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It's so much easier when they're the same thing.
(Published on March 25, 2017 in Business Standard)
What's interesting about Yogi Adityanath's ascension in Uttar Pradesh is how so many of Prime Minister Modi's supporters are shocked and disappointed. It reveals either a) how stubbornly they cling to the fiction that Mr Modi's politics are all about the economy or b) that they are aware of the PM's devoted service as a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) pracharak, but aren't affected by Hindu chauvinism, or actively approve of it.
For them, the 2002 Gujarat riots didn't cloud Mr Modi's reputation. They didn't mind his communal statements, or his silence over cow vigilantism. They didn't care that he picked RSS-linked ministers and institutional heads who have swerved hard to the right, from Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar who blames women for rapes, to CBFC head Pahlaj Nihalani, nanny to the nation and huge Modi suck-up. It didn't matter that Doordarshan airs RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's speeches; or that the BJP submitted a first year 'report card' to the RSS, like a schoolchild. It didn't bother them that the PM didn't speak up for intellectual freedom in universities, or that he changed demonetisation goalposts daily. Mr Modi's supporters drowned these things out with loud hosannas about economic development, thus far a damp squib.
But now that he has put the country's largest state in the hands of a violent, misogynistic, god-bothering rabble-rouser, the ugliest face of radical Hindutva—well, now some are worrying about what that says about the PM. (Only some. Others want to 'give Mr Adityanath a chance'. Given Mr Adityanath's long public track record, that view is amoral, or terminally self-interested, or outright stupid.)
Powerpoint presentations and business-y acronyms make Mr Modi seem like the most modern face of the RSS. But he remains a face of the RSS, and the RSS cannot abide the liberal, western-inspired Constitution of India, which it sees as an alien imposition on an ancient and supreme Hindu society. A quick reminder, here, that the organisation's single heart's desire is to achieve a Hindu rashtra, an India for Hindu supremacists.
Under Mr Modi's nicely cut clothes and emphasis on digital, hi-tech India, lie ideological roots as autocratic and puritan as they come. While he thinks up catchy acronyms and hugs world leaders, his Rottweiler, Amit Shah, warns against 'love jihad', and bays for 'revenge' against Muslims at Muzaffarnagar. While Mr Modi salutes the Constitution, his government is busy subverting freedoms and rights, most recently in the obnoxious Finance Bill that, among other things, removes the cap on political funding and accountability (so much for ending corruption), and makes it mandatory to link Aadhaar cards to income tax returns (so much for the Supreme Court's instructions).
Beef wars, hyper-nationalism, social moralism, cultural puritanism, regressive gender constructs, vigilantism, mass control, violent Hindu revivalism—none of this is unpredictable or surprising. If there's one thing for which the RSS deserves credit, it is that it has never hidden nor deviated from its proudly public agenda. It spent its long years in the wilderness working its tail off, building its networks, harassing writers and artists and academics, beating up students, and whipping up religious hate. It has stayed true to its cause, and today that dedication is paying rich dividends. It's a work ethic that the Opposition should learn from.
This is what India let in the door, in 2014. Now, with the country firmly in its hands, recognising an unexpected opportunity that may never come again, the RSS-BJP is going for broke. Choosing Mr Adityanath—who wants to dig up dead Muslim women and rape them, kill 10 Muslims for every dead Hindu, and control women for national security; who says that Hindus and Muslims cannot live together; who as CM has sanctioned moral policing in the name of women's safety—choosing Mr Adityanath is raising a giant middle finger to the democratic, pluralistic, rights-based Constitution of India. The RSS-BJP was talking development, walking Hindutva; the only development is that it is now both talking and walking Hindutva. It is free at last, its goals looking tantalisingly possible. Politically rampant, it can now focus on subverting academia. Mr Bhagwat will be 'guiding' vice-chancellors and academics this weekend at a Gyan Sangam in Delhi.
But India is bigger than Uttar Pradesh, and hundreds of millions of people will raise a giant middle finger right back at any attempt to control their culture and freedom and thought. How this tussle plays out is going to make for a riveting stretch of history.
Meanwhile, for those who insist this is all just melodramatic leftist breast-beating, there's an old story about a man who, finding a frozen snake, warms it against his breast; whereupon the revived snake follows its natural instincts and bites the man to death.
There's a lesson in there somewhere.


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Excitement about 2008
I'm tremendously excited about this new year... anyone else share my joy or are you all 'already over it'?
Happy new year!
uni this year :)
not sure if thats a good thing yet, im beginning to get bored of education.
I'm very excited about this year
Looking forward to my new band, moving out, going to Japan and new Doctor Who :-D
I would like to go to Japan again. Properly.
I am planning a trip to Melbourne so really want to stop off on the way back... Japan Airlines do great deals. Hmmm. Japan is amazing.
It's the one place I've always REALLY wanted to go to
And I don't have to pay for flights or accommodation!
where in Japan are you hanging out? Free accom and
flights - jammy bugger, eh?
Tres cool.
The only place I know is Tokyo
My friend is going on tour there for a week, I'm going along as 'crew'. I doubt there will be much for me to do as the live setup is just two laptops and a mic!
I admire your stealth like behaviour with that one.
Right - lunchtime. Toorahs.
Happy New Year Rose!
I'm excited and kind of nervous about the new year - I'm finally going to start sorting my life out and it's all a bit arrgghhhh!!!! But I'm feeling motivated and constructive, which is great! :D
This post makes me happy
I'm going to start sorting my life out in 2010 I reckon.
Good for you. Yes, I'm feeling really motivated as well.
I feel like I 'lost' a year of my life in 2007 which actually made me angry for a long time. At various people and events. I'm playing catch up this year but there's also soo many good things on the horizon too. I plan on taking 2008 firmly by the balls.
Ah Rose
Hello there.
I actually move out later today so 2008 must be better than 2007.Nothing but heartbreak ,job losses ,but I will be moving closer to Newcastle city centre so no more taxis for me when I go out for some nightlife. Gonna miss having a mortgage though
Good luck moving. I hate moving with a passion!!
Try and incorporate some 'fun' into the move... ie make your friends help you move...
yes! 08 will probably
be the greatest year of all time. mark my words.
big up 2008
your time
I'm over being in work.
But I'm looking forward to the rest of this year.
Thinking about it
I'm actually a little concerned about how a few things might pan out this year. But I'm sure I'll be OK, life finds a way etc etc
This will be my 25th year. I have scary grown up resolutions for this year
including working towards a promotion and paying off my debts. I set up a substantial direct debit to my credit card yesterday. happy days.
^ 5
similarly, i spent the entire £300 bonus I got this christmas (backdated payrise) on paying off a chunk of my credit card's balance. i'm aiming for it to all be gone by april.
Although it's pretty much all excitement over Lost series 4...
I'm excited!
For all kinds of reasons.
I'm pretty excited!
In 2 weeks I'll have a new life, new city, new job, new car, new friends(hopefully!)
I will be skint for a bit though.
But, it's loads of stuff to look forward to, and I like that I'll be put in an unfamiliar situation with not too much tying me down.
As if I'd forget that too!
I'm quite looking forward to the sight of my new neighbours looking on in horror at the site of me unloading a 100W marshall stack from the car...
I'm amazingly excited.
Living in Tokyo for three months. Get reunited with all my friends in the Summer. Uni in September. Hoorah!
I'm quite excited
I'm going to be a dad in 4 weeks time. And I'm going to look for a better job too. And Hendon are making me prouder than ever before. And we're getting a new carpet in a fortnight. But, tempering the excitement, I am skinter than ever before as well.

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Colton Geiger scanned the symbols of the Maryland flag.
"I know about the flag," the 9-year-old said. "It was adopted in 1904. The yellow and black colors are for the Calvert family and the red and white colors are for the Crossland family."
Colton, a fourth-grader at Norrisville Elementary School, was reciting one of several requirements he has to satisfy for the Patriot Program.


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LEO: How Do I - Reorder Levels or Criteria of a Rubric
- From the Course Home page, click Course Admin.
- On the Course Administration page, under Assessment, click Rubrics.
- Click the drop down arrow next to the rubric you want to edit and click Edit Levels and Criteria. Note: Holistic rubrics will only give you the edit levels options. Rubrics without criteria will be grayed out and cannot be edited.
- Click Reorder Criteria.
- Under Sort Order, select the order number you want each criterion to show.
- Click Save.
- Click Reverse Level Order.


