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As a travel nurse years ago, I had the fortune of living and working in Limavady, County Derry, Northern Ireland. I met and made friends with one of the most wonderful group of people. It is my heart’s desire to be able to go back and visit those friends. But for now, Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all my IRISH friends.
When I migrated here in the United States 6 years ago, I met the man who made an honest woman out of me :) He also happened to be of IRISH ancestors :) That man is now my husband and we are blessed with 2 beautiful daughters and a wonderful life.
This art is for all the Irish people all over the world on St Patrick’s Day.
Finished in fondant, Irish Celtic sign made out of fondant using a silicone mold from globalsugarart.com, rope border, buttons and cameo are all fondant with the aid of homemade silicone molds, layered four leaf shamrock was made using heart cutters by wilton.


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The first-ever provincewide homeless-count report shows that while B.C. has taken important first steps to house British Columbians, more work needs to be done to prevent and address homelessness in B.C. communities.
According to the report — which brings together statistics from 24 communities over the past two years — at least 7,655 people are experiencing homelessness across a broad demographic of individuals, families, youth and seniors. Indigenous peoples and former children in care are significantly overrepresented.
The B.C. government began working with partners to take action on homelessness soon after being sworn in last year by fast-tracking modular housing in 22 communities, and supportive housing for Indigenous peoples, seniors, and women and children fleeing violence.
“Having a place to call home, knowing there is somewhere to go that is safe and secure means different things to different people,” said Selina Robinson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. “For some, it is a new start, opening a door to new opportunities. For others it is hope, relief from grinding despair.
The report is the first time this information has been compiled on a provincial level and will help government, community partners and housing providers develop better supports and services to help people who are experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. Government will release a homelessness action plan as part of B.C.’s first Poverty Reduction Strategy in early 2019.
“This report is another reminder of why we have made it a priority to rebuild the social programs people rely on,” added Simpson. “Many people living on the street are struggling with challenges that are intensified through their experience of being homeless. You can’t live on the street and not be affected both mentally and physically by the constant struggle.
Addressing poverty and homelessness is a shared priority between government and the B.C. Green caucus and is part of the Confidence and Supply Agreement.
In March 2018, the Province provided the Homelessness Services Association of BC with $550,000 to co-ordinate homeless counts in 12 communities, compile that data with data from other communities and prepare the provincial homeless count report.
expanded eligibility for the Rental Assistance Program (RAP) and Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters (SAFER). More than 35,000 households will benefit from the enhancements. The average RAP payment will go up by approximately $800 a year and the average SAFER payment will go up by approximately $930 a year.
In addition to over 2,000 permanent, year-round shelter spaces available throughout B.C., the Province is working with municipalities and non-profits to provide 1,454 temporary shelter spaces and 772 extreme weather response shelter spaces and will open additional shelters throughout the season as needed.
$214.5 million over three years to create a new transportation supplement for people on disability assistance.

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Just as we take a forward-thinking approach to safeguarding intellectual property, we look carefully at the impact our business practices will have on society today – and in the future. That means working ethically, responsibly and mindfully. It’s about being profitable – but not at any cost.
Here’s a brief rundown of how we do that.
Going paperless – where possible – means we can dramatically cut waste. So we now work on electronic case files. Environmental officers ensure that anything else is recycled – right down to old computers that we wipe and recondition before donating to charity.
Our responsibilities don’t begin and end at the office doors. We encourage our people to travel using public transport or our cycle-to-work scheme, to reduce pollution. By being eco-friendly at work, rest and play, we believe sustainability will become second nature for all of us.
Every year, we promote at least one positive initiative that enriches society rather than focusing purely on profit margins. This has seen us support GCSE and A-level students through the Innovation Awards events, run by Welsh examination board WEJC, for the last ten years. We also proudly cheer on Abel & Imray individuals involved in their own charity work. And together, we continue to raise money on Jeans for Genes day – something we’ve done every year for a decade.
Put simply, we treat everyone at Abel & Imray equally. But we have a working culture that recognises and respects difference too. Taking our equal opportunities role seriously, we encourage each individual to play an active part in our business, and support everyone to reach their personal potential. Outside our walls, we’re involved with Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) and Women in IP. We are also an early signatory to the IP Inclusive scheme, and our attorneys help organise their regular blog. It’s all part of our commitment to improving diversity and inclusivity not only within our own business, but the wider legal community.
For a full copy of our Corporate Social Responsibility policies, please contact us.

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Nicely maintained 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath home in desirable Terri Brooke Estates on almost half an acre! You'll love the large separate living area and open concept kitchen/dining/living room flow of the first floor. All bedrooms are upstairs, are good sized, and master has large closet and separate vanity area. Updates in the past few years are new paint throughout, new carpet and tile on entire main level. Basement is clean and open with tons of possibilities. Outside amenities included a large back patio, large backyard, and an irrigation system.
Directions:Adams Rd. East to Ash, west onto Shadow Wood to property.

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Restrictions: Register online: https://www.e-careers.courses/redeem-voucher. No refunds or cancellation once log in details have been provided. Compatibility: Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android devices. Course completion certificate included. No software included. Exam not included. Free technical support available 7am-7pm GMT via email, telephone or online chat. Course log-in details and instructions will be emailed to you within 3 working days of redemption. Browser settings need to be changed when using a Mac. Internet connection required. Customer support available, go to https://www.e-careers.courses/faqs. Original values: Verified using our merchant’s website on 19 Dec 2018. Groupon prices are inclusive of VAT where applicable. See the rules that apply to all deals.

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•	Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syria is extended for 18 months, from April 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019. •	Current Syrian TPS beneficiaries will have through May 4, 2018 to re-register to maintain status through September 30, 2019, according to a USCIS notice published today. •	Syrian TPS employment authorization documents with an expiration date of March 31, 2018 will automatically be extended through September 27, 2018.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syria for 18 months, from April 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019. Current Syrian TPS beneficiaries will have 60 days, or until May 4, 2018, to request an 18-month extension of status and work authorization while they seek another immigration status or prepare to depart the country, according to a notice published in the Federal Register today.
Who may re-register: Re-registration is limited to those who previously registered for and were granted TPS under the designation of Syria.
When to re-register: To obtain an 18-month extension of status, current Syrian TPS beneficiaries must submit Form I-821 with U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) within the 60-day re-registration period. Applicants need not pay the filing fee but may be required to pay the biometrics fee.
Extending employment authorization: Beneficiaries who wish to extend their employment authorization for 18 months must also submit a timely Form I-765application for an employment authorization document (EAD) and the applicable fees (or a fee waiver application).
Automatic EAD Extensions: DHS recognizes that not all re-registrants will be able to file and receive new EADs before their current employment authorization expires on March 31, 2018. Accordingly, DHS will automatically extend the validity of all EADs issued under the TPS designation of Syria for 180 days, through September 27, 2018.
Beneficiaries with Pending TPS applications: Applicants who have a Form I-821 or a Form I-765 pending as of March 5, 2018, need not re-file the pending form. Approved applications will be granted validity dates through September 30, 2019.
For Form I-9 employment eligibility verification purposes, through September 27, 2018, employers may accept a TPS-related EAD with a March 31, 2018 expiration date, along with a copy of the March 5, 2018 Federal Register notice or a USCIS Form I-797C receipt notice indicating that the TPS-related EAD is automatically extended through September 27, 2018.


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Check out our Carports and Verandahs. Steel verandahs and carports add space and much desired functionality to your home. Steel is long-lasting and resistant to environmental effects and physical damage. A Basic Steel verandah or carport will last longer than other building materials and retain its appearance well into the future. WHAT CAN A NEW CARPORT OR VERANDAH DO FOR ME?
Add Space – With houses getting smaller by the year, extra entertaining areas are a great way to open up your home and brighten up family time. A steel verandah is perfect for cosy, weather protected, outdoor entertaining areas. BBQ’s, parties and holidays will never be the same when you add the functionality and luxury of a steel verandah.
Add Value – A steel verandah or carport isn’t just a purchase, it’s an investment. Having quality, long-lasting structures are integral to a property’s value. We can add lasting, tangible value to your property with a steel carport or verandah.
Make Memories – Having Space for get-togethers and activities is something we all need. A steel verandah offers space for all your social needs.
As an inorganic material, steel is not subject to erosion in the same way other building materials such as timber are. Steel doesn’t rot or corrode. Steel is resistant to pests like termites that can destroy other traditional buildings. Because of our galvanisation and zinc alume coating technology, our steel is rust proof and highly resistant to chipping and other physical damage. Steel is also non-flammable and won’t contribute fuel in the event of a fire.
Steel is the ideal DIY material. With the highest strength to weight ratio of any other building material in use today, steel is easy to build with. Steel is well suited for structural purposes because it provides a tough, light frame which is easy to build upon.
Basic Steel Supply ASI Certified Steel for All projects.
Basic Steel have been a leading supplier of quality steel for home improvements and commercial projects for over 30 years. Our steel is certified and meets the Australian Steel Institute’s specification, ensuring quality and building material consistency. A new carport or verandah from Basic Steel can add value and functionality to your home. Steel is perfect for DIY projects. Alternatively, we offer full installation services upon request – including concrete pouring, complete building work and council development application to ensure your home improvements go as smoothly as possible. Basic Steel offer a range of helpful services. Give us a call on (08) 8384 8777 and ask how we can help create a carport or veranda that works for you.
Or fill in the quote form below with as much information as you can supply.
Basic Steel supplies are the steel fabrication and steel supply specialist in Lonsdale, the Fleurieu Peninsula, the city of Adelaide, Adelaide Southern Suburbs and country South Australia.


