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Dimensions:W: 26cm (10.2")H: 20cm (7.9")
British Official Photograph. War office photo issued January 1943. Approximately 26 x 20cm. Shows some of a flight of RAF Lysanders over tropical Madagascar hills. Lysanders were used in this campaign for anti-invasion and anti-submarine patrols and later took part in the successful southern advance providing close support bombing. Fully captioned to rear. Great atmospheric shot. Light creasing but generally in very good condition. Stock code P22873-54.
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Family of Charlotte Hayes donate to Bannvale SEC in her memory
18/11/2016The family of Miss Charlotte Hayes from Tandragee have very kindly donated to Bannvale Social Education Centre (S.E.C), Gilford in her memory. The family recently donated an outdoor wheelchair accessible swing which will be extremely beneficial to service users.
Charlotte's family would like to thank everyone who supported them to make this donation possible.
The staff of Bannvale S.E.C would like to thank Charlotte's family for this very generous and thoughtful donation.

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Make sure you express interest to someone in staying. In many companies (including mine) the HR is pretty incompetent and they will actually forget about you.
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In many Malaysia aggregate plants, sand washing machine is actually a essential machine. Typically, you'll find two forms of aggregates and sand washing machine, there are lots of aggregates and sand quarry plants. Aggregate and sand washing machines from Malaysia have numerous different suppliers.
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Marc Jacobs' NYFW Pop-Up Shop Will Accept Tweets and Instagram Posts, aka "Social Currency"
Check this out, Insta-Addicts and Queens of Twitter: Marc Jacobs is opening a perfumed pop-up shop during New York Fashion Week, and if you hashtag your posts right, you could be given stuff. Actual, concrete stuff, in exchange for the ethereal fluff of your social media activity. Is this real life?
According to Fashionista, the shop will be called the Daisy Marc Jacobs Tweet Shop, and is opening Feb. 7-9, around the time when a new print campaign for Daisy launches. The details on just how this "social currency" will work are vague — does a tweet get you a sample-sized product, or can you tweet your way to a regular bottle of Daisy? Do retweets up the ante? Will a special social media guru be on hand to count her way, abacus-like, through the flood of social media? — but the premise is very modern, if clearly promotional.
How savvy is Marc Jacobs? He's got his finger on the pulse of youth culture, that's for sure. He tapped Miley Cyrus as his Spring 2014 face. He's not afraid of wearing bright colors and palling around on Instagram. And last year, in a move worthy of the moodiest of teenagers, he shucked off both his job at Louis Vuitton and his romantic relationship with Harry Louis. Next up: hashtag domination.
Though it's clearly just a promotional schtick, the pop-up shop idea is sending one message to consumers (that's you) loud and clear: your voice matters. Your hashtags matter. Your visible product support across social media channels has near-monetary value. Interesting stuff, Mr. Jacobs.


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This 3 day Biking Vietnam tour is one of our easy road cycling tour start from Hanoi, takes you to Mai Chau valley, Kenh Ga village, and Tam Coc. Cycling mostly on the back roads to visit peaceful rural villages of the Thai and Muong.
Day-To-Day Itinerary
Day 1: Hanoi – Mai Chau.
8.00 am: You will be met up with Lotussia Travel team at your hotel in Hanoi. Depart for Mai Chau arriving at Poom Coong village around lunch time. Take a warm up ride around Lac and Pom Coong villages before enjoying home cooked lunch at local home. After lunch cycle to the Thai village of Cun Pheo on a mix of good single track paths and undulating rough jeep trails. The views are stunning as the ride passes through many villages and across rice paddies. We will cycle across suspension bridges and follow the contours round beautiful terraced rice fields. Dinner and overnight in local village homestay.
Day 2: Mai Chau – Ninh Binh.
After breakfast, depart for Ninh Binh which is around 150 km from Mai Chau. The 4-hour drive takes you through paddy fields, rural hamlets of Hoa Binh and Ninh Binh provinces (Part of the direct road is under maintenance). You will arrive in Kenh Ga around noon. Set on the banks of the Hoang Long River, Kenh Ga is a remarkable place, not only because it is surrounded by the same massive rocks that dominate Hoa Lu, but also because for most of the year the entire community lives on the water itself. Lunch will be served in a local restaurant. After lunch, enjoy a 2-hour cycling along the Hoang Long River. You firstly ride along the Hoang Long river dykes, then turn right, passing by countryside, rural villages. You ride for about 25 kilometers on flat roads before arriving in Tam Coc around 5 pm. Check in hotel and spend the rest of the day free at leisure. Dinner in town and overnight in Tam Coc at hotel.
Day 3: Ninh Binh – Hanoi.
The area around Tam Toc is famed for its spectacular karst scenery. The soaring limestone mountains jut straight out of the paddy fields are wonderful. We begin our day with a peaceful cruise by local sampan to explore the picturesque Tam Coc (dry Halong Bay), the canal running through three caves. Return to hotel for check out and have some more bike ride. There are such sites to be discovered by bike as Thai Vy temple, Bich Dong pagoda, Tam Coc embroidery village…After cycling for about 12 kilometers, you arrive back in Tam Coc at a local restaurant where your lunch is provided. After lunch, you will be transferred by car back to Hanoi. Arriving back in Hanoi around mid afternoon, you will be dropped off at your hotel in Hanoi. End.


