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Harry pens new two-and-a-half-year dealCrewe Alexandra have signed defender Harry Davis to a new two-and-a-half-year deal running until 2017.
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SwiftStack's Joe Arnold and John Dickinson chose the Austin Summit and a low-key, #vBrownBag venue, to come out of closet with PROXY-FS (also spelled as ProxyFS), a tightly integrated addition to OpenStack Swift, which provides a POSIX-ish filesystem access to a Swift cluster.
Proxy-FS is basically a peer to a less known feature of Ceph Rados Gateway that permits accessing it over NFS. Both of them are fundamentally different from e.g. Swift-on-file in that the data is kept in Swift or Ceph, instead of a general filesystem.
The object layout is natural in that it takes advantage of SLO by creating a log-structured, manifested object. This way the in-place updates are handled, including appends. Yes, you can create a manifest with a billion of 1-byte objects just by invoking write(2). So, don't do that.
In response to my question, Joe promised to open the source, although we don't know when.
Another question dealt with the performance expectations. The small I/O performance of Proxy-FS is not going to be great in comparison to a traditional NFS filer. One of its key features is relative transparency: there is no cache involved and every application request goes straight to Swift. This helps to adhere to the principle of the least surprise, as well as achieve scalability for which Swift is famous. There is no need for any upcalls/cross-calls from the Swift Proxy into Proxy-FS that invalidate the cache, because there's no cache. But it has to be understood that Proxy-FS, as well as NFS mode in RGW, are not intended to compete with Netapp.
Not directly, anyway. But what they could do is to disrupt, in Christensen's sense. His disruption examples were defined as technologies that are markedly inferior to incumbents, as well as dramatically cheaper. Swift and Ceph are both: the filesystem performance sucks balls and the price per terabyte is 1/10th of NetApp (this statement was not evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration). If new applications come about that make use of these properties... You know the script.
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Why You Should Never Ask Someone If They've Lost Weight
It's time to eat your words.
I was sitting in my office at work eating tuna straight from the can. I was starving and couldn't get it in my mouth quick enough. As well as my raging hunger pangs, I was also eating very fast for two reasons. One, I was on deadline. And two, I didn't want someone to walk in and catch me.
Eating straight from a can may be excusable while at college, but in a glitzy, glossy media company, I knew it wouldn't go unheeded. I was copiously aware that I was pushing boundaries by even daring to bring stinky tuna in. If the security guard had checked my bag at reception, he would probably have confiscated it. My secret tuna habit went on for weeks. Weight was falling off me in handfuls so it was little surprise when the inevitable happened.
As I walked into the office bright and early one morning one colleague asked "Have you lost weight?"
It was a like a domino effect from that day; two, three, seven, twelve people asked. Soon, I'd rallied a very big fat reaction to my super small figure.
Of course, every time I was asked my face lit up, I smiled and I replied something along the lines of, "Why yes, I have. Thanks for noticing". Because that's what we're trained to say when someone asks the million dollar question, isn't it?
Let's stop right there. Why do we presume asking, "Have you lost weight?" is an acceptable question? Weight is a very personal issue. Probably for men, but definitely for women.
It's a sensitive topic and you are opening a can of tuna when you ask it.
Unfortunately in my case, what no one added to the question was, "Are you okay?". If they had, the answer would have been a big fat no. I was stressed, exhausted and desperately unhappy. Probably what they meant was, 'You look good'. I know that's what I've meant when I've been guilty of asking someone the question. In that case, the correct words are, 'You look good', which is just as positive, without reinforcing a size-based judgement.
Such judgements are all around us. Our obsession with weight is a weighty issue which weighs us down every day. Unachievably lithe bodies grace magazine covers, TV ads, billboards and bus shelters that light up at night.
Weight references are so woven into the snug-fit fabric of society we presume that if someone has lost weight, they're happy about it.
Newsflash: thin doesn't mean happy any more than rich does. How about we stop commenting on other people's weight entirely? We don't know the private battles anyone is scrapping with the scales or whether they've weighed themselves that morning and felt a wave of self-loathing or distress at the figure glaring back at them. Asking someone if they've shed weight is as inappropriate as asking someone who is trying to conceive if they're pregnant.
Watch any chat show about eating disorders and you'll hear psychologists talk about anorexia being linked to a desire to control your life and emotions. To a much lesser degree, for many people, trying to control what we eat happens when other areas of our life spiral out of control.
With that in mind, will you think twice before you ask the million dollar question next time?
At the very least, avoiding asking is the best way to avoid the awkward silence if they put it back on when they get happy again.


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There was a ruthless and worldly knight who goes by the name Galgano Guidotti. According to some records, it was said that later on in life, Galgano had two visions. In his first vision, he saw Archangel Michael telling him that he, the angel, will protect the knight himself. In his second vision he saw the Creator and the twelve disciples. After seeing the visions, his horse took him on top of Monte Siepi. There he decided to plant a cross but could not find any wood to cut so he plunged his sword into the stones in the ground, a gesture of his pledge to live a holy life dedicated to the Lord.
I am not sure of the story's authenticity since the Church at the time had to fabricate certain stories of saints. But the relics found there are quite awesome, and many people in the past have claimed to have experienced miracles and healings.
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World's richest man, Bill Gates says his three children understand why he'll be leaving his $81.7 billion fortune to his Foundation instead of them when he dies.
Bill Gates saying his children won't get a penny of his multi-billion fortune
Speaking in an exclusive interview on 'This Morning' television show, the world's richest man, Bill Gates, revealed like never before that his three children understand why he has pledged to leave his £70 billion ($81.7 billion) fortune to charity when he dies.
According to a report by Dailymail, the 60-year-old founder of Microsoft, in a revealing insight into his private life, disclosed that his children are 'proud' of his decision to dedicate his money to helping the world's poorest
The multi-billionaire business mogul who revealed that instead of billion-dollar trust funds, his two daughters and son will be given a 'great education' to help kick-start their own careers, adding that there would still be a financial safety net in place.
Bill Gates told This Morning presenters, Holly Willoughby and Ben Shephard his children are behind the decision.
'They are never going to be poorly off. Our kids will receive a great education and some money so they are never going to be poorly off but they'll go out and have their own career.
'It's not a favour to kids to have them have huge sums of wealth. It distorts anything they might do, creating their own path,' Gates said.
In a rare insight into family life, Gates told This Morning presenters Holly Willoughby and Ben Shephard his children are behind the decision.
He said: 'This money is dedicated to helping the poorest. They know that, they are proud of that, they go on trips with us to see the work that's being done.'
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MisteryPrincessParticipantJune 26, 2016 at 3:42 am #104093
Hi , i hope you can help me with that because i am so confused…
Well i met a guy on the internet who helped me to get an internship at the hotel he works , for an apprenticeship he texted me all day today & when i then met him at the hotel he was very funny, nice and a bit flirty. This was 2 months ago and he had an over jealous girlfriend back then). When i finished the internship he did text me once per week only and also called me sometimes.
