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The value of the telecoms markets in Central and Eastern European countries as measured in local currencies decreased but only slightly in 2009. However, due to financial crisis and those currencies weakening, in euro terms the market lost a sixth of its value.
The cumulative value of the telecommunications services market in Central and Eastern Europe amounted to approx. €51.6bn in 2009, which means the market declined by 16.7% in euro terms. This negative dynamic was reported by the market for the first time ever. Growth rates measured in local currencies in particular countries were significantly better, and actually none of the markets dropped by more than 5% last year. The difference between those rates of change is connected with the global financial crisis and the weakening of local currencies against euro.
The telecommunications markets in Central and Eastern European countries matured and evolved in recent years. Key trends visible in Western Europe, e.g. fixed-to-mobile substitution, development of mobile broadband can also be observed in the CEE region.
One of the major trends in the telecoms industry in the CEE region, which is expected to continue in the upcoming years, is the increasing popularity of bundled services. Although bundled packages are in CEE at much lower levels than in western markets, they are slated to grow at a fast pace in the CEE region over the next four years. A strong demand for bundled services is seen especially in Hungary and Romania.
Multi-play (usually double- and triple-play) services are usually sold by CaTV operators who recently have placed a strong pressure on traditional telecoms and have been dynamically increasing their IP telephony customer base. Another effect of the convergence is an increased interest of mobile operators in the fixed-line market (so-called “home zone services”), as well as the promotion of their mobile internet access services.
The mobile telephony market has already reached its peak in the CEE region. Last year proved that mobile operators in the CEE region were most often focused on taking advantage of the already existing customer base rather than on artificially inflating it. Mobile density levels at the end of 2009 were most often well above 110%, while the overall penetration in the CEE region, as measured by the combined number of SIM cards, hit 128%. Actually the only exception is Slovakia where the mobile penetration rate is one of the lowest in Europe. Presently to a great extent a decrease or increase in the number of SIM cards depends on the policy regarding the removal of inactive SIM cards adopted by the operators themselves.
Due to further declines in prices, new offers and the UMTS network’s expanding coverage, the number of wireless internet access modems shot up. Additionally, the number of users taking advantage of the wireless internet within their pay-monthly deals for voice services as well as within a pre-paid scheme is also on the rise.
Interestingly the MVNO market has been so far very slow in the entire CEE region except for Poland, where a number of players debuted, with various results, on the market. Still, in all the countries, except for Ukraine, the MVNO revenues account for a minuscule part of the telecommunications market value. MVNOs’ results are not encouraging. The market saw first failures and go-outs from the business. However, relatively low investment costs starting at approx. €300,000 annually entice potential new entrants. The investment expenditure depends on the MVNO’s services model as well as the intended spending on company’s own infrastructure and software.
The telecoms branch is not an isolate island and also feels the effects of the economic crisis ravaging markets worldwide. However, it is worth remembering that regulations affecting the market, e.g., MTR cuts, play a much more important and straight role in lowering revenues of market players and thus decreasing overall market value than the crisis has done so far. On the other hand, it should be stressed, that in this case the market’s declining tendency is actually an artificial procedure and should not be interpreted as a market stagnation, declining demand, etc. Furthermore, MTRs reduction stimulates the market, providing its players with greater possibilities to compete (still certainly it does not mean that the MTR reduction directly translates into lower retail prices).
“All in all, the growth PMR forecasted only two years ago for the CEE telecoms sector cannot now continue. Although the telecoms industry is more resilient to effects of the economic downturn, the sector will stagnate in 2010. On the other hand, the most probable scenario for 2011-2013 is a gradual recovery” – summarised Pawel Olszynka, PMR analyst and one of the report’s authors.
The crucial problem is now infrastructure investments, which would allow for broadband internet capacity comparable to that of Western European leaders (CEE countries lag behind most here). The financial crisis, though having relatively lighter impact on the telecoms branch, forced operators to significantly reduce or freeze expenditures on network deployment and upgrade. Still, first signs of macroeconomic recovery have already been visible and operators must decide now how their investment budgets will look like, what direction the telecoms market will go to and what services would grant them the highest margins in the coming years. In other words, a new post-crisis strategy must be ready as soon as possible.
This press release is based on information contained in the latest PMR report entitled “Telecommunications market in Central and Eastern Europe 2009. Development forecasts for 2010-2015”.


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The Canaanite city of Hazor is mentioned in the biblical text as the "head of all those kingdoms". Indeed it is the largest biblical site in Israel. The large scale excavations at the site, in the 1950's and in the last 30 years uncovered fortifications and gates, temples and cult areas, houses, and very rich pottery and metal artifacts. About 20 Akkadian inscriptions written on clay tablets were found at Canaanite Hazor.
Hazor at the time of the Kingdom of Israel was a strong fortified city, with city walls, gates and a deep water installation cut in bedrock to water table. A gate with six chambers may be from the time of King Solomon.
This site is located in Upper Galilee, northern Israel, near Metulla. It controls the ancient international roads in this region, leading to the north, to Syria and Mesopotamia, or to the west, to Lebanon and the Phoenician cost. The site was occupies during the second and first millennia BC. The expedition has specific interest in the remains dated to the Iron Age. These include important remains from the Iron I (time of the Judges) and Iron II (time of the northern Kingdom of Israel). An outstanding discovery made in the last season is a bearded male head made of faience (glazed pottery).
The Institute of Archaeology conducted large scale excavations in and around the Old City of Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount excavations, Jewish Quarter excavations and City of David. Today intensive archaeological work is devoted to the analysis of the data already uncovered and for the publication of final excavation reports.
New fieldwork is conducted in the Ophel, adjacent to the temple mount. Here rich finds had been uncovered from both: the First Temple period and the Second Tempe period. Among the outstanding discoveries from the First Temple period is a seal impression of Hezekiah, King of Judah. Another outstanding discovery is a hoard of gold objects, including 50 coins and a medallion with the menorah.