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On Sun, 2013-05-26 at 12:40 +0400, Rinat Camalov wrote:
> I use libreoffice over 1 year, but now I have one problem.
> Libreoffice is uses only one core from CPU, even if i have 6 cores it
> uses only one. On my laptop it slows down documents opening,
> especially *.ods documents.
> How can i make him use all CPU cores?
I believe the use of only one core is 'normal', Open/LibreOffice
appears to be a single process/thread. I use an 8-core i7 workstation
[openSUSE 12.3/GNOME3.8] and opening my primary ODM [OpenOffice Master
Document] pegs one core briefly at 100% while the other cores take the
stray maintenance tasks [like zeitgeist,etc.. that get pinged whenever
something, like opening a LibreOffice file, happns]. While the
application is unresponsive for a moment it opens rather quickly [given
its complexity].
The spreadsheet in question matters [if it is very complicated, contains
nested formulas, has large images], as does your settings. Getting more
cores probably is not the most effective way to more responsive
performance. It is more likely a memory or I/O issue.
If you have a class-10 SD card, if you copy the file to there, and open
it [after rebooting], is it faster to open? If so then it is an I/O
issue. If you open LibreOffice [not the file, just Libreoffice] and
then exit LibreOffice, and then open the file is it faster? If so then
it is the load time for LibreOffice and all its dependencies [many of
which will now be cached] and you should enable a preloaded or
LibreOffice quickstart to have that done ahead of time. How long does
openning LibreOffice and creating a new document take compared to
opening your ODS?
When opening your ODS does it spend a lot of time at a particular phase
- "adapting row height" for example?
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Work Site Location: Onsite – 1851 S. Alverno Rd. Manitowoc, WI 54220
The Account Review Specialist supports other departments throughout the company. Reviews and investigates individual accounts. When reviewing these accounts, updates accounts as necessary and determine if data is relevant making sure that the most accurate information is readily available to help return more revenue to our clients.
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Duluth Police: All backlog sexual assault kits tested, investigations ongoing
DULUTH, MN– Around this time last year, the Duluth Police Department was in over their heads.
Duluth was being called the worst city in the state when it came to efficiently testing sexual assault kits with hundreds of kits, some dating back to 1993.
Now, more than a year later, the department has submitted all of its kits and we're learning the results of the testing.
415 untested SA kits were submitted at this time last year. Of that, 50% came back with a DNA match.
21 of those have been referred to the St. Louis County Attorney's Office. 13 have faced charges and 3 convictions have been made.
The Duluth Police Department says it's critically important to not fall behind on this initiative again not only to help get offenders off the streets, but also to bring peace and closure to victims of sexual assault.
A 180 from the Duluth Police Department. "A story that certainly was not flattering to the police department," says Duluth Police Chief Mike Tusken.
What was once a nightmare of hundreds of backlogged sexual assault kits has turned into an initiative for the DPD and the city. Tusken says, "any sex kit that comes in the door today is tested and submitted for testing in 30 days."
In 2018, Duluth took on The Sexual Assault Kit Initiative or SAKI a multi-year, federally funded project aiming to close pending cases.
"So not only wholesale policy changes but applied for grants that have brought in millions of dollars that have helped us to be able to influence change," says the Police Chief.
Changing the way the department processes these kits, to ensure efficiency for officers and victims. "We have opportunities to reach out to victims and survivors who have never had any resolution in their case."
Working alongside organizations that help victims heal. Tusken says, "that success isn't just DPD it is a partnership working with our partners at PAVSA."
Ensuring safety, health, and welfare for the women and men in our community. "We have policies and practices that don't allow us to continue to be backlogged."
And allowing officers to pursue offenders and investigations, giving survivors the chance to move on.
Tusken says, "It's truly really beginning so it is a long process."
The Duluth Police Department will only pursue a criminal investigation into these kits if that's what the victims want.
The department's new policies are stricter than that of the state and they hope to lead an example for cities across Minnesota.


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Ruin to restore on the Costa Brava with sea and golf course views
- Spain
- Girona
- Baix Empordà
- 17250
- Bedrooms 0
- Bathrooms 0
- Size 550m²
- Plot size 13,200m²
Unique opportunity to acquire a ruin to restore on the Costa Brava with sea and golf course views. For sale with restoration project.
A rare opportunity to acquire an authentic 17th Century Catalan masia with sea views, located only a few kilometres from the nearest beaches.
This superb country house, which requires complete restoration, offers an investor the opportunity to construct a 600m² country property on a large plot of 13.200m². The property is located on the border of the beautiful natural park of Les Gavarres and overlooks one of the region's best golf courses. The house is just a few kilometres from the vibrant coastal town of Playa de Aro and just 5 minutes by car from the nearest beach.
The property requires complete renovation and there is an option to purchase the estate with an architecturally designed restoration project for a 5-6 bedroom house. The property enjoys magnificent sea and mountain views, as well as views of the golf course.
This is a unique opportunity for an investor to acquire a fantastic 17th century county house to restore in a privileged location of the Baix Emporda.
- Mountain views
- Sea views
- To renovate
Property is in a ruined state, rebuilding required
This property for sale in the Costa Brava is in a quiet, luxurious residential area in Playa de Aro, enjoying beautiful views. The house is only 100m from the nearest golf course and 5 minutes by car from the town centre (Playa de Aro) with its lovely beach, commercial centre, bars, restaurants and sports centre.
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1. A work of fiction, as a play, film, or novel, combining elements of tragedy and comedy.
2. The genre made up of such works.
3. An incident or situation having both comic and tragic elements.
[French tragicomédie, from Italian tragicommedia, from Late Latin tragicōmoedia, short for Latin tragicocōmoedia : tragicus, tragic; see tragic + cōmoedia, comedy; see comedy.]
trag′i·com′ic (-kŏm′ĭk), trag′i·com′i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.
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A kitchen range is among the most important appliances in your home. Its top burners cook foods in pots and pans; its oven bakes or broils foods. Gas and electric ranges come in different sizes and types to meet different consumer needs. The main types are freestanding units, with finished sides, and slide-in units, with open sides. Standard models range from 20 inches across to 40 inches.
Important Dimensions
When shopping for a new range, you want a match between the dimensions of your existing or remodeled kitchen range space and the dimensions of your new range. The important dimensions for matching a range to a range space are the height of the range space from the floor to the top surface of the countertop, the width of the range space from left side to right side, and the depth of the range space from the front edge of the countertop to the back wall.
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When measuring a new range, measure from the floor to the top of the cooking surface, the distance between the left edge and right edge, and the depth from the front edge of the cooktop to the back edge of the range. Don't include front knobs or handles in the depth measurement or the backsplash/control panel in the height measurement of the appliance itself. However, you may want to know the additional handle/knob depth or the backsplash height when fitting the unit to your kitchen space.