Now 3 days ago he texted me and said he broke up with his gf cuz he couldnt take her behavious anymore and almost overdid it with ? emojis.. and he teased me in an obvious way via text. he also asked me if i'd like to go in a short holiday with him and that he already liked my look /that he already thought i'm pretty while i was the hotel. So do you think he might be just looking for a hook up, is he on a rebound or does he genuiely like me? Though i was wrong most of times to figure out a guys true intentions i really cant imagine he'd be
OverthinkingGuy101ParticipantJune 26, 2016 at 11:07 am #104095
Ask him to meet up for something of your choice, such as for a drink, walk etc something. You will then see if he has a interest in you and not for sex. Or take the old fashioned approach and just say that you're happy to meet up but you don't feel ready for sex yet and see how he reacts.
lilyvalleyParticipantJune 26, 2016 at 4:11 pm #104099
get to know him better if he comes on too strong and fast then yeah it's just sex. take it slow
Louie97ParticipantJune 27, 2016 at 1:29 pm #104132
since you said he was flirting with you whilst he had an "overjealous" girlfriend…I would be slightly cautious. But like the others said, meet up with him and you will sense his true intentions. Hope all goes well.
eljayParticipantJuly 5, 2016 at 8:02 am #104398
I don't think he is looking for sex but I don't think he is ready for a new relationship. In other words he probably does like you and may stick around for a while but us guys call that the "rebound girl", she helps you get over your ex. The problem is once he is over his ex he then will get over you. Don't be mad at him, this is not his fault. He is very emotional right now and he will believe with all his heart that he likes or even loves you. But is fooling you and himself. If you really think he likes you give him space and let him heal "on his own". He may be the one for you but it is just way too soon, Sorry
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The Puzzle of Pocahontas
How this author discovers the truth behind his subjects
Author George Sullivan and the cover of his book, Pocahontas, one of the In Their Own Words series of non-fiction books by Scholastic. (Photos courtesy Scholastic)
Writing non-fiction is like putting together the pieces of a puzzle, says author George Sullivan.
Before he could write his non-fiction book about the Native American princess Pocahontas, Sullivan had to do a lot of research. Much of that research came from his visits to historic Jamestown site and museum in Jamestown, Virginia. But he started out by dividing up the project—the first step in puzzle solving.
"I didn't start by trying to recreate the life of Pocahontas," Sullivan said in an interview with the Scholastic Kids Press Corps. He began, instead, with one of the original settlers in Jamestown, John Smith, the man Pocahontas befriends and saves. He then researched the history of Jamestown and the early events there.
"I wanted to know, what was life like there?" he said. Only then, did he begin to research Pocahontas' tribe. "Where did they live, how did they live? You take different paths to complete the manuscript," he said.
Sullivan spent several months reading everything he could find about John Smith, including the settler's original writings, before going to Jamestown. Then he moved into the writing process, spending some of his time writing chapters or parts of chapters, taking notes, and doing interviews—principally with archaeologists.
He included the original old-world spellings of words in his book, writing them just as John Smith wrote them.
"I wanted to do that because it gives an authentic feeling to what I'm writing," he said. "It gives the reader greater insight into how the people [of that time] wrote and spoke."
Several of the organizations that Sullivan visited in Jamestown opened up their files to him, and showed him artifacts that told about the history of the area. Sullivan was able to take photos in Jamestown that would later be used in his book.
While Sullivan was at the historic Jamestown site, archaeologists took him to a newly completed project. They had found the remnants of the original fort, which many believed was under the waters of the James River. They found the fort's remains on the western bank.
"In their excavations, the archeologists had unearthed a great deal of material that told about life in those times," Sullivan said. Those findings became important parts of his research.
The author of several books in the Scholastic series In Their Own Words, Sullivan said he has always preferred writing non-fiction, because he is motivated by his curiosity.
"I like nonfiction because I'm a very curious person, and the research that I do I find introduces me to new worlds," he said. "I'm always interested in finding out what people were really like—how they live, what the family life was like, what motivated them."
Research and the process of writing also bring an author a better understanding of different people and the world they live in. When writing Pocahontas, he discovered the world of Native Americans, both past and present.
"I was impressed with what Native Americans do to preserve their culture, their background, their history," he said. "I know when I was doing this book and visiting the various reservations, I came away with a greater understanding of Indians and their culture, and how they are living."
For more information, check out Kid Reporter Maya Kandell's blog post and book review!
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September Pond Watch Litter Pick
A big thank you to Veronica again for helping me to litter pick Dafen Pond area last week. We spent over 2 hours picking up litter and pulling fishing line out of the water/mud and grass! The first hour was spent in the car park picking up cigarette ends and litter that some lazy people had obviously emptied from their cars, just a matter of feet away from the bins! What hope to we have of teaching children to be respectful with their litter when we have adults that just don't care where they dump theirs!!! Maybe these people think that it is our job to pick up after them? It is not! I and anyone else that may help are doing it for the community and for the love and respect of the area/wildlife. I have a very busy life and have to make time to clean up the mess because i care, those litterers should be ashamed. Please, if anyone sees any littering going on, report it to the council. Also if you are not working and can help on our litter picking days, we will welcome your help. We are so lucky to have such a beautiful pond area.
