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The Planned Giving/Endowment/Legacy Society combination represents the path for giving to the future of Saint Timothy's. They are often used separately but are actually combined under one umbrella for the purpose of giving toward the future of Saint Timothy's.
In simple terms, Planned Giving is just that. How will you give? What vehicle will you use? A will? An account? A living trust? There are many ways to accomplish this, and you may want some specific guidance.
The Endowment Fund is where your gift will be housed when transferred to Saint Timothy's. The basic ideal of the fund is to use only a portion of the Interest/gain for use in specific needs of Saint Timothy's. This should allow the corpus (the amount you gave) to remain intact and to grow a profit year after year.
The Legacy Society is a function of the Diocese and those who contribute to the future of the Episcopal church (through the Diocese or your own church) is a member.
Saint Timothy's has combined these three programs into one Endowment Committee. By contacting a member of this committee you can get information on questions you may have pertaining to all of these programs. Sally Jess is the Chair of this committee and members can be reached by contacting the office and leaving your name and number. A committee member will then be in contact.


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Library director owes us over $10,000 for personal expenses and leave, university tells state attorney
Submitted by Ben on April 1, 2013 - 10:30am

The University of South Florida, a public university in Tampa with over 41,000 students, has asked the state attorney to investigate a former library director.

An audit alleges that Beverly Shattuck, formerly director of the medical library at USF, sold her Tampa-area house and moved to Virginia Beach, VA, using university funds to purchase a MacBook Air, two iPads, and a camera, supposedly for telecommuting -- even though the University never approved her experiment in running an academic library from 800 miles away. USF could not identify any legitimate business purpose for the camera or the second iPad. The former library director also used university funds for thousands of dollars worth of travel expenses, the USF audit said, in order to travel back and forth to the Tampa campus.

The most financially significant issue, according to the audit, was over 1,200 hours of unrecorded personal and sick leave. The university says it paid Shattuck over $11,000 in salary that she ought to have taken as unpaid leave when her paid annual leave had run out, and would have wrongfully paid her $35,723 more had the problem not been discovered.

After being placed on administrative leave following the suspension of her purchasing card, USF says, Beverly Shattuck voluntarily resigned. A local news investigation confirmed that she was permitted to retire with benefits from her $150,000+/year job. According to that investigation, a spokesman for the state attorney's office said that criminal charges are pending.


