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Ice Breakers are a vital, and often overlooked aspect of teen library programs. Any teen librarian knows that there can be a lot of tension surrounding the first 5 minutes of a teen library event. Some teens arrive by themselves, nervous and shy, not sure what to expect. Ice Breakers are a great way to get everyone to relax, and set the tone for a fun, unique event.
But anyone who’s ever participated in a group ice breaker knows how utterly boring and awkward they can be. Our goal should be to run interesting ice breakers that get teens talking to each other, and most importantly…laughing. In any library program, every minute counts. Even ice breaker minutes. Below are my tried and true suggestions for teen programming ice breakers: guaranteed to get them talking and laughing.
Everyone gets a sheet of paper.
Start by writing a sentence at the top – could be a description of a scene (e.g. Kanye West on a roller coaster), a character (A very tiny dragon with seven wings), or a story (Once upon a time a vampire fell in love with a ghost).
Take turns sharing the ridiculous progression of the story.
This is basically the same as normal Pictionary (2 teams, each gets 1 minute to get their teammates to guess their word) – except instead of drawing with a pencil and paper, you draw with your finger in pudding. It’s silly and gross and messy, and teens love it.
There are two teams. Everyone gets 3-5 slips of paper and writes nouns on them – characters from shows, places, items. The words all go into one bowl. There are 3 rounds.
In round one teams have to get their teammates to guess the words by describing them with as many words as they want.
In round 2, teams can only use one word to describe the item.
In round 3 teams must act out the word, but cannot make any sound.
Bonus 4th round – teams act out the word, but must wear a blanket draped over top of themselves.
The teams alternate back and forth and have 1 minute each to get through as many words as possible. Each round ends when all the words in the bowl have been guessed. The words are reused each round.
The pair with the most in common get to stay together, everyone else has to switch partners. This continues for each round.
The person with the most points combined from each round wins!
Free Downloadable: Mind Readers Ice Breaker Sheet.
5. Ellen DeGeneres’ Heads Up!
Hilarious guessing game similar to Taboo where you have to get the person to guess the word on the screen. The app is available for 0.99 here, or you could simply create a deck of index cards with words written in big block letters.
The same as charades, except instead of one person acting out a word for a group of people to guess, a group of people act out a word for one person to guess. The guesser switches from round to round. Two teams can compete. This is hilarious to watch, and is great because it takes the pressure off the one actor.
What are your favourite unique ice breaker activities for library programs?


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SSFS Upper School students have created a student-led organization called the SSFS Student Ambassadors Program. The goal of this program is to help new students adjust to our school, integrate into our community, and build a strong network between current SSFS students and SSFS alumni.
By joining the program, students will have many opportunities to grow and gain valuable skills, as there is a great deal of leadership responsibility. Students will also learn and practice public speaking skills in giving talks and presentations. Lastly, this leadership role is great preparation for college and beyond.
Please note: The Student Ambassador Application deadline is Friday, May 3, 2019 for the 2019-20 school year.

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It’s official: holidays are having a bit of an overhaul. No longer happy with a standard fly-and-flop break in the sun, more of us than ever are switching up our annual getaway in favor of something a little different – and a whole lot more experiential. And this fresh approach to holidays goes by the name of adventure tourism. Which is next on your list?
Saddle up and prepare for the ride of your life on a horseback trek through Kyrgyzstan. This rugged Central Asian country – where snow-capped mountains give way to grassy slopes and glacial lakes – takes the phrase ‘off the beaten track’ to another level. And a horseback tour is the best way to have a truly authentic experience here. You’ll cross virtually untouched terrain to reach stop-offs like the Sary Chelek national reserve, whose glassy lakes are so clear that the mountain reflections look like optical illusions. And you can sleep under canopy and stars in a traditional yurt, or immerse yourself in local culture with a traditional homestay.
As tempting as it is, don’t settle for a beach break in the Bahamas this year. Instead, delve beneath the crystal waters off the coast for a snorkelling adventure worthy of the big screen. Organised turtle tracking tours let you get up-close to hawksbill and green sea turtles in the name of conservation. As part of a group of researchers, you’ll help to monitor these endangered sea creatures, and gain access to some of the world’s most mesmerising coral reefs in the process. We guarantee you’ll never look at beach breaks in the same way again.
If you’ve ever trudged through thigh-high snow in Finland, you’ll know that getting from A to B is an adventure in itself. But a husky safari is an absolute must if you want to explore this fairy-tale landscape to its full. You’ll take the reins and be spirited away through snow-dappled forests and across frozen lakes. And when the sun sets you can switch to a snowmobile and set off on a Northern Lights exploration tour. Visit between October and April for the best chance of spotting the elusive Aurora Borealis as they paint the night sky a vivid green.
If your idea of the perfect adventure involves two wheels, make your way to the Italian Alps – where cycling is anything but run of the mill. We’re talking steep climbs, rocky descents, and widescreen views worth bringing your GoPro for. There are various organised tours where you can hire bikes and equipment, or you can go it alone if you’re a cycling pro. Either way, the Stelvio Pass (pictured) is a must; at an elevation of 2,758m, the views will leave you breathless (as will the incline). Plus, this is prime territory for the full A-Z of outdoor pursuits, so you can test your mettle at paragliding, kayaking and white water rafting while you’re here.
Shrouded in mist thanks to its elevated position in the Costa Rican highlands, the Monteverde Cloud Forest has an ethereal appeal. Go full Tarzan and speed your way through the greenery on a zip-line, or slow the pace and tiptoe across the network of bridges suspended in the treetops. You’ll pass lakes, waterfalls and hot springs on the way in nature’s equivalent of a peacock spreading its feathers. Plus, when you need a break from adrenaline-fuelled adventures, Costa Rica’s postcard-worthy beaches are yours for the taking.
If you’re planning to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, you’re already in line for a pretty epic adventure. And you can raise the stakes even higher with a camel trek to get there in style. Set off through the changing landscapes of Tanzania with a Masai guide at your side, and you’ll meet hyenas, zebras and elephants en route. Once the sun sets, you’ll eat by the light of a campfire and sleep under the stars. Then you’ll arrive fully-rested, ready to take on the world’s tallest freestanding mountain. This is definitely one to tell the grandkids.
Get behind the wheel of a convertible and prepare to channel your inner Jack Kerouac on a road trip to remember. America’s Route 66 is the country’s most iconic highway for good reason: a drive down this revered road will give you a dose of Americana like no other. Stop off at old-school diners, stay in retro motels, and pass classic Mustangs and Chevys along the route. It’s a taste of the highway’s heyday back in the 1950s, and one thing’s guaranteed: you’ll never take another drive quite like it.
The Trans-Siberian railway is a try-before-you-die kind of experience. Take the Rossiya No 2 service across this vast Russian railway network and you’ll cross eight time zones to get from Moscow to Vladivostok. The journey takes six days and slices through parts of Russia most people don’t get to see in their lifetime. Plus, it connects to the Chinese rail network at one end, so you can keep going all the way to Beijing if your railway adventure isn’t quite finished.
Muscat’s beauty is undeniable, wherever you’re standing. But the view of this port city from above is another thing altogether. Paraglide your way over the capital of Oman and prepare to be stunned at the vista. The birds-eye view takes in the Gulf of Oman, inland from the rocky mountain edge and out across the ultramarine ocean in the opposite direction. You can work your way up from novice paraglider to pilot licence-holder in the space of ten days. From there, you can paraglide anywhere in the world.
Poised at the very tip of South America, the Tierra del Fuego archipelago is home to some of the most dramatic landscapes in the world. Vast inhospitable mountain ranges, soaring cliffs and icy glaciers give this Patagonian wilderness a kind of bleak beauty you won’t find anywhere else. It pulls in serious hikers like a magnet, and its allure is nothing new – explorers including Sir Francis Drake, Charles Darwin and Captain James Cook have all passed through here. Plus, if you pay a visit to the Argentine town of Ushuaia – the most southerly city on the planet – you’ve reached what’s known as ‘The End of the World’. As far as epic journeys go, it doesn’t get much more adventurous than that.