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text: Fred Richter - November 04, 2010 Bowhunting Colorado Elk Killing his first elk was no big deal. After all, it only took him 40 years. By Fred Richter Nearly 40 years ago, I killed my first animal with a bow. Since then, I've been fortunate to take a number of species, including antelope, black bear, caribou, mule deer, mountain lion, and whitetail deer. Still, elk had eluded me, and I desperately wanted to kill an elk with my bow. In nearly four decades, I'd hunted elk only one time, a do-it-yourself deal on which I spent most of my time looking for animals and avoiding other hunters on overcrowded public land. I saw few elk and didn't hear a single bugle or cow call in a week of hard hunting.Even though I wanted to hunt elk again, conflicts always prevented it -- other hunts, work, family. So, at the young age of 60, I made a personal commitment to hunt elk again -- this time on private land with a reputable guide. To get informed advice, I called my friend and Bowhunter Magazine founder M.R. James. One outfit M.R. highly recommended was Dennis and Michelle Schutz's Big Bones Unlimited out of Chromo, Colorado. M.R. said Dennis ran a topnotch operation and knew how to bowhunt elk. To seal my decision, I could buy an elk license over the counter for that area. After confirming dates with Dennis, I also signed up my good bowhunting buddies Mark Murman from Pennsylvania and John Fair from Ohio.We pulled into the Big Bones camp early in the afternoon the day before our hunt. The place was postcard beautiful. My initial impression of Dennis, based on our phone conversations, was soon reinforced by his strong handshake and down-home hospitality. After dinner that evening, everyone in camp stepped outside under star-filled skies and listened to elk bugles hailing from the surrounding moonlit mountains. Anticipation was high as we went to our bunks.At dawn the next morning, Dennis and I heard a deep-throated bugle as we trekked up the mountain. As we continued our climb, the bull bugled again. Being cautious of the wind, we circled above the bugling elk. Slowing to catch our breaths, we spotted elk moving through the timber. One appeared to be a good bull. We hurried farther up the mountain and set up on a small bench. I had a big Douglas fir at my back that would do well to break up my outline while Dennis knelt another 20 yards behind me next to a large stump. Immediately a bull responded to Dennis' cow mews, and then a bull appeared 75 yards out the ridge. Through binoculars I could see his antlers met the four point legal requirement, but he wasn't a shooter. I glanced back at Dennis and, as expected, he gave me the thumbs down sign. Smiling, I looked back and saw the bull closing the distance in search of the source of the lovesick cow calls. As the young 4x4 passed me at 12 yards, I could smell his musky odor. Thinking a larger bull was nearby, Dennis repositioned and called again, and a few moments later I saw a mud-covered 6x6 moving quietly through the heavy timber. My rangefinder showed him to be right at 50 yards. I clipped my release on the string, hoping the big bull would come closer, but instead he turned broadside and raked a tree before cautiously stopping to stare in our direction. Then, even as Dennis continued calling, the bull moved off. We tried circling for another setup, but the shifting wind put an end to that plan. Over the next few days we hunted hard, and although we worked elk daily, we couldn't close the deal. On the third afternoon we called an average 5x5 through a patch of aspen trees to within 40 yards, but the bull never presented a good shot. He eventually circled to get our wind, and that ended that. Mark Murman was having better luck. He and his guide, Anthony Trujillo, had been into elk every day, and on the evening of the fourth day Mark made a great shot on a fine 5x5, and Mark's first-ever elk took a nosedive a short distance away. Tim Foster, a bowhunter from Connecticut, arrowed a good 5x5 bull as well. Mark Murman made a great shot on this 5x5 on the fourth day of the hunt. It was his first elk ever. John Fair was seeing elk like the rest of us, but hadn't loosed an arrow. Yet if he was disappointed, it wasn't obvious to us. John is an excellent photographer and couldn't put his camera down, capturing hundreds of breathtaking scenery and wildlife shots. On the fourth morning, a long, growling bugle greeted Dennis and me as we stepped out of Dennis' truck before daylight. As we readied ourselves, we heard at least another dozen bulls tearing it up in all directions. Bugles, chuckles, and growls were hailing down from the surrounding mountains, and none sounded farther away than 500 yards. I was convinced we had entered elk heaven.Under the cover of darkness, Dennis and I crept closer to the deep-throated bull we first heard and waited for shooting light before sending a few seductive cow calls in his direction. The bull absolutely jumped on Dennis' calls! We talked back and forth with this bull but couldn't get him to budge, so we elected to try for a more cooperative one. Traveling only a short distance, we stopped to call, and this time not one but three bulls, all close together, bellowed long, raspy bugles. "There's a meadow just up the mountain," Dennis whispered. "They're probably staged up there."To confirm this, he made a couple of soft cow calls, hoping to pinpoint the bulls' location. Surprisingly, nothing answered. Checking the wind, we slowly moved toward the meadow, when suddenly a loud, piercing bugle stopped us in our tracks. The bull was close. Very close! We slipped ahead to a stand of small pines. Another bugle came from even closer than the last. My pulse was pounding as I leaped in front of a tree while Dennis dove behind a fallen log 10 yards behind me. I pulled on my facemask, clipped my release to the bowstring, and looked up to see a large bull coming directly at us.The bull bugled and stopped abruptly to stare in our direction. What seemed like minutes passed before he nervously came 10 yards closer. Again he stopped and glared at me. I stood stone still as his piercing eyes looked right through me. My bow arm was nowextended, and the bow was getting heavier as seconds ticked away. I could not move without blowing the opportunity.Suddenly the bull turned to leave. As I came to full draw and put my 30-yard pin behind his shoulder, Dennis softly cow-called, stopping the bull at a quartering-away angle just long enough for me to settle the pin and touch the release. The elk dashed away, but seconds later I heard brush breaking. Despite these promising sounds, I wasn't confident of my shot since I didn't see or hear the arrow hit. We waited a half hour before looking for sign, during which time I replayed the shot over and over in my mind. I was still nervous.I need not have been, as my bull didn't make it 70 yards before piling up. The arrow had passed completely through both lungs before exiting, a perfect shot and a quick kill. Dennis Schutz, left, helped me break a 40-year bowhunting drought on elk. I could not have asked for a better first elk. The bull was more than I could have ever expected for my first elk, a symmetrical 6x6 with long beams and tines, good mass, a true trophy in every sense of the word. Dennis and I celebrated like a couple of schoolgirls. M.R. said Dennis Schutz knows elk, and M.R. knows what he's talking about! The author, a resident of Wheeling, West Virginia, has written several stories for Bowhunter Magazine. Author's Notes: I used a Mathews LX bow set at 55 lbs. draw weight, Easton Axis arrows, 100-grain Muzzy broadheads, QAD Trophy Hunter rest, Spot-Hogg Hunter Hogg-It sight, and Scott Mongoose release. I wore lightweight Scent-Lok Savanna series outer clothing with Under Armour HeatGear underneath, and Cabela's Speed Hunter boots. My elk had a gross antler measurement of 2953"8 inches and, after the mandatory 60-day drying period, a P&Y net score of 2847"8. To plan your own great elk hunt, contact: Dennis Schutz, Big Bones Unlimited, PO Box 963, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147; (970) 264-6974. GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up


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I've never been the best small-talker, and it isn't only because I'm a natural introvert with a very limited number of sh*ts to be given. No, I can be particularly bad at cocktail hour conversation because I just don't know a lot of small-talk worthy things.
You see, I'm the kind of person who only learned who Kendall Jenner was two weeks ago. (And I still haven't figured our why I care about her.) So yes, I've suspected for a while that I don't know as many "regular people know these things" things as the regular person.
It wasn't until yesterday though that I was able to known exactly how I stacked up against the average person.
Because yesterday, I somehow stumbled into the deep corner of the internet that is Google Trends, a page Google provides to let us know what's been trending lately on our interwebs. Specifically, it can tell you what was the most searched topic for each of the past 30 days.
The way I see it, this is a surefire way of judging how much I know compared to the average small talker. This, of course, is assuming that the "hottest search topic" on Google is searched by at least half of the American population. (Which could be a bold and unreasonable assumption, but that hasn't stopped me yet.)
Now, how I scored myself was pretty simple: for each of the 30 topics, I either said "Yes, I know what that is" or "WTF is that?" Easy enough, right? Right.
And this is how it went...
- Lunar Eclipse. Hello 4th grade Earth Science! I remember you. Yep.
- Lunar Eclipse again. Guess some people missed it. Still yep.
- American Horror Story. Well, my blog commenters told me about this one AND why I should never, ever watch it. Yes!
- Jan Hooks. I know a Jan Brady, but this is not the same Jan. No.
