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Executive Summary: The internet jungle is a difficult place to hunt for a capable Japanese-to-English translation provider. Vigilance and a healthy degree of suspicion are warranted. Although the appearance of the internet overcame the physical distances between translation consumers and translation providers, it has also made it difficult to establish true capabilities, identities, and locations, often leading to situations with little accountability and recourse for a client after making a wrong choice. The resulting environment is greatly different from the days of bricks and mortar.
The internet places a vast amount of information at your fingertips but has greatly increased the burden on the average internet user attempting to find some wheat in the piles of easily available chaff. Probably the most serious reason for this situation is the lack of accountability and difficulty in judging the value of user-created content on the internet. Attempts to find a good Japanese-to-English translation service via the internet are hampered by the same type of problems and require some of the same skills that are needed in trying to find trustworthy content about other matters.
Ease of hiding a true identity by exploiting an anonymous website, often by registering a domain with a proxy that hides the domain owner’s identity.
Elimination of the need to reveal a physical address. Since all transactions are expected to be possible by email, the translation provider does not run the risk of a potential client discovering that the owner of an attractive internet website is actually no more than a kitchen tabletop operation consisting of one person—often not a translator—and a computer.
With everything done by email or web-based contact forms, there is little risk of having a potential client realize that what lies behind the curtain of a nicely executed website design is not a translation provider with translation ability, but rather just a translation broker (purchaser/reseller).
Wild claims of being able to handle hundreds of languages and any subject-matter field can be made with little risk of being asked to demonstrate the validity of those claims.
For translation market entries wishing to build the appearance of having bricks and mortar, there is also the option of renting an essentially fake address from a provider of virtual office space. Although in rare cases the translation provider actually rents a physical space, there are countless companies providing virtual office space that is nothing more than a postal mailing address, and substanceless translation brokers and other shady operators are power users of such mail-drop services.
What can a translation consumer do to increase the chance of selecting a capable Japanese-to-English provider?
Armed with a bit of knowledge as to what a substanceless translation broker can do to “pump up” their online presence, there are a number of precautions that can make it easier to select a translation provider that actually does Japanese/English translations of the quality you need. Here are some simple dos and don’ts to act as a guide in your search for a capable Japanese-to-English translation provider.
Don't use a translation provider that does not disclose their physical address or telephone number on their website.
Some people use a website to hide their actual location, and many times they are doing that for a reason that would not reflect well on them, including things that would discourage clients from using them for translation services.
Don't use a translation provider claiming to translate 100 or more languages.
As a commercial translation activity, 100 or more languages are not that important. Almost all texts which clients are willing to pay money to translate are written in one of fewer than ten languages. And people needing Japanese-to-English translation should remember that boasting of being able to handle 200 languages give no assurance that a purported translation company can do Japanese-to-English translation to the quality that is required.
Don't use a translation provider that claims to "have" thousands of translators.
Of all the entities purporting to do translation, only a tiny number actually "have" any Japanese-to-English translators in their employ. The ones that do have such translators are almost always quite small entities that are operated by translators. Upon receiving an order for Japanese-to-English translation, almost all translation brokers, not having any Japanese-to-English translators themselves, need to scramble to find a translator from whom to purchase a translation for resale.
Recently, such searches for translators by companies purporting to do Japanese-to-English translation themselves will result in your documents being sent to venues where very close to all the translators are third-language translators, who speaker neither English or Japanese as their native language but are translating between those two (to them) foreign languages. The results are predictable.
Don't use a translation provider that claims expertise in every imaginable subject matter field.
This should not need amplification, but readers might think about how many fields they themselves are experts in. Although almost no translation companies of any substantial size actually "have" translators as employees, even when they do, those translators are not experts in more than a handful of fields. And since most translation companies are brokers (i.e., purchasers and resellers) of translation, because they have no translators themselves, they would need to be able to find translation practitioners (translators) who are experts in all the fields in which they claim expertise and then would need to be capable of judging whether their choice of translator was indeed correct. Such judgment capabilities are simply not to be found with bulk translation brokers.
Don't use a translation provider that claims ostensible physical addresses in numerous locations, even if a telephone number is provided for each.
The small handful of translation brokers that have a physical presence in multiple locations and ones that have a large number of real offices are precisely the ones that have no translators and no translation ability themselves. They are no more than translation brokers.
What is most likely going on with many places that claim multiple locations is that they are paying a tiny amount of money each month to maintain a postal mail drop in those locations, and sometimes paying for telephone answering or telephone forwarding services. If there are no telephone numbers associated with the addresses, you can be quite sure that there is no substance behind the addresses, save for the virtual office company selling the services to the purported translation provider.
Don't use translation provider that cannot identity any individuals associated with their company or its management.
Even in a translation broker (reseller), people do the work and need to be involved. If there are no named people disclosed, extreme care is required, as there might be only one person, and that person probably does not want to be known or contacted.
Here are some suggestions for people (especially people outside Japan) looking for Japanese/English translation services and needing high quality.
Seek out smaller translation providers. They are much more likely to have translators and translation knowledge and ability than a large bulk translation broker.
Seek out translation providers that identify their management and/or translators. This will increase your chances of dealing with actual translators, as opposed to purchasers and resellers of translation.
Seek out translation providers that disclose their actual physical location. This will help you avoid dealing with kitchen tabletop translation providers.
If you have doubts, use your telephone. A true translation provider you should be using will answer the phone and the person answering the phone should be able to speak to you about your specific translation requirements.
There are no free lunches for people needing Japanese/English translation.
Although the above suggestions might seem troublesome, they underline the reality that the internet does not present you with a free lunch. In fact, it offers lots of not very good meals, and it is up to the diner to select the one that satisfies.


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Cut 3 pincushion body pieces, 6″ X 7″ & 10 strips 1″ X 5″ for the inset. Cut the heart template out from the print-out or draw one of your own.
1. Layer 2 body pieces right sides together and center the heart template, tracing around it.
2. Sew each strip right sides together with 1/4″ seam allowance.
3. Press the inset seams open.
4. Sew along the traced heart outline and cut out the inside carefully, making sure not to cut through any of the stitching.
5. Pull the top square through the heart shaped hole you just created, gently poking out the points. Press firmly and flat.
6. Layer the pressed inset piece underneath the heart shaped hole, right sides up. Top stitch along the outside of the heart's edge, press.
7. Layer the top and bottom body piece right sides together, stitch with 1/4″ seam allowance around the edges, leaving a 2″ gap open and back-stitching at beginning and end.
8. Trim seam allowances (I used pinking shears) and clip the main body's corners.
I'm Stephanie and I blog at Swoodsonsays.com about sewing and crafts for myself & my toddler son. I love upcycling, using up scraps, and having the freedom to make what I can't find or afford in stores. I spend way too much time online - you can connect with me on twitter/pinterest/facebook/instagram !
Beautiful! I can’t wait to make some and it will be easy to teach to a friend! Thank you!!!
Love this wish it was in a PDF so we could download it.
Hi Virginia, you can use the sharing buttons on the left side of the screen, select the three dots and then choose “printfriendly”. This will make a nice PDF of the article. Hope that helps and happy sewing!
I think it’s a cute sewing project.
Just darling, and simple for a beginner.
This is really gorgeous! I love your heart pincushion! Thank you for sharing great tutorial!
Lovely week and an Happy Valentine!
So cute, and I love the fabrics you used.
So, so cute, Stephanie. Love how you’ve used narrow strips for the heart – very effective.
Love this little heart pin cushion! Great idea for using scraps.

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text: It's not often that you find a culinary trained Chef like Marlene Portillo at a sports bar, but Half Moon is not your ordinary sports bar! This is not your typical pub grub - our fare is fresh, creative and exciting. Half Moon Windy City Sports Grill offers an array of HDTVs for your sports and viewing pleasure, an eclectic menu focusing on Chicago favorites along with our award-winning traditional items, and private rooms for meetings and special occasions. Our undeniable passion for flavor and authentic ingredients sets our menu apart! Our hotdogs are true Vienna Beef served in S. Rosen's Poppyseed Buns from Alpha Bakery. We fly Eli's Cheesecakes to the store each week. The Italian sausage and meatballs that fill our Chicago baked hoagies are produced by Fontanini, a Chicago legend. As for the pizza - that's ours, made here in Arizona, fresh every day. A Chicago family recipe shared with our family in Arizona!

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text: The Crompton LED Candle Thermal Plastic 5.5W 4000K BC-B22d is designed for retrofit replacement of incandescent lamps and are particularly attractive for decorative lighting. They are compatible with fixtures with a B22 holder and are available in extra warm white. LED lamps deliver huge energy savings and minimize maintenance cost and could save you up to 90% on energy alone.


