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'Burn in the spring sun'
This weekend, rises the mercury in some places in the country to over twenty degrees. Despite the fact that the sun still not at its strongest, it is wise to use the sunscreen already on hand, according to experts.
"At this time, the sun is already quite powerful," says Jaco van Wezel of Weeronline. "In the next few days with cloudy weather, sunshine to 4 to 5 expected. In cloudy weather, the sunshine 2. Sunshine 4-5 is pretty high. After the winter our skin is not yet accustomed to such high power, so between 12.00 and 15.00 hours in the afternoon can burn you. Outside, the sunshine is still too low to burn."
"In addition to the position of the sun and the thickness of the clouds, there are two factors that the sunshine determine. UV-radiation is 10 to 20 percent, enhanced by the reflection of sand and water. Fresh snow and ice reflected 80 to 90 percent of the solar radiation. This is the reason why you are on a sunny wintersportdag burnt easily."
"Also the thickness of the ozone layer is an important factor," says Van Wezel. "On a sunny day at the end of april is sunshine to 4 to 5 a normal value. Sometimes the sunshine in april is even higher. This is because at high altitudes in the atmosphere than an area with lower ozonwaarden present. This is less sunlight on the way to the earth's surface is absorbed by ozone, and we are exposed to a higher UV-radiation."
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"We measure in april to a maximum daily sunshine around 4 to 5, says Harry Sleeper, radiological health at the RIVM. "A sensitive skin may already be within a half-hour as much as UV radiation increase that later in the day redness occurs."
"In the Netherlands we measure in the summer up to sunshine 7, which is usually a few times per year is reached. How higher the sunshine, the quicker the skin can burn: is the sunshine, twice as high then the time to burn half as short. In addition to the seasonality also plays the sensitivity of the skin along with the chance of combustion."
"You can UV radiation do not feel or see and the red and sore skin occurs until several hours after exposure. That is it. The sunshine is not dependent on the temperature and on a cool bright spring day just as high or higher if on a warm. If the skin once what sun has gained he is thicker and less prone to sunburn. Sun protection is important, not only to redness to prevent, but especially to reduce the chances of skin cancer to limit. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer and the number is rapidly increasing as a result of unwise zongedrag," says Sleeper.
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"The one person burns faster than the other, and the skin of children is more sensitive than that of adults. Also, when you do not burn too much UV light can damage the skin and allow for faster aging. So it is recommended to you also in this spring sun is already protected with sunscreen," says Van Wezel.
"For a middagwandelingetje of 30 minutes, you need with this sunshine, not sunscreen," says Sleeper. "It is even better to have you for a short exposure to the sun is not sunscreen, as UV rays help in the production of vitamin D. Especially after the dark winter we have here is a shortage of. With prolonged exposure to the sun it is of course wise to put yourself in the prisoners."
Many people do not know that you are the best a thick layer can make, tells Sleeper. "For a spring with lower solar energy, it is not necessary yet, but definitely in the summer is the importance of a solid layer that is regularly refreshed. Do you use a high factor, then the layer less thick. Factor 10 is now fine."
Spring weather
This weekend is the nice spring weather: Saturday is the day in the west and south, sunny, says Van Wezel. "In the east more clouds for. Sunday is a sun-drenched spring day. It is also quite warm for the time of year, 15 degrees on the sea 18 on the western beaches to 21 in the south and southeast of the country."
"The sun is, especially in the south, the strongest between 13.00 and 14.00 hours. After the weekend, will there be more clouds, and from Tuesday there is another chance of showers."
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- Seasoned Professional with 20 years of experience in sales and sales management.
- Consistently awarded for outstanding performance; repeatedly won the President's Club Award, placing in the top 10% of company sales nationwide.
- Excels in public relations, marketing, human resources, and procedures administration.
- Licensed Real Estate Agent in the states of Oregon and California.
- Facilitates financial and business decisions for resort real estate companies.
- Recruited, interviewed, hired, and trained all sales personnel.
- Managed all public relations, marketing, and sales for Seasons Plus Resorts, the largest vacation ownership company in the world.
- Developed and elite, goal-centered, cooperative sales force.
- Implemented and monitored productive property owner referral program.
- Directed site that was judged #1 within company in revenue per guest.
- Sold resort home sites as well as vacation properties to a marketed clientele.
- Won numerous awards as top performer and closer at all levels, including President's Club Award for sales in top 10% of the company nationwide.
- Directed building and sales of speculative property.
- Successfully completed sales leadership courses: "Date to Soar" and "7 Habits of Highly Successful People."
- Grew company to $.5 million annual sales; broadened business scope from constructing small homes to developing high-end real estate properties.
- Bought property and oversaw home construction from start to finish.
- Hired all subcontractors and managed all payroll, insurance and taxes.
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- Owner, Tom Firtzgerald Construction, Redding, California, 6/90 – 12/98
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We all love cakes, but have you ever tried one that looks like a mirror or marble? We know you haven't and you are not the only one, this is why Russian confectioner Olga became real famous in just a matter of few weeks. She creates sweet cakes that look like marbled mirrors. She had an interview and said that all this cake art began with heir love for macarons, and just later turned into a full time study of confectionery art. She wanted to make mousse cakes and this mirror glaze is the result of that learning. More info: Instagram
Her number of instagram followers rose from 15k to 350k in just a few days and she was shocked.
"I am shocked! What can I reply?… My phone can't deal with all the messages!… I have learnt the way people have got the information about me. First of all…I am grateful you referred to my Instagram and appreciated my works. I'm so flattered by such attention," she wrote on her Instagram Another success story in the works!