- Amanda Bynes. C'mon, I grew up in the 90's. Of course.
- NASCAR. Unfortunately, I know a lot more about this than I would prefer. Yes.
- Walking Dead. Netflix? Regular TV? I don't really know what this is. No.
- 49ers. Of course, I'm very familiar with the crazy Harbaugh. Yes.
- Out of the Woods. How could I not know about this display of lyrical genius? I only wish I knew where she got the song's title from. Yes. -_-
- Elizabeth Pena. She looks like someone I should know. But I don't.
- Patriots. The home of the man I most despise out of all the men I despise. Yes.
- Percy Harvin. Thanks to Mike and Mike every morning on the elliptical, yes, I know him.
- Notre Dame Football. Again, thanks Mike. And Mike. Yes.
- Peyton Manning. Yes, I live in America. Yes.
- Oscar de la Renta. De la who? No.
- Renee Zellweger. Yes, but I do not care.
- Ultron. Do these come in packs of three at gas stations? No.
- Denver Broncos. I guess I can thank the majority of my relevant knowledge to Mike and Mike on ESPN. Yes.
- World Series. Thanks, Mikes. Yes.
- Real Madrid. THIS IS AMERICA, PEOPLE. No. Well yes technically, but no out of principle.
- Oscar Teveras. Well, it looks like the Mikes let me down here. No.
- Jonas Salk. I make it a point to not know anything about a Jonas. No.
- World Series. Again? Why didn't we figure this out the first time? Still yes.
- Madison Bumgarner. YES YES YES YES. I actually Googled him too that day, after the words, "How can I become...." Yes.
- Halloween. I've heard of this practice. Yes.
- Chelsea Handler. Yes, of course I know Chelsea. Yep.
- Day of the Dead. Did I miss a holiday? Drats. No.
- Brittany Maynard. Yes.
- Where do I vote? Assuming you are me, then yes.
- Taylor Swift Spotify. WTF is this Taylor? I thought we were out of the woods. Yes.
In case that was too long for you to read (or the math was too complicated for a Wednesday), the results are very surprising: I knew what 21 out of the 30 hottest Google searches were! Meaning that if I was forced to small talk with 30 people at random, I could do it with 21 people without the need for a diversion.
And that's all I can really ask for.
Happy Hump Day!
Let me know your score. Do you know more than me?


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It's that time of year once again; the seasons are changing. The typically hot Oklahoma summer is giving way to the cooler climes of Autumn, and the frenzy of deer season has begun! Throughout the state, hunters are rising at the crack of dawn, bow and arrows in hand to engage in the great game of sport that generations of hunters have enjoyed for hundreds of years. As exciting as the onset of deer season can be, there's a more ominous season waiting at the gates; Flu season.
Every year, the same warnings are trumpeted from the rooftops; "flu season is upon us! It's time to get your flu shot!" Others say that the flu shot is a sure-fire way of getting the flu, while yet others declare that the flu shot is worthless, that it does nothing to prevent the flu. In fact, chiropractors around the world are notorious for opposing vaccination as an ineffective means of acquiring long-term immunity.
But this post isn't about whether or not you should get a flu shot. This short article is about the innate healing ability that lies within your body, and how chiropractic care can be an effective option for helping your body deal with flu season.
How in the world can getting an adjustment prevent the flu? Let's go back to 1918 for the answer.
In 1918, the worldwide Spanish Flu pandemic claimed the lives of between 30-50 MILLION people, which was up to 6% of the entire global population. In other words, the Spanish flu was no pussycat, it was lethal and strangely affected the young and healthy more than it did the young and old. Reports show that in New York City, during the influenza epidemic of 1918, out of every 10,000 cases medically treated, 950 died; and in every 10,000 pneumonia cases medically treated 6,400 died. That's .9% death rate in New York City for the flu itself and a 64% death rate for pneumonia. The crazy thing is that flu and pneumonia patients who sought out chiropractic care had far better results. The same epidemic reports show that Chiropractors in Oklahoma took care of 3,490 flu patients. Only 7 died.
That's an .002% death rate.
Why did folks under Chiropractic care fare better than those under medical care? Because those under Chiropractic care had interference corrected. Chiropractic has nothing to do with 'treating' the flu. In fact, Chiropractic doesn't 'treat' any condition whatsoever. Chiropractic is about analyzing the spine for vertebral subluxation and providing an adjustment to the spine when necessary. A study conducted in 1992 found that white blood cell levels increased significantly following an adjustment. Another study conducted by Ronald Pero, Ph.D found that Chiropractic care effects the immune system in a profound way.
Pero's team measured 107 individuals who had received long-term Chiropractic care. The chiropractic patients were shown to have a 200% greater immune competence than people who had not received chiropractic care, and a 400% greater immune competence than people with cancer or serious diseases. Interestingly, Pero found no decline with the various age groups in the study demonstrating that the DNA repairing enzymes were just as present in long-term chiropractic senior groups as they were in the younger groups.
(Pero R. "Medical Researcher Excited By CBSRF Project Results." The Chiropractic Journal, August 1989; 32)
So what does this mean? Does this mean that Chiropractic care can treat the flu? Remember; Chiropractic doesn't treat anything! Chiropractic simply removes nerve interference so the body can more fully express health. No matter what your thoughts are on the flu shot, your regimen of flu prevention is incomplete without chiropractic care.
So don't let the flu derail your hunting plans this year. Get adjusted and find out for yourself just how much Chiropractic can enhance your life!
Lee Grant, DC
February 2018


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June 28, 2017
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A mother's back is turned to her three small children while she searches deep in a car trunk for something out of view. Behind her, one of her children spins around a loading zone sign, while her baby brother picks at cracks in the sidewalk outside a boarded-up building, and their toddler sister clutches a purse as she crosses the street alone. The scene is ominous yet strangely carefree — if trouble is on the horizon, it hasn't happened yet.
Julie Blackmon's photographs, including "Loading Zone," suggest a delicate balance between freedom and responsibility, chaos and order. They provide a glimpse into the artist's world and, sometimes, right into her backyard.
Ten of Blackmon's large-scale color photographs from her most recent series, "Homegrown," are on exhibit in "Julie Blackmon: The Everyday Fantastic" at the Hood Downtown gallery in Hanover, N.H.
The phrase "everyday fantastic" refers to the extraordinary things that we sometimes find in ordinary details of day-to-day life. Children populate Blackmon's photographs, with occasional glimpses of parents or other adults. The locations — screened-in porches, dark-paneled stairways and blacktop driveways — are more like characters playing a role.
In "Hair" (44 inches square), for example, a girl stands on the bottom step of a staircase with a hairbrush in one hand. Perhaps the need to keep brushing her waist-length blond hair explains the fearful look in her eyes. Or it could be related to the just-out-of-sight figure in the closet (a sibling?) or to another figure, also partly hidden, above her on the second floor. The stairs seem to be a gateway, with safety located neither above nor below.