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Well the new year is a great time for a new start. Many people are dieting, for me that really never seems to work, here is a little about what I am doing.
I think that many of the diet programs out there make a lot of promises without delivering on them. I really think that the changes we want will come through educating ourselves and hard work, pretty much like everything else in life. Diets only work for so long, and when you get off the program results fail because our habits really never changed.
Here is a short video that I liked and it has lots of tips on how to do it.
I liked what Dr. Weil has to say about dieting here.
Did you know that according to Christopher Adams a molecular biologist “Eighty percent of what you perceive as taste is actually smell”.
Dr. Alan Hirsch actually provided his patients with a fragrant inhaler of peppermint to use prior to eating and discovered his patients lost an average of 5 pounds per month with no other behavioral changes than just adding the inhaler. Topping the list of weight reducing fragrances are Peppermint and Green Apple.
We are making Candles this week in both fragrances as well as to-go car and skin scents. Check our Facebook page for availability later this week. ❤ Check them out and give it a try yourself. If nothing else, you will enjoy the clean fresh fragrances!
What fresh fragrances inspire you?
Twelfth Night, the eve of January 5, is in English folk custom the end of Christmas merrymaking and in ancient Celtic tradition the end of the 12-day winter solstice celebration.
Photographic Review 2010 « McAlisterium.

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text: We are working on creating an easy index for you to find posts that include photos or information on the Cincinnati ceremony and reception venues you may be considering for your wedding. Soon you’ll be able to choose a venue from a drop-down list and see links for all posts in which it is mentioned. We’re also working on creating posts for weddings we worked on long before we were in the blogging zone, and should have it all up and ready to search by the end of January! In the meantime, if you have a question about a specific ceremony or reception site, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

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I spoke with Roy Zur, a cyberintelligence expert, who is a retired major from the Israeli security forces, and the CEO of Cybint, an Israeli cyberintelligence company. Zur has developed cyber training programs for financial institutions, law firms, and government agencies.
We discussed the genesis of Cybint, why legal professionals need to be concerned about cyber matters, what distinguishes his cyber-centric training, and four of the the most common cybersecurity mistakes that law firms make, among other topics. Zur also announced an upcoming partnership with Barbri to offer his unique programming on a broader scale.

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Breaking your head about which present to give?
Are you fond of giving presents? Sure, you love it! But choosing a perfect gift is not an easy job, especially if it is for a close friend or a relative. You have probably given them hundreds of presents, and you are sick of racking your brains what to give this time. You do want to present something entirely unexpected, extraordinary, something that would excite and drive them. Well, how about making a video film for them? About them? That's a brilliant idea!
Why not make a full-scale video clip on Youtube?
But how to do it quickly and with ease, if you don't know how to deal with those all-too-difficult programs? No worries! There is special software for non-techies like you, Bolide Movie Creator. To make a high-quality video, you only need photos, music, videos (if necessary) and some comments of yours.
Here are a few simple steps following which you'll make a video clip within ten minutes and without any prior technical knowledge.
Choose photos and videos you would like to use in your film. You can choose videos and images in all supported formats. These can be from a holiday or the graduation party or any other memorable event. Decide on the order you want to use them in.
The next thing is music for your video clip. As you know, the right music is half of any movie's success. This could be some melody which is special for both of you or which causes some fond memories. In other words, you know how important it is for a Hollywood movie to have an excellent soundtrack. Your video clip is not an exception!
In Stage 3 you add text comments to photos, video, and audio. Funny comments are precious and most appreciated. Just imagine how much fun it is going to be watching such a movie.
Adding transition effects. For any movie to go smoothly, you need transitions. In Bolide Movie Creator there are dozens of impressive transition effects, which can be selected automatically by the program or by you personally if you feel like that. And right here you can preview what you've done and make the necessary changes.
At last, you look through the video you made and decide upon the video resolution. You are also welcome to choose one of the popular video formats and the quality of the video. That is done in a couple of clicks. For Youtube, we advise you to select MP4 video format with the "Best" quality setting. As for the resolution, the higher is better. We prefer to select FullHD (1920x1080).
The movie is ready without much effort and time wasting.
That's it! Now upload your video clip to Youtube. Your present is ready it is undoubtedly going to be one of the most memorable presents in life! Everyone would be proud to get such a gift and seeing how happy the person is getting this gift is worth it!

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We have a passion for children’s podiatry and a special interest in providing a holistic approach to your child’s foot and lower leg health.
We understand that treating your child’s foot problem requires special care and consideration. Our podiatrists provide a thorough paediatric biomechanical assessment to better assess and diagnose your child’s injury and develop a specific management plan.
There are many common adult foot problems and injuries that can stem from birth and childhood. Often these adult injuries can be prevented by well managed podiatry during childhood.
It is important to have your child’s feet, lower limbs and gait assessed by a podiatrist as they progress through their developmental milestones, especially if there is a family history of foot and lower limb problems.
Our podiatrists continue to undergo post graduate study and attend seminars to further develop their skills in podiatry for children.
If your child is complaining of lower leg, foot or ankle pain or are concerned about their walking pattern please make an appointment today.


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Kindly note that full sum for Conference must be paid for the Forum. Successful MCF Subsidy applicants will subsequently be informed by MPA via email once approved, within 3 months from date of the Forum provided that all T&Cs stipulated are met. Subsidy sum will be disbursed within 2 weeks thereafter.
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Fri, August 24, 2018 10:30 A.M.
This workshop, led by a registered dietitian, is being offered by the Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative's Adult and Senior Nutrition Program in conjunction with CityLife Clinics. The Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative (AUNI) is a program of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania that engages, educates and empowers youth, university students, and community members to promote healthy lifestyles and build a just and sustainable food system.


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Am wishing to Introduce a Baby Flemish to 1 yr old spayed female mini Rex mix.
Does anyone have any advise? Plan to occupy 1 room. Was told that Year old Mini Rex mix female may become Mothering to 9 week old Flemish Giant kit. They will be in separate housings. Plan on getting Flemish neutered at 6 months.


text: 2004 Land Rover Discovery SE-7 4X4. SUPER-NICE/LOW-MILEAGE CLASSIC DISCO 11. Only 89k miles. Giverny green-metallic with Alpaca beige leather interior. Fully loaded with SE-7 Package, dual sunroofs, dual power-seats, rear jump-seats, heated-seats, premium-sound CD, 18-Inch alloy wheels, down-hill descent control, Roof-rack, fog-lights, Tow-package.

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"Strong taste for strong-bodied - no sword or arrow would strike you down".
The elixir grants effect for an entire day.
Incompatible with other elixirs and potions.


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As many of you know, apple is a fruit which is highly advised by many and there are some amazing facts on apple nutrition which make this an ideal fruit. There are various health benefits which are associate with apples. And you would find a high value of 1 apple nutrition facts in various domains. Apples nutritional value is quite high and therefore, many doctors advise that you need to consume apples as a part of a healthy diet. The phrase ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’ draws extensively from apple nutrition and there are several benefits of having apples regularly. Here are some common apple nutrition aspects and points which make apples a healthy fruit.
The major aspect of the 1 apple nutrition facts lies in the high water content of the apples. Apple nutrition facts tell us that apples are made up of 83% water. And are known to be very effective in keeping the body hydrate. Further, an average apple has around 60 calories and this is quite less than other similar fruits. This apple nutrition fact is particularly useful for people who are aiming for a healthy weight loss. Also it can be definitely useful as a part of a weight loss diet.
Apple nutritional value is quite high and it is known to contain around 15% carbohydrates from sugar and fibers. Usually, one average apple can have about 15gm of sugar but the best part about this sugar is that it cannot be a harmful agent. Which can lead to the rise in blood sugar levels. The high level of antioxidants and other such nutrients make apples a healthy diet and also increase the overall apple nutritional value.
Even though the apple nutrition is known to be quite helpful in various health domains. The application of apple nutrition to dental problems is fairly new. Apples have become a part of the regular recommendation by the dentists. As they are known to prevent tooth decay in a big way. Apples are known to contain nutrients like tannin and they are known to prevent plaque and protect against gum diseases. The apple nutrition value is quite high and you can easily find the use of apples. In preventing heart diseases, keeping the body hydrated, preventing tooth decay and several such benefits.

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From emergency plumbing to a regular check up on your pipes, Our Local Plumber is your professional, reliable, and local Box Hill plumber.
Thousands of people (including you!) across Box Hill use their kitchen, bathroom, laundry, and other household or commercial utilities every day. What the untrained eye doesn’t see in these every day uses, is that there is always a better way to improve the efficiency of your plumbing, the quality of your plumbing, or attend to the urgent situations involving your plumbing. It’s here that the highly skilled team of Our Local Plumber can be of great service.
Our Local Plumber is a team of plumbing experts servicing the Box Hill community, attending to all projects- from a blocked or overflowing drain, to a leaking tap, or a faulty hot water system.
Our Local Plumber Box Hill is open 24 hours, 7 days a week – so we are always available when you need a plumber. We offer a $0 Call out Fee* and upfront, transparent pricing, so you have peace of mind around the scale of plumbing you require before we start any work.