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text: Three-dimensional seismic data from the Levant Basin, eastern Mediterranean, was used to quantify longitudinal strains in thick, multilayered Messinian evaporites at an early stage of salt tectonics. Gravity-spreading is driven by basin subsidence and tilting of the Levant margin and by progradation of the Nile Cone. Similar styles of shortening in two separate 3D survey areas comprise detachment folds, thrust-ramp folds and conjugate arrays of strike-slip faults. These Pleistocene structures can be explained with a single deformation phase with a tectonic transport direction of NE to ENE, obliquely opposed to the extension updip, which began in the Late Pliocene. Four major detachments within the Messinian are probably halite-rich intervals in the multilayer. Shortening of competent interlayers varies from 1–2% near the base to c. 7% near the top of the Messinian, with a sharp reduction in shortening at the top Messinian and roof to 1–2%. This shortening profile is attributed to asymmetric Poiseuille flow, indicating that salt is flowing downdip faster than the overburden is translating. Physical modelling supports the inferred flow profile, showing that each mobile layer flows faster than adjoining competent layers and that strains in evaporites can be far greater than in the overburden. This is the first published use of seismic data to demonstrate the flow regime within salt on a regional scale.

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Find the best Dog and Cat Grooming in Cannock as recommended by local Cannock people in thebestof Cannock's Dog and Cat Grooming directory.
Shawz 4 Pawz provide grooming services for all breeds of dog. The grooming salon is fully equipped to handle dogs of all sizes comfortably. The personal service and quality of the groom ensures many repeat, regular customers for Shawz 4 Pawz dog grooming studio. From a simple wash through to full grooms Shawz 4 Pawz provide a personalised service to suit dog and owner. Contact the passionate dog groomers today to discuss your needs.
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C Si Bon Duck a L’Orange - Christmas fair at its finest. Released in time for Christmas, this is a standout dish to be served on Christmas Day or in the lead up to Christmas if you are a huge lover of duck (like me).
This could take pride of place on your Christmas table and we’ve done all the hard work. Confit of duck is the first thing I buy when in France. I absolutely love it. This is a beautiful rendition of a French classic and tastes heavenly. I’ve placed the confit of duck on a bed of steamed royal blue potato scallops. The sauce was made using freshly squeezed orange juice that has been steeped with thyme, a touch of maple syrup, ginger and brandy. If you’re a lover of duck this will satisfy! This will only be available in the lead up to Christmas. You can pick up in store, order online or pre-order for larger parties. So good!
Defrost for up to 2 hours. Place in oven and heat at 180 degrees celsius for approximately 30 minutes until duck is golden and crispy.
Storage Instructions : Store in your freezer until ready to re-heat. Do not re-heat twice.

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Find a Queens summer camp that has flexible scheduling options.
Have you ever found a summer camp you love for your kids, but the timing isn’t right with their other summer obligations and family vacations? That won’t be an issue any more with this handy list of summer day and specialty camps that have flexible scheduling—allowing you to pick and choose when your children attend camp! These camps in Queens offer flexible schedule options, including camps in Flushing, Forest Hills, Bay Terrace, Fresh Meadows, Little Neck, Bayside, Glen Oaks, Middle Village, and Oakland Gardens.
When it comes to being flexible with scheduling, we believe we are No. 1. 82nd Street Academics offers three schedule options: 8am-6:30pm, 8:30am-3:30pm, and 8:30-11:30am. We also offer after-school until 6:30pm, Happy Hour until 7pm, and early drop off at 8am.
We're flexible, choose individual days, weekly packages, or a season package, even share days or weeks among siblings.
We offer flexible options for busy families. Choose a single week or select multiple weeks and save. Even add afternoons at Advantage Day Camp, creating full days of fun!
Choose only the week or weeks that work for your family's schedule. The more weeks you sign up for, the more you save!
We have late weekday and weekend classes to help ease the stress of working parents or students that may be in day camps!
Campers may sign up for one to five days per week (full- and half-days), and for one to six weeks. Morning and afternoon sessions are available.
You can register for anywhere from four-eight weeks and select the weeks you plan to attend. Full-day programs available for campers entering pre-K through eighth grade with mini-day options available for children entering nursery and pre-K. Toddler Time Program also available.
CK Kids American Dance and Drama Camp have five-day, four-day, three-day, two-day, and even one-day options, full-day or half-day.
Our multi-location facilities provide students the most flexible summer schedule. The music classes are offered in both Flushing and Forest Hills locations, with weekdays and weekend schedule.
Partial weeks and half-days are available to the younger campers up to age 6. For campers 7 and older, flexible full- day scheduling is available so come and swim, learn, and play with us for all eight weeks, or just visit for a few days!
Parents can choose from one- to eight-week programs that best suit their needs. With a minimum of four weeks, door-to-door best transportation is included. If they enroll their child(ren) for less than four weeks, parents must provide their own transportation.
Please call us about our flexible weekly summer program and our early registration discounts. We offer low student-to-teacher ratio.
Summer Academy is available July-August. Contact us for what weeks or days you’d like to register for. Half days: 9am-12pm; full days: 9am-4pm.
Metrokids Preschool provides flexible scheduling for working families. Call to discuss what schedule fits your family best and to discuss pricing.
Four- to eight-week enrollment for three, four, or five days per week. Let us customize a schedule for you!
Summer Family Movement and Music Experience for children birth through five years of age with their grown ups who love to participate. Sing, dance, play, and learn. We invite you to contact us and schedule a free trial class! Flexible summer scheduling. Classes, music, materials, and online Music Zone included!
We are open seven days-a-week. We offer small group classes and one-on-one sessions. We have a special eight-week summer program. We have two locations. One on Grand Avenue and another on Corona Avenue.
We are proud to offer flexible rolling enrollment to best fit your summer plans. Select any weeks you'd like with a minimum of two.
Summer class schedule will be published in April 2019. Specific requests for scheduling needs may be accommodated based on the availability.
We offer flexible scheduling, and will help you create a custom summer program based on your child's needs and your budget. We want everyone to experience the magic of the arts! Contact us for more info.
We understand how busy parents' schedules can be, so we offer weekly and daily options.
Whether you have a vacation planned or enjoy your summer Fridays, our summer day camp program is fully customizable to fit your needs. Our camp staff is happy to work with you to build a schedule that works best for you and your family. Pricing is adjusted accordingly.
Choose the amount of days and weeks you wish your child to attend. For example, pick one day or one week, etc. You can even break up your one week by spreading the five days over two weeks.
Come the days and times that fit your schedule. You can come once, twice, or as many times to class as makes sense for you. We have great professional instructors to help you learn to dance. See you this summer!
We register by the day, week, or for the full seven weeks! You can sign-up for different programs each day to tailor the program meet to your needs.
Summer school classes meet from July 1 to Aug. 12. Daily schedule is 7:45am-2:25pm. Students can take one or two full year courses during the six-week program. SAT/ACT prep classes are offered for students preparing for the August or October tests. Call for more information.
Daily hours are 8 am-6 pm. Parents can choose between two part time options(three full days or five half days) or full time schedules. Early drop off (7:30 am) is available at an additional cost.
Choose any of our sessions from two-seven weeks that will accommodate your family goals over the summer.
World of Discovery Day Camp provides two- to eight-week sessions for campers, and weeks do not have to be consecutive.
Parents are able to enroll their campers for two-week sessions up through the whole summer! With locations in all five boroughs, YMCA Summer Camps has a location where you need it most!
Parents may enroll their children for all or any part of the summer; weeks do not have to be consecutive. Minimum stay is two weeks.


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California watch brand Xetum recently launched a limited edition matte black version of their Tyndall timepiece. The Tyndall PVD Carbon comes in the brands signature 40 mm diameter lugless steel case — with a special matte black PVD finish and a carbon fiber dial. It will be powered by an ETA 2895 or Sellita SW 260 automatic movement, depending on availability.
The strap is black leather with black stitching and an Italian cork lining. Screwed-down crown. Water-resistant 100 meters. Limited edition of 300 numbered pieces. Retail $1,695.

