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Peace is in inward quiet spirit, not constantly worrying about what will or could possibly happen. Peace is also the kind way we treat others- even when they have done things where we could be mad at them.
is the outward showing of our peace. The face that we are trusting that
God will work things out and, in spite of circumstances, we are content.
I have always felt that there is a strong relation between peace and joy, but I've never known what. I googled it and found the above statement in wiki answers. It is very simple but yet very explaining.


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In an e-mail sent to fellow board members Friday, DMA board member Gerry Pike, president of direct marketing company DMSA Inc., criticized rising membership dues, the association's level of political advocacy on behalf of direct marketing and steps he said he considers violations of the association's bylaws in setting the compensation of DMA President John A. Greco.
"We're looking to do three things in San Diego," Pike said in an interview Monday. "First, to ensure that members come first; second, to vigorously do what is required to get management compensation back in line with industry standards; and, third, to make DMA relevant again."
Pike has launched a Web site (www.abetterdma.org) urging DMA members to send him their voting proxies, giving him leverage in addressing his concerns at DMA's business meeting Oct. 18 during DMA09.
Because of his ongoing criticisms of DMA's operations, Pike said, he was the only member of the current board not to be renominated for another three-year term.
According to The NonProfit Times, Greco earned $768,748 in fiscal year 2008, plus $128,194 in contributions to benefit and deferred compensation plans. The publication cited an Internal Revenue Service form 990 filing.
In an e-mail response, issued to DMA members late Friday, Greco and Kelly B. Browning, DMA chairman, defended the association's operations as well as Greco's salary, saying, "...when someone communicates partial information and engages in misrepresentation and innuendo, a full review of the facts is needed."


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Sox win, 6-5 in 10
Though he did allow a run in the 10th inning, Jonathan Papelbon finished off the A's, giving the Red Sox the first win of the 2008 season.
A walk to Daric Barton to lead off the inning, plus a double to Emil Brown, brought Oakland within one run. But Brown ran into an out trying to head to third base on the throw into the infield. Bobby Crosby and Jack Hannahan both singled after that, giving the A's men on first and second with two outs.
Papelbon then got Kurt Suzuki to ground to first base, ending the game.
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Dollars, Debt and Standard Galactic Credits (A Collapse Net Exclusive Article)
Hello (tens of) readers, some good news! The good folks over at CollapseNet have accepted my words into their midst as a regular guest writer. Rather than cross post the full articles here in my blog I will instead be adding more detailed additions to my articles on my blog to act as supplementary additions to the pieces over at Collapse. Please read and share the articles, and then come on over here for more in depth discussion or debates or add-ons, and some stuff that they reject (hasn't happened yet, but surely will eventually.)
So I quite like the heart of this piece but I was a bit concerned of two things, but they liked it at is was so we went ahead and ran the article. I'll elaborate on my concerns here, because I can! And also hopefully to round out the idea some more and get into more detail.
The basic idea was that in all science fiction novels (and movies for that matter) currency is depicted with 'Credits'. As my friend and fellow comedian Carter Hortie observed, in a lot of ways we are now more advanced than early science fiction.
With all of the insanity around the globe in the last decade associated with massive flaws in our economic system, it seems to me that we ought to just go ahead and fast track to the seemingly inevitable "credits" found from Isaac Asimov to your average Schwarzennegger affair. And what better time than now… when our current system is collapsing entire nations, and companies, and massive amounts of, you know, people.
My concern with how the article was written is two-fold, as I said.
1. I wasn't sure if I was making any sense with my positive alternative example of the internet as the beginnings of a model for a system beyond the current parameters of currency.
2. I didn't have enough time to spend articulating how such a system of 'credits' would actually work, and thus had to resort to what felt like a bit of an empty, rhetoric and platitude filled conclusion with no real solutions (Something I hate in other people's writing, but that is the reality of writing blogs and articles… there's no time for a full blown, iron clad political thesis.)
But, if you'll allow it, and if you care… and even in the likely event that you don't… I'll try and come up with some basic parameters as to what a futuristic, monetary system of credits would have to entail. And I fully encourage any input in the comments, as always. Don't criticize my ideas, show me that you've got better ones! It's the only way we'll move this confounded thing forward. (We totally won't.)
1. The Future Global Currency (Hereafter referred to as "Credits") will first and foremost need to have an adjustable Total Variable Amount (TVA), this is a whole-sum numerical value that is tied directly to population, energy, resources, economic activity, trade, etc. A constantly evaluated and updated algorithm will have to be developed and perpetually fine tuned by a serious team of dedicated, specialized mathematicians. Like the old system of the gold standard, this will keep a real, definitive salary cap on global economics. Unlike the gold standard, this will be based on several tangible factors and real, measurable, useful items rather than some piles of shiny rocks cut into rectangles.
2. As is already happening, all of this new system will be digital, and paper/coin money will be obsolete and phased out. The technology for this is already in place, and most people already use cards and digital online money over cash. Once we fully move in this direction it will simply be more incentive to strengthen the technology and enhance it. Right now it is still in the very early stages, but the basic idea is there with credit cards, online banking, etc.
3. Money lending, interest, and the practice of making money by playing with numbers, trading, and manipulating money must be eliminated. Sorry folks, but this concept is long overdue for a good, solid, tossing in the garbage bin marked 'primitive.' Credits should be earned, for work, trade, value and goods. Day trading, money lending, debt, interest, derivatives, precious metals, stock trading, put options, housing bubbles… time to put these cancerous activities to rest. Short, lucrative gains for a few, at the expense of the masses. It's not a moral or acceptable way to operate. It's the source of all of our problems. Get rid of it. No ifs, ands or buts.
4. There must be an incentive built into the new monetary system for innovation and advancement of the species. Personally, I would think that you would identify key areas of social and technological advancement that are either exempt from the constraints of the figures, or since we're making the new system up, it has to be built into the algorithm somehow that scientific advancement and improvement of social systems are of extremely high value and should be incentivized accordingly. Think this is utopian nonsense? Consider that in our current system the people who are the best at manipulating others, taking advantage of the most people and exploiting the most resources mindlessly and with no intelligent oversight are rewarded with the most money and it is wasted on personal luxury items. Wouldn't you much rather the smartest people who have proven to have the most positive benefits for the advancement of the species, and have proven themselves to produce positive results are rewarded and can be supported in pursuing more solutions and greater problems? Wouldn't rewarding groups that solve problems be better than rewarding groups that sell more potato chips or find cheaper sweatshop slaves to make cheaper shoes? Shouldn't doctors that selflessly travel the world be rewarded greater than those who perform plastic surgery on rich, stuck up socialites?
5. Here's a fun one. No More Taxes! That's right folks, get rid of 'em. Don't need them. No more parking tickets, no more fair hikes, tax raises, tax cuts, sales taxes, toll roads, toll bridges, toll booths, sin taxes, IRS, tax collectors… read my lips. No. More. Taxes. This is where we need to completely re-define our political system, and of course can't do that in just this little blog, but more or less it works like this. Rather than trying to 'collect revenue' by taxing, punishing and fining your civilians, you've got to have a microcosm of the Total Variable Amount and have a determined amount or percentage tied to Basic Social Structure (BSS) and then have room to allocate more resources for more advanced levels of social infrastructure should it be plausible, possible and a proven benefit. The key to all of this is that the infrastructure and the endeavors of the working class is born out of science; out of fact-based, peer reviewed engineering, not politics or revenue. The whole process of taxation is outdated and in need of a serious re-examination. As is the function of government.
6. Corporate Personhood… gone. Wall Street… gone. The largest issue with our current monetary structure is that the pursuit of profits has completely destroyed any relationship between common sense, morality, honesty and all of that shit Jesus used to talk about and our currency structure. If future humans are going to adapt and change our current trajectory, it can only be possible if individual rights, freedom and at the same time basic common decency can be made tantamount to the blind pursuit of profits. Numbers and graphs are not real, people are. The earth is. Resources are. Pretty basic stuff, but we've clearly proven that we're willing to ignore all of the above in favor of blind pursuit of profits for a few at the expense of the rest (and the planet).
