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It's coming, but when?
Soon, I am sure there will be an SES Research poll or two on where things stand, and I'll know I can trust that one.
There's a bit of a parallel between the Liberal party renewal effort and some changes that have happened in the business community over the last half decade or so.
With the increased vigilance against corporate corruption, companies have adopted strict codes of conduct to help protect them from unscrupulous behavior on the part of employees and officers. These codes will usually outline key policies surrounding what constitutes a conflict of interest, expenses, travel, penalties for breaching the code and guidelines for reporting and responding to breaches of the code. For the government of Canada, the Accountability Act will be meant to serve a similar function.
As a suggestion, the Liberal Party might want to consider adopting it's own formal code of conduct. Some might argue that this would be a redundant effort and that it isn't required, but I think it's necessary for proving to Canadians that the Liberal party is going to build a culture of integrity, and that all members of the party take this very seriously.
Another useful aspect is that it would provide explicit guidelines for dealing with adverse events. For example, when the IT scandal investigation began there was some debate over whether or not Ralph Goodale should resign; precedents had been set for and against doing so. A code of conduct could provide guidelines for when a party member should resign, and under what conditions.
The Liberal party, and all members were just as much victims of the actions of a handful of individuals who perpetrated the sponsorship scandal, except that they all shared in the tarnishing that resulted. A code of conduct for the party could allow us collectively to share in the effort of removing that stain.
Ian Morrison of Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, said that the Conservatives' policy on public broadcasting has changed significantly since the 2004 election, and since the days of the Canadian Alliance...
...suggesting that the Conservative party's anti-public broadcasting rhetoric had been replaced by support for the CBC and Radio-Canada as Canada's national broadcaster.
Behind closed doors, the conservatives are worse partisans than the Liberals ever were... They hate the f---ing Liberals and they're doing everything they can to screw them

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More than fourteen institutions of the Jesuit Africa social centres (JASCNET) and the Ignatian family convened at the Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations (HIPSIR), Nairobi, from the 10th to the 14th of September 2017 for a seminar to explore opportunities of collaboration and joint strategies.
The seminar was officially opened by JASCNET director who introduced the objectives of the seminar: reflect on what the social apostolate is, develop good practices for the social apostolate, promote synergies, and recommend to social centers the best way to promote faith, justice and reconciliation in their ministry.
The seminar addressed the topics of the faith that does justice, spirituality of social apostolate, the Magis, the preferential option for the poor, collaboration, strategic plan and methods of action in the social apostolate. All these topics were derived from the newly published training manual entitled "Characteristics of the Jesuit Social Apostolate in Africa".
The social centres were urged to engage in networking and collaboration as key dimensions of ministry. The participants were asked to establish networks without discriminating anyone or any religion. However, to maintain the values of their institutions, and not to compromise them when engaging in processes of collaboration and networking with various partners.
The social centres were reminded that no social centre can be efficient without a strong strategic plan that is well organized, focused on the mission and with functional structures.
With regard to activities throughout the social apostolate, five components were highlighted: they must be rooted in compassion, accompaniment and service of impoverished communities; they must reach the frontiers, research and explore how historical and structural relationships have shaped existing situations; they must raise awareness and engage in advocacy to build bridges between the poor and those in decision making positions.
In groups, participants discussed issues that led them to a better understanding of the strengths and opportunities offered by Ignatian spirituality. This would enable them to be contemplatives in action, to be inclusive, and to promote justice, and make decisions based on well informed, evidence based research and on rigorous discernment. The groups further discussed the opportunities offered by use of a strong Jesuit brand: it gives them a formidable force in advocacy, and strengthens existing structures within the Jesuit social centres, enabling them to carry out ministries and translate into action whatever research has been done.
There were fourteen institutions and networks represented in the meeting: the Africa Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN, Kenya), the Arrupe Social Centre (CSA, Madagascar), the Centre for Study and Social Action (CEPAS, DRC), the Christian Life Community (CLC, Kenya), the Catholic Youth Network for Environment Sustainability in Africa (CYNESA, Kenya), the Jesuit Center for Ecology and Development (JCED, Malawi), the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR, Zambia), Jesuit Hakimani Center (JHC, Kenya), the Jesuit Institute of South Africa (JISA, South Africa), the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS, DRC), the Jesuit Center for Leadership and Development (JCLD, Zambia), the Service Yezu Mwiza (SYM, Burundi), and Silveira House (Zimbabwe).


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Karen Ehart works with iridescent art glass and draws her inspiration from nature -. Karen experiments with glass pieces in various configurations until she finds the right look for her designs.
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Rowe, D. C., & Herstand, S. E. (1986). Familial influences on television viewing and aggression: A sibling study. Aggressive Behavior, 12 (2), 111-120.
Abstract: Examined familial influences on aggressive behavior and TV viewing in a survey of 26 pairs of brothers, 55 pairs of sisters, and 43 opposite-sex pairs, mostly aged 14-18 yrs. Same-sex siblings resembled one another in aggression and in their exposure to violent TV programs; opposite-sex siblings were dissimilar. The frequency of watching crime and action programs correlated nonsignificantly with aggression. Two other variables, however, were associated with aggression: identification with aggression and aggression consequences. These relationships also held between families (covariance of siblings' averages) and within families (covariance of siblings' differences). The latter relationship indicated that one sibling was typically the more extreme on both aggression and its correlate than a brother or sister. (19 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)


