More power to the ladies for moving on and out of an opressive situation...but most people have a questionable pleasure? I like the girl's next door a lot; the one reality show where everyone is nice and sweet and girlish.(Even if i inherently think the concept is kinda gross, and playboy never gave me anything but Little redheaded Annie comics in the 70's...and Bridgette Marquiat.) There are petite dogs, fluffy cats, frilled lingerie and birthday parties abound. Holly and Bridgette are also of great intelligence. It was a show i could giggle at, enjoy for the overly pink aestetics, and the overall harmlessness of the hijinx. Geeze Kendra, talk about breaking up the band. I'm pretty sure reality television will never be this nice ever again.
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Happy Meowlentines!
Romance cards, originally uploaded by Rodeo!.
And also, Sarah Haskins addresses chocolate.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
she would smile and i felt it all over the floor
This week's crush
Dan Friedman's "well, said the rocking chair" has been the Resume Of Charm offical cheese for the week. Watch this awesome Top of the pops video, and watch his adorable facial expressions when he says "I may not be all that bright, but I know how to hold you tight" Awwwww!
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There was a kangaroo delay at the Women's Australian Open because of course there was
The above picture, taken by Stefan Postles of Getty Images, could rank as one of my favorite golf shots of all of 2013 when it's all said and done. Apparently there was a kangaroo delay (yes, a kangaroo delay) at the Women's Australian Open on Thursday and that is Karrie Webb waiting for the hopping fellows to get off the grounds so she can hit a golf shot.
I know the USGA has rules against burrowing animals holes, reptiles, and ant hills but what do you think the call is on kangaroos?
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I don't think I'm that great of an artist. This isn't a plea to be reassured or an attempt to fish for compliments, I'm just being honest. And I say this because what I draw rarely looks like I wanted it to look in my head. I'm often satisfied with my work, but I rarely look at it and think, "Yeah, that came out just like I wanted it too."
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Marisole's hair today is a rare case where I can say that it came out just like I wanted it too. It looks natural, bouncy and cute. I am quite pleased.
There were originally a few more pieces on this set, but than there was a tragic run in with a glass of egg nog and well… now there are a few fewer pieces on this set.
Oh well… I hope everyone is having a lovely holiday season.
By the way, this is the 100th Marisole paper doll post… though not the 100th Marisole design, since she has been posting in both black and white lately… still, not a bad achievement.


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The trouble is, the news is just too good for me to blog about respectably at the moment.
In fact, the really terrible consequence of the global economic meltdown (have you started saying that as one word, too? "Glerbleconmicmeldow"?) is the dreadful impact on our objectivity as bloggers.
Witness, for example, James Graham's further descent into North London dinner table property angst (while the real James Graham peers out mutely from inside and can see perfectly well what is happening to him, which I don't think is helping one bit). I on the other hand, whose North London dinner table is currently locked up in a storage facility in Finchley, am rather chipper. In this, the greatest crisis of our times (what, did no-one else watch Return of the King on channel 4 t'other weekend?) I am the one standing at the back going, "Oh. So massive inflation will adversely affect the savings I don't have, while a stupendously overdue correction in the credit market will bring crashing down the prices of houses that I currently can't afford. Right. Gosh, that's… awful."
Throw into the mix a luckily timed parental downsize, a temporary (albeit irksome) lack of living costs, and the fact that my earnings look set to double in my second year freelancing (don't get too excited on my behalf though; two times one baked bean is still only two baked beans), and you are looking at possibly the most economically bombproof person in the western hemisphere today. (Though I mean "today" quite literally; tomorrow I might lose work and Alistair Darling might waggle his eyebrows at an awkward moment, and who knows what tsunami of destruction that might unleash.) Ok, so I still have to move three hundred miles from my birthplace and wait another six months in order to be able to even rent my own flat, never mind buy one. And I'm still absolutely not very well off. But relatively, my position has improved by literally 100%, and my range of options has vastly improved on the ones I had six months ago.
The reason for my devil-may-care attitude to recession is, of course, that I'm not in any direct sense a stakeholder. When you ain't got nothin, it don't mean nothin, as someone-or-other said. You are immune from all the direct and specific worry. Any worry you do indulge in is likely to be long-term and vague, much like the effects on you will be. My earnings might drop and food bill might rise to unsustainable levels tomorrow, just like everybody else's might, but for now there's a peculiar sort of grim luxury in knowing that everyone else has been brought down to my level, that I've at least got a fighting chance now. I spent the last boom year of the economy living off basics range pasta, feeling deeply alienated by the cultural celebration of wealth and practising (as it turns out) for hardship. Now suddenly I land slapbang in what is probably one of the best financial positions I'll ever be in in my life. It feels like getting a second chance you had been told you were definitely not going to get.
It bothers me, of course. A historian should maintain a constant awareness that they're a hostage to fortune like everybody else. I don't like to think of myself as the kind of subjective knee-jerker who crows at "the rich" when they're down (whoever they are). And while I'm not a stakeholder myself, others are whose fortunes matter to me, personally and financially. Plus I expend a lot of time and vitriol berating people for attaching emotional interpretations to economic events ("The cupboard is bare", "He didn't mend the roof when the sun was shining". FFS. Clegg skewering those two bits of abominable fluffspeak is still my favourite bit of his conference speech – "What is this? Just William?"). So I certainly ought to be giving short shrift to my sneaking sense of moral superiority that things are temporarily set my way (ner, ner, shouldn't have ignored me and my kind for so long then, should you, Mister Property Market, eh? eh?). The world hasn't actually recognised the petty injustices of my position and decided to give me a break. And I mustn't behave in the pub as if it has. Nonono.
But self-reproach must wait. For now, I'm off flat-hunting.