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1) Bloom the gelatin in the water;
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"PrefaceThe holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be with him) preached a holistic view of life in which physical, spiritual and psychological development the believers were emphasized. In the know of numerous secrets of the earth and heavens, the holy Prophet is reported to have identified numerous plants and herbs for their healing properties. Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Daud and Tirmidhi have recorded about fifty traditions on specific ailments and their cure. In addition, over three hundred traditions have been recorded on' various aspects of hygiene, purification, cleanliness, habits of eating and drinking. All these traditions, known as Medicines of the Prophet, are recorded in the classical Arabic treatises of Ibn al-Qayyim Al-Jauzi, Abu Bakr Ibn al-Sani, and Abd-al -Rah ran as-Suyuti.The sayings of the holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be with him) propelled great advances in the field of medicine in the Islamic regions during the middle ages.During the pre-Islamic period Arabs depended for cure of diseases on invocation of supernatural and or on the favour of different deities for treatments of their illness. The Apostle of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be with him) laid great stress on the right medicine as a remedy and discouraged superstitious methods of treatment through relics, amulets, etc. The holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be with him) is reported to have said that the use of medicine for curing diseases is sanctioned by Allah and according to a tradition reported by Abu Hurayrah the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be with him) said: God has not created a disease without a remedy for it.Disease is not the wrath of Allah, he is reported to have said, because many Prophets suffered greater pains than ordinary people.According to many traditions, people used to seek the counsel of the holy Prophet for spiritual remedies for curing their sickness and for their kith and kin. The Apostle of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be with him) often suggested herbal remedies such as Talbina, senna, honey, olive, ginger, saffron, Habb al-Sauda (Black Cumin) etc.However, the word of caution by Ibn Khaldun should be kept in mind that the mission of the holy Prophet was to preach the Divine law and not to give instructions in medicine.Prophetic Traditions, nevertheless, remain a great source of knowledge.Inspired by the traditions of the holy Prophet the Arab Muslims raised the dignity of medical profession from that of a menial calling to the rank of the learned profession. Medicine was more of a magic than medicine before the advent of Islam, remarks George Sarton in The History of Science. It was not only medicine but science as such which did not exist before Islam.Robert Brifault in The Making of Humanity conceded that 'No science existed before Islam. What we call science today arose as a result of new method of experiment, observation and measurement which were introduced into Europe by the Islamic Arabs. Science is the most momentous contribution of Islamic civilization. (Robert Brifault, The Making of Humanity.)The miracle of Habb al-Sauda or Black Cumin was first mentioned by our beloved holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be with him), who, inspired by divine revelations, was in the know of many secrets of the heavens and the earth. The Apostle of Allah is reported to have said that Black Cumin was the cure for all ailments except death.Throughout history humans have used Black Cumin as a nutritive, preventive and curative agent. The healing powers of Black Cumin, the seeds from the plant Nigella Sativa, have been recognized for over three thousand years in the folklore of many cultures. It has been regarded as a 'Miracle Seed' for it is known to assist the body in its own natural healing process. It strengthens the immune system and works in varied ways to promote optimum health and well being. Recent researches have proved that Black Cumin contains a complex synergy of over one hundred chemicals that work together to enhance and strengthen the immune system of the human body that no other natural substance has ever been known to do. Nigella Sativa or Black Cumin has medicinal properties of great value. Scholars of Tradition have generally reported that Hubb-al-Sauda, also known as Kammun Aswad (Black Cumin) are black seeds florm the plant of Nigella Sativa. Habb-al-Sauda is also referred to as Habb al-Khizra in old Arabic literature and as Shuniz in old Persian literature.Black Cumin seeds contain an essential oil of high medicinal value useful in cough and bronchial asthma. It is a good remedy in dyspepsia, loss of appetite, diarrhoea and intermittent fevers. Locally used, it removes painful swellings of the hand and the feet.Over the centuries, Black Cumin, popularly known as Black Seed, has acquired many nicknames, that has generated confusion about the herb. The appearance of the plant, the uses of the herb, aroma of the seeds all contribute to the multitude of names.The triangular and thin shape and size of Black Cumin has drawn comparison to the poppy seed, and is therefore sometimes it is called Black Poppy as well.During Biblical times, Black Cumin was often used to spice breads and cakes and throughout Europe baked goods were spiced with Black Cumin. Here it earned the name of Roman Cumin and Black Coriander."


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Netball SA is currently inviting expressions of interest to join the Netball SA Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) Advisory Group for the second year of the implementation of the RAP.
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Pacific School Games
Incomparable to any other international school sport championship, the Pacific School Games provides opportunities for around 4500 school-aged students to participate in 11 different sports at the highest level.
Students aged between 10 – 19 years from at least 15 countries and every Australian State and Territory, will compete from December 3 – 9, 2017. Australian students qualify for the Games through their state or territory school sport unit pathways and international students follow their national school sporting association pathways.
The Pacific School Games and your sport is calling for volunteers to help us make the Games a success and an event for the athletes to remember for a life time.
Volunteers are the backbone of any large scale, successful event and the PSG needs around 500 to properly service the Games and athletes.
Volunteer Roles exist in the following areas,• Media and Promotions• Team Logistics• Venue Management and Support• Administration• VIP Services
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We had dozens of jokes, 39 comments, visitors new to this blog; the second joke a thon was a success. Spike, as you saw below, was masterful in his duties as impartial picker of the winner.