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You'll often find many bodybuilders selecting dumbbells in preference to a barbell. For all intents and purposes, the Dumbbell Flat Bench Press is the same exercise as any other chest press, but, stabilizing muscles play an even greater role, so don't expect to be lifting the same weight as used performing a Flat Chest Press or Flat Bench Press. Also, you should have a spotter and be mindful of getting the dumbbells in and out of position - follow the key steps below!
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For this gym exercise, you require a spotter. You should get used to maneuvering light dumbbells in and of position before attempting a greater weight - do not expect to be able to lift the same weight as you are performing during a Flat Barbell Bench Press! You may find it easier (in order to practice good form) performing the Incline Dumbbell Press before attempting this exercise.
1) Ensure that gym equipment is set up correctly - bench flat and sturdy, light dumbbells selected for warm-up sets etc.
2) Lift both dumbbells from the floor and rest flush on your thighs. Gently sit back on the bench & lift the dumbbells toward your chest whilst leaning back to lay flat on the bench. Back and head should be rested flat on the bench.
4) Turn the dumbbells out to your sides in a pre-stretch position - dumbbells level with your mid-chest, arms forming a right angle. Exhale and press both dumbbells to meet (you may touch dumbbells, but do not crash together & do not lock your elbows out!) in a centrally located point above your mid-chest. NOTE: On working sets, you may wish your spotter to help initiate the first press from a pre-stretch position.
5) Inhale as you lower the dumbbells downward in a reverse fashion. At the bottom of the movement, your arms should form a right angle (ask your spotter to check) & you should feel a slight stretch. Do not twist your hands during the movement to increase stretch!!!
6) Repeat the exercise for the given number of repetitions. Do not lock your elbows out or crash weights at the top of the movement!
7) Warm Up. Warm up with little or no weight, performing 3 to 4 sets of 10 reps or more, in order to lubricate joints and raise local muscle temperature.
8) For your working sets, select an appropriate weight that allows you to achieve your target repetition range in a safe & controlled manner.
Muscle worked during the Dumbbell Flat Bench Press:
Primary Muscles: Pectoralis Major - Mid Sternal Fibres.
Secondary Muscles: Anterior Deltoids, Triceps, Serratus Anterior, Anconeus.
Stabilizing Muscles: Lateral Deltoids, Rectus Addominis, Transversus Abdominis, Forearm Flexors...
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The Men are Back in Black and They've Still Got What it Takes
It's been a little while since I've pulled out the DVDs of the first two Men In Black films, but my general remembrance is that they seemed to have a bit more fun with the alien weirdness they portrayed than I'm seeing in Men In Black 3.
That's not a dig at MIB 3 (MIIIB?) or to imply that they don't have any alien weirdness fun, or that it's not a fun movie in general. It's very fun and very well done. I just mean there's a slightly different feel, though it definitely still feels like an MIB movie.
But first, the story:
We start with a villain. Boris The Animal (Jemain "Flight of the Conchords" Clement) is in prison with a severe axe to grind with Agent K (Tommy Lee "Does Nobody Remember I was Two Face First?" Jones). He has a tough time grinding that axe, however, since part of that axe is the fact that K took off one of his arms back in 1969. (Boris's arm, not K's arm.) Meanwhile, Agent K and Agent J (Will "Let's not talk about Wild Wild West, okay?" Smith) are preparing for a memorial for the late head of MIB, Zed, where we get a "rousing" and "touching" "eulogy" by K.
The next day, when J gets to work, he finds out that the man who recruited him into the agency has been dead for over 40 years. Boris did something to history and J is the only one who remembers how it should be. He has to time jump back to 1969 and stop Boris from killing his late former partner. (Oh how science fiction makes it hard to write a concise plot summary sometimes.)
After a ten year gap, I wasn't exactly sure what to expect from this one. I hoped for it to be fun. I hoped for it to be cool to look at. I hoped for most of the movie to be Shakira bellydancing. Well, two out of three ain't bad is it? (Siiiiigh. Maybe in The Dark Knight Rises.)
The effects here are extremely well done and serve the story well. And more importantly, for the most part, they don't really distract from the story or the actors themselves. With this kind of movie, it's so easy to make it a "look what we just did!" kind of movie and those are rarely satisfying for very long. (Are you listening here Phantom Menace?)
Jemain Clement as Boris makes a very enjoyable and menacing entry to the collection of MIB villains. He is clearly having fun in the role and I look forward to watching this one again.
On the other hand, part of the draw of the first two movies was the way that Smith and Jones worked off of each other, and Tommy Lee Jones isn't even in half of this movie. The good news, however, is that Josh "No Country for Old Goonies" Brolin does an excellent Tommy Lee Jones. The voice is very similar, and he works very well with Will Smith.
Now, if you really want to see this one in 3D, go ahead. Just know that this one's a conversion. It's too bad, because this kind of movie in real 3D (as opposed to fake slightly pop-up 3D) could be quite amazing to watch.
Oh, there's also nothing at the end of the credits even though there appears to be a recent law that makes that illegal. I guess they're hoping to make enough money their first weekend to pay whatever fine the movie police decide to impose.
And this one definitely deserves a look. That is, if you enjoy the kind of comedy from the first two, you should like this one. I don't know how diferent it would be with a different director, but Barry Sonnenfeld, who directed the first two, clearly understands the franchise well enough to keep the fans happy.
(However there is no David Cross as Newton or Tony Shalhoub as Jeebs. But maybe the filmmakers just felt they didn't need them for this story and putting them in just to appear would have done them a disservice.)
When I said that the first two seemed to have more fun with the alien weirdess, I'm thinking about scenes like Will smith being flung about like a dog's chew toy by a tentacle giving birth, or a giant worm with a flower on its head eating most of a New York subway train. Or how about when they come right out and tell us that Michael Jackson is an alien?
This one has moments similar to that kind of stuff (if you look carefully, they seem to be implying that Lady Gaga—big surprise here — is an alien named "Lady Gaga" and I could have sworn I saw Howard Stern being lead through MIB headquarters by an agent) but it's much more focused on telling the story. It's still fun and weird, but that's all window dressing this time around.
Great window dressing, but the story and climax are extremely personal in this one. I was actually very moved at the end.
But what do you think?
I give this one an 8 / 10.
Men in Black 3 is rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence, brief suggestive content and a bit of language.
In complete agreement my friend! The grasp was indeed good! I did not mean I disliked the other two movies.... They wer good too!
Nice review! I liked the movie! you are right in saying that it is a bit different from the first two.. not so much comedy and jeering the aliens here!
But yet the movie was good, so is your review :)
Hi Garlonuss, went to see MIB 3 this afternoon. Loved every moment except the yucky parts :) with funny creatures...
I'll end up seeing MB3 but it all seems to be just a re-tread of the first two with the over done time travel plot line added to it. I'm a big fan of Josh Brolin so if he wasn't in it i would probably just wait until this came out on Netflix.
I loved the first two movies. Looking forward to this one. However, I would like to be surprised so I did not read the story in your hub :) Thanks for writing the review and rating it 8/10. At least I know it will be worth watching.
You have written a great review! I love, love Tommy Lee Jones! Josh Brolin is an excellent actor too!
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Should the Braves Be Worried?
It was a rough week for the Atlanta Braves. Not only did they drop four of their six games but they also got the one-two punch to the gut of losing Brandon Beachy and Jason Heyward to injury.
They did drop another spot in the ESPN Power Rankings, back to the No. 3 spot, but there is little reason for concern at this point as far as their playoff hopes are concerned. However, some recent injuries reveal a team that could be very vulnerable come October.
Playoff lock
According to Coolstandings.com, the Braves have had a 99.9 percent chance of reaching the postseason since Aug. 4, and their mini-slump this week has not affected their odds one iota. Not only have they been the best team in baseball but their competition has been lacking. There is no other team in the National League East above .500, and, at 65-65, the Nationals have just a 4.1 percent chance to reach the postseason, which is easily the lowest percentage for a team currently in second place in its division. With a whole week of August still to go, we are already talking about Atlanta's magic number.
The problem for the Braves is that the team that built that lead is not the same one that is taking the field right now. In fact, Fangraphs projects them to be just a .500 team the rest of the way, good for the 12th-best record in baseball. This is mildly alarming, but not for the reason you might think.
Momentum myth
If Atlanta stumbles down the stretch, you are sure to hear a lot about why that is a bad omen for the postseason. Now, a team never likes to limp into the playoffs, especially if it's with two of its best players rusty or on the shelf. However, statistically, there's very little to the notion that a team needs momentum entering the postseason tournament.
Back in 2005, Dave Studeman of The Hardball Times noted that, from 1969 (the first season of the two-division/league championship series play format) through 2004, World Series champions had a slightly worse September record than the average playoff team and that the team with the best record in September won the World Series only eight times in 35 seasons, and six of those eight teams also had the best overall regular-season record. This essentially means that just two teams that got red-hot in September went on to win the Fall Classic.
Momentum aside, the real issue for the Braves could simply be that they won't be as good a team if Heyward and Beachy aren't on the field. Heyward, in particular, has really come into his own. The still-just-24-year-old had been putting together a monster second half at the dish before taking a fastball off the cheek.
He had been hitting .317/.405/.554 since the break, and his 168 wRC+ — a measure of a player's overall offensive contributions compared with the league average — was seventh-best in the game among qualified hitters. His jaw wasn't wired shut, however, so there is hope that he can be ready for the postseason, even if he has to wear a Dave Parker-like mask in the batter's box.
The only real effect on Atlanta, though, will be dealing with whether he is rusty once the postseason starts, as the Braves actually have several capable bodies in the outfield.
Plenty of players
The most capable replacement for Heyward is Joey Terdoslavich, a 24-year-old Florida native whom the Braves plucked out of the sixth round of the 2010 first-year player draft. Since his call-up on July 4, Terdoslavich has displayed a keen eye at the plate, albeit in a small sample — he has walked in eight of his 49 second-half plate appearances, good for a robust 16.3 percent walk rate.
In addition, the team has Evan Gattis and Jordan Schafer, both of whom have tailed off after monster first halves but nevertheless possess the talent to cover for Heyward in his absence. Gattis is especially free for outfield support now that third catcher Gerald Laird is back in the lineup.
The story is similar in the rotation — the Braves have dug deep this season to find arms when they've needed them. For a while, there was the thought that they had too many starters, but when Tim Hudson was felled for the season, in stepped Beachy. But now, with Beachy possibly being lost for the season after a complication in his surgically repaired right elbow, the team can turn to lefty Alex Wood.
Wood himself had stepped into Paul Maholm's spot when the latter landed on the DL, but now Maholm is back and Wood has been pitching well in the rotation. He has posted a 2.52 ERA and 2.56 FIP in his six second-half starts — both marks best the effort put forth by staff ace Mike Minor. Like Heyward, Beachy had been playing well, but, over the course of a month, it isn't hard to replace his contributions. If Atlanta has any problem on its hands, it will be setting a postseason rotation — specifically, whether Wood is needed more in the rotation or in the bullpen, where he had pitched well earlier in the season.
Losing Heyward and Beachy in one week is no doubt painful for a Braves squad that has faced more than its fair share of injuries this season. However, not only do the Braves have good depth to cover for them but they are going to sail into the playoffs on the wings of their 13-game lead.
And even if they drag themselves into the postseason in T-101 fashion, their lack of momentum won't be a death knell as long as they can get some of their injured players — particularly Heyward — back on the field.