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CSTD Manufacturers and Efficacy, Closed System Transfer Device Comparisons and Studies, CSTD and USP 800 Regulations, Leur-Lock Compatibility and Assembly, Chemotherapy / Hazardous Drugs, NIOSH...
A closed system drug transfer device or "CSTD" is a drug transfer device that mechanically prohibits the transfer of environmental contaminants into a system and the escape of hazardous drug or vapor concentrations outside the system. Open versus closed systems are commonly applied in medical devices to maintain the sterility of a fluid pathway. CSTDs work by preventing the uncontrolled inflow and outflow of contaminants and drugs, preserving the quality of solution to be infused into a patient. Theoretically, CSTDs should enable complete protection to healthcare workers in managing hazardous drugs, but possibly due to improper handling or incomplete product design, contaminants can still be detected despite use of CSTDs.
Source: Miyake, Tomohiro; Iwamoto, Takuya; Tanimura, Manabu; Okuda, Masahiro (2013-06-21). "Impact of closed-system drug transfer device on exposure of environment and healthcare provider to cyclophosphamide in Japanese hospital". SpringerPlus. 2. doi:10.1186/2193-1801-2-273. ISSN 2193-1801. PMC 3698436. PMID 23853750.
A 44-page document that describes, in detail, the NIOSH testing protocols used for CSTDs. This document details which compounds were tested, what the conditions were, which CSTDs were tested, specifics on how they were tested. This document reads very similarly to a student lab report.Arisure CSTD by Yukon Medical
Arisure manufacturer website that describes the newest CSTD to enter the market. Website describes some features that are exclusive to the Arisure, as well as separate sets of specific reasons why this product is appealing to nurses and pharmacists.ChemoLock CSTD by ICU Medical
ChemoLock CSTD manufacturer website that describes all of the features of this device, especially focusing on its ease of use and safety for healthcare workers. This site also illustrates all of the available components.Chemotherapy Drugs in a Clinical Setting
This study's aim was to determine how HD might spread through touch after handling contaminated vials in simulated pharmacy and nursing environments. Results show residue from HD vials spread as vial was handled in a pharmacy environment in 4 of 5 CSTDs, contaminating pharmacy PPE, ancillary products, and nursing PPE. No HD residue was detected on PPE, ancillary products, or nursing PPE in the pharmacy after using the SEVA system, providing an effective means to contain HD for drug transfer from vial to delivery system. Call E, Bill B, McLean C, Call N, Bernkopf A, Oberg C. Hazardous Drug Contamination of Drug Preparation Devices and Staff: A Contamination Study Simulating the Use of Chemotherapy Drugs in a Clinical Setting. Hosp Pharm. 2017;52(8):551-558.Comparison of closed system transfer devices for turnaround time and ease of use. J Oncol Pharm Prac
A Saudi Arabian study, published in May 2018, that sought to compare 3 CSTDs (PhaSeal, Equashield II and ChemoLock) on their compounding efficiency and ease of use among pharmacy technicians and nurses to determine which product would be most suitable to adopt into their hospital protocol. Nurgat ZA, Lawrence M, Elhassan TA, et al. Comparison of closed system transfer devices for turnaround time and ease of use. J Oncol Pharm Practice. 2018;0(0):1-10.Cost determination study of closed system transfer devices (CSTD) by ICU Medical
The purpose of this cost determination analysis is to appraise the direct and indirect costs of using a closed system transfer device (CSTD) to prevent occupational exposure to hazardous drugs. The data is from 2011, but is one of very few online resources about the cost of CSTDs. Barnachea L, Lee T, Gitler J. et al. Cost determination study of closed system transfer devices (CSTD). ICU Medical Inc. 2012.Effectiveness of a Closed-System Transfer Device in Reducing Surface Contamination in a New Antineop
The objective of this randomized, prospective and controlled study was to investigate the ability of a closed-system transfer device (CSTD; BD-Phaseal) to reduce the occupational exposure of two isolators to 10 cytotoxic drugs and compare to standard compounding devices. This study confirms that using a CSTD may significantly decrease the chemical contamination of barrier isolators compared to standard devices for some drugs, although it does not eliminate contamination totally.Simon N, Vasseur M, Pinturaud M, et al. Effectiveness of a Closed-System Transfer Device in Reducing Surface Contamination in a New Antineoplastic Drug-Compounding Unit: A Prospective, Controlled, Parallel Study. PLoS One. 2016;11(7).Equashield II CSTD by Equashield
Equashield device manufacturer website that illustrates the Equashield device and describes all of its available features. It also describes why CSTDs are necessary in the hospital and what exactly they do. It specifically details how the Equashield is better and different from the other marketable CSTDs.Halo CSTD by Corvida Medical
Halo device manufacturer website that illustrates the Halo device through a video and several pictures, and also describes this device and how it is superior to the other devices on the market.Halo CSTD | Short-Course/Training on COREreadiness
Learn about Corvida Medical's Halo CSTD and how it protects patients and healthcare providers from hazardous drug exposure.http://www.usmedicine.com/agencies/department-of-veterans-affairs/closed-system-transfer-device-redu
Short article that discusses how using CSTDs can save hospitals money by reducing waste, which is a point that hospitals will certainly consider when deciding which CSTD system to invest in. Boyle AM. Closed system transfer device reduces chemotherapy drug waste. US Medicine. October 7, 2013.Leakage from closed-system transfer devices as detected by a radioactive tracer.
A study of leakage from selected closed-system transfer devices (ChemoClave,, OnGuard, PhaSeal) under experimental conditions is described.Nine manufacturer-trained oncology pharmacists and pharmacy technicians volunteered to participate in an experiment to determine the degree of leakage of a liquid test agent (a radioactive technetium isotope [(99m)Tc] diluted in normal saline) during CSTD-assisted transfer of liquid from vials to syringes per standard practices. The volume of leakage was significantly less with PhaSeal than with OnGuard and ChemoClave when pharmacists and pharmacy technicians used the three CSTDs and (99m)Tc as a tracer. De Ausen L, Defreitas EF, Littleton L, et. al. Leakage from closed-system transfer devices as detected by a radioactive tracer. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2013; 70(7): 619-623.Multicenter evaluation of a new closed system drug-transfer device in reducing surface contamination
Rigorous protocol study at 13 cancer centers across the United States on the effectiveness of the Halo in reducing surface contamination when compounding and simulated administering antineoplastic drugs, cyclophosphamide and fluorouracil. The Halo was found to effectively reduce surface contamination by cyclophosphamide and fluorouracil, and was also found to be easy to use by healthcare workers. Bartel SB, Tyler TG, Power LA. Multicenter evaluation of a new closed system drug-transfer device in reducing surface contamination by antineoplastic hazardous drugs. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 2018;75(4):199-211. doi:10.2146/ajhp160948OnGuard CSTD by B. Braun Medical
OnGuard device manufacturer website that describes the OnGuard product and addresses the need for this device in the hospital in light of the upcoming, enforceablePhaSeal CSTD by BD
PhaSeal manufacturer website that describes the different components of the PhaSeal device. It details how this CSTD works for drug preparation, drug transport, IV administration and disposal. It also includes a mini-quiz that tests how knowledgeable you are about
