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"Baseline characteristics and enrichment results from the SONAR trial" by Hiddo J. L. Heerspink, Dennis L. Andress et al.
Aim: The SONAR trial uses an enrichment design based on the individual response to the selective endothelin receptor antagonist atrasentan on efficacy (the degree of the individual response in the urinary albumin‐to‐creatinine ratio [UACR]) and safety/tolerability (signs of sodium retention and acute increases in serum creatinine) to assess the effects of this agent on major renal outcomes. The patient population and enrichment results are described here. Methods: Patients with type 2 diabetes with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) within 25 to 75 mL/min/1.73 m2 and UACR between 300 and 5000 mg/g were enrolled. After a run‐in period, eligible patients received 0.75 mg/d of atrasentan for 6 weeks. A total of 2648 responder patients in whom UACR decreased by ≥30% compared to baseline were enrolled, as were 1020 non‐responders with a UACR decrease of < 30%. Patients who experienced a weight gain of > 3 kg and in whom brain natriuretic peptide exceeded ≥300 pg/mL, or who experienced an increase in serum creatinine > 20% (0.5 mg/dL), were not randomized. Results: Baseline characteristics were similar for atrasentan responders and non‐responders. Upon entry to the study, median UACR was 802 mg/g in responders and 920 mg/g in non‐responders. After 6 weeks of treatment with atrasentan, the UACR change in responders was −48.8% (95% CI, −49.8% to −47.9%) and in non‐responders was −1.2% (95% CI, −6.4% to 3.9%). Changes in other renal risk markers were similar between responders and non‐responders except for a marginally greater reduction in systolic blood pressure and eGFR in responders. Conclusions: The enrichment period has successfully identified a population with a profound UACR reduction without clinical signs of sodium retention in whom a large atrasentan effect on clinically important renal outcomes is possible. The SONAR trial aims to establish whether atrasentan confers renal protection.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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In a previous post, a few weeks ago, I mentioned that I will be in Las Vegas by the end of July. And I took the opportunity to write a post on roulette(s). Since some colleagues told me I should take some time to play poker there, I guess I have to understand how to play poker… so I went back to basics on cards, and shuffling techniques.
Now, I have to confess that I have been surprised, while I was looking for mathematical models for shuffling, to find so many deterministic techniques (and results related to algebra, and cycles).
On http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ for instance, one can find nice articles on so-called in-shuffle or out-shuffle techniques. There is also a great article, Golomb (1961), but mainly on algebraic properties of permutations by cutting and shuffling, as well as Diaconis, Kantor and Graham’s The Mathematics of Perfect Shuffle And if you look at Monge’s shuffle, you can find a deterministic recursive relationship. As a statistician (or applied probabilist), I should confess that I did not find answer to the question I wanted to ask : how long should we shuffle before getting cards randomly sorted in ours hands ?
First, I need to define (as properly as possible) a notion of “cards randomly sorted“. Consider a game with 32 cards. Why 32 ? Mathematicians will tell you that 32 is a great number, since it is a power of 2, so there might be interesting (algebraic) properties when shuffling. From a computational point of view, 32 is smaller than 52, so my random generations will run faster. This is basically why I used 32. 10 would have been better, but not realistic with cards.
Well, if we think about it twice, uniform on the unit interval is probably not the proper distribution, since (as mentioned above) all digits have to be different. For instance, the smallest number would be and the largest . But as we will see, it this uniform assumption might not be too strong, actually.
And if we want to get back to our initial problem, with 32 cards, we simply have to use a decomposition in the 32-basis.
So if we have an algorithm to shuffle cards, we just have to run it several times (with the same starting value) and see when starts to be uniformly distributed. We start with a Dirac distribution, we have some kind of transition matrix, we expect our limiting distribution to be uniform and we wonder when the limiting distribution is reached… And from a statistical point of view, that should not be that difficult to assess, since we do have several goodness of fit tests that can be used.
(which is something we should have under the null), More precisely, we can check that the -value is uniformly distributed on the unit interval.
So assuming that our number is uniform on the unit interval might be a good notion for “cards are randomly sorted“.
What we need now is some shuffling algorithms. Or to be more specific, some feasible shuffling algorithm. I mean here that I just start playing with cards, so it should be some techniques that I should be able to perform, to understand how it works…. So you will have to wait a few weeks before I start talking about the riffle or dovetail shuffle (you know the kind of shuffle in which half of the deck is held in each hand, and then cards are released by the thumbs so that they fall to the table interleaved… like in the movies) !
There are cards, and n denote the place where the card on top will go.
Then, we repeat that transfer of the card on top several times.
But why do we take only one card ? It won’t be more complex to take 2. Or 3. Or more.
How long should we shuffle before having cards randomly sorted ?
with a randomly mixed top in at random strategy, it is faster, slightly (we do not have that problem with cards at bottom that stay at bottom), since it takes about 60 or 70 cards.
with a randomly mixed tops-bottoms in at random, it takes about 10 to 15 rounds.
Now, for those willing to see more algorithms, there are the so-called Fisher-Yates (also Knuth) shuffle. But may I keep that for another post ?
In fact, I’m going there with my family and some friends, including two probabilists (I mean professionals, I am merely an amateur), with this incredible challenge: will I be able to convince probabilists to go to play at the Casino?
Now, let us discuss a little bit about optimal strategy. For instance, suppose I go to Las Vegas with an initial wealth (say $100). The goal is to find the strategy which maximizes the probability to leave Las Vegas with (here $200). Should I play big, or small ?
Assume that I can bet (that will be, here, for convenience, a fraction of ). With probability , I will get , and with probability , I will get (and lose my ). As mentioned above, is (a little) smaller than 50%. The casino must win (actually, we will see that this assumption has a very strong impact on the strategy).
Let us see if we can do the maths, and actually compute those probabilities.
For example, if , I play everything I have, and I double with probability . That one was simple. And indeed, on the graph above, the point on the right is probability (the red horizontal line).
with probability , I will lose once, and double once. Anyway, I will find myself again with my (initial) wealth . So the game will start again….
Now, observe that (since I cannot have a gain without any money).
The graph is the same as the one with monte carlo simulation (hopefully). Observe, looking carefully at the function above, that the probability is decreasing with . Which makes sense… Further, the probability is decreasing with : the more hungry, the less chance of winning I have.

industry_corpus2: Math & Statistics


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1. I am real proud of our student ministry, CSI:. Even though we are currently experiencing tough economic times in America, our student ministry had a record year in Fireworks Sales. They will give a portion of that to Speed The Light, a ministry that provides vehicles and audio/visual equipment to missionaries. The rest will go to pay the student's way to camp and to the Youth Budget. A big thank you to all you helped make it happen...Marc, Gina, Rob, Tammy, Pastor John and Rachel.
2. We had great services this last weekend. Sunday Night's Worship and communion time were off the charts. Our worship team did an awesome job in both services.
3. Sasha and the girls have been at her Mom's the past couple of days. I'm ready for them to come home. They are on their way back as I type this blog.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


text: Who doesn’t love fresh, hot frybread? In this class every participant will follow the process from scratch, mixing dough, frying it to perfection, and trying the final product with sweet or savory toppings. Everyone will also leave with a 1-pound bag of Blue Bird flour to keep on cooking at home.