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Exactly how do you recondition old batteries?
So, when you would certainly be reconditioning your old batteries, you would be causing the sulfate crystals to liquify away. Additionally, they would also come to be tidy and re-energized and enhance the toughness of the electrolytes. Thus, you would be able to position a complete fee on the battery and use it a pair extra times.
The most effective part is that you would certainly be able to use this procedure when it comes to your car battery as well. Since you would certainly be doing precautionary maintenance on your battery pack, it would certainly tend to have a much longer lifespan. This is because, throughout time, the life of the battery would decrease.
By refurbishing these batteries, you would certainly be able to make them work much longer as they would certainly develop a memory impact. Additionally, in order to know the best ways to refurbish batteries in your home, you would likewise need to know the capacity of fee of the battery. When you would certainly have the ability to identify that precisely, you would certainly understand the extent to which renovation would certainly be needed. This is due to the fact that if you would certainly not have an exact dimension of the fee capacity, you would not have a concept regarding the extent of improvement that you would have to make.
Why it is necessary to learn
If you are believing why this would be a beneficial skill to find out, take a look at a few of the benefits which have actually been below:
With a raised supply and demand for batteries, both in the personal and also expert front, this would certainly be an ability that would certainly never ever go to waste. Along with making our world much more habitable, your precious money would certainly likewise not go to waste. Additionally, if you would be worried about your safety and security, there is absolutely nothing to be worried about. This is since if the strategy would certainly be discovered effectively, after that you would certainly have the ability to obtain the job finished with outright ease.
You would certainly be able to get your dead or old batteries totally free. Since you would be preparing these batteries for a brand-new life, you would certainly be able to help them relieve the passage.
There is absolutely no question that batteries appear to set you back a fortune. So by learning how to recondition old batteries, you would be able to save on your own a hefty sum Battery Reconditioning Review.
All that being claimed, if you wish to adopt an environment-friendly method and conserve the environment, then this would certainly seem like a great opportunity. Not just would you be able to discover a highly valuable skill, but you would additionally be able to make a little added cash on the side.
How you can recondition batteries in your home
Before we would proceed, it would be necessary to highlight the difference in between recharging and also reconditioning. Simply put, refurbishing a battery would mean that you would certainly be restoring the battery back to its complete capability. To puts it simply, it would certainly be like brand-new. On the other hand, recharging a battery would just suggest that you would certainly be putting it accountable for a certain time period with Battery Reconditioning Review.
In terms of the best ways to recondition old batteries, it would mainly depend on the kind of battery you would certainly be managing. Furthermore, proper knowledge concerning chemicals and also its correct handling would be required to carry out reconditioning of batteries in a risk-free manner.
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When a charge is placed in a location with a non-zero electric field, a force will act on it. The magnitude of this force is given by Coulomb's law. Thus, if that charge were to move, the electric field would be doing work on the electric charge. Thus we can speak of electric potential at a certain point in space, which is equal to the work done by an external agent in carrying a unit of positive charge from an arbitrarily chosen reference point to that point without any acceleration and is typically measured in volts.
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No, they never will. Fruits will stay on the last remaining carrot on the side which never ever could be hit. And it would need all 14 papas to bring down ONE fruit on ONE side alone!
Worst of all levels so far, except for the level that needed 20 papas to lit all buckets and they only gave you 18.Reply
Finally made it, when king.com gave me four grande bonuses. But still it was almost impossible to make them go into a vortex and take out the two cactus above the fruits. Shooting between bamboo and pea pod is the better way to go, scored about 475,00 points, even though it needed every papa until the last to get down the second fruit!Reply


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Why then would you possibly need additional traffic to your website?
Because 2009 is a 'special' year, now, more than ever is the appropriate time to take action on your website to ensure that it enables your business to take advantage of the 'gifts of the season'. This year, more than any other year before it, your customers are going to be looking for more value in every product or service that they buy.
Here are a few reasons why you need to take a second look at your website to ensure that is is working for you in this holiday season:
1. Just because it is the holidays and we expect more tourists on the island - it doesn't mean that tourists automatically know where to go and what to do. They will still be going online, before they come to the island, and they will be doing their research on what restaurants to dine in, what place to stay and what car rental and activity to engage in. Does your website have the ability to attract NEW clients for the holiday season, given the slow global economy? Does your website have the ability to retain 'OLD' clients?
2. Is your website positioned for 'holiday keyword searches' that are seasonal keywords? Do you have landing pages that support these holiday keywords and engage the user to click on your website either to use a service or buy a product?
3. Does your website 'speak' of the value of your product or service so that each click that comes through is translated to a booking or a sale? Is the value of your product or service easily translated by your website for its users?
As a website owner what can you do so that your website is able to retain its old clients from previous years, attract new customers who are looking for value, ensure that the website appears for all relevant holiday keyword searches?
Here are a few simple tips to get the most out of the Holiday traffic:
1. Create content within your website that provides the services and products you are offering for the holidays. Ensure that this page is linked directly from the body content of your homepage so that Search Engine robots can easily pick it up.
2. Start engaging in Social Media Networking promoting your holiday products or services as early as now - create links that will land on the content page for your holiday offerings.
3. Ensure that your website is prepared for the holiday traffic by checking with your hosting provider - bandwidth plays and important role because even if your clients can find you - if they cannot access your website within a limited timeframe, you can kiss that user goodbye.
Since we provide this service to all our clients, please feel free to contact us for any questions or clarifications you might have. Yes we can increase your holiday sales using the power of Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Pay-Per-Click Campaigns (PPC) and Social Media Networking (SMN) for your website.


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A new dramatic and atmospheric poster for 'lock in'. Enjoy, share, retweet.. and like if you like : )
Lock In synopsis
Robert O' Rourke is a prisoner in his own world, a world tainted through a haze of suspicion and doubt. To him every morning draws forth the reality that he doesn't know who he truly is. Remembering anything beyond his present is difficult. Flashes of memories invade his consciousness but can he truly trust them? He suffers in silence, plagued by visions he cannot control. Soon Robert awakens into a nightmare that is very real and will change him forever.