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You see, in my job I am often called upon to judge the work of rookie card designers. I’ve seen enough that I began to recognize common mistakes. So, I thought it would make an interesting column to point out many of the novice mistakes made when designing Magic cards.
I should also note before I continue that my audience for this column is for card designers who want to design cards as we do here at Wizards of the Coast. If you want to do you own thing and do things we never would, more power to you, but this column isn’t for you.
The card has too many abilities - For some reason, new designers feel a great need to take all their cool ideas and put them on the same card. This is problematic for several reasons. First, it aesthetically makes the card look bad. I strongly urge designers to mock up stickers so they can get an idea of how the card looks. Cards with excessively long rules text look bad.
Second, the more abilities on the card, the more complicated the card gets. While this okay occasionally on a random funky rare, the average Magic card needs to be simple and straightforward. The best example of this is for you to think of the Magic cards you like. More often than not, the more popular cards are not in our tiniest font sizes.
Third, too many abilities “pull focus.” In design lingo what this means is that it keeps the player from focusing on the aspect of the card you want them to focus on. If, for example, you have a neat new creature ability, you want the player to spend his energies thinking about that. Each other ability stuck on the card lessens that focus.
The card has too many flavor “add-ons” - This mistake is the adding of extra rules text that gives the card more flavor but complicates it as the condition seldom matters. As an example, imagine a Dragon that, In addition to its “normal” abilities, didn’t untap whenever a Knight was in play. There’s some flavor to the ability; maybe the Dragon is afraid of Knights and "hides" from them, but it just isn’t going to matter in the vast majority of the games. In addition, the ability is very swingy, meaning that once in a blue moon the card just gets randomly hosed.
As I talked about above, excess wordiness is bad. For that reason, a designer should not use “add-ons” unless they contribute enough to game play. A simple way to do this is keeping track of the abilities when you playtest the cards. If the ability never or very seldom comes up, it usually isn’t worth the space on the card.
Quite often I’ll have to read a card multiple times to understand what it does. And sometimes, I never figure it out. Good design leans towards simplicity not complexity. If the people you show your cards to consistently get confused by the same card, that1s a sign that the card is too complicated. And don’t jump in and explain your card. Good design has to rest on the laurels of the rules text. If the card can’t explain itself, it’s inherently flawed.
The card has too many memory issues - As a general rule of thumb, cards that force a player to remember something are troublesome. That said, there is some valuable design space that requires memorization. The two biggest mistakes in this area are: One, cards that require a player to remember too many different things. And two, cards that require players to remember a detail unimportant enough that they are not constantly reminded. An enchantment where the opponent loses 3 life whenever he draws a card is memorable. One where he loses 1 life whenever a 1/1 creature comes into play is not.
As I explained above, rookie designers love loading their cards with lots of abilities. Besides being overwhelming, it also hits another major design snafu, lack of synergy. You see, when I design a card, I think of it as a single entity. That means that everything on the card needs to be working together for the greater good of the card. Remember, every card doesn’t need multiple abilities on it, but if you choose to use more than one, the abilities have to interconnect in some way.
Block fliers - This has reasonable synergy as both abilities are combat abilities.
Cannot be countered - The two abilities have nothing to do with one another. Cannot be countered is good against blue decks. First strike is sort of irrelevant against blue decks as traditionally blue has weak creatures to start with.
Regeneration - This ability is actually non-synergistic. The reason is that first strike is an ability which helps keep a creature alive in combat. As is regeneration. While the two have slightly different utility, they overlap enough that they aren’t particularly interesting together. Alas, poor Ranger en-Vec.
Rootwalla ability (+X/+X once per turn) - This has synergy as an increase in power increases the strength of first strike.
Tap for mana - This is anti-synergistic as there is no easy way to make use of both abilities on the same turn. If you’re tapping to attack and use the first strike, you can’t get mana out of the card.
Trample - This one’s kind of neutral. While there’s no great synergy, it’s not anti-synergistic. Also, we tend to put trample on big creatures and first strike on small and medium creatures.
Untargetability (Cannot be the target of spells or abilities) - This has a little synergy. First strike enhances a creature in combat and untargetability lessens a creature’s chances of being destroyed outside of combat. Not the best fit, but okay.
As you can see, the higher the synergy, the better the overall card will feel.
This mistake plays into the major theme of “Making Magic”: Respect the rules. Way too often when I’m looking at cards by a new designer, I see cards we simply would never make. The reason we haven’t made much green creature kill or red enchantment destruction is not because it never dawned on us. It’s because the game shouldn’t have them.
The Color Wheel - This is usually the biggest culprit. Magic colors are clearly defined. When you design a card that seems like a nice simple card that does something the color hasn’t done before (or at least hasn’t done since Magic’s early days), think twice about why it hasn’t been done yet. If it’s a new, unexplored area, that’s great. If it’s an obvious mechanic that you’ve seen done in other colors, odds are you’re about to make a mistake.
Card Type Rules - Each card type has certain rules about how it functions. Lands produce mana. Enchantments don’t tap. Artifacts have generic mana costs. If your card breaks one of the fundamental rules of a card type (meaning that it does something that no card of that type ever does), ask yourself if the card shouldn’t be of a different type.
General Flavor - Over the years Magic has built up a distinctive flavor. Some of this flavor has worked its way into card mechanics. These choices were made consciously, so be careful next time you design a card that flies in the face of history. Your non-flying male angel, for instance, might not be a perfect fit.
The point of this category is not that designers can’t break rules. It’s that rules shouldn’t be broken if they don’t need to be. As I’m fond of saying: Before you think outside the box, check inside the box first.
To be clear, I’m not talking about cards that attack virgin areas of the rules. This mistake is about cards that simply don’t work under the current existing rules. When you design a card, check with someone you know that’s good with the rules. Make sure the card works the way you think it works.
I hope this little tutorial has been helpful. That said, I need to stress that for legal reasons I do not read unsolicited card submissions sent to me in either my email or snail mail. While I’m excited to hear your feedback about today’s article (and I do read everything sent to me - except, of course, unsolicited cards), please don’t send me your card files.
Join me next week as we begin our Scourge previews and I talk about the thrill of designing the big boys.
Until then, may you have as much fun designing as I do.

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The youth recently went to the Connect Conference in Tennessee. The conference bought 800 Bibles for distribution. We are thankful for those at Connect who gave to Feed Vermont spiritually.
We handed bibles out at our VBS in July and to others here in Vermont.
"While In Israel I was sitting on a bus headed to the airport and had a conversation with a very friendly Jewish lady. We talked for a while and I asked her about what she believed about Jesus. I also asked her if she had a New Testament Bible and if I could give her one? This lady took the Bible and seemed grateful. I was able to share what the Bible teaches about faith and that the New Testament in Romans 4 points to Abraham as a man who believed in God and it was credited to Him as righteousness. I am thankful for the privilege to share Jesus and give out copies of God's word."


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2018 Parade of Homes Master Piece . Flat lot with fabulous long range Hill Country views. Stunning Secured Hill Country Neighborhood , spacious open plan, great for entertaining. Majestic views from expansive butted glass windows, stacking door units. Price below market and $80,000.00 in Parade discounts and upgrades. Ready for immediate move in. Details and appointments galore.
$2018 Parade of Homes Master Piece . Flat lot with fabulous long range Hill Country views. Stunning Secured Hill Country Neighborhood , spacious open plan, great for entertaining. Majestic views from expansive butted glass windows, stacking door units. Price below market and $80,000.00 in Parade discounts and upgrades. Ready for immediate move in. Details and appointments galore.
I was searching for a Property and found this listing (MLS® #1333183). Please send me more information regarding 34 Mariposa E Pkwy., Boerne, TX, 78006. Thank you!
I'd like to request a showing of 34 Mariposa E Pkwy., Boerne, TX, 78006 (MLS® #1333183). Thank you!