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The black seersucker suit is one of the best attire for every occasion. Every man can pull up a black seersucker suit in style and elegance. These suits are available in various shades and fabrics. Depending on your requirement you can go for it. There also come in various stripes as well as checks. It can be white and other color or a combination of two other colors. Even though these suits were quite popular earlier they have managed to retain the charisma even today. Most men prefer to wear these for semi formal and casual occasions. We bring out the most amazing collection of men's clothing, footwear and accessories. Get the best items at really affordable price.
There is nothing like a well fitted suit that builds a personality. So when wearing these suits makes sure that it fits onto the shoulders perfectly.
* When you buy black seersucker suit for men remember to go for a color that really compliments you. You should be wise enough to choose a shade that doesn't make all eyes hooked into you. Go for seersucker suit with white stripes as well as other colors. For less formal occasions and for evening parties, the solid color style works really well. White works well for the formal occasions.
* When selecting shirt you must be careful to choose one that goes well the suit. Since it a black seersucker suit, you can go any neutral color apart from white. Peach, beige or light blue looks good. However shirts that come with designs and patterns in it should be avoided. Stay away from the wide collared shirts and instead pick up a conservative collar.
* Accessories can help enhance the look of these suits, so these need to be selected carefully. Go for the one that doesn't clash with the suit. Simple ties in solid color are the best option. Don't overdo the look with printed ties. Even though neck ties look good you can also for a completely mix and match look with bow tie.
* Black belts are the safest option along with brown to go for with Mens Seersucker Suits. To complete the look you can also go for wingtip shoes and loafers. Wingtips are ideal for formal occasions while the loafers are great option for casual settings.
You can go in for black seersucker suit in single or double breasted style. For the heavier or bulky men, single breasted seersucker suit is the best and for the slim men double breasted suit works just fine. Adding vest is also a personal choice and so is the vent.


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Augmented reality (AR) has found many applications in several contexts within several sectors right from retail and real-estate to manufacturing.
Top Augmented Reality Trends for 2018 2017 has been a great year as far as Augmented Reality (AR) is concerned.
Discover yourself this Valentine’s day answer this questions and learn more about your personality. HOW TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS?
Use Augmented Reality to paint the picture of our historical past this Republic Day Republic Day is all about patriotism.
SMACAR with its content team produces E-books on different issues related to Augmented Reality, Digital marketing and other Technologies.
Learn more about the Marketshare of Augmented Reality, The challenges of AR, Opportunities of Augmented Reality and how we proceed as we go in the future.
Our Team has created A book for growing your business from Scratch and the stuff that you have to evaluate to help grow your startup. It involves detailed sections on Business Development, Chatbots, each topic of Digital Marketing and how to create a company that gets a constant stream of leads.


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The students will use AbcYa! Story Maker to create a published writing piece along with a digital artifact that demonstrates learning of a concept.
Be able to draw a picture to go with the topic.
Edit: To edit is to prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting.
Revise: To revise is the act of rewriting something.
Publish-1 :To publish is to bring printed works (as books) before the public usually for sale. 2 : Publish is also to print (as in a magazine or newspaper).
Students learn the writing process and draft a writing piece.
Students have taken three-five notes on the topic.
Students have a rough draft copy of their work.
View the Story Maker video tutorial.
The teacher will decide if the students need to save final project accordingly or print the final piece.
You will demonstrate Story Maker.
Model the lesson showing students how to word process and add additional pages.
Model drawing the art to coincide with the writing.
Demonstrate how to save or print their artifact.
Students will retell a story in their own words.
Students will write a story about art or music.
Students will write a story about their favorite song or musician.
Students will explain how they solved a math problem/or create one.
The students create an animal report.
The students create a story of a famous person or a city/state/landform.
This task card was created by Courtney Conley, Utica Community Schools, April 2018.

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When you become a member of Knowledge Organisers (free), you have the option of adding a marker showing your location.
This appears on our Member Map.
It is optional to add a marker. You can edit your marker position or remove it at any time.
Why not add your location marker, or see if there are any other Knowledge Organiser members located near you.
You can see a List of Members Here.


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text: Whether you are a retail fuel operator, petroleum marketer or commercial fleet with fuel locations, FuelCloud™ is your total software platform for inventory visibility, automated tank gauge (ATG) monitoring, fuel analytics, and high-definition wetstock management. Offering far more than competitors' solutions for less, FuelCloud allows you to start with the basics and add high-value modules as business needs direct. Unleash the software's full suite of capabilities for continuous auditing and control of every drop of fuel that flows through your system and reconcile your variance to less than 1 gallon per day. No other solution comes close.

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The major in Elementary Education prepares students to teach in grades P-5 or work in other capacities with the young child. In addition to the curriculum requirements listed below, students in this program must meet the requirements for admission to the Teacher Education Program and Student Teaching. Upon successful completion of this program students must meet other specified Education Professional Standards Board requirements in order to secure certification. Students in education must earn a 2.75 overall GPA in all course work in order to graduate. Note also that in each of the following areas a 2.75 overall GPA is required as well as no grade lower than “C”: 1) education professional and all collateral courses, and 2) subject matter.
Students should become familiar with the requirements for their individual programs and work with their advisors to ensure that all degree requirements will be met. A guide sheet is extremely helpful in academic planning. Students wishing to major in Elementary Education Grades P-5 may access a downloadable version (pdf) of the guide sheet at the top of this page, or he or she may obtain one from his or her Faculty Advisor or from the Registrar. The student has the ultimate responsibility for seeing that all academic requirements are being met.
Choose 3 hours from HIST 203 and 204.
Choose 3 hours from ENG 302, 303, 304, and 305.
Choose 3 hours from THEA 161 or 162.
Choose 6 hours from ENG 201, 202, 211, 212, 215, and 216.
Choose 3 hours from any English 300 level or 400 level course (excluding ENG 315).
Choose 8 hours from MATH 125, 126, 250, and 330.
Choose 8 hours from BIOL 205, 206, and 310.
Choose 8 hours from AST 101, CHEM 101, and PHYS 211.
Choose 3 hours from HIST 310, HIST/POLS 311, 460, and 464.
Choose 3 hours from ECON 209, 210, and POLS 112.
Choose 6 hours from ENG 302, 303, 304, and 305.
Choose 12 hours from ENG 201, 202, 211, 212, 215, 216, and 415 with at least 3 hours (but no more than 6 hours) from American Literature.
2) CHEM 115, PHYS 211 or 212 and PHYS 231 or 232.
Choose 3 hours from POLS 111 and 112.
Choose 3 hours from SOC 101 and SSCI 310.
For those Elementary Education P-5 students wishing to add middle school certification in an area other than their current elementary emphasis, see the Education Department. See guidesheet to find courses required to add LBD endorsement.


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Master Cioccolaterie Guido Gobino has taken the art of chocolate and gianduja making to new heights in Torino. He enjoys a loyal and global following for his dedication to quality, tradition, innovation and design - all at the same time. His products are leading edge while grounded in tradition.
I basically grew up in the chocolate business. I was only 8 years old when I began, like my father, to distinguish the various fragrances of cacao.
My father has always been the greatest master.
Often the best ingredients are found in places that are far from home... for this reason it is necessary to look for them around the world. Cocoa, for example, I personally choose the prestigious qualities from countries like Venezuela, Trinidad and Java. Traveling provides me with the opportunity to know new flavors and I adore recreating the atmosphere of these far away places, creating original pairings with my chocolates and various precious ingredients in the world.
Tradition, research and innovation have not found a more perfect synthesis. A good chocolate is not made-- it is created, exclusively with the best ingredients.
I wouldn’t know what to say. Each product has it’s own special qualities, for which I love them all in the same way.


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KNITTING LOOM: KB Hat Loom, using 42 Pegs, large gauge setting.
YARN: Approx 90 yards bulky merino blend yarn (85 yds MC, 5 yds CC). Cascade Yarns Pacific Bulky in Cream (MC) and Ruby (CC) were used in sample.
NOTIONS: Knitting tool, tapestry needle, crochet hook (to bind off).
GAUGE: 10.25 sts x 15 rows=4” in stockinette.