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For the next Kynetx competition I decided to create AmaCraigBay. I have always talked to friends about how they got this really cool stuff from Craigslist for really cheap, or free. I never think to check Craigslist when I need something. I always pay full price. So, I figured I would put eBay and Craigslist results on Amazon search pages, that way whenever I am on Amazon looking for something, not only will I remember to check Craigslist and eBay, I will see the most popular item from each site right above Amazon's results.
I searched on Amazon for an iPad, and guess what, Craigslist beat both Amazon and eBay for the cheapest iPad (non-used) by almost $100 dollars. It's just an email and a short drive away. So if I don't win the competition, at least I can try my luck with Amazon, eBay, and Craigslist all in one page.
If you want to try it out, here are the browser extensions for Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer. I haven't try the IE extension but it should work.
If you prefer a Bookmarklet, just drag the link below to your bookmark toolbar, and press it when you are on an Amazon search page.
When you first visit Amazon, you should see a box asking you to enter your Craigslist city (this won't happen with the bookmarklet until after you press it). Go to Craigslist and find your city. Look at the URL and put the part between http:// and .craigslist.org in for your city. You should see the results when you search (and if your using the bookmarklet, after you press the button on a search results page). You need to accept 3rd Party cookies from kobj.net for it to remember your city.
Have you ever searched for a product on Amazon, read the reviews and got mixed feelings about weather you should buy it or not. Did you want to ask your friends opinion? Well, now you can ask your Facebook friends without ever leaving Amazon.
For Kynetx's web augmentation contest, I decided to add a Get Friend Feedback button on every product on Amazon.com. It shows up right above the customer reviews. To get feedback from your friends, you can press the button, and it will let you type in a message that you can post to your Facebook wall, with a link to the product you are viewing. When you visit the product again, it will display the comments and likes count that your friends have posted.
If I ever find the time, I would like to add an option to Tweet the product to get feed back on Twitter. I would like to get the friend comments to show up in the shopping cart, and put the button on other shopping sites like Google Products.
If you want to try it out, just install the browser plugin for your browser. You will be prompted to go to Facebook and give my application permission to post things to your wall. You can also get the app from Kynetx's marketplace.
So here are the technical details on how I accomplished it with Kynetx. The place_button rule grabs the Amazon product id from the url and the product name from the title and places a button on the page above the customer reviews. Under all of my tests, Amazon uses two different url's so this rule responds to both of them.
The place_form rule gets launched when the user clicks on the button, created in the previous rule. It pops up a notify box with a textbox to enter in your question.
The request_posted rule gets launched when the user submits the question, and it posts the query to the user's Facebook wall.
The recent_post rule is fired automatically after the last rule fires. The facebook:post function doesn't return anything, so I needed a way to get the Facebook post id so I can display the post when the users return to see the product. I had to query the User's feed and get the last post. I ran out of time to check to make sure it is the post I posted. So sometimes it might grab the wrong post to display on Amazon. Hopefully Kyntex's will update the facebook:post to provide a post id when it returns. I store the Amazon product id with the Facebook post id by using trails.
Then, when the user visits a product on Amazon, I search through the trail in the need_discussion rule. This rule uses a foreach loop to loop through the trail. If the page's product id matches a product id in the trail, it launches the place discussion rule.
The place_discussion rule get's the like count and comment count from Facebook, and places them on the page below the "Get Friend Feedback" button. It then launches the place comments rule.
The place_comments rule loops through all of the comments and places each one on the Amazon page.
I know that technically oriented readers will probably already know this, but for any readers that don't know, there is a way that you could possibly speed up your Internet connection.
If you have a page that is loading slow (say like Facebook.com or any other page) one of the problems might be a slow DNS server. If you look at the status bar in your browser you will see two messages as a page loads. The first message will say "looking up ...url..." or it will say "waiting for ...url..." Of course this message will probably vary based on which browser you are using. But if your waiting for a page and it seems like you are spending a lot of time looking up site names, then switching your DNS server will probably help.
A lot of pages you see on the Internet actually come from multiple servers around the world. CNN.com, FoxNews.com, and even Facebook.com have you load content from a lot of different servers. And for each server you visit you need to look up its address. Every computer on the Internet has a unique address, so that messages can find their way across the Internet to that specific computer. This address is called an IP address and looks something like this: 128.224.123.25. DNS, which is short for domain name system, is the phone book of the Internet. It translates addresses like www.facebook.com into ip address so your page request can reach the web server.
Whenever you connect to the Internet, your computer is usually are told which DNS servers to use by your Internet service provider. However, these servers are often slow, and many times have to ask several other servers to find the sites that you want. This is why it might take a while to find all of the different sites that make up the site you are trying to visit. Well OpenDNS will provide you with a fast DNS server to use. It is free, and they even have video tutorials to show you how to setup your computer or wireless router to use their DNS servers. As an added bonus, they can provide web filtering and protect you from phishing scams.
So if you are seeing a lot of "looking up" messages while you wait for pages to load, it might be worth it to give OpenDNS a try. Google offers a similar service as well.
So you probably have already noticed, I am not updating my blog very often. Trying to teach 3-4 classes a semester, doing a dissertation, and trying to be a good husband and father keeps me really busy. Although my previous host has been great, I decided to go with a cheaper hosting option. That meant that I had to migrate my blog to a new server. If you visit my site, you should notice a new, cleaner look. I hope you like it. (Although I am probably just writing this to myself since I don't really have any followers.) What follows are some of the features and choices I made to make this blog look the way it does. If you are interested in the technical details, then read on.
First, I decided to transfer my domain name to godaddy.com. They had a better price than my old host. It was fun learning about the domain name transfer process. I started by just transfering the domain, and I kept using my old host's nameservers so that it would continue to point to my old site. Once I got my new blog up and running, I parked the domain at godaddy, and pointed it to my new host. I use openDNS (maybe I will write about that in a future post), and I was surprised at how fast they picked up the change. It only took them 30 minutes to notice the change and update the entries. The nameservers at BYU-Hawaii took a couple of days to pick up the change.
Second, I decided to stay with the Wordpress blog engine. I was a little hesitant to stick with wordpress because it takes a lot of resources and runs slow. My new host doesn't have as many resources. This meant that my blog loaded really slow (3 seconds per page). I explored other options. I even installed Movabletype. Movabletype definitely loads much faster, because it saves static html pages on your site after you publish. However, there are not as many extensions and it seemed much more complicated to setup.
Then I stumbled up the WP Super Cache plugin. What it does is create static copies of all of my pages. Most visitor will get the static copy. When I create a new post, or when someone comments, the cache is automatically regenerated with the new content. Now, my pages load in less than a second (except for the Facebook like buttons, but that is Facebook's fault not my server's). This does mean that my twitter feed will be out of date, but I hope to fix that in the future.
I also decided to use the Disqus commenting system. This lets people log in with their Facebook or Twitter accounts, and then they can post comments. They also can post their comments to their Facebook wall. I tried IntenseDebate which does the same thing. However, they tied my profile to a Wordpress.com account. Then to get comment notifications, I had to publish my email address in a Wordpress press profile and in Gravatar. IntenseDebate did load faster and that is why I tried it out. However, after I installed the caching plugin, disqus started to load fast too. Another good feature of Disqus, is their android app. Now I can view and moderate my comments on my phone.
I also added the Facebook like buttons so that people with Facebook accounts can like my posts and comment on them in Facebook. Using an add-to-any button, I also added many ways people can share my posts.
Anyway, I hope you like the new look and features. Now I just need to get some good content here, and some readers. Maybe posting more than just once or twice a year will help. If you are reading this, let me know what you think!

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States now more than ever communicate their national “narratives” to both international and domestic audiences. Within the outward articulations of official national identity, state language and cultural overseas promotions constitute a channel for the de-territorialised reproduction of nationalism. This paper considers how ‘official’ culture contributes to the persistence of nations by examining the relationship between state cultural promotion overseas and the reproduction of official national identity and nationalism discourses through the case of China’s Mandarin education for non-Chinese. The Chinese state considers the international education of Mandarin as an important way of “telling China’s story” and challenging the dominance of “western” cultural influence and power. Employing discourse analysis to examine four decades of Mandarin textbooks for non-Chinese language learners published in the PRC from the 1970s to the 21st century, this paper asks how China is represented in each decade. This reveals the changes and continuities in the official “imaginary” of the Chinese nation and through which the learners are to recognise and understand China and Chinese culture. At a time when increasing numbers move to learn Mandarin, language textbooks transnationally reproduce the Chinese state’s imaginaries of the Chinese nation.
Dr Tracey Fallon is lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Nottingham Ningbo. Tracey’s research interests are in the convergences between culture and politics of contemporary China. She completed her PhD thesis “Nationalism, National Identity and Politics in the Teaching of Chinese as a Foreign Language" at The University of Nottingham, UK. This research explores the transnational reproduction of China’s official national identity by examining four decades of Mandarin textbooks for foreign learners from the late pre-reform era to the present-day. Employing discourse analysis, it traces how Chinese people, China, and its relationship to the world is articulated to the sympathetic foreigner and the significance of China’s international promotion of Mandarin for its foreign propaganda. She teaches courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level on the making of modern China in the Late Qing and Republican era; intersections in ideology, culture and society of contemporary China; and research techniques for the study of contemporary China.
University of Glasgow, a Masters in Chinese Studies from the University of Edinburgh, and a PGCE in Adult and Higher Education from the University of Bolton. Tracey has extensive experience in China, working and studying in many different parts of the country.