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Artist's description:
Very limited edition of 6 prints on archival Canson paper
Hand-drawn, hand-carved, hand-pulled
The day I moved into my NYC apartment -- after 7 days of hectic apartment-hunting, cleaning up, moving in and setting up all my stuff -- the moment all of that was done, and I lay down on the bed, my bed, and looked out of the window at the famed Manhattan skyline -- this artwork attempts to capture the memory of that moment forever.
Hand-drawn, hand-carved, and hand-pulled, this work has been created with a single block of linoleum, using the reduction process (one colour after the other printed from the same block with a stage of further carving in between). The sky gradation has been done using the stencil technique, and I have experimented with some fun new textures such as on the wall behind the bed! I have also added a touch of hand-colouring at the end, for the pillow and flower, which made it complete, for me.
Materials used:
My New York Apartment: Day 1 (2014)
Linocut by Amrita Saraogi
- Linocut on Paper
- From a limited edition of 6
- Size: 15 x 22 in (unframed) / 12 x 12 in (actual image size)
- Signed and numbered on the front
- Style: Abstract
- Subject: People and portraits
- Hurry only 1 left in stock
This artwork is sold by Amrita Saraogi from India


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Posts filed under 'Reluctant Teen Good Reads'
Spud, by John Howard van de Ruit, hardcover, 352 pages
For those with testosterone and a great sense of humor, Spud, by South African author John Howard van de Ruit is a great choice.
South Africa in 1990 might be foreign to American teens who have never heard of apartheid, but 13-year-old John Milton and the rowdy boys at boarding school make for an unforgettable cast of characters. Read the book, and discover the crude origins of John's nickname, Spud.
Spud's honest and often politically incorrect thoughts are refreshing and laugh-out-loud funny. And his silly — but occasionally insightful — diary entries are like catching up with an old friend who has gone off to college and come back with outrageous stories that you can't quite believe.
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Hadleys Hotel
Built by convict labour in 1834, Hadleys Hotel is a Hobart icon operating as a fine hotel in the city's CBD. It is now a beautifully refurbished National Trust–listed building with lovingly appointed rooms packed with period-style furnishings, so you can soak up the classy and relaxed ambience of the Victorian era. The wonderful atrium restaurant downstairs serves fine meals, and you can take 'high tea' fireside in the dining room, or head to the Lobby Bar and mingle with office workers and politicians amid the old-world charm of dark polished timber and big leather armchairs.
Contact information
34 Murray St; (03) 6223 4355, 1800 131 689
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What happens when a new State emerges? Is it bound by the international commitments of its predecessor? There are a couple ways in which a new State can emerge, and these have potentially different implications. A State can become independent from a colonial power, entering the community of nations as a peer (as was common in the three decades following World War II). States can be created with the dissolution of a former State (for example with the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia). States can also be created by combining previously independent states.
When a new State emerges, the international law of succession applies. Succession provides that a new State inherits the international obligations that its predecessor had made. In the 1950s and 1960s, many African colonies achieved independence. While some followed the doctrine of succession (such as Nigeria), others followed the Nyerere Doctrine of selective succession to treaties. Julius Nyerere, the first President of Tanzania, considered that international agreements dating from colonial times should be renegotiated when a State becomes independent, as the nation should not be bound by something that the nation was not in a sovereign position to agree to at that time. According to this doctrine, a newly independent State can – upon independence – review the international treaties that it stands to inherit and decide which of the agreements it will accept and which it will repudiate. Although such an "optional" approach to events of State succession was not new and was already recognized by customary international law, Nyerere is recognized for the modern formulation of the optional doctrine of the law of State succession.
This "optional doctrine" is more refined than that of the tabula rasa, the classical doctrine of clean slate, under which a new State starts without any of the obligations of the predecessor State. Under the Nyerere Doctrine, this is only an assumption, as the doctrine does not rule out or prejudice the possibility or desirability of renewal (after a legal interruption during the succession) of commitments or agreements of mutual interest to the parties concerned. This doctrine however rejects any categorization of international obligations between those which the successor State would have to accept and those which it could reconsider. Nyerere also created a formula for the practical application of this doctrine, which provides for an interim reflection period during which some of the predecessor's treaties apply provisionally while the successor chooses which treaties it will renew or renegotiate and which it will set aside.
Both the doctrine and the formula, with country-specific variations, served as a framework for State succession in East African States as well as for many other emerging developing countries. In most instances, predecessor States and third-party States have accepted – if not indeed supported – the application of the Nyerere Doctrine.
For more information, see (for example) State Succession and the New States of East Africa, by Yilma Makonne
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The monthly Raspberry Jam at FamiLAB is the Place to be for Raspberry Pi in Central Florida!
The Central Florida Raspberry Pi Users Group's mission includes creating and maintaining an active user and developer community for the Raspberry Pi platform in the Central Florida area.
Anyone interested in learning more about the Raspberry Pi should join this group!
This includes but is not limited to kids, parents, teachers, artists, engineers, crafters, inventors, programmers, and do it yourselfers.
You can find our other events on our Meetup page: https://www.meetup.com/Central-Florida-RPi-Users-Group/


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Just because you can hack anything in Watch Dogs, doesn't mean police won't be able to locate you.
We've heard a lot about Watch Dogs' emphasis on connectivity, specifically how you can hack into any electronic item during Aiden Pearce's quest for justice. However, that doesn't mean that it's going to be a walk in the park. In Ubisoft's latest gameplay footage, enemies are using their own networks to hunt you down, forcing snap decisions as police and other enemies track your movements.
The walkthrough trailer opens as Pearce hears his name over a police intercom. Police cruisers patrol the streets all around you, while a helicopter's spotlight sweeps the environment from a birds-eye view. Being noticed will alert units to your location, triggering a high-speed pursuit until you can lose those tracking you. Once you've ditched your car however, you still won't be safe; ordinary citizens on the street will recognize your face from live news reports, and any one of them might use their cell phone to call 911. Once they're on your trail, you're free to hack, sneak, or brawl your way past enemies, but the game's tense atmosphere suggests you don't have long to decide which before the noose tightens.
Watch Dogs will be coming to PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 systems on November 19. The game's PS4 and Xbox One versions will be released on another date in Q4 2013.


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The IRS reminds holiday shoppers to protect their tax and financial data from identity thieves. All it takes is a few extra steps to prevent cybercriminals from stealing sensitive data, such as financial account information, Social Security numbers, and credit card information. Thieves could use this data to file a fraudulent tax return in 2019.
This tip is part of National Tax Security Awareness Week. The IRS is partnering with state tax agencies and its partners in the Security Summit to remind to taxpayers and tax professionals about the importance of protecting data.
Read more: Follow these tips to protect data when shopping online
With each passing minute, we get closer to the first government shutdown in 17 years.
That raises the question of what's next in the tax world if that happens.
The Internal Revenue Services has a plan. Its 61-page shutdown contingency document details the agency's preparation for and implementation of a shutdown of its services and offices, as well as reactivation of tax functions.
|2018 Filing Due Date (Tax Year 2017)
Form W-2 (electronic or mail)
Form 1065 – Partnerships
Form 1120S – S Corporations
Form 1040 – Individuals
FinCEN 114 – FBAR (will be allowed to extend)
January 31st
March 15th
March 15th
April 17th
April 17th
Form 1041 – Trusts and Estates
Form 1120 – C Corporations
Form 990 Series – Tax Exempt Org
Form 5500 Series – Employee Benefit Plan
April 17th
April 17th
May 15th
July 31st
Form 1065 Extended Return
Form 1120S Extended Return
Extended Due Dates
September 17th
September 17th
Form 1041 Extended Return
Form 1120 Extended Return
Form 1040 Extended Return
FinCEN 114 (Extended with Form 1040)
Form 990 Series Extended Return
October 1st
October 15th
October 15th
October 15th
November 15th
Form 5500 Series Extended Return
November 15th
With the approach of the holidays and the 2018 filing season, the IRS, state tax agencies and the nation's tax industry are urging Americans to be on the lookout for new, sophisticated email phishing scams that could endanger their personal information and next year's tax refund.
The most common way for cybercriminals to steal bank account information, passwords, credit cards or Social Security numbers is to simply ask for them. Every day, people fall victim to phishing scams that cost them their time and their money.
This July the IRS and SSA made changes to the deadline given to businesses that issue W-2 and 1099-MISC forms. When businesses e-filed their W-2/1099's, they were given until March 31st each year. Now that deadline has moved to Jan 31, 2017. Any forms filed past that date are subject to $260.00 per form.
Avoid the new IRS penalties by doing the following
- Be sure to have all of your contractors fill out and send to you their W-9 this month (if you don't have them already)
- If the deadline is approaching and you don't have all your info you can file a 30 day extension at no cost with IRS Form 8809
How It Works
The malware gets run when the user opens the attached file and attempts to open the PDF it contains. The malware takes advantage of Windows' default behavior of hiding the extension from file names to disguise the real .EXE extension of the malicious file.
The Trojan generates a random symmetric key for each file it encrypts, and encrypts the file's content with the AES algorithm, using that key. Then, it encrypts the random key using an asymmetric public-private key encryption algorithm (RSA) and keys of over 1024 bits (we've seen samples that used 2048-bit keys), and adds it to the encrypted file. This way, the Trojan makes sure that only the owner of the private RSA key can obtain the random key used to encrypt the file. Also, as the computer files are overwritten, it is impossible to retrieve them using forensic methods.
IRS and Security Summit Partners Warn of Fake Tax Bill Emails
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service and its Security Summit partners today issued an alert to taxpayers and tax professionals to be on guard against fake emails purporting to contain an IRS tax bill related to the Affordable Care Act.