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As December is now in full swing, postbags up and down the country will be straining under the weight of millions of Christmas cards and parcels. With that in mind, sight loss charity RNIB is calling on the nation to save their used stamps to help raise vital funds.
We want everyone to help us deliver 'first class' support services - with extra funds raised from unwanted stamps - as more than 79,000 people in the north east are living with sight loss.
Last year's appeal raised over £24,000 to help RNIB provide a range of services including the RNIB Helpline, Talking Books and the Emotional Support service for newly diagnosed blind people. More than £100,000 has been raised since the first appeal over 20 years ago thanks to millions of stamps donated by the British public.
RNIB receives £10 per kg for British stamps and £15 for foreign ones. The value of each individual stamp does not matter - what is important is volume and weight to be converted into much-needed cash. There are 6,000 stamps per kg so every single stamp counts.
With 1.7 billion cards sent each year the scope to raise vital funds from used stamps is massive.
Any amount of used stamps, large or small, is appreciated and will really go a long way to helping RNIB deliver first class services for blind and partially sighted people this Christmas and throughout the year.
Getting involved is easy - so there really is no excuse not to get stuck in by sending us your unwanted stamps.
Why not get family, friends and work colleagues together to save and send it stamps? Make sure all stamps have a half to full centimetre of space cut around them before sending to: RNIB, PO Box 6198, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9XT.
Contact Terri on email@example.com for more information about sending in your stamps or to get involved collecting them in your area.
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Honors & Awards
2017 All-Sun Belt First Team
2016 Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year
2015 Peach Belt Preseason All-Conference Team
2014 All-Peach Belt Conference Second-Team
Spring 2018 Dean's List
2017 Scholar All-South Second Team
Fall 2017 Dean's List
Spring 2017 Dean's List
2015 Peach Belt All-Academic Team
2017: Played in 18 games with 17 starts to accumulate over 1,500 minutes on the field … Fired 16 shots with six on goal … Took a season-high four shots against Winthrop … Scored one goal in the 4-3 overtime loss to Charlotte … Helped lead the team to seven shutouts and concede 21 goals, four fewer than last season.
2016: Started in all 22 matches this season for nearly 1,900 minutes on the field … Scored one goal in the 4-2 overtime victory at USC Upstate … Ranked fourth on the team in shots with 29 … Helped the team to seven shutouts, including four straight to end the season and two during the Sun Belt Tournament.
2015 (Clayton State): Started in all 15 games … Had one goal against Wingate in a 1-1 draw … Took 10 shots with four being on goal for a shot on goal average of .400 … Played 1,350 minutes.
2014 (Clayton State): Started all 18 games as a freshman … Named All-Peach Belt Conference Second-Team … Notched one goal against Flagler (11/4) in 4-2 victory in PBC Tournament Quarterfinals.
Prep: Competed in soccer for SWHS.
Personal: Nick Hague was born on September 3, 1994 … Undecided on a major.


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A CHANCE to make history is how Seaham Park skipper Mike McNicholas describes his team's clash with Peterlee tomorrow.
Just 16 points are required for Park to be crowned Coast League champions for the first time.
"It's obviously a massive game. We're all looking forward to it, we have a bus load of supporters travelling to the game and have a pre-match meal booked to help calm the nerves," said McNicholas.
With a 10-point lead, Park need not worry about trying to gain maximum points, which leaves their destiny in their own hands.
"The toss is irrelevant, and the other result doesn't matter as long as we win, and you wouldn't want it any other way," said McNicholas.
Park's hosts have had a disappointing season, and are currently second from bottom, but McNicholas will not be taking the game lightly.
"You have to play them with respect. They have some good players like Min Mahill who you have to get out, and we must play to our potential if we want to win," he added.
As always in this damp summer the weather may play a role, and with Boldon CA entertaining Easington and Peterlee's ground not having covers things could change fairly quickly if there is rain in the area.
"We can't control the weather, we just hope the title is decided on the field," said McNicholas.
TOMORROW'S FIXTURES (second XI reversed): Silksworth v Ryhope, Seaham Harbour v Murton, Washington v Bill Quay, Boldon CA v Easington, Hylton v Dawdon, Peterlee v Seaham Park.


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Interesting video at the link below - but it seems to have brought the alarmists out wringing their hands and crying in their sleep (going by the level of comments). In spite of that the video is awesome - go to www.boomviral.net/man-sets-camera-ice-moments-later-captures-unimaginabl... ... raw nature in action. Just imagine what it would have been like when the ice sheet melted at the end of the Ice Age.


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First, my most important attribute is that I am a mother of three beautiful children. Second, I love working out and trying to be the best i can be. I caught the cycling bug about 10 years ago and since then I have successfully completed several triathlons which were challenging, but surprisingly motivational and fun! I find it rewarding to make a goal, work hard on achieving that goal, and then crossing the final finish line or seeing the finished results. I have been a certified Mad Dogg spin instructor for 8 years. Beyond teaching cycling, I am a certified personal trainer. It is my belief that even though life can be challenging at times, we can be better parents, partners and friends by taking care of ourselves – mind, body and soul.
My classes are energetic, enthusiastic and highly motivating. My clients and students have told me that my love for coaching helps them to get excited about getting healthy. I want you to ride with a purpose. Heart rate zone training will help you do just that! Did I mention that you will enjoy the kick-butt music I play? You won't be looking at the clock in my class as the time will fly by. I look forward to meeting you, helping you meet your goals, and most importantly seeing you in class!


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Yes, the cart ID uses the session ID:
<input type="hidden" name="cartId" id="cartId" value="<?php echo session_id() ?>" />
It's best to leave the cart ID as the session ID, but you could add the ID from the orders table to the description.
on the confirm page, the description will use the FullDetails from the cart:
<input type="hidden" name="desc" id="desc" value="<?php echo $yourCart->TotalColumn("FullDetails") ?>" />
where yourCart is the name of your cart object.
you could concatenate the order ID session that is created to that:
double check the Store order Summary behavior to check the name of the session variable that will be created, for my example, the session being created is "eCart1_OrderID":
<input type="hidden" name="desc" id="desc" value="<?php echo $yourCart->TotalColumn("FullDetails") ?> ID:<?php echo((isset($_SESSION["eCart3_OrderID"]))?$_SESSION["eCart1_OrderID"]:""); ?>" />


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Journal of Robotics
Volume 2012, Article ID 376293, 9 pages
Fuzzy Interpolation and Other Interpolation Methods Used in Robot Calibrations
1Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC 28216, USA
2Benedict College, Columbia, SC 29204, USA
3Georgia Gwinnett College, Atlanta, GA 30043, USA
Received 8 September 2011; Revised 4 February 2012; Accepted 6 February 2012
Academic Editor: G. Muscato
Copyright © 2012 Ying Bai et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
How to Cite this Article
Ying Bai, Nailong Guo, and Gerald Agbegha, "Fuzzy Interpolation and Other Interpolation Methods Used in Robot Calibrations," Journal of Robotics, vol. 2012, Article ID 376293, 9 pages, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/376293.


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Looking for a place to send the kids to learn how to surf during Spring Break? How about play basketball? If the answer is yes, Boynton Beach is the place to take your kids.
The city is offering a Spring Break Surf and Ocean Safety Camp and a Spring Break Basketball Camp to be held from March 25-29. The basketball camp will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at The Carolyn Sims Center, 225 NW 12th Ave. The surf camp will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Oceanfront Park at 6415 N. Ocean Blvd.
For surfing camp information, call 561-742-6221. For basketball camp information, call 561-742-6650.