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I have read many books to children, however, Bob Beetle Book Bug is a great book that inspires kids to read. I received my copy of the book at my childcare center on Monday March 5, 2012.
The Preschool teachers really loved the Book! I could have just settled for their feedback, however, I had to read the book for myself.
So, I decided to read the book to a group of school-age kids in a very animated voice. The kids were really engaged in the story and it was a fun and magical story time.
In fact, the kids really enjoyed saying ” Bob Beetle Book Bug ” (really fast three times) at the beginning of the book.
” I Promise to read with my family a little everyday.
I promise to take time to read before I start to play.
I want to inspire you to add this book to your reading center(s) and Connect with the Author, Phyllis Griggs on Facebook and Follow Bob Beetle Book Bug on Facebook.
Order Your Book Today! and Introduce the little ones in your Child Care Business to the Magical World of Books….


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Budapest, May 12 (MTI) – The revenues of ruling Fidesz amounted to slightly over one billion forints (EUR 3.2m) last year, while the party’s spending totalled 1.5 billion forints, according to its profit and loss statement published in the official Hivatalos Értesítő.
The largest part of the party’s revenues, 877 million forints, came from the central budget. It collected 157 million forints from membership fees and 47 million forints from other contributions and donations, the report said.
On the spending side, the party used 653 million forints to purchase equipment, while operational costs came to 312 million forints for the whole year. Fidesz spent 240 million forints on political activities and a total 365 million forints on activities not defined.
In 2015, the party had similar revenues but its spending amounted to 921 million forints.

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(Washington D.C.) - On Thursday at 1:00pm, Senators Jim Webb (D-VA) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Congressmen Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Chris Carney (D-PA) and representatives from endorsing veterans organizations will express their support for the “Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007,” following Congressman Scott’s introduction of the bill in the House of Representatives.
The bill, introduced by Senator Jim Webb in January, seeks to provide veterans of the 9/11 era with educational benefits similar to those provided to service members at the end of World War II. Senator Lautenberg, a WWII veteran and the most recent co-sponsor of S.22 in the Senate, attended college on the GI Bill.
** Credentials required for entrance into U.S. Capitol. To obtain credentials, please contact the Senate Press Gallery – Print (202-224-0241) and Radio & TV (202-224-6421).


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We desperately need to fix the reasons why support raising keeps parachurch ministries white, but there is a danger of moving too quickly to solutions before we’ve diagnosed the root causes of the problem. Without careful reflection, we face the risk of addressing surface level symptoms without the surgery needed to eradicate the disease. Later in this series I will offer potential solutions to the problems I have raised, but today I want to probe deeper.
I believe part of what inadvertently causes the symptoms of injustice and inequity to persist in our funding models is that support raising is not as biblically based as we think it is. We often limit our use of Scripture to an apologetic for the current model and we are driven more by a hidden assumption than we realize. Both of these reveal our need for a more robust theology of mission funding.
I want to be clear, there is a biblical basis for support raising. The Bible teaches in a number of locations that a spiritual worker is worthy of their wages. Priests were compensated for their work (and prohibited from other sources of income). The Apostle Paul lived off of financial support from others when it was available (and made tents when funding ran low). Even Jesus was supported by wealthy women.
I am grateful for the leaders who have gone before me who have articulated to the church the teaching that it is Biblical for ministers to make their living in service of the gospel. When I am on a support appointment and a potential donor questions the legitimacy of being a full-time minister, I know we are on firm ground. My fear, however, is that we have often settled for using the Bible merely as an apologetic to confirm the validity of our current models, rather than as a guide to how our systems ought to be structured.
This statement rightly affirms that a worker is worthy of their wages. But the author doesn’t stop there. His use of Scripture serves as an apologetic for the direct, personal support raising model (seemingly to lessen the effectiveness or validity of other methods). Sometimes we can so closely tie our apologetic to one model we are prevented from seeing other options. These types of statements illustrate how our “Biblical Basis” can actually hinder our imaginations when it comes to support raising.
But recognizing how we can be limited by our apologetic is not enough. We also can’t have a conversation about solutions to the current support raising model if we haven’t named the hidden values that drive much of our current thinking. I believe when it comes to critiquing the current model and exploring possible solutions to inequity and injustice, we are actually driven more by a hidden assumption than by Biblical teaching.
I believe that our current mindset is overly influenced by what I will call a “Growth-priority” mentality. This is a kind of thinking that mainly evaluates funding models through the lens of growth, sometimes failing to consider other values that might be equally important in the conversation.
Gross national product measures neither the health of our children, the quality of their education, nor the joy of their play. It measures neither the beauty of our poetry nor the strength of our marriages. It pays no heed to the intelligence of our public debate, nor the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our wit, nor our courage, neither our compassion, nor our devotion to country. It measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worth living.
Perpetual growth becomes this construct that comes to us from this worldview. There are things that grow perpetually. Cancer grows perpetually. We need to think differently about how we measure success.
This shift in philosophy contributed to the creation of the personal support raising model which has dramatically increased the number of missionaries sent to the world. In a desire to see our ministries grow larger so more people could be reached, we elevated growth to a preeminent place in our thinking. In so doing, I submit that we’ve unintentionally valued growth above equity and justice. In an effort to improve models that weren’t working as well as we wanted at the time, we failed to ground solutions in a whole Bible basis for funding mission. There is a danger we can repeat the process again.
If we’re not careful we can let the tail wag the dog. If our main criteria in solutions to current models is what will result in the most donations (or what donors will give to, or what causes the most growth in our ministries), we will miss the opportunity to develop a whole Bible basis for mission funding that is rooted in more than mainly our growth-priority assumption. We could aleviate the inequity issues currently plaguing us but completely miss the hidden disease: our models aren’t as Biblically based as we think they are.
One of the hallmarks of Evangelicalism is our love for God’s word. But somehow, when it comes to issues of ministry funding, we’ve gotten slightly off track and allowed the hidden assumption of growth-priority to dominate our thinking. What if we could reconnect our passion for Scripture and our strategies for support raising? Might we see a new season of flourishing?
Are our funding models as Biblically based as we think they are when they are rife with inequity? It is time we affirm that for mission to be truly Christian it must be funded equitably. Jesus has broken down the dividing wall of hostility between us. Our funding models should do no less. If Marshall McLuhan is right and ‘the medium is the message’, then the structures we use to spread the gospel are saying something about the gospel. Are we really okay with a gospel propagated by funding models that include inequity? The way we go about sharing the message must live out the values of that message.
How should our understanding of the nature of God shape our funding models? Justo Gonzalez states, “If the Trinity is the doctrine of a God whose very life is a life of sharing, its clear consequence is that those who claim belief in such a God must live a similar life.”3 We need to ask ourselves, is the “every staff for themselves” paradigm of personal support raising really compatible with the shared relationships we see modeled in the Godhead or even Paul’s description of the Church as interdependent members of Christ’s body?
I don’t think this means we have to all utilize a common purse, though that is a Biblically based option. There is much space in the continuum of possible solutions between the current “every staff for themselves” and living with a common purse as in Acts 2.
A more robust theology of mission funding would replace our growth-priority mindset with other values we see in Scripture. What do principles like loving our neighbor as ourself, pursuing flourishing not just growth, the priesthood of each believer, and the creativity of our God have to teach us about how mission ought to be funded? I don’t presume to have all the answers, but I believe a renewed commitment to our Evangelical roots of grounding ourselves in Scripture could pay huge dividends as we seek solutions to the problems in our current funding models.
For the past five years my wife and I served as the main leaders for the global missions department of the Latino college ministry with which we previously served. As a Latina, my wife felt a unique connection with Arab college students we had ministered among overseas in the past. As we researched her experiences more, we became convinced of what missiologists have been saying for years, there are amazing cultural connections between Arabs and Latinos. God grew in us a passion to see Latino college students involved in world missions among unreached peoples.
However, we quickly faced a problem. In our organization Hispanic and Latino college students had faced difficulty in raising their support for short-term mission trips. In fact, in the previous year before we joined, regional leadership in the ministry had to supply $10,000 at the last minute so the six Latino students on a multiethnic team could go on their trip. The ministry was committed to seeing Hispanic students on mission, but I wonder if they had lost hope that it was possible in a sustainable way.
We were convinced that God wanted to use U.S. Latinos and Hispanics in mission. We believed the theme of COMIBAM 1987 that there was inherent dignity in being participants in mission, not merely recipients. And while we didn’t have solutions for the problem of short-term mission funding, we were compelled by a more robust theology to keep trying until we found them.
The strategy in our previous organization to fund short term mission trips was to have students send out letters to people they knew asking them to give financially and then followup for a decision. For majority culture students like myself, you could typically train them in the process in February and then rarely talk to the student again before May and they would have raised the money for the trip.
For the Latino college students we served, this model simply wasn’t working as well. On average, we saw 1 out of 10 of our mission trip participants be fully funded through the letter writing strategy. Some would raise 75% of their goals through letters, many others only 50% or 10%.
We began to ask students for ideas on ways their communities had raised money in the past that were congruent with a broader Biblical basis of support raising. After sending out and following up their letters, students did bucket brigades (three students together raised more than $5,000 in loose change through this strategy) or planned barbecue plate sales. We also had a foundation give to students who still came up short. Through a combination of these strategies and personalized coaching from staff members, our trip in 2008 was the first all-Latino trip that we knew of in our organization’s history to be fully funded. We also saw every trip be fully funded for the next five years. Last summer, 33 Hispanic and Latino college students raised a combined total of over $100,000 to minister around the world, including among the unreached.
By expanding beyond the letter writing strategy, they helped engage more people in the process of mobilizing them to the world. Family members who couldn’t afford significant financial gifts offered to cook the food for the barbecue plate sales. Friends from church stood in the heat at major intersections to help receive community micro donations. When students met their funding goals they voluntarily kept raising to make up for shortfalls for their teammates. They were examples of Trinitarian sharing in community. They taught us a robust theology of mission funding, and they weren’t okay with the status quo. God was changing them, and they wanted to share that with the world.
The students solved the problem, not us. Our theology of mission funding allowed us the intellectual flexibility to empower our students to be creative agents of change. Not only did they raise the necessary funds to go on the trips, but they also helped shape a more robust theology of mission funding in the process.
This is just a small example of how a broader Biblically based support raising model can provide solutions. It doesn’t solve all of the issues raised in the previous post, but it’s a start. It’s an imagining of what could happen when we use the Bible as a compass and the Holy Spirit as our guide to create new funding models. It is an example of flourishing…and an example of numerical growth. More Latino college students are going around the world to help fulfill the Great Commission than ever before. Ironically, though, it wasn’t a growth-priority mindset that fueled our increased sending numbers, but rather a robust theology of mission funding.
Our fears will tell us that challenging the growth-priority assumption will lead to less ministry. In our limited experience, my wife and I have seen the exact opposite happen. Embracing a fuller Biblical basis for support raising compelled us to think outside the box and to listen to the expertise of those we were serving. It resulted in more Latino college students sent on mission by our organization than ever before. May we be a people led not by fears or unnamed assumptions, but by radical faith in our God and the message He has for the world. We could see a flourishing of mission like never before.
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Very well articulated, Eric. Looking forward to further posts in this series.
Thank you again – Like Scott I look forward to further posts and the conversations that this will spawn.
Thanks Ron. I’ve so appreciated your contribution to the conversation already. May God bless you greatly.
This is well thought through. I would love to also see an article that researches and explains various alternatives.