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As children, we are taught by way of the media to hate what's different.
Somewhere along the line, from diapers to grade school, we become adapt to conformity, afraid of the unknown. As a woman who spent a good portion of her life attending predominantly white school, I specifically remember the moments of insecurity I experienced as a result of the kinks in my hair or the width of my nose. Even as an adult, I harbor insecurities about the lack of, or even exuberance of, my blackness.
Thankfully, a small yet ambitious army of women are determined to make melanin mainstream. As cultural standards shift in what it means to be beautiful, women of color have gained a platform to tell their stories on a worldwide level. One of the warriors in the army against insecurity is self-published author, Jennifer Vassel.
Creator of the self-love themed children's book I am Unique!, Jennifer spent the majority of her life with what she felt was a God-given flaw. Since grade school, she was insecure about her birthmark, which covers her shoulder and much of her back. Jennifer said, "I was 7 when I first realized I had a birthmark and I didn't see anyone else with one. At around 8, I started feeling self-conscious because people would ask me questions about it, thinking it was a bruise."
Like most of us, instead of embracing what made her different, Jennifer hid her birthmark every time she got the chance. Her budding insecurity began to dictate every part of her life, even her wardrobe. She told xoNecole, "Because I didn't see anyone who looked like me with a birthmark, I thought it was a flaw and grew up not wearing tops and dresses that exposed it. I started telling myself what I could and could not wear because of my mark. For my high school prom, I had the makeup artist conceal my mark with foundation because I wanted to look beautiful that night."
Coincidentally, the physical eccentricity that she sought so hard to conceal ended up being a part of her legacy forever.
Jennifer was raised in Los Angeles by Jamaican immigrant parents and discovered her affinity for writing at 6 years old. By 8 years old, she had written her first short story, and by 9, she had been published. Despite her apparent love for her passion, Jennifer found herself working as a Human Resources professional in her adult life. It wasn't until she heard a prolific New Year's Eve sermon by her pastor that she chose to pursue writing as a full-time career.
"Don't die with your gifts still on the inside of you; impart to others what was entrusted to you."
Less than two years later, she published her first book: a collection of short stories and poems, which ultimately became an Amazon #1 Bestseller, but it wasn't until 2016 that she published a book that would change the trajectory of her entire brand.
Jennifer's latest book, I Am Unique! features Erin, a young girl with a big heart and even bigger dreams who is preparing to audition for the lead role in the school play, and only one thing can get in her way: insecurity. Erin's story mirrors Jennifer's childhood, her night at the prom, and every moment wishing both her insecurity and her birthmark would somehow fade away. The author shared, "It wasn't until I was a freshman in college when I got tired of hiding. I just woke up one day and thought, 'This is silly.' I started wearing clothes that exposed my mark. When no one on campus pointed it out, I started feeling more comfortable in my own skin."
"It took me 10 years to get over my birthmark insecurity. One of the purposes for writing I Am Unique! was to shorten that struggle period and help kids address their insecurities - whatever they may be - right when they develop."
Jennifer shared that she wrote this book featuring this melanated maven, to inspire the little girl in all of us to find confidence in their gifts.
"The truth is, Erin lives within all of us. Whether it is a birthmark like hers, a childhood scar, or maybe even something we can't physically see, we all have something about us that could trigger insecurities. That's why we're positioning Erin as the face of self-love, so we can inspire kids to rise above those insecurities and share their unique gifts with the world."
The author told xoNecole that deep down, every woman is a little girl who has been harboring their insecurities and indulging in negative self-talk since childhood. According to Jennifer, the key to mastering self-love is mastering the power of your truth. She's even gotten a first-hand account of how a children's book has the ability to touch the hearts of grown women.
"I believe inside every woman is a little girl who has not addressed the insecurities they've faced in their earlier years."
"I know this because after sharing my story at an event, a woman approached me with tears in her eyes saying how inspiring my story is. She shared that until this day, she cannot bring herself to love her natural hair due to a bad childhood experience (she was at a restaurant and headed to the ladies' room. Someone told her she was going to the wrong bathroom because they thought she was a boy)."
Our self-identified flaws have the power to plague us our entire lives if we don't confront our demons and learn to accept ourselves as we are; and that's a message so simple that even a little girl named Erin with big dreams of being on stage can comprehend.
After being recognized widely in her field, and by media like Forbes and Black Enterprise, the young creative says that her work has only begun. Jennifer is currently laser-focused on building I Am Unique! as an empowerment brand, complete with a free audio book and parent's guide, that can help children across the world tap into their natural gifts and actualize their wildest dreams.
Jennifer shared, "Some current and future projects are a coloring and activity book, an Erin doll, and some opportunities in the tech, music, and entertainment space. The goal is to have multiple touch points for Erin to meet kids right where they are, and inspire them to live their lives undimmed."
Purchase your copy of "I Am Unique!" here and keep up with Jennifer on social media @JenniferDVassel and @IAmUniqueBook.

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Issa Gold and Meechy Darko go back and forth in a new interview.
If you follow The Underachievers and Flatbush Zombies, you know that they have a pretty close bond. The Brooklyn-hailing rap crews have done some touring and collaborations together, so having a conversation is a pretty natural thing for any members of acts.
Issa Gold from The Underachievers and Meechy Darko from Flatbush Zombies are the two latest rappers to participate in a Noisey “Back and Forth ” segment, in which the two interview one another in a rather candid fashion. This one wastes no time in getting interesting, with Issa sharing a story of a time he was forced to do acid in front of a police officer.

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This article examines how ASPs, once centric on selling applications over the Internet exclusively, are now looking toward the development of e-marketplaces as an additional channel for application delivery.
Louis Columbus is the author of 12 books and more than 40 articles on the Internet, e-commerce, and computing topics, including Realizing e-Business with Application Service Providers.
Once seen as a business model unto itself, the ASP model is now increasingly being relied on as one of several methods for delivering applications. Increasingly, e-commerce vendors are using the ASP model in conjunction with server-based applications as an approach to provide flexibility to customers interested in their applications. What's happening today is the migration of companies relying exclusively on the ASP model toward looking at the e-marketplace and exchange models as well. This market shift is clearly opening the flexibility of an ASP's functionality to a greater number of users in varying industries than was true before. It's clear that many of the ASPs of today will be focusing on e-marketplaces, e-marketplace participants, and business service providers. The following discussions define how ASPs will be affecting and also pursuing each of these opportunities for application delivery.
Software developers, industry analysts, and the industry press use the terms ASP and e-marketplace. For clarification, the definitions below are used for defining each aspect of e-business covered in this series of articles.
Application service provider (ASP) model. A network-based approach to delivering hosted applications in a one-to-many architecture. Companies that specialize in delivering applications exclusively through this approach are called application service providers. The ASP model is increasingly being used by order management, content management, CRM, and accounting application developers as one of several delivery approaches.
E-marketplace. There are three different types of e-marketplace: public, consortia, and private. Of these three, private e-marketplaces show the greatest promise to deliver consistent value to participants. E-marketplaces also today serve as the framework for organizing sell-side e-commerce applications including order and content management.
The rapid growth of e-marketplaces in the past 12–18 months has made them the largest integrator of ASP-based solutions to date. In the race to be the first e-marketplace to open for business in a particular industry, companies typically seek rapid development and deployment of applications for order matching, catalog conversion, transaction processing, and other e-commerce applications. This market dynamic is contributing to the development of order-management applications from Oracle and Cisco, both of which are looking to leverage their extensive channel strength and reach into companies wanting e-marketplace–based applications.
Almost by definition, e-marketplaces are founded by early adopter companies that are typically entering and demarcating new markets for themselves on the leading edge of business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce. While the necessarily short development periods sometimes require deployment of solutions in as little as 8–12 weeks, and rarely longer than 36 weeks, the available applications are far from standardized. Moreover, the wide spectrum of industries served by e-marketplaces and the corresponding variety of business models mean that much of each solution is highly customized. On an ongoing basis, e-marketplaces are expected to make use of the full spectrum of available services, including consulting, implementation, and operations. Because of these characteristics, the migration of ASPs to this market segment has been quick and responsive.


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The Christian life is not me living for Jesus…the Christian life is Jesus living His life in and through me! And let me just say that the difference between the two realities is radical. It was this very difference that the Holy Spirit of God was dealing with in my heart one morning when I came across this statement by Jesus in the gospel of Luke.
In that moment, I felt deep conviction. Jesus was passionate about God’s kingdom impacting cities and, to be totally honest, I’m not sure I was passionate about that at all. Don’t get me wrong -- I loved being in ministry. I loved serving in a local church. But, that morning, I saw something in Jesus that wasn’t in me — a passion for cities to be impacted by the kingdom of God. Through that simple reality, God called my family to Las Vegas -- a city where 92% of the 2 million people who live here declare no relationship with Jesus. A city in the heart of the Western U.S., where 40% of the unchurched population of America lives. A city over which Jesus’ heart is broken. A city where He is at work!
Will you ask the Lord today how He desires to use you to engage this city?