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A federal court declined to intervene in the deportation of Andres Magana Ortiz, an undocumented Hawaii businessman who has lived in the United States for 28 years, but had some choice words for President Donald Trump and his rhetoric on immigration.
Ortiz was ordered to report for deportation under Trump's far harsher immigration enforcement regime and subsequently sued to remain, Slate reported. While all three judges on the panel ruled the government had the legal authority to deport Ortiz, Judge Stephen Reinhardt penned a blistering concurring opinion saying the policy forced judges "to participate in ripping apart a family."
"Three United States citizen children will now have to choose between their father and their country," Reinhardt wrote.
"... Moving with their father would uproot their lives, interrupt their educations and deprive them of the opportunities afforded by growing up in this country," he added. "If they remain in the United States, however, the children would not only lose a parent, but might also be deprived of their home, their opportunity for higher education and their financial support. Subjecting vulnerable children to a choice between expulsion to a foreign land or losing the care and support of their father is not how this nation should treat its citizens."
Later, Reinhardt added, "President Trump has claimed that his immigration policies would target the 'bad hombres.' The government's decision to remove Magana Ortiz shows that even the 'good hombres' are not safe ... We are unable to prevent Magana Ortiz's removal, yet it is contrary to the values of this nation and its legal system."
"... Magana Ortiz and his family are in truth not the only victims," Reinhardt concluded. "Among the others are judges who, forced to participate in such inhumane acts, suffer a loss of dignity and humanity as well. I concur as a judge, but as a citizen, I do not."
On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly promised to deport every undocumented immigrant found living in the country. While he later teased he might be open to a softer policy, Immigration and Customs Enforcement data released mid-May showed immigration arrests were up 38% this year, with a huge increase in people not suspected of any crimes other than immigration violations over prior years.


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If you feel an opponent is anticipating your shot by watching the face of your paddle and moving before you make contact, then have your paddle face straight ahead and then at the last second, go cross court before your opponent has time to react. Do not have your paddle “read” cross court then try and surprise your opponent and go down line because paddle must be brought back first and the extra time it takes gives your opponent more time to react to your fake.
Sometimes the best shot is no shot at all. When playing with a much better partner than yourself, let your partner take as many shots as he possible can, especially if he yells, “I have it.” Chances are good you are probably going to get the lion’s share of all the hits anyway. So the more your partner touches the ball, the better chance you will win.
There should be only positive communication between you and your partner. “Good try” “I have it” “Switch” “Yours” and “Bounce it” are as examples. Never say anything negative to your partner if he isn’t doing well because it will just make things worse. It shows you are not a confident player, and you are looking for an excuse to lose.
When you get a ball you must make hay when the sun shines and hit with a little more pace than you normally do and hope for the best.
This article was posted in Additional Pickleball Strategies, Pickleball Strategy Guide and tagged Extra Strategies.

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Over the past few weeks, Live Nation CEO MIchael Rapino has been on the spring conference circuit talking up the company's sponsorship prospects. And there's a good reason for that. Despite reporting a $163 million loss in 2012, the sponsorship business reported impressive growth recording $164 million in profit on $248 million in revenue.
In two of his most recent conference presentations, Rapino has pointed to a couple of key strategies in particular that he hopes will ultimately help the world's largest concert promoter double its current sponsorship profit to $300 million in the next few years.
To understand the company's current growth strategy, it helps to first understand its beginnings. Rapino says that when Live Nation was created execs took a page out of the professional sports league playbook. "Our creative rift at that time was 'How do we label ourselves somewhere like the NFL, NBA? How do we get that feeling that we're the league that manages all these franchises?'"
The first step, as it almost always is, came with hiring the best talent. Live Nation has staffed up over the past few years to a total of 300 sponsorship professionals servicing over 800 local and national sponsors. Finding talent is key to the company's growth strategy and it didn't come from plucking salespeople from other organizations. "We believed if we staffed ourselves properly, not with junior sponsorship people selling a sign at the shore line, but brand managers from Pepsi and sophisticated marketers, who built the global team, we would be able to convince Madison Avenue and Coca-Cola and others that we are the best choice if you want to be in the music business," Rapino recently told investors at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference.
Second, Live Nation's scale and other business lines, while perhaps not as profitable, have made it more attractive to Madison Avenue.
In particular, Rapino says managing artists helps add leverage to the existing efforts of the sponsorship sales team.
"My 300-plus sponsorship people who are out selling every day and meeting with the CMO of Coke, walking into that room and talking about 25,000 shows, talking about our database, but adding on, 'Oh by the way, we manage 200 artists. Would you like to use Kesha for your Pepsi? Would you like to use Britney Spears?' adds incredible power to my sales force," Rapino remarked at the Deutsche Bank DBAccess Media and Telecom Conference.
Of course, the company's growing list of digital assets, not the least of which is Ticketmaster, hasn't hurt either. "We're now in with the Madison Avenue RFP process," Rapino says. "So that if a brand says, 'I want young. I want music.' They're going to call VEVO, they're going to call Spotify, they're going to call Pandora. They're calling us now."
And that's why Live Nation, and its investors, are bullish on the company's sponsorship prospects.


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What’s the difference between testing in Embedded Software development and Application Development?
Application Development is all about the user interface, whereas in Embedded software, what the user interface looks like to the user is way down the list of priorities. Since embedded software is for hardware, interfaces tend to be rather basic. The more advanced embedded systems require user management for Intercomponent interfaces and APIs for communication with higher-level software such as operating systems, - however this is about as advanced as it gets for user interfaces (not advanced at all).
How does complexity come into the Embedded Software Development?
Testing Embedded software for Embedded System Projects is a far cry from what most people think of testing with Application development. To put simply, it is far more complex than application development testing and consequently it is far more reliant on a variety of tools that address the complexity associated challenges.
How is Embedded Software Testing more complex than with Application Development testing?
Complexity rises as the number of electronic components rises, - communication between components and with higher level software such as operating systems is also where the complexity lies.
The following features of Embedded Software development provide added complexity for testing.
Hardware Dependent. Typically, there are a limited number of prototypes (perhaps 1 or 2). This leads to other associated problems that arise when testing teams have no access to hardware.
Embedded Software is often created without the prototype and then integrated during a rather stressful period where bugs are identified through an intense testing period and hopefully resolved.
Hardware bugs often remain undetected until the hardware / software integration phase, adding further complexity to testing.
Higher level communication compatibility issues. Older operating systems frequently do not work with new hardware, requiring patches and new drivers.
There are too many variables to test for manually, therefore automated tested is necessary. Generally only a small proportion of the testing is done manually. Applying test automation effects the execution of test cases and the entire testing process.
Reproducing defects with embedded software is harder to do than in application development due to external environmental factors.
To test embedded software further, software must be developed to test and capture data.
There is no operating system to work on. Work must be done on the premise that everything must be tested. Hardware updates are likely to require patches.
Updating embedded software for hardware is typically more complicated than just installing an application upgrade with a windows installer. For embedded developers this means that bug fixes are accumulated and periodically updated when sufficient numbers have been collected to warrant the inconvience of updating.
With a limited operating system, often a debugger can’t be used on the same system and with no remote debugging tools, it makes debugging embedded software decidely more difficult than in application development.
Embedded Software requirements demand that two artifacts are created for tracing requirements, the set of the test case and test support infrastructure ( including automation framework and test agents).
codeBeamer ALM simplifies your embedded software testing. QA & Test Management codeBeamer ALM provides you with full traceability on requirements, bugs and other project artifacts. It also enables you to structure your test sets and test cases or become more productive by using test case libraries. The Coverage Browser helps you to find gaps easily, while our Traceability Browser with advanced filtering options makes it easy to work with large amounts of data.