Heather who won is totally sweet. Sadly she had been laid off from work last year, interviewed for a thousand jobs, got a good job and then last month the new job went kaput because the company went bankrupt....
so even though it is just a little thing, winning a mug, we might say that Heather deserved it this time.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
ABOUT our winner
Posted by Gary's third pottery blog at 6:48 AM
2 comments:
- Miss Heather said...
I think YOU and M are the sweet ones. I love you both!
- May 5, 2009 at 10:39 AM
- Karen (formerly kcinnova) said...
Heather definitely deserves the happiness that a mug from Gary can bring to her day.
- May 5, 2009 at 10:49 PM
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Another B.C. strain that is only available as a clone but like all great strains they get crossed from time to time, the good ones stay and the rest die off. This hybrid of the purple pineberry that we have made with our male is a great hardy plant that still retains its piney scent and fast flowering time.
We are working more with this plant so watch in the future for some earlier more hardy versions of this strain.
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Purple pineberry is easily one of my new favorite strains! The buds are medium-sized and surprisingly dense; deep purple in color. The smell and taste are the perfect complimentary combination of fruit/berry/pine. It reminds me of the treehouse we had when I was a kid. The high is what really makes it stand out for me personally, though. It is not very strong at first, but about 2 hours after smoking I suddenly find life to be much more awesome than usual. I'm not sure how else to describe it; very positive, enjoyable, somewhat euphoric. I like mixing it 50\50 in a joint with something indica-dominant so I get the anxiety relief now & later, and of course that amazing taste! (Posted on 11/16/2016)
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A lawyer for Detroit ex-councilwoman Monica Conyers says an appeal in her criminal case will focus on a judge's refusal to allow her to withdraw her guilty plea to corruption.
Doug Mullkoff is trying to clear up any misunderstanding of what Conyers wants from the federal appeals court in Cincinnati.
Mullkoff acknowledges that Conyers' agreement with prosecutors bars an appeal of her conviction or sentence if the punishment is less than five years. He says she's upset about U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn's reaction when she requested to scratch her guilty plea before the sentence in March.
Mullkoff filed a response Wednesday to the government's request that the appeals court reject an appeal by Conyers. She's due to start a 37-month prison sentence by July 1.


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So, what's on YOUR pulpit? Mexico has Fray Tormenta ... now Midland has Steven-san and Master-Todd, going to the mat - literally - in their efforts to bring more youth to Christ.
These shots were taken Sunday evening, at First Presbyterian Church-Midland, following the end of their Fall Youth Program Kickoff. Steve Schorr is Senior Pastor at First Prez, and Todd Wyrick (the one with the beard) is the church's Minister of Youth.


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Series: Dante Walker # 1
Published by Entangled Teen on March 25, 2013
Genres: Paranormal
Pages: 352
Format: eARC
Source: Publisher
He makes good girls...bad.
Dante Walker is flippin' awesome, and he knows it. His good looks, killer charm, and stellar confidence have made him one of hell's best—a soul collector. His job is simple: weed through humanity and label those round rears with a big red good or bad stamp. Old Saint Nick gets the good guys, and he gets the fun ones. Bag-and-tag.
Sealing souls is nothing personal. Dante's an equal-opportunity collector and doesn't want it any other way. But he'll have to adjust, because Boss Man has given him a new assignment:
Collect Charlie Cooper's soul within ten days.
Dante doesn't know why Boss Man wants Charlie, nor does he care. This assignment means only one thing to him, and that's a permanent ticket out of hell. But after Dante meets the quirky Nerd Alert chick he's come to collect, he realizes this assignment will test his abilities as a collector…and uncover emotions deeply buried.
Other readers' ability to enjoy this book will likely hinge on whether or not you believe Dante's transformation is believable. If you read a few pages from the beginning and then skipped towards the end, you'd be amazed that the narrator is the same guy. But it worked for me. He changed for a girl. Not just any girl, but Charlie, who's alternately tough and fragile, homely and beautiful (you're going to have to read to see just how that one works), and always sweet, kind, and loyal. Because I believed that even someone as arrogant as Dante could fall for Charlie, I accepted his transformation. Actually, it becomes clear that that part of him was there all along, but the pain of his past life buried it deeply. When he falls, he falls hard, and it was hard for me to watch his pain as he risked his life to protect Charlie.
But enough about the romance. Let's talk about the fact that this book is about a dead guy who works for the Devil and who's assigned the job of "collecting" the soul of sweet, naive Charlie. This was a new one for me. Dante initially had no idea why he was sent to capture Charlie's soul, and he didn't care. It was just a job for him. When we find out why sweet Charlie is so important, the stakes are raised for the folks both upstairs and downstairs. If Dante doesn't follow through on his commitment to Boss Man (The Devil), there will be hell to pay, and that's not a metaphor. Likewise, the repercussions for Charlie are not pleasant, and this sets up an epic battle between good and evil, as as one side tries to take Charlie's soul, and the other tries to protect it.
Victoria Scott gives Dante a great voice. Setting aside some of his douchier comments, she gives him a lot of humorous lines. He's also got his kind, tender moments, although it takes a lot of work to drag that part out of him. Scott ends on a great cliff-hanger, and it looks like the sequel is set to come out in August!
Side note – If you like witty author banter, and if you're not following @VictoriaScottYA, you should. She told me over Twitter that she would lock me in her basement and feed me mini chewy Sweet-Tarts. Yes, that was the essence of the Tweet, and yes, I completely stripped out any and all additional context that would reveal that it was actually very funny and sweet. So, even though I've implied she's a kidnapping psychopath, I get the impression that she'd be OK with that. 🙂
Note – I received an ARC of this book from the publisher for review.