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UPDATE!!!: If the contestant’s Instagram account is private then we can NOT see the post unless we follow them. All contestants should make their account open/public or ask us directly via email intern@hendersonky.org to follow their account. Thank you for the cooperation.
There are many scholarships each year that go completely untouched. So many opportunities for students that are overlooked. Don’t make that mistake again. The Henderson County Tourist Commission located at 101 N. Water St. Henderson,KY is hosting an Instagram contest. The winner of the contest will receive a $100 check that will hopefully be used for college or education past high school. This is a no-essay scholarship. It doesn’t have a minimum GPA or ACT requirement and doesn’t require any letter of recommendations.
This contest will hopefully engage high school students and help increase community pride. We encourage every high school student in Henderson to participate.
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-Participants must follow @tourhendersonky on Instagram. If they already follow our account prior to the contest this is acceptable.
-Participants should post a photo of their favorite location in Henderson,KY. It could be a park, a building, riverfront, restaurant,etc.
-Participant should publicly challenge one of their friends to participate in the contest. This can easily be done my just tagging them in the caption so we can see that participants challenged someone else.
-Each participant will get their name put into a drawing.
-If the participant posts more than one post, their name will go in the drawing for each different post they create as long as they follow all of the steps.
-On March 14th the winner will be drawn and their post will be featured.
-Winner will have to come to the tourist commission with proof that they are a high school student in Henderson County in order to receive their check.
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THE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR A SPECTACULAR FIRST EDITION OF TRANSMISSION FESTIVAL ASIA ARE IN FULL SWING.
We are proud to welcome trance lovers from over 60 different countries at Transmission Festival Asia, ‘The Lost Oracle’. Here you’ll find all important information to ensure a smooth start of an unforgettable night.
All VVIP and VIP tickets are sold out. GA tickets for 2800 baht are available online till Thursday evening 9.3.2017 23.59pm at Ticketmelon.com At the event day last GA tickets can be purchased at the door from 5pm till 2am for 3200baht. Payments can be done in Thai cash and by card only. In order to avoid disappointment at the door we strongly recommend you to buy tickets only through the official sale channels!
Transmission Festival Asia is a 20+ event.
BITEC Hall 100 will be opened at 5pm, ONE HOUR EARLIER THAN ANNOUNCED AND ON THE TICKET. Please inform your friends. The warm-up set by Lonskii starts at 5pm and the show itself starts at 6.45 pm. Come early to be part of the spectacular opening! The show ends at 2 am. All ticket types will enter through the front of BITEC Hall 100. SEE MAP. Signs will be showing GA, VIP and VVIP entrance. All visitors need to proof their age by showing a valid ID card or Passport. Copies of ID card/passport or pictures on phone are also allowed.
One more party hour! Opening at 5pm already.
The safety of our fans is and always will be of the highest importance. A security check is in place at the entrance into the arena with body search and the use of metal detectors and dogs. The Thai police force is also informed and all necessary legal procedures are followed. Police presence is in full capacity in order to provide adequate security for all events taking place at the BITEC. Always follow orders from security and police.
The Festticket and Thai Ticket Major tickets must be exchanged for the original Ticketmelon tickets at the Festicket and Thai Ticket Major desks at the entrance of BITEC Hall 100. SEE THE MAP. Tickets exchange is possible from 17:00 hr. until 02:00 hr.
The guest list and press accreditation list is located at ticket center which is open from 5pm until 2am. SEE MAP.
If you are a tattoo holder, you can find your ticket at service center. After you will submit your ID card and after checking the authenticity of your tattoo, you can enter into BITEC between 5pm and 2am.
Photographers and other media partners can find accreditation cards Service center. After you will submit your ID card you can enter into the arena. Entrance of BITEC Hall 100 open from 5pm till 2am.
There will be no lockers available, but there will be limited space (full=full) for things you might want to drop of. We do recommend you to leave valuable items at home/in accommodation. The use of the cloakroom is for free, but use is at own risk.
The food courts are located at B1 in BITEC, at hall 102 you need to go down. Drinks are available on the VIP deck and at the bars in the hallways and mainfloor.
Transmission Festival Asia uses an own payment system called RFID. After entry you will receive a wristband that you can top up at the top up stations. With the wristbands you can pay for drinks at all the bars, but food is in cash/by card. Payments for top up in BITEC are accepted in cash and at most sale points by credit cards as well. Don’t put too much credit on your wristband as no refunds can be provided at or after the event. An ATM machine is located in the B1 of the BITEC. Payments can be done in Thai Baht only.
Lost-and-found will be available throughout the night at the service center. SEE MAP.
The sound level will be around 100 db. To protect your hearing it’s strongly advised to bring and wear party-earplugs, these can also be bought at the merchandise stand.
offers plenty of toilets which are available for free. VVIP and VIP guests have access to the VIP toilets nearby the VIP deck. GA ticketholders can use the GA toilets. SEE MAP.
For parking use the car park, located in the immediate vicinity of the BITEC. For more info visit Bitec.co.th. VVIP ticketholders have a special VVIP parking in front of the entrance.
Taxis are available throughout the night near the main entrance BITEC at Sukhumvit Road. You can also order UBER.
Located only 30 minutes from Suvarnabhumi International Airport. BITEC is easily accessible by Car, minivan and Bus via 3 well sign-posted entrances: Entrance 1 and 2 can be accessed from Bangna-Trad Road and Entrance 3 from Sukhumvit Road, just off the expressway. If arriving by BTS Skytrain, get off at “Bang Na Station” Exit 1. From there, it is just a short walk to the skywalk leading directly to the welcome hall.
In order to capture all the special moments of Transmission, it is possible to bring your mobile phones / compact digital cameras / GoPro to the event. Professional cameras (with interchangeable lenses) and video cameras are only allowed for people who have applied for press accreditation. Press accreditations are no longer provided and any other requests will not be accepted.
Smoking is permitted only in the designated area. SEE MAP. In case of violation of the smoking ban, the security services may remove you from the BITEC without the right for any sort of compensation. E-cigarettes are allowed but only in the smoking area.
To BITEC its prohibited to bring: your own food and drinks, drugs, laser pointers, selfie sticks, glass, aerosol sprays, cans, plastic PET bottles and sharp objects, flag poles and any other object that could threaten visitors of the safety of the event.
Show us where you come from and which country you represent: bring your flags!
A first aid station is located at the entrance of BITEC.
There is no public free WiFi in BITEC so in case you want to stay connected its recommended to buy a Thai sim card beforehand. You can do this for instance at the airport where a sim card for 7 days with 3GB internet costs only about 299 baht.
For our Malaysian fans and visitors there is the official Transmission pre-party in club FUZE in Kuala Lumpur with Markus Schulz and Omnia on Wednesday 8.3 Tickets on sale throught Hybridentertain.com/. Facebook eventpage: Transmission Thailand 2017 – Pre-Party.
For all Transmission fans that would like to continue partying there is an Official Transmission afterparty on Saturday 11.3 from 9pm till 2am in the Odyssey stage (Club ONYX) in Bangkok. Line-up: Darren Porter (GE), Steve Allen (UK) and Alessandra Roncone (IT) Eventpage: Transmission Thailand 2017 – After Party. Tickets on sale through: Ticketmelon.com.
In case you have any other questions, please send a message on our Facebook page and we get back to you asap.
COME EARLY TO BE PART OF THE SPECTACULAR OPENING OF THE SHOW!
WE WISH YOU A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AT TRANSMISSION FESTIVAL ASIA AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON THE DANCE FLOOR. PARTY SAFE!