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Equashield (equashield.com), a leading provider of Closed System Transfer Devices (CSTDs) for hazardous drugs, announced today a distribution partnership with Saudi Arabia-based Max Care Medical. Max Care will market and sell Equashield's Closed System Transfer Device for the safe compounding of hazardous drugs in Saudi Arabia, as well as the wider Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region...
Global Needlefree Closed System Transfer Device (CSTD) Market 2018 by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast to 2023
Closed System Transfer Device (CSTD) is a drug transfer device that mechanically prohibits the transfer of environmental contaminants into a system and the escape of hazardous drug or vapor concentrations outside the system, which designed to prevent the escape of hazardous drug vapors into the environment during drug reconstitution and administration...
DEERFIELD, Ill., January 11, 2018 - Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX), a leader in innovative technology for medication delivery, today announced a distribution agreement for the U.S. launch of the Arisure Closed System Transfer device, which consists of several components that work together to help prevent contaminants from entering the intravenous (IV) medication delivery system and the escape of hazardous substances out of the system...
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Welcome to Thrive Wellness - Toowoomba
Thrive Wellness is a health clinic offering Clinical Psychology, Exercise Physiology and nutrition services in the Toowoomba area.
Our goal is to support you to be healthy in your mind and body so you can be doing what matters to you.
Our philosophy
We believe that as much as possible, people should be able to manage their own health. At Thrive Wellness our aim is to promote self management of both your physical and mental health. Our clinicians will work with you to collaboratively identify treatment goals that are important to you, have measurable outcomes and enable you be active in doing those things that matter most to you.
We recognise that relief of symptoms is only part of a bigger picture when it comes to your health. We aim to provide treatments that have functional outcomes - such as getting you active again in your work and hobbies - not just reduction of pain or distress. We believe it is important to provide you with practical resources and strategies to be able maintain the long-term health of your mind and body.
In working towards symptom relief it is useful to be aware that many treatments can seem to initially increase symptoms. This is because we often automatically adopt strategies for managing symptoms that provide short-term relief but not long-term management. Treatment may require ceasing use of these strategies of short-term relief while implementing a more effective management. This is explained in relation to psychological wellbeing in our article, "It Gets Worse Before it Gets Better" - but the same patterns also often apply for our physical health.
Our Services
We are dedicated to providing affordable, specialised treatments to all ages - children, adolescents and adults.
Our Exercise Physiologist and Bowen Therapist offers assessments and treatment for a range of muscular, neurological and metabolic conditions and physical pain or injury. Treatment plans are customised to your individual needs, taking into account the interaction of factors such as physical symptoms, nutrition, sleep, beliefs and emotions.
Our Clinical Psychologist offers assessments and treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder, borderline personality disorder, depression and anxiety.
Our Clinicians
Dr Paul McQueen, Clinical Psychologist
Dr Paul McQueen is the Clinical Psychologist at Thrive Wellness. He has experience working in both adult and child mental health services in Queensland and Victoria and in providing supervision to psychologists in public mental health service and private practice settings.
Dr McQueen has particular interest in the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder and Depression.
More about Paul McQueen
Michelle Nolan, Psychologist
Michelle is a registered Psychologist at Thrive Wellness and is passionate about improving the mental health of individuals in the Toowoomba community. She has over 8 years experience working as a Psychologist in public hospital and private practice settings, where she has worked with children, adolescents and adults. In her pursuit for excellence to provide better outcomes for her clients, she is currently undertaking a Masters in Clinical Psychology at Charles Sturt University, enhancing her clinical intervention skills.
Felicia McQueen, Exercise Physiologist; Nutritionist
Felicia McQueen is the Exercise Physiologist, Bowen therapist and Nutritionist at Thrive Wellness. She has experience in working with all bodies, from infants through to the elderly, in areas of injury prevention, rehabilitation and chronic disease management. She has experience supporting families with multiple allergies and intolerances and has keen interest in the role of nutritional medicine to the autonomic nervous system in optimising cellular health and reversal of disease processes.
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Thriving - Health News & Insights
What is the difference between a Psychologist and a Psychiatrist?
A brief answer to what is probably the question I am most commonly asked in relation to being a psychologist: "What is the differences between a psychologist and a psychiatrist?"
What is a psychologist?
Can a psychologist read your mind? What is the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist? Isn't psychology all just common sense?
Wholemeal bread
Food plays an important part in our physical and mental wellbeing. Here is a wholemeal bread recipe offering both the therapeutic benefits of cooking and the benefits of wholesome food.
The Unrelenting Society
People with unrelenting standards simultaneously see themselves as unworthy and struggle to accept others. Their capacity for relaxation, pleasure, satisfying relationships or a sense of achievement is obstructed by these excessive standards. I wonder about the pervasive influence on us all of hypercritical attitudes in media combined with the incessant promotion of perfection in advertising. It seems that these massages are now being taken up and further promoted in social media.
The pain inside
"She's just doing it for attention." This is a phrase I have often heard from people trying to understand why a patient, a friend or a loved-one has been deliberately hurting themselves. Self injury goes against all our natural instincts of survival and self-protection. Unfortunately, the assumption often ends up being that a person who does such a thing must be either attention-seeking or "crazy". But, most often, neither is the case.
It gets worse before it gets better
There is a common paradox for psychological therapy: many times the strategies we have found to provide us relief from our problems are at the same time perpetuating our problems. Consequently, therapy can at times be very uncomfortable: you make a choice to confront difficult feelings and experiences that you have developed a range of strategies for avoiding.
Buying your way to happiness, or despair?
Many of us enjoy the buzz a shopping spree creates now and then. But for some people buying becomes very much like an addiction. It is a problem that can have very significant consequences – the most obvious being debt and other financial problems. It can also create friction or breakdown in relationships or be a source of severe guilt and shame.
"Are you sure?"
Did you ever, as a child, hesitate to step on a crack or a line? You knew it wouldn't hurt anyone but there was that tiny doubt that said, "But what if it was true? It would be terrible if your mother's back got broken! And it would be your fault!"