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Just write. This was the phrase I chose one year as my inspiration. I often choose a word or a phrase each year as a motivational tool to help keep me on track. Looking back, 'just write' is one of the simplest and most straight forward, yet it has had, perhaps, the most lasting impact.
Wander Back to the Wonder My pencil is weary, my neck muscles cramped, my brain's in a fog, for ideas I'm stumped. I believe that it's time for a good writing break. But how shall I spend it? What route should I take? I could tackle the ironing, vacuum the floor, scrub all the


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Victor Vasarely - Transparency
Original "kinetic object" silkscreen, on transparent plexiglass and on black board panel multiple diptych, in black and white, 1968/1969, signed with the artist's signature stamp. Executed after a collage by the same title, made in 1953 and exhibited under the title: Photographisms. This takes the form of 2 square plaques, mounted on a perspex stand.
Edition: An unnumbered proof outside the edition
Provenance: Collection of the noted collector Tibor Csepei. Csepei was a musician who first met the artist in 1980 and was made manager of his artwork in Hungary. In 1981 he organized a large scale exhibition of his works in Paris followed by further exhibitions in Budapest, Madrid, Vienna, Hamburg, Prague, Bratislava, Belgrade, Dubrovnik, Sofia, Bucharest, Moscow, Kiev, Istanbul, Tel Aviv and New Delhi. He has written extensively on the subject of Vasarely's art.
Reference: Vasarely Editions du Griffon Neuchatel, V.IV, No.89
Size: 305 x 240 mms
Condition report. Generally in good condition with minot scratches on the plexiglass. There are a series of grooves by which the printed screen can be raised and lowered. The fit of the objects into each other is not exact but when properly assembled does not show. We believe this to be a manufacturing fault.


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FRITTER quickmix 500g
This timeless delight, soft and fluffy, is enjoyed throughout the world either sweet or savoury. Fritters can be served as a side-dish, a dessert or even as a main course. Spice Mecca has combined worldwide variations of this eternal delight to bring you an incredible taste sensation.


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Learn the art of fashion-pet-wear design as we create and sew a dog raincoat complete with Velcro belly straps and a hood!
Using waterproof fabric, students ages 8-14, will learn to sew while they assemble a raincoat sized for dogs (or cats) on June 2nd. Perfect for beginners and advanced sewers, class will go over how to use the sewing machine prior to creating the raincoat. Please see sizing under details.
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Measure your dog's length from the collar to beginning of their tail. Your dog's chest measurement is taken all the way around the biggest part of your dog's rib cage, directly behind their front legs.
Payments: Seats in our classes, camps and workshops are based on availability and do require registration as well as a deposit of 30 percent of the total class fee, if the class fee is less than $100 we require payment in full. This deposit is non-refundable and reserves the class for yourself or your child. Your balance is due on the first day of the class, camp or workshop. Online prices reflect the full course/camp fee. To pay the deposit only please call us at 646.329.6663More information on our Policies


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While advanced economies are still recovering from the crisis, developing countries as a whole are becoming the new engine of global growth. Such perspective of a switchover of locomotives in the global economy is already leading to a substantial change in relative prices of assets in these two groups of economies. However, a possible overshooting of asset prices in developing economies along that global portfolio realignment may become a threat to a smooth replacement of engines. Requirements in terms of economic-policy making in these countries have changed as the game has moved up to a more complex stage.
From Coupling to Switchover*
Economic cycles of developing countries have for decades been, and will continue to be, correlated with those in advanced economies. There has been no "decoupling" of cycles. However, long-term growth trends did separate (decouple), almost 20 years ago, when developing nations began to grow at their own, much faster pace (Figure 1).
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The weight of developing countries as a whole in the global economy has been rising steadily since 2000, and the continuation of that trajectory comes out in most GDP projections. As time passes, the absolute size of the two groups of countries seems poised to reverse positions. Although developing Asia has the lead in that dynamic, rising shares in global GDP are also a feature of other regions.
There are at least four tracks – sources of "autonomous growth" – along which most developing economies will be able to keep growing even if advanced economies remain trapped in their current quagmire. First, the balance sheets of both the public and private sectors in most emerging economies are in good shape. While deleveraging is still an on-going process in advanced economies, many developing countries will be able to explore untapped investment opportunities – infrastructure bottlenecks being a glaring example.
Second, there are increased possibilities of technological learning available to latecomers. There is a large inventory of technologies that the developing world has yet to acquire, adopt, and adapt. Thanks to breakthroughs in information and communication, transferring those technologies is becoming cheaper and safer. Furthermore, decreased transportation costs and the break-up of the vertical production chain in many sectors are allowing poorer countries to insert themselves where it is easier.