A blacktop driveway plays a prominent role in the 44-by-58-inch "Stock Tank." Two kids in their swimsuits lie on the blacktop, a few feet away from a swimming pool in which five kids swim underwater like a circle of sharks. The point of view, from high overhead, exaggerates a sense of menace in the otherwise pleasant scene. So does the fact that children are swimming with no adults in sight — and, yeah, those kids on the blacktop might be frying in the sun.
The photographs were all taken from 2008 to 2016 in Springfield, Mo., where Blackmon grew up as the oldest of nine children and where she and her husband have raised their three kids. Blackmon studied art education and photography at Missouri State University but didn't return to photography until she was 35.
"Life happens. You have kids," she explained in a phone conversation. "Then we moved into this old fixer-upper, which had an old darkroom. It was the first photography studio in Springfield."
Initially, Blackmon's motive was simple: "to make black-and-white photos of my kids to hang over the couch, à la Pottery Barn. Eventually, I started taking photos during that magic hour in the evening."
Among many things Blackmon began studying were 17th-century Dutch genre painters. She was enamored of the colors, the titles and the narratives. Jan Steen, whose paintings are filled with the chaos of big families, was an inspiration for Blackmon's own domestic narrative.
"I started thinking about how I could capture how much has stayed the same, how much has changed," she said. "It made me think of my own life, my own childhood. How could I do my own updated take on these old paintings?"
Blackmon starting out photographing her own children, along with her nieces and nephews. (Her youngest child is now 18.) Over time, that group has expanded. "I have a unique situation in that the kids I'm shooting have been doing that their whole lives," she said. "They have this perfect fusion of doing what I tell them and doing something else."
Behind the camera, Blackmon is very much the director: choosing locations (often her house or that of a sibling), then adding a piece of furniture, a painting on a wall, toys, hamsters. "I like the control of figuring out what goes where," Blackmon says, "but it mostly needs to be done on the actual set where I'm shooting."
Everything about these photographs is intentional, even when serendipity rules the day. Well-curated choices and detailed planning only go so far when people are added to the photo shoot, especially children. That's why it's so important that "They're comfortable with what I'm doing without being self-aware," Blackmon said. "I can't work that miracle."
In Blackmon's photographs, children live, play, grow bored, make up stories, act them out and play some more, as if unaware of the camera. Her willingness to relinquish control and allow for happenstance makes her work truthful and wonderful. She likens it to fiction, which often tells the truth better than reality.
In addition to the 17th-century masters, Blackmon credits more recent artists, including Edward Hopper, Norman Rockwell and Balthus, as sources of inspiration. Like many of Hopper's paintings, Blackmon's images are open-ended. The viewer is part voyeur, part participant, building a story of their own from Blackmon's mise-en-scène.
Hood Museum of Art director John Stomberg compared her images to the interiors in Hopper's paintings, saying, "There is personal poetry in these rooms." In Blackmon's "Night Windows" (44 by 57 inches), viewers peer inside an apartment. There, a man is pouring a drink and seems about to engage in more than conversation with a woman, who appears to be naked on a bed. An exterior wall partially blocks our view of her, so certainty remains elusive. The description of this scene could be that of a Hopper painting, but it's a Blackmon photograph.
A whiff of nostalgia inhabits these images, but they also make us question memory and history. What has changed? Is it better? Why, and for whom?
It's difficult to pinpoint the time period of these photographs by their settings alone or by the people in them, yet they are contemporary. The scenes create the sense of a past era — perhaps the 1950s or '60s — while objects such as a FedEx van serve as 21st-century validations. Having spent a lifetime in Missouri, Blackmon is not nostalgic for a place, but she may yearn for a time that she can catch and release.
The original print version of this article was headlined "No Place Like Home"
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The E in e-Health
Though eHealth in Fairmount City has a rather unclear interpretation, the idea is based upon utilizing technology to boost the quality of health care, as well as the advances have enabled both individuals and medical professionals to get to a range of resources make medical care much more efficient and cost effective. E-Health equips clients to take an active function in their treatment, enabling them to get a much deeper understanding of their problems and just how to effectively manage them.
The 10 e's of eHealth
Initially glance, one might think the "e" in eHealth in Fairmount City simply represents the word "digital." Though "electronic" is absolutely one facet, the full interpretation really encompasses a selection of various other "e's," representing real meaning of this concept :
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E-technology has the power to significantly reinforce patient-physician relationships. While added research study is needed to figure out specific outcomes, preliminary studies as well as studies have reported positive outcomes. Supplying clients with the tools to handle their own care allows them to enjoy a sense of raised confidence in their medical professionals as well as be more comfortable handling their conditions.
When clients in Fairmount City have e-health resources available at their fingertips, they're better geared up to ask their doctors extra sharp concerns to comprehend their conditions and also far better manage their wellness. People are most likely to total treatment strategies suggested by doctors when they can research results to find out the advantages of prescriptions, workouts and also other health activities made to improve their conditions. Sharing the burden of their very own treatment increases patient satisfaction, as people have the ability to gain a deeper understanding of specifically what their medical professional is doing to help them.
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For example, scientists in Fairmount City are working to create a procedure to immediately confirm EHR files to identify whether they comply with required criteria. In the future, this will help to simplify the general validation procedure. Scientists are additionally functioning to establish how simulation can be utilized to reinforce prediction versions for contagious illness.
Fairmount City Occupations in eHealth and also Wellness Informatics rising
The future of the healthcare market is undergoing a large restructuring as a result of eHealth as well as health informatics. Professionals looking for operate in these areas appreciate a lot of task prospects. Significant initiatives such as the Affordable Treatment Act and also the application of ICD-10 produced a need for workers competent in health infotech. Many health care companies have actually been forced to delay the start of particular systems, due to an absence of talent to execute the adjustments.
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The practice of medicine is a profession that will not run out of clients. Man's body wasn't built to be invincible. Time and time again, he is bound to contract some form of disease and he is going to need a doctor. Let us discuss how to start a medical clinic business.
First of all, you need to have a business plan. A business plan should include a business goal, some reason that the business should work, and a phase-by-phase plan on how to achieve the goal.
Next on the list is the capital. No business is possible without the initial capital. You might need to apply for a bank loan. In such a case, you are going to incur an accounts payable. There is a short-term accounts payable which is expected to be resolved in one operation cycle which is one year. Then there is a long-term accounts payable which takes more than a year, about two years, to pay off.
Then you have to find a suitable location for your medical clinic. Assuming that you are a medical doctor, you should already have a small clientele that you have built from your years as a medical resident. The location should be somewhere in the business section of the city or town with accessibility to buses or subway trains.
By the time you have found a suitable location, you should have an architect or interior designer plan the layout of your clinic. Your clinic should have a reception area where there's a counter for the receptionist. Equipment that the receptionist needs are a computer unit, Adjacent to it is the waiting area where patients wait for their turn. There should be furniture for sitting, a TV set or some reading materials so the patients don't get bored while waiting. There should also be a toilet, either unisex or one for each sex.