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Ali Adnan's last gasp strike helped Iraq begin their AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 campaign with a narrow 3-2 defeat of Vietnam on Tuesday.
Champions in 2007, Iraq had been behind twice before Adnan's sublime set-piece secured all three points for Srecko Katanec's relieved charges against a highly rated Vietnam side at Abu Dhabi's Zayed Sports City Stadium.
At a competition where, so far at least, several of the region's powerhouses have had things far from their own way, the victory saw Iraq go second in the Group D standings, behind the Islamic Republic of Iran who top the table following their 5-0 win over Yemen a day earlier.
After a slow start to proceedings, and with Vietnam more than holding their own, Iraq came closest to breaking the deadlock through Hussein Al Saedi's shot from distance which Dang Van Lâm expertly tipped around his left-hand post on 14 minutes.
Content to sit back and then break with lightning speed, an irrepressible Vietnam duly took the lead 10 minutes later, Nguyen Quang Hai's searching pass causing confusion in the Iraqi backline which saw defender Ali Faez turn the ball past the onrushing Jalal Hassan and into his own net.
Iraq rallied after the setback however, and they claimed a deserved equaliser shortly after the half-hour mark when Do Duy Manh's defensive lapse saw the impressive Mohanad Ali Kadhim surge into the area and fire home past a diving Van Lâm.
With three minutes of an enthralling first period remaining, Vietnam regained the lead in dramatic fashion as Nguyen Công Phuong bundled home the rebound after Nguyen Trong Hoàng's shot had been parried into his path by Hassan.
The game's topsy-turvy nature showed no sign of relenting after the break, with Safaa Hadi being denied by the alert Van Lâm and then Hassan diving to smother a scuffed Công Phuong effort.
Iraq continued to press for an equaliser, and it duly came in the 60th minute, substitute Humam Tareq gleefully smashing the ball into the roof of the net after Vietnam had failed to properly clear Kadhim's close-range effort.
Vietnam responded well through a Quang Hai strike which Hassan expertly turned to safety, before Iraq began to dominate proceedings with the full-time whistle approaching.
Indeed, in the final dramatic twist of a quite extraordinary encounter, Ali Adnan curled home a 90th minute free-kick from fully 20 yards to seal a sensational victory for Iraq.
Iraq now face Yemen in Sharjah on Saturday, while Vietnam will play the table-topping Iranians in Abu Dhabi on the same day. AFC


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Läuft das finale spiel ohne internet? Sprich, kann ich das Spiel offline ohne internet zocken?
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Läuft das finale spiel ohne internet? Sprich, kann ich das Spiel offline ohne internet zocken?
you can host your own server nd connect via lan
agentwolf last edited by
But now i must login my account. Is this only for the alpha version?
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For now you must login. We need to look at if we can make something where you dont need to login in the future maybe. But for now i would say no. So in case we don't build that in you don't get disappointed. Eco is meant to be played with a group of people.
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I hope i can play offline in future. Play with a group is a good idea but singleplay (offline) would be tealy nice. Please make a offline mode. :(
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@NoBlackThunder I think this is a great way to make sure that people playing the alpha actually paid for it, and that you are working with those who are sponsoring the game development. Helps to keep the pirates a bay, mostly.
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Quite the opposite actually, I ran into this issue yesterday, my internet went offline and I got kicked from my own LAN server.
If I hadn't bought it and pirated the game instead, yesterday I would have been able to continue playing, but because I paid, I couldn't.
There really should be an offline mode else you end up punishing legitimate owners while pirates get a better deal.
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I can just say the same as York. I'm still not sure if I want to buy this game because I'm not always at home while playing. I mean you can still use online authentification if players want to play on public servers but on the self hosted server?
Minecraft did it right with their offline mode.
To be honest, if someone wants to pirate the game, they do it, no matter how much you protect the game. Pirates have more features than a supporter of the game.
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It's a shame to see this still isn't possible.
Was really hoping to play for a few hours but can't because I currently have no internet access so can't log in.


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Shelah Radke, MD earned her Medical Degree from Case Western Reserve University and is board certified in both child and adult psychiatry. She has also studied law and earned her JD degree from Case Western University.
Her prior experience includes outpatient psychiatry in Falls Church, Virginia and work with children in the Bellefaire JCB residential facility in Shaker Heights, Ohio.
Dr. Radke has a particular interest in helping those on the Autism Spectrum and provides care for children and adolescents struggling with depression and anxiety.
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Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Specialist
Medication Management of Depression & Anxiety
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Dr. Radke welcomes family members to attend the initial consultation in order to gain a broad perspective of treatment concerns.
She is an out-of-network provider for medical insurance companies. Most insurance companies provide some level of reimbursement of services for members with out-of-network benefits. Riverside Counseling Center will provide you with the necessary documentation of treatment for you to seek reimbursement.