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If you are a thriller reader, it's likely you've encountered Val McDermid some time in the last couple decades. She is one of the most consistent thriller writers out there, and while she's based in the UK, she's had success in the US as well.
If you are a Netflix watcher, you may also have encountered Val McDermid through the UK series Wire in the Blood, based on several of McDermid's novels and her profiler character Tony Hill.
In either case, you probably know what you're in for with McDermid. Edge of your seat action, lots of twists, and, of course, some very grisly murders. I think at some point McDermid upped the ante when it comes to the violence in her books, I don't remember exactly when, but I know from reading other reviews that I'm not the only one to notice.
You must be prepared for such things with a McDermid thriller. But you also get some of the better traditional thrillers you'll find. If you're into the serial killers, profilers and dedicated cops you see on TV shows, McDermid is up your alley.
Her new book, The Retribution, is the 7th book in the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series. Hill is a prickly, aloof profiler who doesn't work terribly well with people. Jordan is a prickly, aloof detective who runs a top-of-the-line team of officers on major cases. The back-and-forth relationship between Hill and Jordan, and the relationships of all of Jordan's team, are rewarding. They remind you why you stick with a series.
With all that said, The Retribution is determined to take things in a new and grim direction.
It's got a lot of what you look for in a long-running series. There are big changes coming: Jordan's team is being disbanded. Jordan is planning to move out to a new district in the country. But the biggest change of all is the return of one of McDermid's favorite villains: the charismatic serial killer and former TV star, Jacko Vance.
To fully enjoy The Retribution it helps to have read some of the previous Hill/Jordan novels. (Particularly Wire in the Blood, the previous entry featuring Jacko Vance.) But the TV series will do just as well, since so many of the episodes are derived from McDermid novels. You can start this one without the history, as you can with any decent thriller, but you may not get the full punch.
If you know McDermid, you know to expect dark. Really dark. And this book is no different. Jordan and Hill are pushed to their limits while they work against Vance, who wants nothing more than to destroy them both. Meanwhile, Jordan's team investigates a serial killer who is gruesomely killing prostitutes. The stakes are high. And for two eccentric characters like Carol Jordan and Tony Hill, it looks like it could change everything.
There certainly appears to be another Jordan/Hill novel coming up. The Retribution ends abruptly. Its ending is something of an anti-climax but it's well in keeping with the plot and characters.
For me, I admit I'm tiring of McDermid. Watching the Wire in the Blood series reignited my interest for a while. I thought the actors were quite good and seeing it in a quick-paced television format worked really well. But I wearied of the show, too, after a while. It went on for too long and I worry that the Jordan/Hill series has gone on too long, too.
Still, if you're a solid thriller reader and you want a solid thriller, you can't find many options more reliable than Val McDermid.
Thanks to Edelweiss and Grove/Atlantic publishing for allowing me access to an advanced e-galley of The Retribution. Release date is January 3, 2012!


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Why electric forklifts?
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Would it be advisable for one to consider utilized models?
There are many reasons why individuals utilize second-hand electric models, yet generally, the spending has the effect. On the off chance that you don't have the funds to manage the cost of another one, utilized models are commendable as well. You should simply locate the correct vender, and with a significant number of these organizations going on the web, clean room lift forklift rental you don't need to make a decent attempt. Ensure that the dealer is a known and believed one, and he should offer administrations of delivery and assessment. Regardless of how bustling you might be, it is likewise a smart thought to get the model reviewed freely. With respect to the transportation, a few venders may not charge you on the off chance that you in a similar city, however for separate conveyance, expenses might be material.
Given that forklifts are costly, you ought to rather be extremely cautious about picking the two makers and merchants. Utilized models can carry out the occupation right, particularly when you don't have broad utilize, yet in the meantime, you can significantly consider new forklifts by exploiting financing alternatives, offered by numerous venders. Begin now to give the edge of current workhorses to your business.
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Jerry-Builders, Beware ! Take Heed!
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Apr 21, 2002 (message contributor)
Summary: Christians are warned to "take heed; be careful" against the Dangers of Presumptuousness, Complacency and Compromise and to ensure that their life's work will survive the fiery trial of the Judgement Seat of Christ.
When I'm preparing a message I usually have a Bible concordance within easy reach. A little while ago, as I was turning to a word I wanted to follow up, my eyes fell on the phrase "take heed" and I was surprised to see how many references there were - over 50 ! This was clearly of some importance so I made a note to return to it later for a closer look. My concordance is for the Authorised Version so the words "take heed" are often given in modern translations as "be careful". In fact the Good News Version is even stronger. When the apostle Paul wrote to his converts at Corinth concerning "Warnings from Israel's History", he put it like this: "Whoever thinks he is standing firm had better be careful that he does not fall" (1 Cor 10:12). Wait a moment, someone might challenge, "we're living under grace, not law!" That's true, but we must distinguish between becoming a Christian and living the life of a believer.
I've been in accountancy for 50 years as student and professional member and I remember back to when I was studying for the exams. The president of the Institute came to Guernsey to talk to the students. He told a cautionary tale of a student who cheated in an exam and was thrown out of the profession. The fear of being hauled up before the disciplinary committee has been in my mind ever since! Just to reinforce the warning, the monthly magazine reports the disciplinary judgements of those who've committed some misdemeanour. Fortunately I've escaped their attention but I must still be careful as a retired member not to break the code of ethics.
It's a wonderful thing to a Christian. How we rejoiced when we first trusted in Jesus as our Saviour; that we were no longer estranged from God, enslaved by sin and Satan, but now forgiven and made alive in Christ. That's one side of the coin; the other side is we must be aware of God's purpose for us. It is, as Paul put it, "We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them" (Eph 2:10). God has brought into being a new race of people who are being transformed, recreated in Christ, so that one day we will reflect His image perfectly. Clearly, we're in our new relationship for the long haul. The Christian life isn't so much a sprint but a marathon. Or to change the metaphor, it's like the Grand National, with many a fence to jump but with potential to fall.
That's why the Scriptures contain so many references to "take heed; be careful". When the "Titanic" was built it was hailed as "unsinkable" and to believe otherwise was "unthinkable". But it was the victim of some terrible mistakes and complacency. The owners rashly went for the Atlantic crossing record and set a course too far north in the area of icebergs to reduce the mileage. She sailed without sufficient lifeboats as they'd been deleted from the specification to cut costs. But these factors didn't matter because the ship was "unsinkable"! That wasn't all. Disaster struck with tragic consequences. SOS messages weren't sent to a passing ship because the radio officer was busy sending messages for the first class passengers. Lifeboats were launched half empty and didn't return because the officers were afraid of being swamped when the ship went down. Arrogance and neglect brought about this tragedy on a grand scale. We would do well to reflect if it could happen in our lives - in our careers and vocations, temporal and spiritual. If we trust ourselves to be "unsinkable", it's then that the "unthinkable" will happen!
When I was leaving a previous employment to go to a more senior position a colleague told me with a twinkle in his eye, "Don't forget that the higher you climb, the further there's to fall!" There's nothing the media like to report than a Christian who's fallen from grace. It's invariably a lay preacher who's put his hand in the till or a minister who run off with the organist! But it's not always the big mistakes in life that can bring us down. The USA thought it was secure behind its nuclear shield. But what was the first step in the crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon? Half a dozen penknives that the terrorists had smuggled into the aircraft! They were the only weapons they had to overcome the pilots!
If God's Word contains so many warnings to "take heed; be careful" it must be for a good reason. When Paul wrote to the Corinthian believers there's no suggestion that they were going to lose their salvation or be disinherited from the family of God. But there's a strong warning against falling away from God. Let's face it - we are fallible, and the more secure we think we are, the greater is our danger. What perils are there to be avoided? There's:
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However, a few of your contacts have gotten in touch with you regarding jobs. They've heard, through the wire, that you're starting to make a name for yourselves in the shadows, and they're interested in giving you work that's more than just scutwork.
Danea's Mitsuhama contact has gotten in touch with her. Having heard that you've just laid your hands on what amounts to an urban assault vehicle, there's a Johnson involved who would like you to check up on a rumor in the Redmond Barrens. The information of the rumor will be presented in a meeting with the Johnson, held at the Lake Union Refectory. Should you take this job, attire for the refectory is modern dress—no 'street wear'.
Vachon's weapons dealer has another offering for you. Coming in via the docks will be a shipment of Ares military grade weapons, for Knight Errant's SWAT division. However, unlike your stunt with the Triads, this one's going to need to happen before the vessel gets into port if you want it. You want more details, you talk to the man at his office.
Finally, Ralph's fixer has an offer for you (not his bartender, but instead his fixer, where he actually gets jobs, occassionally). In his role as an investigator, there's been a crime up in Capitol Hill and the Johnson is convinced that the local rent-a-cops didn't do a good enough job in hunting down the actual culprit. Attached to this request is a news link, commenting on the death of a few prominent partygoers on Broadway. Knight Errant ruled it gang warfare, and arrested a bunch of gangers in connection.