Depending on the number of doctors, so should there be the same number of offices. Then there should be two or three treatment rooms. You should make a deal with medical equipment manufacturers to get a good deal on EEG machines, ECG machines, EKG machines, ultrasound machines, weighing scales, etc. They could offer you short-term or long-term accounts payable services. You can also put vending machines in the waiting area so that patients could have refreshments to tide over the wait. Make sure you have provisions for parking.
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Medical clinic software is highly useful in seamlessly integrating the various functions and departments of a clinic. The efficient and smooth running of a clinic or a nursing home requires proper and timely coordination between the various departments and the concerned staff. Use of software that covers the overall management of the clinic, billing and the scheduling of patients is the key to efficient and successful operations.
Medical Clinic Software: Areas Covered
Medical clinic software generally covers all aspects of the running of a clinic. It includes features that aid in:
- The overall management of the clinic by organizing patient information and their medical records in such a way that they are easily accessible to the doctors.
- Streamlining the clinic's billing systems to allow for automatic billing in accordance with the treatment provided to a patient and the applicable taxes. This feature allows automatic updating of invoices, payments and stocks.
- Patient record management by keeping track of a patient's previous visits, his medical history and any specific type of allergies that he may have. The software also provides quick access to all the necessary details about a patient and thus ensures speedy treatment.
- Scheduling of patient and other appointments. This feature allows you to plan and organize the calendars and appointments of multiple surgeons or physicians in your clinic. It also facilitates the storage of medical schedules, including patient appointments and calls, business schedules that include meetings, calls, seminars and personal appointments.
- Inventory management by keeping track of the status of medicines and other necessary medical equipment. It also facilitates timely replacement or refurbishment of the medicines and equipment used on a regular basis in the clinic. Medical clinic software also allows for the placement of instant purchase orders and auto generation of purchase notes and goods received notes.
In addition to all these features, using such software is a safe option and its misuse can be avoided by incorporating different user accounts for varied operators like nurses, doctors and the administrative staff. This feature can be used to restrict access to certain important information to all the users.
Benefits of Medical Clinic Software
The major benefit of using medical clinic software is that you save lot of effort and time that would otherwise have been spent on manually performing the various functions.
- It ensures smooth and efficient running of the clinic
- It is easy to operate and has security features to prevent misuse
- It integrates all the functions of a clinic
- It reduces the chances of error in treatment, billing and other areas.


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Grundtvig Learning Partnership - Didarchtik
What it is about
EXARC and a number of its members applied in 2010 for a Grundtvig Learning Partnership. Grundtvig is a part of the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLLP) of the European Union which among others involves Leonardo and Erasmus. It is focussed on adult education and in our case involves several museums, open air museums, universities and high schools.
We work with our partners from across Europe to share practice, discuss problems and compare solutions on our particular topics. Obviously our project will be about non-formal learning in different aspects, the plans were developed between the partners.
While writing an application two projects have been formed: Didarchtik and Zeitgeist. This is the website about the first one.
Didarchtik is coordinated by EXARC. Bäckedal Folkshögskola is an adult education institute in ancient crafts with a long standing. VAEE is a network with 200 professionals in archaeological experimentation and education. The other six are archaeological open air museums.
Our concrete objectives:
• To create a network to exchange experiences and knowledge in ancient technology.
• We want to learn better to connect to our adult public.
• We want to understand the diversity of our public in age/generation range and backgrounds.
• We want to learn from each other how to exhibit and animate history to the public.
• We need to know more about adult learning processes.
• We want to learn from each other how explaining science is an added value.
• We like to explore new ways of educating the adult public (cross media, new media and 'unusual' methods).
Results will among others be:
• articles in several journals
• an on line visitor survey system, made and used and evaluated
• an on line system for films of all partners
• an on line dictionary / glossary of terms
• an on line network on ancient technology in archaeological open air museums
• several on line manuals
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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Your Moment in Time Weddings is the premier Erie Wedding Officiant. Pastor Shane specializes in making your wedding a one of a kind event. With three wedding packages to choose from Pastor Shane can perform a Justice of the Peace wedding service for you and a handful of close friends, a traditional wedding service or a fully customized wedding service.
Your Moment in Time Weddings comes to you. We are able to perform weddings in Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania. (additional fees may be required beyond a 40 mile radius of Erie) Whether you are getting married at one of the beautiful Presque Isle beaches, at a local country club or in your back yard Pastor Shane will ensure that your wedding will be a day you will never forget.
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The Evopower EPW275-14AR Petrol Pressure Washer is a brand new pressure washer to the 2012 Evopower range. It is a commercial grade machine, with a 14hp Loncin engine and driving an Italian AR commercial triplex pump, producing 275 bar of pressure with a maximum flow rate of around 900 litres per hour. Make no mistake about it, this is a serious piece of kit, capable of high quality cleaning and washing.
As with all of the Evopower products in our range, the standard piece of equipment is the ever-reliable Loncin engine, a bomb proof engine that we rate so highly that we give it a 2-year guarantee. Also, on this model of the 2012 range of new pressure washers, there is a high quality Italian AR pump, which is extremely hard wearing and durable.
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Manufacturer Evopower Starting Method Recoil Engine Manufacturer Loncin Engine Capacity (cc) 420.00 Engine Oil 15w40 Oil Capacity (l) 1.10 Fueled/Driven by Petrol Max Pressure (PSI) 4000.00 Max Pressure (Bar) 275.00 Continuous Presssure (PSI) 3850.00 Continuous Pressure (Bar) 265.00 Pump Italian AR Flow Rate (l/hr) 900.00 Inc. Accessories 15m Hose. worth £70.80, 5 Face Masks. worth £5, 5 Nozzles. worth £14.40, Detergent Suction Hose. worth £3.99, Ear Plugs. worth £2.50, Garden Hose Adaptor. worth £2.99, Hi-Vis Waistcoat. worth £7.50, Protective Gloves. worth £5, Rain Suit. worth £9.99, Safety Glasses. worth £7.50, Suction hose. worth £19.99, Trigger Gun and Lance. worth £45.60, Turbo Nozzle. worth £29.99 Warranty 1 year parts and labour
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Running and nordic walking tours
Sports in Salzburg Land
All endurance-sports fans will get their money's worth in the Flachau region. In Salzburg Land's unspoilt natural environment you will find comfortable tours as well as alpine mountain runs for all difficulty levels.
In addition you can also look forward to a huge hiking path network for nordic walking tours for various difficulty levels on the majestic Salzburg Alps' mountains (access right at our hotel). The "runners" amongst our guests will appreciate the flat paths through meadows in the basin between our Salzburg Land mountains.
Activity weeks for our guests
As part of our weekly activity programme guided walking tours with Kathi are taking place once a week. Borrow your hiking backpack and nordic walking poles for free at the hotel. Just ask our team at the reception.