Alright, as always, I'll probably update this later and add more detail and would love to hear your thoughts in the comments. One thing's for certain, our current system of money is fucked, and a lot of people's lives are being needlessly ruined because of it. Many are dying, many more will. Pure evil is being tolerated and accepted for the simple fact that people want to make a cheap, quick dollar at the expense of their fellow man. We all know the deal, and the sad reality is, it's pretty obvious that most people aren't going to acknowledge it and fight for something different, because they've been successfully scared into a state of apathy, fear and mental paralysis.
As always, I don't think this blog will change a thing, I don't think anything will change anything at this point. It's more just therapy for me. Therapy and a deep understanding that a lot of you are having the same thoughts, and know that we're headed for some pretty rough times… and a lot of you are already going through them, and looking for a better way. I don't profess to have any of the answers, nor to be an expert on anything. Just making my fingers hit some plastic keys and some letters pop up on this here computer screen.
And I'll keep doing it, because I think it's important, and I hope you'll do the same. Sharing thoughts has created all of the best things in this world. Keeping them inside has never accomplished anything, neither has stagnating and not trying to change things for the better… despite what so many will tell you to the contrary. (With no basis in fact, no precedence and no instance in history to support this outlook.)
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so, Quran said interest and trading with interest is a sin for a reason i guess..
Comment by asif | June 8, 2012 |
One question: Why does it have to be a global system?
What the euro should have demonstrated is that problems encountered in any number of countries are too diverse to have a single solution.
Trying to fix a complex series of problems with a single solution is an idea we've been dutifully infected with. The top-down approach does not work, because when it goes wrong, the only people in a position to do anything about it are the people who benefit from its wrongness. By that time the slime of society has figured out which organisation they need to infiltrate, and have already subverted its most basic principles to their benefit. They can do this because everyone else sleeps peacefully following the utmost assurance that the problem has been taken care of once and for all.
Take the NDAA and the TPP for examples. How do blatantly wrong things like this get passed/past? Because people have left the important decisions to others.
Until people take responsibility for their own lives, instead of finding ways to delegate responsibility to others, they will never know freedom.
Here's how you tell if a system like this is evil: Is it mandatory? The answer to that is the answer to the first. We are humans, we need land to live. If the only options to acquire what you need to live is to play along with some self-chosen authority or to die, you know what kind of world you live in.
Comment by Pstonie | June 18, 2012 |
With all nations running in the read, is there an alternative?
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I was curious if you ever thought of changing the page layout of
your site? Its very well written; I love what youve got to say.
But maybe you could a little more in the way of content so
people could connect with it better. Youve got an awful lot of text for only having
one or 2 images. Maybe you could space it out better?
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Polka Dot Blouse with a Bow
Added Apr 25, 2012
by jodieclark
Sydney, Australia
My latest sewing adventure was to make myself a top with a bow. I attempted to make this top following a vintage pattern but failed miserably. Instead I based it very very loosely on the Burdastyle Lydia top which has become my sloper/bodice pattern. I added darts, changed the neckline, flared the sleeves, added plackets as well as the bow before sewing on some buttons and voila!
Also blogged here
Material Notes
Cotton, of the polka dot variety
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Apr 29, 2012, 02.22 PMby icedcacti
I love this! I usually stay away from polka dots (even though I love them!) because they can look a little too whimsical/adorable, but your blouse is really flattering and classy.
Apr 26, 2012, 09.12 AMby naama
Apr 26, 2012, 01.34 AMby MaycieAfterFive
Apr 26, 2012, 12.18 AMby Meg Hardin
The bow collar is so in right now and you did a lovely job with it!! (: Keep on sewing.
Apr 25, 2012, 05.33 PMby step-van-b
I'm a polka dot addict ;-). Love your blouse.
Apr 25, 2012, 03.04 PMby purplehaze
thankyou! darts! as a novice that is something ive yet to do itll be a great lesson tho thanks fro your advice!
Apr 25, 2012, 09.32 AMby schnui
Beautiful!! Well done turning the Lydia into this lovely blouse.
Apr 25, 2012, 08.39 AMby purplehaze
this looks great! i have some light red and white polks dot fabric and wnat to do something similar using a similar pattern can i ask as ive only worked with stretch knits before is it easy to handle this fabric?
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Apr 25, 2012, 09.34 AMby jodieclark
I usually only sew with stretch knits and I forget how easy cotton is to handle it just slips under the needle with barely any guidance. I'd just suggest you follow a pattern that has bust darts and a bit of a roomy sleeve if you wanted to replicate this. The Lydia pattern I used is very far from the end result of what I've made. I used it simply because I know it so well and was pretty confident I could change it to what I needed. Good luck!
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Partly because my kids are getting older and the egg-hunt days are over and mostly because I feel such pressure to make use of things we already have at home, this year we dyed with food coloring instead of those PAAS tablets. Look at these beauties!
Food coloring
White vinegar
Drinking glasses
For each color, mix the following in a 6-oz glass:
1/2 c boiling water
1 t white vinegar
10 drops food coloring
My kids mixed a glass of each color. Then they dipped a hard-boiled egg into one color for at least a minute. They lifted the egg out to see if it reached the desired shade. If so, they moved the egg to another color. They originally intended to blend the colors. For example, dip in red and then dip in yellow to get orange. This worked for the orange but when Chloe tried to make purple, the blue and red made brown.
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Prenatal screening
SOGC Clinical Practice Guidelines – Prenatal Screening for Fetal Aneuploidy
Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies (Gabbe) – Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis
Williams Obstetrics: Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Therapy
- Screening: use of specific marker(s) to identify individuals in a population at highest risk for particular disorder
- Condition being screened for should be severe, and results of screening should affect our management of the pregnancy or the infant's care after birth
- An accurate diagnostic test for all individuals who screen positive must be in place, in addition to accessible intervention
- Markers must be maximally sensitive and specific (i.e. able to identify significant proportion of individuals with condition and minimal number of individuals without the condition)
- Prenatal non-invasive screening tests for Down syndrome, trisomy 18, and open neural tube defects (OTNDs) must be offered to all women for risk stratification prior to consideration of invasive diagnostic methods
- Women >40 years of age (at estimated date of delivery) can opt to undergo invasive diagnostic methods such as CVS and amniocentesis based on age alone, without prior screening (benefits > risks)
Screening: surveying the population to identify individuals at higher risk of having a certain condition
Diagnosis: determining whether an individual has a certain condition
|Applies to
|Risk of disease
|Diagnosis of disease
First trimester screening for aneuploidy
Screening in the first trimester involves: (i) ultrasound (nuchal translucency) and (ii) a group of serum biochemical markers called the first trimester screen (FTS).
- Nuchal translucency (NT): sonographic visualization of increased thickness of subcutaneous fluid behind the fetal neck above 95th percentile for fetal age; increased size of translucency from 11-14 weeks gestational age associated with increased risk of Down syndrome, as well as other trisomies, Turner syndrome, and congenital cardiac defects.
Taiwan J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Jun;49(2):133-8.
- Mechanism of NTrelates to:
- Abnormal collagen synthesis: trisomies 13, 18, 21, and Turner syndrome have altered formation of extracellular matrix proteins such as collagen, which results in increased NT.
- Defects in lymphatics formation: hypothesized to be central defect leading to both NT and cardiac defects. An underlying endothelial differentiation defect causes abnormal lymphatic vessel formation, which in turn leads to accumulation of fluid behind neck. Cardiovascular defects may also stem from this underlying endothelial defect.