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Mike Ashley has turned his guns on the new Rangers regime by requisitioning a general meeting and asking for his £5m loan to be repaid in full.
The Daily Record reports the Sports Direct tycoon made the highly aggressive move one week AFTER the Ibrox club's interim chairman Paul Murray and director John Gilligan travelled south to open 'peace talks' at his Shirebrook HQ in Derbyshire - but five days BEFORE cops raided the premises as part of a probe into the commercial activities of former owners Craig Whyte and Charles Green.
In the letter, which is dated April 29, Ashley demands to know the 'precise details' surrounding the recent delisting of the club from the AIM Stock Exchange, a move which was triggered when Dave King teamed up with other high profile shareholders to successfully remove Derek Llambias and Derek Leach from the boardroom.
He also proposes resolutions which if voted through, would force the new regime to hand back a £5 million crisis loan which was agreed between Ashley, Llambias and Leach in January.
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In exchange for the cash Ashley will hand back security over all the Rangers crests and badges, the club's Murray Park training ground and Albion Street car park and the Edmiston House facility.
Record Sport can also reveal that Ashley had a negative security clause written into the deal struck with the previous board, which means Rangers cannot use security of Ibrox stadium in order to raise funds with any third parties.
The letter was sent two weeks ago, but Ashley has been complaining that he is still awaiting a response.
A source close to Ashley said last night: "This is a message to Dave King and his associates to put up or shut up. The board and the fans own more than half of the Rangers shares, so they have the power to vote this through - if they have the money.
"All they have to do is find the £5 million that he gave them in January and he will release security on the various brands, Murray Park, the car park and Edmiston House.
"It's a very simple situation. If they really want to change the relationship with Sport Direct they will vote for a change.
"If they, in fact, are happy for Sports Direct to have security over the club's assets they will vote down what Mike Ashley is proposing."
It's understood the club has 28 days period in which to respond to the request for a general meeting.
Last night a Rangers spokesman said: "The board have received the request and are considering it with our advisers."
Ashley's attempt to force a general meeting is the latest twist in wrangling between Rangers and the controversial Newcastle United owner, who holds a 8.92 per cent stake in the Ibrox club.
The first meeting between the new regime and Ashley's camp took place on April 22. The talks saw Murray and Gilligan travel to Sports Direct's base seeking a renegotiation of the terms of the club's commercial contracts. Those initial discussions were described as 'amicable' even though Murray and Gilligan left without reaching an agreement on a fairer deal.
And the situation took another dramatic twist on May 4 when the Record revealed Ashley's retail factory had been raided by Scottish cops, looking for paperwork relating to their investigations into Whyte and Green.
The Record has now obtained the letter Ashley sent days before the raid, in which he seeks to disengage from his involvement in Rangers - bar keeping a finger in the merchandise pie.
Ashley tightened his grip on the club's retail division after agreeing his latest loan deal with the previous board in a deal which saw him up his stake to a whopping 75 per cent. If the cash is repaid Sports Direct 's share of the business will drop back down to 49 per cent.
Ashley also demands answers on how the club's Nominated Adviser was no longer willing to be appointed and what steps were taken to find an alternative Nomad.
And he wants full details of the most recent emergency bail-out - a £1.5m loan from the Three Bears consortium of Douglas Park, George Letham and George Taylor.
He states that the club should take no more than 10 days of the passing of his £5 million pay-off resolution to put the cash into his bank account.
Ashley is entitled to call for the meeting of shareholders because he owns more than five per cent of the club.
Last year MASH lent Rangers £3 million, which was subsequently paid off by a £5 million loan put up by Sports Direct - tying up the security of the club's assets with the firm.
The deal that set up the current trauma involved a £10 million provision by Ashley in January, of which only half was drawn down on for working capital and repayment of the previous £3 million loan.
In return, Sports Direct grabbed control of another 26% of Rangers' retail operation and will benefit from shirt sponsorship income. Security was provided in the form of virtually all of the club's assets apart from Ibrox Stadium itself.


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December 2015—Optimizing transfusion ratios in massive transfusion protocols: The 1:1:1 ratio of packed red blood cells to plasma to platelet use for massive transfusion emerged out of data on mortality in military personnel wounded in combat. Many studies have investigated the optimal ratio for use in massive transfusion. The literature is controversial, and studies continue to support and refute the 1:1:1 ratio.Read More »
2015 Issues
Anatomic Pathology Abstracts, 12/15
December 2015—Reappraisal of etiologic field effect in cancer predisposition and progression: The term field effect, which is also known as field defect, field cancerization, and field carcinogenesis, has been used to describe a field of cellular and molecular alteration that predisposes to the development of neoplasms within that territory.Read More »
Molecular Pathology Selected Abstracts, 12/15
December 2015—Molecular characterization of papillary renal cell carcinoma: Renal cancer is subdivided in major subtypes based on histologic features seen under the light microscope. Major subtypes include clear cell, papillary, and chromophobe renal carcinomas, as well as a number of emerging subtypes.Read More »
Q&A column, 12/15
December 2015—How is haloperidol usually administered in a hospital? If blood is drawn within one to two hours after a dose, should the drug's concentration be in the therapeutic range?Read More »
Newsbytes, 12/15
December 2015—Fellowship blends clinical informatics and pathology: Ask Rebecca Johnson, MD, and her colleague Bruce Levy, MD, about a newly approved fellowship program that allows fellows to train concurrently in clinical informatics and any other of the pathology subspecialties, and they'll give you a similar answer: This has been in the works for a long time.Read More »
Put It on the Board, 12/15
December 2015—Qiagen touts one-stop shop for next-gen sequencing: Despite launching years after the next-generation sequencing systems from Illumina and Thermo Fisher, officials at the German molecular biology company Qiagen see an opening for their GeneReader NGS offering.Read More »
With DCIS, where does the real risk lie?
December 2015—When a pathologist makes a diagnosis of DCIS, few people greet the news happily. Not patients, not surgeons, not radiation oncologists. Depending on the particulars of the case, pathologists might also feel cheerless. Typically, the only winners are uncertainty and its sidekick, fear.Read More »
Prostate biopsy's role in active surveillance
December 2015—As a treatment option, a strategy of active surveillance is becoming more widely accepted for early stage prostate cancer where risk of progression is low. But the new emphasis on active surveillance brings increased anxiety among prostate cancer patients about the information they're getting from their physicians and how to deal with it. When M. Elizabeth H. Hammond, MD, participated four years ago in an open dialogue with prostate cancer patients at a conference on active surveillance, "I was really rocked by the things I heard," she said. "The patients were angry and frustrated by our telling them active surveillance is a good treatment option.Read More »
Latest HbA1c debate examines race as nonglycemic factor
December 2015—In 2010, the American Diabetes Association endorsed the use of hemoglobin A1c to diagnose type 2 diabetes, and fierce arguments over the wisdom of that move have ensued ever since. A 2013 debate at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry's annual meeting featured a spirited dialogue on the merits of using HbA1c as a diagnostic marker, compared with the traditional—and still ADA-recommended—alternatives, fasting plasma glucose and two-hour plasma glucose.Read More »
For pathologists, 8% aggregate hike in Medicare pay
December 2015—The final Medicare physician fee schedule for 2016 delivered on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' July proposal of an overall increase in payment for pathologists and independent laboratories. The agency also fulfilled some pathologists' fears by cutting payments for prostate biopsy services by 19 percent for the technical component and 18 percent for the global payment.Read More »