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The brand new Cloud platform built from scratch to be your next generation software towards the digital transformation!
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Clusters was built from scratch, with innovative technology and operates in the cloud, on the secure Microsoft Azure platform and in any operation environment (Windows, Mac, Linux), to develop speed and agility and accelerate your data processing wherever you are through all internet devices, connecting users, improving their direct collaboration and producing safe and useful information that focuses in better decision making across your business.
Discover the intelligent simplicity of Clusters with its sophisticated mechanisms that accelerate digital transformation and make your everyday work easy, fast and secure. Get enthusiastic with its simple completeness that embraces your whole spectrum of processes though a user-friendly interface.
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Combine different procedures under a unique cloud umbrella to control your whole business activities flow and integrate data in secure and scalable real time information simply and fast.
Clusters integrate your procedures in financial, accounting, sales, production and cost control.
Bring users together and automate collaboration through powerful workflows. Manage pending tasks, follow up assignment tracks and state progress and get notified for important actions to complete and deliver in time and with accuracy. Connect people to tasks and involve them into decision making and data entry processes to optimize business control.
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With users leveled embedded definitions, Clusters secure identity authentication and sign-in and manages users rights.
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It is economically convenient as requires that you only invest in a steady Internet connection and pay-as-you-go!
At Ergon Iris, we keep our Cloud solutions continuously upgraded.
All upgrades, security fixes and new features are immediately updated and included in the annual subscription cost for all our users.
An integrated ERP with unique cost control features.
A powerful customer relationship management tool.
A unique business process management system.
Accounting and Asset management according to International Accounting Standards.
Sales, Purchases and Warehouse Supply chain management, from offers to invoicing with easy to use automations.
Production management with raw material handling, manufacture recipes, overhead costs allocation and costing/pricing.
Booking resources management for hospitality companies, fitness centers etc.
Cost management for segmentation of units, branches, projects and cost controls, phases, subunits, department etc, automatically, without double entries.
Mobility. Access to ERP information through mobiles.
Full collaboration with CRM; automatic customers/vendors update with financial information.
Full collaboration with BPM; workflows, follow ups, links and tasks to organize, control and have real time information, alerts and ToDo’s.
Customers, Vendors and Collaborators with leads, workflows and contacts.
Files, documents and images archives for each customer/vendor/collaborator.
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Union Plus Save My Home Hotline — provided through the non-profit Money Management International (MMI) — is accredited to provide counseling for union members facing foreclosure.
Counseling offered is confidential and free. MMI is the nation's largest and most trusted full-service nonprofit credit counseling agency.
If you are a homeowner worried that the next change in your adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) will put payments out of reach or facing financial trouble that may make you fall behind on your mortgage payments, the Union Plus Save My Home Hotline may be able to help.
You can arrange a confidential, free consultation with expert housing counselors who can provide advice, help you find answers and develop an action plan to get your financial house in order.
Don't wait until it's too late — call 866-490-5361, any time day or night or visit one of the 100+ local offices in 22 states and the District of Columbia for face-to-face counseling.
If you have a Union Plus Mortgage, you may also be eligible for additional assistance.
Fully-trained, HUD-certified counselors will discuss your individual situation and offer advice and guidance that is personalized for your situation.
Provide a free budget and spending analysis to assess your current financial situation.
Explain how best to work with your lender and understand all of the options available to help you retain your home and prevent foreclosure.
Protect you from future credit problems before you get too far behind on mortgage payments.
Provide a written plan of action you can follow.
Offer referrals to other resources, including credit and bankruptcy counseling, if appropriate.
I already am behind on my mortgage payments. Can the Hotline help me?
Yes. The hotline's HUD-certified counselors can help you establish a budget, set priorities and explain all the available strategies to stop foreclosure and help you keep your home. Landlords and lenders often are willing to be flexible about repayment of late or missing payments.
If you simply cannot make your payments, your counselor can provide advice for working with the lender. Your lender may be able to restructure your loan to a fixed rate, for example, or allow you to make smaller payments for a limited period of time (those payments will be added to the loan balance, though.) If necessary, your counselor will make referrals to other resources or alternatives such as a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure (where you essentially turn the home back over to the lender). You'll leave the session with a plan outlining actions you need to take.
Will the counselors work directly with my lender?
No. Unlike with credit counseling, the Save My Home Hotline counselors are unable to work directly with your lender. However, they will create an action plan to help you address your housing concerns. After the session, you should be better prepared to work with your lender. And, you may call the Hotline to speak with a counselor as many times as you need to make sure all of your questions and concerns are answered.
What type of information should I have ready to discuss with a counselor?
Your counseling session will consist of a review of your circumstances, including income, expenses, debts and mortgage terms. You should have the account numbers, billing addresses, current payments and balances for all creditors you owe, as well as any information from your mortgage lender, including payment amount and time delinquent (if applicable).
The Union Plus Save My Home Hotline is provided through the non-profit Money Management International (MMI).

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In late October, Sharethrough took the stage alongside some of the industry’s largest automotive and media brands at J.D. Power’s annual automotive roundtable in Las Vegas. During the day, Sharethrough’s Chief Revenue Officer Mike Gaffney interviewed Cadillac’s Media Marketing Manager Hannah Feder to discuss the company’s use of external media partners and publications, as well as the the automotive giant's plans to set itself up for future success in the native advertising space.
Their 30-minute discussion covered a variety of topics, like Cadillac’s recent Dare Greatly campaign, how it is currently utilizing Sharethrough’s technology to optimize its native advertising playbook and the recent opening of its Cadillac House brand experience space in New York City.
The session focused on how Cadillac has used both earned and owned media channels to promote its Dare Greatly campaign.
In addition, the company has recently invested a lot of its own resources into its new brand experience center, Cadillac House.
“The whole point of Cadillac House is that it is a place for us to amplify what we are doing with our content and media partners, and have a physical place to experience and interact with the brand,” said Feder.
Cadillac plans to use this creative space to provide consumers a physical extension of the brand, and further express what the Cadillac brand stands for through new partnerships. The list of partners includes the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), who specialize in innovative design for retail space, Visionaire, an art and culture collective who curates non-traditional, immersive and experiential works in an art exhibition area and JOE Coffee, a New-York based coffee-roastery located in New York.
The discussion ended with a look into the future for Cadillac and how they plan to construct their content marketing strategy.

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Companies often give presentations to Members of Parliament so that we know what they are doing for our constituents.
I recently attended such a meeting in the House of Commons with Centrica.
This is the company through which most people get their gas.
I was impressed by its ambition to be a good corporate citizen and its commitment to finding innovative solutions that reduce the carbon footprint and help its customers at the same time.
For example, its Hive Link has been developed with the Carers UK charity.
It aims to meet the needs of an ageing society with devices that allow trusted family and friends to check on the heating and lighting in the homes of elderly relatives, including those people with dementia.
A door open for longer than normal would also be spotted and allows carers to check more quickly. That enables carers to live their lives, but to be alert at the same time.
This kind of smart technology helps us all because the longer people can safely and comfortably stay in their homes, the less pressure there is on care homes and hospitals.
Centrica is also putting seed money into start-ups to boost emergency response systems as part of its Active Ageing Challenge.
Other initiatives include easier trading of excess power from community solar panels, and encouraging more electric vehicle use for individuals and fleets of lorries.
I’m impressed by Centrica’s enthusiasm and I commend it for using its corporate weight to be much more than the old British Gas was.
I also appreciate it making smart technology the friend of energy-saving and caring for others.
I say bring it on, and I hope other companies follow suit.