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Joseph Green Joins The Preiss Company as Chief Financial Officer
Tuesday May 22, 2012
New Appointment to Provide Capital Markets Expertise to Support Company's Rapid Growth in Off-Campus Housing Boom
RALEIGH, NC – May 22, 2012 – The Preiss Company, the nation's fifth largest privately held owner and operator of student housing, announced today that Joseph Green has joined the company as chief financial officer. In addition to managing all accounting/financial reporting, treasury, risk management and administrative functions, he will be responsible for overseeing all relationships with capital market lenders and equity investors.
Green brings nearly 35 years of in-depth experience in real estate, finance, and capital markets. Prior to joining The Preiss Company, he was the chief executive officer of Cherokee Renewables, LLC, a company dedicated to providing capital to the solar photovoltaic industry and an affiliate of Cherokee Investment Partners, LLC, a private investment firm that manages more than $1 billion of Brownfield-related real estate assets. Green also served as a senior advisor to Noble Investment Group, a privately held hospitality firm that owns $1.2 billion of hotel real estate nationwide. Previously, he was chief executive officer of KeyBridge Capital LLC, a company that was an affiliate of investment bank Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Company. He is the former president and chief financial officer of Winston Hotels, Inc., a publicly traded real estate investment trust (NYSE: WXH), which was acquired by Inland American in 2007.
"Joe's extensive relationships with the financial community, experience in structuring equity and debt instruments, expertise in sophisticated financial and accounting systems and his extensive background in real estate development and operations add tremendous depth to our senior management team," said Donna Preiss, company founder and CEO. "There are a great deal of similarities between the hotel and student housing industries, and we will call on Joe's broad background in hospitality to help continue our rapid growth. We have grown more than 30 percent in the past two years to more than 15,000 beds near universities in 11 markets and plan to continue aggressively expanding in selected markets. We now are well positioned to increase our market share in off-campus student housing. In addition, Joe has been an advisor and investor in our company, as well as personal friends, for a number of years, so we are confident he will add value to our company from day one".
"College enrollments are expected to continue to steadily increase for at least the remainder of this decade," Green said. "At the same time, universities are faced with reduced funding, rising costs, and an aging student housing stock. As a result, colleges increasingly are looking to private housing near campuses to fill the supply/demand gap. The Preiss Company has created a successful business model that is a win-win situation for both universities and students. The company has more than $100 million in its development and acquisition pipeline and expects to double its size over the next three years. I look forward to the opportunity to play a role in the company's dynamic growth."
Green holds a B.A. degree from East Carolina University, a J.D. degree from Wake Forest University and a Master of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University.
About The Preiss Company
Founded in 1987, The Preiss Company specializes in the development, acquisition and management of off-campus student housing. The Raleigh-based company is the nation's fifth largest privately held and largest woman-owned owner and operator of private student housing. The company's portfolio currently comprises 15,000 beds located in 11 markets in eight states (North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Maryland, Illinois, Texas, and Pennsylvania).
Additional information about the company may be found at www.tpco.com.
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Mini Cooper 3 Door Hatch Review
As the last old Mini rolled off the production line in October 2000, and ownership of the Mini brand moved over to BMW, there were concerns the new Mini, launched in late 2000 would be nothing like its long-standing predecessor. These concerns were pretty well founded, but this was not all bad. The new Mini was modern, more spacious, safer, and a car for the 21st century.
Seventeen years on and the Mini that looked nothing like a Mini, was anything but mini, and billed to be a flop, has been a roaring success. Its larger proportions all round and more recent styling change which has given it more of a front overhang, a departure
from the wheel in each corder styling of even the early successor. It has put on weight, beefed up, and now there are so many variants of the Mini that you no longer buy a Mini, but either a Mini Hatch (3 or 5 Door), Mini Cooper, Mini Convertible, Mini Clubman, Mini Countryman, Mini Paceman, and there was even, for a short time, a MiniVan.
The exterior of the new Mini has evolved since its 2000 launch. The aforementioned increase in front overhang has also resulted in a longer bonnet, whilst the rear is still as stubby as before. Overall the latest new Mini does feel more portly compared to its earlier variants giving it a little less of that Mini feel. Its design is still iconic however and it continues to retain its almost cult status on the road.
The Mini 3 Door Hatch, is perhaps the most traditional of all the Mini's. Available as a 1.5 or 2.0 diesel or 1.5 petrol (on test) or 2.0 petrol, with varying trim levels starting with the One, then Cooper (on test), Cooper S, and John Cooper Works, there is plenty of choice.
The 1.5l 3 Cylinder Petrol on the Cooper on test is a peppy little power plant producing a rather impressive 136hp which will get you from 0-62 in a reasonable 7.9s with a quoted 62mpg. The slower, and less powerful [116hp] 3 cylinder Cooper D makes up for its lesser pace with an impressive 80mpg. If you yearn for a bit more power the Cooper S and SD deliver this, taking around 1s off the 0-62 time, whilst each sacrificing around 10mpg. If however you just want to get from A to B, the rather gutless One D is rather pedestrian with a 0-62mph time of 11s but will return a staggering 83mpg combined and 72mpg around town. We do predict however, the Cooper or Cooper D will be the most popular engine choices striking a nice balance between performance and economy.