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Catechist-CRE (Christian Religious Education): This ministry provides assistance in teaching Catholic religious education to those children not attending parochial school. CRE is held at St. Stephen Martyr on Wednesday nights at 6:30 p.m.
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Catechist-RCIC (Rite of Christian Initiation-Children): RCIC is the process by which a child is taught (catechized) and welcomed into the Church as a full member. The goal is to bring children of catechetical age (7+) into full Communion with the Church. RCIC is held at St. Stephen Martyr on Tuesday nights at 6:30 p.m.Infant Baptism Preparation Couples: Couples help with the instruction of parents and godparents of children being presented for Baptism. Two sessions are held and include a rehearsal.
RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults): RCIA is the process through which adults are fully initiated into the Catholic faith community. These adults are prepared to receive the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and/or Eucharist at the Easter Vigil. RCIA is held at St. Stephen Martyr on Tuesday nights at 6:30 p.m.
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Kid's Adventure Land
Indoor Playground and Cafe. Safe and secure environment for young children to play, laugh and grow while the adults can relax with a coffee.
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- Employees 5
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Kid's Adventure Land is an Indoor Playground and Cafe. It is a safe environment for young children in play on while the adults can relax with a coffee. My customers will love the idea of leaving the children to play in a safe and secure environment while they can relax with a coffee in the semi sound proof dining area. The business is important to the local area for creating new job opportunities and promote tourism for the area.
Andrew MurphyMr
Andrew has completed BA in Politics and has some managerial experience in the food sector.
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Sharon has been in federal Government for 9 yrs and her skills are customer service, telephone and data entry. Sharon has also served in the take away food section as a kitchen hand and cook.
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Chairman Crowley Statement on the 6th Anniversary of the End of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
(Queens, NY) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement on the 6th anniversary of the end of the discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy:
"Six years ago, 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' was dismantled, allowing gay and lesbian service members the opportunity to openly serve our country free from discrimination. As a result, our military and our nation are stronger and better reflective of the values we hold.
"While ending 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' was a significant step toward equality, there is still much more to be done to achieve a truly inclusive military. Our Armed Forces are once again being used as a tool to push forward a hateful agenda. Instead of pursing policies that make America less safe, President Trump should immediately reverse his politically motivated ban on transgender individuals serving in our Armed Forces. As we recognize this important day, we must recommit ourselves to the fight against the Trump administration's discriminatory anti-transgender policy and work tirelessly to ensure that any qualified American who volunteers to serve can do so regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity."


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I don't think they will be abandoning nuclear power any time soon. But, this story seems to be trying to tell readers that young people are afraid of it after the Japan crisis. Perhaps that will somehow sway public opinion… Yet, nuclear power has very few accidents. It's just that when there are problems –… Read More


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The Way of Nature
The Way of Nature
It's that time of the year when it drizzles everyday. I love it because it is a relieve from the usual tropical heat, plus it brings out the pleasant smell of damp earth and grass, evoking nostalgic memories of childhood...
As a kid, I used to love playing soccer in the rain. Ah, those wonderful days full of Wordsworthian delight. We were closer to nature then: we knew the night sky so well--Orion's belt, the Big Dipper, the glitter of Venus above the horizon and the many metamorphoses of the moon.
Here in the city, we rarely even look up to the night sky. We have forgotten about the moon and the stars; we have lost our connection with nature. We are like lost children of God.
How do we regain our connection with the universe? How do we rediscover the Divine Innocence which we all possess inside?
We must always remember that we are part of that universal intelligence, that creative force that drives the evolution of the universe. "The force that through the green fuse, drives the flower, drives my green age...", writes Dylan Thomas.
We must tune ourselves to that creative force and understand its nature. We must listen to that inner silence that speaks. We must follow the promptings of the spirit. We must let this force drive whatever we do so that our work will bloom like flowers too.
We must learn from nature and not abuse it. We and the universe are not separate: we are one. We must take time off the TV, the computer, the shopping malls and see that out there, nature has provided us with wonderful sights to behold. Everything that we need to know--the infinite wisdom of God--is reflected in nature, if we care to observe and learn.
Who accepts nature's flow becomes all-cherishing;
Being all-cherishing he becomes impartial;
Being impartial he becomes magnanimous;
Being magnanimous he becomes natural;
Being natural he becomes one with the Way (or Tao);
Being one with the Way he becomes immortal:
Though his body will decay, the Way will not.
- from the Tao Te Ching.


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Determination of Histamine in Various Marine Fish Species Available in Major Markets of Punjab, Pakistan by LC-MS/MS
Fish samples from selected five (5) major markets of Punjab (Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Rawalpindi and Gujranwala) were collected randomly consisting of nine (9) marine fish species. LCQ Fleet with ion trap mass analyzer coupled with Surveyorplus pump and Surveyorplus degassor of Thermoscientific was used for histamine determination in present study. The histamine detected in different nine (9) samples from different markets was within safe limits. The fishes were also examined for appearance, texture, odour and presence of black spots. All the physical parameters were within normal range. It was concluded that the marine fish species being sold in various fish markets of Punjab province are fresh with good physical conditions and having histamine in safe limits.
Histamine, Marine Fish, Punjab, Pakistan, LCMS, Markets, FQCL.
Hadyait, M.I., Ali, A., Bhatti, E.M., Qayyum, A., Ullah, M.Z., 2018. Determination of Histamine in Various Marine Fish Species Available in Major Markets of Punjab, Pakistan by LC-MS/MS. PSM Biol. Res., 3(1): 39-43.
Author: Muhammad Arfan Hadyait, Asif Ali, Ehsan Mahmood Bhatti, Aroosa Qayyum, Muhammad Zafar Ullah
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For those who have visited Green Zebra, how many of the selections are vegan, or could be made vegan?
I would love to take my vegan sister there (she's fairly militant but I believe she is "okay" with honey), but after reading some of the descriptions from previous visitors, I am worried that there wouldn't be many dishes she'd be able to eat.
I want to make sure that, for what it will probably cost, that she will be able to enjoy enough of the different dishes.