Thirdly, a flipside of the emergence of new middle classes in many developing countries is that domestic absorption (consumption and investment) in developing countries as a whole may rise relative to its own production potential. A parallel with Europe and Japan after World War II can be made. Europe and Japan sustained a long growth cycle through a process of combined technological and mass-consumption catching up with the US frontier. This contrasts with the truncated process of poverty reduction limiting growth in Latin America in the past, as well as with the important role left to developed countries for output absorption in the Asian case. The time may now have come for better matching of increases in production and consumption within developing countries as a group. Provided that South-South trade linkages are reinforced, one might see a new round of successful export-led growth experiences in smaller countries.
Finally, natural resource rich developing countries may benefit from the fact that the relative demand for commodities tends to remain strong in the medium term, to the extent world growth will be more dependent on developing countries as a group and demand in these countries is more commodity intensive than elsewhere. As long as appropriate governance and revenue-administration mechanisms are put in place – particularly to avoid rent-seeking behavior – natural resource availability may turn out to be a blessing rather than a curse for these countries.
Most developing countries were already moving along these four tracks before the global financial crisis, owing largely to improvements in their economic policies during the previous decade. Given that these policies enabled developing countries to respond well to shocks coming from the crisis epicenter, there are strong incentives to keep them in place.
Figure 2 provides a simplified illustration of how those sources of "autonomous" growth and rising global GDP shares may allow developing countries not only to escape from a negative "recoupling," but also partially rescue advanced economies. Lines AC (Advanced Countries) and DC (Developing Countries) represent respectively how growth in each group of economies depends on the other. Trade and corresponding investment prospects, and net factor incomes generated abroad (e.g., return on foreign assets, remittances) are channels through which growth interdependence takes place.
The legacy of the crisis on AC is exemplified by the shift from AC0 to AC1. The adverse impact of slower advanced-country growth on developing countries — the negative "recoupling" of developing countries — is reflected in a global move from point A to point B. However, if new "autonomous" sources of trend growth in DC can be tapped and DC0 shifts to DC1, then the global economy can settle at a point such as C, where developing countries grow as much as before and mitigate the crisis effects on advanced economies.
Figure 2 – Re-coupling and Switchover
Asset price overshooting may be deadly
There is, however, a major threat to a smooth locomotive switchover: the possibility of overshooting in the inevitable asset price adjustment accompanying the shift in relative growth prospects and perceptions of risks. Indeed, because the creation of new assets in developing countries will be slower than the sudden increase in demand for them, the price of existing marketable assets in those markets – stocks, bonds, real estate, and human capital – are likely to overshoot their long-term equilibrium values. Recent history is full of examples of the negative side-effects that can arise.
Each and every one of the recent booms and busts – in Latin America, Asia, and Russia in the 1990's, and in Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, and Ireland more recently – shared some combination of unsustainably low financial costs, asset bubbles, over-indebtedness, wage growth unwarranted by productivity gains, and domestic absorption in excess of production. In every case, these imbalances were fueled by easily identifiable periods of euphoria and sudden asset-prices increases.
True, external factors, such as foreign liquidity, were conducive – or at least permissive – to such periods of euphoria. Twin current-account and fiscal deficits and/or currency and debt-maturity mismatches were the rule. But the point is that powerful forces that drive up asset prices may be unleashed even without massive liquidity inflows. The scramble for available assets and a dangerous euphoria may occur through purely domestic mechanisms.
Requirements in terms of economic policy-making in developing economies have therefore changed as the game has moved up to a higher degree of complexity. In addition to those policies that have supported growth before and during the crisis, there is now a new set of challenges established by that same success.
Controls directly applied on capital inflows can only work temporarily and under certain conditions.** Their effectiveness depends on how extensive they are, whether the country has the capacity to enforce them, and on the incentives investors have to circumvent them. The more sophisticated domestic financial markets are and the higher the role played by foreign savings in the country's growth, the lower the usefulness of those controls. Prudential regulation of the domestic financial system, combined with oversight against excessive non-financial corporate leverage, have come to the fore as main tools both to curb volatile capital inflows and to avoid purely domestic euphoria.
The most important task, however, is to facilitate and strengthen the creation of new assets, and there is much that developing countries can do in this regard. They can take advantage of the currently upbeat "animal spirits" of asset buyers to build contestability, transparency, and institutional quality around markets in which greenfield investments can be implemented. They can ensure that the rules they have in place are consistent and favorable to funding investment projects with long maturities. And they can invest in their own capacity for project selection and design.
These and other internal reforms would serve to moderate the furious rise in the price of developing-country assets. For that reason, they also constitute the best way to ensure that the next locomotives of global growth – and all the economies that are pulled by them – remain on the rails.
(*) See Otaviano Canuto and Marcelo Giugale (eds.), "The day after tomorrow – a handbook on the future of economic policy in the developing world", World Bank, 2010, available at www.worldbank.org/prem.
(**) See Milan Brahmbhatt, Otaviano Canuto and Swati Ghosh, "Currency wars yesterday and today", Economic Premise n.43, December 2010, available at www.worldbank.org/economicpremise.
Otaviano Canuto is the World Bank Vice-President for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management.