- Mechanism of NTrelates to:
- FTS serum biochemical markers: pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) and free b-hCG
- Decreased PAPP-A and increased free b-hCG in patients carrying fetuses with Down syndrome
- Consideration of maternal age, nuchal translucency, and serum levels of PAPP-A and b-hCG detects 83% of cases of Down syndrome (with 5% false positive rate)
Second trimester screening for aneuploidy
Quad screen: Maternal serum alpha fetoprotein (AFP), unconjugated estriol (uE3), human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), dimeric inhibin-A (DIA) measured at 15-20 weeks gestation
- Detects 77% fetuses with Down syndrome with 5.2% false positive rate
|Down syndrome
|Other relations
|Alpha fetoprotein (AFP)
|Glycoprotein produced by yolk sac and subsequently by liver and gastrointestinal tract. It is the major protein constituent of fetal serum; its role is analogous to albumin in adult circulation. AFP is excreted by the kidneys to the amniotic fluid, and subsequently transfers to maternal serum by transplacental and transamniotic diffusion.
|Decreased: mechanism related to impaired renal excretion and impaired membrane/placental diffusion; not from decreased production of AFP.
Prenat Diagn. 1991 Aug;11(8):625-8.
|Increased in any body wall defect leads to leakage of AFP from fetus to amniotic fluid, which is reflected in maternal serum.
|Unconjugated estriol
|Synthesized from conversion of fetal hepatic substrates in placenta: fetal dihydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) originating from adrenal cortex undergoes hydroxylation in liver → converted to estriol in placenta → diffuses into maternal circulation
|Decreased: mechanism unclear but maybe due to immaturity of fetal adrenal cortex, fetal liver, or placenta
|Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG):
|Glycoprotein synthesized in trophoblast with primary role increasing progesterone production by corpus luteum
|Increased: hypothesized to involve abnormal development of lymphatic vessels resulting in obstructed lymphatic drainage → reduced hCG inhibitor factor transfer to fetal circulation and ultimately placenta → increased hCG production by trophoblast
|Inhibin A
|Synthesized in trophoblast, decidua, and fetal membranes during pregnancy; acts to inhibit FSH release from anterior pituitary
|Increased: hypothesized to originate from increased post-translational processing of inhibin α precursor protein to dimeric inhibin A in Down syndrome pregnancies
Ultrasound screening for gross structural anomalies
- Occurs at 18-20 weeks gestational age
- Aneuploidy (see Aneuploidy chapter) commonly associated with significant anatomical anomalies
- "Soft markers" on ultrasound in second trimester confer increased risk of chromosomal abnormalities, including nasal bone hypoplasia, brachycephaly, and clinodactyly
Screening for open neural tube defects
- Open neural tube defects: anencephaly, spina bifida, cephalocele, rare forms of spinal fusion anomalies
- Risk factors: family history, autosomal recessive syndromes (e.g. Joubert, Roberts syndromes), aneuploidy, maternal hyperglycemia, medications (e.g. valproic acid, carbamazepine)
- Maternal serum AFP at 15-20 weeks > 2.0 or 2.5 multiples of the median (MoM) of unaffected pregnancies associated with neural tube defects
- Specialized sonography (ultrasound) findings:
- "Lemon sign" (frontal bone scalloping) and "banana sign" (cerebellar bowing with cisterna magna effacement) associated with open spina bifida; seen in second trimester fetuses
- Visualization of spine in transverse and sagittal orientations typically sufficient to describe location and size of spinal defects
- Amniocentesis should be offered to all patients with positive screen, regardless of ultrasound findings
- Amniocentesis to analyze AFP and acetylcholinesterase (AchE): detection of AchE suggests open neural tube defect or other structural defects
Summary of first and second trimester screening options
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care – Ontario Prenatal Screening (website)
- Williams Obstetrics – Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Therapy
In Ontario, different screening modalities are offered before 14 weeks gestation (early prenatal screening) and after 14 weeks gestation (late prenatal screening) for Down syndrome, trisomy 18, and open neural tube defects.
Early Prenatal Screening Modalities (adapted from MOHLTC website)
|First trimester screening
|Integrated prenatal screening (IPS)
|Serum integrated prenatal screening (SIPS)
|Blood sample 1
|11-14 weeks
|11-14 weeks
|11-14 weeks
|Nuchal translucency ultrasound
|11-14 weeks
|11-14 weeks
|Blood sample 2
|15-20 weeks
|15-20 weeks
|Results available
|12-15 weeks
|16-20 weeks
|16-20 weeks
|Detection rate for Down syndrome (false positive rate)
|80-85% (3-9%)
|85-90% (2-4%)
|80-90% (2-7%)
|Diagnostic test if screen positive
|CVS at 13-15 weeks
|Amniocentesis at 15-22 weeks
|Amniocentesis at 15-22 weeks
Late Prenatal Screening Modalities (adapted from MOHLTC website)
|Triple screening
|Quadruple screening
|Blood sample
|15-20 weeks
|15-20 weeks
|Results available
|16-21 weeks
|16-21 weeks
|Detection rate (false positive rate)
|70% (7%)
|75-85% (5-10%)
|Diagnostic test if screen positive
|Amniocentesis at 15-22 weeks
|Amniocentesis at 15-22 weeks
Patients in Ontario can elect to pursue integrated prenatal screening or triple/quadruple screening independently (if prenatal screening is not elected to be done until after 14 weeks). In most centers, quadruple screening has replaced triple screening. Stepwise and contingent sequential screenings are not options available in Ontario.
Integrated prenatal screen (nondisclosure)
- Highest detection rate achieved if screening tests conducted in both first and second trimesters – first trimester results not disclosed until second trimester results available
- Nondisclosure approach increases detection rate by 5% in comparison to first trimester screen alone; however ethical concerns regarding delayed notification of first trimester results and thus increased maternal risk with delayed termination options
Stepwise sequential screening (disclosure)
- High risk cohort based on first trimester screening results offered invasive prenatal diagnostic investigations
- Moderate and low risk cohorts all receive second trimester screening
Contingent sequential screening (disclosure)
- Risk stratification based on first trimester screening results – high risk cohort (risk above 1/30) to undergo CVS; low risk cohort (less than 1/1500) does not receive further investigations; moderate risk cohort (risk between 1/1500 and 1/30) to undergo second trimester serum testing
- Most cost effective among 3 variations of screening schedules since approximately 85% of patients will not undergo second trimester screening
Prenatal diagnosis
SOGC Clinical Practice Guidelines – Canadian Guidelines for Prenatal Diagnosis: Genetic Indications for Prenatal Diagnosis
Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies (Gabbe)
Prenatal genetic diagnosis: involves an invasive procedure (amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, or fetal blood sampling) to conduct subsequent cell culture and chromosomal evaluation
Indications for offering invasive prenatal genetic diagnosis
- Results from first or second trimester maternal serum screening which suggest aneuploidy (see Prenatal screening above)
- All women with previous abortus, stillbirth, or livebirth with trisomy or other chromosomal abnormality (an exception is Turner syndrome)
- Woman or partner mosaic for chromosomal anomaly or has chromosomal rearrangement
- Parents who are carriers/affected individuals with X-linked disorders
- 2+ relatives with Down syndrome
- Exposure to therapeutic radiation in males: associated with numerical and structural abnormalities in sperm which persist many years after treatment
- Pregnancies conceived by intracytoplasmic sperm injection
- At-risk individuals for microdeletion/microduplication syndromes, such as DiGeorge (22q deletion), Beckwith-Wiedemann (11p duplication), Prader-Willi/Angelman (15q deletion) syndromes
- Abnormal sonographic findings
- Presence of major fetal anomalies: e.g. multiple congenital anomalies, neural tube defects, cystic hygroma, limb abnormalities, omphalocele, duodenal stenosis/atresia, significant ventriculomegaly, facial abnormalities; or in association with IUGR or variations in amniotic fluid volume
- Presence of minor fetal anomalies ("soft signs") during the second trimester associated with chromosomal abnormalities (see Prenatal screening above)
|Timing and overview
|Chorionic villus sampling (CVS)
|Fetal blood sampling (cordocentesis)


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About Tenco
Tenco is one of New Zealand's largest exporters of forest products. We have built to this position since 1991 when the company was set up to export lumber to growing Asian export markets. Experience and reputation count; from small beginnings Tenco has become the largest independent exporter of New Zealand lumber and New Zealand's 4th largest log exporter. Tenco has a regular shipping program of their own log vessels and in combination with these and other ships currently calls at 7 New Zealand ports (5 North Island and 2 South Island).