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First of all, you put on the white protective jacket and breeches, making sure to zip up and strap down securely. Next, you slip on the metallic mask, before finally picking up your blade and holding it firmly in your hand. Don’t be mistaken though, fencing was never a fancy costume party, nor an attempt to play out of any charming and romantic illusions about swordsmanship. You face your rival on the piste, and the moment the referee commands—“En garde (in position), pret ? (ready?), allez! (fence!)”, a fever grips you both as each attempt to land a touché on the other, watchful for the slightest target opening. Fencing is a fight. You need speed, power and accuracy in your moves. You need the utmost concentration in observing the habits and weaknesses of your rival, constructing possible manoeuvres in your head, and adapting to the constantly transforming situation. In short, it is a combat sport with a great deal of both athleticism and intellectualism.
Most will never have the opportunity to pick up this relatively unorthodox sport, but RI is one of the few JCs to offer it as a CCA. Training is helmed by Coaches Henry, Marin, Samson and Alex, some of them ex-national fencers, from one of the best fencing institutions in Singapore—Blade Club. The sessions are conducted twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday from 4.30pm to 7.00pm, and usually maintains a balance between drills, the learning of new tacticss and actual sparring bouts.
The main goal each batch of Fencers advances towards is the inter-schools championships in April. However, marked throughout the calendar is a surplus of opportunities for RI Fencers to spar, such as the Novices Championships, school invites and non-competitive sparring meets. Besides that, Fencing gets to take on the task of running Raffles Invites during the December holiday each year. Behind the competition, which draws around a hundred participants, is an entire month of hard work, from the meticulous paper work, to banner and trophy designs and hours of “sai-kanging” together. At the end, when the crowd draws around the piste and follows the rapid action with keen eyes, emitting choruses of oohs and ahs and breaking into thunderous cheers for the neatly executed touches,there is the gratifying sense of accomplishment as a CCA, because you have brought about this meaningful learning experience for everyone.
This is just one of the many gold nuggets fencers pick up and keep in their pockets as they go through the Fencing journey at RI. Nonetheless, there is one point which will make most people turn away from fencing: it is not easy to master the sport. What makes Fencing such a difficult, but intriguing sports, lies in the constant deception you create for your rival and at the same time, the penetration into the intentions and traps your opponent set up for you in return. The greatest thrill of the game comes from successfully deceiving your opponent, before thrusting your blade and making solid contact with the completely bewildered target, but that can only be achieved through experience and constant reflection after each bout. That is what Fencers do. Are you up to this challenge as well?
The famous saying reads, “If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day; if you teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.” Raffles Community Advocates (CA) believes that effecting real, positive and sustainable change in society cannot be fully accomplished through the offering of individual services alone. They strive to go a step further by identifying the root causes of problems, and from there, raise awareness to rally the support of the masses. Only then, can the change effected be meaningful and sustainable.


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I do not need to spell it out for you as most of these points come naturally once you have the right mindset.
That is the mindset of a champion who is ready to achieve his/her goals.
With the New Year amongst us… What better way than to learn the 10 home truths about Productivity.
It is easy enough for us to think about what we want to achieve, but actually getting out and doing it is a whole new matter.
Many times I thought about reading a book, visiting a location or even exercising.
This was shortly lived as when it meant doing it I didn’t.
So take that first step today and prepare yourself for action.
Like anything in life, you want but don’t want the hassle of achieving. You begin to tell yourself you can’t do it.
Running is a prime example of this. Having an attitude that you cant is really difficult.
However once you take that first step you are on the road to success, you just need to make a habit of it.
The same applies for getting up in the morning, like I mention in a previous article, do not snooze your alarm clock. You are admitting defeat.
A problem I have always had was getting so caught up in the moment that I wanted to achieve everything in one day.
A gym is a prime example of this. You write out a keen workout routine, ready to pump iron and Bam! It strikes. You hit your peak and give up and then think I cant even complete my routine so I wont bother.
Instant failure from your brains perspective! Learn that we must take one step at a time.
With modern society, mobile phones, and social media there is no easier way to get distracted.
A phone notification noise is similar to that of your morning alarm. Yes you can snooze it but you must jump up to see what it is about.
The same applies for when you are focusing on a task. All it takes is something in the environment and boom you are off on a tangent.
If you are writing, use a tool like Focus Writer to get away from all things around you.
There is no better time than now, however that being said this is determined by your mindset.
Many people sit back and contemplate that it is too late to start something. That they should have done it years ago etc.
If you feel your mindset is not ready to achieve a particular task, use affirmations, and other aspects of your checklist to build up the energy you need to tick the big tasks off.
Similar to taking on the world, we must learn we cannot conquer all tasks in one swoop.
Learn to minimalize your requirements.
Often this can be by removing distractions so more focus can be put into the task at hand.
These are mentioned a hell of a lot due to their importance in my life.
I swear by them on a daily basis. Setting out takes each evening for the following day allows me to rise in the morning and get on with the tasks at hand.
As each task is complete I tick it off, boosting my dopamine.
It also helps me focus on the bigger tasks as I build up to it.
The way our brain is wired is that we love challenges and the sense of achievement once they have been done.
Set out small jobs that allow for small wins to build us up to the bigger tasks.
This not only boosts productivity but fills us with the dopamine we need.
A simple task like making your bed in the morning is the ideal way to start your day.
Living as a Yes man is tough. It physically hurts to say no to someone so you constantly say yes with the aim to please everyone.
Whether it is additional tasks to your routine or whatever it is, it all takes time.
Learn to say no at times when you know you have not got the time and energy to do it.
It will give you more time to do your jobs properly.
You will have heard your parents moan about this one, and truthfully it does still apply.
I was one of those kids that hated breakfast and always skipped it.
Leading me to feel hungry and pick later on during the day it wasn’t ideal.
Hence the importance, it helps wake you up, fill you with the right nutrients and gives you that boost you need in the morning.
Check out Tim Ferris for more on his Protein arrangement for breakfast, it could even help you lose weight.
So all in all these are 10 truths that will help you master your productivity. Naturally there are plenty of tips out there but these are some truths I learnt whilst trying to set a routine in my life.
Whether it is fitness, health, work, home life or whatever these truths really do apply.
So be strong and accept no one is perfect, and lets get moving today.


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RAPIDES PARISH, La. (KALB) - Kayla Giles, the woman accused of murdering her estranged husband Thomas Coutee, Jr. in the parking lot of Walmart on Coliseum Boulevard in Alexandria back in September, will head back to court on Friday.
Her attorney, Paul Carmouche, filed a motion to quash her indictment based on language in the indictment that says the crime was committed by Giles essentially knowing that there was a protective order, temporary restraining order, or a lawful order prohibiting contact between the couple.
Protective orders are a key component of what can lead to a first degree murder charge, and that's why he believes the indictment needs to go. Court starts at 9:30 a.m.
The motion to quash can be found in the documents section of this page.


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Myanmar President Thein Sein’s calls for political, economic and administrative change have commanded the attention of international political leaders and been key to unlocking the country’s iron clad gates to the outside world. Yet when he announced a ceasefire in January to ease the ongoing battle between ethnic Kachin guerrillas and the military, his words went unheeded.
Illustration: Victor Blanco for SEA Globe.
Thein Sein’s call for a truce followed reports that the military had used air strikes in an intense assault near the Kachin Independence Organisation’s Laiza headquarters – killing three civilians and wounding six others. Threats from the skies ceased, but on the ground the violent conflict continues.
It is not the first time that the military has ignored ceasefire declarations from the president’s office since the 17-year truce with the Kachin Independence Army ended in June 2011. In December of the same year, the president’s call for a ceasefire was similarly ignored.
“When Thein Sein issues a public directive to the army, he knows that legally he is trying to exercise authority that, strictly speaking, he currently does not have,” said Trevor Wilson, former Australian Ambassador to Myanmar.
Under the 2008 constitution, drafted by the former junta, the commander in chief, Vice-Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, has independent authority over the military’s actions. Any directive from the president regarding warfare is a show of diplomatic will, at best.
Min Aung Hlaing rose through the ranks of the military quietly but steadfastly.
When Shwe Mann and Thein Sein were ranked 3rd and 4th respectively in the former military regime’s State Peace and Development Council, Min Aung Hlaing was a junior general. In March 2011 he took over as commander in chief of the Tatmadaw, Myanmar’s Armed Forces, succeeding Myanmar’s former dictator Senior General Than Shwe.
Despite ongoing battles in the north, Min Aung Hlaing no doubt understands that he walks a fine line between asserting his authority through military endeavours and reversing the country’s gains from the international community, which would go against the military’s interest in increasing Myanmar’s economic potential.
When control of Rakhine State was handed over to the military in June 2012, government troops showed restraint in policing unrest between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims. Ceasefires with ten rebel groups have also been agreed to and upheld since late 2011. Furthermore, there have been talks between Aung Min, a minister in the president’s office, and the United Nations regarding the possibility of making amendments to the 2008 constitution “… if ethnic minority groups are not happy with the existing procedure”, Reuters reported.
Min Aung Hlaing knows that his closest ally is the constitution, which allows the military to seize power if ‘national solidarity’ is threatened – the commander in chief has overriding authority to decide whether such a threat exists. “Any changes will not be realised without his commitment and consent, especially amending the 2008 constitution,” said Aung Din. Min Aung Hlaing is, however, unlikely to forfeit his role as Myanmar’s most influential figure.