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"RAM/Fam103a1 is required for mRNA cap methylation."
Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis T, Dunn S, Bounds R, Cowling VH
Published 2011-11-18 in Mol Cell volume 44 .
Pubmed ID: 22099306
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|The 7-methylguanosine cap added to the 5' end of mRNA is required for efficient gene expression in eukaryotes. In mammals, methylation of the guanosine cap is catalyzed by RNMT (RNA guanine-7 methyltransferase), an enzyme previously thought to function as a monomer. We have identified an obligate component of the mammalian cap methyltransferase, RAM (RNMT-Activating Mini protein)/Fam103a1, a previously uncharacterized protein. RAM consists of an N-terminal RNMT-activating domain and a C-terminal RNA-binding domain. As monomers RNMT and RAM have a relatively weak affinity for RNA; however, together their RNA affinity is significantly increased. RAM is required for efficient cap methylation in vitro and in vivo, and is indirectly required to maintain mRNA expression levels, for mRNA translation and for cell viability. Our findings demonstrate that RAM is an essential component of the core gene expression machinery.
This publication refers to following proteins:
- Hcm1 (Homo sapiens)
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I've been feeling very anxious for a few days. I set up my medications for a week at a time, in a dispenser. When I was taking my handful of pills this morning, I remembered the pharmacy had changed my Welbutrin - the antidepressent - from one generic to another.
I'm sure that the new manufacturer is cheaper for Walgreens, and that's why they switched. Since they can charge me the same thing, regardless, they make more money on it if they can get it cheaper.
And, it seems like one generic should be the same as another, but I was worried when I first saw them because they look entirely different. They are half as big, for one thing. They are also a chalkier consistency.
This is a slow release medicine, so I am concerned that it might not "release" the same way if they've used different fillers. I had an issue with this medication once before when I was in the hospital for one of my surgeries, a few years ago. The hospital gave me a different version of Welbutrin and I became extremely agitated and then, later, very depressed. It was hard to pinpoint that exact cause for my distress with all the other meds they gave me, but once I switched back to the name brand Welbutrin - my husband brought me some from home - it got better.
A couple years ago, the pharmacy started giving me the generic, and I was worried about it. The pills looked exactly like the name brand, so I gave them a shot. After a few weeks I decided that they worked just as well. The ones I picked up last weekend look very different and now I'm wondering if taking this different brand for three days (today is day four) is contributing to my anxiety level.
I keep a chart by my bathroom mirror. I fill in a number from 1 to 10 in these categories: How I've slept (recorded only in the morning); how I've eaten (recorded only at night); and my morning and evening levels of "connectedness", anxiety, sadness and irritability. At the end of the day I have 10 numbers filled in and I add them up. The total - a number from one to one hundred - gives me an idea of how the day was on the whole.
I write a little note next to each day as a reminder of what went on that day (meeting with C, CoDA meeting, writer's group meeting, daughter home, etc.)
On Sunday, the last time I took the old generic, my total for the day was 80. It dropped to 68 and 60 on Monday and Tuesday and to 47 yesterday.
Trying to get the name brand is going to be difficult and expensive, but I don't know what else to do. Wish me luck.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Stupid Generic Drugs
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King College Women's Tennis
King College vs Mount Olive (03/30/13)
03/30/13 at Mount Olive, N.C (Walker Tennis Center)
|Singles competition
|1. Molly Sue Lentini (MOC) def. Naomi Reyes (KING) 6-3, 6-1
|2. Francesca Ceppi (MOC) def. Mariana Hosomi (KING) 6-1, 6-3
|3. Roxanne Chouinard (MOC) def. Karissa King (KING) 6-1, 6-0
|4. Maite Belloso (MOC) def. Amanda Huffaker (KING) 6-0, 6-2
|5. Samara Paldinho (MOC) def. No player (KING), by default
|6. Paulina Delgado (MOC) def. No player (KING), by default
|Doubles competition
|1. Francesca Ceppi/Molly Sue Lentini (MOC) def. Mariana Hosomi/Naomi Reyes (KING) 8-1
|2. Roxanne Chouinard/Maite Belloso (MOC) def. Karissa King/Amanda Huffaker (KING) 8-0
|3. Samara Paldinho/Paulina Delgado (MOC) def. No player/No player (KING), by default
|Match Notes
|King College 0-11, 0-5 CC
|Mount Olive 8-5, 5-3 CC
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in discussion General Discussion / Gift Ideas » Black Collegia gifts
I proposed this and was told to buy skl-wm with an aspect of 'short-blades' instead.
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I proposed this and was told to buy skl-wm with an aspect of 'short-blades' instead.
Here's one idea I've been mulling over:
Short blades Skill (needs a name)
Effectively skl-wm, providing an a-1 bonus to applicable combat, granting BIT:FIGHT. 5 points. Prereqs, up-art and gl-montevalno?
Flavor text: One of the trademark skills of the Black Collegia is proficiency with short blades, appropriate for murder and dueling. In a land where most of the nobility feels a preference for longer, whippier blades, a short blade makes a strong statement about its owners aesthetic preferences, as well as confidence in his ability to get inside the guard of others. The character is exceptionally skilled with short blades and will gain a bonus when using them in combat.


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One of the things that makes us unique is our video system, which includes a 6-foot video screen that we use to show music videos, short movie clips, etc. We also use our digital camera system to take pictures all night long and then, within minutes, we show them on the video screen! All of our past clients and guests comment on how much fun this feature is.
We then provide a copy of the pictures that we take on a DVD for you at no charge, so it's essentially like having a photographer hired until midnight as well. (We usually take around 150-200 pictures per evening.)