Tenco buys standing forests. Tenco currently has a number of forests which they purchased at harvestable age to log over a number of years for export and domestic markets. Tenco also regularly buys smaller tracts of forest to harvest immediately or immature forests to hold until harvest time. Tenco is interested in broadening the base of owners from whom it purchases forests and stands of trees. A deal with Tenco is a certain transaction. The owner and Tenco will agree on a value of the tree crop and then Tenco will pay this amount to the owner either in a lump sum amount or on rate per volume unit out-turn from the forest depending on the nature of the tree crop.
Tenco knows there are a lot of farmers who have trees that are close or ready to harvest and will be asking themselves how they should proceed with the sale of their trees. For some farmers the kind of certain transaction with money in the bank could well be appealing. Tenco is actively interested in buying harvestable forests or trees from areas including all the North Island (except the Gisborne and East Coast districts) and Nelson & Marlborough in the South Island .
If you own a forest in this area (16 years and older) and are ready to enter into this kind of agreement Tenco is interested to develop something with you.
Please contact: email@example.com
Work: +64 7 357 5356 Mobile: +64 21 921 595 www.tenco.co.nz
President's comment, February 2011
John Dermer , from New Zealand Tree Grower February 2011
Welcome to 2011, the International Year of Forests
If feral weather is an indicator of global warming then there has to be no doubt left that we are in a warming phase. What a spring we have had, and a summer we are having, with disastrous floods in Australia and Brazil, along with severe snow storms in Europe. In fairness to the unbelievers in climate change, the debate is really about mans role in it.
Are humans to blame for what is happening to our planet? I strongly suspect we have a part to play so have been watching the results of the climate change talks in Cancun with considerable interest. Can world politicians get their act together to form workable policies to control mans emission?
From reports I have read this is like climbing Mount Ngauruhoe. One step forward, most of one back. David Rhodes, CEO Forest Owners Association, attended and believes progress on forestry related issues, albeit small, has been made. New Zealand emits 0.2 per cent of global carbon so whatever reductions we manage are not going to change the world much. But our ETS puts forestry 'in a good space', so I was disappointed to read from the National Exotic Forest Description committee that we have only managed to plant 6,000 hectares of new forests in 2010.
The reasons for this are many I suspect, but the main one is probably lack of confidence in the Government's commitment to the ETS after 2012. After PM John Key and MPs Nick Smith and David Carter's assurances in October that the Government is committed to the ETS, I expect new plantings will accelerate. The shortage of seed for planting will become the limiting factor here.
Farmers and the ETS
There are many heavily indebted hill country farmers who should be looking closely at planting areas of their farms and trading the carbon sequestered, and a bank manager must be suitably impressed when he sees the MAF sequestration figures. I think the major problem to this happening is a total ignorance about trees amongst farmers. Carbon farming is a very new concept to many and we area conservative lot.
I firmly believe that farmers contemplating this move need to learn something about the crop they are planting, and we are the organisation with that information. Please encourage anyone you know who is considering this move to join us.
Branch news
Sadly I have to report the South Auckland branch has closed. The members have mostly chosen to join the Waikato branch.
National Environmental Standard
The formulation of this policy is still continuing in the series of meetings held by the Ministry for the Enviroment. We still have a seat at the table, ably filled by Ian Cairns who used to work for them. He tells me it is a hard slog but hopefully a policy, which simplifies the way local and territorial authorities administer the RMA without disadvantaging our members, will emerge.
Conference 2011
You will by now have all received a copy of the conference programme for this year's event in Masterton. I know that area well an can assure you we are going to see some great properties, along with interesting discussion and meetings, excellent dinners and above all, the chance to meet and catch up with fellow members. The cost of this year's event makes it very affordable so I look foward to a really good turnout.
Marketing special purposes timbers
Many members now have stands of these ready to harvest. Growing them has taken a long time but the problem of how to market the timber looms. Dean Satchell, along with other growers, is working hard on a plan to set up a specialty timber market place and is putting an application to the Sustainable Farming Fund to help with funds to facilitate this. It is early days yet but we will keep you informed of progress.(top)


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Service Times
Sunday Mornings
8:30 am Connect – a contemporary service in the Sanctuary
10:40 am Heritage – a traditional service in the Sanctuary
Our Mission
The mission of First United Methodist Church of Pryor Oklahoma is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.
We work to fulfill our mission by obeying the Greatest Commandments and the Great Commission.
The Greatest Commandment is: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all our mind and with all your strength," Mark 12:30. The second Greatest Commandment is, "Love your neighbor as yourself," Mark 12:31
The Great Commission is, "Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you, " Matthew 28:19-20
We pray that you will join us in loving God, loving others and making disciples for our Lord Jesus Christ.


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1944AD 1st June, Bletchley Park, England. The improved Colossus Mark 2 starts working in time for the Normandy Landings.
The Colossus was the world's first electronic digital computer that was at all programmable. It was designed by Tommy Flowers to solve a problem posed by a mathematician, Max Newman. In December 1943 the prototype, Colossus Mark 1, was shown to work. There were ten Colossus computers in use at the end of the second world war.
The computers were used by British code breakers, giving the Allies valuable intelligence, obtained from reading many encrypted high-level telegraphic messages between the German High Command and their army commands.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Colossus Mark 2
James Pegrum built the Colossus Mark 2:
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I'm a fan at heart for the old Star Wars movies, but the new ones, not so much. I was totally excited when I heard this current movie was coming out because the original characters were going to be in it—until I heard the rumor I just mentioned, then I got put off. L
Do you remember this commercial from 2012? I love it.
Anyway, if you saw the new Star Wars movie, I'd like to know what you thought.


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Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Liberty's Cake Decorating Party!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIBERTY!!!!!!ReplyDelete
What an amazing party you had! I really love how the cake turned out! All of the decorations that you made really turned out darling! It looks like everyone really had a wonderful time. I LOVE the cupcakes that everyone decorated. What an incredible idea for a 7th Birthday!! It will be memorable to all who came!
Hello Mercedes! I love Liberty's party!!!!!!! The theme and the activities were so unique. It's my first time to see a kiddie party where kids are tasked to play pretend in a bakery. The making of the cake in the actual birthday party is for the win! I love your ideas. I enjoyed looking at each picture.ReplyDelete
Please extend my birthday greetings to your dearest Liberty.
Happy Birthday Liberty!!ReplyDelete
I too, here in Israel, had a great time watching these beautiful birthday party through the lovely pictures. Liberty has grown up and is so pretty!!!
Hugs to Liberty and you
My dar you are a genis ! will you organize a party for me to ?ReplyDelete
Happy birthday to LIBERTY and hugs to you all Rosanna
"Happy Birthday Liberty!"ReplyDelete
What a great party, with your friends.
And all the beautiful decorations!
Mercedes, what is she grown, she seems more and more like you!
Love to see these beautiful pictures,
* marlies
Preciosas fotos, preciosa fiesta y sobre todo preciosa hija.ReplyDelete
Felicidades Liberty!
Happy birthday Liberty from Finland. Thanks for fabulous photoes.ReplyDelete
Happy birthday Liberty! What a fantastic party. And what an awesome mum you have too! I wish i could have a cake decorating party like yours and I am 27!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday Liberty.ReplyDelete
What a nice party you had.