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Chislehurst is an Anglo Saxon descriptive place name, a reference to its appearance, not to a founder. The first element, Chisel or Chesil, indicates a stony or gravelly place; the second element, hurst, indicates woodland. So Chislehurst literally means a stony wood, and this can still be confirmed by taking a walk across the common and amongst the trees, with eyes focused on the ground. The stones are geologically the Blackheath beds, forming a free-draining but rather poor soil. They are widespread in this area of Kent; Hayes Common comes to mind as another example. The original parish was very large, and included in its north-east quarter a substantial portion of what is now Sidcup, and to the south a similarly large part of the urban area now known as Petts Wood.
It is important to realise that although Chislehurst and Scadbury are Anglo Saxon descriptive names they do not necessarily indicate Anglo Saxon settlement at that time before the Norman Conquest. They describe the land as seen from outside, respectively a stony wood and a shady hill. It should be emphasised that it is not all dry stony soil; there are, as we shall see, small watery and more fertile areas suitable for early settlements. Overall it is fundamentally within an area of ancient occupation. The Cray valley settlement began very early, and archaeology has revealed some Palaeolithic traces and occupation from the Neolithic and Iron ages onwards. The website of ODAS, Orpington District Archaeological Society, is worth exploring for details. Within the Chislehurst area there is some slender evidence of possible Roman or Romano-British use of the chalk, based on the discovery in 1857 (reported in Webb’s History of Chislehurst, and in Archaeologia Cantiana) of an ancient chalk pit next to the old quarry at the bottom end of Lubbock Road. Bromley, Mottingham and Eltham were all established before Chislehurst was fully settled. In those days land belonged to the king, and he gave much of it to the church.
We first hear of Chislehurst as a place on the boundary of land in Bromley given by the king to St Andrew’s Priory, Rochester. At that time it is likely that most of what later became Chislehurst parish was entirely rural, typically woodland, with some open spaces, part of the king’s hunting ground and thinly populated. Historical records indicate that Chislehurst was at that time part of the Royal Manor of Dartford. This probably explains why Chislehurst does not appear in William of Normandy’s Domesday Book survey of his lands and other property in 1086. Chislehurst church is first mentioned in 1089 as part of a gift of several churches to the monks at St Andrew’s Priory, by which time it is supposed that there was some settlement in the area.
Any settlements would have been adjacent to water supplies. The woodland, which was of great value as timber for building and for fuel, and pannage for pigs, was probably in the care of a bailiff working on behalf of Dartford manor, and some of this woodland might well have been the present day Petts Wood, adjacent to the Kyd Brook. It is a wet area. In autumn the woodland floor here is smothered in acorns and beechmast, traditional food for pigs. It is very likely that there were a few scattered farms or hamlets on the more fertile soils within and surrounding the widespread dry stony Blackheath beds, which remained as waste or common ground. Tong Farm within the Kyd Brook valley (now the National Trust Hawkwood estate), could be a very early settlement site, and also, farther upstream, the area now occupied by the Petts Wood town area, a very watery district in medieval times, where the ancient moated Manor of Town Court once flourished. Farther north we have the Kemnal Road area, as a likely precursor of the later Kemnal Manor, where a small stream still flows north towards Sidcup. The area where Frognal was to develop is another good site. This important settlement was founded on the ‘spring line’ where the stony Blackheath beds terminate over the underlying clay, and springs of fresh water can flow; note that Frognal Avenue becomes ‘Watery Lane’ farther down towards Foots Cray. Scadbury and Town Court were also on the same spring line. Factors determining population growth are many and varied, but the valuable woodland, its manorial status and its probable resident bailiff, the arrival of the church and ultimately the advent of a resident lord at Scadbury, have all to be taken into consideration.
The position of the church is significant. It stands on the highest part of the Common, about 300 feet (100 metres) above sea level, near the junction of the main roads that ran from Eltham to the Cray Valley and Bromley to Bexley. The dedication of the church to St Nicholas, a patron saint of travellers, may be significant. With the advent of the church came the parish, an Anglo Saxon method of ensuring fair division of the land and its produce for the benefit of the church. This in its turn would have led to further settlement, so that by the thirteenth century, when population levels were generally rising, there was a thriving community and Chislehurst village within its parish became established, with a resident Lord of the Manor at Scadbury. Kemnal Manor was also occupied by this time. It must be reiterated that much of the foregoing is speculation, based upon the general trends of population growth in southern England at that time.


text: Department Veterans Affairs (VA) Consolidated Mail Out-Patient Pharmacy (CMOP) Murfreesboro CMOP 36C77019Q0206 posting to FedBizOps Pharmaceuticals RFQ is 7 line items NDC numbers Listed. Vendors must provide a copy of the Pharmaceutical License. Alternate NDC# listed and can also be provide by Vendor. VENDORS SHOULD BID ON ITEMS THAT HEY HAVE IN STOCK VENDORS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE ITEM QUOTED Low Bid Award will be available for Immediate Shipment No backorders please Facility Inventory is low and demand is high - Pharmaceutical Spreadsheet for Quote (Excel) can be submitted via Email to jeffrey.crysler@va.gov and gerald.bingham@va.gov (preferred). Do not change the Excel spreadsheet format when submitting Quotes!!! Signed RFQ cover page can be Email or Faxed 913-684-0179. If Faxed please add ATTN: Jeffrey Crysler to cover page. No Faxed Pharmaceutical List Spreadsheets please. This may be a multiple Award RFQ. Closes 12-26-2018 12PM CST NAICS 325412 NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (21-DEC-2018); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.

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text: Today, Monday 22nd February, is the beginning of the 8th LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival. To mark the five hundred year anniversary of Thomas More’s formative work, the theme of this year’s festival is ‘Utopia’ with a series of free exciting events being held at LSE exploring questions of the imagination, dreams, nostalgia and the quest for a better world. To reflect on the festival and the ideas it will be discussing, Michael Caines, Assistant Editor of the Times Literary Supplement, introduces us to More’s Utopia, its legacies and continued relevance to contemporary utopian – and dystopian – thought.

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Cuba's golf courses provide the perfect way to enjoy the Caribbean sunshine for those with a love of the sport. The courses are on level ground, covered with well kept grass and lakes and are cleverly located between breathtaking hills and of course, golf in the Caribbean's beautiful climate makes the experience all the more enjoyable. Both courses are spacious, offering plenty of room for keen golfers to improve their swing and putting!
Although Cuba's golf courses are currently limited to two, they do make for a splendid day out for amateurs and veterans alike. Proving popular with both professional and amateur golfers, the centres regularly organise competitions and events for experienced golfers. For those who wish to make Cuba's golf clubs the focus of the holiday, specialised hotels are available. Amateurs needn't worry though, as we can provide trainers to give guidance to beginners, ensuring they'll be improving their handicap in no time!
This is the first and (currently) only 18-hole Cuban golf course, and was opened in April 1998, offering luxurious surroundings and an entertaining round of golf, both for beginners and experts. The first 9 holes are considerably easier than the back 9, so beginners should probably stick to a shorter round, while experts should beware that boasting about the easiness of the course could come back to bite them when they reach the halfway point! Some of the holes are located right in front of the sea, increasing the challenge, but also presenting views typical of Caribbean golf which simply take your breath away to calm your frustrations! The par 72 course also boasts a driving range, 2 putting greens and a chipping green with bunkers to get practice in - for the serious player, this is Cuba's golf excursion of choice.
Havana's golf club is sadly only a 9 hole course, though it does have 18 tees, meaning you can still play a full game. Although you could consider this more of a casual setting because of its length, the par 35 course includes some sneaky bunkers around the greens which should surprise the more experienced players. For those less concerned with golf in Cuba, the club also boasts five tennis courts, a bowling green and a fine restaurant ensuring that everyone in your party will find something to entertain them.
Although Cuba's golf may not be world renowned, the island's exquisite beauty makes the perfect setting for a relaxing and memorable golf holiday. Golf in the Caribbean is one of the best ways to enjoy the climate.

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text: Crime series' are what makes my blood boil. I am really addicted to watching crime related stories. My favorite shows include Sherlock, NCIS, Criminal Minds, and Luther. After surfing on the internet, I have found this show named Dexter. Many people praise it as one of the best detective drama in television history. Because of this, I started watching some of its episodes and it did not disappoint. It was really a marvelous work, Dexter is a unique and well written.