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Some 40,000 foreigners traveled to Iraq and Syria to join ISIS in recent years. While more recruits came from the Middle East and North Africa, some 5,000 left Europe to join the caliphate. A 2018 report from the George Washington University Program on Extremism estimated that about 300 were American.
Today the Syrian Democratic Forces have detained about 1,000 foreign fighters, though the number is expected to rise. Western European countries didn’t produce as many fighters as, say, Tunisia, but a substantial number of Europeans remain in custody. Our sources say the U.S. isn’t aware of any Americans currently held by the SDF.
Thousands of foreign fighters died on the battlefield, but now the fate of the survivors looms large. Veteran terrorists have returned home in the past with deadly consequences. Several perpetrators of the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, which killed 130, gained experience in Syria.
In February President Trump tweeted that the U.S. “is asking Britain, France, Germany and other European allies to take back” their ISIS fighters and prosecute them at home. Indonesia, Morocco, Russia, and Sudan started the process months ago, but Western European governments are resisting.
Bending to domestic political pressure, European politicians like U.K. Home Secretary Sajid Javid have vowed to reject ISIS members and even strip them of citizenship. German and French officials also publicly express skepticism about accepting imprisoned terrorists. Countries that criticized the U.S. over Guantanamo Bay now are turning a blind eye to the detention of their citizens elsewhere.
Europeans say Mr. Trump is being hypocritical because he has tried to prevent 24-year-old Hoda Muthana, who says she regrets joining ISIS in 2014, from returning to the U.S. Yet the case is a red herring: The Administration says Ms. Muthana has never been a U.S. citizen. When captured in the war zone, Americans have been brought back for trial in the U.S.
Some European countries worry their justice systems won’t be up to the task of managing returnees. Courts in the U.K. have struggled to win convictions in terror cases, while other European countries could hand down dangerously short sentences. But this is a case for toughening antiterrorism laws, not ignoring the problem. If a country is concerned about ISIS members radicalizing other prisoners, it can isolate them.
The SDF has treated detainees humanely, but it can’t hold them forever. The group eventually will have no choice but to let the prisoners go—making a manageable security threat much worse. These battle-hardened fighters are especially dangerous given their practical knowledge and the respect they could command among would-be jihadists.
Many released fighters would slip into Iraq, blend in with sympathetic Sunni populations, and prepare for an ISIS revival. Others could exploit security vacuums in Libya or Somalia or jump-start conflicts in other unstable regions. Perhaps the greatest risk is that some will return to the West undetected alongside refugees. Countries hesitant to take back their citizens now should realize they might return anyway—clandestinely.
There are also thousands of ISIS family members in Syrian camps today. It won’t be easy, but young children can be rehabilitated. Some of the so-called ISIS wives or their older children are hardened ideologues who see the caliphate’s fall as a temporary setback. They should be prosecuted, an appropriate response for abetting terrorism.
The Kurds have proposed an international tribunal to prosecute foreign fighters, but ad-hoc justice systems are costly and time-consuming and still have the issue of where to hold prisoners after conviction. Some ISIS fighters also may face justice in Iraq or a third country, perhaps Algeria or Morocco. But this creates unnecessary legal complexity, and the Trump Administration continues to push for home-country repatriation.
When Mr. Trump announced plans for an immediate U.S. withdrawal from Syria in December, allies criticized the move as endangering the West’s security. They were right, and Mr. Trump partly reversed the decision. Now the roles have flipped, with some prioritizing domestic politics over international security. If Mr. Trump changed course, they can too.
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Financial firms are moving an estimated £800 billion of assets into Europe due to Brexit anxiety, a study claims. Reports regarding relocation have been making their rounds since 2017 and as 29 March draws near, companies that offer financial services are now more jittery than before. Mrs May’s proposal was already rejected by the House of Commons and the probability of a hard Brexit has significantly increased.
While other firms are still contemplating moving out of the United Kingdom, fintechs in London have reportedly started to move out. Paytech TransferWise, for example, has already made the decision. Based on a report in early January, the firm has opened an office in Brussels. The Estonian-founded company is headquartered in London but decided to move to Brussels to ensure that it is ready for Brexit. TransferWise also confirmed that it has already submitted the requirements to operate in Belgium.
Fintech experts note that a hard Brexit will affect fintechs based in the UK and that TransferWise’s banking license in Brussels will ensure that operations continue. The firm is enjoying popularity in the fintech world because of its cheap overseas transfer rates. Its app has also made it possible for tech savvy users to transfer money internationally without visiting a brick and mortar bank or going to a remittance centre.
“Brussels is at the source of all EU affairs, so an office in the city is a logical step for us”, TransferWise’s CEO Kristo Kaarmann says. “The National Bank of Belgium has made a very good impression on us with their knowledge of the payment and e-money sector and their openness to innovation, and at the same time, it is a very strong and reliable supervisor. We would like to build up an equally productive relationship with the NBB, just as we have today with the British FCA”, he adds.
Since the referendum, almost 40% of firms surveyed said that they will relocate their operations to Europe. Universal banks, investment banks, and brokerages are likely going to relocate based on the figures from the EY Financial Services Brexit Tracker.
It is noted by investment banks that a hard Brexit will expose financial services to trade barriers, a huge problem not only for the financial sector but for the United Kingdom as a whole.
The country is scheduled to leave the European Union on 29 March, an anxiety-riddled ending of a decades' long membership. The United Kingdom joined the European Union in 1973.
“The City is further ahead in implementing its Brexit contingency plans than many other sectors and our numbers only reflect the moves that have been announced publicly. We know that behind the scenes firms are continuing to plan for a 'no deal' scenario. The closer we get to 29 March without a deal, the more assets will be transferred and headcount hired locally or relocated. Inevitably, the contingency plans are for Day 1 only, and in the event of 'no deal' will represent the tip of the iceberg as longer term plans will be more strategic and extensive than those publicly announced to date”, Omar Ali, UK financial services leader at EY, says.
Legg Mason has already moved a part of its operations to Dublin while UBS is going to Frankfurt as its new hub. There is some good news though. According to the EY report, many Asian banks will move to London post-Brexit.
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practical support to families, individuals (male and female), young people and children who have experienced domestic violence and their associated issue.
Our organisation aims to reduce their suffering and promote their health and wellbeing by helping them sustain independence and take back control of their lives.
Before picture of moving in nothing but an empty shell . Families have fled and have sometimes had no family support or friend network as having to leave all behind when leaving Domestic Abuse. Sometimes having very little money and support the world can look very bleak.
best wishes to you all, I really don’t know how you do it.
Please take a couple of seconds with your eyes closed and the TV off and imagine sitting in an empty room with your children. Hearing them crying because they have no toys, knowing you cannot make a drink or cook any food. Even worse you have only £5 in your purse, enough money to buy some food for the children but you go without to look after your children.
You feel no- one loves you or cares because you have been made to believe this from your partner. You feel totally worthless and there seems no point to life, apart from your children as they are all you have to keep you going. You feel that it is your fault that they are in this situation. You have been mentally scared and you believe what you have been told by your parnter as he has shouted it and beat it into you so much.
Without your support this is how things are so please, please help. They need household items, food donations, nappies. store vouchers that can be used to help with things like baby milk and baby bottles. All items would be appreciated because the victims may not have anything , apart from the clothes that they had to escape in, as they had to get away as fast as they could so the partner did not know where they were going.
Help us to give them a fighting chance, they are human just like us and they did not ask to be in this situation.
If you live in Wiltshire, you could help with clothes you no longer need, or useable furniture, kitchen items, bedding, everything you would need to set up a home.
please note we are unable to take any items that may be in need of repair.


