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Is Crowfunding Right For Your Business?
Crowdfunding has taken the startup world by storm and has given business owners another choice at raising capital for their cash stricken business. Most start-ups are suitable for websites like Kickstarter or Indiegogo but some should be cautious! Outside investment can be hard and challenging but having an unsuccessful Crowdfund campaign could not only waste time and money, but also kill your drive. Ask yourself the questions below and find out whether your startup is ready to launch a Crowdfunding campaign to help reach your funding goal.
Is your concept innovative and exciting?
Crowdfunding is all about the journey for the backer! They watch you build your project every step of the way and each backer is willing to wait months to receive the finished reward. If they have seen your idea done before, that excitement for them is reduced significantly. Your goal is to educate them on your new concept and give them a reason to fund YOU. Only then, will they take a chance with you on this new and exciting idea. Adding features people have not seen and including extra benefits will dramatically help your campaign.
People love stuff they can touch, receive, and show off to others. Your campaign is off to a good start if your idea/concept is an actual tangible product that you will eventually have to ship. Many campaigns fail simply because people don’t want to wait 3 to 6 months to actually see the final version or watch it slowly built on the web.
What is the reason behind what you’re doing?
Backers want to support campaigns that have a real story behind them. They want to know the “why” you are doing this and “how” you got started. So give them what they want and make it easily understandable in your video. Let potential backers know the struggle that went along with making this dream a reality. They want to feel like they helped you overcome the obstacle that was stopping you from bringing your product/idea to life. Also make sure to let them know “who” you are and even “where” you are located just to help people feel a real connection with you.
Do you have social influence?
Leveraging your large personal network and knowing key influencers who are willing to promote your campaign, can dramatically increase the chances that your campaign is successful. Friends, family, co-workers, acquaintances, as well as followers on social media platforms give you an easy outlet to share your message. Don’t be afraid to reach out individually to people in your network and ask for them to donate. You have one chance to raise this money so be proud and don’t be shy!
Have you found the right Crowdfunding platform?
Before creating your campaign and coming up with a marketing plan, you should decide which platform you will be using.
Kickstarter receives the most exposure and has the biggest fan base but is also the hardest website to get your campaign approved on. There is a rigorous application process and they don’t allow certain industries or ideas. It is important to review their rules and regulations before considering using this platform.
Indiegogo allows anyone to start a campaign and attempt to raise money. They don’t have as strong of a following as Kickstarter, but this is the top website to use if you are not approved for Kickstarter. They also take a much smaller fee of your funding goal so take this into consideration.
Also look into other Crowdfunding websites like… Crowdfunder, Rockethub, Crowdrise, Fundable, and more.
Is your idea right for Crowdfunding?
Scroll through the Crowdfunding website you select, and see if your industry has similar projects that have been successfully funded. This will give you good examples to research so you can get ideas for your video, rewards, or description layout. You can even contact the creators for advice. One thing I have realized about Crowdfunding is that project creators love to help and share their wisdom.
Are you going at it alone, or do you have a team?
Crowdfunding is already very demanding, more so if you are a full-time student or busy with work, so it might help if you have a partner or two working on this with you. Dedicate a few hours each day to marketing your campaign throughout its duration. The real work comes before as you plan your marketing strategy and get organized for the launch. Another plus to having more team members is that you are able to reach out to different networks of family and friends!
Austin Glenn is the CEO and Co-Founder of Jamboo Headphones, a San Diego based company that was successfully funded on Kickstarter. He is also the Co-Founder of Campaigner Crowdfund Consultants at letscampaign.com! Feel free to contact me with any questions you have about Crowdfunding.


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UPDATE: Costello Engineering will hold a workshop for the residents of Pine Forest Subdivision to discuss drainage improvements. The workshop will be Tuesday, July 31st at 6:00pm in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 901 Avenue C.
Costello Engineering will hold a workshop for residents of the Pine Forest Subdivision to discuss drainage improvements. The workshop will be Thursday, June 14 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm in Council Chambers at City Hall, 901 Avenue C.

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Cherkasy oblast. Credit: Niels Ackerman, Lundi13/NECU, 2016.
The trip south from Kyiv to the villages of Cherkasy oblast takes several hours by bus over often bumpy roads, but I don’t mind — the idyllic countryside and expansive views of chernozem, the black soil that Ukraine is famous for, provides some respite from the concrete and hustle of the capital. Indeed, the country’s 30 million hectares of fertile and high-yielding soil is the reason why Ukraine is known as “the breadbasket of Europe”, and right now agriculture is booming.
The Maidan protests of 2014 ushered in an era of government reforms that have been a boon to agriculture, marked by a free trade agreement with the EU and a loan of $17 billion from the International Monetary Fund to support further reforms. The agricultural sector’s resilience is evidenced by the fact that, while most of the economy reeled after the Russian invasion of the Donbas region, this was the only sector to record growth in 2014. The World Bank has suggested that Ukraine offers a “big chance” to push for further deregulation and open up the country’s land resources to the agribusiness industry.
At present, a dozen or so large agribusiness holdings own a fifth of the country’s most fertile land. While a moratorium on land sales is in place to prevent further consolidation of agricultural ownership, pressure from corporations and international investors is likely to mean that the ban will be lifted.
This is why I travel so frequently to Cherkasy. People here have long made a living as smallholding farmers, but the intensification of large-scale agribusiness is threatening their very way of life.
One threat to Cherkasy oblast is the industrial poultry farms of Yuriy Kosiuk, the billionaire chief executive of Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP). MHP, the country’s largest agricultural conglomerate, enjoys more than a 50% share of Ukraine’s domestic market for poultry, and is the leading exporter of Ukrainian poultry products.
MHP has received more than half a billion euros worth of development investments for its expansion from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation and the European Investment Bank. This means that the company must adhere to the international standards established in within those respective bank policies. But instead the poultry producers association, together with other associations of agricultural producers, successfully lobbied president Petro Poroshenko to veto the new law on Environmental Impact Assessment, which had to be adopted by Ukraine in 2016 as part of conditions to the Association Agreement with the EU.
The company enjoys generous state subsidies and conditions, too. MHP has been among the VAT refund big beneficiaries until 2017, though due to conditions imposed by the IMF, the scheme switched to direct state subsidies. MHP will qualify for around one billion UAH (around $38m) out of four billion UAH for all agricultural producers. These conditions and privileges contradict Ukraine’s and the Cherkasy region’s agriculture and rural policies and development plans — where the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises is a claimed priority.
The support from international financiers and the state budget enables MHP’s aggressive plans for expansion throughout Ukraine. The plans for new poultry production facilities in Cherkasy oblast bring me here to support locals — they are fighting for their rights to a safe and clean environment, and a lifestyle based on small household farming. People have appealed to the company, to local and national authorities, to the President Poroshenko, but instead of dialogue and consultations they were faced with neglect, intimidation and retaliation.
The relationship between MHP’s subsidiary Peremoha Nova and the community in Chyhyryn, however, has not always been so confrontational. When the company first arrived in Chyhyryn in 2015, local attitudes towards MHP were neutral. The project MHP proposed for Chyhyryn focused on expanding its parent poultry flock facilities, including brigades for 100,000 adult chickens, three brigades for 110,000 young repair chickens, and one brigade for roosters. The project would bring about one million chickens in total to the area.
Credit: Niels Ackerman, Lundi13/NECU, 2016.
But due, in part, to the way in which the project was first communicated to the community, Chyhyryn residents grew weary of MHP. The company initially received tacit co-operation from the village council chairwoman to negotiate individually with landowners without community level consultations. The company secured lease contracts for a period of 49 years — essentially to circumvent the federal moratorium on any further land sales — to receive the land necessary for its expansion. The lease period and the payments made up front to the landowners essentially amounted to selling local lands to MHP, thus dividing the community between people who cashed in through the settlements and people in favour of remaining in control of their livelihoods.
The public meetings and discussions about the expansion that MHP was obliged to organised were plagued with controversy. Attempts to prevent community members from freely participating and the physical attacks on others who tried to enter consultations happened in several locations.
When the company released a preliminary environmental assessment for consultation in late 2016, there was substantiated feedback from the community not to continue with the project. For its part, MHP seemed to have little interest in what residents had to say — it didn’t bother to collect the feedback left at the administration offices for more than a month afterwards.
The failure of MHP to engage communities in meaningful consultations has been a concern to its international financiers. In May 2016, the EBRD published a monitoring assessment summary report that concluded that “additional effort needs to be made with regards to appropriate information disclosure, transparency of information and also ensuring grievances are responded to and managed appropriately, including any grievances which are not formally submitted using the company’s Grievance Form”. At that time, the bank made recommendations for improvement of MHP’s performance with regards to transparent and meaningful stakeholder engagement and consultation. A year later, real progress is hard to detect, so this time around the IFC has hired consultants to help the company deal with stakeholder engagement.
In spite of the lack of feedback on the environmental assessment, the MHP expansion plans pose a number of problems for the residents of Chyhyryn. A sanitary protection zone has not been established in accordance with Ukrainian law, meaning that people could still be located within areas exposed to excessive levels of pollution from poultry facilities. Nor does the assessment make clear the potential impacts on potable water in Chyhyryn. The amounts of wastewater that will need purification and treatment is another area which the assessment fails to cover. In addition, there is still a lack of clarity about how emissions from the brigades will be attended to, so air pollution should cause concern for locals.
As of today, local farmers rented the lands on which MHP (Peremoha Nova) relies on. There is a threat that the arrival of a big player with long-term contracts of 49 years for land leases will have a negative impact on competition between businesses and will lead to economic displacement of small farmers from these lands.
While the future of MHP’s expansion in Chyhyryn remains in limbo, another community in Cherkasy oblast provides a cautionary tale. Before MHP pursued its plans in Chyhyryn, the company had tried for several years to expand its operations in the village of Moshny, 100km northwest of Chyhyryn. But residents there put up a fierce resistance and are now in frequent contact with those in Chyhyryn to support their struggles.
In November 2014, the managing director of Peremoga Nova, a subsidiary of MHP, informed the Moshny village council that it planned to build 144 poultry rearing houses at the edge of the village.
What happened next in Moshny has echoes with the situation in Chyhyryn. While the managing director of MHP assured villagers that the expansion project would not proceed without broad community support, the company began making secret deals with residents to lease their lands so that construction could move ahead. Ultimately, this approach was unsuccessful and over the next few months, instances of harassment, threats and pressures to lease lands continued. Concerns about the environmental impacts also share a number of similarities to the Chyhyryn project, including issues related to the protection of drinking water and the assurance of a sanitary zone around the facilities.
One of the leading figures of resistance in Moshny is Kateryna Onopriienko, who has been a frequent traveller to Chyhyryn and supporter of their movement. She has been a frequent target of harassment and intimidation. As a former member of the local rayon council, Onopriienko suffered attacks on her integrity — for instance, when leaflets were distributed designed to discredit her in the eyes of the community.
If there is a silver lining in MHP’s push into Cherkasy, it is the possibility for interaction between communities like Chyhyryh and Moshny and the promise it holds for strengthening their struggles through solidarity. To be an activist like Kateryna Onopriienko, you don’t just need to be brave. You need to understand the specific dynamics of rural living and the pressures you’re likely to face, including physical assaults and beatings. What this means is that people involved in the resistance to MHP provide support in a variety of ways to their counterparts.
Activists in Chyhyryn and Moshny regularly communicate by phone, attend joint protest rallies at state administration buildings or local councils and share knowledge about the most effective methods of appealing their case to decision-makers and MHP officials alike. Through continued support via trainings and campaign tactics, the villagers have been empowered to continue their fight against Ukraine’s largest agricultural conglomerate.
But people in Cherkasy aren’t only engaged in resistance, they are also looking for alternatives. Tourism can play a key role in the the development of these rural areas, so that people learn to value their lands as an asset to build on in the long term. This would also help defeat some of the short-termism offered by the mirage of employment at the industrial poultry facilities (where the process automatisation reaches 85%) or the quick cashout of a one-time payment for land.
I will continue to visit and support the communities in Cherkasy. In the future, I hope these visits will be for the development of their own, self-determined initiatives.