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I don't like being called a cockroach. But apparently, Democrats John Kerry and John Edwards think it's funny to compare Hispanic Republicans to roaches -- or so it seems based on their behavior at a recent fundraiser in New York City.
Kerry and Edwards were both yucking it up at Radio City Music Hall last week when a star-studded line up of comedians and rock stars entertained the crowd with off-color jokes and Bush-bashing, raising $7.5 million in the process. Neither Kerry nor Edwards said a word when Whoopi Goldberg made nasty sexual allusions to both the president's and vice-president's names. In fact, the New York Post's Deborah Orin reports that Kerry "could be seen laughing uproariously" during the Goldberg riff, full of vulgar language and even worse taste.
You would think they'd be a little more wary of associating themselves with ethnically offensive remarks, however. So when comedian John Leguizamo said he refuses to believe there are any Hispanic Republicans --"Latins for Republicans, it's like roaches for Raid"-- you might have hoped Kerry and Edwards would feel compelled to say something to distance themselves. During the primaries, Howard Dean ran into similar difficulties at another star-studded New York fundraiser where entertainers made heavy use of the "N" word, but Dean had the good sense to come on stage and say he didn't like the tone of some of the odious humor.
The dynamic duo of Kerry and Edwards stayed mum on the dirty jokes this time around. Kerry even opined that "every performer tonight ... conveyed to you the heart and soul of our country," while Edwards noted that "this campaign will be a celebration of real American values." Some values.
Ironically, the Kerry campaign announced this week that it will be spending $1 million in Spanish language advertising over the next two weeks to appeal to Hispanic voters. Kerry spokesman Jose Villarreal said that the ad buy "underscores that Hispanic voters are a key element of John Kerry's campaign strategy, and we expect to vigorously contest and handily win that vote." The ads will portray Kerry as "a man of faith, a man of family, a man of honor, a man working for our community," trying to play to the Latino community's traditional Catholic, socially conservative base.
One wonders what Latinos would think if they could hear Whoopi Goldberg's lewd attacks on the president or maybe John Leguizamo's cockroach reference. I doubt the Kerry-Edwards campaign will be playing up the candidates' support for partial-birth abortion, or their opposition to parental notification for underage girls seeking abortions, either. Nor will those Spanish language ads mention the candidates' opposition to a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union between one man and one woman. In fact, the only way Democrats can hope to maintain the loyalty of most Hispanics is by downplaying -- or ignoring -- the Party's positions on a host of social issues.
Despite what Democrats and the media seem to believe, Hispanics are not monolithic in their political affinities. If the Democrats don't clean up their act, they may find Hispanics abandoning the party in droves. George W. Bush won almost half of the Mexican-American vote when he ran for re-election as Texas governor, and he's in good position to win about 40 percent of the Latino vote in his presidential re-election bid. If that happens, we'll see who has the last laugh.


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text: This chapter explores the application of responsible gambling legislation and controls in online poker software and to explore if these have an impact on changing consumer gambling behaviour. This study is needed for three reasons, the infancy of the industries completed research, the continued growth of the online gambling market and the risks to consumers and society of higher levels of problem and pathological gambling disorders. Using the current literature to identify the behaviours of problem and pathological gamblers and the features that the online poker operators have in their software, the consumer survey was created. The analysis showed that online poker consumers have a high rate of identified problem gambling behaviours compared to the publicised research of the gambling charities and that having accessed the responsible gambling information the consumers also had a high success rate at modifying them positively. There is also evidence that having the material available to the consumer leads to a higher level of social awareness when looking to the poker operators.

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1. The incumbent and parents must have the consent of the (“local”) vicar in whose parish the family reside.
2. The incumbent and the local vicar will work together to ensure adequate preparation for the baptism (see below).
3. The incumbent and the local vicar will work together to ensure that, after baptism, the family are welcomed into the life of their local parish church.
4. The decision will be at the discretion of the incumbent, who will seek guidance from the PCC as appropriate.
1. An initial meeting with the incumbent, during which both A Service of Thanksgiving and The Service of Baptism are clearly explained to the families concerned. Appropriate forms and supplementary literature are distributed.
2. A Baptism Preparation course. This will usually involve 4 sessions, either in a group setting or in the family’s own home. Parents enquiring about baptism for their child should expect to complete this course before they make any arrangements or bookings relating to a specific date.
1. Baptisms take place at the 10 am Sunday service, with a date agreed by the incumbent (who will take into account various factors, incl. the church calendar).
2. A ‘private baptism’ may be considered in exceptional circumstances (e.g. grave or life-threatening illness).
A Service of Thanksgiving includes neither parental promises nor a commitment to church membership. The service offers a family the opportunity to express gratitude to God for (the safe arrival of) their child and to ask for God’s blessing. For this reason, a Thanksgiving may take place either during the principal Sunday service or on a Sunday afternoon. In all cases, the date and time must be agreed with the incumbent.


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Swimming, Wellness & Tennis. As well as visiting our indoor pool you can go and spend time in our beautiful Arlberg-well swimming pool (Arlberg-well.com). One of the ingredients for your perfect summer vacation.
Additionally, to the pool, you can use the Sauna, steam bath, infrared cabin and brine baths. For those who enjoy tennis, there is a high- quality tennis court in St. Anton.
You can reach the waterfall of the Stockibach by a short and easy hike. You will be rewarded with a breathtaking, beautiful view of St. Anton and the nearby mountains.
Use the observation deck to watch the impressive waterfall of the Stockiquelle. The water is on it’s long (2.700km) way to finally lead into the black sea.
The high rope course of St. Anton is located in the “Verwalltal”. Situated in the woods, directly at the bank of the Rosanna river you will find the pure adventure in heights between 6 and 8 meters. Together with your guide, you balance on tree trunks, climb rope ladders and much more.
You will need a portion of bravery and stamina to master the course containing eight stations. There is a separate route for children as well.
If you are a nature lover and you are interested in the glacial period, a visit of the Mösli von Flirsch is a must.
The old town Flirsch with its extraordinary Baroque Church is worth a visit as well. If you want to take something with you, we highly recommend going for original Tyrolean dairy products you can get at the local alpine dairy. You will experience a unique variety of landscape in this region, regarding the steps of vegetation since the last ice-age. You will see sparse glaciers, mosses, bushes as well as larch, spruce and arolla pine woods.
With a height of 2.809m, the Vallugaspitze ("Peak Valuga") is known as the highest mountain of the Arlberg- region and offers you a unique view above the Tyrolean Alps. If the sight is bright, you can see the Allgäu, Verwallgruppe, Ötztaler Alpen,Stubaier Alpen as well as the Silvretta, the Rätikons and Piz Kersch.
Andreas Madlener was the first human being conquering the Valluga in 1877. If you do not want to hike, you can use the cable car to get up the summit.


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American bluesman, educator, songwriter and scholar Fernando Jones held his 5th annual Blues Camp July 13 - 18. The camp is free for student musicians ages 10 - 18 and all instruments are welcome. The Blues Camp is part of the Blues Kids of America, a multicultural, interdisciplinary artist-in-residence music program founded by Fernando Jones.
The Blues Kids Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity, provides scholarship tuition waivers for all of the musicians who attend the Blues Camps.


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A quality dry white wine, one of the most popular, so-called, aged Malvasias. The wine is a perfect presentation of one of the most distinctive Istrian winemakers, a man full of passion and energy, Moreno Coronica.
An incredible potential for ageing makes this wine attractive even many years afterbottling. With proper aging it developes mineral and spicy notes while retaining its characteristic aroma and exceptional freshness. Ripe apricots and peaches are the first associations, followed by floral acacia flower and flower pollen. Collector’s value.


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> Blog > Maternal Infant Health Has Value; Can it Maintain Practicality?
What a gem of a program it is. Michigan’s Maternal Infant Health Program or MIHP provides a home care model that serves the needs of lower income mothers and infants and promotes more stable births and early childhood development. Allowing professional nurses, social workers, lactation consultants and others to have access to these families is a noble thing to do.
At the same time, you can talk to any provider and hear stories of so many mothers too transient to benefit from a consistent approach while others, afraid that their living conditions will result in a visit from Child Protective Services, simply refusing to open the door. Collectively these items pose a challenge.
If this represents even 25% of all cases is this a basis to give up? Hardly, others still can benefit. You just have to wonder about what can be done to heighten the number of willing participants.
Next is the issue of reimbursement. With a gross reimbursement amount under $100.00 for most visits, how many urban professionals will sign-on – outside of the owners – to make the visits and document activity in accord with the program’s high standards? Will all of these factors combine to negatively impact the program’s practicality?
We suppose only time will tell.
Another Blog Post provided by Child Care Training & Resource Center, Inc. and its affiliates. Photos and other images used are for the sole purpose of complementing written material and are not designed to imply or suggest an affiliation with or support by any individual or organization.


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Hi Kim and greetings from California. I was visiting your blog and wanted to say I love the name of your blog! You have a very cool blog that is interesting, funny and entertaining.
I write a blog about food, recipes, love and relationhships. And not always in that order. My own version of random. Please stop by. Visit. Or Follow. that would be cool.


text: Sense & Sensibility (at Yvonne Arnaud) – quite charming. Clever drapes in set. Actors good but the play a bit long. Had to shush a six year old next to me. Phoned Shaz this weekend.