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text: It is a question both Ian and I are asked on a regular basis. Today, I’m answering it in a piece for The New York Times Motherlode. Because I’m efficient like that.

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So yeah, yesterday was a day of stress. I couldn’t really stop and think about what had been going on so I couldn’t really type it out.
Most of it has been worked out. For the better. So that’s good.
I still have tons of homework to do. But my friend stuff is better. And I’m back together with my ex.
Anyways, I just wanted to really type this blog to give some more thank yous. There have been even more people joining the fanpage, more people writing about the campaign, and more people thanking me for what I’ve done.
I really hope the word keeps spreading and that the US launch of the campaign on the 17th is as great, or better, than this has been!


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A moving rendition of a heartfelt song Kaiapoi’s Sharon Russell wrote in memory of her son Daniel, who died in a mining accident at 26, has seen her named Veteran Country Entertainer of the Year.
Her win at the New Zealand Country Entertainer of the Year Awards in Tauranga was even more special, when one of her grandsons, Josh Keating, aged 13, was named the New Zealand Junior Country Entertainer of the Year.
“To win with the song I wrote for Daniel made it even more special for me,” Sharon says.
She wrote Hole in My Heart after Daniel was killed in a mining accident in Australia in 2009. “He was just 26 years old. His death changed my life forever and I miss him every day.
“He was born on my 21st birthday and it just happened to be our birthday just three days before the awards, so I was already very emotional and nervous that I would not be able to get through my song without breaking down.
It was the first time Sharon had competed in the veteran section.
“It has been a goal of mine to compete as a veteran, so to win in my first competition is awesome, and to have Josh win also was incredible,” she says.
Sharon had a big group of family and friends with her on the awards night, including her husband Paul, their daughter Gina Keating and her husband Shane Keating and their sons Josh, Jordan, Dan and Liam, plus friends, the Ginders family and Jay Shingleton.
Sharon also had success at the 2016 awards, performing with Gina and Shane as a family group called Always At Heart, winning the Senior Country Entertainer of the Year award.
“It was an amazing night,” Sharon says.


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text: Cut perfect skinless slices of watermelon every time with this uniquely designed knife. Made especially to slice water melon neatly and easily. No messy juice to clean up all over your cutting surface and built tough so that you can use it over and over again. It can be used to slice, dice, cube and serve watermelon and also works very well with other melons such as rockmelon. Can also be used to easily slice and serve other food such as cake. Allows you to accurately slice pieces of similar size for serving and features an easy clean design for your convenience.


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Another place in Hyde Park which I totally ignored as a student but since leaving uni I have wanted visit it on many occasions but just never got round to it. There really are some hidden gems in Leeds' student land which are often overlooked because of where they are situated.
We decided upon Oranaise after wandering around Leeds city centre trying to find somewhere nice to eat lunch that we hadn't been before, which wasn't too expensive and wasn't a chain restaurant (although I have nothing against chain restaurants I just didn't fancy visiting one this day). After getting a serious hunger grump on we decided to ditch the city centre and hop on a bus to Hyde Park corner.
A Moroccan and Algerian restaurant in Leeds is not something that you see all too often, and I was intrigued.
The decoration is rather unique, with a hand painted ceiling, windows and walls. It's inviting and warm, with gentle Arabic music playing in the background.
We were greeted warmly by an young waitress and told we could sit any where we wanted to. It was a rather quiet bank holiday and there was only one other group dining. Towards the back of the room there was a group of men chatting.
The menu has so much choice, and so much that I have never tried before and wanted to try. It took us a while to decide what to eat. In the meantime we ordered some drinks. I ordered a mango juice and my friend ordered a mint chocolate frappuccino thing, which made an immense racket whilst they were making it.
I don't think it was fresh squeezed mango juice but it was still nice. My friend described his drink as weird but still drank it all so I shall assume he liked it.
As we were only having lunch we didn't order starters. My friend decided upon Chicken Shtitha, which he decided not to try and pronounce for fear of profanity. Next to it on the menu in brackets is (very popular).
My friend seemed really impressed by what turned up on his plate and ate everything but the couscous. It looked a little dry to me and very fine. I was jealous of what my friend had ordered, the different varieties of food which you dipped in to with slices of pita. I love nibbly food so was very envious.
I decided to try and be adventurous and ordered Chicken Brochette, something I have never ordered before. Just in case I didn't like it I chose chips as a side.
Slight mistake on my part I should have ordered rice as the chicken was lovely! The marinade on the chicken shone through the charcoaled chicken, which can sometimes be absent when cooked in this way (just leaving a barbecued taste). The sauce which accompanied was amazing it was sweet but spicy and I couldn't get enough of it. The chips were good too. But too much stodge I couldn't finish them.
The waitress went on her break as we were eating (we saw her leave the restaurant) and from then on service was haphazard, with the men at the back shouting at the youngest to serve the two tables they had.
The bill came to around £22-25 which is average. I'd like to visit on an evening and see how the dipped lighting really brings out the colourful decoration and atmosphere inside.
They also do takeaway if you live in the area.

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The Center for Eurasian, Russian, and Eastern European Studies (Georgetown University) and the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile (IICCMER) organized a roundtable on the new approaches to the comparative study of communism in Europe in collaboration with the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland (College Park) and the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York.
The speakers were: Vladimir Tismaneanu (Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park and Chairman of the Scientific Council, IICCMER);Dennis Deletant (Visiting Professor of Romanian Studies, Georgetown University); Michael David-Fox (Associate Professor, Georgetown University, founding and executive editor of the academic journal Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History); Adrian Cioflâncă (Director, Department for the Study of Societies, Economy, and Institutions, IICCMER and editor-in-chief of ICCMER’s Yearbook in Romanian); Marius Stan (editor-in-chief of IICCMER’s International Yearbook, History of Communism in Europe). IICCMER was also represented by Bogdan C. Iacob (Secretary of the Scientific Council).
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Joint opposition parliamentary group leader Dinesh Gunawardane said today either the Subject Minister or the Parliament Secretary General had blundered when presenting the Value Added Tax (VAT) Amendment Bill without following the proper procedure.
Mr. Gunawardane expressed his views after the Speaker read out the Supreme Court determination and said the Constitution stipulated the procedure to be followed.
He said the Cabinet should endorse the Bill and that decision should be communicated to the House before its presented.
Mr . Gunawardane said it was the responsibility of the minister or Parliament Secretary General to ensure that the Cabinet approval was notified to the House.
He recalled how former minister A. T. Adikari was stripped of his portfolio because of such a mistake he had done during the tenure of former president R. Premadasa.
During MR regime there was no room for anybody to blunder. It was a right royal blunder by the King himself.
Well said Manel, you are spot on.

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Dark comedy manga Pupipoo! will be adapted into a TV anime series. Manga creator Rensuke Oshikiri’s story will be made into short episodes that will air weekly, starting 21st December (Japanese time).
The story of this manga revolves around a young girl named Wakaba Himeji. She is somewhat like Serial Experiments Lain’s main character an can see strange things that are invisible to the ordinary humans. Unlike Mushishi’s characters, however, she is not seeking others to share the experience and knowledge with, but has become quite an introvert who feels no need for often and direct human interaction.
Sounds like something I would watch.