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


text: Dr. Partal is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. His special interest is Preventive Care. Dr. Partal sees adult patients in our Middleburg Heights (Southwest) & Westlake offices.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


text: All of JORI’s metal components are finished with top-quality lacquers that provide protection and create that look of luxury for every piece of furniture. You can choose from a range of 6 stylish shades of lacquer. From classic black to chic bronze.

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I recently got a shipment, or “chipment” as Popchips peeps call it (heehee), of 4 of the flavors of Popchips to try for free for a review. The 4 flavors I got in the mail were Barbeque, Sour Cream and Onion, Original, and Cheddar. These chips are NOT baked and NOT fried…they are popped! This allows them to still have a good amount of flavor, without being greasy and high in fat. Here is what they look like fresh out of the bag(s). From top left to right to bottom left to right is Barbeque, Cheddar, Sour Cream & Onion, and Original.
Which to try first… I’m not a chip girl, I would choose popcorn over chips (usually bc of the fat content), but I DO like BBQ and Sour Cream & Onion chips the best. So it was a toss up…which to try first!?
I ended up trying the Barbecue first, seeing as the bag was super vibrant in a red/pinkish color, and was my favorite. The chip was full of flavor, hickory, a little spicy, a little sweet. It had a great crunch to it, but wasn’t “airy”, and had some body to it (so not crunchy like a rice cake!). It had just the right amount of salt on it as well for optimal flavor.
Next up, the Cheddar chips. These had a really yummy cheddar cheese flavor. A tad bit salty, but it went very well with the cheesy flavor. It reminded me almost of the crunchy Cheetos, a nice bold cheddar taste, little bit of salt, and an excellent crunch.
Lastly, good ol’ Original. A nice crunch, mildly salty, and tastes basically like a standard potato chip would, minus the greasy fingers and mouth feel.
Overall, I like these! The nutritional facts are at the bottom for the Barbecue chips, but they are all roughly the same per serving. Cheddar and Barbeque were definitely my favorites from the bold flavors, that didn’t leave me “missing” traditional chips. I think the Original ones would be good paired with a sandwich, or ON a sandwich for some crunch!
Popchips is offering ONE lucky winner a 3-month supply of Popchips!!! That includes 3, 24- count boxes of chips!! 1 winner, US only, NO PO Boxes.
AND… PLEASE leave a comment telling me what is your favorite flavor of chips to enter.
Giveaway will close February 18th, 12 pm.

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The Mansfield District Leisure Trust is seeking new trustees to lead and develop the Trust's work in partnership with Mansfield District Council in the promotion of healthy lifestyles and the provision and management of the Council's leisure facilities.
New trustees will have a passion for sport and recreation and ideally experience in management and leadership roles. A commercial and financial background are of particular interest with strengths in marketing, strategy planning , technology or education being of relevance also.
The Trust meets between 8 to 10 times per year with its partners Mansfield District Council and SERCO the managing agents. Meetings take place on midweek afternoons in the Council's leisure outlets.
If you are interested please contact the Chairman of the Trust, Geoff Waller on 07790332518 for an application form or for further information on the duties and responsibilities of trustees to the Trust.

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EXCLUSIVE: Actor and comedian Joel McHale has signed with UTA and Anonymous Content for representation. Previously with WME, McHale is perhaps best known for starring as Jeff Winger for six seasons on the NBC/Yahoo comedy Community and spent twelve seasons as the host of E!’s satirical series The Soup. Most recently, he toplined CBS’s short-lived sitcom The Great Indoors.
McHale will next be seen in the Netflix biopic A Futile & Stupid Gesture, portraying former Community co-star Chevy Chase, and in Sam Levinson’s upcoming thriller Assassination Nation.
Other credits include A Merry Friggin’ Christmas, where he played Robin Williams’ son, the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced supernatural thriller Deliver Us From Evil, Warner Bros’ rom-com Blended, and Seth MacFarlane’s blockbuster comedy Ted.