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Hunting The Flats
By Captain Keith Kalbfleisch
The Hunter slowly slips along, carefully testing the wind as he goes, being vigilant to the slightest movement around him. He is attuned to his environment, noting anything that disturbs it, so that he knows where the Prey is before the Prey knows he is there. The sun, topography and wind are used to his best advantage, so that when the Prey suddenly shows itself, he will be in the most advantageous position to take his shot. The Hunter's constantly moving eyes see a flicker of movement—Prey! Carefully stalking closer until he is ready, he reaches for his weapon and carefully makes his cast.
Cast? Yes cast. This is not the traditional hunting, but the careful pursuit of wary fish on the flats. The similarities to hunting are striking, as you will see. I am often asked how I can consistently catch great fish on our flats. Most want to know lure type, line size, bait of choice, or places to go, but they miss the most important tool in my success—stealth.
On most of Florida's flats the fish are extremely wary. They grow up with dangers from above like birds, from other predators like porpoises and large fish, and then with constant pressure from anglers like you and me. This creates an animal that is alert and cautious by the time it is large—it had to be to get that way!
In order to consistently catch fish on the flats in the Orlando area, a stealthy approach must be used. I am amazed at bass anglers. They roar in at 60 mph to their spot, then start fishing! What's even more amazing is that the bass will bite! I have often seen this behavior on the flats where a hopeful fisherperson will fly across the flat, shut down and start fishing, perhaps lowering their trolling motor noisily into the water, then happily cruising the flat with it. I find they are surprised back at the dock when I caught fish on lures, and they only caught some "shorts" on bait. They are convinced that I have been in some "secret spot".
Our fish react to the noise. You may not see them move, but they will get real quiet and either sit or move away quietly—with a bad case of lockjaw! Many times I have watched a redfish tailing merrily away, but when it heard a passing boat, errant noise from my boat, or a pressure wave, it would stop tailing and become invisible. I have often watched "noisy" boats work an area with no success, then I follow later catching fish. Did the fish move in during the interim? I don't think so, I think my stealth techniques were better.
OK, back to hunting. There are three major hunting techniques that have direct correlation to flats fishing near Orlando—still-hunting, stalking, and hunting from a blind. In still-hunting, the hunter quietly creeps along, looking for his prey. This is what you want to do the most often in fishing the flats, as silently as possible covering territory to find fish. I use an approach that I feel gives me the most stealth, yet covers the most area. I start out by running my main motor to within a quarter mile of where I plan on fishing (staying in the deeper water to protect the grasses and not disturb others), then I go to my electric motor to get to about 100 yards, and finally covering the remainder by quietly push-poling.
After you get to where you want to start fishing, work your way along the shoreline, gently poling and drifting while looking for fish. When you do this properly the wind is your main mode of transport power. You use the push-pole to set yourself up for a quiet drift, constantly watching for fish. In other words, you are creeping along looking for your prey—still-hunting! During this time you want to make long casts to flats "structure" such as sand patches, slight drop-offs, grass edges and points.
As you still-hunt along, you will eventually be blessed with that happy vision that sets all Central Florida flats anglers' hearts soaring—redfish tails! Now we go into our second type of hunting, the stalk. In stalking, a hunter spots the prey in the distance and plans a careful, quiet approach to get within range. Same plan for our fish, just on water instead of land. You have to get your boat to within casting distance as quietly as possible, which for my boat is a downwind drift or controlled drift with my push-pole. Keep your profile as low as possible, generally casting beyond the fish and working it across the fish's nose, slowly bringing it into the fish's vision. Take your time with the retrieve, you don't want it to appear the bait is attacking the fish!
When you are stalking your fish, you must be extra wary for other fish that may be nearby. Where there is one fish there may be others, and you don't want to spook a fish that is near you that, in-turn, spooks the one you are after. is the equivalent to a hunter that puts a blind in a tree and waits for long hours for an animal to come by unaware of the hunter's presence. This is the technique that I see most people using on our waterways. It consists of baiting up a line or lines, casting them out and then patiently waiting for a fish to come by and eat the bait. You will be much more effective with this technique if you scout the area just as a hunter does. Make sure you are in an area where the fish are moving by, and regularly feed. Otherwise you'll be fishing, but not catching! Stealth is still required here. If you bang around the boat and let the fish know you are there, then you can count on a slow day.
The final similarity to hunting that I'd like to point out is your expertise with your "weapons". Just as a hunter must hit the mark with bullet, arrow, etc., you must hit your mark when you're casting. You need both accuracy and distance to be consistently effective. This type of fishing is active and requires concentration, but it is also fun and rewarding—the day will fly by! Now, go hunt the flats!


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Fort Niagara State Park has two boat launches providing access to the Lower Niagara River and Lake Ontario, woodland hiking trails, swimming pools, water slide, a view of Lake Ontario, picnic grounds, playgrounds, water fowl hunting, 18 soccer fields. In winter, visitors can cross-country ski, snowshoe, and sled. The park is adjacent to Old Fort Niagara State Historic Site.
Be sure to visit the Fort Niagara's Nature Center, located adjacent to the swimming pool.
Outdoor education programs are available upon request. "A Walker's Guide to the Natural History of Fort Niagara State Park" is available.
Household pets only; caged or on a leash not more than 6 feet. Not allowed in bathing areas, buildings or on improved walkways and boardwalks.
Last admission 30 minutes prior to closing.
Most New York State Parks charge a vehicle use fee to enter the facility. Fees vary by location and season. A list of entry fees and other park use fees is available below. For fees not listed or to verify information, please contact the park directly.
The easy-to-use Empire Pass card is $80- and your key to all-season enjoyment with unlimited day-use entry at most facilities operated by State Parks and the State Dept. of Environmental Conservation including forests, beaches, trails and more. Purchase online or contact your favorite park for more information. Learn more about our Admission Programs including the Empire Pass.
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2017-18 Duck Blind Drawings
Waterfowl hunting at Ft. Niagara, Joseph Davis, Wilson Tuscarora, and Golden Hill is by permit only during DEC & federal regulated seasons. Permits for all four parks are issued at a weekly Thursday evening draw at Ft. Niagara. Permitees are required to have a NYS hunting license, Federal HIP number, waterfowl identification certification, and a dog or boat for retrieval. Rules and restrictions from permit as follows:
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This charming and spacious self-catering cottage sleeps 6 and is found on the delightful Leadengates Field site, in a cul-de-sac of holiday homes built originally as wooden cabins by a local landowner. In the middle of the cul-de-sac is a green with grass and shrubs. There is a footpath to the famous Croyde beach a short distance away (see map).
The cottage has three bedrooms and an open plan kitchen-diner and lounge. The kitchen is fully fitted with dishwasher,washing machine,fridge freezer and cooker. The lounge opens onto a large patio which has sun all afternoon and evening. The bathroom has a bath and integral electric shower.
There is a double bedroom with a vanity unit and wardrobe and 2 twin rooms each with a wardrobe and a port-hole window.
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The dawn of a new year is the perfect time for taking a fresh look at your goals (fitness and otherwise) and your path toward achieving them. Since we often get in the way of our own efforts, try for a moment to pretend that your goals are not your own, but rather those of a friend, so you can think objectively without excuses or judgment. This is a time to look for opportunities for improvement, not time to beat yourself up for what you have or haven't done. Take a step outside yourself and ask:
- How, if at all, has the goal changed? Does the same timeline exist?
- What behaviors/activities have made progress toward achieving it? What has been counter-productive?
- What needs to change in order to reach it? What needs to continue?
- Has the effort been consistent, or hit-and-miss? What can improve this?
- Who are allies who can help make this goal a reality? How is their help best enlisted?
These answers can be your roadmap for change, so write them down. If you cannot answer them, this may be the biggest roadblock in your way, and thus the best place to start, so call or email me and I'll be happy to help…


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Islamabad: At least 53 people were killed and 123 injured, when a teenage suicide bomber blew up himself in a mosque packed with hundreds of worshippers on the third Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramzan in Pakistan`s restive tribal belt, the deadliest attack in the country in three months.
The attack, which targeted the Jamia Masjid in Jamrud area of Khyber tribal agency, 25 kms from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province`s capital Peshawar, took place as people were leaving after Friday prayers.
Quoting locals and sources from social welfare organsation Edhi Foundation, a newspaper reported recovery of over 53 bodies from the mosque.
About 103 of the 123 injured were taken to hospitals in Jamrud and nearby Peshawar city. Thirty three people were killed instantly by the powerful
blast, officials told the media and described the condition of 20 of the injured as serious.
Witnesses and officials told the media that the attack was carried out by a bomber aged about 15 or 16 years. Over 300 people were present in the mosque at the time of the blast.
A portion of the mosque collapsed and its walls developed large cracks due to the blast. Local residents dug through the rubble with their hands to pull out the dead and injured. They said some bodies could still be trapped in the debris.
Footage on television showed that the walls and ceiling of the mosque were pitted with shrapnel. Part of the ceiling was blackened by the blast and the floor was stained with blood.
A young boy wearing a blue shalwar-kameez broke down and cried as people tried to console him.
No group claimed responsibility for the blast. Such attacks are usually blamed on the Pakistani Taliban.
Several militant groups, including the Taliban and Lashkar-e-Islam, are active in Khyber.
Today`s blast was the deadliest in Pakistan since May 13, when two suicide bombers killed 98 people outside a police training centre in a town near Peshawar.


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Tracy Chevalier brings Shakespeare's harrowing drama of jealousy and revenge to a 1970s era elementary school playground. Arriving at his fifth school in as many years, diplomat's son Osei Kokote knows he needs an ally if he is to survive his first day – so he's lucky to hit it off with Dee, the most popular girl in school. But one student can't stand to witness this budding relationship: Ian decides to destroy the friendship between the black boy and the golden girl. By the end of the day, the school and its key players – teachers and pupils alike – will never be the same again. The tragedy of Othello is transposed to a 1970s suburban Washington schoolyard, where kids fall in and out of love with each other before lunchtime, and practice a casual racism picked up from their parents and teachers. Peeking over the shoulders of four 11 year olds – Osei, Dee, Ian, and his reluctant 'girlfriend' Mimi – Tracy Chevalier's powerful drama of friends torn apart by jealousy, bullying and betrayal will leave you reeling.
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Weekends offer time to take trips off campus to places such as Lake Compounce, Mount Creek Waterpark, and Jiminy Peak. Campers have the option to play miniature golf and go-cart. They also take weekend-long camping trips to Mount Greylock. Other weekend activities include a full day of water skiing, wakeboarding, or tubing at the lake.