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jlnpr would like to wish everyone in Canada a Happy Thanksgiving!
At jlnpr, we are thankful for all of our clients, the people who read our blogs and marketing articles and all of the wonderful people that we have met since we launched in July 2011. Thank you!!
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Joni in the Spotlight Stamping: COLORING DOWN THE "CRUMB-Y" LINES!!!
Hey all! Time for another Coloring Down the Lines Blog Hop!!! Hope you are all well! Spring is finally showing a slight smidge of itself so just maybe there's a light at the end of this REALLY long tunnel! Makes me very happy!
So welcome to my hoppers from Helen's blog! It looks like she's really working those inks! Nice job Miss Helen!!!!
I chose the first batch because they seemed more "springy" to me! Thought I would love the combo. I do like it-not love it! But as you know (or maybe you don't but will now!) the colors for the blog hop are determined by the color wheel! Our fearless leader Robbie (keep going on the hop & you'll find her amazing card always with a matching envelope!) uses the wheel to tell us the colors each week! So here we are!
Kinda cute! Plain tho. I've been working lately on simple cards-what we in the card business call CAS-clean & simple. It's kinda my style anyway, but I have a wonderful customer whom I make lots of cards for, & she prefers them that way. Easier to mail!
This week was an extra challenge for me because it uses lace. I'm so not a lacy girl! lol This is why I love these extra "challenges"-it forces me to go outside my box! I need that push!
So I used my Happy Day & A Round Array stamp sets for the images & sentiment. So glad A Round Array made the cut! Not on the retiring list! Phew! However, the Happy Day & Delicate Details Lace Tape ARE on the list!!! I have some friends who will be super bummed about that! The lace tape is so easy to use! I wish the inks/markers would stick to it tho. Could make it more colorful. It's a glossy finish so the dye inks don't adhere. Maybe this means there's some great new stuff in the new catalog!!! It's almost here!!! Giddy with excitement!
Altho I don't know what they were thinking with retiring the Square Lattice Embossing Folder!! I use it so much! I bet there's a really cool one on the way to replace it though! I guess as long as I have my rhinestones I'll be happy! Not a lacy girl, but definitely a bling-y girl!!!
Anyway, I just decided to add a "fancy" fold idea to the card. Not so fancy, but different! So hope you like!
Now continue on to Liz's blog & check out her piece of art! Cool, right?!!! Then keep going! There are some amazingly talented ladies on this blog hop! Great for ideas & inspiration! Enjoy!!!
And don't forget-this week at Stampin' Up! is FREE SHIPPING on EVERYTHING!!!! With the new retiring lists out you don't want to miss out on this deal!!! This week ONLY!!!


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Oak Lawn, IL (June 25, 2018) – Steven Baer (Principal), of Metro Commercial Real Estate, recently represented the Landlord, Hamilton Partners, in the leasing of 6,500 square feet at Stony Creek Promenade (Phase 2) to Rock & Brews; a restaurant concept backed by KISS rockers, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. Located at the northwest corner of 111th & Cicero in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Rock & Brews joins Mariano’s, Cooper’s Hawk, Raising Canes, Chipotle and Starbucks, among other tenants in the center.
Rock & Brews is a one‐of‐a‐kind, rock‐inspired restaurant and entertainment concept designed to engage people of all ages with quality comfort food and local favorites, a broad selection of craft and international beers, and an energized environment that is reminiscent of being at a family‐friendly music event. The first Rock & Brews opened near Los Angeles International Airport in Southern California in April of 2012. Each location boasts a “Great Wall of Rock,” iconic rock art, concert trusses and lighting and multiple flat screens sharing some of the greatest rock concert moments of all time. Most offer a play area for kids and many are dog friendly.