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Q: What does the Bachelor/Master programme look like if I want to become a teacher?
A: The Bachelor of Education comprises six semesters, the Master of Education comprises four semesters. Both courses of study are obligatory for becoming a teacher in Germany. This new programme is polyvalent in that the first four semesters of the B.-Ed. have no specific focus on the type of school. Only from the fifth semester onwards is it possible to focus on the school type, which in our case is Gymnasium.
Q: What does a Bachelor class look like?
A: During the B.-Ed. programme, students learn about various TEFL topics, such as lesson planning, methods and material, assessment and media in the classroom. Students are expected to work on the topics individually and in groups. Also, presentations play a vital role during the seminar. Nonetheless, oral participation is always a prerequisite for the course work in general. At the end of the term, students have to conclude the seminar by writing an exam.
A fachdidaktiksche Übung is worth two credits for the B.-Ed. program.
Q: What does the practical training in school look like?
A: The practical training in school has become more crucial since the second phase of teacher education (Referendariat) has been shortened to only 15 months. During the B.-Ed. programme, students have to complete five practical trainings and two more during the Master’s programme.
The site by the state is a vital part for you in order to know everything about the training. Constantly check out their site, too.
Q: What does the old system of Staatsexamen look like?
A: The old system requires students to receive one graded Schein during their course of studies.
Also, students take an exam in this seminar which then counts for their final grade in Staatsexamen.
Additionally, students are then expected to pass the seminar by writing a paper based on the seminar’s topic.


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A student must have (a) a cumulative weighted average of 2.50 or better in all grades received in courses in his/her curriculum and (b) a cumulative average of 2.50a or better in economics courses, excluding Econ 11, at either the end of his junior year of the summer term of it; otherwise, he is dismissed from the School.
A student must obtain at the end of every semester or summer (a) a cumulative weighted average of 2.50 a or better in all grades received in courses in the curriculum; (b) a cumulative weighted average of 2.50 a or better in economics courses; and (c) must obtain regular grades (i.e., excluding INCs and DRPs) in at least 60% of the units registered as of the last day of registration; otherwise, the student will be placed on probation the following term.
Probation may be removed by satisfying requirements (a), (b), and (c) at the end of the semester or summer the student was on probation.
Any student on probation who fails to satisfy requirements (a), (b) and (c) at the end of the semester or summer the student was on probation will be dismissed from the School.
A 2.50 cumulative weighted average for all grades received in courses in his/her curriculum and in all economics courses excluding Econ 11 is a requirement for graduation.
a For all students who have been admitted into School in academic year 1990 and after; 2.65 for students admitted before 1990.
Source: General Catalogue, 2004-2010, UP, p. 134.
 For all students who have been admitted into School in academic year 1990 and after; 2.65 for students admitted before 1990.
* KAS 1 & Fil 40 satisfy the 6-unit Philippine Studies requirement.
4 Students are required to choose 3 Business Electives (BE) from the following: BA 170, ba 151, BA 142, BA 105, BA 190, IE 3, IE 197(a), IE 197(B), IE 197(c), IE 150, IE 141, IE 142, Math 150, Math 180.1, Math 180,2, Stat 115, HRIM 112, HRIM 108.
excluding Econ 100.1/100.2 and Econ 190.1/190.2.
Note: As a requirement for graduation, all students are required to take six (6) units in one of the National Service Training Program (NSTP) component. ROTC and Civic Welfare Training Service are offered by UPD.
Essential economic concepts and their use in analyzing real-world issues.
A survey on the influence of economic ideas on historical events of the last century and a half.
Basic concepts in macroeconomics and their applications.
Basic concepts in microeconomics and their applications.
National income accounting; consumption and investment decisions; income and employment determination; monetary and fiscal policies; international policy; growth.
Demand and supply; price determination in competitive markets; income distribution; general equilibrium and welfare.
Mathematical approaches to elementary economic theory.
Theories of the transition to socialism for developed and underdeveloped countries; delineation of property rights; central planning, markets and coordination in the historical practice of centrally planned economies.
Evolution of basic economic ideas and their social and intellectual context.
Economic change and the evolution of economic institutions in selected countries.
History of economic change and development in China, Japan and other Asian countries.
Economic change in the Philippines from colonial times to the present.
A survey of economic development in the countries of the region.
Nature and role of money; banks and other financial intermediaries; central banking and banking regulations; open economy issues; efficient-markets theory; development finance.
Representation of economic phenomena in terms of elementary mathematical and statistical models.
International trade and finance; commercial policy and the macroeconomics of an open economy.
Market failure; collective choice; theory of government expenditures and taxation.
Discounted cash-flow analysis; social opportunity cost pricing; applications to public-sector projects with case studies; post-evaluation techniques.
Analysis of firms and markets; pricing, product and investment decisions in theory and in practice; policies on competition and on protection; business and its environment.
Agriculture in strategies for economic development; economics of rural institutions; analysis of agricultural policy.
Introduction to the analysis and problems and management of natural resources; environmental problems and policies.
Determinants of wage levels and wage structure; employment; nonwage aspects of employment; aspects of human capital theory.
Demand for and supply of health care; role of government in health care; organization and financing of health care services; problems associated with delivery system.
Basic concepts and issues in foreign trade and external payments affecting developing countries; analysis of policies and their effects.
Basic concepts and issues in money, credit, taxation and public spending in the context of development; analysis of policies and their effects.
Theories and problems of economic development; survey of the development experience in low and high income countries.
Prerequisites: Econ 101, 102. May be taken twice.
Prerequisites: Econ 101, 102 or COI. May be taken two or more times provided the topics are different.
Undergraduate students who obtains at the end of the semester an absolute minimum weighted average of “1.45” or better and “1.75” or better are awarded as University Scholars and College Scholars, respectively.


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Companies in the same industry as SKG, ranked by salary.
How much does SKG pay?
SKG pays its employees an average of $77,419 a year. SKG employees with the job title Financial Controller make the most with an average annual salary of $96,406, while employees with the title Traffic Manager make the least with an average annual salary of $43,661.

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It’s Christmas time. We just got past Black Friday and Cyber Monday. How much did you spend? I didn’t buy Christmas gifts for anyone. Ok, I bought one but I only spent $5 and I’m done shopping.
My secret to getting away with this is: My son is two years old. He has plenty of toys and lots of stuff. There isn’t anything he needs. We know this may not fly as he gets older, but at two years old, all he cares about is being fed and played with. He doesn’t feel neglected because there isn’t twenty Christmas gifts under the tree.
Here’s an idea I want you to consider before you buy a ton of gifts. Think of two or three things your child needs and only buy that. It’s ok to buy presents at Wal-Mart or Dollar Tree. Get that stuff and resolve to be satisfied with your purchase. If you think about it, who are you buying all the gifts for?
Stop with the mom guilt, kids want you, holding them, hugging them or singing to them. All those gifts turn into clutter. Your love helps them grow.Your kid want to be part of the holiday excitement. Ripping paper off a box only lasts seconds. Laying down on the floor with him to read a book is what he’ll remember.
Would you rather your children recall “we got a ton of gifts under the tree” or hear your child retell all the stories about the times you stopped what you were doing and chased him around the house using your best monster impressions.
And you shouldn’t care if your sister’s kids have all the newest gadgets. You do you. Be content, be debt free. Did you know the average family will spend about $900? Good gravy, why? Get out of the gift giving race because that’s a competition with too many struggling for first place. Winner has the most debt.
I want you to know that it’s completely ok to not buy a big bunch of Christmas gifts for everyone. Your budget doesn’t have room for it, the toy boxes are full and the kid’s will lose interest in a couple weeks. Instead of gifts offer memories.
The best present you can give anyone is you. Your time has value. Why is that true? Because there is a limited amount of time any of us have. So when you single someone out and spend quality time with them, creating memories, you’ve given a selfless priceless gift.
It is well within your power to have a happy jolly Christmas without a Ka-Jillion presents under the tree. The children will be as excited as you are. Put out the positive vibes and your whole house will follow you.
Let extended family know that you’re taking a break from the craziness of gift giving and that you are more interested in visits, letters or emails. When’s the last time you received a hand written letter? Wouldn’t that be awesome!?
Here are some suggestions that you could do for loved ones instead of buying Christmas gifts.
There are very few presents I remember receiving as a child. But I can count the times we played board games, read books as a family or went fishing. Family get-togethers are what I cherish now. What are you giving this year?
This is an amazing post. Our family cancelled Christmas this year and I couldn’t be happier. I wrote a personal post much like this one. New reader here for sure.
Angie, you are sooo sweet, thank you. The gift buying was out of control at our house. I’ve told one family member that 5 gifts for my 3 year old is excessive…they still are adamant about giving them…you get it right?? Thank you for your support !!