Love from Rietje in Holland
que feliz cumpleaños!ReplyDelete
What a wonderful party! I would have loved to attend the party too, so great things to do and beautiful decorations.ReplyDelete
Your girl is so nice.
Happy Birthday Liberty!
que fiesta mas divertida y preciosa. se les ve que los niños lo pasaron genial.ReplyDelete
felicita a tu hija!!!!
The party was a big success! Liberty is beautiful! Congratulations!ReplyDelete
Wow Mercedes what a wonderful and very memorable party for Liberty!!ReplyDelete
It's like every little girl's dream party. I never had such a thing when I was little. What a imaginative a patient Mom you are. I can tell how much you love your Liberty and I know she knows how much too. What a beautiful girl she is :o)
Beautiful party for a beautiful young lady! Happy Birthday Liberty!ReplyDelete
Cumpleaños felíz, cumpleños felíz,ReplyDelete
te deseamos desde España, Liberty,
Muchos besitos de las Malu´s, estaís todos guapísimos,habeís hecho una fiesta estupenda y muy divertida y a tí Mercedes gracías por compartír este día tan bonito.
Oh my! What a delight! Happy Birthday Liberty.ReplyDelete
A darling idea for a party and I love the aprons.
Looks like everyone had fun :)
Happy Birthday Liberty !ReplyDelete
une très jolie décoration et des gâteaux qui semblent délicieux et très bien décorés eux aussi.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIBERTY!!ÜÜReplyDelete
What a wonderful party you had!
Birthday hug♥
how very awesome. you are the coolest mom ever!!! Happy belated Bday to Miss L :)ReplyDelete
A very cute birthday! Such an inspiration, it gave me ideas for my birthday party =)ReplyDelete
Hope you have passed a great time with your daughter xx♥
It looks like they all had lots of fun. Happy belated birthday wishes Liberty your such a pretty little girl too.ReplyDelete
Me encantó!!!! muchas felicidades a Libertad, se ve que lo pasaron muy bien.BesosReplyDelete
Happy Birthday Liberty! Mercedes, you have another calling - Party Planner!ReplyDelete
Quelle merveilleuse fête!!!!!ReplyDelete
remplie de couleurs magnifiques!!
Joyeux Anniversaire de France!!!
Happy birthday to Liberty!! Is a great, wonderful and sweet party, so original and funny! I would like to be 7 years old again to stay there! Thank you very much for sharing us photos about party... HugsReplyDelete
Happy Birthday!!!ReplyDelete
Happy birthday Liberty!!!ReplyDelete
What a lovely party you had.
Hugs, Monique
Happy Birthday! Alwasy such fun seeing what you and mom do. I love the party. What a great idea. I'd love to do one here - for me!ReplyDelete
OMG...I wish I turned 7 and you were my mom!!!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful, colourful birthday party. It is so unique. Liberty's birthday cake is just amazing. The children did such a great job of it. They must have had such fun. Your aprons are so beautiful and so is the decor and just everything. I could go on and on. You certainly know how to organize a great party, Mercedes! Liberty is one blessed little girl to have such a devoted mother!ReplyDelete
Happy birthday Liberty!!! and so nice cakes and so beautiful decorating on the big cake... I love it!!!! thanks to have shared with us those pictures! Doei, claudeReplyDelete
Hi Mercedes .... I loved looking at these pictures, everything from the invitations, aprons, treat bags is fantastic, your daughter is beautiful and it is lovely to see children enjoying themselves in a fun peaceful way ... very well done xReplyDelete
Wow! Where to start! It's all just so beautiful! Everyone looks like they had a wonderful time. Mercedes, you come up with such fantastic ideas. How are you not like on Martha Stewart status. You could give her some good competition....lol. Your ideas are so original, creative, pretty and fun! And......you know how to do it all on a budget, which of course, is what we all need. =D I just have to say that you look so pretty in that pic w/ Liberty.ReplyDelete
What a wonderful party you had!! Best Birthday wishes for you little girl! I want to be 7 years old too!!! :DReplyDelete
Everything looks gorgeous! From the garlands to the cupcakes it self! I am drooling here :)
Love it! You are a fantastic mom Mercedes!
Wow! Happy Birthday, Liberty!!!ReplyDelete
I also have so much enjoyed reading this blog and I could not stop grinning! Fantastic decorations and it is obvious, how much fun you all had! So, my little girl is going to be 3 in two weeks, she insists on celebrating with only two 6-year-old girls and until today I was wondering what I could do with them. Thank you so much, Mercedes, for this inspiration! Hugs, Sandra
Mercedes.... Just when I think you can't outdo yourself... You do. WOW! Liberty is one lucky little girl! I love everything from the aprons to the cake they decorated! How fun! Tell Miss Liberty I said Happy Belated Birthday! I can't believe she's already 7! And so beautiful! Your one lucky Momma!!ReplyDelete
Big hugs for everyone:)
Liberty is a lucky girl, it all looks so wonderful and it makes me hungry (LOL)ReplyDelete
xx Sylvia
**Happy birthday Liberty**ReplyDelete
Looks like you had the BEST birthday ever!! Such great photos and I LOVE all the decorations... they are just beautiful!
So glad you love the cup cake tea towel and I absolutely love that you used it for a game of "pin the cherry on the cupcake" very cool!
Lamina xxx
Happy birthday, sweet Liberty!!ReplyDelete
Darling party, Mercede -- I'm sure that all your hard work made lots of sweet memories for everyone!
Happy birthday!! What fun! I need a cupcake, are they gone??ReplyDelete
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIBERTY!ReplyDelete
Fantastic party and a great idea! Amazing!!!!
Will you be my mother?ReplyDelete
Seriously though, lovely party. Lots of great ideas. I was glad to see the boys enjoying themselves. I have two and I think they would love it!
Happy Birthday Liberty!
OMG Happy Happy Birthday Miss Liberty. I have been so out of touch lately and I'm so sorry for that. I will send something special soon. You are a beautiful 7 year old. Your Mommy sure knows how to throw a party. I so enjoyed every picture :) Those boys were so adorable decorating too. Big hugs! I miss you. ~ KimReplyDelete
Happy late birthday to Liberty :) What an amazing party - thank you for sharing the photos :)ReplyDelete
WISHING YOU EVERY HAPPINESS ON YOUR 7th BIRTHDAY, LIBERTY!ReplyDelete
Felicidades ¡vaya fiestuki!!!!. Un saludo, EvaReplyDelete
Happy birthday Liberty! :) :)ReplyDelete
Looks like you had the most wonderful party. I really have to remember the idea of a cake decorating party, I've never even heard of it! Guess we just don't have them here in Finland. You made such beautiful things, and the seven-year-old looks so beautiful, too! Love the missing teeth... :D :)
WOW! What a GORGEOUS party! I am going to show my daughter because she will love it too... you have inspired me to do something like it! Your decorations are just stunning! Beautiful photos too, I be you made your birthday girl very very happy! XReplyDelete
Just a very wonderful birthday party for Liberty.ReplyDelete
Both of you have done a great job!!1
The pictures are lovely and LIberty is agirl already, so pretty :)
I'm rather late popping by to leave a comment - obviously the birthday bash was a great success. Lots of clever planning on your part, what a fabulous theme and surely looks like they all had a wonderful time. Happy to see the cupcake tea towel commissioned in the name of party fun! :)ReplyDelete
Happy (very belated) birthday to Liberty!!ReplyDelete
I enjoyed the photos of her 7th birthday cupcake party sooo much! :-)
Big hugs for the both of you!
Another year already??? This must be my third birthday with Liberty!ReplyDelete
I love all your party posts, Merce. Being your kid must be like living in fairy land :). You make dreams come true for your child, Merce. A big pat on your back for yourself, please, Mummy Mercedes!


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Spiritual War Between Lucifer and Michael
The Unseen War
"And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him" (Revelation 12:7-9).