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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Alloy Wheel Repair Penrhiwceiber Mid Glamorgan: If your car has alloy wheels which have started to look cracked or gashed, it is now time to contact your nearest Penrhiwceiber alloy wheel repair company. These days, lots of cars are fitted with alloy wheels, and even though they definitely give a stunning look to your car, they can also regrettably be prone to damage and discolourations. Keeping your wheels in tip top shape is critical if you are to keep your car looking fantastic whilst driving around Penrhiwceiber, so routine servicing is suggested.
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If you want to have a bash at improving the alloy wheels yourself, you will discover several videos on You Tube and other video sites, that will guide you through some of the procedures, with plenty of tricks and tips that you may try out on your alloys. It's outside of the range of this blog post to get into all the aspects of how to accomplish this (maybe the topic for my next website!). If they were my alloy wheels I would have them done properly. You are able to purchase alloy wheel repair kits in the event you choose to attempt the repairs yourself and they are readily available from suppliers like Halfords, Planet Polish, E-Tech, HBC, Eurocarparts, Scratch Doctor, U-Pol, Isopon and on many sites online.
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Carlson, Lyndsey (2017) Separation and Reunification of Looked after Children with their birth families in the United Kingdom. Doctoral thesis, Staffordshire University & Keele University.
The aim of this thesis is to provide an understanding of separation and reunification of looked after children with their birth families following a period of local authority care. Children are taken into care for a variety of reasons and at different rates across the country. In March 2016, there were 70,440 looked after children in England which represents 60 children per 10,000 of the population. As the majority of looked after children are placed in foster care they are often separated from their birth families, including siblings. By placing children in care local authorities aim to protect children from further harm and the goal is often reunification with families wherever possible. However, evidence from reunification studies suggests that this may be the least successful permanence option. A review of the literature regarding reunification of looked after children with their birth families in the UK was conducted and eight articles were identified, critically appraised and synthesised. Two analytic themes centred on lack of guidance and risks associated with return. The majority of looked after children who returned home experienced failed returns and re-entered local authority care. This review highlighted the lack of research exploring children’s perspectives on their experience of being in care. In response to this gap in the literature, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used to explore the experience of looked after children placed in care who had siblings who remained in the family home. This analysis resulted in the following themes: self-concept, family dynamics and survival strategies. These findings are important for understanding the impact of separation on individuals and their relationships with others. The themes are considered in relation to psychological theory, implications and directions for future research are discussed. A reflective commentary described the experience of completing this thesis with emphasis on attachment theory.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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Have you encountered a problem with a OR5 file? Don’t you know which program opens a file with this extension? You will find all the information you need about working with a OR5 file here. In the further part of this page we have added a list of programs that should open your OR5 file. It is enough you choose a proper application for your operating system, download and install it.
Absolutely most often appearing reason that prevents you from opening the OR5 file is the lack of a proper application to support it in your operating system. It is notably the first thing you need to address. When one of the programs to support a OR5 file from the list is already installed, you can try to rerun the file. The system should display a message asking you to choose a primary application to support OR5 files. At this point we are looking for disk space where the application was installed in and we can link it with a OR5 file. Since then, our operating system will use the selected program to support all OR5 files.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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A rendering of Wabi House.
Food trends seem to be about three (or 10, sometimes) years late in making their way to Dallas from the East and West coasts. Even as the scene here has accelerated in recent years, we've lagged behind other cities in terms of offering a wide range of cuisines and flavors. Now, though, it seems as if things are changing, and that can only mean one delicious thing: ramen.
Ramen has been one of the country's hottest foods for several years now, inspired by the pork-heaven bowls created by David Chang at Momofuku, among other chefs. Now, we're all happy to plunk down $13 for a bowl of slippery noodles, char siu, and tonkatsu broth. There are a few great places to find ramen in Dallas, including Hakata Ramen and Monkey King, and now a new Lower Greenville eatery will cater to the city's most discerning noodle-slurpers.
Wabi House, an izakaya-style ramen house, will open in one of the city's trendiest food neighborhoods later this spring. The idea was borne from chef Dien Nguyen, of Texas-based Pirhana Killer Sushi. Pirhana Killer Sushi has locations in Flower Mound, Arlington, and Fort Worth, but Wabi House will be the chef's first Dallas-based restaurant.
CultureMap reports that Nguyen traveled to some of North America's hottest ramen cities, including Toronto and San Francisco, to perfect his recipes for noodles and broth. Wabi House will take over the space occupied by former tenant World Piece Cafe, an exceedingly weird eatery that closed its doors a few years ago.
The addition of Wabi House is yet another encouraging sign of Lower Greenville's culinary growth. The old Lower Greenville was sort of bland and boring -- anchored by Terilli's, Dodie's, and Greenville Bar and Grill. All were solid restaurants for the most part, but didn't offer much in terms of innovative cuisine. Now, though, there are tons of global flavors, like Shiva's Indian Cuisine and C'Viche, making Wabi House a comfortable fit.
No word yet on when exactly this new ramen hotspot will open, but you have to wonder if it will be before or after Chef Teiichi Sakurai's highly-anticipated Ten opens at Sylvan Thirty. People are already pining for Teach's tiny noodle bar, but that shouldn't hurt a more accessible restaurant with plenty of seating.
If we could make one plea to the owners of the forthcoming Wabi House, it would be to stay open late. Like, really late. Maybe until 3 a.m.. Dallas needs more diverse options for drunk food, and ramen might be one of the best.


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I used to think that WalMart was a cheap inexpensive source for my lipstick by Love My Lips. Not anymore is it under a $1. It is now just over a $1. I have never been extremely cheap, but when you ad a little over a dollar to your final bill at the checkout. It adds up. When you are on a tight budget, because I can't get cable signal without digital now, or the box which I could not afford. My family insisted on keeping TV, as we don't utilize the library for viewing movies for free, but drunken people show up for the movies too. You know the ones that smell and reek of beer. I for one don't want my youngest exposed to that sort of situation that I don't want to explain to her. Those same smelly people are also loud. The libriarian says it is public place. Yea the woman is probably a slush too. Well as we don't utilize the library anymore that is good. We get a high bill for the cable TV which cuts into my income for our family. We went with my income as our family income, as my hubby is totally disabled now, and I get more money per month cause I have been on disability longer, so makeup in the budget is expensive, and our family has all girl children. My poor hubby is the only male now. We had a foster son, but he had too many problems that we tried to fix, but could not. The agency thought the boy would be better as an only child, so he went to another family. But back to makeup. It is a necessity in our house. My girls all want it to attract boys, as some of the girls in our home are in high school. The younger ones are only allowed clear lip gloss for now. A cheap source for makeup and beauty I found is the dollar store aka Dollar Tree, and The Family Dollar store in our area. Other source On-line there is a lot of cheap, and chic sources for all ages. E.L.F. is one at elf.com. I even found Avon to be a cheap source. Mary Kay is not cheap, but if you can afford it... It is an adventure to find cheap sources for beauty that doesn't only include makeup, but skin care too. This economy is so tough on small business people. I prefer to give business to them instead of places like JCPenny's, Macy's, and Bloomingdale's. I find dollar makeup is just as good. Even skin care too. They both work just as good as Estee Lauder, Clinique, and Merle Norman. Try the dollar store or Avon for cheap sources. My family does and we love it, so you will love it too. I can almost guarentee it. Minus those who are allergic to non name brand makeup and skin care. Well happy hunting for cheap sources. I have been so busy this year.

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do you consider yourself a newbie, "getting there" or seasoned player?
wait till you have 2 7 offsuit then call them and donk um lol.
then use stack to what??
place them on your Christmas card list because sooner or later they will come bearing u a gift.
It depends on where you are at that piont in the game...If I am one or two away from the money ( freeds) then I will fold my premium hand in hopes that someone else will call and take them out putting me closer or maybe even into the money.

industry_corpus2: Gaming


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"How to Fix a Broken Digivice"
BanchoLeomon: "Now! Strike your Digivices! Use the D.N.A. Charge!"
Yoshi: "But...all of our Digivices are broken."
Thomas & Yoshi: "The Digivice!"
BanchoLeomon: "This is the Digivice Burst. Your Digivices took in your emotions and taught themselves how to digivolve. Your D.N.A. Charge will now work."
—BanchoLeomon teaches the Data Squad the Fonzie Technique for Electronics Repair.
Rosemon also has the part of her digivolution where she shows off her booty cut in the American Dub.


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In order to successfully meet the needs of a programme/project, it is important to have a high performing Project Team comprising individuals who are both technically skilled and motivated to contribute to the project outcome. One of the many responsibilities of a Manager is to enhance the ability of each Team member to contribute to the activities, while also fostering individual growth and accomplishment. At the same time, each individual must be encouraged to share ideas and work with others toward a common goal.
This report will give to your manager the information she needs in order to ensure that the team has Adequate skills and knowledge, Works efficiently and Establishes a Healthy communication climate, (thereby fulfilling the basic requirements for a projectised and employee empowering organization).
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He closes his eyes and slumbers, as I lay, eyes wide open. My heart beats as one with his, as my hand gently runs through his auburn hair. I smile at him, I sense that he feels it with his soul. My tears fall upon a wounded soul, a heart so full of love, but oh so empty.
I quietly pray for him, His health, his mind, his worn out body, years being beaten, emotionally and physically.
His hard to love, yet he is everything to me. His love is unconditional for me, no matter the weather it doesn’t alter. Me, I have a gypsies heart, at the first sight of hurt, my cart is drawn and my heart becomes guarded, shall I travel that road again?
For the deeper the love, the deeper the pain. I close my eyes and regain consciousness. Reality now takes over, as darkness gives way to a new day. I hear his voice, ” I love you baby ” as he kisses me good morning. I roll over to his side, my face pressed against his pillow. I breathe him in and one more time, I know I’m going to be alright.
Sometimes the empty shadows are the hardest for me to handle. My mind wanders, as he slumbers.