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In light of the recent attack in Mastung and subsequent martyrdom of Nawabzada Siraj Raisani and 130 others, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Major General Asif Ghafoor tweeted from his personal account and paid tribute to Raisani.
“A truly proud Pakistani who made enemies of Pakistan afraid,” he added.
“Your passion, mission and message shall be carried forward,” the ISPR DG also said.
Earlier on Friday, Balochistan witnessed a bloodbath when a suicide bomber, carrying at least 15kg of explosives, struck a Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) election rally in Mastung, martyring PB-35 candidate and former Balochistan chief minister Nawab Aslam Raisani’s brother Nawabzada Siraj Raisani.


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The Vanguard is located in Stall 2602 on the northeast side of the compound, east of the main JSC building. It is located next to the Northwest 14. The Vanguard has a UBC sticker attached to the hull.
The Vanguard is a two person monohull for recreational sailing or racing.
It is recommended that the rigging instructions are fully reviewed before taking this craft out for the first time each year.

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>> I noticed that postgresql93-client port pulls in readline, which is GPLv3.
> which contains the same fixes as libedit in head and see if it works.
problem, i'm working out an update strategy for down the road.

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The Hong Kong stock exchange appears reluctant to approve the initial public offering of China-based bitcoin mining giant Bitmain, according to cryptocurrency-focused news site Coindesk.
Citing a source familiar with the matter, the report said the stock market operator, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEx), is “hesitant” about clearing the IPO application of Bitmain, as well as those of some other crypto mining firms.
In September, Bitmain officially filed an application to go public in Hong Kong, and there have been expectations in the market of a multi-billion dollar public fundraising by the firm.
According to Frost & Sullivan, Bitmain is estimated to have had about 67 percent of the market share in bitcoin mining hardware in 2017, and generated 60 percent of computing power.
Bitmain’s smaller rivals, Canaan Creative and Ebang, had applied in May and June respectively for Hong Kong share sales, riding on last year’s cryptocurrency market boom.
The bourse operator is said to have concerns about the sustainability of the volatile crypto industry and the risk of the business for retail investors, given the cryptocurrency market crash since the beginning of this year.
According to data from CoinMarketCap, as of Dec. 19, bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has plunged by 80 percent to US$3,775, from its record high of over US$19,000 one year ago. Ethereum, another high-profile cryptocurrency, slumped by 92 percent to US$103 as of Wednesday after reaching US$1,391 in December last year.
According to crypto news platform Cointelegraph, an HKEx spokesperson dismissed the speculation surrounding Bitmain as “rumors”, without commenting further on the matter.
Founded by entrepreneurs Jihan Wu and Micree Zhang in 2013, Beijing-headquartered Bitmain is said to be the largest producer of chips used for mining cryptocurrencies, known as ASICs, or Application-Specific Integrated Circuit.
As cryptocurrency prices reached record highs in 2017, Bitmain recorded US$2.5 billion in revenue and US$1.2 billion in profit last year, according to its prospectus filed to HKEx.
The company generated approximately US$907 million in profit before taxes in the first half of 2018, despite a slump in bitcoin prices in the period.
Bitmain also reported a US$886.9 million balance of cryptocurrencies denominated in bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ether, litecoin and dash, accounting for 28 percent of its total assets, as of end-June.
CrunchBase data shows that the bitcoin mining giant has raised over US$764 million from investors since founding. As of July this year, Bitmain was reportedly valued at US$12 billion, making it the world’s most valuable blockchain organization.

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Million dollar panoramic, dazzling ocean views! This 1-story quality construction custom home sits on 4.12 private acres at the end of a shared gated easement. Hacienda style w/soaring ceilings in the enormous family room, beautiful wrought iron light fixtures & chandeliers, pavers tile, arched doors & views from every room. Bright kitchen w/walk-in pantry, large laundry room, house vac & A/C. Entertain or relax under the large covered patio overlooking the pool & spa. Separate guest quarters over garage!
I was searching for a Property and found this listing (MLS® #180064336). Please send me more information regarding 2120 Elevado Rd, Vista, CA, 92084. Thank you!
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Beautifully Landscaped* Single Story* Half Acre* Quiet Street* Immaculate.


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Park Grove Realty is a real estate development and management company focusing on multi-family residential, mixed-use and commercial projects. Park Grove’s mission is to develop high quality projects that add value to real estate and provide positive growth by managing the property as a long term asset.
Reach out to us to discover how we can assist you!
New state-of-the-art mixed use building at the most visible corner in downtown Elmira. This is an infill development that will be the first new building constructed in downtown Elmira in decades. The building will provide 51 new upscale market rate apartments for downtown living and 16,500 square feet of ground floor high-end commercial space.
This apartment community is located on 20 acres in Lansing, NY, which is part of the Ithaca, NY, market. This is new construction of 140 state-of-the-art apartments. There will be 36 one-bedroom units, 90 two-bedroom units, and 14 three-bedroom units. The project will include fourteen apartment buildings with 10 units in each building that will be walk-up garden style with private entrances and a community building. All units will have high end finishes and amenities.
The building has existing office and retail tenants. 1255 Lofts has undergone historic preservation and rehabilitation that has upgraded it to have over 30,000 feet of office space and 17 upscale loft-style apartments. It is ideally situated in a revitalized neighborhood in close walking distance to Wegmans, Park Ave and many restaurants and shops.
15 Broadacres Dr., Clementon, NJ 08021.
This property consists of three buildings with a total of 69 units. Completed in 2018 boast up to 1,350 sq ft and of modern design with one and two bedroom options available. Conveniently nestled between Philadelphia, PA and Atlantic City, NJ. Everything you value, without compromise.
Spacious and beautifully designed one and two bedroom homes that have been completely remodeled with new modern style finishes. Triphammer Apartments is located just 2-1/2 miles from Cornell University, on the TCAT bus route and within walking distance to all major commercial amenities.
46 Prince Street is a 30,000 square foot historic office building which is fully occupied with well-appointed office space. This building was a part of the original U of R campus.
Completed in 2016, this 5 acre parcel has a brand new temperature controlled self storage facility, complete with an elevator. The facility is ideally located just South of RIT and close to office and residential homes for the Henrietta market. We offer approximately 50,000 square feet of storage space, with available storage for boats, RVs, and other equipment.
The Kirstein Building is a six-story, brick, mill-type constructed building over a full unfinished basement. The building was constructed in 1906 with a partial major renovation in 1984. There is approximately 56,000 sq. ft. of gross built area above grade and 9,300 sq. ft. of basement area.
The Small Mall is approximately 37,000 sq. ft. commercial plaza in two buildings located just off of Triphammer Road and Route 13 in Ithaca, NY.
A 7,500 square foot plaza conveniently located on the corner of East River and Erie Station Road.