Having chosen your Engine and Trim Level (which are linked by
way of performance and economy), you then have an almost infinite choice when it comes to interior personalisation. You have the choice of a Pepper Pack, which adds larger 16³ Alloy Wheels, Dual Zone Air Con, Auto Lights & Wipers, On Board Computer, extra storage, Cruise Control, and a few other bits, the Chili Pack with 17³ Alloy Wheels, 1/2 Leather Upholstery, Sports Seats, LED Headlights, Fog Lights, & DRL's, and the items in the Pepper Pack, or the John Cooper Works Chili Pack, which further adds more aggressive styling with the JCW Aerodynamic Styling Kit to the Chili specification. On top of this there are then the Media Pack (essentially Sat Nav), JCW Sport Pack, Tech Pack (Sat Nav, HUD, Rear View Camera, Harmon Kardon Sound Upgrade, Mini Connected XL, and Rear Parking Sensors. You can also customise the internal colour scheme to your taste along with a broad range of technology and handling options.
Whilst certain manufacturers adopt a one-size fits all strategy with the likes of KIA an the 1, 2, 3, or 4 trim levels and thats it, Mini takes a more tailored approach which means there are likely thousands of possible permutations. However it is worth noting that even the entry level Mini One comes with Bluetooth Hands Free, DAB Radio, Heated Door Mirrors, and Keyless Go, the standard Cooper adds to this with Alloy Wheels, Body Coloured Mirror Caps and the improved performance.
Overall to drive, the latest Mini does feel a little more vague in its handling of the lower models, however there is no escaping the fact the latest engines are impressively frugal, and responsive (aside from the One). As a company car they have long been a good option either as a branded pool car favoured by recruitment and estate agents the length and breadth of the UK or as junior company cars for those who dont want an Astra or the like so are happy to sacrifice size for style.
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So here we are…3 weeks under our belts and 2 more to go!
I hope everyone is discovering which methods work best for them
and that the memorization habit has become…well…a habit!
I'm more aware than ever of how vital memorizing is to our walk with Christ. Often times, when my thoughts are up to nothing constructive, I have been able to redirect and re-purpose myself by focusing on one of the Scriptures we've learned!! I gotta say, I'm pretty excited about that!
So let's dive right in…
This week we'll be in the Book of Habakkuk. There's actually a book that is based off of Habakkuk 3:19 called Hinds' Feet on High Places, by Hannah Hurnard. It is absolutely one of my most favorite books…if you haven't read it yet, clearly I recommend it!!
This week we are looking back to Pinterest for our memorization approach.
Basically, you'll be putting this verse on your phone's lock screen or background (or both!). I don't know about you guys, but I'm on my phone several times a day (totally putting it modestly!)…
…so each time we go to our phones this week, Voila!, there the Scripture will be!
I love it!!!
Feel free to use the image I created above, if you like!
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Exhibit highlights amazing art of Africa
Many of us dream of going on an African safari and seeing the beauty and art of Africa first-hand. Now you can get a taste, right here at home.
It's a continent steep in history and culture, and the University of Guam is bringing art from the African continent to your front step. Isla Center for the Arts Extension associate Gi Flores said, "The title of the exhibit is named 'Tears of the Mask', and you'll see a lot of artwork from sub-Saharan Africa."
Most of the collection was donated by a very generous private collector, who said, "I'm Hauhouot Diambra-Odi and I work for the College of Natural and Applied Sciences. Dr. Diambra-Odi is originally from the Ivory Coast, but moved to Guam in 1992. He said he began collecting art after visiting an African art exhibit in Houston.
"It started with a few pieces before and then every time I travel I bring some more and by the time I knew it I had a very large collection, so I thought it was maybe a good idea to share with the island," he recalled. The pieces came from different places of Africa, most of them from the Ivory Coast, but since the Ivory Coast is sharing boarders with other countries such as Liberia, Burkina Faso, Mali and Ghana, across the border we have common communities and cultures.
"We also have a few from other African countries like the Congo and also from Kenya, 140 total maybe about 50 and plus if you add clothing probably about 80 pieces together," explained Dr. Diambra-Odi., adding that for him, the value is sentimental. "I'm hoping in the future maybe to have a display room or showroom here in Guam so people can keep enjoying the beauty of African art," he said.
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Welcome to the Save Southlake Water Newsletter
The City of Southlake is doing great things to promote water conservation this summer. We are excited to bring to you this weekly newsletter with advice on how much you should water your lawn, information about water conservation events going on around town, and more!
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Michael R. Matheny believes previous studies have not appreciated the evolution of U.S. military thinking at the operational level. Although they may rightly point to the U.S. Army's failure to modernize or develop a sophisticated combined arms doctrine during the interwar years, they focus too much on technology or tactical doctrine. In his revealing account, Matheny shows that it was at the operational level, particularly in mounting joint and combined operations, that senior American commanders excelled—and laid a foundation for their country's victory in World War II.
Matheny draws on archival materials from military educational institutions, planning documents, and operational records of World War II campaigns. Examining in detail the development of American operational art as land, sea, and air power matured in the twentieth century, he shows that, contrary to conventional wisdom, U.S. war colleges educated and trained commanders during the interwar years specifically for the operational art they employed in World War II.
After 1945, in the face of nuclear warfare, the American military largely abandoned operational art. But since the Vietnam War, U.S. commanders have found operational art increasingly important as they pursue modern global and expeditionary warfare requiring coordination among multiple service branches and the forces of allied countries.


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Interceptors - Un-skirt U.S. Government's Its Daily Worldwide Secret Unsuspected Satellite Mind Control Technology Attack Activities! Public International Investigation Request! Disarm U.S. Government's Space Weaponry Request!