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Lucifer, the One Who Was Not the Light
"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!" (Isaiah 14:12).
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Satan, Who Turned the Truth and the World Upside Down
"O Lucifer…which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, "I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God…I will be like the Most High" (Isaiah 14:12-17).
The cause of Lucifer's corruption was the arrogance to compare himself with God. In short, he tried to take possession of a position that required God's permission to take. As it is written, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Genesis 1:1), the position and shape of the heaven and the earth and everything in between was decided according to the will of God, the Creator. But Lucifer tried to turn this truth upside down. He asserts the word "I," a word that challenges God most directly. And in the end, Lucifer contended with the truth that, "Without Him was not any thing made that was made" (John 1:3) and turned the world upside down with the root of evil, "I am able."
The Special Name that Defeated Satan
The name of Michael, the one who defeated Satan, means, "Who is like God?" In other words, "There is no one like God" or "Only God is able." His name testifies God's absolute sovereignty. Likewise, Jesus Christ, who is the only one to defeat Satan on Earth, testified that "I can of mine own self do nothing" (John 5:30), completely despising the word "I." In conclusion, the one and only power that can defeat Satan, the one who desired to be like God, is the unchanging truth that "There is no one like God."
The History of Light and Darkness
If you look in the Bible and the history of man, you can see the unending history between God, who is the Light, and Satan, the power of darkness that tried to be the light. Examples include the garment of leaves made by Adam and the tunic of skin made by God, Cain and Able, Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau. Also in history there are Judaism and the early church, Roman Catholicism and the Reformed Church, Orthodox and modern evangelism. Unfortunately it is modern evangelism based on humanism that dominates today's Christian world. This makes it difficult to find an orthodox evangelist who claims God's absolute sovereignty.
The Orthodox Evangelist of this Generation
"Although there were countless struggles in my life, the reason I was able to overcome each and every one of them was that I did not try to be in control...All things are achieved through God. There is absolutely nothing that I am able to do." (Pastor Ock Soo Park / Just as Peter, p. 168, 180)
Although Pastor Ock Soo Park faced countless struggles, he clearly testifies that it was through God that he was able to win, by denying himself and relying only upon God. In this board, we will illuminate the long history between the light and the darkness (especially on modern evangelism based on humanism and orthodox evangelism based on theocentrism) by focusing on the spiritual outlook and life of faith of orthodox evangelist, Pastor Ock Soo Park, who has lived his life relying only upon God. We hope that you, the reader, will also deny yourself and live a life of faith relying only upon God.


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Holly was a professional athlete and has been working in the fitness industry as a personal trainer for more than 10 years. As a former athlete herself, she found that her knowledge and experience does not address muscle imbalances occur through repetitive strain or faulty movement mechanics. A trial Pilates session changed her perceptive with traditional exercise models. She embarked on the journey to explore the unique Pilates concept and optimizing powerhouse (often referred as core stabilizer) with precise motions on extremities to enhance an effectiveness of muscles movement.
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I touched on something on Instagram the other day. I'm going to pop the post below and then just talk some more after…
I left the theatre on show day on the BIGGEST high! Then it all kinda went downhill from there in my personal life. Now, don't worry I'm not about to speak anymore about the break up itself because a) TMI and b) boooooooring ! You guys don't wanna be sat reading about that.
I spent a couple of days post show kinda letting loose and eating whatever I wanted without boundaries. Two days later, I was messaging my coach like- I'm done I just want to nail my reverse diet now ( given my eating disorder history- this was HUGE). Day one I NAILED, absolutely nailed it… then I continued to stick to the macros for the majority but then add treats in if I was out seeing friends or just fancied something else. No binges just extra treats here and there. Then a couple of days later after a stressful and anxiety fuelled few days the break up came and all of a sudden it was like a reverse diet never existed…
The food flood gates opened and I lost my drive, my motivation and control. Still no binges as such…. I was just constantly mindlessly eating allllll day because I could. Tubs of Ben and Jerry's, Family sharing chocolate bars gone in one, more chocolate bars. My sweet tooth knew no limits. I became someone I didn't want to be, I was setting all the wrong examples, I wasn't being a good role model to anyone coming out of a show or even to myself.
One of my best friends even messaged me after I put up an Instagram story and was like – "[…] When I'm listening to your videos your fight has gone. Find it get it back […]"
So that's what I'm doing. Prioritising myself, what makes me happy, who makes me happy and what is going to get me to where I want to be. As I'm writing this I'm actually sat at home by myself on a Saturday night waiting for the Asda delivery man to arrive with my reverse diet shopping. I've got two weeks until my next photoshoot and also two weeks until my team christmas get together. I want to nail these next two weeks and set myself up with a good foundation to build some more muscle before my next show. My shoot is a lifestyle shoot in a big house so I by no means need to be in a shredded condition; I just want to feel good you know?!
Here's to the next two weeks, taking one step at a time. Day by day, meal by meal just focusing on the bigger picture. It's all about getting my body and mind all back in tune with one another.
I'm not one for a sob story and I definitely won't be talking any more about this break up. I just had to be honest about how it REALLY affected my reverse out of my show. I wanted to be the person nailing my reverse diet, I was SO ready to nail my reverse diet and then the unexpected happened and it all got flipped upside down. I'm taking back control and I'm not allowing someone who isn't part of my life anymore live rent free inside my head and get in the way of me, my future and my goals.
Here's to celebrating ourselves. Doing what is best for us and always moving forward
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During the winter, obvious, being up north is absolutely miserable and people thought I was crazy when I told them I was running a half marathon in January. It's nearly impossible to train when the trail and track is icy or snowy and long distance runs are NO FUN on treadmills. Summers on the other had are AMAZING! I have loved every minute of my summer training runs. It's usually a nice 60 degree morning around 6am which is quite ideal. Houston on the other hand is quite opposite. "Winter" is nice, cozy running weather (let's just say I ran 5 miles last Christmas wearing shorts and a long sleeve shirt), but summer is MISERABLE. It is
There is no doubt that living in Pittsburgh and running around my neighborhood has been a huge influence on my 30 second/mile pace improvement this year. Those hills are practically mountainous! They give me a great glute, hamstring and quad workout that's for sure. I also have the option of running on the Montour Trail for long distances since it's generally flat terrain which is nice. Houston is flat. Hills in Houston are generally made of concrete and their sole purpose is to transport cars over top of other roads. Yes people, I'm speaking about over passes. Seriously though, that's it.
Though I had to pick up and move to Pittsburgh away from all my family and friends last January, I was fortunate enough to be able to keep my job and work from home. This has played a big part in my training habits. I am able to wake up in the morning, go for a run, come home and start working and I can take a shower later. I don't have to worry about waking up at 4:30 or 5am in order to run, shower, do my hair and beat rush hour traffic. Working from home has allowed me to skip less runs and workouts which is keeping me in great running shape. I was in Texas this week and since everyone managed to work me until every ounce of energy was gone, I missed a work out or two this week. It's easy to wake up and say that I'm going to work out when I get home...then I actually get home. Yuck.
Now onto Heat Exhaustion...this is a serious topic and I know that in the past I have been over heated a time or two and it is very dangerous. With these sweltering temperatures in Texas and people beginning to train for the Houston marathon (kind of), make sure you are aware of the signs that point to heat exhaustion.
- Symptoms include: profuse sweating, weakness, muscle cramps, dizziness, headaches, nausea and vomiting.
- As dehydration increases from the loss of body water, lightheadedness and fainting might occur.
- Heat exhaustion occurs when a person exercises and works in a hot environment and the body cannot cool itself adequately. This is why it really isn't safe to be running in these hot Texas evenings! It was 76 degrees at 6am and over 80 degrees by 7am. It was over 100 degrees after lunch and I saw people running on the trail around Rice! Not safe people!