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The Arlington Transit (ART) Ridership Study is a regular assessment of who ART's customers are, how they use ART bus service, their satisfaction with current service and changes that ART could make to improve that satisfaction. The 2013 study is a follow-up to the 2008 ART Rider Study. Key findings from the 2013 study include:
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- Trip purpose is skewed towards commuting, but riders use ART for a variety of trip purposes
- ART riders want more service frequency and span so that riding the bus is more convenient
- ART serves customers that are diverse in terms of age, ethnicity, income and access to different modes of transportation
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April 5, 2009
How To Get Used to Your Brother Liking Your Friends
Back in 2nd grade (5th for him), we went to a 2 teacher school that probably had a total of 20-25 students in grades 1-8. I still thought boys were oogy back then, but my brother did not think girls were oogy. He thought they were cute. He wasn't going to do anything with them obviously but you remember how it was when you were 10 or 11. Anyways I had this friend who was new to our school and she was in my grade, so since there were 4 of us in 2nd grade and 3 of us were girls, naturally we became friends. Somewhere along the way in hanging out with her, my brother was around her too. He saw her everyday so why wouldn't he notice her out of 20 people? I don't know how I figured it out but somewhere along the way he either told me or made it apparent that he found her attractive or liked her or something like that. Ohhh!!! Stay away from my friend!!!!
We left a year later and moved to a new school and made new friends. This school was bigger but for some reason not big enough. The new friend I made in my class was the only other girl in my grade, not the school but my grade. My brother had several cute girls in his class but he still liked my friend....WHAT!?!?! Again he was really too young to really do anything about it. But I'm convinced he was bold enough to let her know before she moved away. I can't really remember and I don't really care to. In the meantime not only did my brother like her but so did every other boy within a grade or two of us probably. I do know one boy in my class sent her the "will you be my special friend" note. I never got one of those so I think I was probably more jealous of her than anything. But my brother wasn't supposed to be piling onto this admiration for her!!!! After she moved away I had a few years of peace, I suppose because the girls his age were hitting puberty and sprouting boobies, so he had other girls to capture his attention for a few years until my class caught up.
So after a few years we moved again and went to another school. Bigger than the 2nd school but still relatively small in relation to public schools. I was in 7th grade at this point and he was in high school. This meant I had another couple of years of peace, maybe because most of us were in the midst of the most awkward years any girl goes through. Even the "hot" girls were a little awkward at this age in that they were still a little flat, or had pizza faces, or glasses, or said weird things, or had other awkward things happening to them in front of the audience of the rest of the school to witness, point, and laugh. (This is how it went for me in my head.)
The minute I got to high school, a new flock of students joined our class that didn't experience the most awkward years of their life in front of the whole school. So wouldn't you know it there was a new group of girls for my brother to notice. He'd had a couple years experience at dating by this point and he wasn't shy. This is why this was the worst time period in my life for him to like my friends. This was the year that he actually asked some of them to banquets or on dates or to hang out or whatever. Gag me!!!! Again only because his friends weren't asking me to banquets or on dates or to hang out or whatever. He did throw me a bone once in awhile by letting me and my friends hang out with him and his friends. But only if they came over to our house to watch movies or something like that. Before he wouldn't have invited them over if I was going to be there. Doesn't matter, he still wasn't supposed to ask my friends out!!! What was wrong with girls his own age. He dated so much maybe he'd been out with all of them and didn't want to go out with any of them again. Or maybe they were turning him down. He had a few steady girlfriends (at different times) but mostly just went out for fun with several different girls. I suppose I should be grateful that he didn't date any of my friends long term. Only went on one or two dates with them. Didn't make it any less painful for me.
Am I the only one that had this problem growing up? Please let me know if I'm not alone. I'm over it now. Although I suppose you could hardly tell if I'm writing about it. My mother never prepared me for the possibility of my brother liking my friends. I suppose she told me to get over it. I don't really remember it. I mean it's not like she could tell him "don't like your sister's friends," any more than she could tell me "don't like your brother's friends."
Oh well...I'm glad he married who he did rather than one of my friends. That would have been weird for me. Although, she is only 10 days older than me....Hmmm....Guess he never got over his thing for the ladies 3 years younger than him. Now that we are adults, it's way less weird.
5 comments:
- Ranu said...
love your blog and all that you write!!!
I don't have any experiences like yours simply because I have no brothers..... thank God for that!!! But I do have two older sisters...... much much older than me. I once had a crush on a guy who played in the same band as I sang and he had a crush on my older sis and some years later.... my second sister got proposal for marriage from his family for him (arranged marriage).
I saw him last year. I could not recognize him..... he looked YUCK!!!
keep writing !!!
- April 11, 2009 at 4:59 AM
- Jay said...
but my brother did not think girls were oogy. He thought they were cute.
-- I'll be a prick on this one: this is exactly where you stand, you didn't consider yourself part of the girls' group as you didn't say "He thought we were cute". lol
Finishing up on the rest...
- April 11, 2009 at 8:08 AM
- Amber Sunshine said...
well i am his sister...i didn't want him to think I was cute...yuck!!! we aren't from kentucky or arkansas :)...
Ranu thanks for stopping by...Hope you come back!! and it's always sweet justice when a former unrequited crush turns out yucky.. or something... I really think it means we grew up and realized/admitted that we wouldn't have been a good match anyways...But that is where not having sisters was nice I guess...No competing or liking the same guys...what am I talking about?? My friends and I always liked the same guys at times...
- April 11, 2009 at 1:25 PM
- n a n d a said...
i know how it feels :D
my friend dating my younger sis.
it's kinda weird cos this friend of mine is this silly-and-naive-just-a-friend-clearly-not-an-option type of guy, and i often tell my sis stupid things he said/did and we laughed at him TOGETHER.
then suddenly they start dating O_O
(is this my karma for making fun of him?) O_O
feel awkward at first.
getting more awkward every time he drive my sis home after date.
really awkward having my sis hanging out w/ MY group of friends w/ her status as "HIS gf" instead of "MY sis".
super awkward watching them talking on the phone, being together, having those "lovers' quarrels' thingy, and when HE told ME that he LOVES her *omg-i-dun-wanna-hear-that* O_O
it's AWKWARD.
at least for me (some ppl may think it's not a big deal)
make me think "am i just jealous?"
naaaaah, it's just AWKWARD
- May 16, 2009 at 9:00 AM
think it make sense to think many dating sites operate diffrently with diverse opportunities
dating agency
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2017 Edison Awards Achievement Honoree, Jeffrey R. Immelt is Chairman of the board and Chief Executive Officer of General Electric. GE traces its beginnings to Thomas A. Edison, who established Edison Electric Light Company in 1878. In 1892, a merger of Edison General Electric Company and Thomson-Houston Electric Company created General Electric Company.
Immelt says, "We may be a century-old company, but we need to move quickly, take risks, fail fast behave like a startup to keep winning."
Edison himself said, "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."
One example of those risks that Immelt refers to is the decision to create GE Digital, located in California, in 2011. The company now has 1,400 people whose "marching orders are to try to adapt the digital wizardry and hurry-up habits of Silicon Valley to GE's world of industrial manufacturing."
Of this new direction, Immelt says, "G.E.'s success or failure over the next decade depends on this transformation, which he calls "probably the most important thing I've worked on in my career."
Immelt brought in Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup, to work with company management on moving in new directions. Immelt says, "We encourage people to try things, pivot, try them again. It's a better way to run the place than centralized command and control, process-laden."
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Various newspapapers have reported that the children and grandchildren of State House members have received scholarships from the Legislative Black Caucus. This practice may not be illegal, but given the nearly continuous drip-drip-drip of scandal revelations coming out of the House this is very troublesome.
What're we going to learn next?
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The prominence of the Premier League in the last decade generated a paradigm shift in English football – but is the game in any better state than it was 10 years ago?
In 2000, Manchester United were utterly dominant, winning five of the last seven Premiership titles. In 2010, the Red Devils are chasing their fourth consecutive league trophy having won six of the last 10.
Competition between the big four rivals is, however, tighter with one of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool or Manchester United accounting for every league championship of the last decade and 15 of the last 20 FA and League Cups.
But with competitiveness outside of this elite group declining, has the highest standard of footballer also dropped? Given the choice, would Sir Alex Ferguson rather have Nani and Anderson now or David Beckham and Roy Keane in their prime? Each pairing has won titles and a Champions League for him.