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Oni Press have announced all the spicy details for the final installment of the recent run of holiday-themed BLUE MONDAY one-shots. Series creator Chynna Clugston-Major will team with the publisher to release NOBODY’S FOOL in February. The regular-sized comic will be broken into two stories, one for Saint Patrick’s Day and one for April Fool’s Day.
In this month's edition of THE COMICS JOURNAL Audio Archive comics publisher Fantagraphics is paying a posthumous call on legendary EC Comics publisher WILLIAM GAINES. Gaines is reported to be one of publishers responsible for perhaps the first genuine renaissance in the comic book field, and later served as an inspiration for much of the underground comix movement. In these MP3s, the genial Mr. Gaines discusses horror comics, his testimony before the 1950s Senate Subcommittee hearings on "Comics and Juvenile Delinquency," the creation of the much-reviled Comics Code Authority, Harvey Kurtzman, MAD Magazine, and much more. Check them at http://www.tcj.com/listen/listen.html.
The beautiful archer Arwyn, and her faithful dog Kreeg, from the hit CrossGen Comics title Sojourn, has been brought to life in the first CrossGen statue by Dynamic Forces! Standing at 7 1/2" tall on a 4" wide base, the beautiful Arwyn has been modelled in meticulous detail in a high-quality, limited edition statue. The painting, done by Dan Lane, complements the CrossGen sculpts done by Vincenzo Cucca and Ciro Vignes as Arwyn stands surveying the countryside for the evil Mordath. An Ashleigh statue is also on the way.
In April 2002, Oni Press published their first original graphic novel—DUMPED by Andi Watson. The bittersweet tale of relationships that rise and fall and the broken people caught on the waves of romance was an instant hit with comics readers, and continues to be one of Oni’s best back catalogue titles. Now, nearly a year later, Oni is looking to repeat that success with CHEAT, the first full-length work by writer/artist Christine Norrie (HOPELESS SAVAGES).
From Sci Fi Wire comes the news that Francis Lawerence, who has directed video clips for prestigous groups and artists such as Aerosmith, Destiny's Child, Jennifer Lopez, Pink, Will Smith and Britney Spears, is in talks to make his feature directorial debut on Constantine, a film adaptation of the DC-Vertigo comic book Hellblazer, with no less than Matrix star Keanu Reeves in the title role.
Reeves will star as John Constantine, a man who dabbles in the occult and teams with a female police officer to fight evil forces, the trade paper reported. Kevin Brodbin (The Glimmer Man) wrote the original script, with a rewrite by Mark Bomback and Frank Cappello.
Unfortunately for Constantine fans, a draft of the script (which adapts Garth Ennis' famous "Dangerous Habits" story-line) has already received a critical review on TNMC.org. Follow the link above for the full, spoiler-packed review.
Starting today, you'll be able to find some amazing full-colour desktop wallpapers, featuring all your favorite manga characters on ShonenJump.com! The high-quality images look good on any computer, and are a great way to show your interest in the world's most popular manga.
This week, there are wallpapers for Dragonball Z, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu Yu Hakusho and One Piece. Check them out, and head back each week to see a new featured wallpaper, from now until the magazine launches in November!
Code 6 Comics, a publishing arm of CrossGeneration Comics designed as an alternative for creators looking for a home for projects set outside of the CrossGen continuity, have announced they will be launching a new monthly comedy adventure series titled THE CROSSOVERS by veteran comics writer and novelist Robert Rodi and artist Mauricet in January 2003. The Crossovers is the second scheduled title from the new Code 6 line.
THE CROSSOVERS is the first foray by Code 6 into satire and humor. It follows the December release of the fantasy series R.A. Salvatore's DemonWars.
DC Comics have posted an exclusive interview with Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray about their solid new sci-fi title THE RESISTANCE. "It is New York in 2280, where most of what we know of the city is underwater, while new skyscrapers tower above some 500 stories," said RESISTANCE scibe Justin Gray. "The city is in turmoil and a civil war is being kept under wraps by the media and government. Visually, you'll see that things have changed quite a bit in the last 200 plus years."
Make sure you check out the full interview for a sneak-peak of some awesome RESISTANCE artwork by series penciller Juan Santacruz and inker Francis Portela. For more about THE RESISTANCE, point your browser to the mini-site.
Madman Entertainment have just announced that they will be distributing anime magazine Newtype USA in Australia. Newtype USA is the official English-language version of Newtype, Japan's #1 source for information about anime and manga. Newtype USA includes all of the best Japanese content translated plus loads of original US material. Anime, manga, music, game, toy and model reviews, feature articles, director interviews, artist profiles, and regular columns by industry experts, tastemakers and deep-cover insiders. Every 300+ page issue of Newtype USA also includes free bonus gear: posters, a centerfold spread, postcards, a 16-page manga special and an exclusive DVD insert.
The first issue is expected to be available mid to late October.


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Metro Dry Cleaners is proud to offer J. Hilburn Made-To-Measure Suits & Custom Shirting. As a part of our J.Hilburn, we tailor our services for each client individually, carefully curating wardrobes that fit a man's personality as well as his measurements. We practice the long-lost art of delivering one-on-one attention, which is why we proudly call ourselves J. Hilburn Personal Stylists.
Contact our J. Hilburn Personal Stylist to schedule your appointment: Stylist@MetroDryCleaning.com.
For more information go to: https://leighblain.jhilburn.com.


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Banktotal is committed to providing Shari’ah -compliant products for the underbanked and unbanked in Africa and the Asia-Pacific Region. Their disruptive technologies will make these available, sometimes for the first time to Islamic communities.
More and more people are demanding the wide range and functionality of convenience-focused products available in conventional FIs such as intuitive internet banking, mobile banking and multiple credit card products, in addition to Sharia compliance. Islamic FIs is now at a very important crossroads and cannot expect to continue its current rate of growth if it falls behind peers in terms of the quality of the digital consumer experiences offered.
As is evident from the experiences of Islamic banks across multiple countries, the key to driving innovation in products in the next phase of growth is in the efficacy of the bundling strategy. There are essentially 5 types of bundles that banks are looking to drive.
Multi-people bundle: Driving a larger bundle for a group – typically a family, to provide efficacy of multiple offerings. Considered an extremely effective product innovation in the Islamic context, this helps in broadening the offering, particularly in the retail context.
Banking or banking activity that complies with sharia (Islamic law)—known as Islamic banking and finance, or shariah-compliant finance—has its own products, services and contracts that differ from conventional banking.
Some of these include Mudharabah (profit sharing), Wadiah (safekeeping), Musharakah (joint venture), Murabahah (cost plus finance), Ijar (leasing), Hawala (an international fund transfer system), Takaful (Islamic insurance), and Sukuk (Islamic bonds).
Sharia prohibits riba, or usury, defined as interest paid on all loans of money (although some Muslims dispute whether there is a consensus that interest is equivalent to riba). Investment in businesses that provide goods or services considered contrary to Islamic principles (e.g. pork or alcohol) is also haraam (“sinful and prohibited”).


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The Tulip Tree is an unusual tree with beautiful shaped leaves that have a eucalyptus scent and in maturity it has small pale green tulip shaped flowers. In autumn the foliage turns a lovely red/yellow and then reveals a corky bark and as a Multi-Stem this really shows of the bark. It is a stunning shape and like all Multi-Stems really needs to be planted in a position where it can be appreciated for its architectural beauty.
Tags: Liriodendron Tulipifera, Multi-stem, Specimen Collection, Tulip tree.


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Obituary for Mr. Raymond Howard | William Toney's Funeral Home Inc.
Mr. Raymond Howard, age 65 of Youngsville, departed this earthly life on Monday, December 3, 2018.
Funeral service will be held at 1:00PM, Saturday, December 8, 2018 at William Toney's Funeral Home, Zebulon. Interment will follow at Middlesex Memorial Gardens.
A visitation will be held from 3-7PM, Friday, December 7, 2018 at William Toney's Funeral Home, Zebulon.
A Service of Love and Dignity provided by William Toney's Funeral Home, Zebulon.


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Yesterday we talked about the magical old lady, Befana, that rides her broomstick and delivers gifts and candy to good children and coal or dark chocolate to bad ones. Where did the legend of Befana come from? The name seems to come from the feast of the Epiphany when she arrives. In Italian it is “La festa dell’Epifania”. And Bfana might have come from that name. But scholars seem to believe she was around in ancient Roman times and called the heathen name, Strenua. This was a goddess of spirit that predates Christianity. She was known for her strength and endurance.
Similar customs can be found all over Europe from the Celtics to Sicily. Befana has a website where you can read all about her and even by Befana gifts. Customs are fun to learn about and understand how they played a role in our own customs. Enjoy!
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text: In a previous post, I mentioned a Christmas tradition that all Spanish people do which is celebrate on Christmas Eve. Yesterday I went to my sister's house to celebrate with her and my mother, nephews and CB. It was a small gathering in comparison to Thanksgiving but it was still fun. We normally like to drink, eat and play games. And the food this year was on point.


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You will work on a 3D/VR/AR project for young people that teaches them financial knowledge within a game concept.
You will design the gameplay elements and narrative end-to-end. Together with the creative director, level designers, modelers, UX'er and developers you will eventually integrate the finished product experience into our total project.
In consultation with our Business you define the narrative (form and style) that will be the driver for the experience.
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Take into account the specifications of the hardware (Virtual Reality, mobile, web or desktop).
Please get in touch for further details on this great, not to be missed contract opportunity.