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Woodall Nicholson » WN Group Intervention Helps to Save Scarborough Jobs!
WN Group Intervention Helps to Save Scarborough Jobs!
On 14/07/2014, the Woodall Nicholson Group, based in Westhoughton, Bolton UK, acquired the intellectual property and manufacturing assets of the former Bluebird Vehicles Limited.
The deal will witness the Orion and Tucana low floor buses being brought into Woodall Nicholson’s Mellor bus business which manufactures a range of accessible bus and van conversions in its Rochdale factory.
It is understood that the deal will assist in saving jobs in Scarborough as it enables Bluebird Engineering Solutions to concentrate its resources upon its growing subcontract bus manufacturing facility.
“We are very proud to add the Bluebird range of buses to our automotive portfolio. The acquisition will generate more jobs in the North West and further strengthen the Mellor range of market leading accessible vehicles”.
Staff from Mellor Coachcraft will be in contact with Bluebird suppliers and customers in due course to provide them with further information and key contacts to enable a smooth transition and minimum impact on production.
This deal will underpin the growth and success of the Mellor business which has gone from strength to strength since the financially strong Woodall Nicholson was acquired by new investors in July 2013.


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Give your baby the right start in life.
Sleep is vital for your baby's and toddler's growth and development.
Babies ideally need 14-15 hours per day, however most infants only get about 12 hrs. They will typically have 3 naps per day until 6 months of age, then dropping down to 2 naps. While toddlers need up to 14 hrs, they typically get 10.
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Durable KIOTI front end loaders feature a heavy lift capacity and greater lift height, so you can tackle any job with confidence. KIOTI KL130 loaders and larger are equipped with a skid steer compatible quick-attach mounting system that makes bucket attachment smooth and effortless.
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Mahuta Tool is a full service manufacturer and supplier of CNC machining, tooling, fixtures, dies, assemblies, metal stamping and trim dies. We are a registered ISO 9001:2015 company committed to providing high quality machined parts at a fair price.
Our online CNC machining services allow us to provide fast, free quotes and online ordering. Getting quality, precision machined components is as easy as uploading your design file. We accept part drawings in several digital formats, including SolidWorks, AutoCAD, STEP, .pdf, and .dxf.
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text: Leilani Münter is a biology graduate turned professional race car driver and environmental activist. Discovery’s Planet Green named Leilani the #1 Eco Athlete in the world. She is a recipient of ELLE Magazine’s 2012 Genius Award and Sports Illustrated named her one of the top ten female race car drivers in the world. Leilani races in the ARCA Series, a development league of NASCAR. She is the fourth woman in history to race in the Indy Pro Series, the development league of IndyCar. She has 9 top fives and 19 top ten finishes in 50 starts. Since 2007, Leilani has been adopting an acre of rainforest for every race she runs. She uses her race car to spread environmental awareness among 75 million race fans in the US.

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Tensions eased and streets cleared early Friday in Ferguson, Missouri, after another night of tension and arrests.
Emotions spiked following a late-night appearance by Police Chief Thomas Jackson to address the crowd and take questions from protesters.
Earlier in the day, he apologized for his department’s actions after Michael Brown’s shooting but pledged not to resign.
Dramatically wading into the crowd, Jackson apologized again.
But not everyone was anxious to hear from him.
“If you are not resigning tonight, go home,” one man said on a bullhorn.
It was shortly after Jackson agreed to walk and talk with the demonstrators that a scuffle broke out a short distance behind the chief, and officers moved in to make arrests. There was no indication that Jackson was directly threatened, but he was quickly escorted inside the Police Department building.
For several hours, police officers stood shoulder-to-shoulder in front of the Police Department with protesters a short distance away — some milling about and others chanting.
In a CNN interview, Jackson addressed his rationale for staying on the job and not resigning.
“This is mine, and I’m taking ownership of it,” he told CNN.
Jackson acknowledged that he’s heard calls for his ouster.
By ‘this,” he means taking a leadership role in a police department and a community that is still marred by discord and distrust of authorities — especially among those in its large African-American community — since the August 9 shooting. Brown was an 18-year-old black teenager killed by Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson, who is white.
Despite demands by protesters, Wilson has not been charged in this case, though a grand jury is hearing evidence that could lead to an indictment.
The shooting also stirred complaints of widespread racial profiling in Ferguson, which Jackson rejected Thursday.
Jackson’s interview with CNN came Thursday afternoon, shortly after the release of his video apology to Brown’s parents and the peaceful demonstrators who took to Ferguson’s streets to protest Brown’s death.
In that video, the chief expressed regret that it took investigating officers four hours to remove Brown’s body from the street after he was shot dead.
“I’m truly sorry for the loss of your son. I’m also sorry that it took so long to remove Michael from the street,” he said in his video statement.
“Please know that the investigating officers meant no disrespect to the Brown family, to the African-American community or the people (in the neighborhood where Brown was shot). They were simply trying to do their jobs,” Jackson said.
He said he’s been wanting to apologize for “the time it took to remove Michael from the scene,” and he feels better now that he’s done it.
“This is something that’s just been weighing on me. It’s something that needed to be said. It should’ve been said a long time ago,” he told CNN.
Jackson singled out the peaceful protesters in his video.
“The right of the people to peacefully assemble is what the police are here to protect. If anyone who was peacefully exercising that right is upset and angry, I feel responsible and I’m sorry,” he said.
He also acknowledged that the incident has sparked a larger conversation about societal issues, and he expressed interest in being part of the discussion.
“Overnight I went from being a small-town police chief to being part of a conversation about racism, equality and the role of policing in that conversation. As chief of police, I want to be part of that conversation. I also want to be part of the solution,” he said.
“For any mistakes I’ve made, I take full responsibility. It’s an honor to serve the city of Ferguson and the people who live there. I look forward to working with you in the future to solve our problems, and once again, I deeply apologize to the Brown family,” he said.
Afterward, some Ferguson residents who’d criticized police and backed the Browns expressed satisfaction with the apology, saying it needed to be said.
Others described it as too little too late, or at least called it useless unless Jackson’s words are backed up by actions to change things in Ferguson.
The St. Louis suburb of 21,000 people was cast into the national spotlight when protests erupted after Wilson shot Brown.
The demonstrations quickly devolved into looting, vandalism and violence but eventually calmed. Ferguson erupted again this week after one of three Brown memorials at the site of the shooting burned.
While many peaceful protesters took to the street Tuesday night, violent elements within the demonstration stoked chaos, attacking police with guns, rocks and bottles and vandalizing and looting businesses, Missouri Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson said. One person threw a Molotov cocktail at a parking structure, and there was an attempt to set a gasoline fire at a custard shop, he said.
Two officers were injured, one of whom was struck by a rock below the eye, Johnson said.
While Johnson promised that police would protect public safety as well as the freedoms of speech and expression, he warned that police would have no choice but to respond to any violent actions.
In recent days, the City Council has taken up measures to reform court procedures and the way the city handles certain fines.
The City Council is also considering a citizen review board that would work with the Police Department.
Thought he was shot in the back ? the autopsy reveiled otherwise , so much for the eyewitness account .

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AAnyone who works within a Central Service or Sterile Processing Department (Active) or has an allied connection with the department (Associate) can become a member of IAHCSMM. Individuals do not have to be certified to enjoy all of the benefits of membership.
Q When are renewals due?
AAll membership and certification renewals are due before the expiration date on your membership card. You can also access your expiration date by viewing your Account Profile, located on the IAHCSMM website. Please note: Due to high volume, renewals for membership and certifications may take up to 14 days. We highly recommend submitting your payment and point submissions early to avoid any delays in the processing of your membership/certification renewal.


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The median home value in Maple Shade, NJ is $136,300. This is lower than the county median home value of $209,400. The national median home value is $185,800. The average price of homes sold in Maple Shade, NJ is $136,300. Approximately 43.61% of Maple Shade homes are owned, compared to 45% rented, while 11.39% are vacant. Maple Shade real estate listings include condos, townhomes, and single family homes for sale. Commercial properties are also available. If you see a property you're interested in, contact a Maple Shade real estate agent to arrange a tour today! Learn more about Maple Shade Real Estate.
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If you are under 25 years of age and have previously been in the care of Torbay Council (‘looked after’), we may be able to reduce the amount of council tax you have to pay by awarding a discretionary council tax discount.
The amount of care leaver discount awarded is calculated after all other discounts, reliefs and exemptions that you are entitled to, have been applied.
You don’t need to apply for this discount, we will be notified of care leavers that have been ‘looked after’ by Torbay Council and will automatically award any discount due.