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Largest Cold Case Investigation in Cook County Sheriff's Office History
Tuesday, November 29, 2011— After waiting more than 30 years, family and friends of William "Bill" George Bundy now have the answer to the question, "where has our loved one gone," Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced on Monday.
Due to Sheriff Dart's renewed effort to identify the unknown victims of John Wayne Gacy and advancements in DNA technology the identification of William George Bundy was made possible. Last month the Sheriff started an outreach effort to try and identify potential family members of victims who would be willing to take a buccal swab and match it to the DNA secured from the victims' remains.
It is because of this technology and the work completed at the University of North Texas – Center for Human Identification that the positive identification was made between the DNA of William Bundy and his sister Laura and brother Robert.
Sheriff Dart established a telephone hotline and online link that allows for the collection of information from those who suspect they may be related to one of those unknown victims. There were two separate calls that came into the Sheriff's hotline number with information pertaining to William Bundy's disappearance. His sister called, gave some information about her brother and indicated she and her brother were willing to have a buccal swab completed. A second call was received by a childhood friend of William Bundy, he was concerned his friend may have worked for Gacy and was never seen again.
William George Bundy was born on October 22, 1957 and was reported missing in October of 1976. It was reported that the night he went missing he was going to a party, he forgot his wallet at home and was never seen again. Investigators were told by one of Bill's friends that no one at that time had much money to carry in their pockets; however, Bill had a roll of money in his pocket and told his friend he worked some construction jobs for a guy.
William George Bundy was previously known as Victim #19, the number was given to him as an identifier because he was the 19th victim removed from Gacy's home crawl space. This was given to him by the Cook County Sheriff's Office in 1978 and today Sheriff Dart said, "It is a proud day for the office, in particular, our detectives and staff that have been working these leads and cases. And to help bring some sort of closure and maybe peace to a family is something we are all hopeful for."
In 1978, when Bill was removed from the crawl space and reviewed by investigators and doctors he was believed to be a white male, between 17 and 21 years old and between 5'1" to 5'6" tall. As we know now from information from the family and records that William was a white male, went missing around his 19th birthday and was 5' 4" tall. He was the shortest of all Gacy victims.
William's family, especially his mother, always believed that he might have been one of Gacy's victims. Back in 1979 when the identifying of victims was taking place, the primary identifier for investigators was dental records. William's mother went to look for her son's dental records and soon learned that her son's dentist had retired. That was not going to stop a mother looking for her missing son, so she searched for and found the retired dentist, only to learn he had destroyed all his records after retirement. At the time there was nothing else the investigators could do for her.
Post mortem dental analysis that was conducted in 1979 showed Bill's two eye-teeth or maxillary canine were missing. It was learned recently from the family that they were still in possession of those two teeth and this has been verified through Sheriff's Office detectives.
"Closure is great but my only wish in this particular case would have been that we could have provided some sort of closure for William's mother and father before they passed away," Dart said. "I do hope and pray that Laura and Robert might find some peace and closure with the news today."
Unfortunately not all that have submitted swabs to the Sheriff's office will find closure at this time. There have been four DNA results returned to the Sheriff's office from the lab in Texas, which do not match any of the DNA submitted by the unknown victims. However, these four results will now be entered into CODIS (Combined DNA Index System) for further testing to see if there will be any matches from across the nation.
Soon Sheriff Dart will be submitting John Wayne Gacy's blood into CODIS as well. Sheriff's investigators looking through old records of the case discovered the blood. CODIS allows state, local, and national law enforcement crime laboratories to compare DNA profiles electronically, thereby linking serial crimes to each other and identifying suspects by matching DNA profiles from crime scenes with other crime scenes.
Also, the Sheriff's Office was recently contacted by the Department of Justice to be a part of their ViCAP program. This program serves as the national repository for violent crimes. It involves specific case information being submitted to the FBI-ViCAP database. The information is maintained in the national database and automatically compared to all other cases in the database to identify similarities. They have offered to enter all the Gacy information into their database.
The Sheriff's Office has submitted an amendment to Bill's Death Certificate to the County Medical Examiner's office, it was accepted and has been forwarded on to the State.
A thank you needs to be given to those in the media that helped cover this story, because there is no doubt you have contributed to the success of it. Without your coverage by TV, radio, and/or print the public would not have known about this opportunity to be swabbed to find a family member. The Sheriff's Office will continue to take information from those wishing to submit it. The hotline number is 1-800-942-1950 or they can submit information from our website at www.cookcountysheriff.com
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Raising Biracial Children in America: an Eye-opening and Jaw-dropping Experience
Being the father of two biracial children has been an absolute delight. Joshua Malik and Jontae Emmanuel have given me so much to write and talk about. Folks tell me they look more like their mother than me, but that's all right. They have my nose and ears at least.
In checkout lines
When Joshua and Jontae were babies, I used to race them around grocery stores while I stocked up on diapers, wipes, and pulverized sweet potatoes and the other kinds of liquefied goo that comes in clear jars. At the checkout, I usually heard something like this:
Cashier: Is that your baby?
In my mind, I was thinking, Hey, I have a baby in the seat of the cart that contains his diapers, wipes, pulverized sweet potatoes and the other kinds of liquefied goo that comes in glass jars. Whose other baby would he be?
Me: Yes, ma'am.
Cashier: That ain't really your baby, is it?
Me: Yes. He's my son.
Cashier: You leave him out in the sun too long or something?
Me: No, ma'am.
Cashier: Looks like he's got the jaundice.
I got tired of hearing questions and comments like that, so I came up with some more creative answers:
Cashier: Is that your baby?
Me: No ma'am. I'm just renting the child today. I have to have him back by six or they'll charge me a late fee, so could you hurry up? Thanks.
Cashier: Is that your baby?
Me: What baby? Oh, this baby. Who put this baby in my cart? It must have been an impulse buy. Oh look—he has my nose! Amazing! I love this store!
Cashier: Is that your baby?
Me: Oh yes. I found him on aisle nine next to the canned asparagus. He was the last one in stock, and he was a close-out special. I even have a coupon for him. But where's his bar code? Will you have to do a price check?
Eventually I simply told the truth: "His mother is a beautiful black woman. He has her eyes." That usually stopped all further conversation.
In stores
At a nameless, upscale department store that has gloriously gone out of business here in Roanoke, I ran into the strangest sales associate I have ever met. After assisting Josh and me in the purchase of a Christmas sweater for Amy, she stared at Josh:
Sales: Oh, it's so good of you to adopt a Bosnian child.
Me: Um, ma'am, he's my son.
Sales: Of course he is. And all the way from Bosnia, to boot.
Me: No, um, ma'am, he's my natural son.
Sales: (blinking) That's not possible.
Problems at school
When Josh was about four, he came home all hot and bothered about something that a classmate had said to him at pre-school.
Josh: Daddy, what am I?
Me: You're a little boy.
Josh: No, what am I? A boy called me mixed and yellow and said that you were white.
Me: You're Joshua Malik Murray. That's who you are, and I'm your daddy. That's who I am.
Josh: No, Da-ad. What am I?
Me: Well, you're Scotch, Irish, and African with a touch of Cherokee as well.
Josh: I'm all that?
Me: Yep.
Josh then compared his arm to mine.
Josh: You're not white, Daddy. You're pink! And I'm beige!
My son knew his colors. We had bought him the big box of Crayolas, the one with 64 colors.
Problems with school
Later, invasive governmental, educational, and other temperamental forms began arriving from Josh's schools. I loved filling them out. I checked all the boxes. Josh was white (not Hispanic or Latino), Hispanic or Latino, black (not Hispanic), Asian, and a Pacific Islander. They only need a box marked "human," don't you think? I'm sure I ruined all their demographics. My son saw me joyfully checking all the boxes.
Josh: Daddy, why'd you mark 'em all?
Me: Because you're all that.
Josh: I am?
Me: And a bag of chips, my son. And a bag of chips.
After a teacher at my son's school "did me a favor" and marked "black not Hispanic" on a form so Josh could be "eligible" to attend a special "magnet school," I wrote a poem so I could vent:
"We Are"
We are
a troublesome element
on the Periodic Table of America—
We are
We are
American. American. American.
We are
the melting pot.
We are
ashy-legged grandsons
with Nay-Nays and Chubbies,
Grandmas and Grandpas,
with a taste for chitterlings and greens,
milk and apple pie.
We are not yellow/half-breed/light-skinned
(we're a rainbow)
We are not trying to act black or white
(just human)
We are not a minority
(a majority of the American Gene flows in us)
We are not searching for our roots
(they're everywhere we look)
We are not in search of a consciousness
(we're content with our character)
We are not out to prove ourselves to anyone
(just … everyone)
if you think
We are
a problem—
that's your problem.
We'll solve ourselves, thank you.
And today … we are … the President.
Josh is currently a freshman at the University of Richmond studying hard and playing football (in that order), and Jontae was recently elected student government treasurer for his middle school.
I know I spend too much time "away" from them writing, but they're never far from my thoughts. I doubt I could be any prouder of my sons.
You sound like an awesome dad. I like your heartfelt poem. I have two Eurasian children which you would call Hapa in the USA. America and South Africa seem to have a lot in common in that they are both multicultural societies but yet people still seem to be focused on placing people into boxes. I see the future as one where we see each other as Human foremost and look to know each other for who we are and not what we are. My poem Spirit of Hapa is dedicated to mixed race/culture and captures what I hope the 21st century citizen should be.
Wow, that was awesome. I feel you! I have almost taken up a foreign language just so I can say "I don't speak English" in Italian just to confuse the next person who asks me what my daughter is mixed with.
I must share this! Thanks for writing it!
I love the poem.
As a pink American, I love your attidtude too, and I think you have two handsome sons, of whom you're clearly rightly proud.
Clicked "awesome" and shared.
This is a great hub. My husband is African-American and I'm Filipina with some Spanish and Swedish in the mix. My son is only 4 months old, but I already know he'll be asking me the same questions as he grows older and I want him to know exactly who he is and be proud of it.
I love this hub, your poem, and it's amazing to see your children grow in pictures. I look forward to my new life with my little man, with all its future ups-and-downs.
Great Hub from one mixed-up family to another! I too am the parent the children do not seem to look much like. My fair skinned Anglo-Euro heritage was no match for Daddy's Filipino heritage. When the children are asked "what they are" I have directed them to identify themselves as "American" because that's what they are. I do have one parting question for you… "Are those your kids?" Just kidding!