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Sen S, et al, "Poliomyelitis in Vaccinated Children", Indian Pediatr, May 1989, 26(5): 423-429.
Arya, SC, "Putative Failure of Recombinant DNA Hepatitis B Vaccines", Vaccine, Apr 1989, 7(2): 164-165.


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It was a beautiful day on Lake Mendota. Sailors were met with heavy winds and warm temperatures. Six races we completed in each division. A and B division sailed 420's while C division sailed techs. One redress request was heard and granted. At the end of day one Wisco 1 leads the regatta. A huge thank you to our Race Committee which consisted of Alumni Whitney Kent('16), Ian Walter('16), and Caya McFalls('16). They did a terrific job managing all three fleets. Tomorrow looks to be another gorgeous day on the water with good breeze and even warmer temperatures.
The second day of racing started out cloudy, but sailors were met with sunshine around 11 and winds from 10-15 mph. Four races were completed in each division. A and B division sailed 420's while C division sailed techs. A huge thank you to our Race Committee which consisted of Alumni Whitney Kent('16), Ian Walter('16), and Caya McFalls('16). They did a terrific job managing all three fleets. At the end of the regatta, Wisco 1 won with 65 points, Minnesota got second with 121 points, and Wisco 2 got third with 126 points. Overall, it was a great weekend of racing with nice breeze and beautiful weather.

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I am a Christian that takes my faith seriously. My faith is very important to me as if from my perspective on life and what gives me a sense of purpose. I am in the medical field and love my job. I am passionate about photography and love to travel.
Where are you, my love?...Donde esta?
If you’d like to know more say “hi”. I didn’t reveal a lot about myself for you to read on purpose. Rather we chat, talk, an engage in conversation to get to know each other instead of us reading through a long page in this section about each other.
A woman that walks beside me makesme her man!
LLOKING FOR LOVE AND YOU !
"Looking For True And Ever Lasting Love"
The Kevin Connection: I am going to describe my self from a third party perspective. This is so that you can better connect with whom I am. When describing Kevin many have always said that the love he gives is from the respect his soul demands.
I so much believe in love.
Well I'm easy going laid back,like to camp movie going,poetry,like to watch football games,romantic,good listener, looking to enjoy life.
Love life and live it to the fullest!
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The All Time Best Way To Make a Urethane Foam Sculpture - Aeromarine Products Inc.
I previously posted an interview (https://www.aeromarineproducts.com/frank-holder-artist-sculptor-of-foam/ ) with Mr Frank Holder of Greensboro, North Carolina about his innovative urethane foam sculpture technique, bending partially cured foam and shaping it to form beautiful organically shaped sculptures. After lots of Q&A about his process (he’s a very patient man, thanks Frank), I produced a Frank Holder-like foam sculpture. It was incredibly fun! While I won’t be giving Mr Holder any competition with my attempts, I will absolutely be making more of these. You should try this technique. This how-to post will help you discover a new and interesting artistic expression!
A few pins or thumbtacks.
AeroMarine Products 400/21 Epoxy Resin. The 300/21 works fine. However, the 400/21 is just a little more viscous and goes on thicker for the final seal coat.
AeroMarine Products 5 Minute Epoxy Resin. You can use either this fast setting epoxy adhesive or the 300/21 epoxy to fix the foam to the base or another type of glue.
Urethane Colorant. If you want just one uniform color to your sculpture.
Clean, level work surface, covered in paper or plastic for easier clean-up. Because of the size of this project, I had a clean, plastic covered space on the floor for the first part and my usual plastic covered work bench for the second part.
All materials comfortably within reach.
First, I swept the floor where I was going to be working and laid down a plastic drop cloth. Then I set my foam insulation board on the plastic. Next, I pinned another plastic drop cloth to the foam board, covering the entire board but leaving all the excess plastic to one side. That is because I need to fold the plastic over the board once I pour the #2 foam.
Next I measured out about 12 ounces of each side (Part A and Part B) of the urethane pour foam. If you are using urethane colorant, mix it into Part B. I went with yellow because it seemed like a nice base color. Mix Part A and Part B together, stirring vigorously for about 30 seconds.
Once mixed, pour the foam mixture onto the plastic and foam board set up. Pour in a straight, even line. You can tilt the board to even out the pour. It should look like a long surf board.
Give the foam a minute or so to rise and expand. Once it stops expanding, start poking it with a gloved finger. You want it to not come away on your glove, but stick to it a little bit. Once it reaches that point, fold the other half of the plastic over the top of the foam.
You want to slowly and gently bend the foam, starting at one end. If you go too fast, the foam will snap, so slowly and carefully bend the foam into your desired shape.
Once you have the foam maneuvered into the shape you want, hold it there. You’ll need to hold it for 5-10 minutes. Timing is everything! If you let go too soon, the foam will try to spring back into its original flat shape. The foam gets warm as it cures. When you can tell that it’s starting to cool off, you can start relaxing your grip and test to see if the foam will stay put.
Once you let go, let the foam harden up for another 20 minutes or so.
Next, we need to mount the foam onto the wooden base. First, hammer your extra long nail through the center of your block of wood. It should stick up from the wood an inch or two.
I held my foam several different ways to figure out how I wanted it mounted to the base. Once I knew, I just pushed the foam onto the nail.
Before I permanently mounted the foam to the base, I wanted to carve out certain areas of the foam. I used a bread knife with great success. I carved away at it slowly, frequently putting ithe cured foam back on the base and standing back to look at the shape. Where I wanted a hole in the foam, I slowly twisted the bread knife into it and then carefully expanded the hole to the size I wanted. The actual cutting and sculpting of the foam took me several days. It’s good messy fun, so be sure to wear a dust mask or respirator. I would work on it for an hour or so and then come back and look at it for every angle before starting to carve again. Mr Holder plans out the shapes he wants in advance. Since this was the first time that I tried this, I had no idea where I wanted to go with the sculpture. Thus, I went slowly and looked at it often. Once I was happy with its shape, it was time to affix the urethane foam sculpture to the base.
To permanently mount the sculpture to the wood, I used AeroMarine Products 5 Minute Epoxy dribbled into the hole the nail made in the foam. AeroMarine Products 300/21 Epoxy Resin would work as well. Once the epoxy is set, you can start apply epoxy to the exterior of the foam sculpture.
If you colored the foam, you could go with a simple clear coat or two of AeroMarine Products 400/21 Epoxy Resin and be done. The 400 Resin is thicker than the 300, so it sticks better to vertical and sloping surfaces. I like to do things the hard way, so I decided to do several coats of differently colored, thickened AeroMarine Products 300/21 Epoxy. My tactic was to apply a coat of one color, let it cure, apply the next coat a different color and sand it down so the the layer underneath showed through in different areas.
Once it was all mixed up, I used an inexpensive chip brush to apply the epoxy to the foam sculpture. I let it cure for 24 hours and then applied the next coat of differently colored and thickened epoxy. After the second coat, I sanded, both by hand and with a dremel with a sanding disc. I did this for 5 coats, sanding in between to let the coats underneath come through. Make sure you are wearing your mask/respirator for any sanding because it gets very dusty. After 5 colors, I called it good even though I probably could have gone on for a few more. Time constraints and many other projects pretty much dictated that it was time to wrap it up.
I applied two final clear coats of AeroMarine Products 400/21 Epoxy Resin to seal it all up, letting the first coat cure for 24 hours before applying the second.
I think it turned out pretty nice for a first try! Next time, I would do more color coats and thicken the epoxy a bit less so it would be easier to sand down to the next layer. I would plan out my colors and the order in which I apply them as well. I would also have someone help me with the bending of the foam, so I could get a more elongated shape. Next time!
So that’s how you can make Frank Holder style foam sculpture! Check out his website http://www.frankholderart.com/ and his Instagram, @frankholderart, to see how much better he does it. Try it for yourself! It’s incredible fun, not too difficult for a beginner to do and you can always give us a call if you have any questions, toll-free (877) 342-8860 or email us at info@aeromarineproducts.com. Good luck with all your projects!