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...and therefore he's seving those who preach in the church by gathering sermon manuscripts from a range of preachers. It's notable that each takes very different notes into the pulpit.... Dever's typed with some highlights and bolds plus post-printinng scribbles is most like mine, though I would often whack the font size up to 20, landscape paper with 2 columns. Bullmore on the other hand has almost illegible handwritten notes.There is no definitive way to do this. Let us learn from one another.
More considering content than paperwork, see The Biblical Theology Briefings - sermon manuscripts with the preacher editting back in his logic for what he said, why he said it etc. And Colin Adams shows that there is something to learn from every preacher.
More resources from Mike Bullmore at Paul Shafer's resources.
Mark Dever's resources at Paul Shafer's resources.


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I wonder if you’re reading this story. If you’re not, well, to all those who are. This isn’t a unique one, I’m quite sure of that. But it is one that changed me, I’d like to say for the better… but all those who fall in love and then out of it, know that you’re never quite the same at the end of it all. I met this guy in my fourth year of college, we connected because of a mutual friend, my college senior. This senior had tried to flirt with me in the beginning, but there was something about his friend that appealed to me much, much more.
Around this time, I was kind of lonely around college, I had just recently been dumped and it felt good to have a new, supportive friend in my life at this time.
Kuntal (name changed), was preparing for his MBA entrance exams. We used to talk when he’d get back from work though. He had the loveliest ways of making me laugh. I loved how free I could be when I was with him.
During my semester exams, I decided to confess and tell him how I felt. But I didn’t get a positive response from him. He said he just wanted to be friends… and that we are, great friends. But of course, I wanted more. I thought that over time, things would change and I would definitely be able to change his mind. Once I was done with my B.Tech, I met him for dinner one evening and we spoke for a long, long time. He grabbed my hand then, and it sent me shivers.
However, he was still sure that he didn’t want anything more from us. I told him that I couldn’t deny that I was in love with him, but I also appreciated his honesty because it meant that he valued our friendship as much as I valued him. Soon after, he went off for his MBA course to Nasik and I got my first job. We spoke at night, regularly for hours. He was my motivation, inspiration and everything else that a girl could ask for. We went out for movies, dinners and yes, even kissed. It was beautiful!
For two long years, our friendship, or whatever this was, went on perfectly. We did have our fair share of fights, no doubt. And this always happened when I spoke about our future, or rather, any future. But he denied it, again and again. Every single time.
One day though, when I insisted for a reason, he told me that his parents wouldn’t accept me. While these things would hurt me, he would also tell me things like, how he wanted to just run away and escape with me. But he was moody and unpredictable when it came to our future and this honestly sent me spiralling.
While all of this was going on with us, my parents decided that it was time for me to get married. I told him about this, and this time, his truth hit hard. He didn’t love me. Never had. Never will. The only reason he spoke to me all these years, was because he thought I would end up doing something stupid, even contemplate suicide.
I couldn’t believe my ears. Tears rolled down my cheeks, but there was nothing I could say to him, or myself to ease the pain. And just like that, my marriage was fixed. I informed him about this and he texted me back saying, “Congratulations”. We spoke on and off until I got pregnant. Soon, we lost contact.
If you’re reading this, I just want to say, I miss you and you should know that I’m never going to forget you.
Share this story, because love as free and wild it makes us feel, it should be handled with caution too.


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Lovelace Medical Center is a patient-centered hospital featuring state-of-the-art equipment and a round-the-clock Emergency Department. We offer high-quality, high-tech medicine in a facility that has become a symbol of health and wellness in the heart of the city we serve. Nowhere else in the state will you find technology like our Gamma Knife Center, capable of treating complex, often inoperable, conditions of the brain.


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Rocklin, CA- In the last game of the 2017-2018 regular season, the Cosumnes River College Hawks faced off against the Sierra College Wolverines. The Hawks were shorthanded, only able to dress 5 players as opposed to the 12 dressed players for the Wolverines. During the game, the Hawks lost one player due to fouls and had to play 4 on 5.
For the Hawks, Brookelyn Larkin and Trina Shaner paced the offensive attack by contributing 26 and 24 points each. The Hawks had 3 players grab 7 rebounds apiece. Larkin, Shaner, and Quoquest Jackson all crashed the glass to grab the 7 rebounds. Leading the Hawks, Micaela Dagler lead the Hawks by grabbing 9 rebounds.


text: We are looking for a volunteer graphic designer that can help our team with poster creation for local schools. These posters would be for prevention: focusing on school policy against drugs and alcohol. We will provide the facts and wording, and then ask you to design posters that would appeal to youth and meet school requirements. If you are up for the challenge of providing an effective prevention message for youth at risk, we need you! Youth Prevention Services: Our goal is to create healthy and happy communities that are safe for everyone. We have multiple programs providing workshops and resources including alcohol and drug prevention, gambling prevention, healthy relationships, and after school programming.


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Yawn. Wake me up after the gtld’s all fail.
Gotta wonder if TM.biz will be accessing TMCH records by official means, or if they’ll simply be harvesting it in some way.
The way the TMCH is supposed to work is the TMCH issues a sunrise token to the trademark owner called the Signed-Mark-Data (SMD) file.
The trademark owner then simply provides this file to any registrar to participate in a sunrise period.
So, any existing TD should be able to utilize these SMD files, including any existing ccTLD that runs to run a Sunrise Period.
The unknown at this point is when the TMCH will be able to issue these SMD files to trademark owners.


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Many companies have programs through which they will “match” the charitable contributions made by their employees. Through corporate gift matching, your employer can multiply your gift to Agros International, increasing its impact.
If your employer does offer this program, your Human Resources department should provide you with a matching gift form to send to Agros International.
Our accounting office will verify receipt of your gift and return the form to your company for matching funds.
Many companies also match volunteer hours or gifts from spouses, retirees, and board members! And consider contributing to Agros through payroll deduction. It’s an easy, effective and efficient way to give. Be sure to check with your employer to see if these options are available.


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Hinge and Bracket started out on the Oxford Footlights (if memory serves me correctly) and became quite stars over the following years. There humour was very dry and based on their musical accomplishments which were high. Recently they seem to have faded from the "scene" but they were a very welcome as public femulators who did not parody women, but celebrated women of a particular type and age.
The actor who played Bracket, Patrick Fyffe, died in 2002. The actor who played Hinge, George Logan, abandoned the act after Fyffe's death.
I had to look twice when I read your Happy Birthday to Del Crandall. You couldn't mean the excellent catcher from the 50s and 60s? I knew of Del Crandall because he was a very good catcher and he played during the sweet spot of my baseball obsession (when baseball was THE sport and people snuck transistor radios into school and work to listen to the World Series, only played during the day, or course. I also remember him from several seasons of playing Strat-O-Matic baseball, a dice baseball game much appreciated by baseball nerds.
Is there a story behind your shoutout to Del Crandall?
My catcher's mitt was a Del Crandall model.


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Annapurna Studios, which was established by Akkineni Nageshwara Rao in 1975, has teamed up with Anil Ambani’s Reliance Media Works to manage the studio in Hyderabad. The deal between the two firms was struck recently and as per the agreement, Reliance Media Works will manage and operate the entire studio and also expand the digital post production facilities.
Annapurna Studios has played host to hundreds of film shootings and TV serials in the past few decades. With a boom on Television content and growth in entertainment sector at large, there’s a huge demand for floor space, production and post production facilities. At this juncture, this alliance between Annapurna Studios and Reliance Media Works is expected to be a win-win situation for both the parties.


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It’s time to up the high-shine factor. Not just because it’s the holiday season; even without the upcoming onslaught of soirees, something about mirrored accessories feels so good right now. In the age of the selfie-obsessed, we could all use some more personal reflection! Even if it’s in the form of seriously glamorous accessories.
Artis makeup brushes are true game chargers. They're gorgeous, mirrored brushes with dense, lush, synthetic bristles designed specifically to resist wear, and these also have ergonomic handles; they kind of look like luxurious takes on toothbrushes. There are 10 in the collection that can be bought together for $275 or separately.
Forget trendy black and white for a minute. There’s nothing more luxurious - or timeless - than the juxtaposition of perennially chic black against rich, melting gold. It’s just the kind of decadence you want to celebrate around the holidays, when sequins, oversized jewels, and general excess are at their height.
Breezing out of the Bowery Hotel in New York City on November 16th, Jennifer Aniston was a vision of easy, winter chic. I’m crazy about that Céline bag!