- You can prevent heat exhaustion by working inside and avoiding strenuous activities over overly humid or hot days. Obviously some situations don't allow for you to always stay inside, but certain precautions should be taken. These can include frequent breaks taken in a cooler areas, adequate fluid intake, and slowing the pace of work to decrease heat generation within the body
|Source - learn more about Heat Exhaustion vs. Heat Stroke
I'm heading back to Pittsburgh tomorrow and will be back on track with my blogging schedule. I be sure to give a recap of my amazing time in Texas! Until next time...
With love and God bless,


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I've never understood the sentiment: Search is failing to create tactical (conversion to sale/action) and strategic (lifetime value of customer) value for most marketers. If done properly of course it should.
I think that most companies under-utilize their organic search potential, mainly in that they don't have a strategy for publishing enough unique content/articles on their sites frequently enough to drive more natural search.
Any company doing a ton of PPC search has to constantly be working to improve their conversion rates on their site/landing pages to maximize in a competitive market. Also, how the visitors are treated and whether the site is sufficiently "sticky" is a big factor…Reply
Jeff, hope you enjoyed flying high above Rio.
But yet again, I have to differ when it comes to your online interpretations:)
I just can't understand how you can argue that search is supposedly broken by saying that it's not delivering enough sales or leads to most marketers.
Well, it's not search's problem … it's marketers' problem.
I'm not going on any kind of research here, but even a quick glimpse of most search campaigns today shows that most are in fact focusing on actual business results and are doing at least some degree of direct marketing.Reply
Well it seems that neither of us wants to actually cite proof of our statements, Rok. That makes us both worthless blow-hard Gurus! 🙂 Actually, we agree — we don't differ. It IS marketers' problem and I state that clearly.
I'll challenge you a bit… to consider why I'm reading stats like these? These HURT!
75 percent of failing online ads are left in place.
The primary dimensions of assessment should be the quality of inbound Web site visitors as well as the quantity. However, because off-line marketing has almost no ability to micro-target, marketing's focus has primarily been on quantity. This historical tendency has carried over onto the Web and it is for this reason that many online marketing people show little interest in assessing the quality of the traffic they are generating.
Globally, marketers estimate that 55% of their entire marketing spend is failing to contribute to their top or bottom line. (Brand Strategy, 2008)
Has search helped improve that number? The answer is no. This number has increased over time.
Just 23 percent of CEOs report that marketing pros make a significant value contribution, compared with 61 percent for sales and 43 percent for customer service (Accenture).
That number is also shocking and what has search done for MOST brands, Rok? Very little if anything. YOUR brand is the exception and I'm confident that it's difficult for your direct marketing mind to fathom how wasteful all those brand-heads are out there — throwing money at search engines HOPING that they somehow create enough influence to someday, somewhere, somehow create results.
Marketers are given the gift of real-time access to customer's specific intent on an individual basis and the most they (most of us) can do with it is align their ad with the customer's intent — rather than capture that need state and put it into the classic 'sales funnel' which guys like you live and breathe.
In fact, they're so goofy (yes, goofy) that they'll go to great lengths to create wacko faux math (check THIS out http://budurl.com/pnc4 from one of the leading academic institutions in the world — Northwestern's Kellogg school). Why would marketers—in an interactive age—settle for secondary feedback on customer purchase intent or behavior? The entire notion of harvesting/mining the conversation database is rather backward—mass marketing influenced. Why are we even bothering with this approach? This approach — just like most brands' approach to search marketing — is ONE WAY—does not leverage the inherent interactivity of the Web.Reply


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It's hard to believe even typing this—we lost one of the best to ever step on a skateboard today. Dylan Rieder, whose flawless style, explosive power, and epic video parts influenced an entire generation and beyond, passed away today due to complications with Leukemia. Rest in peace, Dylan. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his friends and family in this unbelievably difficult time.
In lieu of sending flowers, Rieder's family has requested donations be made in Dylan Rieder's memory to Dr. Stephen Forman, an international expert in leukemia, lymphoma and bone marrow transplantation from the City of Hope Cancer Treatment Center.
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I am a sucker for lovely handwork- lace making, drawn work, shadow work, delicate embroidery, and if it is on a handkerchief, even better. (If words like "drawn work" are foreign and you didn't think people actually made lace, please read on!) This weekend, I stumbled upon a collection of lovely handkerchief- 32 to be exact. Obviously the previous owner like lovely handwork as much as I do.
Though I appreciate the effort, skill level, and delicacy of the pieces, I do not always know what to call the style of the work. Today's stash was an education. The handwork word of the day is Appenzell.
Appenzell handwork comes from the region at the base of the Alps in Switzerland. The pieces you see most often is handkerchiefs from the 18th and 19th centuries.
The hallmarks of the pieces are Swiss batiste linen base fabric with linen threads used in the drawn work. Typically there is drawn work around the parameter as well as drawn work patterns on the inside. Also you will find satin stitch embroidery and shadow work with a small piece, like a handkerchief, will have the fancy work on every corner. These handkerchiefs were designed to be used by a bride with the more elaborate pieces are tablecloths and napkins.


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Trace Cyrus Tweets About Cutting — Is It About Sister Miley?
Trace Cyrus recently tweeted about "girls who got some cuts at their wrists" – is he talking about his sister Miley?
Is Trace Cyrus violating his family's privacy? After he posted a pretty personal tweet, he's got us thinking he's spilling sister Miley's secrets!
On June 6, Trace Cyrus tweeted, "sending my love for girls who got some cuts at their wrists. Hope you find what you're looking for. I hope u find what you're looking for." The tweet is a quote from the Mac Miller song "Clarity."
Our experts told HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY that it looked like Miley had been cutting herself in some recent photos. Miley also has a song called "I Hope You Find It" with the lyrics, "And I hope you find it, what your looking for…"
Trace was also rumored to be dating Miley's friend Demi Lovato back in 2009. Demi admitted to cutting and went to rehab for cutting, drugs and an eating disorder in November 2010.
What do YOU think about this, HollywoodLifers?
–Dory Larrabee
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- Demi Lovato Reveals: I Still Cut Myself & Throw Up


text: Would you like to set Rocky Mountain as your default chapter?Yes No Thanks Local Leadership - Rocky Mountain Local Leadership - Rocky Mountain Print Our Corporate Walk Chair and Corporate Ambassadors are local professionals and volunteers who support the mission of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society through fundraising initiatives, expanding corporate partnerships and planning special events. They are the leaders and advocates for The Rocky Mountain Light The Night Walk. 2018 Rocky Mountain Corporate Walk Chair Chad Ochsner, RE/MAX Alliance Chad Ochsner is the current Employing Broker of RE/MAX Alliance and a proud second generation REALTOR. A Colorado native, Chad graduated from Arvada West High School and earned his Bachelor's degree in Real Estate from Baylor University in 1995. He obtained his real estate license in 1997 and prior to joining the family brokerage business, worked in the title industry, mortgage industry, and as a commercial broker in Summit County. Chad is a past director with the Colorado Association of Realtors, has served on the board of the REColorado (Denver MLS), the Denver Metro Association of Realtors, the Realtor.com Broker Advisory board, Trulia Broker Advisory board and past member of the Zillow Broker Advisory board. Chad is a joint venture mortgage partner with Stearns Lending - a co-owner of Home Mortgage Alliance. He and his father Chuck are partners in Alliance Insurance Services, are active in land development and owners of 2 assisted living facilities in Golden and Arvada. Chad represents RE/MAX Alliance throughout the year at various industry conferences and events often times offering up his experience and knowledge on a panel of his peers. He has been ranked on the Swaenpoel list of the most powerful people in Real Estate (2013- 2018), and one of the 100 most influential real estate executives by Real Estate Executive magazine. He received the RE/MAX mountain states Broker/Owner of the year award in 2005 and again in 2008. Chad is married to Becca Ochsner and they currently live in Lakewood with their two very cute young daughters. In 2013 Chad's father and business partner, Chuck, was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma. Like many families, after his father's diagnosis, Chad began learning and researching about the countless number of blood cancers that effect 1.2 million people in the U.S. Chad was connected to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in 2017 and immediately knew that it was the right decision to become involved with the Light The Night Walk. The Ochsner family feels like they are one of the lucky ones, and are happy to report that five years after Chuck's diagnosis, he remains healthy with no change in his symptoms. It was an easy decision for Chad to engage RE/MAX Alliance with Light The Night and he is dedicated to sharing the LLS mission with other corporations in the Denver Metro Area to fundraise for lifesaving cancer research. Chad's favorite quote about charity comes from Winston Churchill, "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." 2018 Rocky Mountain Corporate Ambassadors Mark Bishop, Terumo BCT Rachel Greathouse, Marketo Shane Henry, Enerplus Resources (USA) Corporation Debra Robinson, Centennial Revenue Management Mark McIntosh, Victory Productions


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Exciting times. I will be exhibiting new paintings- canvas and paper- at the Affordable Art Fair in Bristol September 18-20. I am part of the Royal West of England Academy (RWA) stand. And as one of their select Artist Network members, I will be attending to meet and greet and answer questions. Most popular question seems to be 'What is your artwork about?' I will ponder the many responses. My new website is up and I am very happy. www.lightcoloratmosphere.com
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A recent conversation had me thinking about what and who, whens' and hows' and wheres' as well, have
inspired me, had any sort of influence on my painting and how I conduct myself in the studio. My most
obvious and continual inspiration is my Prairie upbringing; endless sky on a vast plain.