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She doesn’t want them watching her. She has secrets. Secrets that could spell the end of her. She’s tried everything to insure her privacy. She has instructed her crew to plant the tall grass. Maybe this will deter them and their prying eyes.
They want to destroy her. They are jealous of her. All the people buzzing around her door. All wanting a piece of her. She won’t have it any longer. The tall grass will make her home look uninhabited, run down.
Why does she have to go to these lengths? She knows who the prisoner will be – herself.
Thanks to Rochelle and Friday Fictioneers and to Ronda del Boccia for the photo prompt.
Yes prisoner of her own suspicious mind. Nice plot.
Hmm, this was intriguing. I wonder what her secrets are!
A prison of her own making? Or she did something she really, really shouldn’t have.
Nicely done Rosemary, I had a similar theme of isolation.
That reads like a wry reflection on celebrity…nice story, Rosemary.
Sounded like she might have a bit of paranoia or be hearing voices. Or perhaps she is just a spy, with good reason to be concerned about assassination. Either way, intriguing!
I’m thinking her secrets are very dark. Great story.
You’ve got us all wondering! Intersting.
Poor woman, I wonder what she’s hiding? Or maybe she’s delusional or agoraphobic, who knows. This is exactly why I love writing this and reading these wonderful stories.
A clear word portrait of a troubled soul.
Inquiring minds want to know what these secrets are or if they even exist. Great story.


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On older controller harnesses the power wire was black with an inline fuse.
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The Slik Stik is just a switch, it does not have or need a ground to work.
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The back of an oil painting is often the most overlooked aspect of the artwork. When a painting is hanging in place, the back is out of sight and often out of mind.
But what if there was a hidden history on the back of the painting, that needed to be preserved?
The back of a painting is a treasure trove of art history, provenance, oddities, and previous signs of restoration. It holds the answers to key questions we have about the artwork.
Although this area is often overlooked, it is by no means least important.
For artwork to be comprehensively stable and for this history to be preserved, it is crucial that the back of the painting is considered and cared for.
Some recent oil paintings that have been treated in the studio have highlighted the importance of continued maintenance.
The accumulation of dirt, dust and grime, while a painting has been hanging can be substantial.
It is particularly evident where the stretcher bars provide the most support to the canvas, such as in the horizontal stripe below.
As we previously mentioned, for the painting to be wholly stable, it is important to care for the back.
The majority of galleries will label the pictures they buy and sell, including details of previous galleries and owners and the date purchased. This can be a fantastic resource for provenance and learning more about the painting’s past. Exhibition labels are interesting to look out for if a painting has been previously submitted to a significant show. As well as providing details into the provenance of the piece, it can also add to a work’s value.
If the painting has previously passed through auction houses, there will likely be marks on the back. Sotheby’s have used yellow chalk marks and Christie’s have used a variety since the 19th century. This is further invaluable insight into the past owners and provenance of a piece, and can provide a solid starting point for delving further it’s history.
Inscriptions on the back of a painting can be important stepping stones to understanding crucial details, such as the artists’ name, title and location of the work.
The back of a painting is unique to the front, with regard to signs of previous restoration. You can see in the back of a painting whether it has previously been relined or undergone tear repair. If previous restoration has happened, continued maintenance will need to be carried out to ensure this retains its stability.
Cleaning the back of the canvas is a process that should be carried out by a trained conservator.
To properly clean the back, the painting will need to be removed from its stretcher bars. It is important that the canvas is inspected along the edges to check the condition and document any areas of concern. The stretcher bars should also be assessed to confirm that they are still suitable and will provide the relevant level of support to the painting.
Once this initial assessment has been carried out, the canvas should then be flattened with conservation weights.
A combination of using a museum vac and chemical sponge provides an effective clean to remove substantial swathes of dirt and grime. This will take off heavy layers of contaminants without affecting the canvas. If the painting has delicate labels and chalk marks, they will not be affected by this method of cleaning.
By ensuring that your painting is well cared for and maintained, you can preserve your artwork and it’s important history, for the future.


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Like in English, Spanish adverbs provide us with details about how, when and where the action described in the sentence takes place. They can modify the meaning of a single word - be it a verb, adjective or noun - or even an entire sentence.
Spanish Adverbs ending in "-mente"
Spanish Adverbs not ending in "-mente"
We are eating hamburgers today.
We are going on a trip tomorrow.
There are several types of adverbs, all of which help us to understand in greater detail the circumstances of an action or process- the how, the when, the where adn much more.
Sentences don't need adverbs to be correct, but put it this way: it's both more interesting and more informative to hear "The cat pounced unexpectedly" than simply "The cat pounced."
Se besan cariñosamente. They kiss each other lovingly.
El perro corre rápidamente The dog runs quickly.
Conduce mal. She drives badly.
Leo lentamente. I read slowly.
Mi novio me llama mucho. My boyfriend calls me a lot.
Está muy feliz. He is very happy.
Es bastante guapo. He is quite handsome.
Es más inteligente. She is more intelligent.
Anda demasiado rápido. He walks too fast.
Personalmente, prefiero ir al cine. Personally, I prefer to go to the movies.
Quizás quiera ir a cenar. Perhaps he wants to go out to dinner.
Evidentemente te quiere. She obviously loves you.
Mañana iremos a la playa. Tomorrow we are going to the beach.
Te llamo más tarde. I will call you later.
Fuimos al cine ayer. We went to the movies yesterday.
Ya me lo dijo. He already told me.
No usa ordenadores nunca. She never uses computers.
Suelo cenar pronto. I tend to eat dinner early.
Mi habitación está arriba. My room is upstairs.
Te veré allí. I will see you there.
Vive lejos de mí. He lives far from me.
Estoy enfrente de tu casa. I am in front of your house.
Está dentro de la caja. It's inside the box.


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Darwell Area Conservation Society is a new organization that is in the process of formation. A number of people have come together who share a love of this area and a desire to understand it better, and ensure that its beauty is conserved and passed on to future generations.
Everywhere man is trashing the planet, and we believe that by coming together to protect our local area, we can be part of a wider movement to reverse this trend. Some people may say nimby; others take the view that if we all looked after our own backyards, the world would be a much better place.
To celebrate the diversity of our local natural environment, the architectural quality of our buildings and the historic and archaeological significance of the locality.
To work, when appropriate, with the Parish Councils and other organizations to protect the area around the Darwell Valley.
To support and, whenever possible, participate in local conservation activities.
To consider local planning applications for any development within the area.
Planning policy discourages unnecessary and inappropriate development within the rural areas of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, restricting the outward expansion of our villages and encouraging careful design and appropriate use of materials for both new buildings and extensions and for alterations to existing buildings within the village envelopes, so that they fit in with their settings. Village growth should be modest in scale, well-designed, and should include affordable hsing so that the health of our villages can be maintained by retaining a balance population. Most importantly, the Society keeps a watching brief on all proposed developments that might affect our area.
The society will use its funds to further these aims and objectives, and will raise money towards this through fund-raising activities that also help to generate a sense of community.
There is an annual subscription and we also accept donations as we rely on members’ generosity where both cash and practical help are concerned. We produce a quarterly newsletter and email alerts for members.
If you would like to raise any local conservation matters please leave a comment below.
If you would like to join the Society please sign up here.