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Is Your Business Prepared to Make the Jump to SIP?
Moving from traditional land lines to cloud-based SIP trunking for your business communications needs is a smart move. In addition to substantial cost savings, SIP offers increased flexibility, useful unified communications features, and built-in business continuity. Although the idea of switching to an IP-based voice solution may be a bit intimidating, it is actually quite straightforward and easy to accomplish. There are, however, a few things you need to do beforehand in order to have a painless implementation.
SIP trunks are usually sold on what’s known as an unlimited subscription. This means that you pay one monthly fee for each channel, regardless of how much time you spend making or receiving calls from most of the United States and Canada. A SIP channel is very much like a traditional telephone line. It can handle one incoming or outgoing call at a time. To figure out how many SIP channels you need, you’ll want to determine the maximum number of calls that will be in progress at any one time. Every business has different needs, but most don’t need a channel for each employee. Usually one channel for every three or four employees is sufficient. Because SIP is sold one channel at a time, you can pay for only what you need and add more at any time, so don’t worry if your estimate is a bit off.
It is a good idea to test your speed and do the math. There are many speed tests available online, one example is http://speedtest.net.
If your PBX equipment is fewer than 10 years old, it is probably already SIP compatible. If it has a data or Ethernet jack on the back, you are likely in good shape. Your user manual can confirm it for you. Look for references to SIP or IP-enabled. If you have an older system, don’t worry, you can still use SIP trunking. You will need to get an inexpensive device called an ATA (Analog Telephony Adapter) that will convert the signal for you. There are several ATAs in the market and they come in a variety of sizes, from single port all the way up to 24 analog ports.
Once you’ve checked these boxes, you are ready to start enjoying the cost savings and flexibility that SIP trunking gives to businesses. If you have any other concerns or questions, feel free to drop us a line. We get people up and running on SIP every day and we’re more than happy to help.
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Gary Snyder reads from No Nature and earlier poems.
Author Iris Chang at D.G. Wills Books, Part one June 3rd, 2003. Visit: http://dgwillsbooks.com http://www.irischang.net.
Internationally renowned scientist FREEMAN DYSON discusses his two new books, "Dreams of Earth and Sky" and "Birds and Frogs"
Author Iris Chang at D.G. Wills Books, Part two June 3rd, 2003. Visit: http://dgwillsbooks.com http://www.irischang.net.
Norman Mailer discusses his book Oswald's Tale and other subjects.
Michael McClure at D.G. Wills Books, Part two. April 15th, 2000 Visit: http://dgwillsbooks.com http://michael-mcclure.com.

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Time-travelling reporting with the Guardian – news 24 hours in advance!
Oh well. Let us hope they are right and the NÍL side have it. But the turn-out in my local polling station this evening was self-evidently low, despite the traditional after-supper rush. You could hear the tumble-weed rolling.
And what will the Golden Circle make of that, TÁ or NÍL? Prepare for the spin-cycle, a chairde.

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The Sesame Workshop hopes the friendly faces of Sesame Street characters will help refugee children navigate the complex social and emotional effects of trauma and displacement.
"Of the 65 million displaced people around the world, half are children and 12 million of those are younger than eight. These children suffer the daily effects of violence and neglect, frequently leading to toxic stress, which can have lifelong damaging effects on learning, behavior, and health. But children are resilient, and damage can be reduced if they are reached early. In a partnership announced last May at the World Humanitarian Summit, Sesame Workshop and the IRC will create multi-media content featuring the trusted Sesame Street Muppets—adapted to reflect the experiences of refugee children and their parents—to meet critical developmental needs and mitigate the effects of adverse childhood experiences in crisis settings.
Digital platforms, as well as printed materials, will be used to reach the largest possible number of children and families, through multiple avenues such as schools, community centers, social protection programs, and health clinics. The initiative will create programs and culturally relevant content for children, as well as tools and strategies to help parents and caregivers more effectively engage with them to build resiliency and support learning."
The project has been selected as a semi-finalist for a $100 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation, but the organizations have committed to moving forward with the project even if they don't receive the grant.
The broader programming will build on a 15-month pilot project the organizations launched in January.
Here's a video that explains more about the project and includes plenty of footage of adorable children meeting Muppets.
As we've written previously, childhood trauma—for children in refugee camps or children facing difficult circumstances in the United States—can affect brain development and lead to adverse outcomes later in life. Researchers have found that interventions, including supportive adult relationships, can help counteract those effects.
How Are Refugee Children Being Educated in Camps?


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Late-night chat on stories you're talking about. Tony taps into the views and experiences from listeners across the UK, and wants to hear your thoughts on the day's news.
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Whether it is Halloween or New Year’s Eve, the holiday season is filled with joy and festive events. However, drunk driving accidents and fatalities are more prominent around this time of year compared to other seasons. So if you are planning to host a party or get-together, make sure that you are taking the appropriate steps to prevent your guest from driving drunk after your event ends.
Plan how your guests will get home. Whether you use a ridesharing app, such as Uber or Lyft, or designate a sober person to drive them home, there are many other transportation alternatives to get your guests back home safely.
Have a slumber party. Having your guests spend the night instead of driving can provide you with peace of mind, knowing that they are not at risk for getting pulled over for drunk driving.
Serve plenty of food. The holiday season and food are two peas in a pod. Consuming food will help better absorb alcohol.
Pay attention to guests. Keep track of how many drinks each guest consumes throughout the night and watch out for signs of intoxication. If you do not want to supervise your guests on your own, you can hire a bartender to manage the amount of drinks each guest receives.
Shut down the bar early. Before the party concludes, you can cut off the supply of alcohol, so guests can have a couple of hours without alcohol. This ensures that guests do not attempt to drive home right after the party is over.
If you have been arrested for a DWI in Missouri, contact our Springfield DWI defense attorney at Worsham Law Firm today.

