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Challenges of Catastrophic Injury Lawsuits in Florida
A $14.4 million verdict awarded in a catastrophic injury lawsuit was recently overturned by Florida's 2nd District Court of Appeal, citing the binding settlement agreement plaintiff's father had entered prior to trial for just $10,000 and the insurer's good faith effort to pay the policy limits. Plaintiff is in a vegetative state following a 2010 car accident in which he was a passenger.
The case is a cautionary tale in why it is critical for anyone acting on behalf of a loved one after a catastrophic injury to consult with a personal injury attorney as soon as possible. Only certain individuals are authorized to handle financial and health care matters for someone who is incapacitated, but there is often confusion about how that process works.
It's also not uncommon for insurers to swoop in as your "friend" early on in a case like this, trying to secure a low-ball settlement. Your case may be worth a great deal more than what they're offering, but you won't have the right to pursue it if you cash that check and release them from all future claims.
Why Catastrophic Injury Cases Require Experienced Plaintiff Lawyers
Catastrophic injuries are those that permanently prevent a person from performing work and enjoying life as he/she would have prior to the accident. Examples include:
Traumatic brain injuries;
Severe burns;
Spinal cord injuries;
Amputations;
Paralysis.
Most commonly, catastrophic injuries are the result of motor vehicle crashes, but they can also stem from construction site falls, medical malpractice or intentional acts of violence.
These are the kind of injuries that affect not only the person who was hurt but their entire family. Proving not only liability but damages is of critical importance to the long-term financial well-being of those involved.
Damages in these matters tend to be substantial because it's not only the past and future medical expenses, but the lost income, out-of-pocket expenses and non-economic damages like pain and suffering and loss of life enjoyment. For a young man in his prime to be robbed of any independent function for the rest of his life as a result of another's negligence, a multi-million-dollar settlement or verdict is not out-of-the-question.
That's why it's imperative to choose a South Florida injury lawyer with significant trial experience from the very beginning. Even though most civil cases don't go to trial, an experienced legal team will know how to effectively negotiate with the defendant's insurance company lawyers and often will have more leverage in negotiations. Due diligence at the start of a catastrophic injury case can help prevent a frustrating, confusing experience like what happened here – a $14.4 million lawsuit that will result in nothing more than a $10,000 payment after years of litigation.
Florida Catastrophic Injury Verdict Reversed
In this case, the negligent driver of the car was insured by GEICO. One year after the crash, GEICO was operating under the assumption that plaintiff's father held power of attorney for his son, and thus tendered a check for the policy limit ($10,000) in his father's name. The father cashed that check and executed a release on his son's behalf. Several months later, GEICO contacted an attorney who previously represented the father and asked for documentation that he had the legal authority to represent his son (something that should have been done before the check was issued in his name). The attorney didn't have any such documents. According to court records, the auto insurer took no further steps to make sure it had made the check out to the right person.
A year later, another person was appointed as the plaintiff's guardian. When he discovered the insurer had paid the policy limits to the plaintiff's father, he retained a personal injury lawyer and authorized that attorney to make an offer of settlement to the insurer. The letter asserted any payment made to the plaintiff's father was not authorized. GEICO, apparently realizing plaintiff had a point, agreed to pay the policy limit to plaintiff's guardian. However, there was a dispute about whether the offer expired before the check was cut. Plaintiff's attorney returned the check and filed a personal injury lawsuit seeking damages. The case proceeded to trial, and plaintiff won a $14.4 million verdict.
Defendant driver, defended by GEICO's legal team, appealed. He argued the trial court erred in denying his motion for summary judgment because the insurer had made a good faith effort to settle the case by paying the policy limit to plaintiff's guardian. The appellate court agreed, finding plaintiff's offer to settle wasn't conditional as to the time/manner of acceptance and the insurer's actions in the time frame in question were sufficient to accept the offer.
This is an unfortunate outcome after a devastating tragedy. Although no attorney can guarantee you a favorable verdict or settlement, choosing a trial lawyer with experience is imperative after any serious injury resulting from negligence.
Contact the South Florida personal injury attorneys at Halberg & Fogg PLLC by calling toll-free at 1-877-425-2374. Serving West Palm Beach, Miami, Tampa, Orlando and Fort Myers/ Naples. There is no fee unless you win.
Lee v. Chmielewski, Nov. 15, 2019, Fla. 2nd DCA
Posted in: Motor Vehicle Accidents
Tagged: brain injury lawsuit, car accident brain injury, car accident lawsuit, catastrophic injury lawsuit and West Palm Beach injury attorney