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Instagram Takeover • Sign Painters
Get ready for a fresh perspective and a fresh coat of paint, because this week Design Museum Portland's Instagram is being taken over! We're excited to welcome two local sign painters to our feed: Pete McKearnan, known for his work at Stumptown Coffee, and Justin Riede, who painted the River City Bike mural.
They'll be signing on for a week long takeover as we prep for our screening of Sign Painters on June 18th. Check out our Instagram here as they start sharing their craft and artisanal insights Thursday, June 11th. Color us stoked!


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Today was definitely a Monday. From waking up feeling exhausted to the depressing weather, it was the kind of day where I just wanted to hide under the covers with a good book, a cup of tea and only eat comfort food like grilled cheese and tomato soup. However, I decided to pull myself together and push through because I have a lot to get done in the next two weeks. So I dove into the world of laundry and resumes and credit checks and phone calls. While it felt good to rise above my lazy feelings and be productive, I was not rewarded with much success.
I attempted three new recipes (and one old) in the kitchen today and only one came out really great, another okay. The other two aren't horrible, I just wouldn't want to waste the calories on them.
First I made my Baked Oatmeal recipe as per my family's request (they devoured the two pans I made them last week). The oatmeal came out great and smelled heavenly as it was baking. This time around I used blueberries, pecans and used almond flour instead of oat flour. I love recipes that are versatile like that!
Next up were some gluten-free shortbread cookies off of one of my favorite blogs. As you can see in the picture they did not hold together well after they were baked. That may be due to the fact I substituted coconut oil for the butter to make them vegan. The dough was the perfect consistency though so maybe next time I'll try adding a flax egg.
Cookies round two. I then tried a recipe off the same blog for some paleo/ vegan/ gluten-free chocolate chip cookies. This dough was very, very crumbly. As you can see the in picture, they didn't flatten at all and they look as though if you breathe too closely to them they'll turn into a pile of dust.
Lastly, I had been planning on making a vegan shepherd's pie for dinner this week. But when I went to make it I saw that someone had used the potatoes. We did, however, have some sweet potatoes, but I wasn't sure it was enough to make enough mashed potatoes to cover the bottom layer. So I ended up cubing the sweet potatoes and mixing them in with the rest of the dish making a shepherd's pie casserole/ ratatouille type dish. The end result tastes good enough. It's filled with good stuff like spinach, mushrooms, green beans, garlic, onions and lentils. I'm just not so sure it looks all that appetizing.
So all in all, I give myself maybe a 40% success rate in the kitchen for today. But what can you do, those days happen. If everybody cooked and baked everything perfectly every time there would be no need for cookbooks or cooking shows or food blogs. If there is a moral to this story, it is this: I cannot wait until I have my own place (apart from my amazing roommate!) again in two weeks. My own kitchen. I can use my own kitchen tools (mine are all in boxes at the moment). With the usual ingredients that I use. I really do think it helps to have the familiarity of your own things in your own space. Hopefully this new kitchen will also have much better lighting because these pictures are a little sad.
At least there's one good thing about Mondays- The Biggest Loser is on tonight! C'mon Danni!!!
How was your Monday? Have you tried any new recipes lately?
Peace & Love,