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So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death. Then said Jesus unto him, “Except you see signs and wonders, you will not believe.” The nobleman said unto him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” Jesus said unto him, “Go your way; your son lives.” And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, "Your son lives." Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him." So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in which Jesus said unto him, "Your son lives: and he believed, and his whole house. This is the second miracle that Jesus did, when he had come out of Judaea and had gone into Galilee.
1. In today's Gospel passage we find two particularly noteworthy details: The first is the miracle of the boy being healed, even though the Lord Christ wasn't present. The Lord Christ just says to the father, “Go home, your son lives!” Soon thereafter the boy was healed even though he was quite a distance away and didn't know anything of what had happened.
2. That's a great miracle. We see through it the almighty power that lies in the words of the Lord Christ. What He says happens -- neither the world nor the devil can stop it. We need to look at the boy's sickness just like we look at other works with which the devil plagues poor man. It takes just a Word of our dear Lord Christ to drive out the evil works of the devil. Against his will, the devil has to leave as soon as the Lord Christ tells him to - as we see here.
3. The Lord works His miracles so that we will recognize Him as not only being a man, but that we also recognize Him as the one and only eternal and omnipotent God who is Lord over death and the devil who can help by just speaking one word. That is the exact reason why we -in our times of need -should turn to Him for help as the nobleman in our text passage does.
4. This passage also tells us to honor and respect His Word and to pay attention to it as to an almighty power. Whoever has it has everything he needs and can do anything. However, whoever doesn't have it has lost everything --no might, wisdom, saintliness, or anything else can protect him against sin, death, and the devil. As the Lord Christ does here with the nobleman's son - he saves through His almighty Word - that's what the Lord Christ wants to do for all of us, if only we would receive it. Then He would not only save us from physical sickness and pain, but also from sin and eternal death.
5. And so we want to follow the example of the nobleman: with all of our problems we should come to Him who can help us in our times of need, even if we are threatened by death, He can help us. He only needs to speak a word and we are healed; He loves to help us --if we only would turn to Him! Because this nobleman hurries to Christ for help, the Lord even hurries the more to heal his son. He doesn't even wait for the deathly sick son to be brought to Him, but heals even though the boy is absent. The Lord Christ heals him the same moment as He says to the father, “Go home, your son lives!” If only we would also not doubt him, but be willing to come to him for help. If we would only seriously seek the Lord Christ for help... That is also the exact reason why the Lord's heavenly Father has sent Him to earth. His main purpose was to set us free from the tyranny of the devil and to give us a place in the kingdom of heaven.
6. Whoever looks for help against sin and death shall find it in the Lord Christ. We see it here: how ready to help the Lord Christ was, even though it was only physical help. How much more ready to help will He be if the danger is greater (concerning our eternal fate) and we need His help even more?
7. This was now the first point in my sermon today. So many take the miracles of the Lord for granted. However, He performed them so that we would recognize the might and the will to help of the Lord Christ and be assured that in Him we will find help in the time of need.
8. The other point is that in this account we find a very good example of what faith is. Our adversaries, the Catholics say, faith is only the knowledge of what the Lord Christ is all about and what He did. However, they have to confess that the devil and the hypocritical Christians, who will be damned, also have this knowledge. Scripture explains that faith is the very thing through which we receive the forgiveness of sins, righteousness, and eternal life. The apostle Paul says in Romans 3:28, “Therefore, we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.” The Prophet Habakkuk says (2:4), “Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.” Christ says to Mary, “Go, your faith has healed you!” That's the reason why neither the devil nor the false Christians will have such a faith, even though they might know all the biblical accounts. The devil knows Christ very well; he knows what Christ has done here on earth and how He has suffered. However, to know all these things - of course a Christian knows them, too - doesn't make one righteous before God. It's not possible to gain forgiveness of one's sins and to gain eternal life through the knowledge of scripture.
9. In today's Gospel text it's written what true faith is: true faith is believing that everything Christ says and promises is true and without any falseness.
These two belong together: the promises of God and our faith in the truth of His Word, believing that everything that He says will happen. God gave His promises and if we truly believe in them, then that is what's called true and living faith. We see this in the nobleman: he comes to the Lord Christ and asks Him for help for his son. He fully trusted in the Lord Christ, but this promise was still without the Word of Christ. It was solely based on the miracle, which the Lord Christ had done just before at the wedding feast in Galilee. Without doubt, the nobleman had heard about it and places his trust in the Lord Christ from that. Sure, this is faith all right, but it is a small, feeble faith because the Lord Christ hasn't promised His help yet. If the Lord Christ helps the nobleman; he is going to regard Him as great man, if not -- he won't regard Him as having greatness .
10. The Lord Christ notices this and says to him gruffly, “If you people don't see any signs, then you don't believe!” It seems He meant to say, “Faith should not only be based on signs and wonders but on the Word of Christ. Signs and wonders can be false, or lie; whoever builds on the Word of God, though, will not be betrayed, because God's promise is true and is unable to lie. Even though the Lord Christ gave signs and wonders in order to get the people to pay attention to Him and make the people believe in Him, He rather wanted them to pay attention to His Words rather than His miracles, because His miracles only were meant as proof that His Words were true. He actually didn't come to earth because the people needed healing of their physical bodies, but because He wanted to give them His Word so that it would grow in their hearts, and so that they would be blessed through it.
11. However, since this nobleman didn't have yet a Word from Christ, there was no way that he could believe. Because of the Lord's miracles and the accompanying commotion, the nobleman starts to trust in the Lord Christ, and hopes He can help his son. However, such faith doesn't last long and it would have died if the Lord wouldn't have helped immediately. That's why the nobleman was in such a hurry to get help. He was afraid that if the Lord Christ wouldn't come with him in person the boy would surely die. The nobleman couldn't believe differently because he didn't know anything more about the Lord than the miracle at the wedding feast. There hadn't been a word from the Lord to him; there was no promise to him. However, as soon the Lord opens His mouth and says, “Go home, your son lives!” good, perfect faith settles in. That's the kind of faith that believes in the Word and the Promises of Christ. This nobleman is an example of that kind of faith: he starts to believe in the Lord Christ and goes home in an undoubting trust into the Word of Christ that his son will be healed.
12. From today's Gospel passage we learn what faith is: Christian faith is trusting the Word and the Promises of Christ, not doubting His Word or His Presence -- no matter if we see or feel Him or not. This is a very particular faith: it believes that according to Christ's spoken Word, things will happen which haven't happened before. If you believe in something, which is right in front of your eyes, it is not faith. A rich man who has a large surplus of money, possessions, and everything else and because of all that believes that he won't starve to death this year, doesn't display this kind of faith. However, if someone doesn't have a surplus of material goods, but has an empty root cellar -- if he believes that he won't starve to death because God would never let him starve if only he trusts in God, honors and fears God, and does his work right. This is called the right kind of faith. Such a faith can't go wrong because it's based on the Word of God Almighty who promises us this as long as we seek the Kingdom of God: But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you - (Matthew 6,33). If we seek the Kingdom of God and do our work right, then God will keep His Promises.
14. As I have told about the righteousness of God so it is with life, too. Through sin we are as dead we can be. The heathen are right when they say: once a man is born, there is nothing surer that that he once will die again. We see this in ourselves, how quickly it happens that we get sick or other bad luck befalls us. Even in such bad luck the Word of God shines for us as a lamp in the darkness and it doesn't only temporally give us comfort for this life here on earth, but it gives us a heavenly, eternal comfort, lifting our eyes to the eternal life. The ones who believe receive this kind of comfort. The ones who don't believe aren't comforted this way. The Christian faith is an absolutely sure foundation for our lives because it's based on God's Word.
15. To sum it all up: faith comforts us by setting our focus on eternal, heavenly values. By faith we already now receive the promises of the Lord regarding things of the future. Faith is the opposite of doubt. Faith holds the Word of Christ for true and doesn't doubt it. Faith knows that the Word of God is almighty, that God is absolutely faithful and true and is not a liar. That's why faith pays utmost attention to the Word of God and is not scared by the devil, or the world. Faith knows what the outcome of our lives is and doesn't care for what the devil has to offer. Faith holds on to the Word of God and does what the Word of God tells him to do. On the contrary, it is not moved by any means of the world to do what the Word of God doesn't tell him to do. If we in the Papacy had followed the Word of God, the Catholic Church wouldn't have entered such an abominable way, seducing people to commit idolatry. But we stopped focusing on God's Word and started unbiblical, sinful practices as a means of salvation from our sin. Many have lost their properties, their money, body, and soul because of the false teaching and the idolatry of the Catholic Church.
17. That's why it is so important to know what it means to be a believer. To be a believer means to trust in the Word of God and His promises, and hold on to them tightly when the winds blow against us -- holding tight, knowing that the things the Lord Christ has talked about will surely come. To have faith in something apart from the Word of God is delusion -- it's a wrong faith, it leads to eternal destruction. One example: someone tells you that you will the next emperor of Rome, even if someone says so to you -- it would not happen, because the Word of God doesn't tell you so. However, one who was a lowly shepherd boy was told by the prophet Samuel that he would become king in Israel and he believed it, because Samuel, according to God's will, had told him so. And so no power in the world, and surely not Saul, could stop him from becoming king in Israel.
18. The same here: the nobleman thought the Lord Christ could help his son. However, since he hadn't received a word from Christ yet, he wasn't sure of the outcome. Nevertheless, after the Lord had said to him, “Go home, your son lives!” he began to have faith. If he had failed to have faith in the Lord, it would have been the same as telling the Lord He was a liar.
19. We have God's Word and Promises, too. He comforts us with the words as they are written down in John 8:51, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my words, he shall never see death.” John the Baptist points to Him and says, “See, the Lamb of God who carries the sin of the world!” These words should be important to everyone. He doesn't say: whoever believes in Me, no, He says: whoever keeps My Word won't see death… John the Baptist doesn't say that Christ was sent as a sacrifice for the sins of certain people, no, he states that Christ came as a sacrifice for the sin of the whole world. Since you're a sinner, too, accept that fact and don't doubt that Christ has died for your sin, too. The sacrifice of the Lord Christ as an atonement for sin is the foundation for our faith. If we believe in Him, He won't let us down, just like He didn't let down the nobleman either.
20. Don't think that the nobleman had an advantage over us or that it was easier for him to believe because the Lord Christ stood right there in front of him saying to him, “Go home, your son lives!” It doesn't matter. The Word of God is the Word of God. As the Lord Christ had told the nobleman to go home, He tells us that our sins are forgiven and we shall receive eternal life.
21. Tell me: to whom does God talk during baptism? Isn't it true that this baptism is for you only and for no one else? You, enjoy your baptism! Others can't enjoy your baptism. If they want to enjoy baptism they have to get baptized themselves. However, what does God promise you in your Baptism? He says to you, “Whoever believes and is baptized will be blessed.” You are baptized into the death of Jesus Christ and freed from sin and death. Would it be possible for God to speak friendlier to you than at your baptism? During your baptism God talks to you alone in the friendliest way. Don't forget: your baptism is meant for you alone.
22. Just remember the last time you went to a servant of the church or another Christian because you needed absolution of sin and comfort: the servant of the church or the other Christian told you the same that you read in the Bible or that you hear me preach; that Christ has died for all sinners and that you need to accept the fact that he died for you, too. Dear brother, dear sister, we're all sinners and actually worthy of being damned forever. However, the Son of God came to earth for us, died for us, and rose up from the grave on the third day for our righteousness. Let His suffering be your comfort, and count His death as payment for your sin.
23. The same applies during Holy Communion: in the bread, His body and in the wine, His blood is being passed out. The pastor tells you, “That's His body for you and that's His blood poured out for you.” In order that you should not doubt that the sacrifice of Jesus Christ is for you also, are His body and His blood being put into your mouth. During Holy Communion when you have bread and wine in your mouth, God deals with no one else but you; He only talks to you who have come to communion and who eats and drinks as the Lord has commanded us to do.
24. Now look at these Christians who for such a long time come to church, who don't even come for absolution, and who don't want to partake of this blessed Communion. These, who don't care for God, or who believe that God doesn't want to have anything to do with them, and who don't care about God speaking to them, comforting them, forgiving their sin - are not worth God speaking to them. Let the devil speak to them. You see: we're not lacking God wanting to talk to us; we're lacking that we don't follow the example of the nobleman: accepting and having faith in Christ's order and doing as He has told us to do.
26. Now you understand what true faith really is: it's taking the Lord Christ's Word for true and not doubt what Christ has promised you. Hold on tight to the promises of Christ and don't let other thoughts, which surely won’t stay away, make you doubt the Words of Christ. Doubts lead us into sin and death. If you don't want to stick to the Word of God and want to be your own judge --then sin will settle in mightily and lead you into fear and despair and death will kill you.
27. A Christian, however, knows that one day he will have to face death. He holds on to the Word of God as well as he can and says, “Christ has died for me, that's why I'm free from sin and cannot die; neither the devil nor death can scare me because Christ has died for me and paid my debt. That's called true faith! Someone who believes like this won't need to fear lack because he knows the Word of God is absolute truth.
28. You say that you don't know what you shall believe, you don't know if the Bible is true? I answer you, believe in the Word of God that's the one who won’t betray you. You'll find out at the end. Just do as the nobleman in our text today. He believed the Word of Christ. He didn't see at first. The next day when his servants came, he found out that his son was healed, and that only because he had believed, if he wouldn't have believed, his son wouldn't have been healed. Finally at home he finds out that God's Word was true - his boy is alive and well. Now he doesn’t need faith -- now he sees that his son is healed.
29. That's how it is with us, too. Forgiveness of sin, eternal life -- we don't see it in the here and now. You went to church today, went for absolution, went to the Lord's Table but you're still the same as yesterday, the same old flesh and blood. Don't let this irritate you. Hold on to the Word of God, which promises you the forgiveness of sins and eternal life. Just go on with your life without doubt, as the nobleman did. As you believe in the forgiveness of sins and eternal life through Jesus Christ, you will at the end find his Word true. Here we have it only in His Word and faith, there it will be a physical experience. May God, our dear Father in Heaven, grant us this in His Son's name! Amen.