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Welcome to our Tea Room here in Bagnall, Staffordshire
Nestled on the edge of the beautiful Staffordshire Moorlands countryside our welcoming staff are here to offer you a warm welcome to our award-winning tea room.
Our Address
Jacksons Nurseries
Thorney Edge Road
Telephone: 01782 506803
Our Opening Times
Monday - 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday - 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday - 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday - 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday - 8:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday - 8:30am - 4:30pm
Sunday - 8:30am - 4:30pm
Last orders for hot food: 3:30pm
Our Facilties
Find us easily using the below map
About our Staffordshire Tea Room
Our large, cosy tea room is a welcoming haven of delicious food and excellent company. We offer a relaxed and friendly atmosphere with a professional level of service. We have an excellent team who are always happy to make your visit as enjoyable as possible.
In early 2017 renovations were made to modernise our tea room which can now sit over 86 people, so there is always room to accommodate you, your friends and family.
We have a fantastic decked outdoor seating area adjacent to the tea room which offers al fresco dining with views over the garden centre plant area and out toward the Peak District and the Roaches. Our location on the edge of the Staffordshire Moorland is ideal for local walkers and we can provide an excellent pit stop along the way.
Our team works extremely hard to maintain high standards throughout our tea room and are pleased to report we received a 5-star Food Hygiene rating during our last inspection.
We are also over the moon to have received the Tripadvisor 'Certificate of Excellence' for 2017 for our consistent positive reviews over the course of the year.
About our delicious food
All of our food is freshly prepared to order every day by our highly experienced chefs using our favourite recipes.
|Full english breakfast
|Nurseryman's platter
|Chicken salad
Along with our new and improved menu, we also endeavour to create a unique and exciting daily specials board. We like to make the most of seasonal ingredients when they become available and our specials board reflects this.
We also offer a selection of meals for vegetarians and are more than happy to make substitutions wherever possible to suit any dietary requirements. Please ask a member of staff and they will do all they can to make sure you are accommodated.
|Homemade soup
|Sunday roast dinner
|Brocolli and stilton quiche
As well as creating and producing amazing recipes for our specials board our chefs also produce, in-house, a huge range of savoury baked goods that are both served in our tea room and also sold individually in our new Farm Shop. These delicacies included deep filled pies, quiches, flips, sausage rolls and pork pies to name a few.
|Steak & stilton pie cross section
|Steak pie and chips
|Minted lamb pie
Our cakes are second to none
Our cakes and deserts form a huge part of what we do here at Jacksons Nurseries with fresh stock being baked on site daily by our dedicated baking staff who have years of experience. We provide our bakers with the best flour, the freshest fruit, the richest chocolate and the finest sugar to ensure our sweet treats are the best around with new cake flavours constantly being created and refined.
|Raspberry & white chocolate cheesecake
|Chocolate orange cake
|Salted caramel cheesecake
|Raspberry & lemon cake
|Our baker Jess with freshly baked scones
We always have a great selection of brownies, cakes, cheesecakes, desserts, puddings and tray bakes available in our tea room to enjoy after a meal or on its own with a cup of tea or coffee.
|Fresh Triple Chocolate Brownies
|Oreo chocolate cake
|Rocky road
Did you know that we also stock our very own farm shop with the same amazing cakes?
Freshly prepared hot drinks
There is nothing quite as good as a freshly prepared pot of tea or ground coffee which is why all of our staff are barista trained to ensure the highest degree of quality.
We took a great deal of care (and many drinks worth of research) to decide on the best tea, coffee and hot chocolate suppliers to provide for our customers. We decided to use Chartley Coffee, based in Staffordshire, for both our coffee and hot chocolate because we were really impressed with their quality and believe it is an excellent reflection of our own ethos and desire to support local businesses. We have even had a special Jacksons blend of coffee developed which we now serve in the tea room and is available to purchase separately in our farm shop.
We also use Yorkshire Tea because there is nothing more important than a good quality, consistent brew that meets the taste demands of all of our customers.
Our afternoon tea
Served between 12:00pm - 4:00pm daily, our afternoon tea has proven to be extremely popular since its introduction to our tea room.
There is no better place to enjoy afternoon tea than in our tea room especially during the summer months when afternoon tea can be enjoyed, al fresco, on our decking area with views looking out over the garden centre and Staffordshire toward the Peak District.
As well as traditional afternoon tea we also offer a festive afternoon tea exclusively throughout December for a touch of Christmas spirit.
Jacksons Afternoon Tea
For one £7.95 | For Two £14.95
*Served between 12:00pm - 4:00pm*
A Selection of
Freshly made sandwiches.
A cherry, fruit or
plain scone with butter,
clotted cream and
strawberry jam per person.
A slice of cake per person.
Pot of tea or filter
Coffee per person.
|Our afternoon tea for two
|Our festive afternoon tea for two
|A selection of sandwiches
|Fresh scones with butter, cream and jam
|A choice of slice of cake
Our Tea Room Special Events and Offers
We always try and make sure there is a little something special to reward our new and loyal customers alike. Below you can find details of special offers we are currently running in the tea room.
|The Breakfast Club
|Senior Discount / Fish Friday
Pick up one of our Breakfast Club Cards and you'll be on your way to a FREE Breakfast.
Step 1. Ask a member of staff for a Breakfast Club Card.
Step 2. Present your card at the till when you are ready to order your breakfast before 11:00am and receive a stamp.
Step 3. Once you've collected 5 stamps your 6th breakfast is FREE.
Don't forget that you also get FREE tea and coffee refills with the offer.
Senior Discount
Every Friday Seniors can enjoy 10% discount
on all Main Courses and Special Boards Meals
and also receive a complimentary tea or coffee.
Fish Friday
A different fish dish available every Friday on our Specials Board
Here is what our customers have to say
Don't just take our word for it, we are lucky enough to enjoy lots of repeat customers and here is a little about what they have to say about us.
|Sue Lockett
|Robert Jobson
|Charlie O'Reilly
|J Moulton
|Excellent service, cannot be better!
|Its a lovely environment with lovely friendly staff.
|It was fab! Will come again.
|Everything tip top!
|Frank Bernett
|Ruth Wardle
|Brian Lancaster
|Mrs G Baggaley
|You cant make it any better. A lovely steak dinner, thanks!
|It was lovely, Thankyou :)
|Everything was to our satisfaction. All staff very helpful and pleasant.
|Kieran Oldfield
|Wendy Hancock
|B Tunnicliffe
|Rachel James
|Good service all round.
Decoration Nice. Food and staff nicer. Thank you.
|Don't change anything. Keep it all the same!
|Thoroughly enjoyed the visit. Very friendly, welcoming staff.
|Mrs L Cotton
|J Swetmore
|D J Boulton
|John Summerfield
|All aspects excellent. No improvements needed.
|Everything is very satisfactory :)
|Its just perfect
|You cant improve on perfection. We shall be back!
Find out more about our Garden Centre and Farm Shop?
|Our Staffordshire Garden Centre is fully stocked for all your needs. Click here to find out more.
|Our Staffordshire Farm Shop is brimming with quality local produce and wares. Click here to find out more.
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I was looking at the date and I realized it is roughly 10 years ago that I was hired at Smith Barney (10 years ago owned by Citigroup) to do business development for some advisors there. It got me to thinking how much has changed since then.
10 years ago
Not a single line of code for Facebook had been written.
Google wasn't a publicly traded company yet.
Apple was $18.80 per share (Now $428.85).
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The dragon ripped through the clouds, lightning trailing in its wake. It screamed once, its voice
thunder – sorrow and pain – as it floated, weightless, above the heavens. And then it fell. It
plunged through the sky like a meteor, falling backwards down to the mountains below. From its
side, a spear – black as the starless night, gold as the as the setting sun. And blood. Enough
blood to drown the earth, to wash away past and present and stain the future. It turned as it fell,
as if to look at something, at someone, but there were no eyes – it had no eyes. It opened its
mouth, but there was no sound – it had no voice.
And then it crashed.
The bus skirted around another mountain bend, knocking Tao's head against the glass of the window. He awoke with a splitting headache. It was the same dream over and over. Every week, every night, every time he closed his eyes. There, always just right behind his eyelids. And it was only getting worse.
Two week ago, he was a perfectly happy street performer in Beijing. He didn't make much money, and what he made he always spent, but he was comfortable. As comfortable as former child of the state could be without an education, training, or employment. Yes, perfectly comfortable. And now…
Tao looked out the window. Just as they did in his dreams, the Wuling Mountains stretched on for miles upon miles, days upon days. The closest Tao had ever gotten to nature before was through a television screen. It was bad enough that he dreamed of the Wuling Mountains ever night – mountains he didn't even know existed two weeks ago. It was worse that mountains themselves were a haunting series of stone spires and spikes covered in a never-ending mist.
What was he doing, he wondered? Chasing a dying a dragon through the mountains? People his age – smarter people, more put together people – went to college, fell in love, got married, and started work. Here he was traipsing through the middle of nowhere, all so he could finally sleep again at night.
Tao closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He could still see the dragon dancing behind his eyelids. Just as he exhaled, lightning struck in front of the bus, blinding bright and roaring loud. Tao launched forward as the bus came to a screeching halt, his head colliding with seat in front of him. Nature was better on a television screen, Tao thought as he cradled his head.
But it was better not to second guess things. Twenty hours on three trains, and sixteen hours on two busses. Tao had gotten this far on instinct, and he know a sign when he saw one. Tao grabbed his bag, stood up, and approached the front of the bus. He had two water bottles, and enough food to last three more days.
The question now was how long would he be walking for?