The immense talents of Robin van Persie, Cesc Fabregas and Andrey Arshavin entertain regularly for Arsenal but they have not been able to replicate the silverware success of Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira and Robert Pires, each of whom was also a World and European champion for France.
For all his hundreds of millions poured into Chelsea, Roman Abramovich has seen a return of only two league titles since 2003 with a European Cup still elusive. Paying the biggest transfer fees for players on the highest salaries hasn't guaranteed a change of the ruling flag from red to blue, something Manchester City may want to bear in mind.
Despite its alleged advancement into the number one football product in Europe, the Premier League accounted for only two winners of the Champions League throughout the noughties, with La Liga providing twice as many. Barcelona and Real Madrid remain the top draws in Europe and that the latter were able to lure the Premier League champions' best player last summer underlines this.
The power concentrated in the hands of the Premier League gang of four has had serious consequences for the rest of English football. TV revenue has given many clubs the once unthinkable opportunity to sign foreign players of a superior standard to the local options. Teams like Bolton and Birmingham were able to enjoy the services of World Cup winners in Youri Djorkaeff and Christophe Dugarry but where did it ultimately get them?
When Leeds United began to commit financial suicide – spending well beyond their means to keep up with the likes of Manchester United – football began to eat itself. FA Cup winners just two years ago, Portsmouth now face a winding up order to add to their relegation woes.
The only way smaller clubs have any chance of breaking the mould is by immersing themselves into debt or luring a billionaire sugar daddy. Yet this brings its own perils as rich owners with little understanding of the game look to maximize their returns instantly and treat their acquisition as not so much a football club as an investment. Players become saleable assets and fans become consumers.
But the detachment of players from fans cannot be any greater than it is now with sportsmen catapulted into Hollywood star status before they reach their 20s. Protected by all-powerful agents, footballers enjoy the kind of union backing normal workers can only dream about with each new move or contract a money-spinner.
As a result, managers are now demoted to mere head coaches – booed by their own fans when results aren't right and turfed out by their Chairman whose sole concern is Premier League survival to pay off the debt.
With such pressures, is it any surprise that players are inclined to dive or feign injury? With moral decline now apparent throughout society, why should football be immune from the laws of the jungle? If results can be influenced by cheating, slurring the character of an opposition player/manager or questioning the integrity of a referee, who's to judge?
The popularity of something doesn't guarantee its quality. While millions lap up the mediocre fed to them on TV in the form of the X Factor, so too millions are mis-sold top-class entertainment in the form of football. But as The X Factor found out with the Christmas Number One, a backlash will await and football's may be coming sooner rather than later.
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For those who might have forgotten to set their clocks one hour back this weekend, check out this amazing movie trailer:
For those who might have forgotten to set their clocks one hour back this weekend, check out this amazing movie trailer:
|The movie adapatation of Orson Scott Card's novel "Ender's Game" is coming to the big screen on November 1st, 2013. I had not yet read the book and I wanted to do so before watching the film. It's a good thing I did because I really enjoyed it!
Aliens have attacked Earth twice and almost destroyed the human species. To make sure humans win the next encounter, the world government has taken to breeding military geniuses–and then training them in the arts of war… The early training, not surprisingly, takes the form of 'games'… Ender Wiggin is a genius among geniuses; he wins all the games… He is smart enough to know that time is running out. But is he smart enough to save the planet?
This novel won both Hugo and Nebula awards.
Here is an excerpt I really like from chapter 14 – Ender's Teacher
"I am your enemy, the first one you've ever had who was smarter than you. There is no teacher but the enemy. No one but the enemy will tell you what the enemy is going to do. No one but the enemy will ever teach you how to destroy and conquer. Only the enemy shows you where you are weak. Only the enemy tells you where he is strong. And the rules of the game are that you can do to him and what you can stop him from doing to you. I am your enemy from now on. From now on I am your teacher."
I'm looking forward to seeing the movie. Below are the links to see the movie trailers. Enjoy!
Ender's Game (2013) – Trailer
Ender's Game (2013) – "Mazer Rackham's Run" – Official Film Clip
Ender's Game (2013) – Final Trailer – Official
This movie trailer has just been released. I have Steve Jobs's biography (written by Walter Isaacson), but I haven't had the chance to read it yet. The movie will most likely be released before I read the biography…!
Oh, one more thing. If you've never heard Jobs's 2005 University of Stanford commencement address speach, I recommend you watch it. Ever since I've watched it, I know that whatever happens in my life, I will understand why later… by connecting the dots backwards.
When I was a kid, I played with LEGOS a lot. I loved LEGOS. I still have old pictures of myself as a kid playing with my LEGO astronauts and their spaceships. I just watched The LEGO® Movie trailer. Ah… it brings back so many good memories of my childhood!
This looks like a cool upcoming action/drama/science fiction television series. Karl Urban stars in it (he played Doctor McKoy in Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)).
ALMOST HUMAN is a high-tech, high-stakes action drama set 35 years in the future, when police officers are partnered with highly evolved human-like androids. An unlikely partnership is forged when a part-machine cop is forced to pair with a part-human robot as they fight crime and investigate a deeper cover-up in a futuristic new world.
"I believe in you, Jim."
I really can't wait to see it!
"Just good old-fashioned revenge."
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We all know there have been several Superman movies so far: the older movies with the late Christopher Reeve and Superman Returns (2006) with Brandon Routh. The TV series: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-1997) with Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher; Smallville (2001-2011) with Tom Welling. And the numerous animated movies and TV series…
This summer, we will get another look at how the Superman myth came to be with the most recent movie: Man of Steel (release date in Canada: June 14, 2013). I've always enjoyed watching Superman movies/TV shows, so I am looking forward to seeing this upcoming movie.
Official Teaser Trailer: Jonathan Kent (narrated by Kevin Costner who plays Jonathan Kent, superman's human father) — I love the soundtrack!
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Budget 2017: A vision of PM Modi to transform, energise India: Rajasthan CM Raje
Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje termed the Budget 2017 as a vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and agenda of finance minister Arun Jaitley to transform, energise and clean India.union budget Updated: Feb 01, 2017 17:56 IST
Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje on Wednesday termed the Budget 2017 as a vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and agenda of finance minister Arun Jaitley to transform, energise and clean India.
"Doing away with plan & non-plan classification of expenditure is a reform oriented towards optimal allocation of resources," she said in a tweet.
I whole-heartedly support PM @Narendramodi ji's vision & FM @Arunjaitley ji's agenda to transform, energize and clean India - #TECIndia.— Vasundhara Raje (@VasundharaBJP) 1 February 2017
In another tweet, the CM said massive increase in capital expenditure would lead towards infra growth and, in turn, create more jobs for the youth.
Massive increase in capital expenditure shall lead towards infra growth & in turn create more jobs for our Youth. #BudgetForBetterIndia— Vasundhara Raje (@VasundharaBJP) 1 February 2017
The Rajasthan industry also hailed the budget, saying it will boost employment, encourage infrastructure and increase transparency.
Rajat Agarwal, chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Rajasthan state council, termed the budget as "excellent". He said the budget would give a boost to the MSME, infrastructure and affordable housing sectors.
Sanjay Ghiya, a chartered accountant, welcomed the reduction in income tax by 5 per cent. "Tax reduction by 5% from 30% to 25% is a good step, overall it's a good budget," he said.
The "big announcement", he felt, was political reforms. "Now, political parties cannot accept more than Rs 2,000 in cash and will have to file income tax returns, which have been made compulsory."
On the finance minister's announcement of five special tourism zones, Khalid Khan, president of the Rajasthan Association of Tour Operators, hoped the desert state was also included. "Every third tourist comes to Rajasthan and except for beaches, our state has all the attractions."
Abhishek Mishra, director of Trimurti Colonisers, was happy with Jaitley's announcement of increasing the period of completion from three years to five years for affordable housing projects.
"The government targets houses for all by 2022. Rajasthan needs 25,000 houses and in such a situation, increasing the super built-up area from 30-60 sq metres to 60-90 sq metres is a good decision," he said.
Prateem Tamboli, zonal director of Fortis Hospital Rajasthan, said the announcement to increase 5000 postgraduate seats was "praiseworthy".
"There are very few specialists in rural areas and this will help get more specialists in villages. Announcing to eradicate tuberculosis by 2025 and leprosy by 2018 shows that we will be moving to developed country from developing country," he said.
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