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Bennie, Bud, Barry and Bob.
Four names synonymous with winning.
Four architects responsible for building and shaping one of the greatest college football programs in history.
Four legendary figures, who in many ways, represent the Mount Rushmore of Oklahoma football.
Bennie Owen was the innovative pioneer coach who introduced the Sooners to the world in 1905, raised funds and helped construct the university’s first football stadium, and ultimately spent 22 seasons laying the foundation for all future generations.
Bud Wilkinson spent one post-World War II season as an OU assistant before taking over as head coach and launching what turned out to be a modern dynasty that has seen the Sooners win more football games than any other school since 1946.
Highlights from Wilkinson’s 17 seasons at the OU helm include his teams reeling off an NCAA record 47 straight victories and capturing 13 consecutive conference titles. During that span, the Sooners also won their first three national championships.
Barry Switzer also began his OU career as an assistant coach, spending seven seasons honing his skills as a position coach and offensive coordinator before taking over the reins in 1973. During the next 16 seasons, the Sooners won a dozen Big Eight titles and three more national titles.
After a five-year stretch that saw the program struggle to a 23-33-1 record and fail to record a winning season, Bob Stoops was hired in late 1998 and charged with altering the Sooners’ fortunes. Two years into his rebuilding project, Oklahoma beat top-ranked Florida State in the Orange Bowl to finish off a 13-0 season and claim its seventh national championship.
It was the prelude to a magical run (1999-2016) that saw the Sooners win a total of 190 games and 10 conference titles, and earn 18 straight bowl berths. Stoops reached the 100-victory mark faster than any coach in college football history and, in 2013, he passed Switzer (157) for the most career wins at OU.
Stoops’ success helped Oklahoma become the only college football program to ever produce four head coaches — Bennie Owen 122-54-16, Bud Wilkinson 145-29-4, Barry Switzer 157-29-4 and Bob Stoops 190-48 — with at least 100 wins.
At 56 years old, it looked as if Stoops might have a chance to someday surpass the win totals of other legendary coaches like Bo Schembechler (234), Woody Hayes (238), Lou Holtz (249) and Tom Osborne (255). Having led the Sooners to 14 seasons that produced 10 or more victories, Stoops seemed well on his way to eclipsing the 250-victory mark.
But with the 2017 season just around the corner, Stoops announced in June that he was retiring from coaching, effective immediately. While he had on more than one occasion hinted that he did not want to grow old in the coaching business, the suddenness of his decision caught everyone by surprise.
“I think we all knew that Bob was not going to coach forever, but you’re never really prepared for that kind of news,” says Mike Stoops, OU’s defensive coordinator and Bob’s younger brother by 15 months. “Bob was always going to go out on his own terms, and to do it now when you’ve accomplished so much and the program is in great shape — it makes perfect sense.
While media outlets and fans speculated about the exact reasoning behind Stoops’ decision to step away, including the possibility of health-related issues — the Stoops family has a history of heart disease, and his father suffered a fatal heart attack while coaching at age 54 — Stoops said health was not a prevailing factor during a June 7 press conference that allowed OU to honor its outgoing coach and also name Lincoln Riley the program’s 22nd head coach.
“It was with sadness that I learned of the decision of Coach Bob Stoops to step down as head football coach at Oklahoma,” says OU President David Boren. “Coach Stoops has made a critically important and lasting contribution to the OU football program. He has led to its restoration as one of the top programs in the nation. His success has helped provide the momentum for major new facilities like the improvements and expansion of the football stadium.
Stoops spoke briefly about his decision that day, but did not provide many specific details other than stating that he was ready to begin the next phase of his life, which includes spending more time with his wife, Carol, and their family.
“I feel the timing is perfect to hand over the reins. The program is in tremendous shape,” said Stoops. “We have outstanding players and coaches and are poised to make another run at a Big 12 and national championship. We have new, state-of-the-art facilities and a great start on next year’s recruiting class. The time is now because Lincoln Riley will provide a seamless transition as the new head coach, capitalizing on an excellent staff that is already in place and providing familiarity and confidence for our players.
Only 33, Riley is currently the youngest FBS head coach. He spent the 2015 and 2016 seasons as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Sooners, calling plays for one of the most prolific offenses in the country.
While Riley has plenty to prove in his new role, he won’t have to look too far for expert advice if he ever needs it. Stoops remains close to the team since transitioning into a new position within the OU athletics department, where he will serve as a special assistant to Athletics Director Joe Castiglione.
But what about the coaching aspect? What will he miss the most?
“I’ll miss the daily interaction with the players and the coaches — the camaraderie of the coaching staff and everyone involved in the program,” says Stoops. “The best part of coaching for me has always been the relationships you have with your players. There is a mutual respect there, a trust that we share in building what ultimately becomes a friendship, and all of that is special.
Bob was always going to go out on his own terms, and to do it now when you've accomplished so much and the program is in great shape, it makes perfect sense.
When Stoops arrived at Oklahoma after serving as defensive coordinator at Florida for three seasons, including 1996 when the Gators won a national title, he stepped into a job that had lost much of its luster thanks to three straight losing seasons and into a program that had squandered its standing as a national perennial power.
But Stoops, who as a kid growing up in Ohio had watched Switzer’s Sooners dominate college football, believed the Oklahoma program was a sleeping giant, and he jumped at the opportunity when Castiglione offered him the job in December 1998.
That next fall, Stoops brought in Mike Leach as his offensive coordinator and the Sooners scored more points in the first five games of the 1999 season than they had during the entire previous campaign. In fact, OU averaged 36 points a contest and went on to finish 7-5, marking the program’s first winning season since 1993.
That is how the Bob Stoops era began.
More success followed, including the ensuing season when the Sooners won the 2000 national championship. Barely two years on the job in Norman and Stoops had turned the program completely around, and in the process, become one of the hottest coaching names in the business.
“Nobody had a crystal ball to forsee the future, but you could see things were going to be different from Coach Stoops’ first team meeting,” says Trent Smith, an all-conference tight end who lettered four seasons at OU (1999-2002). “We knew we had good talent already in place, and it became very obvious very quickly that everything was going to be different.
During his 18 seasons as head coach, Stoops earned Big 12 Coach of the Year honors six times and was national coach of the year twice. On top of winning 10 conference titles, the Sooners would play for three other national titles — 2003, 2004 and 2008 — and they also earned a spot in the 2015 College Football Playoff.
Continued success meant job offers from the NFL and other high-profile college programs, but Stoops never wavered in his commitment to OU.
“I never looked at Oklahoma as a stepping-stone job,” says Stoops. “I felt as long as we continued to win and did things in a positive way that I would be here. Plus, we had the great leadership from President Boren and Joe Castiglione that helped continue to push our program forward. We always worked so well together, and that played a big role. We also had great fan support, which was a huge positive.
The Sooners owned an .807 regular-season winning percentage (121-29) under Stoops, which dwarfed the next two best records in the conference (Texas .693 and Kansas State .560). Even more impressive was OU’s overall home mark of 101-9, which equates to an NCAA best .918 winning percentage. Each of those 110 home games were sellouts.
The numbers are impressive across the board. Stoops’ teams forged an 11-7 mark against Red River rival Texas and won 14 of 18 games against Bedlam rival Oklahoma State. Against AP Top 25 opponents over the last 18 seasons, OU posted a 60-30 mark (.667).
But don’t ask Stoops to analyze his success by any statistics.
If not numbers, what exactly was it that motivated Bob Stoops?
As Stoops was further entrenching himself in Sooner football lore and securing his legacy as the winningest coach in OU history, he also managed to be a positive force away from the game and in the community.
The Bob Stoops Champions Foundation has partnered with organizations like the March of Dimes and Make-A-Wish Foundation to raise more than $2 million to help benefit children who are ill or at risk.
Stoops is also a regular visitor at the OU Children’s Hospital, where building relationships with young patients and their families has become an important aspect of his life.
Positive relationships seem to be at the heart of everything that Stoops does. His former players will line up to attest to that fact, including current OU quarterback and 2016 Heisman Trophy finalist Baker Mayfield.
Over the years, Owen, Wilkinson and Switzer have each been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame based on their respective successes while coaching at OU. It stands to reason that Stoops will be enshrined alongside his Sooner predecessors at some point in the not-too-distant future.
But besides making hospital visits and hall of fame speeches, what else might he be doing five years from now?
“I’ll still be here in Oklahoma, but I’m not exactly sure what I’ll be doing,” says Stoops. “I won’t be coaching, that’s for certain. If I intended to coach again, I would have just stayed at OU and kept doing what I enjoyed doing here for so long.
Jay C. Upchurch is editor in chief of Sooner Spectator.
The theme of OU's fifth annual Native Crossroads Film Festival was indicative of the protagonists in the features, docs and shorts presented during the weekend, but it also describes the determination and creativity of the filmmakers who tell their stories through moving pictures.


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