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We wonder sometimes about the things that we are going through, why we’re suffering with some things, some people, some issues and I heard God say that we will keep suffering with it, until His glory comes through.
How we go through things, whether or not we have the right attitude, if we are complaining, if we are allowing ourselves to learn something, if we are changing; how we grow through it determines how long we will go through it. And if we are not growing through it, God is not getting any glory and we will find ourselves continuing in it, until He does.
Some things we are going through repeatedly, over and over… oh, it may stop, but just when we thought it was over, it picks up again and it’s because we have not allowed God to be glorified in that thing. And the only reason we thought it was over, is because God extended His hand of mercy and gave us some relief. But it will not be done, and you will continue to repeat it until God is glorified.
God says we were made for His glory. We were made to give Him glory. “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).
And until and unless we do what we were created to do, give God glory, God will not be finished with us, and neither will our suffering.
Just before Jesus went on the road to the cross knowing the suffering He was about to go through, He had a conversation with His disciples and He prayed this, “Now my soul is deeply troubled. Should I pray, ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But this is the very reason I came! Father, bring glory to your name.” (John 12:27-28). He knew what His purpose was, to bring glory to His Father, to bring glory to God through His suffering and the only way that He could do that was to grow whatever was on the Father’s agenda for Him. And suffering was a norm for Him, because the Scripture then says this, ‘Then a voice spoke from heaven, saying, “I have already brought glory to my name, and I will do so again.” ‘ So Jesus suffered before, God was glorified and God was saying and I will be glorified again through Your suffering.
God is not finished with you until His glory is revealed. Until His glory can be seen as the song says.
Until that circumstance or that situation or that person stops getting on your last nerve, you will remain where you are, going through. Until you learn how to act like you know, instead of reacting because of who you are, you will remain where you are, going through. Until someone comes to know God as their Provider, you will remain where you are. Until God’s glory is revealed to someone as Lord, as Savior, as Friend, as Redeemer, as Comforter, as a Shield, as a Hiding Place, you will remain where you are.
Yes life can be hard sometimes. Suffering is not easy. For anyone. But what we must suffer in no way compares to what Jesus suffered. And the Scripture says if you suffer with Him, you shall be glorified with Him. If you suffer with Him you shall also reign with Him. And that the sufferings of this present time are not even worthy enough to be compared to the glory that shall be revealed in us. HIS GLORY SHALL BE SEEN!!!
When someone sees what you are going through and how hard it is, but you still manage to lift up your hands (and your head) and bless the Lord, God has been glorified. When someone hears you say, though He slay me, yet will I trust Him, and walk in it, God has been glorified. When someone sees you suffer for the sake of the Kingdom, and yet turn the other cheek for someone to mistreat you again, God has been glorified. Every time you walk in agreement with the Word as a living witness to the goodness and the realness of God, God is glorified. And His glory has been revealed.
For the glory of the Lord is soon to come.
And you shall come out as pure gold.
God is real, let His glory be revealed in you.


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Lots of young people ask me how I’ve managed to stay intimate with the Lord through the years. I often say is the grace of God. However, embedded in the grace of God are principles for staying connected and growing a deeper, richer and fuller relationship with God. It is those principles that I’ll like to share with you today.
First, I will need us to understand the concept of intimacy with God. Religious activities and philanthropy are not proofs/guarantee of intimacy. They definitely can be outflow of intimacy but are never in themselves (alone) proofs of intimacy.
· Allegiance to each other: God stands for you and you stand for Him in every situation.
· Oneness in mind: You think God’s thoughts and willingly surrender your opinions when yours seem not to align with His for whatever reason.
· Bliss: Yes some kind of inexplicable joy that seems to live permanently in your heart in every season.
This is beginning to look like a marriage between a man and a woman right?
In a performance based world as ours, it is easy to slip into a realm of operations where one thinks he/she has to outperform others in other to be noticed by God. God already knows you- past, present and possible future actions. Therefore, He is not impressed when we sign up to serve in 5 departments/ministries in church just because we want him to see us. Even before Zachaeus went up the sychamore tree, Jesus already knew he (Zachaeus) was there. Jesus already knew He was going to dine at Zachaeus’table. Jesus didn’t go to Zachaeus’ house because Zachaeus went up the tree (Luke 19).
Following the Lord with a sincere heart encapsulates the genuinety of the human soul, in that we turn to GOD as our ONLY and LAST RESORT IN ALL THINGS. It entails seeking the Lord not for what His hands give but first for who HE IS!
This means you will prefer and love him enough to stay with Him when you feel disappointed or when your hope seem dashed against the cold rocks of life.
Would you open up to a friend who is there in “good weather”only? Neither would God. People who come to Him for the good moments only would never experience the satisfaction that true intimacy with Him gives.
A disciple is one who learns from a leader, who takes instructions and adapts to the convictions and lifestyle of his leader. One of the requirements of being a true disciple of Christ is death to self.
Earlier I said oneness/sameness is a component of intimacy with God. This oneness is brewed into maturitiy in a discipleship relationship that requires that we make daily decisions to give up our comforts, opinions, ambitions as often as situations present.
In what areas are you holding back on self? Give it up consistenly as embrace a new dimension of intimacy with the Lord.
Some people think to fear God is to not chew gum in church, walk sanctimoniously when entering a church building, kneel down one thousand times at the mention of the name Jesus in a song.
In as much as these things are okay if they help our minds concentrate during a service, they are not proofs of fear of the Lord. To fear God is to genuinely care about and prioritise his opinion, his feeling, his standard in every aspect of our lives.
Who do you think about when you're faced with decisions? Yourself, a significant other or the Lord?
Earlier I mentioned that transparency was one of the components of intimacy with God. When God sees that you genuinely care about (Fear) HIM, He will let you into deeper things about Himself, the kingdom and the others.
Do you really care about Him?
I pray that the Love of Christ bursts through every opposition to the nature of God in you and that you consistently commit to growing in oneness with Him, until you truly be aligned in his will in every aspect of your life in JESUS NAME, AMEN!!!
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David Axelrod is a genuine idiot.
“I find it cool to be an Obama supporter. Having sat with him for two years is the White House and watched him — watching him work through some very difficult things with a lot of intelligence and grace, equilibrium. I, I have great admiration for him,” Obama’s chief campaign strategist told CNN.
“The people who were participating in the campaign in 2008 weren’t involved n some sort of cult of personality. It wasn’t just about Barack Obama, it was the country and they cared deeply about this country,” Axelrod said in his answer a question about how to make Obama “cool” again.


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*Recently, someone advocated the dissolution of the federal government of the United States, insisting that the states could manage themselves. It also suggested that the federal government has usurped power and taken away the rights of states. Let’s consider a few things.
There is no doubt that the federal government has become what Jefferson didn’t want, and that was a tyrannical central government, much akin to the monarchies and aristocracies of Europe. Unfortunately, I will accede that this has been the case, and I have never denied what my constitutional law professor claimed, that almost every decision by the Supreme Court has gone the way of the federal government.
When in doubt, the federal government always wins, for the most part. The most egregious ruling was Gonzales v. Raich, which ruled that growing marijuana in one’s backyard for medical use was a federal issue. Sandra Day O’Connor bravely stated that it was not, but hers was the dissenting opinion.
*What if He didn’t exist? At all. What if long ago, visiting ETs decided that the easiest way to keep these creatures (us) complacent was to chisel out some stony rules and promise a heaven and a hell, much like a kindergarten teacher promises stickers for good behavior and time out for bad behavior? Sure – it’s crazy. But just for a minute, what if?
What if the bible is not the ‘word of God’ as it is so flippantly called while held up and venerated? What if you discover that it is a collection of stories jotted down by the fallible and earthly predecessors of Aesop and the Brothers Grimm, later bastardized and edited and tilted to meet the selfish needs of a corrupt church hierarchy?
*Over the weekend, Friday Harbor-based, Center for Whale Research, reported a missing Southern Resident orca, L92, presumed to be dead. That brings the critically endangered Southern Resident Salish Sea population down to 75, the lowest since 1984. It’s yet another man-made fiasco.
Allow me to remind you that we are amidst the human-driven Sixth Mass Extinction. It’s accelerating 1,000 to 10,000 times faster than the five other mass extinctions. This looting of Nature has collided with the horrendous man-made persistent organic pollutants and 300 zettajoules of fossil fuel ocean heat driving the climate crisis.
*I recently read on a website a hiring manager who discarded the application of any applicant who had less than a 3.0 grade point average (GPA). This manager was quite proud of this fact. So let’s take a look at some of the critical qualifications of hiring and compare some of the good points and bad points. Included are some other characteristics that might on the surface demonstrate great qualities, but there might be some other considerations.
This reminds me of a person that I spoke with once who had a particular motorcycle that had a great reputation as a race bike. The person who had owned this motorcycle said that it was a great bike, but if you weren’t a very experienced rider, it was a nightmare, because it only performed well at very high speeds, and if you weren’t capable of holding the throttle wide open and slamming it around, it would torture you. The bike was essentially a production model of the bike that had won the world championship the year before. If you were world champion class rider, it was good for you; if you weren’t a world champion rider, it would punish you.
*Despite our planetary climate emergency, the first and third largest economies on the globe are moving at the speed of light to extract and burn all available fossil fuels. The consequences are hideous.
China’s One Belt One Road, a 21st century Silk Road, is linking 71 countries with rapid rail-lines and new supertanker ports. China is spending $1 trillion on its infrastructure to add an additional $2.5 trillion to its 11 trillion GDP thereby narrowing the gap on the European Union, the second largest economy.
This week was particularly challenging. A number of separate reports are stark wake-up calls on the acceleration of the climate crisis and its collision with the hideous Sixth Mass Extinction.
My colleagues proposed that we add a Category 6, or, sustained winds above 190 miles per hour, to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Increased combustion of subsidized fossil fuels is adding mega zettajoules of heat into the oceans. This heat is driving Nature’s fiercest storms, hurricanes and cyclones, to greater intensities. It is also slowing them down by 10 percent, causing more destruction.
*Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani was the president and Chief Operating Officer (CEO) of a company named Theranos for seven years. The founder of Theranos was Elizabeth Holmes, whose life goal was to be a Silicon Valley billionaire. The unfolding of the story is rather sad, a story whose path was not unlike the fictional character Gordon Gekko’s “greed is good” theme. Theranos’s business concept was a great idea, and should a company such as one like Theranos actually work, it would change a lot of how we view medicine, but the concept and reality never actualized.
Professor. Just the word elicits respect, and respect is something we don’t have or show a lot of in 2018 America. We call physicians ‘doc’, coaches, bosses, aunts and uncles by their first names, and almost everyone else ‘dude’ … except for politicians and lawyers. But even the most confident of us wants to impress when dining or conversing with a professor.
Teacher doesn’t have the same shine, does it?
Teachers seem more human, more approachable, and generally speaking are not shown the type of respect college professors enjoy.
*As it was once said, “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” Bitcoin has been joined by 1,450 digital coin offerings. I have never been happy with the term “coin” since we associate coins with metal objects we can hold in our hands, except for maybe the island of Yap that has stone coins.
I think they attempt to assuage people by using the term “coin” so that the chumps who invest in them really think that there is, somewhere, something that they can put in their pocket and stroll down to the local drug store and by a soda.
Bitcoin closed Friday May 18, 2018 at $8,487.61, in case you’re interested. Tulips were once very valuable, too (look that up in your history books).
Let me say I have no animosity for those who invest in Bitcoin. If you make a fortune, good for you, and make sure and thank the Winklevoss twins, who dreamed up Facebook and any other moneymaking investment that might have a sketchy, hard to nail down origin.
I think they slept through their ethics classes at Harvard; the only thing they learned was “once you have it, no one really cares how you got it” which was certainly true of I.G. Farben along with the International Bank of Settlements during the 1940s, or Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.