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Agenda: Guest presenters teach participants about social media. Computers are provided for each participant. Topics include "Managing Your Online Reputation" on May 14, "Maximizing Your Facebook Success" on May 21 and "Being a Twitter Eagle" on May 28.
When: 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Friday.
Agenda: The panel is hosted by Greater Phoenix SCORE, IRS, SBA, SSA, National Bank of Arizona and features guest speaker Cindy Anderson discussing how to have a successful business. Registration required.
Agenda: Ely Delaney, the CEO of Knight Tymes Designs, shows how the design of a website can help enhance business. Registration required.
Where: Sundial Auditorium, 14801 N. 103rd Ave., Sun City.
Agenda: Sun City residents are invited to attend as well as speak at this meeting where water and wastewater controls and a possible increase and a consolidation with other cities are discussed. Communication with Arizona commissioners is requested via e-mail or in writing. More information available online.
Where: Bards Books, 3508 N. Seventh St., Suite 145, Phoenix.
Agenda: The organization for business and professional women hosts the book discussion group. Join others to discuss thought-provoking fiction.
Agenda: The group holds a business meeting and has lunch. Thad Andreski, district VII vice president for N.A.R.F.E., speaks about what concerns its members most. Call or e-mail llittlefield1@cox.net for more information.
Agenda: Explore Arizona's budget crisis with Secretary of State Ken Bennett, who uses an interactive demonstration to share the decisions that led to the state's current budget crisis.
Agenda: Andy Beran of Greater Phoenix SCORE gives advice to start up a business. Learn tips for this initial period of business operation. Registration required.
When: 6-7:30 p.m. Fridays, May 21 through June 25.
When: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. May 21.
Cost: $500 for a table of 10, $60 per person, $55 for Phoenix Sister Cities members.
Agenda: Learn how to turn your website into a lead and sales generation tool. Ely Delaney, co-creator of My Marketing Mentor, leads the class. Registration required.
Agenda: Candace Hunter Wiest, CEO of West Valley National Bank, discusses the current banking situation in Arizona during the monthly luncheon. Check website for invitations.
Sponsor: This new-member welcome reception features a panel discussion and highlights the programs and services that allow chamber members to engage the community, connect with others, and advance their businesses.


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In his well-written and thoughtful essay, "Religion is Not the Enemy" (National Review Online, October 19, 2001), David F. Forte makes the important point that extremists like Osama bin Laden "do not represent historic or mainstream Islam" but are propagating "a political ideology" akin to Leninism. He very sensibly urges a U.S. policy that avoids strengthening this foul ideology.
Professor Forte mentioned me by name as an analyst who disagrees with his views, so I feel invited, if not required, to respond to his argument.
He and I do not disagree on the basics: What Osama bin Laden propagates is anathema, it differs profoundly from traditional Islam, and Americans wish to see his ideology lose membership. We differ in one main area: Professor Forte sees fundamentalist Islam as being within the parameters of historic Islam. He argues that "we must remain aware of the moral distinction between sects like the Wahhabis and terrorist groups like al Qaeda and Islamic Jihad." This moral distinction then has a practical implication: "What we must do, at all costs, is to prevent bin Laden's call to arms from bringing Islamic fundamentalists into his extremist ranks and into his political battle."
Professor Forte draws the line differently from me. Whereas he sees the problem as a small group of active terrorists in al Qaeda; I see the entire fundamentalist movement constituting the problem. I hold that Islamic fundamentalists stand outside of historic Islam and are already within bin Laden's extremist ranks.
To me, every fundamentalist Muslim, no matter how peaceable in his own behavior, is part of a murderous movement and is thus, in some fashion, a foot soldier in the war that bin Laden has launched against civilization. He mentions the Wahhabis approvingly but I wonder why. In the 1920s, the Wahhabi movement split and the somewhat less extremist elements of this movement defeated the yet more extreme of them. The Taliban regime is a rough approximation of what the more extreme group would have created in Saudi Arabia. Its funding and support comes in good part from Saudi Arabia. In other words, there is a direct line between the Wahhabis and Osama bin Laden.
For this reason, I have written about the fundamentalists, "Many of them are peaceable in appearance, but they all must be considered potential killers." By way of comparison, I would say precisely the same about Nazis and Leninists; however non-violently they might conduct their own lives, the fact that they back a barbaric force means they too are barbarians and must be treated as such.
Sadly, I must report that the sympathizers of Osama bin Laden are legion. Fully one quarter of the populations in Pakistan and the Palestinian Authority (survey research finds, in separate polls both overseen by U.S. organizations) consider the September 11 attacks acceptable according to the laws of Islam. To me, this suggests that a very substantial body of Muslim opinion is already in bin Laden's camp; more, that virtually the whole range of fundamentalist Islamic opinion agrees with his goals and his methods.
This difference between Professor Forte's and my views has immense policy implications. He can cheerfully advise Washington to work with the huge majority of Muslims to isolate a tiny fringe of violent ideologues. I grimly tell the policymakers that the problem is not just the miniscule element he points to but the much larger one of fundamentalists, which I estimate at 10 to 15 percent of the Muslim population. Professor Forte does not explicitly say so, but his argument suggests that the U.S. government can cooperate with regimes such as those of Iran and Saudi Arabia in an effort to isolate the Taliban; I see all three as just different aspects of the same problem.
I wish I could subscribe to Professor Forte's sunny conclusion that "By recognizing bin Laden's evil for what it is, Americans can begin a process of engagement with the vast populations of the Muslim world." Instead, I must offer a more pessimistic formulation: "By recognizing the wide backing of bin Laden's evil for what it is, Americans must begin a process of confrontation with 10 to 15 percent of the vast populations of the Muslim world."