This petition is to pursuit public international investigations to detect and disarm U S from its current mind control technology and other most current sophisticated space-based weaponry using satellites as carriers for remote attacks originating from its soil bases have already employed and in active daily throughout the world, and others are in the development. It was 2003 that it started its secret satellite everyday unsuspected attack/probe activities. The number of victims of unsuspected U. S Satellite Mind Control immoral attacks has already reached millions; the number increases hourly by victimized ones in U. S land and outside the US.
It is true that current claims on this awful crimes UNITED STATES governments current being committed for years and presently. It must be public investigations of U.S. space-based torture, space-based privacy breaking, space-based territory violation that U.S. government being committed using this unsuspected technology with satellite carriers. This site should be the great place for all to report such activities and help stop U.S government's, and free all victimized ones as its consequences.
The US government has in the hands in-active-space-based weapons systems having capable of remote attacking information security and psychological security that can destroy information system and influence individuals and large population in real time Multiple targets factor. The US government is the latest most secret threat to national security of other countries in this area.
Secret methods of information-psychological influence can not only harm a person's health, but also lead to "the loss of people's freedom on the unconscious level, the loss of capability of political, cultural and other self-identification, manipulations with social consciousness" and even "the destruction of a common informational and spiritual integrity of other countries. These attack methods named "psychotropic weapons, or psychical weapons" are so destructive secretly. The U.S. governments are totally cowardly lying all the time with their statement "The U.S. government official position is that U.S. mind control weapons are classified or that there are no U.S. government mind control weapons programs." In reality, for recent years since 2003, U.S government has current its own capable of Remote collect Intelligence, stealing secrets, breaking privacy, manipulating target's decisions of unprecedented targets, and influencing targeted individuals - all are going unsuspected on targets.
In fact, the United States, for all practical purposes, a military and Intel police state. This reality is masked with a facade of representative government and media communication and lies. The empire had an evil Twin. U.S citizens are selected at random for terrible secret experiments and abuses, particularly in this top classified covered-up project. Those who seriously challenge the corrupt system face secretly covert harassment and abuses, threatening always-on explicitly and implicitly. They become victimized under U.S mind control technology attacks which attempt to make targets look bad in public and anywhere in any situation with a full-blown cover-lies of mental ill mimic.
U.S. governments are the largest hypocrites and rank up right with the worst cowardly immoral cruel torturer and rapist soil based teams. The cowardly USA governments conceals Mind Control technology mimics mentality disease to infect victims, and to commit some of the worst imaginable atrocities, and make perfect crime onto targets, and claim victims for natural causes. They do all means at any costs to cover up completely their reality Satellite Mind Control technomind control technology attack secret missions of the U.S. Government. That guy has American name "Kevin Kieu", a U.S citizenship; he is from China. He is about 40 years old, round face, short hair cut, dark brown skin; he lives in Chicago in U.S. He is very good in English, Chinese and Vietnamese languages. He lived in Can-Tho province of Southern Vietnam before he oversea left Vietnam for the U.S. During the trip, he was in an intermediate camp prior to settled down to the U.S, he was recruited.
[2]. One of U.S satellite mind control attack ground teams intercepted since 2003consists of 4 Service men and two women; one can speak Chinese well; another one can speak Vietnamese; of course all speak American English native. They are all so much cruel and cowardly, lying, mocking Craps, Conspiracies and dirty activities at the level not seen in normal daily life. All their actions are to abuse and torture victims remotely in physical and mental way of beams. Why they do to victims? U.S Governments use sex war driving strategy, specially after 2001, to torture ones being seen 'unfriendly' to U.S Government's political policies and activities, and for its experiments in mind control development and improvement. Besides, this team remotely probes everyone being in scope of their satellite spy scan. They are trying to trace to find any spy network (if any from China, Taiwan, Korea, India, Vietnam,...) planted in U.S land, and itself sleeper-cells inside its land. Since 2004, their probings have been carried out daily not only in U.S but right in territory of other countries (Taiwan, Korea, China, India, Iraq, Afghanistan, Japan, Vietnam, and Belgium, UK,...); its secret unsuspected attack activity via satellites is over Vietnam territory daily round-the-clock since 2004 and presently. Satellite mind control weapon and other most current sophisticated weapon successful achievements help U.S. Governments launching all secret attacks remotely anywhere and any place (only Russia is probably an exceptional to that; and China is also after 2006) quietly with almost no trace visible if unsuspected.
[3]. They could use these remote unsuspected technology to communicate with their spies planted already in other countries; planted spies do not need equipments for transmitting information back and forth to U.S government; All they need is let U. S ground Teams use satellite Mind Control technology beams to Remotely communicate with spies. It is very hard to detect unless monitor activities of satellites in scope of orbit space over a country territory, and monitor country territory space for any in-and-out beams to and from orbit space. The best bet is go equipped space defense system covering up entire country territory.
[4]. It is going to publish ahead next their probe and attack activities - include location, who if any possible.
[5]. It is going to frequently update daily information about trackable current and new victims - who, where, what of attack activities, what sentence patterns attackers do tactically bugging victims in voice projection.
[6]. New reveal - It has new reveal that American Government's Satellite Mind Control Daily Worldwide Attack Activity Teams belongs to its Echelon Global Spy System/Network. Through interceptions of weak points of its satellite ground team attack activities, the fact first came out on 12/2004; the confirmation is verified on 10/2008.