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Children are indeed what give color to the world, and love is one of the strongest colors of them all.
When an earthquake hit the grounds of the Kermanshah area in Iran, with at least 600 people killed, amongst them, children, are the ones who suffer more when their parents die. And it is up to us to help them get back their colors, as they give the world lots of colorful moments!
Designers from all over the world have been invited to participate with their posters especially created for the occasion.
“Language of images in an era in which nobody can understand the meaning of words, is the closest aspect by which human beings can communicate with each other in the current world filled with pains and deaths.
That is why the image represents a common dimension of human beings – common sufferings, common calamities and death. Knowing the notion of Humanity is the concept that connects humans to each other. Humanity can be defined as helping others, humanitarian measures and union; therefore, color of skin, nationality and ethnicity is not important in this dimension.
Having said these things, we provide you with an example. Example of the children of Kermanshah. So, We knit our hands and bring their sufferings in the images.
We made decision on putting up posters in order to show a visual image. A visual image which can represent our union against pains of earthquakes.
See the posters as a person who is looking for a sympathetic friend”.
The exibition took place in the Simorgh community center of Nishabour – Khorasan Razavi – Iran, 3 March 2018.
Having said these things, we provide you with an example. Example of children of Kermanshah. So, We knit our hands and bring their sufferings in the images.
The exibition will take place in the Simorgh community center of Nishabour – Khorasan Razavi – Iran, 3 March 2018.
David Heasty and Stefanie Weigler, co-founders of the Brooklyn-based Triboro design firm, have come with an interesting poster for the New York City Subway Map, not as a replacement for the current one, but as a memento of the city. And this is not the first time! Back in 2010, they created a fluorescent red poster called the One Color Subway Map, which sold out quickly at NoHo design store The Future Perfect, and now, they used a different color scheme. Check them out!
Pure compositions and colorful backgrounds are the recipe for success in the project entitled A GEO A DAY by Isabella Conticello. These decorative pictures seem to be a great complement for modern interiors or a powerful contrast for some vintage accents. What do you think about these images? In which kind of space would you like to see them? The whole series can be seen here.


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In the same vein of "Yanny" and "Laurel" from a couple of years ago, it seems that 50% of people hear "Jimmy" and the other 50% hear "Dorough".
We've had the dress, Yanny and Laurel, and now we have Jimmy and Dorough. Invite your friends to listen so you can have a civil debate over which one you hear.
I heard Dorough the first time it played. I can hear Jimmy now though.

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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We know transitioning to a civilian job can be tough for our military service men and women. Employers want to hire veterans, as demonstrated by the continued decline in the veteran unemployment rate – the lowest it has been in over a decade. But it still can be challenging to find a workplace that utilizes your diverse skills and values your military service. And many veterans find themselves underemployed – meaning working in a job they’re overqualified for.
Read on to discover specific veteran job hunting tips to make your military career transition less bumpy.
Ensure your resume is easily understood.
Chances are that the recruiter reading your resume has never served in the military. Civilians don’t understand military acronyms, MOS codes, and jargon. The more impressive your resume looks from a military standpoint, the less desirable you’re going to look on paper to an untrained civilian. Unfair? Yes, but true.
How to do it? Translate your specific skills into keywords specific to the job you’re seeking. Here’s one translator tool to try.
You might be open to different career paths, and you may be perfectly capable of performing a number of diverse roles, but hiring managers don’t take the time to consider that. They’re overworked and overwhelmed, looking for a round peg to fit a round hole. That means each resume they see gets twenty seconds of attention, tops. Just the summary and the last two job titles, in many cases.
How to do it? Laser-focus each resume on the specific position you’re applying for, so you make it easier for the recruiter to move you to the next step in your veteran job search. Don’t try and turn a recruiter into your career counselor, that doesn’t work.
Prepare yourself for the culture shift.
You think you’re being respectful; an employer may think you’re too formal. You may run up against the common stereotype that veterans are too rigid.
How to do it? Practice your interviewing skills with a friend or family member who understands business culture in the civilian world. Research business culture in industries that interest you. Ditch the “Sir” and “Ma’am”; first names are the norm in most business settings.
Focus on your future outside the military.
Maybe you’re still speaking longingly of your time in the service, or you slip up by speaking of your division or battalion as “we” in the present. This can also be an issue for civilians who haven’t mentally separated from their former jobs. It doesn’t sit well in a job interview since an employer will think you aren’t ready to move on.
How to do it? Mentally prepare yourself for your new life outside the military. Think about how your experiences could benefit your next employer and what you’re looking forward to in this next phase of your life.
Veteran-specific job posting sites like MilitaryHire.com that was created by and for veterans are great. However, it is also important to leverage opportunities through your professional network. This can be tough when you’ve spent the past several years, or your entire career, in the military.
How to do it? Get to know people who work in companies that are known to be military-friendly. Do they offer an Employee Resource Group for veterans? Do they have a dedicated veteran recruiter? Employers like this are out there! Fellow veterans can be an alumni network for you.
Attend events like BestCompaniesAZ’s Military Career Event, where you’ll meet people who value your skills and abilities acquired during your time in the military. You just may land your next career with this event filled with veteran job help!