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The University of Wollongong’s head boxing trainer Lee Murray has trained boxing world champions down to young amateurs, has been a promoter of events and a match-maker. He’s one of many in the industry who have welcomed a review of legislation by the NSW Combat Sports Authority (CSA) which was sparked by the coronial inquest into the death of professional boxer David Browne in 2015. Browne, known as Dynamite Davey, died in hospital four days after being knocked to the canvas in the 12th round of an International Boxing Federation Pan Pacific Super Featherweight title fight. In June 2017 the coroner found the fight should have been stopped in the 11th round while better training for officials and medical staff should be implemented. The coroner also made a number of recommendations for the future of combat sports. “It’s a bit like an onion to me, you scratch one thing and there’s a whole heap of stuff underneath it,” Murray said. “I guess they’re trying, that’s got to be a good thing.” The review has led to a consultation paper for proposed law changes, an online survey and a series of public forums being held in different cities (including Wollongong) by the CSA. The authority is raising questions around concussion, experience and qualifications of doctors and officials, which sports should be included or excluded under the Combat Sports Act, medical history of fighters and whether amateur bouts should be treated differently to professional. “A lot of [ringside] doctors are GPs, they’re not a combat sports doctor. You’ve got to be someone that should be looking for concussions, what are the rules they should be abiding to say when to stop the fight early. Going into a corner and asking if someone’s okay, you know that sometimes is just not enough,” Murray said. “But you don’t know the background of the fighter either. He might have come from overseas, he might have starved himself for two weeks to make weight to get this fight.” Read More: Jabbour eyeing Oceania gold Khrop Khrua Muay Thai trainer Danny Jones has been in the industry for 43 years and attested to doctors and officials not having sufficient time to check competitors – before, during and after a fight. “I’ve seen doctors come up to guys and look at their wraps, squeeze their hands, look at their face, and say ‘you’re okay mate’ and then they go and fight. They don’t do blood pressure, they don’t check heart rate or anything, balance, they don’t check motor skills or their eyes – you get the odd one that might do it but it’s very rare,” Jones said. Illawarra Kyokushin Karate instructor Viktor Timev is also a father to a teenage combatant. He said in his sport, greater power needs to be given to doctors to make calls to stop fights after witnessing some tournaments where inadequate medical staff were on site, despite the majority of competitors being children. “There are guys that run events who don’t go to the effort to organise first aid or doctors to be present; they fly by the seat of their pants,” he said. “It’s an added expense for them, and then when something happens they avoid it and it’s all swept under the carpet.” Currently karate – and other “mat sports” like taikwondo, Brazilian Jui-Jitsu, Hapkido and judo – are not governed by the CSA. Timev believes if all martial arts were under the legislation it would “weed out those guys and makes it a little bit safer for the participants”. Read More: Goodman fast-tracks dream Amateur boxer Lenna Wingate has worked in combat gyms for nearly a decade and as a spectator watched dozens of fights across boxing, kickboxing and MMA. Like Timev, she said some promoters would often grab doctors just to meet requirements rather than seek a doctor with correct combat sports experience. She said she had seen many fights continue on when a combatant was clearly too injured or too dazed, including a close friend who was in a kickboxing match recently. “She got split at her last fight and the doctors didn’t put anything but a butterfly clip on it and when she got home she went to the doctor and got six stitches. The doctor hardly even looked at her, it was an elbow to the head and it was split under her eyeball,” she said. Former wrestler, international MMA fighter and Australian match official Kevin Manderson said doctors and referees with a lack of experience pop-up ringside all the time. “I did a couple of [MMA] shows last year in Sydney … and the other two referees on the night were kickboxing refs, they were Muay Thai refs, they weren’t MMA refs,” he said. “And so there was some real confusion on what was happening.” Confusion – and pressure from a fighter’s corner or a promoter – meant fights can continue on longer than they should, paving the way for serious injury he said. Another recommendation being tabled by the CSA is to ensure all ringside officials – amateur and professional – are educated enough to understand the signs of concussion and when to stop a fight. “It’s the black mark in our sports,” Manderson said of concussion. “It’s the nature of the sport. You’re entering into a competition where one of the goals isn’t just to win the match it’s to inflict damage on somebody else. In order to manage that effectively, not only do you need to have self aware fighters, your trainers have to have your best interest at heart.” Timev explained even children wearing padding at karate tournaments were susceptible to concussion – let alone experienced adults who are fighting with bare shins and knuckles in Kyokyshin. “You’ll always get the fighter wanting to fight on and a lot of parents insist on their children being able to fight on or keep going, because everyone’s chasing the glory of a win, and sometimes judgement can be clouded when there isn’t a doctor present,” Timev said. Head trainer at Full Circle MMA Russell Thompson said issues in the ring or the cage arise from the team not paying attention, as he believes a fighter will always try and push through. “A lot of the time towels should be thrown in a lot earlier in fights, they let their fighters push through. These guys are really tough and they push through lots of pain and sometimes they’re a little bit too tough for their own good,” he said. Former Australian middleweight champion Vito Gaudiosi believes it should be a group effort between everyone who is up close to the action. “Someone must know between a coach, a fighter and a doctor if at the time of battle this fight needs to be stopped,” Gaudiosi said. In recent years padded head-gear has become mandatory for muay thai, kickboxing and amateur boxing fights though this is not the solution according to some. Lauri Lauriano is a former professional boxer, promoter and has trained both boxing and kickboxing athletes. He said there was a “long-held misconception” that padded head-gear and bigger gloves assisted the safety of fighters. “It’s mostly supported by people that don't have any knowledge of the sport,” he said. “In the old days when there was no head-gear a fight would stopped from lacerations so it would actually stop you from getting further concussed. With bigger gloves and head gear a fight’s allowed to continue because there’s no lacerations but there’s more risk of concussion.” Jones agreed. He said head gear not only worsened the affects of concussion they were “detrimental” to a person’s ability to fight well. “It’s been proven in studies all around the world, head gear doesn’t help when you fight, it just spreads the impact larger throughout your brain,” the Muay Thai trainer said. Another key area all agreed needed more attention was how amateur fighters dropped weight for a match. Losing one to several kilograms was mostly accepted though drastic weight loss in a short space of time was frowned upon. All had seen cases of extreme weight cuts – sometimes up to 10 kilograms or more in a week – to get to a required weight class to be allowed to step into a fight. Methods commonly used would be poor diet, limiting amount of water consumed, heavy cardio and spending long periods in a sauna. These extreme methods can cause severe dehydration around the brain as well as put more strain on a person’s heart, giving potential for cardiac arrest (even before a fight night). “Most of the novice amateurs have no idea about cutting weight, they do it in the last week or the last three days,” Jones said. “We’ve had people die from dehydration before the fights and ... when you do that you lose too much water from the brain and it’s like getting hit over the head with a hammer. “Why should young kids or amateurs put their life at risk by doing silly things to drop weight when they don’t get anything for it except a trophy.” Thompson added drastic weight loss was “sucking the energy out” fighters and leaving the door open for issues such as cramping, fatigue and diminishing overall performance. “I know of a gym out west that almost killed one of their girls, she was in the sauna by herself and passed out,” Thompson said. “It’s too dangerous.” Murray suggested the CSA could monitor this by logging how much weight fighters lose and over what time, such as a mandatory monthly weigh in pre-match. Gaudioso believes if a fighter has to drop nine kilos in a week they shouldn’t be allowed to compete. Overall the consensus was to keep a closer eye on the amateurs with the CSA being the top overseeing body. “Ninety per cent of these guys aren’t going to make a career out of [fighting],” Manderson said. “They’re making a couple of cracks and they’re going to go back to their regular job on Monday.” Have your say – tell the CSA what you think via this survey.
The University of Wollongong’s head boxing trainer Lee Murray has trained boxing world champions down to young amateurs, has been a promoter of events and a match-maker.
He’s one of many in the industry who have welcomed a review of legislation by the NSW Combat Sports Authority (CSA) which was sparked by the coronial inquest into the death of professional boxer David Browne in 2015.
Browne, known as Dynamite Davey, died in hospital four days after being knocked to the canvas in the 12th round of an International Boxing Federation Pan Pacific Super Featherweight title fight.
In June 2017 the coroner found the fight should have been stopped in the 11th round while better training for officials and medical staff should be implemented. The coroner also made a number of recommendations for the future of combat sports.
The review has led to a consultation paper for proposed law changes, an online surveyand a series of public forums being held in different cities (including Wollongong) by the CSA.
The authority is raising questions around concussion, experience and qualifications of doctors and officials, which sports should be included or excluded under the Combat Sports Act, medical history of fighters and whether amateur bouts should be treated differently to professional.
“A lot of [ringside] doctors are GPs, they’re not a combat sports doctor. You’ve got to be someone that should be looking for concussions, what are the rules they should be abiding to say when to stop the fight early. Going into a corner and asking if someone’s okay, you know that sometimes is just not enough,” Murray said.
Khrop Khrua Muay Thai trainer Danny Jones has been in the industry for 43 years and attested to doctors and officials not having sufficient time to check competitors – before, during and after a fight.
“I’ve seen doctors come up to guys and look at their wraps, squeeze their hands, look at their face, and say ‘you’re okay mate’ and then they go and fight. They don’t do blood pressure, they don’t check heart rate or anything, balance, they don’t check motor skills or their eyes – you get the odd one that might do it but it’s very rare,” Jones said.
Illawarra Kyokushin Karate instructor Viktor Timev is also a father to a teenage combatant. He said in his sport, greater power needs to be given to doctors to make calls to stop fights after witnessing some tournaments where inadequate medical staff were on site, despite the majority of competitors being children.
Currently karate – and other “mat sports” like taikwondo, Brazilian Jui-Jitsu, Hapkido and judo – are not governed by the CSA. Timev believes if all martial arts were under the legislation it would “weed out those guys and makes it a little bit safer for the participants”.
Amateur boxer Lenna Wingate has worked in combat gyms for nearly a decade and as a spectator watched dozens of fights across boxing, kickboxing and MMA. Like Timev, she said some promoters would often grab doctors just to meet requirements rather than seek a doctor with correct combat sports experience.
She said she had seen many fights continue on when a combatant was clearly too injured or too dazed, including a close friend who was in a kickboxing match recently.
“She got split at her last fight and the doctors didn’t put anything but a butterfly clip on it and when she got home she went to the doctor and got six stitches. The doctor hardly even looked at her, it was an elbow to the head and it was split under her eyeball,” she said.
Former wrestler, international MMA fighter and Australian match official Kevin Manderson said doctors and referees with a lack of experience pop-up ringside all the time.
Confusion – and pressure from a fighter’s corner or a promoter – meant fights can continue on longer than they should, paving the way for serious injury he said.
Another recommendation being tabled by the CSA is to ensure all ringside officials – amateur and professional – are educated enough to understand the signs of concussion and when to stop a fight.
“It’s the black mark in our sports,” Manderson said of concussion.
Timev explained even children wearing padding at karate tournaments were susceptible to concussion – let alone experienced adults who are fighting with bare shins and knuckles in Kyokyshin.
“You’ll always get the fighter wanting to fight on and a lot of parents insist on their children being able to fight on or keep going, because everyone’s chasing the glory of a win, and sometimes judgement can be clouded when there isn’t a doctor present,” Timev said.
Head trainer at Full Circle MMA Russell Thompson said issues in the ring or the cage arise from the team not paying attention, as he believes a fighter will always try and push through.
“A lot of the time towels should be thrown in a lot earlier in fights, they let their fighters push through. These guys are really tough and they push through lots of pain and sometimes they’re a little bit too tough for their own good,” he said.
Former Australian middleweight champion Vito Gaudiosi believes it should be a group effort between everyone who is up close to the action.
“Someone must know between a coach, a fighter and a doctor if at the time of battle this fight needs to be stopped,” Gaudiosi said.
In recent years padded head-gear has become mandatory for muay thai, kickboxing and amateur boxing fights though this is not the solution according to some.
Lauri Lauriano is a former professional boxer, promoter and has trained both boxing and kickboxing athletes. He said there was a “long-held misconception” that padded head-gear and bigger gloves assisted the safety of fighters.
Jones agreed. He said head gear not only worsened the affects of concussion they were “detrimental” to a person’s ability to fight well.
“It’s been proven in studies all around the world, head gear doesn’t help when you fight, it just spreads the impact larger throughout your brain,” the Muay Thai trainer said.
Ninety per cent of these guys aren’t going to make a career out of [fighting]. They’re making a couple of cracks and they’re going to go back to their regular job on Monday.
Another key area all agreed needed more attention was how amateur fighters dropped weight for a match. Losing one to several kilograms was mostly accepted though drastic weight loss in a short space of time was frowned upon.
All had seen cases of extreme weight cuts – sometimes up to 10 kilograms or more in a week – to get to a required weight class to be allowed to step into a fight.
Methods commonly used would be poor diet, limiting amount of water consumed, heavy cardio and spending long periods in a sauna. These extreme methods can cause severe dehydration around the brain as well as put more strain on a person’s heart, giving potential for cardiac arrest (even before a fight night).
“Most of the novice amateurs have no idea about cutting weight, they do it in the last week or the last three days,” Jones said.
“We’ve had people die from dehydration before the fights and ... when you do that you lose too much water from the brain and it’s like getting hit over the head with a hammer.
Thompson added drastic weight loss was “sucking the energy out” fighters and leaving the door open for issues such as cramping, fatigue and diminishing overall performance.
Murray suggested the CSA could monitor this by logging how much weight fighters lose and over what time, such as a mandatory monthly weigh in pre-match. Gaudioso believes if a fighter has to drop nine kilos in a week they shouldn’t be allowed to compete.
Overall the consensus was to keep a closer eye on the amateurs with the CSA being the top overseeing body.
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the girls biological father was killed yesterday afternoon.
another close neighbor was diagnosed with cancer of the voice box.
there have been lots of sirens have been heard lately. it's summer.
two weeks ago i watched a boy get his arm dismantled by a bus while his friends ran away. shootings present to be a daily occurances while my clients are attending funerals at a record high. both from natural causes (asthma attacks, heart disease, diabetes and cancer as well as a number of various other biological reasons) and environmental causes.
the sirens continue. two weekends ago there were over approximately 30 shooting & close to ten deaths in the city of chicago. one weekend.
the sirens continue. jake was speaking with a friend about the rise in crime & violence. with knowledge and opinion jake wshared his belief that it presents to be that this increase in violence as happening just when the summer is beginning. his friend replied, "i don't know if i buy that. i think it's just that people who are poor are just frustrated."
my client's are dropping out at a rate like i have not experienced thus far. none killed that i know of but two are in jail, two most likely out using, two i put into residential treatment and one has moved out to an outer-city location with a housing program that assists women & children in housing and collateral support. another one of my client's just found out she is positive for Hep C too.
another police car just made their way west on armitage. from a block away their sirens are so loud.
Jess. i'm sorry. not for you, so much. just sorry at the way things are.
there's been a huge upswing in shootings here too. i think it is the summer.
my heart is there with you, and i know your hearts are everywhere.
I agree that it is summmer. Too many of my parents these days seem to be in this summer down swing and are forgetting that their children are what's on the line. It's a sad day when you actually hear a mother encourage a father (Who both by the way are only months away from loosing 4 chidren FOREVER.) that "You gotta have some fun..." in relation to the goings on of "Hanging out on the lake." I'm sure...quite sure (and I know I'm assuming...but the positive tests after such weekends make this assuming more tangible and also highly likely in reality.) Summer is here.
On an upswing. One of my little cuties has moved into a home with her siblings now that it's summer and she could not be more happy. She's even talking about adoption in a good light...which is great since it is more than likely in the near future.
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Regular Youth Group continues this Friday (Middle School 6:30-8:30pm) and Sunday (High School 6:30-8:30pm, with pizza and music team arriving at 6pm).
Leadership Lunch on Sunday 29th, 1-2pm, Hunt Rooms, with lunch (as per the title). This is a vital one and concerns a number of big upcoming events so hope the High School Leadership team can make it!
Marathon Overnight. THIRTY-ONE ALREADY SIGNED UP! To participate in this annual event (and get a free official volunteer T-shirt) you must sign up here, before APRIL 27TH (2 days away). There may be a limit on how many we can allow, so get in quick.
Lasagna Fundraiser Saturday May 5th. After Ascension’s combined service at 5pm on Saturday (and before the Marathon Overnight), CAYG are hosting a Lasagna Fundraiser Dinner. Dressed smartly, we will be serving delicious Lasagna, salad and dessert to a parish hall full of generous supporters. We are raising money for our NEW ‘GOING THE DISTANCE’ Fund, that resources a range of initiatives supporting youth and emerging adults through the faith-challenging transitions of school, college and beyond. Come to the dinner to find out more! And bring a check book.
Save the date! Instead of CAYG, Friday May 11th will present some one-off events. Stay tuned for more details.
Support our Confirmands! A wonderful group from youth group are being confirmed, or reaffirmed, at the 11am Service on Sunday May 13th, with Bishop Jim Hobby. Come out and support them!