text: Circlet drilled blank, round base, brass ox, antique brass, brass, drilled base, US made. Measures 27mm. Brass base plated in a brass ox finish. Sold by piece.


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It is often necessary to pass contextual arguments to the pipeline on top of the data returned by the pipeline. This is possible by using a table with at least 2 keys, named "args" and "data".
When the last function of the pipeline chain is called, only the value of data is returned.


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In 2016, independent Swiss watchmaker Armin Strom introduced the Mirror Force Resonance, which features a mechanical movement that operates with a true resonance system. Armin Strom’s in-house team designed the movement based on the phenomenon called “resonance” which increases precision and reduces energy usage by connecting two regulators via a clutch spring. When two objects with a similar natural resonant frequency feel the vibrations of the other, they absorb the energy from the other and both eventually start to vibrate at the same frequency.
Today Armin Strom launches the Masterpiece 1 Dual Time Resonance, a more complicated timepiece built on the same patented technology they created for the original Resonance watch.
Each of the sides of the movement has its own crown with separate winding, two power barrels, and a regulating assortment (balance wheel, balance spring, and escapement). The balance wheels counter-oscillate at 3.5Hz (25,200 vph) and wedded by a patented Resonance Clutch spring, just like on the original Mirrored Force Resonance.
Unlike the original, this watch requires a lot more power because its effectively two independent watches (sharing one mainplate), which is quite different from the original Mirrored Force, and explains why there are now four mainspring power barrels as opposed to two.
The Resonance Clutch Spring, which took 3-years to perfect, is the key to Armin Strom’s use of resonance and it’s on full display at 12 o’clock, in the center of the two balance wheels which are supported by a frosted rose gold bridges on each side. When the watch starts, each wheel is not necessarily in sync, however, within ten minutes or less they start to oscillate at the same frequency, and are at that point: in resonance with one another.
“While it has been long known that resonance in watch and clock movements with synchronized coupled oscillators improves accuracy by averaging slight differences in the precision of each movement and in wristwatches minimizes adverse effects of shocks on precision. Less known is that resonance also conserves energy: vibrational energy that is normally be lost through the support of the regulator is conserved in the system,” according to the manufacture.
Armin Strom’s laboratory testing has revealed gains in precision of 15-20% for two COSC chronometer-level regulated movements placed in resonance. Further, the CSEM (Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique) has officially certified Armin Strom’s resonance system based on the clutch spring as being a true system in resonance.
Thanks to the independent movements the wearer can track two time zones. Additionally, in the center of the two dials is a 24-hour indication which shows whether it’s day or night in either of the timezones via a double-sided hand which is coded in either silver or gold, matched to the hour markers and logo on the left or right dial.
Each of the dials features a hand guilloche pattern in the center, created by Finnish master watchmaker Kari Voutilainen. At the 6 o’clock position on each dial is an independent power reserve indication representing a max of 110-hours driven by two barrels (four in total). Voutilainen’s work is also seen on the central day/night indicator.
Hours and minutes are indicated by polished lance-shaped hands, and there are no indications of seconds (which differs from the original Mirrored Force Resonance), just the oscillating balance wheels which show the wearer the watch is operating.
The movement is finished to very high standards, with finishes including circular Geneva stripes, chamfered and polished edges, mirror polished screw heads, circular graining, ruthenium plating, and perlage. The movement measures 52.55 mm x 39.95 mm x 11.67 mm and utilizes 70 jewels and 419 components in total. This is a true dual time movement and each side features its own 110-hours of power reserve driven by two barrels a piece.
The Armin Strom Masterpiece 1 Dual Time Resonance launches in a limited edition of 8 pieces in Grade 5 titanium. The case measures 59 mm x 43.4 mm x 15.9 mm and is water resistant to 50 meters. Retail is CHF 180,000.
Whether the case shape is to your liking or not, one thing is for sure: this is a horological masterpiece. Unlike many complicated watches on the market, chronometry is improved, and according to Armin Strom this watch is chronometer level accurate, and so it’s not about aesthetics, despite the incredibly mesmerizing visuals, both front and back.


text: Most people outside (and some inside) the wine business have a romanticized view of what this business is all about. Most things look different when you are an audience member. Once you go behind the curtain, you can become extremely disillusioned by what you see. So if you love wine….. STOP READING NOW! KEEP BELIEVING IN UNICORNS!


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The advantage of our TATIAS titanium rings is you can save your health while expressing your charm.
TATIAS Color Anodizing Titanium Ring is patented in color anodizing and available to make 30 kinds of colors in RGB standard.
Also it is anodized to be harmless and intensify durability and corrosion-resistance.
It can resist corrosion at the summer beach or detergent which are corrosives, so you can enjoy your daily life with your ring. And titanium material generates anion to help you stay healthy.
We inhale cationized air in our city life.
Cation and anion level should be in same anion, cationized air makes more pollution in the air.
Titanium generates anion and make the balance in air, effects positively on human health.


text: I’m not at all a fearful person and I thought that no adventure park could impress me to the point that it makes me want to return over and over again. Moreover, I was sure that nothing could raise my adrenaline so much that it scares me. What a lovely feeling! Unfortunately, I discovered this place a little bit late – in 2013.


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Connecting Westchester County residents with public benefits, housing/services, and other resources needed to get to the next level of self-sufficiency and stability.
Safe places where homeless persons can sleep at night or go during the daytime, whether to simply get off the street or to access supportive services.
Directory of local pantries, food banks and other grocery assistance centers throughout Westchester County.
Meal programs that provide food and hot meals to the hungry for free or reduced prices.
Note: The information contained in this guide was, to the best of our knowledge, accurate at the time of publication. Some of the services listed tend to come and go. If you determine that there is a listing that should be added, updated or removed, please notify us. We aim to provide the best possible resource information.


text: Joseph Prescott was born on March 6, 1753 in Shaftsbury in Bennington, Vermont. On November 12, 1786 at the age of 33 in New York City he married Ann Clark (1763-1830) and had two daughters, Annie Prescott (1789-?) and Marie Prescott (1795-?). He died on July 14, 1806 in Savannah, Georgia. His widow later moved to Baltimore, Maryland were shed died on February 20, 1830.