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California Dreamin' Becoming Reality
When California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 2 last November, banning the extreme confinement of animals on industrial factory farms, they sent the message loud and clear that all animals deserve humane treatment—including animals raised for food.
Seven months later, that vote is having ripple effects around the country, as retailers adopt corporate policies to curb factory farm abuses, and other states consider similar reforms. (Maine just passed a law becoming the sixth state to phase out confinement practices.) But it is having a much more home-grown effect in California, where state lawmakers have taken notice of the broad and deep support for animal welfare policies across the California electorate.
In an era of budget crises and partisanship, animal protection can be one of the only issues most lawmakers agree on. Prop 2, for example, won a majority of votes in 47 of 58 counties, appealing to core groups in urban and rural regions, Democratic and Republican strongholds, and in the heart of agriculture country. More than 8.2 million people checked the box for "yes"—more than any other citizen's initiative in history—and the final vote was a landslide 63.5 to 36.5 percent.
As Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) said, Prop 2 was "the equivalent of the earthquake that shook the legislature." Florez reorganized the Senate Agriculture Committee to become the Senate Food & Agriculture Committee, which is placing greater emphasis on food safety, animal welfare, and sustainability. Florez added, "Big Ag has always ruled, and they don't lose much. I want to take advantage of Prop 2's momentum and strike a balance."
Midway through the 2009 legislative session, that momentum has led to eleven animal protection bills on a wide range of issues already having passed either the Assembly or the Senate and now making their way through the other chamber. Another has already been enacted into law. Here's some of what California lawmakers have achieved for animals so far this session:
- Assemblyman Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara), a tremendous champion for animals who in 2007 successfully carried the bill banning the use of toxic lead ammo in California condor habitat, this year has introduced a package of three bills to crack down on puppy mills, dogfighting, and animal cruelty. A.B. 241 limits the number of dogs (and cats) who can be confined in large-scale production facilities, where they receive no exercise, socialization, or human interaction, and it passed the Assembly by a vote of 60 to 14. Demonstrating broad and bipartisan support, two Republicans, Assemblymen Cameron Smyth (R-Santa Clarita) and Anthony Adams (R-Hesperia), both rose to speak passionately in favor of the bill on the Assembly floor. Another bill by Nava, A.B. 242, strengthens the penalty for dogfighting spectators, the people who fuel this criminal industry with their admission fees and gambling wagers, and passed the Assembly unanimously. And A.B. 243, which prohibits convicted animal abusers from owning more animals in the future, passed the Assembly by a vote of 65 to 12.
- Senator Ron Calderon (D-Montebello) has introduced another bill to further help law enforcement crack down on dogfighters. S.B. 318 would allow the seizure and forfeiture of assets acquired from dogfighting. It has passed the Senate by a vote of 36 to 2.
- Assemblyman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) is championing two bills: A.B. 1437, which bans the sale of eggs from caged hens, passed the Assembly by a vote of 65 to 12, and has just this week passed the Senate Food & Agriculture Committee. And A.B. 708 would increase the penalties for illegal poaching of wildlife. It passed the Assembly unanimously, and will help provide a greater deterrent to poachers in a state where game wardens are few and miles of roads and trails are many.
- Assemblyman Smyth introduced A.B. 233 to encourage shelter pet adoption by giving a tax break to adopters. That bill has not been released from the Assembly Appropriations Committee, but Smyth has another measure that has already passed both chambers and been adopted: A.C.R. 19 officially recognizes Spay Day USA and encourages the spaying and neutering of pets in California.
- On farm animal issues, Senator Florez has advanced S.B. 135, which would ban the tail docking of dairy cows. The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 27 to 12, setting the stage for ending this painful and unnecessary mutilation in the nation's top dairy state. S.B. 135 will be heard next in the Assembly Public Safety Committee next Tuesday.
These bills still have a ways to go and a Governor's signature to earn. But animal protection is on the political map in the Golden State. Lawmakers are siding with pets, wildlife, and farm animals by wide margins, and reflecting the mainstream values of Californians who want strong laws to stop cruelty and abuse. Even so, there are setbacks along the way, as California animal shelters are very likely to feel the pain of the current unprecedented budget crisis.
If you live in California, I hope you will check out the roster of animal protection bills, and ask your lawmakers and Governor Schwarzenegger to support them. I also hope you will help us continue this momentum by becoming a member of the Humane Society Legislative Fund—please join with us to build a powerful political force for California's animals.


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Smile is a powerful tool that can attract people and make everything around look pleasant and happy. But, a smile of a waitress didn't just make people happy, but also got her a staggering tip.
Michelle Bozeman, a waitress at a busy diner in Napavine, Washington, will be remain cheerful to remain customers and she has a good reason to be so. In fact, she has been doing all the hard work for 20 years with a smile on her face.
Luckily, her hard work and the ever-smiling face did not go in vain as a mystery couple dropped her $3000 tip for her work and constant beaming grin. The couple also left a note at the back of their bill.
"Thanks for smiling. You work hard and the country is in a bad place."
The note also requested her to pay it forward and do something good for someone with the money. The 50-year-old grandma didn't notice the tip until her co-worker pointed it out. Unfortunately, by that time, the customers had already left the place after billing $44.
"I first found out when (a co-worker) said, 'Do you realize you got $3000 tip? I looked at it and was astounded," she said.
She recalled about her conversation with the couple, during which she spoke about her family and how as a single mother she supported all her children and grandchildren. She also expressed her love for her job and the people she worked with.
As per the request, she decided to share the tip with her co-workers. She said she would also treat her grandchildren and leave some money for a trip to Ireland along with her friend.


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Tuck into a traditional roast, such as topside beef or loin of pork at this restaurant, situated on the banks of River Medway
Customer Reviews
What You'll Get
Choose Between Two Options
- £9 for a Sunday roast for two (55% off)
£17 for a Sunday roast for four (57% off)
- Diners can opt for topside beef, roast loin of pork, or roast breast of chicken with stuffing
- Each roast is served with roast carrots and parsnips, savoy cabbage and bacon cream, roast potatoes along with Yorkshire pudding with gravy
The Fine Print
Expires 90 days after purchase.
Purchase: Limit 1 per 2 or 4 people. May buy 5 additional as gifts.
Restrictions: Booking required by phone on 01634921543 .Present printed Groupon on arrival. 72-hour cancellation policy. Valid Sun midday-8pm. Must be 18 or older with valid ID for alcohol; Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult. New customers only. Valid for beef, chicken or pork roast only. Valid for eat-in only. Valid on option purchased only. No sportswear (including tracksuits and jogging bottoms), work gear or overalls.
Original values: Based on the highest priced option.
About The Command House
The Command House is situated on the verge of the River Medway in Chatham. Patrons can enjoy international beverages paired with meals cooked by a seasoned chef with over 30 years of experience. The indoor and outdoor seating allows guests to admire the views of the river.