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Every honest member of society has, at some point in their lives, thought – To *&%#* with this. I’m just going to go and rob a bank! And that is generally were all such schemes of potential robbery end.
But it doesn’t have to be the end! Now, with the upcoming release of Payday 2, gamers can relieve the frustrations of modern life by busting open safes and taking hostages in elaborate (and not-so-elaborate!) bank heists.
Pay Day 2 builds on the success of its predecessor by improving the mechanics of gun combat, and by making stealth a more prominent aspect of the game, even to the point where covert strategies are viable. Environmental interaction has also been upped. Now players will struggle at a sluggish pace when trying to carry huge bags of loot, and can reduce the risk of sniper fire by drawing curtains and shutters across windows. An additional role-playing game (RPG) aspect is present in the form of four distinct skill trees which will allow players to customise their bank robbers as they see fit.
So what you are doing just hanging around. Go rob some banks!
You can find Payday 2 on bidorbuy.

industry_corpus2: Gaming


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Can’t review because I didn’t realize I had a cleaning Service Scheduled, so I didn’t get my place cleaned. It has nothing to do with Ruth, but I am annoyed how hard it is to change dates and get a hold of customer service. Can this app have better customer service? I can’t get a hold of anyone over the phone and it has made this app inconvenient. I wasted money and missed my last 2 cleanings. This could be preventative if someone called me to remind me the day before or if it was easier to change the time!
John did an amazing job! He was easy to communicate with and left our house spotless! He organized my spice cabinet and even took our couch apart and vacuumed every last crumb! I will definitely book him again!
Monica does an amazing job every time! She is easy to work with, super friendly, very professional and most of all, trustworthy!
Kimberly has a great vibe.She is someone you enjoy to have in your home. She works very hard, and cleans very, very well.
This was my first booking with Luis. He was very respectful and did a quick, great job cleaning the apartment. Appreciated the good work.
Great job. Worked around us (and our pets and child) with out any issues and got everything done as we asked. Thanks!


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This classic and deliciously crunchy granola is doctored up with protein-packed nuts and seeds, warming cinnamon, and sweet dried fruit. To bind everything together, there’s coconut oil and either honey or maple syrup. And of course a dash of warming cinnamon, too.
Granola has a preeeeeety long shelf life (about 6 months), so feel free to double or triple the recipe to stock up for 2019. Use it in place of cereal, as a yogurt or smoothie topping, or simply as a standalone snack. And feel free to customize, too. Don’t like pecans? Walnuts would work perfectly. Want to add more seeds? Try sesame, hemp, or flax.
2. Combine oats, nuts, seeds, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
3. In a separate bowl, combine oil, honey or maple syrup, and vanilla.
4. Mix wet ingredients into dry, and stir to combine.
5. Spread mixture onto cooking sheet(s) lined with parchment paper.
6. Bake 10-12 minutes, then remove from oven and mix.
7. Bake until golden brown, an additional 10-12 minutes.
8. Remove and set aside to let cool.
9. Stir in dried fruit, then transfer to an airtight mason jar.
Speaking of granola, ever tried making homemade granola bars? They’re surprisingly simple!

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The Flying Beaver Brothers and the Mud-Slinging Moles by Maxwell Eaton III is the third of the Flying Beaver Brothers series. There's always some new environmental threat to the island getting in the way of the brothers enjoying their extreme sports.
This time, the interruption comes in the form of mud. Lots and lots of mud. Everything seems to be sinking into it. Behind the muddy mess is a mass of moles.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal consumer watchdog sued Volkswagen on Tuesday, charging the company made false claims in commercials promoting its "Clean Diesel" vehicles as environmentally friendly.
The German automaker hastily pulled the ads following last year's admission it had installed illegal software on its diesel vehicles to cheat emissions tests. U.S. regulators say Volkswagen's engines spewed up to 40 times the allowed levels of air pollutants in real-world driving conditions.
The Federal Trade Commission alleges that Volkswagen deceived customers during a seven-year period by selling its diesel cars based on fraudulent claims made through its marketing campaigns. That campaign included Super Bowl ads, online social media campaigns and print advertising targeted to "environmentally conscious" consumers.
"Hybrids? They're so last year," Volkswagen proclaimed in a mailer to customers promoting its 2009 Jetta TDI. "Now going green doesn't have to feel like you're going green."
The FTC's action is the latest blow to Volkswagen, which also faces more than $20 billion in potential fines for violating U.S. clean air regulations.
"For years Volkswagen's ads touted the company's 'Clean Diesel' cars even though it now appears Volkswagen rigged the cars with devices designed to defeat emissions tests," said FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez. "Our lawsuit seeks compensation for the consumers who bought affected cars based on Volkswagen's deceptive and unfair practices."
A federal judge in California overseeing the raft of civil litigation has given the company until April 21 to come up with a recall and compensation plan covering the nearly 600,000 diesel cars sold in the U.S. containing the so-called "defeat devices" designed to game government emissions tests.
Volkswagen Group of America spokeswoman Jeannine Ginivan said Tuesday the company is reviewing the latest lawsuit and "continues to cooperate with all relevant U.S. regulators."
"Our most important priority is to find a solution to the diesel emissions matter and earn back the trust of our customers and dealers as we build a better company," Ginivan said.
With scores of unsold diesels collecting dust on the lots of VW's dealers, legal and auto industry analysts predicted the company's woes will continue to deepen.
"Every government agency that is even remotely impacted by this situation will sue to recoup what they consider damages to the agency's constituents," said Rebecca Lindland, senior analyst at Kelley Blue Book. There's really no end in sight to this situation and all VW can do is continue to cooperate and work on a fix."
Alan Brown, general manager of a VW dealer in Lewisville, Texas, and chairman of the company's National Dealer Advisory Council, said dealers are eager to get the scandal behind them. He said diesel-powered VWs previously accounted for 25 percent to 40 percent of sales for many U.S. dealerships.
Brown said he didn't think the latest lawsuit will hurt sales any further because it raises issues that have been aired previously.
"I think at this stage of the game, nothing really shocks any of us," he said of the FTC lawsuit. "The dealers just want the distractions to go away. There's nothing worse than the public wanting your product and you can't sell it."
Associated Press auto writer Tom Krisher in Detroit contributed to this report.

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text: Hi! Here are the commentators for #VIVOIPL: English: S. Manjrekar, S. Doull, S. Gavaskar, M.Hayden, McCullum, Ian Bishop, etc. Hindi: A.Chopra, J.Sapru, N.Chopra, G.Gambhir, I.Pathan, RP.Singh, VVS.Laxman, A.Nayyar, N.Ojha, etc.


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Downtown Commercial Space — Peter Braithwaite Studio Ltd. - Halifax Architects and Contractor specializing in Modern Design.
This was an interior office renovation proposal in the heart of downtown Halifax. The intention was to create a spacious and light filled commercial space in a narrow existing building. The change in levels differentiates separate work and meeting spaces.

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To Be or Not To Be… Draped? – Welcome To Fantasy Designers !!!
You're planning your event & you've chosen your venue. Now you find yourself being asked if you would like the option of draping the room and you're not sure... Is it important? Is it something that can make a drastic change to your event?
Welcome to Draping 101 ! To answer these 2 questions, Yes.. it could be important depending on your venue and theme! If your venue has neutral white/white-ish walls then you can get away with not having to drape the room. If they aren't a neutral color but still match your theme then you're solid! A little bit of up lighting can fix that all up! However, if your venue has some deep tones that don't match your decor and has a variety of designs.. then I would HIGHLY recommend draping. For an example, imagine you are planning a Winter Wonderland party. The first thing you think of when you think of this theme is snow & the color white! When we provide draping, we create a white canvas that will completely absorb any color of up lighting and can reflect snowflake gobos beautifully. Don't get me wrong, this could still be done on a venue wall, it just won't be the same atmosphere. At the end of day its really up to your judgement.
Is it ever too early ?
Alors, tu me retrouveras à Paris?