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I make pizza at home a lot, but I have never tried adding beets before! It wasn’t what I expected, and I loved it. I think it especially tasted great with the kale pesto and goat cheese. I had also never used whole wheat dough before, and was actually a pretty big fan! It added a nice flavor that complimented the rest of the ingredients. Overall a pretty delicious (and healthier than usual) pizza!
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Slice beets in half and place in an aluminum foil “pouch” with the garlic and drizzle with some olive oil. Cook for 20 minutes in the oven or until the beets can easily be pierced with a knife. I used small candied beets so they cooked faster than say a regular size beet which could take 40 minutes or so. While those cook, thinly slice the potato and simultaneously cook those in the oven for 10 minutes, or until slightly browned. In the meantime, de-stem the kale and blanch it for 30 seconds in boiling water, then transfer to a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking. Squeeze out the excess water and place in a food processor with the olive oil, Parmesan cheese, pine nuts, lemon juice, and roasted garlic from the oven. Blend until you have a pesto consistency, then salt and pepper to taste.
Roll out the pizza dough on a floured surface. Spread some of the kale pesto, then top with the roasted potatoes, beets, and goat cheese. Bake in oven for 20 minutes or until the crust is slightly browned. Top with some fresh pepper and toasted pine nuts. I also drizzled a little olive oil to finish it off, but this is optional. Enjoy!