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Tourist In Your Own Town #35 - Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
Edgar Allan Poe, the famous American author and poet, lived in this cottage from 1846-1849 in what is now the Bronx. It was here that Poe cared for his ailing wife Virginia who was suffering from tuberculosis and it is where he wrote "Annabel Lee," "The Bells," and "The Cask of Amontillado." After Poe died in 1849 the house was slated for demolition, but a public outcry led to its preservation in 1902. In 1913 this shrine was moved across the street to its present location.
Poe Cottage (c.1812) plays an important role in history and is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a New York City Landmark. It is owned by the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, and is in the collection of the Historic House Trust with The Bronx County Historical Society operating it as a museum.
Learn more about Edgar Allan Poe and visit the landmark Poe Cottage. bronxhistoricalsociety.org/
Poe Park - 2640 Grand Concourse, The Bronx
Tourist In Your Own Town #35 - Edgar Allan Poe Cottage from New York Landmarks Conservancy on Vimeo.


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It's off to Bobcaygeon we go? Okay so I am sure the dwarfs never imagined themselves heading to Bobcaygeon on the Sunday before Christmas, but I am! Well not JUST me, I am going with my brother, sister-in-law and their three kiddies. And they have already been arguing…it's gonna be a long ride!
Usually my mother and G come down to visit us at my brothers, but ever since G got sick, they don't make the trip into the city. I for one can never imagine living more then 30 minutes outside of the city, but I am a city girl, I guess my mother isn't anymore, but it would still kill me to never get into the city that I was born and raised!
So here we go…T is driving thank God cause the drive into Bobs House (as the ex calls it) is long without much cool stuff to see – again, just my opinion, pls don't spam me for arguing against the country! We are having our annual Christmas afternoon with my mom. An afternoon for Christmas with my mother may seem strange to some, but it's something that I am used to and unfortunately don't have many memories of it being any other way.
So I have 4 more work days until I get 10 days off – trust me this is extremely exciting. I have ZERO plans over my vacation days and I love it that way. I want to clean up some stuff, throw some stuff out, go to my nana's and clean a bit and spend some time with friends and the ex. Yes the ex and I are still getting closer and hanging out and talking whenever we can. Soon I am going to have to change his name on my blog, I mean really, I can't keep calling him the ex if we are friends…maybe I'll ask him what he wants me to call him – HA, he will say nothing, he will tell me to leave him out of my blog, he hates social media and blogs and his personal business being spread like wild-fire around the internet…lol…he chose the wrong girl to be friends with!! LOL Poor ex!
Well folks, with a week to go and Christmas being over, I hope you all are spreading good cheer and thinking of ways to make 2012 the best year ever!
Best of luck and love to you all…another hour and a half I will be in Bobcaygeon! bye-bye Toronto, for now…
XOXO Nikilee