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Located on the quieter south side of the penthouse building, Wailea Beach Villas unit 204 is a superb residence that can also be used as a successful vacation rental property. Known for its designer finishes, the Wailea Beach Villas floorplans provide a well-designed, relaxed living space situated on over 10 acres of a lush tropical grounds. The ocean facing lanai expands the living and dining areas allowing for views towards the ocean with Kahoolawe and Molokini views. In addition to the two bedrooms, the unit features a den that can be used as an office, third bedroom or additional living space. This gated, full-service community features two pools, spas, exercise and billiards room, an owners lounge, and an assigned garage parking with a storage closet. Wailea Beach Villas has been voted one of the top resorts in Hawaii by Business Insider and TripAdvisor and ranked as Maui's #1 Resort in Cond' Nast Traveler's 2017 Readers' Choice Awards. While you may not want to leave this exclusive resort with its striking waterfalls, gardens and ponds, you are just steps away from desirable Wailea beach as well as the Shops at Wailea.
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In this tutorial, you will learn about the various file formats in Spark and how to work on them. Before getting into the file formats in Spark, let us see what is Spark in brief.
Apache Spark is a cluster computing framework that runs on Hadoop and handles different types of data. It is a one stop solution to many problems as Spark has rich resources for handling the data and most importantly, it is 10-20x faster than Hadoop’s MapReduce. It attains this speed of computation by its in-memory primitives. The data is cached and is present in the memory (RAM) and performs all the computations in-memory.
Spark’s rich resources have almost all the components of Hadoop. For example, we can perform batch processing in Spark and real-time data processing, without using any additional tools like Kafka/flume of Hadoop. It has its own streaming engine called Spark streaming.
1. SQLoperations: It has its own SQL engine called Spark SQL. It covers the features of both SQL and Hive.
2. Machine Learning: It has Machine Learning Library, MLib. It can perform Machine Learning without the help of MAHOUT.
3. Graph processing: It performs Graph processing by using GraphX component.
All the above features are in-built in Spark.
It can be run on different types of cluster managers such as Hadoop, YARN framework, and Apache Mesos framework. It has its own standalone scheduler to get started if other frameworks are not available. Spark provides the access and ease of storing the data, it can be run on many file systems. For example, HDFS, Hbase, MongoDB, Cassandra and can store the data in its local files system.
Spark supports all the file formats supported by Hadoop. There are many benefits of using appropriate file formats.
Now we will see the file formats supported by Spark. Spark supports all the file formats supported by Hadoop using Hadoop InputFormat, TextFiles, and SequenceFiles.
Now let us see how to load text files into Spark.
We have a data set called olympix_data.csv which contains the olympics data. We have loaded that dataset successfully into the variable data. After that we have used take function to take out the first 5 rows and the output is as shown above.
Now we will see how to save an RDD as a sequence file in spark.
So we need to create a pair RDD containing the key and value in spark to save the RDD as a sequence File.
So first we have created a pair RDD by taking the first and second column as key and value and we are saving it as a sequenceFile. In the specified output path, we can see the binary files created.
You can see the below screen shot as well.
Now we will load the same sequence File into Spark as follows.
As the sequence files are key value pairs, we need to load them also as key value pairs itself. So we will load the sequence files using paired RDD’s in spark. It can be done as follows.
pairs is the rdd name which consists the key value pairs and we have saved it as a sequence file and again we have loaded the same sequence file using the name data1 and we have taken the first 5 records.
So we have successfully loaded the sequence file using the spark. Now we will save the same using a textFile.
Once it is saved successfully, you can check for the data in the specified location.
So we have successfully seen the loading and storing of data using Text and Sequence files in Spark.
You can refer the blog below for working on Avro and Paraquet file formats in Spark.
We hope this blog helped you in understanding how to work on the text, sequence files and Hadoop InputFormats in Spark. Keep visiting our site www.acadgild.com for more updates on BigData and other technologies.
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Beyond Literacy is a thought experiment. A “what if” kind of investigation about something that is so close to us, so intimate, and yet also just a technology – a tool that can be improved or perhaps replaced.
This “book-like-thing” explores the possibility of a post-literate future. That is, a future in which literacy (reading and writing; visible language) has been displaced, replaced, or exceeded by a new or evolved capacity, capability or tool.
From the perspective of a literate person, the idea of a post-literate world seems frightening. It isn’t. At least it needn’t be. Beyond Literacy views this possibility not as some new Dark Age but instead as a kind of liberation of human ability and interaction. Beyond Literacy is about a positive future. Think about it as a search for Alphabet 2.0.
It is an experiment in scholarly communication. This is an “open book” in that it encourages and facilitates wide and diverse contributions. While I am the lead author and there is a core narrative that I have provided, Beyond Literacy has (and will have) numerous other authors, contributors, commentators, and creators. How it evolves over time will depend on this ecology of the interested.
Beyond Literacy is also an experiment in pedagogy. It is being created in conjunction with a graduate course at the iSchool, University of Toronto. The course, INF2301H – Special Topics in Information: Beyond Literacy, will put the students in the roles of learner, researcher, curator, and contributor in a network-based scholarly dialogue. They will create additional content for Beyond Literacy and they engage in dialogue about the concepts.
Beyond Literacy is intended to be a serious contribution but it is not a traditional piece of scholarship. Think of it as an incubator for some new ideas as well as a pilot for new ways of scholarly communication.
I hope you find Beyond Literacy stimulating and provocative, and I encourage you to join the discussion.


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You can register for all six of the South Carolina State Park's Come Out & Play 5K races and pay for only five of them! Not only are we offering a discount for those who register for all six races, but we will also be giving away some great prizes for the top place male & female finishers who complete all six races at all six parks. From park passports to weekend and week long cabin rentals, you can be in the running for some great prizes at some of the most special parks in South Carolina. We will have something special for everyone who completes the 2019 Come Out & Play 5k series! Don't miss out on the chance for some great prizes. Sign up for all six races before the First Day 5K event on January 1st, 2019!
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The Azuline Mar Amantis l & II Hotel has a fantastic seafront location and guests can enjoy the facilities of two hotels. The hotel is part of the Azuline Hotel Group and comprises of two hotels within the same grounds. One has the glorious seafront location and the other is just the other side of the street, just a few steps away.
The complex has a large lobby with a comfortable seating area to relax and is also used as a focal point for when large groups of families get together, before a fun day or evening out.
The 24 hour reception desk is always available to offer services including currency exchange, luggage storage and shower rooms for guests on a late flight home, tourist information, laundry service and guests can also obtain tickets for some of the fantastic days out including quad bikes and days trips to Aguamar, which is one of Ibiza's top water parks.
There is an internet corner, for guests needing a wired internet connection and can also offer a photocopying facility, which are both chargeable locally.
Guests that have the latest tablet or phone can get the free Wi-Fi that is available in all public areas, so guests can contact friends and family back home from the comfort of their own sun lounger.
Because the complex comprises of two hotels, guests have the choice of two large swimming pools, and there are also two swimming pools for the little holidaymakers.
The large sun terrace that surrounds all of the pools has an abundance of sun loungers with parasols. One of the sun terraces is very popular with families with children, because of its no-slip terrace and sun loungers that face on to the children's pool, so that parents can still relax in the sun, knowing that the children are still in full view.
At both areas, there is a pool bar that is open throughout the day to offer snacks , drinks and a selection of fast food that can be enjoyed at the tables and chairs provided, looking out on to the sun terraces.
The entertainments team have carefully put together an entertainments program that will suit the whole family and the games for everyone to take part in and the mini disco are especially popular with the children.
The hotel always want to make sure that a fun time is had by the children and offers a kids club, playground and also throughout the day and evening, children can have a fun time in the games rooms, which has lots of arcade games, snooker table and even grabbing machines to win cuddly toys.
The Azuline Mar Amantis l & II Hotel rooms in both buildings all have a double or twin beds, air-conditioning, telephone, satellite TV, chargeable safe and Wi-Fi, private bathroom with a wall mounted hairdryer and a balcony or terrace with street, pool or sea views, which is dependent on which building you are in.
The Azuline Mar Amantis l & II Hotel is in a great location and offers fantastic facilities that it would suit families and couples alike.


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What was it like to enter America at Ellis Island around the turn of the 20th Century? View this Virtual Tour to learn about this first immigration stop in America.
Take an interactive tour of Ellis Island.
"From Ellis Island to Orchard Street"
Now it's your turn to become a turn of the century immigrant. Choose your image, create a passport, pack your bags and begin your journey!
The Immigration ThinkQuest was created by students for students to share information about the plight of immigrants coming to America. What hardships did people have in leaving their European homeland? Why did people choose to leave their lives in Africa or China?
Read the short retellings as folks began a new life in the new world.
The Library of Congress has documented the immigration experience during the late 1900's and early 2000's. To read an interview about a modern day immigrant, click on the drop down menu and choose a region of the world, then click 'select.' Click on an interview.
Be sure to read the information in the side bar as well as the actual interview.
What was it like to leave your homeland at the turn of the 20th century? What was it like to travel across the ocean by boat? What did immigrants do once they arrived in America? How did they create a successful life? Explore their experiences through the eyes of their adult grandchildren.