So, I have just received word that one of my most recent paintings on paper 'When Night Changes' has been
selected by saatchiart.com to feature in their collection 'Inspired by Monet and Impressionism'. I am pleased.
I have been painting in the studio full on for the last few days, and have produced three paintings on paper which I will complete, document, maybe put them on-line, and tuck them away in a drawer until required. I am happy.
Last week I was perplexed, and feeling stupid. I was trying to read the agenda of an art conference I had been invited to attend. I got the gist of what was going to happen, but I was reluctant to drag out the thesaurus to make sure of all the words being used. I do know that every group, every profession has their own language and terms. And I realised that I was not a part of this particular group. And that is fine with me. I have been asked to give a talk about my artwork, and after much thinking and fretting, I will talk to them in my words. Probably without a projector. About what I paint, about how I paint, about why I paint. The process I use in the studio has become more complex. The paintings are multi-layered, simple and beautiful to me.
Inspiration to artists- whatever their discipline- is unique and personal. 'Dark as a pocket' were words put together by a writer friend. Those four words , removed from their context, have been going around in my head for the last few weeks. I do not know why but the are there, and I have learned not to question my intuition. They may inspire my painting, they may go away quietly one day. When I am in the studio, I listen to voices on the radio, I listen to music, and Dinah Washington from the Mercury Songbook fills me with smiles. I have just returned from a short holiday back to my native land refreshed and inspired; soaring skies, leaves of molten gold, air that zings. My inspiration comes from people, places, things, experiences- real and imagined. And when I face the blank canvas, I do not know what will be the end image. That not knowing and wanting to find out is why I paint.
Light and Enlightenment
I have spent the day bathed in light. I have described myself as 'an artist surrounding herself with the light and color I see around me'. And until yesterday, I worked in the studio at the mercy of brilliant sunshine on those good days, and totally inadequate strip lights when the glom and the rain set in. I saw the light so-to-speak at another's studio with their daylight bulbs, and knew I had to have them. Now, I can see the paint, the textures, the gloss and shine. And I will ignore the cobwebs in the previously shadowy corners; spiders don't bother me and I will leave them in peace.
Enlightenment came about in part because of Richard Diebenkorn. he wrote in his 'Notes to myself on beginning a painting' that #1- attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion.' I had become aware of a stability and sameness in my painting over the last while. What I completed was good and I was happy with them. But I was not thrilled, intrigued, delighted to see and want to know. There was no risk. The only thing I was certain about was the series of paintings on canvas and paper I had started 6 months ago- a suite I called Procession- was not going to work, and I painted over them. And the canvases where I spent time tipping them up and down and all around trying to figure out the'right' way up- those have been painted over. There were some really beautiful passages but they were like passing thoughts. I will remember them. Maybe they will turn up again. i am now ready to start something new. I don't know what. Or when. Or how. Or why. While I am waiting, I will turn on my lights and doodle and sketch and mix up new colors. And say Hi to the spiders.
Some news for my new blog
I am looking forward to this art auction, to meet other artists and mingle with the bidders and buyers.
'Runaway' 87cm w x 83cm h, acrylic paint and mixed media on canvas.
I wanted to capture that perfect summer day full of light and looking up to the great blue beyond.
I am delighted to announce that one of my pieces,'Runaway', has been accepted for Art4Macmillan, a prestigious art auction to be held at the offices of Michelmores Solicitors at Woodwater House, Pynes Hill, Exeter in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support on 17th October 2014. It is hoped that the event will raise in excess of £10,000 in this its first year and become a flagship event for the Charity.
The event will start with drinks and canapés being served during the viewing period from 6pm. At 7.30pm fifty lots will be auctioned by Daniel Goddard of Bearnes, Hampton & Littlewood auctioneers. My piece, which is lot number 35, is a glowing, golden rendering of summer. The painting is acrylic on canvas. Artists are being encouraged to attend the event and I am hoping to be there.
The full auction catalogue is available on the Michelmores website at www.michelmores.com/events and there are also details on the Art4Macmillan Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Art4Macmillan. Bids will be accepted by email prior to the auction. If you would like to attend the evening, or to find out more about the event, please contact Saskya Liney at email@example.com .


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Mishko and Dietrich, 9/04/2009
September 4, 2009
This Week in Disorganized America:
- Obama speechifies to schoolchildren
- Israeli apartheid okay with American Jews
- Mrs. Obama has 1.6 million dollars in aides?
- And much more…
September 4, 2009
This Week in Disorganized America:
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Nationwide Missing Links Bus Tour 2009:
Newsweek discovers that babies are racist!
You are absolutely right to stress the importance of "The Authoritarian Personality'
It is one of the most damaging books ever written from our (White) point of view.
I must have read this book five or six times over the years..
If people are trying to understand how just being 'white' has become a symptom of mental illness, then this book will tell them all they need to know about who, and what, is behind this sick 'critical' theory.
"The Authoritarian Personality" is one book in a series of five commissioned by The American Jewish Committee, and I would strongly recommend that they all be studied very closely indeed.
The volumes in question can be read at these links :
The Authoritarian Personality, Studies in Prejudice Series, Volume 1. http://www.ajcarchives.org/main.php?GroupingId=6490
Dynamics of Prejudice, Studies in Prejudice Series, Volume 2 http://www.ajcarchives.org/main.php?GroupingId=6500
Anti-Semitism and Emotional Disorder, Studies in Prejudice Series, Volume 3 http://www.ajcarchives.org/main.php?GroupingId=6510
Rehearsal For Destruction, Studies in Prejudice Series, Volume 4 http://www.ajcarchives.org/main.php?GroupingId=6520
Prophets of Deceit, Studies in Prejudice Series, Volume 5 http://www.ajcarchives.org/main.php?GroupingId=6530
These books are a one stop education in Jewish hatred and form a significant part of the blueprint for our destruction.
Please take the time to read them.
Hey guys.
You should mention Prothink's Missing Links Bus Tour on your website or show.
1.6 million in aides… no different than any other corrupt African dictatorship. The Obamas aren't acting any differently than Nelson and Winnie Mandela did in SA, and the results will be no different either.
Don't the jews have a toned down talmud out there for public consumption? Sort of like two sets of books? Isn't that one of their specialties?