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Here are some other options of how you can donate to help homeless and at-risk youth.
Please call us at 514 526-5222 to make a donation over the phone using your credit card.
Please print and complete the donation form and send it to the address indicated on the form.
Do you belong to an association, community group, or club, or is there a social action, volunteering, or recreation committee at your work?
If you’d like to help support Dans la rue, please consider hosting a fundraiser, or organizing a collection of food items or personal care products. You have the chance to change the lives of youth who truly need our support. We currently need these items: toothpaste, tooth brushes, deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, back packs, rain ponchos, gloves, tampons, men’s underwear, and men’s shoes & boots (sizes 8-12).
Please contact us before you get started. We have many helpful suggestions that will make your job easier. We also have promotional tools to assist you in making your event a success. Remember, to use Dans la rue’s name and /or logo for your event or collection, you must first contact us for authorization.
For more details, please contact us at 514-526-5222 or at dons@danslarue.org.
Help your donation go further by asking your employer if it there is a Matching Gift Program where you work. Each company has its own set of rules regarding an Employer Matching Gift Program and often, recently made donations can also be eligible.
We encourage you to ask your Human Resources or Community Charitable Giving Department to see if your donation to Dans la rue can be matched. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at 514.526.5222 or at dons@danslarue.org.
Please contact us at 514.526.5222 or at dons@danslarue.org for more details on planned giving, or ask your financial planner or notary to assist you in choosing the right option.
Dans la rue does everything it can to provide the basics to homeless and at-risk youth, in addition to other services and solutions. Every year, we hand out more than 70,000 cans of food, serve 25,000 hot meals, and give out thousands of pairs of socks and underwear as well as t-shirts, sweaters, boots, shoes, coats, soap, shampoo, and toothbrushes.
We need your help to provide these essentials to our youth. You can make a difference by getting your friends, co-workers, or community group to organize a collection of the following items: Meal-in-a-can (Chunky Soup, Cordon Bleu, Chef Boyardee), non-perishable food, Tim Horton’s gift cards ($5 per card maximum), backpacks, men’s shorts and jeans, men’s/women’s deodorant, tampons, men’s winter boots (sizes 10-13).
Please contact us before you get started.
We have many helpful suggestions that will make your job easier and our needs do change throughout the year. Please call us at 514.526.5222 or contact us at dons@danslarue.org.
Dans la rue gratefully accepts material donations directly from companies. Tax receipts are available for new products only. Proper documentation must be provided before we can issue a receipt.
Sheets for mattresses of sizes Single, Double and Queen.
Canning of meat products, vegetables, fruits, soups, etc.
At Dans la rue, we are doing everything in our power to maximize the use of the funds we collect from the community. Due to the cost of gasoline and in order to better allocate our human and material resources, we have been forced to change our clothing donation policy.
We henceforth work directly only with high schools, colleges, and universities to organize collections of new and gently-used clothing specifically targeted to the needs of our youth.


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The agricultural industry is one that is often perceived from the outside as very traditional and slow to adopt the latest technologies. However, many companies are leading the way by partnering with growers to implement new systems that enhance yields, increase efficiency and better comply with regulations for food production and labor. Geo Ag Solutions of Lake Placid, Fla., is proudly forging the way for citrus growers and other producers in the region with custom applications deployed on Samsung tablets protected by OtterBox Defender Series cases.
Geo Ag was founded more than a decade ago with proprietary software aimed at increasing efficiency for agricultural producers, specifically in Florida’s booming citrus industry. Its customized solutions were designed to gather and report in-field data, and more recently, to track employee hours and work history. Today, around 350 crews in Florida are using Geo Ag’s Harvest Pay platform to collect labor information in the field and comply with state and federal regulations.
In its early years, the company struggled with how to deploy its software, having created its own equipment with limited success. It moved to on-the-market ruggedized portable computers that worked well for the ag industry, but the $6,500 per device price tag was a barrier for many potential Geo Ag customers.
Like many of Geo Ag’s customers, Florida-based Overlook Harvesting Company uses the federal H-2A visa program to bring in workers from Mexico to harvest citrus. Harvest Pay streamlines the intensive data collection and tracking data required to comply with the program. During harvesting season, the company will run more than 20 crews with about 650 pickers total.
Prior to deploying Harvest Pay on a tablet device, Overlook was keeping records using paper that had to be manually entered into the system. The software has increased accuracy and cut down on the time it takes to track and record the necessary information.
By coupling carrier-subsidized tablets with OtterBox Defender Series cases, Geo Ag can offer its technology platform without requiring a large upfront investment from the producers. The Defender Series provides protection and peace of mind to business owners, managers and crew leaders alike. OtterBox is a member of the Samsung Mobile Accessory Partnership Program. The “Designed for Samsung Mobile” logo on the package signifies that OtterBox cases have been certified to meet Samsung performance standards. According to Summers, not one of the 300 tablets Geo Ag customers are using in the field with OtterBox Defender Series cases has suffered physical damage.
“A lot of our first time customers are nervous (about mobile technology). Even just getting them to touch the tablet sometimes is a challenge,” said Cole Garvey, field support agent for Geo Ag. “When it comes to the tablets they are very comfortable using something in an OtterBox. It’s easy to handle, it’s not a little thin device and it’s rugged. The OtterBox definitely helps us market these as a rugged, tough solution out in the field.”Agricultural producers have myriad things to worry about – crop yields, weather, growing seasons, regulations and international markets just to name a few. Those who are on the cutting edge of technology are using mobile devices to improve their operations, and OtterBox is alongside them to provide peace of mind that their investments are protected and they will always be connected.


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Love actually. – my story.
Definitely worth celebrating! I think these moments are important to note as we pass them and put them behind us!


text: Meredith G. Kline (1922-2007) was a Presbyterian minister who taught the Old Testament at several theological seminaries. He was professor emeritus at Westminster Seminary, California. He became an expert on ancient treaties, and their connections with the covenants found in the Bible.


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The August 2017 Hero Arts “My Monthly Hero” Kit is sold out (they go quickly), but I always like showing you what I created with mine so that you can sign up for the monthly kit and receive next month’s if you feel like it’s something you’d use. This month is all about dreamy scenes with the moon, stars, and clouds. It came with a coordinating stamp and die set, a fancy window die cut (which I used for the frame of this card), sequins, shimmer mists, a stencil, and that gorgeous patterned paper you see underneath my card. I created a shaker card with the sequins and kept the scene fairly simple so that the stamp set could really shine.
I used the fancy window die cut to create the frame for the whole card. It has these gorgeous stars, moons, and clouds all over it. I used Distress Oxide Inks in Picked Raspberry and Spiced Marmalade to create the background for the shaker. I stamped the little girl flying with some stardust behind her using black ink. I love the way black ink looks against bright ink colors…it just really pops! I used a piece of acetate and the sequins in the card kit to create the shaker.
I heat embossed the sentiment in gold embossing powder. I love this sentiment from the stamp set! It’s very whimsical and could be sent to someone “just because” or even used as a birthday card for a little girl.
I finished it off with some rhinestones around the sentiment. This kit can be used so many different ways. I’ve seen night sky cards, birthday cards, shaker cards, and spinner cards made from this kit. It’s a versatile stamp and die set that can be used beyond this card kit.
You can sign up for the Hero Arts “My Monthly Hero” Card Kit online here. It’s honestly one of my favorite monthly papercrafting kits ever. I feel like the value of what you’re getting is one of the strongest on the market and they always send you wonderful things.
This card has “sleepy” tones to it, so I have to go with my all-time favorite “sleepy time” wine: merlot. When I think of merlot, I think of wine that will relax you and make you feel ready to hop into bed. J.Lohr is one of my favorite merlot’s that is affordable and easily accessible to purchase!


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Ball Corporation’s proposed acquisition of Rexam plc is going to get an in-depth review from the European Commission (EC). Rexam and Ball are, respectively, the first and second largest beverage can manufacturers in Europe. The EC announced today that its preliminary competition concerns relate to the supply of beverage cans and aluminum bottles throughout the European Economic Area (EEA).
The EC also expressed concerns with high entry barriers in the industry. The scale needed to ensure sufficiently large customer orders and the significant investment required to build a plant make entry and expansion difficult in a relatively short period of time, it was noted. “The combination of the two largest players is therefore likely to result in price increases for customers and ultimately for consumers,” the EC said.
U.S.-based Ball said that the Phase II review is “a standard step when the European Commission is conducting an in-depth review under the EU Merger Regulation.” The company expects that all necessary regulatory clearances will be obtained during the first half of 2016.
Other reviews. The transaction, which was announced in February and has been valued at approximately $8.4 billion including the assumption of debt, is also being looked at by the FTC and Brazil’s competition authority, CADE. On April 7, Ball disclosed that it had received a second request for information from the FTC with respect to that agency’s investigation of the deal.