Everyone, victimized ones do not hesitate to join in. When do it, please provide public as much as possible information about attacks, current attacks and next attacks such as current locations of attacks, information of ones known as occasional, frequent and always-on victims. More information are updated at "Signature Section" of this petition.
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I am about to embark on our first week of trialling fresh kangaroo meat for our dogs. I have found a supplier (a pet store near my work) who gets their deliveries on Fridays. You can buy it frozen in 1kg lots, or fresh if you order it before Wednesdays (to be picked up on Friday).
I will be buying the fresh product, because they generally eat a little over a kilogram in a WEEK, so I will have to separate it into daily portions (which is what I do with their regular meat).
Why roo meat, you ask?
Two reasons:
Firstly, it's cheaper than what I can get at the supermarket. I can normally get some type of chuck, Y bone or rump steak for between $8-$10 a kilogram in bulk packs. Let me quickly say that our dogs do not eat a LOT of meat, but I believe a little fresh meat is beneficial. They only get a small handful for dinner each, it is all they need. I can't imagine how much pet food would add up if you owned a large breed dog. That takes commitment!
Fresh or frozen roo meat, from this particular pet store, is $5.95 a kilogram. So the savings WILL add up quickly.
The second reason is that roo meat is actually very healthy - for animals and humans. It is very lean - has NO fat, and loads of iron. TBH, I have never eaten it, though I hear it has a distinctive taste... maybe one day when I'm pregnant, low on iron and if craving meat I might give it a shot...
Anyway. So those two reasons are good enough for me. I am excited about the savings and am pretty sure the dogs will like it also.
we are trialling roo meat
I am about to embark on our first week of trialling fresh kangaroo meat for our dogs. I have found a supplier (a pet store near my work) who gets their deliveries on Fridays. You can buy it frozen in 1kg lots, or fresh if you order it before Wednesdays (to be picked up on Friday).
7 Responses to "we are trialling roo meat"
Tightwad Kitty
August 30th, 2010 at 08:57 amMMMMM I like Roo Meat to eat. I normally buy it when it's on special but I don't like sausages made with roo meat. I hope the dogs enjoy they roo meat good buy.
August 30th, 2010 at 02:21 pmI don't know if I could bring myself to eat it. Kangaroos are so cute.
August 30th, 2010 at 11:11 pmlol - and lambs aren't?
August 30th, 2010 at 11:43 pmLambs and calves are all cute...and tasty...survival of the fittest so to speak. LOL
August 31st, 2010 at 01:53 amI don't eat lamb either. I do not eat veal either. I eat grown up beef who are not that cute!
August 31st, 2010 at 02:05 amlol just joking homebody :P i don't eat any meat either - but i know if my dogs were in the wild they would most definately catch and eat a kangaroo! atleast in this way i know they are eating something close to what is natural for them. also seeing as the overpopulation of roo's are becoming a problem in our country, i feel it is probably the most environmentally friendly choice in feeding our dogs.
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FRANKFURT — For Philipp M. Hildebrand, it was a reminder of what happens when you get between bankers and their bonuses.
Mr. Hildebrand, the president of the Swiss central bank, was called "arrogant" and "egotistical" by bankers quoted anonymously in the pages of Swiss newspapers. His supposed sin: Wanting banks to hold extra capital. The fact that Mr. Hildebrand was himself a former hedge fund manager in New York seemed only to heighten the sense that he had betrayed his profession.
"He'll never find another job in Switzerland," the Swiss newspaper Der Sonntag quoted an unnamed high-ranking banker as threatening Mr. Hildebrand in 2010.
The unusually bitter attacks on a central bank chief were a measure of what was at stake. Mr. Hildebrand, 48, had a high-visibility role in a struggle between bankers trying to preserve their most lucrative business practices and regulators trying to defuse a system that, many believe, nearly blew up the world economy.
"Many of us on the public side had to deal with industry push-back, at times amplified by public coverage," Mr. Hildebrand said. "One lesson that emerges is that the capacity of the financial industry to lobby for its short-term interests is far reaching."
The debate centers on an international accord that most people outside the industry have never heard of, the so-called Basel III rules. The core issue and main point of dispute is capital — the money that banks accumulate through issuing stock and holding onto profits, money that they do not have to repay. The regulators want banks to finance their operations with more capital and less borrowed money. Advocates argue that the bigger the capital buffer, the greater the stability of the financial system. But financing operations from capital, rather than borrowing money, is less profitable, and that means lower bonuses.
"In the financial crisis the banks got the upside and the public got the downside," said Stephen G. Cecchetti, head of the monetary and economic department of the Bank for International Settlements, in Basel, Switzerland. The bank houses the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the secretive panel that establishes global banking standards. "We want to make sure that doesn't happen again."
After some fierce battles, proponents of the tighter rules have achieved some success in pushing through measures that will force banks to reduce risk. The Federal Reserve on Tuesday published draft regulations that draw heavily on the agreements reached in Basel. But there is a long phase-in period that the banking industry could use to try to water down the rules. And many economists fear that the new regulatory regime still allows banks to take outsize risks.
Flaws in earlier Basel rules, known as Basel II, allowed the financial crisis to gather in the first place, many economists say, enabling the illusion that banks were comfortably cushioned against risk. In fact, the banks had badly underestimated the malignant potential of their holdings. Faulty regulation also worsened the European sovereign debt crisis, assigning government bonds virtually zero risk. That encouraged banks to extend billions in credit to countries like Greece and Italy, setting up a dangerous correlation between the solvency of countries and the health of banks. The thinking, in effect, was "Why imprison capital to insure against losses that were unlikely ever to happen?"