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An elongated silhouette, distinctive wheel housings and crease lines, chrome surrounds – the BMW 6 Series Gran Coupé is not afraid to show what it has to offer: elegance, exclusiveness and spirit. The cockpit provides a glimpse of selected materials. Finely structured leather and ergonomically arranged displays. Exclusive equipment from BMW Individual helps to make the vehicle absolutely unique. A complete work of art that, thanks to the 4+1 seating concept, offers space for five passengers on short journeys. The ideal place for enjoying the full force of the award-winning BMW TwinPower Turbo engines from BMW EfficientDynamics. Comprehensive camera and assistance systems provide additional support in all driving situations. The result: unlimited driving pleasure in spacious, comfortable surroundings.
A wide, characteristic line starts at the front, extends along the elongated bonnet, rises at the windscreen and then flows from the roof to the powerful rear. Elaborate crease lines at the side provide impressive combinations of light and shade, which further emphasises the exclusive and dynamic elegance of the BMW 6 Series Gran Coupé. The BMW 6 Series Gran Coupé pursues one aim: To achieve an even more exclusive interpretation of sporty elegance. This is clearly reflected in the interior. Long lines and elaborate surfaces create an exquisite sensation of spaciousness. Optional features such as the BMW Individual fine-wood trim Ash Grain White or the BMW Individual full leather trim Amaro Brown round off the exclusive character.
While the systematic driver orientation of the cockpit features enables the driver to focus their attention on the road ahead, passengers at the rear can recline in sporty, individually contoured seats. With its top-quality materials and excellent loudspeaker system, the interior invites all occupants to sit back and relax. And numerous storage possibilities for drinks or small objects create all the free space you need for first-class driving pleasure.
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Julie Roys is an evangelical voice that I've admired for a while now. She is an author, blogger, speaker on culture and Christianity, as well as the respected host of Moody Radio's Up for Debate program. So, I was disappointed and frustrated to learn Roys was fired from her radio program on January 8 for, seemingly, her investigation and reporting of the serious contentions surrounding Moody Bible Institute (MBI) in Chicago, Illinois.
In the midst of a household of runny noses, I've been struggling to keep up with the brewing storm surrounding MBI. Perhaps you have too. Tracing back to the beginning of the controversy, one finds a thorny, complicated—and in some ways, mind boggling— situation. What follows is my best attempt to compile a helpful (yet non-comprehensive) run-down of events and revelations alleging questionable spending practices and wavering Biblical orthodoxy.
The Allegations
November 9, 2017— Hints of the Bible college's financial problems were first visible when Christianity Today's Kate Shelnutt reported MBI was preparing to close its Spokane campus and Pasadena satellite site and cut Chicago campus faculty in order to "preserve Moody's long-term financial wellbeing."
In late 2017, Roys began investigating the extent of the troubles at MBI behind the scenes.
January 4, 2018—Roys tweeted:
For months I have been agonizing over whether to publish anything about what's going on at @Moody_Bible I can't stay silent any longer. Please pray! https://t.co/Z0F4z6Kcnd
— Julie Roys (@reachjulieroys) January 4, 2018
According to Roys' report, the Executive Committee of the Moody Bible Institute Board of Trustees and President Paul Nyquist planned to meet on January 5 to discuss allegations including:
- Allowing professors who deny the inerrancy of Scripture to teach at the institute and write curriculum
- Allowing a professor who supports Planned Parenthood, liberation theology, and a host of other liberal causes to teach at the school, and even spearhead missions conferences
- Permitting a top education official to violate the institute's bylaws repeatedly, and openly practice reverse-discrimination
- Fostering an atmosphere of fear and intimidation, silencing whistleblowers by reprimanding, or even firing them
- Refusing to allow shared governance with faculty as stipulated by the Higher Learning Commission, which oversees accreditation for Moody
Further, Roys points readers to an open letter submitted to The Moody Standard in November, 2017. The byline of the open letter is attributed to "Anonymous," but is apparently written by faculty who explain "we truly don't know if we would be fired for publishing this."
The letter (now a pdf link on Roys' blog) details questionable spending and student and faculty frustrations with a non-responsive administration in the wake of nearly one-third full-time faculty cuts. The author(s) write:
Employee and student trust has never been high at Moody. The most recent employee survey placed trust at squarely below the average. The majority stated that they didn't believe anything would change as a result of the survey. After what we've experienced this month, we don't feel that the administration is willing to listen or respond in wise ways.
How do you expect us to still provide this level of quality education for the same number of students when we've lost one-third of our faculty, with similar degrees of corporate infrastructure and program cuts still on the way?
January 9—Roys' investigation revealed the school lent a $500,000 interest-only loan to MBI President Nyquist for a condominium, provided a luxury suite for Left Behind author and former Chairman of Board of Trustees Jerry Jenkins, and advanced a multi-million dollar new building project in the midst of the institute's financial woes. You can read Roys' detailed report—including her confrontation of Randy Fairfax, the chairman of MBI's Board of Trustees—on her blog here.
Julie Roys Fired, Up for Debate Cancelled
January 8-9—Most confusing is MBI's abrupt dismissal of Roys from her Moody Radio show, seemingly as a result of her report. She was notified of her termination in an email from Greg Thornton, MBI senior vice president of media. (Thornton is now serving as MBI Interim President)
On her blog, Roys shared:
Then yesterday at noon, I received an email from Greg Thornton, MBI senior vice president of media, informing me that "after consulting with the Executive Committee of the Moody Board, leadership is terminating your employment." No reason was given and I was informed that my boss, Program Manager Dan Craig would be at my house in two-and-a-half hours to pick up my laptop.
Moody Radio announced the cancellation of Roys' show Up for Debate in a vague explanation posted on the radio program's website, stating:
After much prayer and careful consideration, Moody Radio has ceased production of Up for Debate. We are grateful to the Lord for how He has used the program to equip listeners to discern various matters of the Christian life through the lens of Scripture, and we look forward to continue ministering to you through our other programs.
Moody's "New Season of Leadership"
January 10—Moody notified employees of the resignation of President Nyquist and Chief Operating Officer Steve Mogck and retirement of Provost Dr. Junias Venugopal, citing MBI's need for "a new season of leadership." Roys posted the full letter to Moody employees on her blog here. It states, in part:
As you know, the Board of Trustees has been discussing issues related to widespread concerns over the direction of Moody. Today, we accepted the resignations of President, Dr. Paul Nyquist; Chief Operating Officer, Steve Mogck; and the retirement of Provost, Dr. Junias Venugopal. Let there be no mistake that the Board of Trustees holds these three men in high regard for their ethical, moral, and spiritual leadership. They are godly, honorable men to whom we entrust to the Lord and offer our deep gratitude for their years of faithful service to Christ and to Moody. However, we are unanimous in our decision that it is time for a new season of leadership.
A Crisis of Orthodoxy?
Most alarming are the allegations of an unorthodox theological shift among MBI faculty and staff.
According to Roys, MBI Board of Trustees were set to discuss a "professor who supports Planned Parenthood, liberation theology, and a host of other liberal causes" and "professors who deny the inerrancy of Scripture."
January 23—Despite sudden executive resignations and retirement, an official statement from MBI Board Chair of Trustees Randy Fairfax, Interim President Greg Thornton, and Interim Provost John Jelinek insists "there is no corruption, or any illegal and unethical activity taking place at Moody" and "Moody is steadfast in our wholehearted commitment to the historic, orthodox doctrines of the faith and to the inspiration and inerrancy of the Word of God."
The letter continues, "[I]t grieves us that some of our faculty have been falsely accused of being in direct opposition to Moody's stated beliefs and mission."
January 25—Roys cited MBI Theology Professor Richard Weber's allegation that Assistant Professor of Theology Dr. Ashish Varma and Professor of Theology Dr. David Tae-Kyung Rim hold a postmodern view of truth and elaborates on nuances surrounding Moody's statement of faith. She pointed out:
In today's postmodern environment, it is entirely possible for someone to sign a statement claiming that the Bible "is free from error" and yet simultaneously admit to what many would consider errors. The question facing the Moody Bible Institute today is not whether all its professors have signed a doctrinal statement on inerrancy, but what do they mean when they sign that statement?
January 29—Roys penned a response post doubling down on her evidence seemingly affirming allegations of questionable financial practices and faithfulness to orthodoxy. She argues, "[A]ll is not well, and Moody's latest statement has only further muddied the waters" and "confusion persists, and Moody's latest statement obscuring the facts has not helped."
Unity in the midst of Confusion
For Roys, her investigation is about furthering moral clarity, not confusion. She agrees with MBI's leadership's call for unity and prayer, but asserts, "unity requires dealing with sin, not denying it. "
"So please MBI leadership, own and name your mistakes. And then let's move on with a clean slate and fresh vision," she urged.
Despite the confusion, the Almighty is reliable and capable of rectifying the messiest of situations. We pray the Lord grant wisdom to MBI's leadership, and conviction where necessary. May the Lord guide faculty and staff as they ultimately train the rising generation of global ministry leaders.
For further detailed reporting and analysis on the allegations surrounding MBI, I recommend the following two articles:
The Stream, "Whistleblower Asks: Is Moody Bible Institute Downplaying Its Own Middle Name?," by Josh Shepherd
World Magazine, "Moody Blues: Financial errors, insider dealings, and theological concerns force a change at an evangelical powerhouse," by Paul Butler & Marvin Olasky