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A pair of water mains have ruptured in the Overlea area, affecting several local residents.
The Department of Public Works reports that an eight-inch main has ruptured in the 700-block of Elmwood Road (21206), leaving 80 customers and three hydrants without service.
DPW also says that a twelve-inch man has ruptured in the 6200-block of Walther Avenue (21206), leaving thirty customers without service.
Repairs are now in progress in both locations.

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Hi Traci! You can absolutely decorate your room and balcony. There can be no fire hazards for obvious reasons, and you will have to 'un-decorate' fully. Things like tape on windows etc. are definitely frowned upon. You also might want to check out Disney Floral and Gifts, who have all kinds of options for Christmas decorations etc.
Have a magical vacation Traci!


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A showdown has been set in motion, with two actions on Tuesday by congressional Democrats. How Republicans and the Trump administration respond will have profound consequences for America’s future.
Because of the Supreme Court confirmation drama, the Trump order to declassify and publish portions of the Carter Page FISA application package, along with Justice Department and FBI correspondence relating to the Russiagate investigation, was bumped out of the limelight this week.
So we’ll start with the declassification order. Trump issued it on Monday. It applies to a relatively small portion of the FISA package, which comprises all four applications for FISA authority to conduct surveillance of Carter Page. Trump’s order will result in unredacting only a limited amount of the fourth application, submitted in June 2017. It will also require release of emails and texts among key principals in the Russiagate investigation in the DOJ and FBI, along with interview records for witnesses (mainly, it seems, Bruce Ohr).
Democratic leaders in Congress have now sent a letter to the agency chiefs who will be involved in complying with Trump’s order, making a demand they don’t have the authority to make. They base this demand on a premise that has all along been denied. In other words, they’re using a lie to justify an attempt to intimidate the chiefs of three executive agencies.
Although there is overheated language in the letter, exaggerated claims about “brazen abuse of power” and “grossly violat[ing] our system of checks and balances” are not the real issue here. The issues are (a) the demand that the agency chiefs not comply with the president’s order until they have briefed Congress first, and (b) the point used to justify that demand: that Trump and his campaign and associates are subjects of the investigation.
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Neither point is about upholding the rule of law. Specialists would have to argue over which is the most fundamentally controlling issue, but there are two. One is that it has never been stated by a due-process instrument that Trump and his campaign associates are under investigation.
That has been insinuated in the media for nearly two years. But no information communicated by an accountable instrument has indicated it to be the case. President Trump himself was told by former FBI Director James Comey that he was not under investigation, and there has been no signal of a change in that status, from the FBI or Robert Mueller.
The Democrats apparently want to dangle Trump and the people with secrecy, on the pretext that at some point, Trump or his associates might become the “subjects” of the investigation – a counterintelligence investigation against Russia, remember – whose documents are actually at issue here.
That leads us to the second fundamentally controlling issue, which is that Trump’s office – the presidency – owns the executive correspondence in question. It may be a legitimate question whether or how long members of Congress can interfere in the president’s exercise of his constitutional authority to release that correspondence – but if so, it is a question. The Democrats can’t pretend they have the “answer,” with what they’ve written in their letter. They have simply made an assertion, and taken it as a premise.
What they’ve done is set up a showdown. They want to pressure the agency heads – DNI Dan Coats, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and FBI Director Christopher Wray – to cave. Rosenstein is probably the weak link for Trump and the congressional Republicans, in terms of getting the redaction done.
But this is a showdown that must come to a resolution, and that resolution is going to have far-reaching implications for the rule of law and America’s future. The Democrats want to railroad the agency heads with accusatory language and a weak case. That must not be the basis for government in America.
The other showdown being set up this week is over Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation. After his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, came forward by allowing her identity to be made known, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), chairman of the Judiciary Committee, set a date of Monday, 24 September for the committee to hear from her. He postponed the vote on Kavanaugh’s confirmation to accommodate that hearing.
Now Ford has stated, just on Tuesday, that she doesn’t want to speak to the committee until after the FBI has conducted an investigation.
This is an unreasonable and ill-founded demand, like that of the Democrats on the document declassification. It violates the rule-of-law point that Ford’s allegation is not something the FBI would investigate.
There’s no federal crime for the FBI to look into. Christine Ford should make a complaint in a court in Maryland, and if she wants to delay testifying to the Senate while that process is underway, that would at least be a valid invocation of the law.
My guess is that she won’t do that. The point here is not to claim that she has suffered nothing; it’s to clarify that nothing is proven against Kavanaugh, and although we have a rule-of-law approach for trying to bring such proof, the accuser is not using it.
Instead, Ford, her lawyers, and their supporters among the Senate Democrats are proposing an arbitrary, extracurricular use of the FBI as a sort of taxpayer-funded PI agency for whatever they want investigated.
Think about the danger that portends, if we just stand by and allow it to be done. Would you want it done to you? To have the FBI sent to “investigate” you, based on allegations that haven’t even been lodged in the terms of a statutorily defined crime?
No. If a precedent like this is established, it’s the millions of us who won’t be Supreme Court nominees who will have the least protection against unrestrained misuse of law enforcement agencies.
That brings us to the alarming implications in these moves by the Democratic leaders. Think about two things here. One, these demands are beyond the pale. They show that the Democrats and the activist lawyers making them do not act from a rule-of-law understanding in common with the expectations of American philosophy on government. And they’re prepared to turn it into a showdown, starting this week.
Two, this is who they are. It will not settle them down to win a majority back, or win back the White House. If they can regain a majority in Congress, they will do more of this, not less.
This is how you will be governed, if these folks have the power to do it. Constitutional restraints and rule-of-law expectations will be ignored at will. Instead of living within constitutional boundaries, we’ll be subject to the outcomes of arbitrary partisanship and naked power struggles.
Michael Moore “warns” in his latest film that Trump could be America’s “last president.” Think about what that means. It means Michael Moore – not you, not me – is already thinking in terms of moving beyond the peaceful transfer of power.
That’s not coming from the political right, or the center – including many legacy Democrats who don’t have the more radical views of authoritarian progressives. It’s coming from people on the left who are chafing under the peaceful transfer of power, because sometimes, peacefully transferring power means they have to give it up.

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Well how quick has this year gone by !
Wishing you and your families all the best over the Festive Season and HNY 2018 !
Gone early again i see.
Merry Christmas to everyone and associated families and friends too!!!
Merry Christmas everyone. Thank you all for your robust discussions, honesty, and fun. Drive safe, enjoy your blue oval babies, and see you all in 2018.
Merry Christmas all. Hope you all have a great time over the break. Keep it safe!
Thank you all for the well wishes. Right back at you.
It’s been another enjoyable year as part of this forum community. We only lost one along the way !
It has been a bittersweet year all told.
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MANNING Ratz will have to improve their discipline and contain Wallamba’s backline aces James Handford and Chris Tout if they are going to progress to the Lower North Coast Rugby Union grand final. Captain-coach Jake Maurirere said this as the Ratz prepare to tackle Wallamba in the final tomorrow at Nabiac. Winner will move to the decider against Forster-Tuncurry at Tuncurry on Saturday September 22. The Ratz also have a couple of injury concerns. Centre Toby De Stefano and fullback Reece Holden were both causalities in Manning’s 55-13 demolition of an understrength Gloucester in the minor semi-final. De Stefano limped off with a hamstring strain while Holden corked his thigh. Holden is causing the most concern. “Reece is having scans this week and he’s hoping to be right, but at this stage we’re not sure,’’ Maurirere said. De Stefano won’t train this week but Maurirere said he’s confident he’ll play. Josh Ross is waiting to come into the side as a replacement. If Holden is out Bruwyn Tisdell will drop from centre back to the custodian’s role, with Ross deputising as centre. “Bruywn played really well back there last week after we lost Reece,’’ Maurirere said. The Ratz were never in any real danger of defeat against the Cockies. However, Maurirere was concerned at the number of penalties they conceded. He said the Bulls will punish them on Saturday for such ill-discipline. Maurirere said the Bulls like to throw the ball wide and bring fullback Tout and centre Handford into play as often as possible. “They’re their go-to players,’’ he added. Second rower Brody Howard decimated the Gloucester defence last week and while the Bulls will be much more formidable, Maurirere backs him to produce a similar effort tomorrow. “He was supposed to go to Queensland for a chainsaw event, but he’s staying here to play rugby,’’ Maurirere pointed out. “He was close to unstoppable last week and we can get momentum off him. Brody has ball skills as well and he’s built up a good understanding with our prop, Chris Noonan.’’ Wallamba finished minor premiers and had the major semi-final seemingly secure at halftime last week when leading 21-6 before Forster produced a stunning second half comeback. Maurirere admits he thought he’d be playing the Dolphins this week and not the Bulls. “But it just goes to show you can never discount Forster in finals,’’ he said. The Ratz haven’t beaten Wallamba this season, although the last two games were closely fought affairs and Maurirere said his side will need to be at their best tomorrow if they are going to be defending one half of the field on grand final day.
Manning halfback Tim Rees fires the ball out during the win over Gloucester in the minor semi-final. The Ratz play minor premiers Wallamba tomorrow at Nabaic.