The technical term was "risk weighted assets." It was as if a homeowner only had to make a down payment on the part of a house that might catch fire. Other parts of the property, like the swimming pool and the lawn, would not count.
The flaws in this model became obvious in the days after investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008. Banks that appeared to be well capitalized discovered that they had hugely underestimated risk. Derivatives tied to the United States real estate market, with top credit ratings, suddenly became impossible to sell and effectively worthless.
One of the most vivid examples was right around the corner from Mr. Hildebrand's office in Zurich, the Swiss bank UBS. In the years before the crisis, UBS was, on paper, one of the best capitalized banks in the world. But in the course of 2008 UBS rapidly depleted its cushion as it absorbed losses from investments in the American real estate market.
On paper the risk-weighted assets of UBS — the total of all the money it had at risk — were 374 billion Swiss francs (about $400 billion in today's dollars) at the end of 2007. But that was an adjusted figure based on the bank's overly optimistic estimate of the amount at risk.
Gross assets, counting everything without adjusting for perceived risk, were much larger: 3.3 trillion Swiss francs. Measured against these total assets, UBS capital was well below 2 percent.
In October 2008, the Swiss National Bank, where Mr. Hildebrand was then vice president, was forced to commit $60 billion to rescue UBS.
In response, Mr. Hildebrand as well as top officials in the United States and Britain began trying to revive an old-fashioned idea, the so-called leverage ratio, as an extra layer of insurance in addition to tougher capital requirements for risk-weighted assets.
The aim was to set a minimum level of capital to be held against gross assets, regardless of estimated risk, to restrain the banks' strong incentive to make optimistic assumptions and supercharge leverage.
Banks considered the leverage ratio a blunt tool, an insult to all the investments they had made in the last decade to create sophisticated risk management systems, as well as a threat to potential profits and payouts to top bankers.
A few months before Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, when UBS was already in trouble and Swiss regulators proposed a leverage ratio as part of a package of new capital rules, "the reaction was that we were completely crazy," said Daniel Zuberbühler, vice chairman of the board of the Swiss financial regulator, known as Finma.
After Lehman, the mood swung sharply. "My impression was that at the highest political level there was pretty close to a global consensus that things needed to change," said Stefan Ingves, governor of Sweden's central bank, who has been chairman of the Basel Committee since June.
But there was powerful resistance from organizations like the Washington-based Institute of International Finance, whose membership includes most of the world's largest banks.
Industry groups lobbied their national representatives on the Basel Committee furiously, to some effect. In countries like Germany and France, bankers helped convince top officials that differences in accounting standards effectively required European banks to hold more capital than their counterparts in the United States, putting them at a disadvantage.
The debate peaked in mid-2010, as the European sovereign debt crisis was emerging as a threat to the survival of the euro. In July of that year, the heads of central banks and top regulatory officials, who oversee the work of the Basel Committee, met to try to sign off on an agreement that would be approved by the Group of 20 leaders.
It was, Mr. Hildebrand and other participants agree, a difficult meeting. More than 50 representatives of 27 countries sat around a large elliptical table in a conference room at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel. Jean-Claude Trichet, then president of the European Central Bank, served as chairman.
According to several participants, the debate frequently became emotional, and it looked as if the meeting could break up without reaching an agreement, leaving the global financial system as vulnerable as before.
Mr. Trichet reminded the participants that it was up to them to prevent another financial crisis. The Western democracies, he warned darkly, could not survive another.
And he used a simple pressure tactic. The meeting began in the morning, with only beverages like coffee and water for sustenance. At lunchtime, employees set up a buffet lunch, but Mr. Trichet refused to adjourn.
The meeting dragged on until late afternoon. Finally, the exhausted and hungry delegates agreed on a compromise. It included a leverage ratio of 3 percent of assets, as well as several other provisions advocated by the Swiss, British and Americans but opposed by the banks. But the leverage ratio would not be fully enforced until 2018, to give banks plenty of time to raise more capital.
Soon after, the leaders of the G-20 nations endorsed the proposals. But that is hardly the end of the story. The rules are simply a benchmark, and it is up to individual nations to enshrine them in local law.
The Institute of International Finance has published studies maintaining that the Basel rules will force banks to substantially curtail lending and undercut economic growth. One study predicted that the Basel III rules would cost seven million jobs. Many economists counter that such studies ignore the huge cost to society of financial crises.
Mr. Cecchetti, of the Bank for International Settlements, called the Institute of International Finance forecasts "completely outside historical experience."
Will Basel III make the world a safer place?
Many economists worry that the leverage ratio, at just 3 percent, is much too low. Banks can still borrow $32 for every dollar they hold in capital.
In Switzerland, Mr. Hildebrand pushed for local rules that would be more rigorous than the Basel rules. It was this push that inspired so much bile from the banks in 2010.
But circumstances were on Mr. Hildebrand's side. As Swiss legislators were debating the proposals earlier this year, UBS disclosed that a 31-year-old employee had caused losses of $2.3 billion by making unauthorized trades.
Afterward, it was harder for banks to argue they had learned the lessons of the crisis. The law passed.


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by Bruce Carlson
(Saint Michaels Md.)
I am maintaining Pete Culler "good Little Skiff" built in 2005 and have a question regarding bottom paint.
For years I was under the impression that bottom paint should be applied as close to launch date as possible.
Now I am hearing that with the new bottom paint available you can apply bottompaint at any time.
Please share your avvice and opinions.
Bruce Carlson
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