text: Last night I received a message from a family member. They are going to rehab after many years of alcohol abuse. The death of my son and the absconding of my daughter made life unbearable at this point. Being the mother, I am the one who holds everyone together and it's in my nature to help. It's probably that way in 80% of the situations. That's why we are the Mothers, matriarchs and the bond. I know this has been a long struggle for them, mental illness and substance abuse has crippled their mind. That's what it does, substance abuse. The abuser is usually self-medicating at some point and copes by using so as not to feel. Eventually, they are only comfortable when high. So, no rehabs available till Monday. Figures, unfortunately, addiction, mental illness, and alcoholism don't have a calendar. So, I will stay with them, keep them from sickness, feed and serve them drinks until Monday then drive a few hours to rehab. That's what women and mothers do right? ❤🙏❤


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Few seers, cutting across streams of thoughts and even religion, are held in as high esteem as Vyasa Raja or Vyasa Theertha (1447-1539). A renowned philosopher, he ranks next only to Madhwacharya and Jayatheertha in the Madhwa Parampare.
B.N.K. Sharma, one of the best known scholars, rates Vyasa Theertha as the "prince of the Dialecticians" in the Dwaita system. Vyasa Theertha, he says, carried forward the work of his distinguished predecessors: Madhwa, Jayatirtha and Vishnu Dasa and explored and exhausted all the technical and Shastric possibilities of making the doctrines and interpretations of his school, impregnable and invulnerable to attacks from any quarter. Another scholar Dr Dasagupta says "the logical skill and depth of acute dialectical thinking shown by Vyasa Theertha, stands almost unrivaled in the whole of Indian thought."
Vyasa Theertha has given us an enlarged vision of Madhwa shastra and each of his work is a precious gem throwing new light on the dualism that Madhwa preached.
His Tatparya Chandrika is an unparalled commentary and interpretation of the Brahmasutras. What sets him aside from other Madhwa seers is that by his scholarship and deep knowledge, he ensured the ascent of Dwaitha Siddantha in the whole of south India.
One of India's greatest Emperor, Krishna Deva Raya of Vijayanagar, revered Vyasa Raja and called him his Raja Guru. He conferred on this Raja Guru his vast Kingdom for a day and the seer returned it the next day after a danger to the King and the Kingdom had passed, thanks to his effort.
The streams of mysticism and philosophy, Sahitya and Sangeetha perfectly blend in this seer and he founds two distinct yet interconnected systems-the Dasa Sahitya or Koota and the Vyasa Koota. If the first is meant to teach the ordinary people the greatness of Hari, the second is more profound and it is aimed at philosophers, saints and intellectuals. If Vyasa Raja trains Purandara Dasa, Kanaka Dasa and Belur Vaikunta Dasa to carry forward the Dasa Koota, he prepares Vadiraja, Vijendra Theertha, Sudhindra Theertha, Srinivasa Theertha and Rama Theertha to teach and preach.
Both these schools of thought attain their peak during the life and time of Vyasa Raja. Very few know that Vyasa Raja, like Sripadaraja too, underwent an inner turmoil which he describes beautifully in one of his suladis called Namasmarana.
Vyasa Raja had gained insight into music, thanks to Sripadaraja who taught him everything he knew. Sripadaraja inculcated in Vyasa Raja a love for music and Vyasa Raja often wrote under the Ankita Krishna, which he subsequently amended to Sri Krishna.
The Namasmarana, Vyasa Raja seems to give us a hint of the trials and tribulations that he underwent and the conflict in him between the worldly and saintly life.
His suladi is quiet clear on how the temptations came his way and how Hari helped him get over them. He says Samsara tempted him and he was attacked by its vices. He says it is only in his old age that he became conscious of his defects and he seeks pardon from Hari.
Now, comes the most interesting part.
Vyasa Raja touches upon the concept of rebirth and Karma. He openly says that when he is born again (He does not use the word if but says when born again), he wants to be a Madhwa with all the holy marks of the Gopichandana on his body, including the Gopi mudra on his forehead and the twelve marks on the various angas of the human body.
Asking for the sectarian marks of a Madhwa, Vyasa Raja subtly makes it clear to us that he is going to be reborn again and he does so less than sixty years after he gave up his portal body as Raghavendra Swamy.
Vyasa Raja says in this suladi that he craves for the necklace of Tulasi around his neck, the Sudarashana mark on his right shoulder and the mark of a Shanka mark on the left. "Bestow upon me such a Vaishnava life of manifestations and rejoicings", he says.
Vyasa Raja says he unequivocally accepts the Pancha bedas or five fold differences enunciated by Madhwacharya and also the concept of Taratamya or gradation of gods.
Was Vyasa Raja here hinting that he would be reborn again as a Vaishnava and as one who enjoyed first the fruits of being a householder and then transform into a savant of Hari.
A close look at the suladi makes it clear that Vyasa Raja was hinting at the family life that he would have to undergo in life and the temptations that he would encounter before he would pass on to become a Sanyasi.
He says Samsara would cast its net on him and make him one of its adherents. He says "If the offering a bride is a means of pleasing Thee, then even Kamsa had offered his daughter to Jarasandha. Similarly, if prosperity can be a means a winning Thee over, then even the wicked Duryodhana was also full of it. If I want to join Thee by the force of Brotherhood, then I find that Shishupala had done so." This shows that there is none equal to you and onl;y you can give me shelter. These lines clearly indicate that Vyasa Raja was aware of the dangers of Grihasta and life before Sanyasa.
Vyasa Raja also touched upon the dangers of becoming a Sanyasi only in name. "If Sannyasa be a means of realising Thee, even the wicked Ravana also had become a Sannyasin", he says.
He then implores Hari to save him and says it is only at his feet he will find the world.
The suladi thus shows the remarkable writing prowess of this great saint-philosopher and the uncanny knowledge that he had that he had to pass through another timeline on Earth. He prepares himself for battling the forces of evil and implores Hari to help him spread his teachings. This is precisely what Raghavendra Swamy did in his life time and what he is doing now two centuries and more after he entered Brindavana.


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- At the beginning of its first full season, In The Zone, 42904R was comprised of Brayden, Rodney, Elijah, Ryan, JJ, Nate, Alex, Ayden, Logan, Ethyn, Aiden, and Jesse. Through ups and downs they managed to build a tall cone stacking robot, which propelled them to a 7-0 record and a quarterfinal finish at the provincial championship, where they lost a nail-biting best of 3, just barely missing out on the chance to go to VEX Worlds!
This 2018-2019 season, Turning Point, 42904R has 6 members - Ryan (gr. 10), JJ (gr. 10), Logan (gr. 10), Sam (gr. 12), Andy Y (gr. 9) and Megan (gr. 11) is hoping to make it to VEX Provincials and then VEX Worlds!


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Published on August 22nd, 2011 | by Dan1
>Slightly Off-topic: Stanford Offering Free Comp Sci Classes
>This might be the first post of it's nature, but I felt it was important. If you are into PC gaming, maybe you want to go into computers as a job. Now, rounding your skills and knowledge became a little bit easier.
Stanford is offering some free online Comp Sci courses. Don't worry, these aren't half-assed. Obviously a lot is put on you as it's self teaching really, but in the end you'll have a great deal more knowledge than you did. You don't get the fancy paper degree, but you will have the skills.


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Why is a NEBOSH General Certificate Advisable Before a NEBOSH Diploma?
We have already seen on the page entitled "NEBOSH General Certificate Before NEBOSH Diploma?" how the information taught on a NEBOSH National Diploma course builds upon the foundation level of knowledge provided by the NEBOSH National General Certificate. It is for this reason why the majority of reputable health and safety training providers will insist upon - or at least strongly recommend - that anyone contemplating enrolling upon a NEBOSH Diploma course should already have achieved the NEBOSH General Certificate.
Self Study Element of a NEBOSH Diploma
As well as building upon the knowledge provided, another important reason for insisting upon this minimum requirement is that the NEBOSH National Diploma is not an entirely taught course in the same way that other lower level accredited health and safety courses are. Other courses such as the IOSH Managing Safely or SMSTS Site Managers course to name just two examples will be aimed at and suitable for those who have little or no knowledge of health and safety in a workplace, meaning that the course tutor will cover everything required to successfully pass the assessment(s) at the conclusion in order to obtain the accredited certificate.
Whilst the Diploma has a large number of taught hours (the most of any of the health and safety courses which we offer in fact!), it also incorporates a large element of self-study. Without a suitable level of knowledge already acquired from completing the NEBOSH General Certificate these candidates will struggle to conduct suitable self-study on topics, issues or legislation which they do not know a great deal about.
Don't Run Before You Can Walk for a Health and Safety Qualification!
There is no doubt that when a person decides that they want a health and safety qualification the majority will desire to achieve the highest one possible. After all, if you are going to dedicate time, effort and money into achieving something then you may as well get the best available.
However jumping straight into a NEBOSH Diploma is a bit like going straight from GCSEs to a university degree without first achieving A-levels (incidentally, the NEBOSH National Diploma is in fact equivalent to a degree-level qualification). Just as many will struggle with jumping from GCSE maths to degree-level mathematics, going straight to the Diploma from little or even no previous health and safety training is a stretch too far and often a waste of money. Health and safety in this respect is not simply a case of using common sense to avoid obvious hazards. The NEBOSH Diploma will expect you to have detailed in-depth knowledge of health and safety law and legislation, policy creation and suitable implementation, risk assessments and correct reporting procedures, and many more. Not already having a fairly comprehensive level of knowledge of such areas will make achieving a NEBOSH Diploma qualification extremely difficult, and is why the NEBOSH General Certificate is a tough but manageable starting point for those wishing to progress up to Diploma level.