The quickest way to your activity holiday is a no obligation enquiry. Look forward to the wonderful landscapes that are perfect for jogging, running or nordic walking and offer you various other outdoor activities.
Look forward to a summer in the gorgeous natural environment around the Palace Hotel Lacknerhof. We will gladly prepare an individual offer for you, just send us your no obligation holiday enquiry.


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Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam birthday anniversary India's 11th President Abdul Kalam born on October 15, 1931 at Rameswaram, Tamilnadu. APJ Abdul Kalam president of india from 2002-2007. present india prime minister Narendra Modi declared as October 15 as National students day on occasion of Abdul kalam Birthday. Remembering the great legend on his birth occasion.
APJ Abdul Kalam Quotes National Students Day India salutes sir. A.P.J. Kalam (One Man Army) is also popularly known as the Missile Man of India. He received many awards for his effort on the development of ballistic missile and Lead India 2020 innovative. Birthday is one among the 365 days in a year. Everyday is a gift by Almighty, end of the day the gift will vanish. Let use the gift to contribute the best towards nation building. This great words delivered by APJ Abdul Kalam. Below Provided APJ Abdul kalam Birthday quotes images HD Wallpapers Collections Online. On Occasion of APJ Abdul kalam UNO declared Oct 15th
Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam's Birthday as the "WORLD STUDENTS DAY" Lets celebrate this special day with World Students Day APJ Quotes, Motivational inspirational speech. One of fav. quote is Dream is not the one which comes in your sleep. Dream is the one which will not allow you to sleep.
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam referred to as the Missile Man of India , Current President of India celebrates his 76th birthday today. On this day, we must recognize this great man for his talent and intelligence. Dr. Kalam's birth anniversary celebrated as a day for students all around the world as National students day.
If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birth right to be a person
Birthday the only day in your life…
your mother smiles 🙂
when you cried. 🙁
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Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.
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Let Me Define A Leader. He Must Have Vision And Passion And Not Be Afraid of Any problem. Instead He Should Know How to Defeat it. Most Importantly He must Work with Integrity
Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness
Always Leave Office on time
Love your job but don't love your company, because you may not know when your company stops loving you
– APJ Abdul Kalam
I am not a handsome guy, but I can give my hand- to- some one who needs help. Beauty is in heart not in face.
Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.


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I was hoping to write about my flying adventure this weekend, but it didn't happen. I'm a bit bummed. The plan was to take my best friend from college flying for the first time in a small plane. We were going to head up to Montauk so I could fly up the southern coast of Long Island and see the Atlantic Ocean and fly back along the northern coast and see Connecticut and the Long Island Sound. The ceilings were a bit low, they were jumping around a lot and I just didn't trust that I wouldn't fly into the soup at some point. Then AD went down for maintenance as well in the middle of the day. Oh well, we're trying again in May!
Dispatcher training is going well. I'm 30% through my online course section of it and just finished Boeing 737 systems. It was slow going because at the start I knew NOTHING about turbine systems. Luckily, Jake to the rescue had the perfect book for me. The Turbine Pilot's Flight Manual by Greg Brown and Mark Holt. I'm already part of Greg Brown's Student Pilot Pep Talk Group on Facebook, so I knew his book was going to be SO helpful, and he didn't let me down! This book is great for someone who doesn't know anything about turbine systems and wants to learn. I can't praise it enough, I was able to take the information from this book and apply to it the 737. While I still need work on the 737 systems to really understand and feel confident, I've passed all my tests on it for now but it will be an integral part of my exam from the FAA at the end of the course. Next up, learning all about instrument stuff which will be great and helpful for me pursuing my instrument rating as well!
Work has been crazy busy for me. I've had the great opportunity to work THREE Broadway opening nights, all within a week so it was a bit hectic and put a lot of other things in my life on hold. I found out I'm working with the company for a couple more weeks as Tony nominations come out. Oh, the life of a freelancer. But I can say it was amazing, especially since I got to attend the party after the stars showed up and wear fancy dresses! I may be a pilot, but I'm still a girly girl most times.
As for my "Goals for 2014", I like to think I'm making progress, especially since the half way mark is fast approaching! Not skydiving planned yet, but it just started warming up. The novels have taken a backseat because I've been too interested in aviation reading, but I've made some good progress on the movies and getting healthier. The ratings though, I need to get some work done of those. I have bought my own foggles in preparation…they're pink! I can't wait to wear them on a flight. I plan to take Jake on some of my cross country building flights and he can be my safety pilot…or well he can still sign as a CFII, which I might let him. I just have to get my finances in order to figure out what ratings I can plausibly get with what I have in my bank account!
I hope to share flying experiences soon! In the meantime, I have some new swag for my luggage. I made the sectional tag and it can be found at my Etsy store: putaplaneonit The others I found at koolkrew.com, they're so cute!


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Wednesday Night Ministries
Wednesday Nights offer something for EVERYONE at FBC Eufaula! From a place to hang out and have fun for students to Prayer Meeting and Bible study, you'll be sure to find your place on Wednesday nights. FBC Eufaula is proud to serve $4.00 suppers for the entire family in the Fellowship Hall from 5:00 – 6:30 PM. This helps families and all adults to have a place to enjoy dinner around the table together for a low price. Below you will find a comprehensive list of all Wednesday night ministries.
3:45 PM – Youth Ministry Building opens (6th – 12th Grade)
5:00 PM – Wednesday Night Supper in Fellowship Hall
5:00 PM – Graded Choirs (3 years old to 6th grade)
6:00 PM – Adult Choir in Choir Room
6:15 PM – RA's, GA's, and Mission Friends (4 years old to 6th grade)
6:15 PM – Journey: Youth Bible Study (7th – 12th grade)
6:15 PM – SIS Bible Study (Women)
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SACRAMENTO, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- A group of United Methodist churches in the western United States is pushing to change the denomination's position on same-sex marriage.
The move, which began with three churches in the Sacramento area, now includes 30 congregations, the Sacramento Bee reported. They have adopted a "declaration of inclusion" that says "no one will be denied the services of our church because of sexual orientation."
The declaration appears to be aimed at the church's next General Conference, to be held in 2016 in Portland, Ore. The congregations that have signed on want to change the church's Book of Discipline, which now describes homosexuality as "incompatible with Christian teaching."
The church has been inconsistent on same-sex marriage. In Pennsylvania, a Methodist minister who presided at his son's same-sex wedding was defrocked when he refused to say he would never celebrate another gay marriage, but on the West Coast ministers have faced little or no sanction.
Don Fado, retired as pastor of St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Carmichael, Calif., said two Washington state ministers were suspended for a single day for celebrating gay weddings.
Like other mainline denominations, Methodists have seen a drop in membership in the past 20 years in the United States. About 30 percent of Methodists worldwide now live in Africa and the Philippines, where attitudes towards homosexuality are more conservative, creating tension in the global church.