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Why Did a Homeless Tibetan Beggar in China Want to Give Me Money? – OHS022
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I recently traveled for thirty five days in Tibet and China. I was part of the 2017 One Path Outreach Medical Mission. We did medical support and service for a remote village in Eastern Tibet. Afterwards I spent two and a half weeks traveling in China with 8 full days at the Shaolin Temple in Henan province. I flew into the City of Chengdu in the Sichuan province from the United States. After landing in Chengdu, driving for three days to get into Tibet, returning to Chengdu, traveling to Yangshuo then to the Shaolin Temple, I returned to my Chinese "home base" of Chengdu.
Across all my travels I started to realize how people in Tibet and China viewed me as a one handed person. I had many many funny, interesting, and unique interactions with people. Especially a number of beggars and homeless people. This podcast shares some of my crazy cool interactions with the homeless beggars of Tibet and China.
Thanks for listening! I invite you to share this podcast, offer a comment or leave some feedback.
Show Notes:
- Cool and unique interactions with homeless beggars in Tibet and China.
- Getting a deeper insight as to the international perceptions of living life with one hand.
- One Path Outreach USA – One Path Outreach is a humanitarian relief program providing health care, education, and basic necessities to remote villages of Eastern Tibet.
- City of Chengdu – Outreach
- Shaolin Temple – As a martial artist, Buddhist, and one handed person this was a dream come true.
- Dzogchen Buddhism USA – The Dzogchen Vajrayana Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Two months after a teacher filed suit against Hales Franciscan High School, saying she was fired for reporting a sex incident on school grounds against the administration's wishes, a second teacher has now been fired, citing the same reasons.
Former Social Studies teacher Stephen Jennings is also suing Hales, saying he was fired last week because he reported the same girl's allegations to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, as is required by law. Jennings said he went to DCFS at the girls's request, after she said the school was not doing enough.
"I felt as a teacher, and a man of God, that it was my responsibility to protect the young ladies and support them," he said.
In his suit, Jennings alleged then-principal Erica Brownfield had even warned the staff not to say anything about the allegations.
"She had notified the teachers and all the staff that we were not to discuss this outside the building," he said.
He said he and fellow instructor Rochelle Daniels felt they had no choice but to go to DCFS with the girl's story, alleging she had been held down and groped by a group of boys in a Hales hallway. Daniels was fired in December, and said that shortly afterward, she started receiving vulgar texts from the boys involved in the alleged incident.
Hales president Jeffrey Gray declined comment on the latest suit, saying he had not seen it. But previously, he had maintained that he had not gone to authorities with what was thought to be a "sexting" incident because it was considered minor, and the school felt it was best handled in-house.
In his complaint, Jennings said Gray shoved him in a school office last Friday, then fired him after he went to police seeking to charge the administrator with battery.
A letter from Gray dated Feb. 24, states that Jennings was being fired for "refusal to minimally perform duties and repsonsibiltieis contained the Individual Teacher Employment Contract," and for "flagrant non-compliance or willfully ignoring instructions and directives given by a senior administrator."
"I just don't understand all that they're talking about," Jennings said.
His attorney, Joel Handler, who is also representing Daniels in a suit against the school, suggested the school shirked its legal responsibilities in failing to report the incident in a timely manner.
"Hales wanted to sweep this under the rug," Handler said. "They engaged in illegal conduct, because they were obligated to report this to DCFS and they didn't do it."
Chicago Police said in December they had closed their own investigation of the Hales matter, after the parents of the young woman involved declined to prosecute.


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Welcome to my recap of Goose house Ustream #47 which was broadcast on Saturday February 28th at 20:00JST (6:00AM EST)! This was Goose house's first livestream since the release of their two new albums Milk and Bitter on February 25th.
As usual, the Youtube videos of their individual performances will be released a week later, I will update this when they are out.
If you are new to the band please be sure to check out:
Song #1 - Nai Mono Nedari - KANA BOON (Performed by Manami and Sayaka)
Goose house then introduced each member before moving on to the next song.
Song #2 - Final Distance - Hikaru Utada (Performed by Kudo, Kei and Watanabe)
Wow, what a great performance. Goose house talked some more about Milk and Bitter, reading out the track list for each album. They also showed off the interior of the limited edition of Milk, which comes with a booklet containing the piano score for Hikaru Nara and a slipcase. The also broke spontaneously into singing parts of Hikaru Nara while describing this.
Song #3 - Hotaru no Hikari - Ikimonogakari (Performed by Migiwa and Johnny)
Migiwa and Johnny performed Hotaru no Hikari which is known for being the fifth OP for Naruto Shippuden. The song was Migiwa's friends last request before they passed away so she got choked up during the song with emotion. Great performance! Goose house then discussed their upcoming live tour to support Milk and Bitter. They also welcomed English viewers, encouraging them to use the hashtag #Goose7 on twitter to join in the conversation and hoped they enjoyed the rest of the broadcast.
Song #4 - Cutie Honey - Yoko Maekawa (Performed by Johnny, Kudo and Watanabe)
This was a particularly fun performance because of the use of synths, making for a unique sound.
Song #5 - Heroine - back number (Performed by Sayaka, Kei, Migiwa and Manami)
Goose house then performed back number's latest single Heroine, which was released a little over a month ago.
Song #6 - Domino Effect - Goose house (Performed by Johnny, Kudo, Manami, Kei, Migiwa, Watanabe and Sayaka.
For their final song Goose house performed Domino Effect which is the second track off of Bitter.
That's all for this livestream, please check back in a week for the full performance videos! Please remember to check out both Milk and Bitter, which you can now find on iTunes internationally. As always you can find an archive of this stream on their ustream channel below.
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Beautiful and comfortable apartment in Javea, on the Costa Blanca, Spain with communal pool for 6 persons. The apartment is situated in a residential beach area and at 2 km from La Grava, Javea beach. The apartment has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. The accommodation offers a lawned garden with trees and a lawned communal garden with trees. The vicinity of the beach, places to shop, sports activities, entertainment facilities, places to go out, sights and culture makes this a fine apartment to celebrate your holidays with family or friends.
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How to deal with Employer References post GDPR
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Following the introduction of the GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, one of the changes that has often been overlooked by employers has been the impact on the provision of references. Providing a reference about an employee to a prospective employer, will generally involve the disclosure and therefore the processing of personal data and so will accordingly need to be compliant with data protection law.
It is important to note that, except in certain specifically regulated sectors, an employer is under no obligation to provide a reference and employers can generally decline to do so, however organisations should be consistent in their approach or else the possibility of discrimination or victimisation claims may arise.
Responding to a request - lawful basis for processing
When responding to a reference request, employers will need to consider and document their lawful basis for processing the personal data of the employee. This is central to the concept of "fair and lawful processing" which is at the heart of data protection legislation. In an employment context the lawful grounds or conditions which should usually be relied upon will be either that the processing is necessary for the performance of the contract with the employee or that it is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation. However neither of those fit easily with the provision of a reference. Consent is an additional ground. Most commentators on data protection and indeed the Information Commissioner suggest however that in most cases any consent given by employees will not be valid because of the imbalance in the power relationship. However the situation is arguably different in the case of references where it is the employee who wishes the reference to be given and they are not in any way under pressure from the current employer such as might invalidate any consent given. It may be possible, when responding to a reference request, to base the processing on the backstop condition of the "legitimate interests" of the employer or, more likely those of the third party prospective employer seeking to ensure that they appoint a suitable candidate but depending upon the scope of the reference the ability to rely upon this ground may be uncertain. In those circumstances most employers responding to a request for a reference may accordingly want to rely on the data subject's consent to process the data contained within the reference. In order to be GDPR compliant such consent will have to be unambiguous and clearly documented.
There are two ways an employer can document a data subject's consent. Firstly, at an exit interview they can ask the employee for their consent to retain information and process it for the purposes of providing future references and record this in a suitable format. Secondly, the current employer could put the onus on the prospective employer and make sure that they document and produce the employee's consent to the current employer providing a reference. Employers will want to keep a copy of the evidence of consent in order to be able to demonstrate their lawful basis for processing. Any consent form used should document precisely what the data subject has consented to their former employee disclosing. In addition to this, if the prospective employer is located out-with the EEA then the data subject will have to consent to their data being transferred in that way.
Special categories of Information
Prospective employers may want to know about an employee's sickness or reasons for periods of absence. Under the GDPR health data falls under a special category of data and requires different grounds for processing but this does not apply where there has been "explicit, unambiguous consent" from the data subject. This is an even higher bar than standard consent. It is recommended however that any reference requests relating to an employee's health are treated with extreme caution and that very specific consent is in place before any such disclosure is made.
Disclosure of references
Previously under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) employees had rights of subject access to personal information held by their current or former employer and this could, in principle, include references given by current or former employers. However, there was an exemption whereby an employer who provided a confidential reference was permitted to decline to disclose this to the employee. This protection was however undermined by the fact that the employees could then apply to the recipient employer for a copy of that reference which was not able to rely upon the same exemption.
Under the GDPR and DPA 2018, employees still have the right to make subject access requests. However, the loophole in the previous legislation has been closed and personal data held by either the giver or the recipient of a reference may be withheld where it consists of a reference given or to be given in confidence for the purposes of the:
• Education, training or employment, or prospective education, training or employment, of the data subject.
• Placement, or prospective placement, of the data subject as a volunteer.
• Appointment, or prospective appointment, of the data subject to any office.
• Provision, or prospective provision, by the data subject of any service.
Increased rights of employees
Even though access to a confidential reference may have been made more difficult, an employee who is unhappy with the content of a reference it suspects is being given by a current or former employer may be able to rely upon exercising their enhanced data subject rights including the right to restrict processing, erasure, object and rectification. The GDPR also requires that any consent given to processing must be as easy to withdraw as it was to provide so employers will need to be alive to notification of withdrawal of consent and alter their practice accordingly in respect of any particular employee. Employees will retain the right to complain to the Information Commissioner if they think their rights under the legislation have been infringed and they also now have enhanced rights to seek compensation from the employer giving a reference if they suffer material or non-material damage as a result of infringement of their data protection rights.
As a result of these developments and the additional risks arising we are likely to see even more employers adopting a policy of providing purely factual references or at least strict restrictions on the nature of the information which may be disclosed. In any event all employers should carefully review their reference policy and procedure to ensure risks are adequately managed.
If you have any queries about any of the issues raised above please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Stronachs Employment Team.
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Hurricane Andrew hit weeks before I was about to start seventh grade. I remember my family sitting on the floor of my parents' room with their mattress protecting us from the window. We listened to my little white boombox to find out what was going on outside and maybe just to hear another voice that perhaps could soothe us. My dog was so scared that she decided to hide in the closet. As the eye of the hurricane passed, it sounded as if a loud train was riding through our neighborhood. That was the longest night of my life. We didn't have water or electricity for days, but we were one of the lucky ones. Unlike all our other neighbors, nothing serious happened to our house. Our one neighbor had their roof fly off, we didn't have too much food but we helped them out as much as we could. I can't help thinking that if the hurricane had gone a couple of miles north (the center of the eye went directly over our house instead of the more dangerous wall) things could have been much worse, very much like what I have been watching on TV and reading about.
I'm sure you know about the craftrevolution sale, so if you can go buy something to help out the relief fund. Donate to the Red Cross or the fund of your choice. I'm currently looking for a charity that will accept clothes and food so that I can send a few boxes down. If I find one, then I'll let you know. I could have easily been homeless years ago, but instead all I got was an extra week or two of summer vacation.