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And I am not done !
Today I will do an article on foreign students and tomorrow I will talk about LLBs.
My JD experience would not have been such a positive experience without foreign students. Older candidates tend to be minority and tends to get sidelined due to the generation gap. This makes them excellent partners with foreign students who can also be marginalised but for different reasons.
- a) Group work grading makes it hard for a foreign JD student to fit in.
The problems faced by foreign students are institutionalised into the SMU education system. Singapore students who get into law school are straight-A students (in both Universities) who have high expectations on themselves and others.
Coming from a different culture and university, foreign students are unlikely to be used to the dedication and fervour that locals are used to so over the years have developed a …


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You have to remember you were privileged or lucky, or indeed needed to be part of their lives for that moment in time. In our case it gets harder as we are now used to having the dogs in ours lives for longer the longer Petnanny operates.
Their giddy faces, their funny ways.
Yet it is all good if you can say you have been a positive influence. All vets agree in their 'vows' to 'Do no harm'( not sure how vets justify this when they are responsible for the animal testing etc that still continues to this day) yet I want more.
I want to be able to say we helped.
Of course we are also lucky to be have customers who genuinely want the best for their dogs and are willing to commit financially to their welfare and wellbeing( many of course do without using a dog care professional) so we know those dogs are happy at home with loving owners and great lives, regardless of how long they use us which helps when we say goodbye.
So we say goodbye to the guys we have learn to love, laughed at and with and walked many a mile with and hello to the newbies a very necessary part of earning enough money to live, pay for ongoing bills and updating of vital equipment and training. To get used to those new faces, their own special ways and in time learn to love. Find out how to motivate, train and reassure, how to balance that delicate relationship with owners and of course introduce them to the dogs of Petnanny.
This time is a little different as we are introducing more than we would normally as we rarely have more than one space at a time. I was in no hurry happy to wait, yet as is usually the way the 'perfect' dogs( recommended by customers old and new directly, people forget we like recommendations not just new owners needing recommendations about us) have come along together!
Three puppies and two adults from three families is an exciting challenge.....Hopefully lots of blog time haha good or bad.
I want to take this opportunity to pass on my regards to a lovely lady who has had some awful health news which has meant she has had to cut down at work. Our thoughts are with you and don't forget if you need us just shout. Sometimes you say goodbye when you are needed most.


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Walt: Using different vocab.
Task description: This is about learning insects. So we had to chose
four insects like a ladybug, mosquitoes, dung beetle's, and last but not least
bumblebee. I picked a bumblebee because these are hard working little
bumblebee's that is why i chose this one and we had to watch videos of
them and had to write what they always do that we had to write a long
sentence which was only supposed to be 5 - 3 but i did?