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Syndicate Saber
Syndicate Saber is a Valley lightsaber group. Their focus tends towards performance and choreography. Syndicates' skills are admirable but we can't get over the group they've created full of like-minded people that identify as a family. That is something special. Contact Syndicate Saber at email@example.com. Be sure to check out other Valley lightsaber groups, Phoenix Saber and ASU Saber. Video by Jordyn Carias.


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Construction is underway for the new public park at Amata Kabua International Airport. The park, to be named the "Katoj-Iakwe Park", is funded by a U.S grant that was secured by the women's group, KIO Club.
The park will include (to name a few):
- A track approximately 1300 feet long around and 10 feet wide, covering a total area of 12,370 square feet
- Playground equipment
- A garden
- Solar lights to illuminate the track at night
The construction of the project is expected to be completed by late summer this year. The RMIPA advises the general public that entry to the area is prohibited during construction for safety reasons.


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Following last night's intense episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Kyle Richards and Camille Grammer were Andy Cohen's guests on Watch What Happens Live. Kyle and Camille weighed in the revelation from Eileen Davidson, the drama surrounding Yolanda Foster's illness, the non-stop talk about Kim Richards, and more.
When asked about Eileen confessing to being in an abusive relationship in the past, Camille, a victim of domestic abuse as well, shares, "I was very moved by her openness. I applaud her for speaking out."
Kyle admits that she was surprised by Eileen's revelation, explaining, "It sort of came out of the blue. We've all been getting closer and closer with time. We were there, having fun and relaxing, and the next thing you know that came out. I know it was very difficult for her and she had a little bit of anxiety about it, but it was really brave of her to say that."


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Financial Services for Women
Superannuation is something that a lot of people don't think about enough. As you can't access it till you retire, it's easy to put it low on the list of financial concerns.
However, your superannuation may be the most important source of retirement income, so even though your retirement seems a long way off, around 90% of women will retire with inadequate savings to fund a
comfortable retirement.1
When you consider the fact that many women will take time out of the workforce to raise a family and some only return on a part-time basis or not at all, your superannuation savings will be greatly affected by those years out of the workforce.
You've worked hard to build your current lifestyle, so you deserve to retire on your own terms. However, you still need to have a regular income to help you pay bills and cater for your spending patterns.
To live comfortably in retirement, the required amount is currently around $430,000 for a single person and around $500,000 for a couple1 (assumes part receipt of the Age Pension), though this may vary depending on your own
personal needs and objectives.
Estate Planning
After a lifetime of working hard and accumulating your wealth, you will want to know that it is distributed according to your wishes. Many women do not want to think about making a Will or estate planning, but knowing that your loved ones are taken care of after you die could be a great comfort.
Without adequate estate planning and a valid Will, you can expose your family and dependants to serious, unnecessary risks and burdens, such as your Will being contested after your death, your loved ones having to administer your estate, your wishes not being legally enforced and the chance that your
dependants will not be looked after as you had wished.
Investing at any stage in your life can help grow your wealth and provide an additional income stream.
Before you start investing, it is important to identify your financial goals. Perhaps you may want to save up for a holiday or ensure you have enough for retirement.
Once you have defined your financial goals, you can then choose investments to suit your budget and lifestyle.
Before you start investing, you should draw up a budget to work out how much you can afford to invest, without having to compromise your lifestyle too much.


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I've started a new training besides my main profession, which not only increases my daily stress level, but also takes away even more time for fitness activities. In total, I'm spending 2.5 hours sitting in my car every day. That's a lot. So why not do something productive while standing at a red light or sitting in a traffic jam?
I apologize for not having made a new post for two weeks now. I've been sick and then... well, you know: Christmas is this quiet, peaceful time in the year where you rush from one appointment to another. 😉 But I'm back again and with the new year coming up I thought I'd tell you about the importance of stretching and how it positively affects your health and fitness.
I want to start a little series, where I show you fitness products that I use and that fit our Lazygetics motto perfectly. My goal is to give you tips and tricks for the everyday use and not to promote a certain product. Therefore, I will always provide some alternatives and hope you'll find some useful ideas for yourself.
Some of my colleagues at work persuaded me to do a 30 Day Planking Challenge together. And it fit my lazygetics motto quite well, because it only takes a miniscule amount of time every day to improve your fitness! So I thought I'd share my experience with you.
Some of you will have jobs where you get plenty of exercise already. But if you're like me, sitting in the office 9 hours a day surrounded by other people, the following tips might be right for you!
In the past few days I've thought a lot about some simple things that I can change or improve in my daily routines. Here's what I've found out so far.


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ELT teacher, teacher trainer and course book author, John Hughes, shares some classroom ideas for teaching pronunciation in your business English classes ahead of his webinar on 19th February. Register now.
Is there any essential difference between teaching pronunciation in business English and teaching pronunciation on a general English course? In many ways the answer is 'no'. After all, in any type of ELT classroom we need to work on pronunciation in two ways: firstly, to help students with receptive pronunciation; in other words, to help them recognise features of pronunciation which affect their ability to listen and understand. And secondly, to help students improve their productive or spoken pronunciation; this doesn't mean that they need to sound like a native speaker but that they are intelligible to a wide range of other people when communicating in English.
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Say what you like about Queensland Senator Barnaby Joyce, because chances are he got to the juicy stuff before you. In six months he's staked a position as National Party iconoclast, party room rebel, constitutional defender and friend of the farmer.
But what does it all mean?
Joyce has been brutally honest in talking about the party system. He hasn't shied away from criticising it. In some respects he's a latter day Don Chip, a politer Mark Latham.
I must admit that on the one hand, I admire his honesty: it is refreshing. On the other hand, he opposes VSU, for which I consider him a blockheaded traitor to student freedom.
I think that the problem with Joyce is that he misrepresented himself to the voters of Queensland. He ran as a Nationals candidate. Research suggests that voters vote for leaders and parties, not candidates. The rebellious Joyce did not appear until after his sinecure was secured.
To put it otherwise: if Joyce wanted a mandate to stick it to the coalition on a personal basis, he should not have joined the National Party, should not have sought preselection for the Senate, and should have stood as an independent.
Voters rely on party discipline to aggregate choices for them. Very few people will read any one issue closely enough to make a rational decision, and almost nobody outside of the political class can do it over a spread of issues. Voters must find useful and generally helpful short cuts when deciding who to vote for. Parties perform this service admirably well.
Indeed voters punish parties which do not maintain order, which cannot provide a single voice to vote for.
In short, they voted for the National Party, not Barnaby Joyce. They voted for the coalition, not for a Queensland Independent. Joyce either knew this, and says what benefits Joyce; or he did not, and does not belong in a political party.
Thus I fear that in the long run he may do more ill than good to the coalition and his pet causes. I also imagine that he might lose preselection at the next cast of his die. Once deprived of a noteworthy soapbox he will slip quickly into obscurity, like Meg Lees or Greg Barnes.
Either way it is a tragedy. As an independent Joyce would make an excellent Senator, apparently devoted as he is to state's rights and questioning coalition status quo from within the "broad church".