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Full content for the Status Hot Keys project can be found at https://www.castledragmire.com/Projects/Status_Hot_Keys.
Information: Dynamically configure any global hot key to: Set availability status (message can be chosen many ways including via a popup); Move pidgin Buddy List to top/bottom of windows; Hide the Buddy List window or taskbar window.
But ... for me and other guys migrated from miranda it would be great to have one more useful feature I'm talking about assigning a hotkey to focus proper chat tab/window when there are pending unread messages (tray icon flashes).
This should be relatively easy. I'll look into getting that done in the very near future :-).
Minor request if you have the time; I think it'd be easy enough.
Do you mean like when double clicking the taskbar/docklet icon? If so, sure, I should be able to get that one done within a few days when I have the time.
FYI to romb, if you hadn't noticed, I got your request online 3 days ago :-) (figured I should mention it here too).
Thanks for the great project! It's the perfect replacement for the recently unmaintained pidgin_hotkeys plugin.
Just like romb I was looking for the "switch to most recent message" hotkey option, so thanks for implementing!
And like Pennidren I'd love the "Toggle" option. However, I'd love it worked like "Activate or Hide", namely: Focus the Buddy List if it's not focused; hide it if it's focused.
One of the problems is that I don't want to make the number of possible options bloated and confusing, and adding in too many ways to hide/display the buddy list might do that... Technically implementing either of these would already be duplicating functionality (hide/show can be bound to separate keys...).
Even so, I think it would be good to go ahead and implement at least one of the two... and I'm thinking the toggle visibility (not paying attention to focus) would be more useful to people.
Any thoughts anyone? If I don't hear anything convincing in the near future, I'll probably add a hotkey to duplicate the functionality of double clicking the task tray icon.
On another note, I already have the option to stop displaying the buddy list in the task tray... and I'm thinking about adding another option to not have it show up in alt+tab. This would take a large rewrite of the functionality of a few sections though and I'm not sure if I want to deal with that without the pressing need to, heh. Would this be really useful to anyone? (Not that I'm necessarily expecting many people to see this :-(. Original intent of this site was to get a large user base going but then I never pushed or advertised it, bleck).
I just installed a copy of Ubuntu 10.10 in vmware with Pidgin 2.7.3 to confirm this and focusing the buddy list (ctrl+shift+t by default) seems to work for me?
Nope, sorry. Since there are so many Linux distributions you generally can't compile one "universal binary" like you can for windows. It's one of the downsides of Linux, but they go with a different paradigm for it via package management systems. Someone would have to make a package of it for your specific distribution for that to be possible. That being said, if you are running Unbuntu (just a guess), I think all you have to do (if memory serves) is extract the source, edit the "INSTALL_PATH" in config.linux to point to your libpurple user directory (hopefully it should already be right), and then run "make install".
Says "Error: ABI version mismatch 2.6.x (need 2.5.x)Check the plugin website for an update."
Sigh. A pidgin version update must have broken compatibility. I'll look into getting this recompiled and/or fixed in the next few days. Thanks for the report.
I installed the latest version of pidgin on a fresh windows install and could not reproduce the problem. Could you give me more information that might help me reproduce this? Operating system version and CPU type (x86 or x64)? If there is any other information that might help me diagnose it?
Dakusan, are you still open for user feature requests with this plugin?
When Status Hot Keys is the only plugin for binding hot keys to focus buddy list I'm missing feature that Meta Key (Windows Key in my mind) works as modifier, like CTRL, ALT, SHIFT guys.
Or is it even possible to make Meta Key as a modifier?
Strange, I checked the code and it looks like it was programmed to accept the windows key as a meta/bucky key. I tested it myself and I have confirmed it does not seem to be working as intended with that. To help me narrow down the problem, what operating system are you using? Do you happen to be using apple hardware?
I'm using up to date Win7 with standard Windows keyboard layout.
Windows Key is detected correctly as Meta_L so the problem is not in hardware.
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File this one under “STRANGE!” Local Man walked into a sub shop on Friday and was surprised to discover that the patrons and employees alike were both speaking a language he had never heard before. Spooky!
We took a moment out of the interview to Google this ‘uncanny valley’ thing and yikes were we spooked!
“So I’m behind this guy ordering and he says he wants a penny. And all I’m thinking is ‘dude this isn’t an ATM,’ but then the slicer just goes to work making him a sub. And there were no pennies on it! He clearly understood this man’s warped version of the English language.” Eerie!
“Then, as if to prove that he too spoke this mysterious language, the slicer asked the man if he wanted ‘standard dress.’ So I’m standing here thinking, ‘surely this isn’t a boutique and a sub shop,’ but when the man said yes the slicer just started adding lettuce and onions to his sub.” Bizarre!
We have chills just hearing this Local Man’s story.
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An increasingly popular way of overcoming such risk aversion and improving innovation is trying to adopt the cultural mentality of a startup.
During Salesforce’s Future of Marketing forum in Sydney, StartupAus CEO, Peter Bradd, shared several lessons and observations from entrepreneurs that he uses when working with more established players to help improve the way they innovate.
One thing startups have in common is a lack of significant resources such as technology, data or even business plans, Bradd said. As a result, many rely on regular interactions with customers for product ideas and improvement.
“The only thing they can do is go out and speak to customers and get their insights on what their problems are and how they can solve them,” he said. “As a result, many are collecting customer feedback from day one.
Entrepreneurs are experimenters. What’s more, they often don’t have the answer to the problem that needs to be solved.
“They don’t know how to get from the ‘here’ to the future,” Bradd said. In addition, startups don’t have legacy business models or careers to protect, they just have an idea or two they’re trying to make happen. This makes experimentation an imperative, he said.
As a way of achieving this, Bradd pointed to the ‘effectual thinking’ principle identified within startup organisations by the Society for Effectual Action. This is where you have a series of ‘given means’, and you take those forward without knowing how it ends or the goals you need to meet, Bradd explained.
“Normally, businesses will have goals and a number of ways to go about hitting those goals, and while they sometimes hit them, sometimes not, they’ll always orient around that goal,” he said.
Startups are also focused on doing things that scale. As an example, Bradd highlighted digital accommodation community, Airbnb, which gleaned an early insight from its customer base that listed properties with professional photos were getting better traction with consumers than those that didn’t.
Like startups, established organisations should increasingly look for people to partner and collaborate with, and who’ll go on the innovation journey with them, Bradd said.
“The successful entrepreneurs will take partners,” he said, comparing this to a patchwork quilt, which features many pieces of material created by different parties and sewn together as a community.
As Bradd pointed out, many new startups kick off in a garage and are founded by two or three people.
“As [leading entrepreneurial thinker] Steve Blank says, you need to be able to feed your team on one pizza,” he said. “Big organisations I have consulted to will have 20 people in a team, with $2 million in funding. All of a sudden, you can’t do things in an experimental way because there are too many people. From day one, try to reduce your team size.
Exploration is another key ingredient of startup culture, Bradd said, and involves using a ‘lean canvas’ model involving multiple business ideas.

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