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How do I decide?
Multi-tasking! Or simply a coincidence that all of the buses turn up at the same time when I only need to choose one?
Anyone can journal, but it isn't easy. It's something that can offer a release or suspend the writer. The writer is the person holding the pen. In this case it was me, and as I copywrite my own notes into a typescript blog I am already feeling that dizzy sensation which I can only explain as doubt as I allow myself to open up and explore the monologue within.
What am I doubtful of?
In recent months I have been exploring through creative coaching and self-awareness practises as a member of Life Labs and a subscriber of quite a fabulous magazine, I say quite because I always say quite and I don't like to say too much more, because I withhold from being too kind. Sometimes when I am too kind, often on occasions others think I want something.
I rarely want anything. I need quite a lot to survive, you know, a roof over my head, food in my belly, heat in the winter, clothes to deliver me that essence of privacy. I don't believe I've ever worn clothes to appeal to others, I merely dress to suit myself, or the environment. Is this appealing to others? For example I wouldn't visit the gym in my PJ's and I wouldn't turn up for work in a swimsuit, because the environments I attend to and live within, they have their own rules, and rules are essential to be followed, to fit in.
I feel like I am growing and developing every day, I have become a sponge for information, processing data, and researching the adventures of others, and I am also conscious of it.
When I was younger and before the many changes that occur in life through growing up, and making choices that suit the situation. I was never as conscious of my learning as I am today. I knew I always wanted to know more, and it was often the case that I just didn't know who to ask so I winged it. I went with the flow. I accepted what ever came to me. I hear today that this approach to life is linked to the vibe of a Universal Law. I can relate, but the Universal Law can only take me so far, and now that I am conscious of it. I am stuck.
Nowadays, if I ask peers a question because I am stuck, I am regularly told to google it.
I recently asked myself: Does google know everything? Does google tell me everything I need to know? Does it know my parents and their choices? Does it know my children and their choices? Does it know my partner, my peers, my influences, the environment I live in?
No! But, please don't misunderstand me. The internet is full of information that wants to help, it's like a giant school, a global life-long-learning facility. There are so many interpretations of need and want that I can be hypnotised into reading information for hours. The difference between the education online compared to the education I paid for, or choose to source locally for free, it's different. I've noticed that for every single opinion there are twenty more, and more. For every single website that is professional there are twenty more that are not professional. I am being kind proclaiming twenty. I could easily say twenty thousand, or more.
This brings me back to the introduction:
- Multi-tasking? Or simply a coincidence that all of the buses turn up at the same time when I only need to choose one?
Has this ever happened to you? Better still, have you had twenty thousand buses ever turn up, all at the same time?
Okay, so in reality I can push to three buses turning up. It happened to me a lot of the time when I was younger, before I learned to drive, and even today when I choose to use the bus in an attempt to be kinder to the environment. I will wait for twenty minutes, then three buses will all turn up all at once. Most of the time, there is only one bus.
If I consciously dig a little deeper into those three buses, they may all be headed in the same direction, they may have doubled up because one was late and the other was early. The buses may not all be going in the same direction, and as I raise my hand to stop the buses, the one I want may pass me by. It is usually the one that was running late that chooses to ignore my request so that it can catch up, it has its own priorities. The bus that I don't need also passes by, and the one I asked to stop I then take steps to climb onto.
I try to think of this moment relative to the decision making and the choices I make in life.
My inner critic responds with, "You probably took the bus that takes ten minutes longer to get to the destination, when you could have taken the second bus and got there sooner."
That inner critic, it is always in a rush.
As I said, I have been developing and growing in my mindset, and I have begun to notice something in listening to myself, and my environment. The inner critic isn't really my own voice, it is someone elses. It is an external voice that plays out in my head because I hadn't realised that I had set aside my own willpower 'to keep the peace'.
The external peace was sadly allowing my mind to be riddled in conflict. Even when I made some great decisions.
I was making decisions then beating myself up emotionally afterward. How odd is that? But it's not odd, it is in essence a natural unconscious reaction, and now that I was conscious of it, I was feeling dizzy with it.
So how do I become unstuck, I ask myself, how do I handle this conscious conflict? I didn't google it.
I did something that I like to do, and attended a few courses, that suited me. I attended the courses with an open mind. I have begun to return to my more youthful mindset and go with the flow, connect with others and wing it. Winging it, could be professionally translated as 'be prepared to take the risk.'
I no longer turn to the computer to look for the answers, however, I use it to find the people who can potentially help me become unstuck.
I don't expect anyone on the outside to change my life, I can only do that from within. I don't expect all of the people I connect with will agree with me, and that allows me the privilege that I don't have to always agree with them.
Since re-embracing my 'self', it has been a turbulent road. I have been winging it, and have become quite tolerant to flying and turbulence. In this process of development and change, I am catching planes, rather than buses, and sometimes one of those planes doesn't arrive on time, and I begin to fall, I wait. I wing it. I go with the flow, and usually another three planes turn up to catch me. Sometimes, I panic because the ground is going to hit me quite hard, so I jump onto the first plane, it delays me, but on the positive side, I feel saved for a little while.
Sometimes I face my fears and wait for the last plane because I know I can.
Sometimes I jump on the plane that isn't even travelling to my destination, because I fancy the adventure.
Life! It is filled with choices. Sometimes it feels like I am multi-tasking, at other times I am simply in the flow.
I have an idea for a new adventure. Who should I ask?


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Often blogs work well with websites. It allows for your business to stay relevant in your field and keep your website current. Do you want to create your own blog? Do you want it to integrate with your website? Setting up a blog using WordPress, then integrating it with your website with a live feed is possible. I can help you build or start your own blog, using WordPress, and I then can integrate it with your website.
This is how it would work:
- FIRST, sign up to the WordPress Community. I recommend using an email unique from your personal or business email. One dedicated to the blog or blogging. your username could be your actual name, especially if you are trying to establish credibility. But, if you would rather just use a generic username, try to stay industry specific. For example, if you are an electrician, use a name like YourElectricGuy or AllAboutElectricity. Once you are part of the WordPress Community, then you can be added to any blog on WordPress.
- NEXT, I can create your WordPress blog, set it up and add you as an administrator. WordPress has many nice, free templates to choose from. Once a design is chosen, I can add your logo, company description, photos, links, and taglines. I can show you how to update your own WordPress blog.
- FURTHERMORE, If you have an existing website, I can add a blog feed to your website so when you add a new blog, your website will reflect the new blog.
- FINALLY, once your blog is set up, you can then keep me as an administrator so I may help you later if you have questions. Or you can remove me as an administrator if you feel confident to continue on without me.
Starting your own blog is easy and I can help you start your blog. Once you have a blog, your website can have the latest news that you want to share on your website. I can teach you how to update your blog so you can keep it active. Call me if you have any questions or would like to have me build your blog today.
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Roopa contacted me awhile ago after seeing the family/newborn session I did with the Mariano Family. Their son, Sohan, was turning 3, and it had been awhile since they had gotten any pictures of him taken. Time to update, and that's where I come in! :)
The Rao Family lives in Pacific Palisades, which means we were able to shoot the more casual part of the session near 3rd Street in Santa Monica....then we headed over to the Rao home to get some more formal shots.
Sohan is such a fun-loving cutie... I'm sure you will be able to tell from the images! Enjoy!
Friday, June 10, 2011
Rao Family: Sohan Turns 3! - Los Angeles Lifestyle Photographer
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