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The Government will sign the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in full, removing the UK's two remaining reservations to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Last January the Home Office announced a review of the Government's reservations to the Convention.
The reservations, made in 1991 when the UK ratified the Convention, permit the UK to continue to lock up children with adults and to put immigration concerns ahead of the human rights of child asylum seekers and refugees.
Carolyne Willow, the Children's Rights Alliance for England national co-ordinator, welcomed the move: This is the news we have been waiting for. All children have human rights and governments should not be allowed to pick and choose whose rights they are going to protect. This must be the start of considerable changes in juvenile justice and immigration policy. The treatment of children in conflict with the law and children in the immigration system was strongly criticised by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child when it last examined the UK in 2002. Ministers must not stop here - after removing the reservations, they must remove harmful laws and policy."
In June the four Children's Commissioners for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland submitted a joint report on their experiences of monitoring how the UK treats children and young people to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. The commissioners said that serious concerns remained about the significant breaches of children's rights in the UK.
The UN Committee will examine the UK Government at a public hearing over the next two days in Geneva, and issue its concluding observations on 3 October.


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5.How many colors are available?
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This is part one in a series of posts about The Cloud; for an overview see the previous article.
There are several different layers to the cloud, and to understand "The cloud" we need to examine the different types of cloud offerings provided by vendors.
The following diagram will be the basis for our discussion, although we won't tackle it in order.
Instead, we'll start our discussion with SaaS, because historically that's where I started with "The Cloud", so I'm completely biased to thinking that SaaS makes a good starting point.
SaaS: Software as a Service
Around 2003-2004 I started hearing about SalesForce.com. They were offering a different type of service than I had heard about before. During the .COM boom of the late 90's and very early 2000s what I heard about most was how brick-and-mortar companies were doomed, and online stores were the future because they didn't have to pay for retail space or keep very much inventory. I knew the guys behind Cars.com and a couple other start-ups, none of which exist any more.[pullquote align="right"]They sold software, but they sold it like the electricity service or water service to your house. You paid a monthly fee, and everything kept working.[/pullquote]Yes SalesForce.com was making waves. They were selling Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software that you could only buy as an ongoing subscription. You couldn't just purchase their software on CD or DVD, or download it and install it on your servers. They took care of all of that. They took care of buying the servers, building the expensive data centres with redundant air conditioners and diesel power-supply backups. They hid all of the infrastructure problems like patching and upgrading operating systems, maintaining the database, and backing everything up off site. All you had to do was provide your company credit card and you had a rock-solid enterprise ready Customer Relationship Management tool that was accessible anywhere you were.
And they called this approach "Software as a Service" or SaaS. Unlike Pets.com of the late 90's which tried to sell you pet supplies over the internet sight unseen, SalesForce.com sold a virtual good: a reliable and highly customizable CRM system that could immediately help you track your customers and sell more stuff for your own business. They sold software, but they sold it like the electricity service, water service, or internet service to your house. You paid a monthly fee, and everything kept working. Stop paying, and the company shuts off the electricity, water, internet, or CRM. Software sold as a service over the internet.
For me that was the first "Cloud" based service I'd heard about. But it wouldn't take long to hear of others.
Now there are lots of SaaS offerings. For example, Google Docs and Office 365, both of which let you edit your documents and spreadsheets "in the cloud". Rather than buy Microsoft Office DVDs, attempt to install them, type in your big-long security key, etc. you just pay a monthly fee and you can use office productivity tools in the Cloud. For a business the savings are even greater – no license tracking, remote installation, support, etc.
Another benefit of SaaS is that your documents are stored on Microsoft's servers, and are therefore accessible from anywhere on the internet. Additionally, Microsoft automatically saves revisions of your documents, make backups, etc, so a bad floppy disk will never again corrupt your undergrad thesis. If they provide an update, everybody with an active subscription gets it right away – no updating hassles.
The SaaS approach to software can also be beneficial for small businesses. You can rent the software only when you need it, and it's not a huge up-front cost. Most small businesses have cash-flow problems, so a small monthly fee is much more affordable than a large one-time license fee for boxed software – especially if the software won't be used regularly.
Of course, there are several downsides.
It's 1am – do you know where your data is?
The first is that you no longer control your own documents. All of your data is in the cloud. For example, your documents are on Microsoft's Office 365 servers. Stop paying the month service fee, and you don't have access to your own documents anymore.
If you're a competitor – say Amazon – you probably don't want to store your company's top-secret pricing spreadsheets in the Google or the Microsoft Office 365 cloud. Similarly, if you're WikiLeaks and your access is suddenly shut off for political reasons then you've just lost access to all of your documents (and given them directly to the government).
It also becomes potentially much easier for a hacker to get access to your documents. Your data is now in the cloud and accessible anywhere. So a hacker no longer has to breach your company's firewall security perimeter; he just needs to get your password – say through a phishing e-mail. If you're like most people and you use the same e-mail for Office 365 as for your bowling league website – which just got hacked – you could be in trouble. (For this reason you should be using two-factor authentication, which is offered by more and more SaaS providers.)
(We'll talk about some other more advanced ways of securing your data in the cloud a later dedicated security-in-the-cloud blog post.)
So Software as a Service/SaaS is convenient, but it comes at a cost.
Software as a Service ONLY
Of course, for the service provider the benefit of this approach is nice and predictable revenue. They know that most of their subscribers will continue being subscribers, and they know how regularly you use their software, so they can reliably predict their sales numbers for the next several quarters.
Compare this to the traditional model of trying to sell upgrades every few years. Most customers don't buy every upgrade – instead they skip versions. I know lots of people and businesses still running Office XP from the early 2000s that didn't give Microsoft any money for Office 2007, 2010 or 2012. They own a legitimate copy of Office XP and it still meets their needs, so why upgrade? Meanwhile, Microsoft has to invest millions in updating their software and then trying to convince businesses to upgrade.
This is a huge problem for software vendors, and the solution seems to be Software as a Service and monthly subscriptions. The SaaS model provides the software vendor with a wonderfully predictable monthly revenue stream.
As a major example, in May 2013 Adobe announced that it would no longer sell "boxed" (or "one-and-done") copies of its Creative Suite software (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.). So now the only way to get the latest version of Photoshop is through their SaaS Cloud offering – paying a subscription fee every month if you want to keep using the software. This is great for Adobe's revenue stream, and fantastic if you're a creative professional using Adobe on a regular basis because you're paying a low monthly fee and automatically getting the latest bug fixes and improvements each month.
So like most things Software as a Service/SaaS provides some benefits, and some potential drawbacks.
So Software As a Service (SaaS) is one way of using the cloud. It's the way most end-users see the Cloud, and it can certainly be beneficial for both small businesses and big enterprises. Paying for internet based software on a monthly basis is changing the software industry. Adobe no longer sells boxed versions of its software, and I wouldn't be too surprised if Microsoft is heading that way too in the long-term.
But SaaS is certainly not the only way to use the cloud. As the diagram at the top of the article reveals there are many other ways to the cloud. In the next article we're going to talk about Platform as a Service, which changes application development for small and big businesses.
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I'm very interested in your feedback and questions. Any comments or questions on SaaS?


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Nantucket blue table.
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Kids kitchen makeover.
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"And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn". Luke 2:7
Why was there no room at the INN?
During this blessed season I share this seasonal thought with you.
WHY was there no room at the INN?
In the west it is often asked what does Gods Word say about a matter? In the East more often, what does God's Word mean? To know what God means one should look at what He is saying and what He is doing, from beginning to end. (To understand and appreciate His meticulous planning since creation 'till now read the Old Testament as well as the New. For verified answers using logic, reason and precision based on facts and evidence without referencing the bible visit 'Show me a Sign' elsewhere here).
When you study these, you'll find the answer simple but not obvious to most as many look at 'worldly situations' or 'circumstances'.
"While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen:for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal" 2 Cor 4:18.
The reason why there was no room at the Inn is :
God did not want room at the Inn.
God did not want His Holy Son born there amid drunkenness, sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery, idol worshippers, evil thoughts, etc.
In short there was SIN in the INN
and so it was not a fitting place for the birth of a Holy God. At that time, the right place was the stable! ("Be ye holy; for I am Holy" 1 Peter 1: 14-16)
It would have been nothing for the creator of all things seen and unseen to provide the grandest palace adorned with Gold and Silver.
However, it was not with gold and silver we were to be saved nor would the Lord condone mammon and greed.
The humble stable with the animals that bore no sin was the cleanest place for our Saviour to be born.
Yes and although the many answers of our brothers and sisters were honest, logical, and obvious, the answers tended to focus on either the Inn it was full; or the time a busy time; people on the move; the tax season; the town was busy; all hotels, b&bs were full; or the event, the census etc.
However had our Living God wanted, I don't think there would have been any major problem on His part to provide a room at any inn of His choosing, at any time regardless of how many people were or were not coming for any census or event at that time.
It was God's wisdom and predestination alone that His Son Jesus Christ be born on ground that was holy and without sin in the camp
We have an all powerful God where ALL things are possible and who knows ALL things past, present and future. He had already made up His mind to have His Son born on ground made Holy by His presence
I hope this revelation has been a blessing to you and an encouragement to your faith.
We pray God's blessings on you all, your families and ministries. Wishing you a very Happy, Holy and Peaceful Christmas.
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Field Day!
Friday, June 23, 2006, 09:46 AM - Ham Radio, WalkingEvery year on or about the last weekend of June, Ham Radio Operators all over the world operate around the clock from their backyards or mountaintops or anywhere else out of the way in a great big contest to see how many of each of us we can talk to!
This year's field day brings me out to Fenton Lake near Cuba, New Mexico with a bunch of guys I've never met. It'll be somewhere between Amazingly Fantastic and Deliverance, hopefully closer to the former. :o)
I'll be back among the contactable on Sunday afternoon.
If not, Stephanie KC6VIT should know how to find me.
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Here are some great ideas for a new membership website, firstly start to think about the types of users you want to be bringing in, who are they? What will they be doing on the website? Are they people interested in the subject who will want to get involved with the community on the website for example by sharing their experiences regarding the subject? Will they be contributing anything on the website in the form of user submitted information or 'User generated content' as its known in the web 2.0 world.
Successful membership sites innovate
If you're looking at really making it to the big time with your membership website then you think a little bit outside the box. Think differently about how you will try and engage your users. Try and bring in new revenue streams such as for example; 'have a method users can pay per post, per video or per ebook'.
Have a method users can refer other users to your membership site and win prizes for doing so
This will really help kick start a new site, it will allow the site to really buzz and get a feel good feeling around the online community related to your chosen niche, it will help bring new users in as well as keep old ones happy
Try to get your members to review products in the niche of your membership site
This is great as it saves you a job literally! You don't need to do it, let them do it, let the users provide product reviews and suggestions to other users, no one is expecting you to go out and buy every product related to your niche but chances are your members are buying these products and they can review them on your membership site and give each other advice regarding which ones are the best, which ones to stay clear of etc..
Make a business directory for your membership site and charge business' to be listed in it
This is another source of income for your membership site, if you have just started a new site then it will help get things moving, the business directory can be open to everyone if you want not just your members but then you could try and make a deal with the merchants who are promoting their product with you to give a deal or an offer to your users, you could say to the business / merchant that you will give them a free listing in the business directory giving them promotion if you give the users of your website a 15% discount on their products, this way you are giving yet another reason for your users to keep being subscribed to you and it's also a reason for new users to sign up with you
Make the user think they are getting an exclusive service which they can't get anywhere else
You need to give the users the feeling of exclusivity, everyone likes being in an exclusive club and that's the kind of feeling you need to package up into a little box and sell to your members.