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The Port Times Record, Times of Huntington-Northport, Times of Middle Country, Times of Smithtown, Village Beacon Record and Village Times Herald published this piece in print on July 21, 2016.
The latest trend sweeping the nation is a throwback from the 1990s with a modern-technology twist: a augmented reality Pokémon game played on smartphones, and residents of the north shore are not immune. Hundreds of kids, teenagers and adults alike took to the streets this week to interact in this new game.
This latest offering from Pokémon evolved the franchise beyond the original cards, television show and video games. Pokémon GO allows players to create an avatar, called a trainer, and walk around their neighborhoods catching various Pokémon. Players can battle one another and get free in-game items from locations chosen by the game.
The game is getting people of all ages out of their houses and into their neighborhoods. The only way to catch Pokémon is to walk around searching for them, and players have been posting on social media about how far they have traveled around their neighborhood.
One 22-year-old Greenlawn resident said she saw more than 50 kids hunting for Pokémon at parks in Northport and Huntington in one afternoon.
She said the kids really enjoyed searching different spots for Pokémon.
Gerard Anthony, an 18-year-old Northport resident agreed that Pokémon GO is a great game to play in groups.
The only way to catch Pokémon is to walk around searching for them, and similarly, the only way to get a refill of free in-game item, like pokéballs is to go to Pokéstops.
The library is busy this time of year because of its summer reading program, but Gutmann said being a Pokéstop is attracting more visitors than usual.
“The hope is, once they get in here, they’ll stop and read a book or attend one of our programs,” he said.
Gutman added that the library had tried its hand at augmented reality a while ago, implementing the technology in its newsletter. It abandoned the effort because it was not getting enough use at the time, but now that Pokémon GO is increasing the popularity of augmented reality, he said the library may revisit the project.
“There are lots of opportunities to use the technology beyond the game,” he said.
Port Jefferson’s Main Street is also a huge attraction for players. With a multitude of Pokéstops and gyms, the promise of Port Jefferson tempted Chris Aguilar, 23, to travel from Riverhead two days in a row.
Aguilar said there were so many people in the streets on the first night he was in the area, July 13, that mobs of trainers were crossing the streets. They did not begin to clear out until about 2:30 a.m.
“This game is bringing people together in an unprecedented way,” he said. “It’s like an age gap doesn’t exist between players,” who can speak to each other on almost an equal level about the game and trade tips.
Other local hotspots to catch Pokémon include Heritage Park in Mount Sinai and Sylvan Ave. Park in Miller Place.
Just two days after the game’s release, players were spending an average of 43 minutes and 23 seconds per day playing Pokémon GO, a higher rate than popular apps including Instagram, Snapchat and Whatsapp.
According to SimilarWeb, an information technology company that tracks web analytics, Pokémon GO has so many daily active users that it is projected to soon have more users than Twitter.
But some people are concerned about the safety risks associated with Pokémon GO.
Pedestrians are now wandering around towns, with their eyes faced down at their smartphones. Law enforcement agencies, institutions of higher education and public transportation systems have spoken of the dangers of walking around consumed by a smartphone.
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) held a press conference Tuesday to remind residents to exercise caution while playing.
“The safety and well-being of our residents, especially children, is our highest priority,” he said in a statement.
Suffolk County Police Commissioner Tim Sini echoed his sentiments at the event.
Stony Brook University also contributed to the conversation, reminding students to watch where they are walking while playing.
Mark Szkolnicki, a student of the university, said that he is always careful.
Stony Brook Office for Marine Sciences Secretary Christina Fink agreed. She said it is important to keep in mind that if players are going hunting for Pokémon at night, they should go with at least one other person.
Reporting contributed by Victoria Espinoza.


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Real Madrid have told Manchester United goalkeeper, David De Gea, to make up his mind to join the Champions League holders in the next summer.
De Gea, who was almost joining the Spain capital club in 2015, has been told to make up his mind between now and next summer or forget it.
According to the Mirror, UK, Madrid president Florentino Perez, “has sounded a warning to De Gea” that his club will move for Chelsea’s Thibaut Courtois if a transfer cannot be achieved by then.
The Mirror added that Perez has, “put a deadline on next summer to get the deal done,” with Courtois firmly in their sights.
Chelsea were reportedly set to step up talks over a new deal for Courtois amid continuing Real Madrid speculation.


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There is life outside academia, and by that I don’t mean that people are having more fun elsewhere. I am only suggesting that an academic career is not the natural, or even the most desirable outcome of a university degree.
As a lecturer in early modern history at a post-1992 university I know that only few of our undergraduate students will progress to a Master’s degree, and even fewer will embark on a PhD in the subject. Out of the few who do, not everyone will end up in an academic job; and with a highly volatile job market increasingly dependent on short-term temporary positions even a post-doc or a one-year teaching contract are not a guarantee of future employment in the sector.
The results of the National Student Survey (NSS) and the Times University Guide 2013, both published within in the last couple of days, have made one thing clear. The best universities for research are not always the best universities for teaching quality. While Oxford and Cambridge with their student-friendly tutorial system still did well in terms of student satisfaction, Edinburgh University, one of the highest-ranking institutions research-wise, was ‘ranked bottom in the country for teaching quality’, with students complaining about ‘lack of prompt feedback or detailed comments’ and more generally ‘insufficient advice and support’, The Sunday Times reported.
‘Despite their world-class reputations for research and high entrance requirements, more than a third of the 24-strong Russell Group find themselves in the bottom 40 of 125 institutions for teaching’, Liz Lightfoot writes in The Sunday Times. Of course, as with all statistical evidence, there is more than one way of reading the results.
What happened to social justice and equality in Higher Education?
What’s wrong with Higher Education in the UK? Nothing, if you look at it from afar. The UK has some of the best universities in the world as our VC never fails to remind us. We come second only to the US, and students from all over the world are attracted to study here by the smell of tradition and the shiny prospectuses praising our achievements. Alas, these foreign students are increasingly roped in to fill the funding gaps of a crumbling system, as the recent visit by Universities Minister David Willetts to South America has reminded us. According to a report by the Observer, the Brazilian government is willing to provide up to £18,700 per student in fees.
Wealthy foreign students count as so-called ‘off-quota’ students. This means they are not taking away places from UK candidates, but help universities expand and attract the best and brightest from all over the world. But there are two issues here. Are universities really going to select the brightest rather than those best able to pay? And what is going to happen to all these bright foreign students once they are here? It is great if we can offer them an excellent education and future prospects. It is not so great if we see little clusters of Chinese, Egyptian or Brazilian students huddled together on our campuses with unhappy faces, talking among themselves in their own language, wondering if they will ever make friends among the locals. Those who do integrate well and want to stay in contrast might find it hard to get a job – or a visa for that matter – when they have finished their degree. Can we square that with our consciences, or are we really exploiting them as cash cows?
It seems all so wrong. The Higher Education reforms by the Coalition Government are taking away money from crucial teaching budgets, leaving universities to fend for themselves in an open market for off-quota and foreign students. Some institutions will clearly benefit from this increasing commercialisation of education, others will die, and the rest of us will hope for a new government.


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President and CEO of Ramirent Group Magnus Rosén has directed anniversary donations to support BSAG’s work for Baltic Sea. Ramirent Group’s customers and stakeholders donated over 13 000 euro to honour Magnus Rosén’s 50th anniversary at the end of November.
“Ramirent operates in Europe with Baltic Sea region being the core market. As eight of our 13 operating countries have a border to the Baltic Sea, it is an area that we want to protect and wish to see prosper together with our customers, suppliers and other stakeholders. Thus it was chosen as target for donations in connection with organising a stakeholder dinner on my 50th birthday. Ramirent’s own business is environmentally friendly in its own helping to save resources buy renting instead of buying own equipment,” says Magnus Rosén, President and CEO, Ramirent Group.
“Donations in honour of mr. Rosén’s anniversary support BSAG’s work against eutrophication and for solving the problems caused by hazardous substances and maritime traffic in the entire Baltic Sea region.” says Anna Kotsalo-Mustonen, co-founder and Development Director of Baltic Sea Action Group.

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