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During a private preview for a number of leading media outlets, the Dubai Government announced a landmark project which is anticipated to be the "Eiffel Tower of Dubai."
Just as Paris’ Eiffel Tower rose out of the city’s own World Expo, the Dubai Government has unveiled plans for the “Museum of the Future” to mark the city’s achievement of hosting the 2020 World Expo.
The plans were unveiled by Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid al-Maktoum on Wednesday.
The museum’s motto “See the future, create the future,” is meant to reflect a new approach to government innovation.
Architect Shaun Killa spoke about the design of the building, explaining the gaping hole at the center of the structure.
“The solid element of the building symbolizes what we know today representing what we know to be the future, and the void represents what we don’t know. So we constantly are looking towards the future and discovering new possibilities,” he told Al Arabiya News.
“The Museum of the Future will be an incubator for ideas and real designs, a driver for innovation and a global destination for inventors and entrepreneurs,” said the vice-president of the UAE at the launch.
For his part, Mohammad al-Gergawi, UAE Cabinet Minister told selected members of the media who attended a special preview that the museum seeks to ‘give hope and a glimpse of what the potential is’ adding that the exhibits will be updated regularly so that the visitor always gets an idea of what to expect in the next 10 years.
The museum is set to open in 2017 and will not operate a free admission policy, rather, it will be managed and sustained through a foundation which is chaired by HH Sheikh Hamdan, Dubai’s Crown Prince.

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Miami is one of the world’s best vacation destinations in the world. However, on the world map, it’s largely known for its luxurious beaches, hotels and bars. However, very few people know that it’s an affordable and budget-friendly place to visit for family. Cheapfaremart talks about the cheapest things to do in Miami for having a fun-packed vacation. Here goes the list.
A discourse on things to do in Miami is incomplete about recording beaches. Are you a sun-seeking beach bum? If you answered yes, navigate to Florida’s southern coast. It’s home to sunny free-access beaches, such as the Haulover Park, Surfside, South Beach, Lummus Park Beach and South Pointe Park. Enjoy snorkeling, boating & sailing, diving, fishing, fishing, and much more.
While you are on South Beach, don’t forget to take a stroll in the Art Deco District. The city is famous for its jaw-dropping historical architectures, and art related to furniture and jewelry, fashion, and much more. Famous art galleries include Park Central, Imperial, Majestic, Avalon, Beacon, Colony and Breakwater.
Coral Gables is a pedestrian-friendly destination. The place is famously identified as a paradise for gourmands. Located four miles from Miami International Airport, the place is home to around 140 dining establishments and gourmet shops and many notable international retailers. The top attractions include Venetian Pool, Douglas Entrance, and the Miami Biltmore hotel.
Your Miami family holidays would be incomplete without visiting this children’s museum. Let your kids wander through more than 14 interactive and bilingual galleries here. The attractive sports include the Sea & Me, Ocean Odyssey, the Health & Wellness Center and the Supermarket. According to a record, in 2014, the museum was visited by 430, 000 visitors. To know details on exhibits available, refer to the official website.
This is the most fun-filled and affordable way to tour Miami and get acquainted with the key locations including South Beach, Little Havana, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables and much more. The open-top buses stop at all key destinations allowing passengers to visit the place and enjoy sightseeing and then return. You can buy tickets online.
If there is something that best describes the brutality of Adolf Hitler, it’s this Holocaust Memorial in Miami that witnessed six million collective murders. It’s open for free to everyone, from 9:30 in the morning to sunset. The site displays a photographic mural. Its wall is inscribed with names of thousands of camp victims.
If you love fitness and art both, then there could be nothing like this bicycle tour. This is an artist-driven bike adventure with Miami’s Best Graffiti Guide, Ryan the Wheelbarrow of Wynwood Mural Tours. Explore the street art featuring some of the most influential pieces.
Do yoga at Bayfront Park.
In the Downtown Miami, you will meet yoga enthusiasts from all age-groups taking their classes with complete discipline. Professional joins in the majority to de-stress after work with free yoga at the Tina Hills Pavilion. However, to attend the class you must be in Miami on Mondays and Wednesdays at 6 pm, and on Saturdays at 9 am. To know about schedule in details, visit the official website.
On Cheapfaremart, you can book one way or round-trip Miami flight tickets with absolute ease. Mention your source destination airport as Miami International Airport (IATA: MIA). You are most likely to find cheap air tickets to Miami with the world’s top airlines including Aer Lingus, Aeroflot, Aerolíneas Argentinas, Aeroméxico, Air Canada Rouge, Air Europa, Air France, Alitalia and much more.
A lot of domestic and foreign tourists visits many tourists’ places in city.
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Eric Trager on Unrest in Egypt Writing in The New Republic, Trager divides the demonstrations in Egypt into three rounds: a first phase that saw victory for the demonstrators in Tahrir Square, a second phase in which the city was transformed into a tear-gas filled police state, and a third phase that begins today. Opposition leaders have called for protests to start up again after Friday's prayers. "It promises to be the ugliest and most violent episode of this tumultuous week," Trager writes. "After three days of demonstrations that have been dominated by pro-democratic youth activists, these post-prayer protests promise a greater voice for Islamists." Trager adds that "the greater involvement of Islamists will be a gift to the regime," making the government's case "more convincing to international and domestic audiences that fear Egypt becoming 'another Iran.'"
David Sirota on the New Consumerism Writing for Salon, the author finds that Apple's first-quarter profits reveal something beyond the computer company's market savvy--namely, a trend that indicates Americans are trading up to more expensive, higher-quality goods, signaling "a paradigm shift in which buyers began choosing value and quality over bargain and volume." The change, Sirota says, is reflected across categories, all the way down to which movies people see and what clothing they buy. The upshot is that customers are buying for the long-term, which in turn has an effect on what products make it to the marketplace. Sirota concedes it will be a while before this move to quality can be declared a something greater than a trend, but if it is, it will be what he calls an "economic transformation that's long overdue."
Kimberley Strassel on Cap-and-Trade Immortality If you listened for terms like "climate change" and "global warming" in the State of the Union and didn't hear them, says the Wall Street Journal columnist, you missed the obvious: the president used the term "clean energy" as a catch-all that translated into a push for wind, solar, and biofuels. The proof, Strassel says, is that the president's stated goal--that "80% of America's electricity will come from clean energy sources" by 2035--can only be met if companies are forced to shift how they produce their energy. What's new here, Strassel notes, is that the energy portfolio tack no longer allows companies to shoulder a tax burden in exchange for carbon output. Instead, they're being given a mandate. Further, Strassel says, the speech appeared to embrace options such as clean coal and nuclear power, but these are merely words to "lure Republicans into negotiations ... and gives cover to nervous coal state Democrats." The reality, she says, is that "these promises mean little. The president has made grand nuclear gestures, but his regulators continue to sit on projects. Clean coal remains a pipe dream."
Mark McKinnon on Some Potential Causes of Obama's Downfall At The Daily Beast, McKinnon warns that President Obama's high approval ratings don't guarantee he will be reelected in 2012. He gives several examples of the factors that might make or break Obama's reelection bid. These include: the debt, increasing efforts to get rid of Obamacare, the Tea Party's refusal to back down, no end in sight for the wars, and growing Republican popularity, among other things. McKinnon reminds readers that George H. W. Bush had a 90 percent approval rating in the middle of his first term. But, as he memorably puts it, "$#&! happens when you are at the helm of the free world."
Larry Downes on Allowing the Internet to Self-Regulate Larry Downes argues at Slate that the only way to regulate the Internet is to do nothing, and let the Internet regulate itself. The various exceptions to the FCC's "net neutrality" rules undermine the rules' objective, "which was to ensure a level playing field for new participants in the Internet ecosystem." The Internet moves too fast for these rules, suggests Downes, who points out that the FCC plans to review its latest rule in two years. "Two years in Internet time is an eternity," he writes. Downes compares the Internet to the American West, giving Facebook users' immediate backlash against any type of system change as an example of how Internet users are able to police themselves without government intervention. At first we may see "digital mob rule," not unlike the American West. "But over time, the posse and the hanging tree gave way to local sheriffs and circuit-riding judges. The frontier civilized itself. The internet will do the same. Only faster."


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Repair of wells wells is an essential condition to ensure the facilities full operation in oil and gas industry. A malfunction of the main wells is caused by many reasons, leading to a significant reduction in its flow rate or to a full shutdown of its operation. Production reduction or shutdown can be caused by failure of surface or underground equipment, changes in reservoir conditions, the shutdown of gas or power supply, stop of the pumping, transportation of liquids to the surface other factors.
Therefore, a prompt repair of wells is necessary to prevent the equipment from the downtime. The frequency and the relative duration of the overhaul are estimatedwith some indicators that characterize the organization and technology of oil production.
Flowing wells repair (checking, replacement, hydraulic-pressure test, sealing and restoration of wellhead equipment).
Assembling the wells are equipped with rope pump (checking and replacement of the pump, the elimination of rods separation; change, hydraulic-pressure test, sealing; change of the polished rod, cleaning and steaming; wellhead treatment).
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