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Twelve years ago when we came from Hong Kong to live in the USA, we were very lucky that Aida our Filipino housekeeper came with us.
As British expats with three young children aged 8,6 and eight months, we knew almost no one in the DC area and Aida helped ease our transition in many ways. Most importantly she was a familiar, well loved caregiver for our kids as we set about trying to forge a new life.
Aida is part of our family. She no longer works for us on a regular basis, but has a key to our home, celebrates family milestones with us and gets huge hugs from our boys whenever she has an opportunity to visit. Any of you who have met Aida know that she is generous, loving, caring and kind. We are so lucky to have her in our lives.
In order to come to The States with us, Aida knew that due to her immigration status, going back to her birth country to visit her family might have to wait a long time. 12 years on, she is still waiting for her green card to come through, meaning that she is permitted to live in the USA, but if she left she would be unable to return. Her current employers have tried everything to speed up the process, but to no avail.
Three weeks ago Aida came to help me out. I had just come back from morning carpool and I could hear her talking in hushed tones on her cell phone. As soon as I saw her face, I knew something was wrong.
She proceeded to tell me that her older sister had just died in the Philippines of a recently diagnosed cancer. She was only 63. Although Aida is one of ten children, Alicia was the 7th child and Aida eighth. So Alicia was the big sister, closest in age to her and Aida adored her. In fact Aida told me that everyone adored her. She was always the life and soul of gatherings, very friendly and welcoming to all and acted as a connector introducing Aida to many she might otherwise not have met. She made everyone laugh and was lighted hearted.
Alicia enjoyed cooking and entertaining and loved flowers, bringing them in pots into her home, much like her many friends and tending to them all with love.
The more I listened the more I wondered how I could bring Aida comfort. I had never met any of her siblings. She was so far away from the comfort of her family home where two of her siblings lived and the 40 days of mourning were taking place. Aida had visited with her cousins in New York the weekend of the funeral and found solace in their care. But I know grieving has its own time frame and for each person it is different. Then it occurred to me, having heard about Alicia, that perhaps Aida would like to honor Alicia's memory with something here in the USA. Something that would remind Aida of Alicia's love of life.
|Flower dictionary: Yellow lily = light hearted, cheerful
We came upon the idea of buying a yellow (Alicia's favorite flower color) flowering plant, we could plant outside, that would grow and flower from year to year. Aida lives in an apartment so we chose a spot for it together, in my front yard and every time Aida comes to visit, Alicia's lily will be waiting for her.
So with this idea in our minds, the following week I took Aida to the Garden Center and after savoring the pleasure of the spring blooms we were guided by a knowledgeable employee to a yellow lily that would flower and multiply each year, was hardy enough to endure our range of temperatures and could cope with some shade in the spot we designated for it.( We planted it right on the path to our front door where you could not miss it.)
What I had not fully entertained in this plan was that the whole process was cathartic for Aida. Having Alicia at the forefront of her mind guided Aida in the color and kind of plant. Choosing where to plant it in the garden gave her some control over how to plant her memories and nurture them, knowing she could revisit them just like the plant, whenever she wanted.
But it was the opportunity to share the idea of planting the lily in honor of her sister that at this time gave her the most comfort. Her siblings and friends were so glad to hear about the plan, her flower choice and a way to mark this great loss. Aida told me they were very comforted by this idea, they had not thought of. For Aida it was something practical to do, to re enforce her connectedness with her beloved sister in the face of such great distance from her loved ones and the traditions continuing in the Philippines.
So how can we work out how to bring comfort to people in times of distress?
Here are five of my suggestions.
1. The most important thing you can do first, is to LISTEN, openly without judgement or interruption. This action shows the person that their words and feelings matter and that you are there to comfort them, not to try to solve their problems.
2. Listen carefully to their story and WHERE they are in the PROCESS of their challenge, illness or grief. This may give you clues as how to best help them.
A friend of mine in the UK was going through chemotherapy for breast cancer. In passing she told me she was knitting a pale pink hat to keep her head warm. She said her extremities always seemed to be cold. After hearing this, I went and found the softest pale pink socks to match her head covering and mailed them to her.
3. Visit on THEIR time frame. When someone is sick, is a caregiver or is grieving, time is very precious and precarious and there may only be small moments in the day when they can cope with a visit. If you say you are coming at 1.00pm then making sure you are there on time and be mindful of how much time the person can handle you visiting.
4. If you want to bring a gift, try to check out what might be APPROPRIATE. Although flowers and books are lovely, if the person has allergies or difficulty concentrating these may not be the best idea. Some freshly cut fruit or magazines might be alternatives.
5. Keep in REGULAR touch and FOLLOW THROUGH on your promises. When someone is going through challenging times, their world is turned inwards. All their energy is channelled towards getting through the day minute by minute. They may not have the energy to call you back, write an email or even send a text. But don't let that stop you from checking in. High stress and low support can lead to great isolation and a message or visit or plan from you can make all the difference. You could send an email weekly before the weekend, a card in the mail every Monday or deliver a Starbucks weekly. Small, regular gestures can make a big difference.
The greatest lesson I have learned from this experience and other care giving moments, is that you really do not know the extent of the impact you are having through your actions. But for that person, knowing you cared, were consistent and were thoughtful in how you chose to help may have been the biggest comfort of all.
How have you brought comfort to someone or had someone bring comfort to you at a difficult time?
Take care
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