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Traveling to exotic locales is exciting for many reasons: experiencing a vastly different culture, tickling your taste buds with new foods and snapping envy-inducing instagrams.
But for us art lovers, we love to browse and shop the local artisan markets; it’s such a great opportunity to find a rare treasure, and support the artisan directly.
Unfortunately, we all can’t hop on our private jets and fly to Morocco when we need a new rug. But now there’s an alternative.
Meet Anou: a new website launched in Morocco that helps rural artisans cut out middlemen. Think Etsy for the Middle East.
A few years ago, founder Dan Driscoll and some colleagues were working as Peace Corps volunteers in Morocco and noticed that many artisans were living in poverty. Some make only around $100 a month. The Anou site addresses the technological hurdle of posting to the web — artisans can easily post products from their phone or a local Internet cafe, and receive notifications when something sells. The upload process is designed to be visual rather than text-based, breaking down any language barriers that exist across cultures.
Eventually Dan wants to leave Anou entirely in the hands of the artisans, letting the artisans he trained pass along knowledge to others.
Check out Anou’s selection of handmade rugs, housewares and art - along with photos of the artisans who crafted them.


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A rapidly growing international FinTech company is looking for a CRM lead to leave their mark on the modern world. You will be creating CRM marketing campaigns and providing essential input to automated campaigns.
* Supporting with the creation and delivery of CRM marketing campaigns, and provide essential input to automated campaigns.
* Providing continual optimisation and automation through data analysis, testing and reporting.
* Developing testing strategies for all aspects of the CRM to ensure the most effective approach of the company and its products.


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Still reeling from the death of local artist Jeremy Choate, Houston's fine-arts scene was reeling again with word of a promising opera singer dead from a Lubbock car crash.
Laura Beth Botkin, 27, died late Sunday when the vehicle in which she was a passenger was hit by a truck driving the wrong way down a Lubbock street, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported.
Two men in the vehicle with Botkin were seriously injured.
Botkin was a voice coach at HITS Theatre in the Heights and came out of Rice's prestigious Shepherd School of Music.
Her death comes the same week that Choate, a noted lighting artist, was killed in a hit-and-run; that suspect is still on the loose has been arrested.

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In Madden NFL 25, the top five defensive linemen are some of the most disruptive forces in the game. J.J. Watt, Cameron Wake, Geno Atkins, Muhammad Wilkerson and Demarcus Ware provide the right toolset to shut down the running game, as well as steady pressure on the quarterback. Let’s take a look under the hood at the ingredients of these defensive stalwarts.
Did you Know: BKS is also used in the open-field. The rating is matched-up with the blocker’s impact-block rating to determine win or loss in any situation where both the defender and blocker are running.
The game of football is built on power. Each player in the top five has speed and finesse, but elite power is another trait they share. Geno Atkins is nearly impossible to block 1-on-1 with his 99 PMV. Demarcus Ware has been so dominant throughout his career that the Washington Redskins gameplanned around him in last season’s Week 17 match-up. You may have to do the same in Madden NFL 25 because defenders this explosive and powerful can’t be stopped conventionally.
In concert with the finesse-move rating, the PMV rating is very important in rushing the passer and collapsing the pocket. Having a guy like Watt on your defensive line is paramount in forcing bad throws and hitting the quarterback.
Did you Know: When the Czar is rating strength (STR) in Madden, he takes into account both the number of bench reps the player did at the combine as well as on-field strength and technique. He will also watch film and read scouting reports about each player’s use of leverage, hip-level and bull rush ability to add further detail to the Strength rating.
As you can see, having elite defenders improves the chance of shutting down the prolific offenses in Madden NFL 25. When looking for your trump card in a CFM fantasy draft, having any of these five studs on your defensive line will most definitely improve your chance at victory. “Defense wins championships.” Maybe it’s not a myth.

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text: The Scott Gallery in Edmonton is holding a very special show beginning in April. The show is called CounterPoint, and it is a joint show with my father, Robert Sinclair. It’s not that often that we can see this type of show with the work of father and son, side by side. I’m looking forward to seeing our work together and seeing how they complement and contrast with one another! This is a super exciting show for me and I hope that all of you, (especially those of you in the Edmonton area), can make it!


text: Soon after qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, Jack Whitaker joined the finance department of brewers Charrington & Co, the start of an enjoyable career in financial management in the drinks industry. His interest in wine really developed during his time as Finance Director of off-licence retailers, Augustus Barnett. He became an MW in 1993. He has now retired from full time employment. He was the Hon. Treasurer and Company Secretary of the Institute of Masters of Wine between 1994 and 2007. He takes every opportunity to taste and increase his knowledge of wine. He applies that knowledge in wine judging and whenever appropriate opportunities arise.


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Getting started with Google Adwords is easy. Getting your Google ads to perform is a different story. Being seen on Google definitely makes companies money, but the cost can exceed the benefit. To really make Adwords work for your business, it helps to have an expert in your corner.
At Express, we work to bring your conversions up and your payments to Google down. Our precision campaigns follow Google’s rules and speak directly to people who are searching for you. We monitor your ad groups to find new opportunities and prevent useless clicks that waste your budget.
The world of pay-per-click advertising doesn’t belong just to Google. Facebook ads, Twitter advertising, and many other types of ads can help your business grow. You just need to know what to say and where to say it. That’s where we come in. Beyond managing your campaigns, we’ll find the best places for you to be seen by the right people.
All of our pay-per-click management services involve input from our strategic, web, and writing teams. They work together to create ad campaigns that hit the ground running and pick up speed from there. Call Express to find out how we can power up your pay-per-click budgets.


text: Mortgage rates for credit score 664 on Lender411 for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages are at 4.17%. That dropped from 4.23% to 4.17%. The 15-year fixed rates are now at 3.67%. The 5/1 ARM mortgage for 664 FICO is now at 4.17%.


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AURORA, Colo. (April 11, 2018) - A new study shows that more frequent and severe menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, sleep disturbance, loss of sexual interest, weight gain and other quality of life measures, were associated with markers of vascular aging, according to researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
The researchers, however, found no association between these vascular markers and symptoms of depression. The study was published online today in Menopause, the Journal of the North American Menopause Society.
"The menopausal transition is a vulnerable time for women in terms of vascular health," said the study's lead author Kerry Hildreth, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. "Many women also experience menopausal symptoms that can negatively affect their quality of life and can contribute to depression, which is an established risk factor for cardiovascular disease. We investigated whether these symptom and mood aspects of menopause were associated with markers of vascular aging."
Hildreth and her colleagues studied 138 healthy women grouped according to the stage of menopause. They found that arteries were stiffer, and the endothelium, the layer of cells that line the blood vessels, was progressively less healthy across the stages of menopause. Menopausal symptoms and depression symptoms were greatest, and quality of life was lowest, in the late-perimenopausal and early postmenopausal stages. Importantly, more severe menopausal symptoms and lower quality of life were associated with worse vascular function.
"To our knowledge this was the first study to examine the association of mood, menopausal symptoms, and quality of life measures with these key markers of vascular aging in a well-characterized population of women spanning the stages of menopausal transition," the study said.
Women entering menopause experience profound hormonal changes coinciding with adverse changes in cardiovascular disease risk factors like high blood pressure, weight gain and insulin resistance, the study said. This may help explain the acceleration of vascular aging during the menopause transition.
Although the majority of women do not experience depression during the menopause transition, the risk is two to three times higher than in premenopausal women. One hypothesis is that the brain has to adapt to the irregular fluctuations in estrogen, a potent neurosteroid, during perimenopause, and eventually to a new, lower baseline level after menopause. This may explain why depressive symptoms returned to lower levels in the late postmenopausal women.
But while the researchers did not find an association between depression and vascular dysfunction across the stages of menopause, they did find an association with common menopausal symptoms. These include vasomotor symptoms, such as hot flashes, palpitations and headaches, and general symptoms, such as sleeplessness, poor appetite, constipation, weight gain, and poor concentration.
The reasons behind these changes are unclear but loss of estrogen could pay a key role.
"Estrogen modulates the synthesis and uptake of serotonin which has neuromodulatory, thermoregulatory, and cardiovascular actions," the study said. "Fluctuating and declining levels of estrogen with the menopausal transition may alter serotonin activity."
Another culprit could be oxidative stress. Estrogen is a potent anti-oxidant and higher levels of oxidative stress are seen in estrogen-deficient, post-menopausal women compared to premenopausal women, according to the study. Hot flashes are also associated with higher oxidative stress.
Hildreth said the next step is studying the mechanisms underlying these associations between vascular aging and symptoms of menopause.
"A better understanding of these aspects of the menopausal transition will be important for developing effective lifestyle and therapeutic interventions to promote psychosocial well-being and cardiovascular health in women," Hildreth said.
The other authors of the study include Kerrie Moreau, Ph.D.*, University of Colorado School of Medicine; Cemal Ozemek, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago; Wendy Kohrt, Ph.D.*, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Associate Director of the Center for Women's Health Research; Patrick Blatchford, Ph.D.*, Colorado School of Public Health at CU Anschutz.

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