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What Ministers Can't Learn in Seminary
A Survival Manual for the Parish Ministry
By R. R. Cueni
In 1985, What They Don't Teach at Harvard Business School became a blockbuster bestseller because it offered proven-effective, "school of hard knocks" advice--not just classroom theories--to business people.
Now, What Ministers Can't Learn in Seminary does the same thing for beginning and experienced pastors and seminarians. In bright, optimistic, good-humored language, R. Robert Cueni takes us step-by-step through the predictable crises of early ministry. He discusses the realities of congregational life, the difference between normal tensions and critical problems, and dozens of other problem areas. He also shows how to find a way through the maze of expectations held by church members.
What Ministers Can't Learn in Seminary is distilled wisdom at its very best, offered with vigor and compassion--realistic about the church and highly affirmative of ministry.
R. R. Cueni

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This summer has been too damn hot and (in my part of the world) humid for normal alcohol consumption. On a normal day, I am not a sipper. I am a gulper. Of water, of tea — hot or cold –, and wine, my beverage of choice. Add the hazy, hot, and humid factors and you would think that I was a camel, sucking up everything wet the oasis has to offer.
But that kind of hurry can't be applied to alcohol. I would keel over and instead of being relaxing or fun, the scene would just get ugly. So in the summer, especially in this summer, I have resorted to what I like to call sissy drinks. Low alcohol, lots of non-alcoholic liquids added, over lots of ice.
You may laugh, you may make unfavorable references to the era of Bartles & James, wine coolers and the like, but it works for me. Especially when you can get a bottle of Portuguese vinho verde with a convenient screw top for $4.99 at my local liquor store and make it last for days , with no craziness, no pain, and no dehydration. Sounds good, right? And anyway I suspect you may already be throwing cubes of ice into your white, or (gasp!) red, in secret. Room temperature in my house right now is 81°. That is no temperature at which to serve wine.
Vinho verde, or green wine, is a very light, slightly fizzy, and somewhat citric wine from the northern regions of Portugal. It only has 9.5-10 percent alcohol usually, compared to 13 or 14 percent in most of the wines I see today. It runs from about $5 – 8 a bottle around here. You can, of course, drink it straight, but it makes for a friendly blending wine too, and at that price, I don't feel an underlying obligation to treat it with any reverence. This is a cheap date!
So the first recipe is a basic cooler with vinho verde. The second is a very simple Orange-Mango Wine Spritzer (yes, I have said it, spritzer. Spritzer, spritzer, spritzer. And I am unashamed.) that we served at a summer barbecue as a refreshing welcome drink that takes the edge off without being too strong. It was very well received (Nancy and Pat, this one's for you!). Both recipes are, of course, very flexible, so play with the proportions until you find what you like!
Pour all ingredients into a glass full of ice, stir, and enjoy.
In a pitcher, mix wine, orange mango juice, and lemon. Top with seltzer. Garnish with fruit. Serve over ice.
The weather here in the Northeast has been so hot that TV reporters all over the country are frying eggs and heating pizza in the sun. That's amusing enough for the evening news, but in my house we prefer to do something with more practical applications.
That would be…experimenting with white sangría!
What could be more refreshing after a day of debilitating heat than fruit, wine and a bit of fizz? Sangría usually takes brandy, but I didn't have any so I broke out a couple of specialty bottles and we (Maryanne, Ashley and I, mostly Ashley) played around with them until we reached a happy, effervescent and refreshing place, safe from the suffocating claws of the heat wave.
Try these two recipes on for size. Pimm's is a caramelly British alcoholic beverage that makes me think of big hats and horse races. Limoncello is a sweet-tart Italian elixir I first met when I lived in Rovereto, at the foot of the Italian Alps.
Note: we did not add ginger ale or sugar, except to the rims of the glasses as we found the drinks sweet enough as is, but feel free to add as desired!
Refreshing and ever so pretty!
2 tablespoons Limoncello (Limon- "hello!" after a few glasses)!


Bright flowers, loud music, colorful grave decorations, and seasonal sweets are characteristics of Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead.
Celebrations are held in Stephenville, although it is not a publicized event.
Stephenville High School Spanish teacher Donnie Bryant said the department has created a cultural unit for the Spanish II classes. A documentary film of the occasion is shown in Spanish III.
Dia de los Muertos is extensively celebrated in Mexico. The event is also observed in the United States in larger cities such as Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Antonio, and Dallas. Tuscon's 2005 parade had over 7,000 participants.
The tradition combines native Aztec and Roman Catholic practices and beliefs. Today, people don wooden skull masks and dance in honor of their deceased relatives. The wooden skulls are placed on candlelit altars dedicated to those who have passed from this earth. Brilliantly colored flowers frame headstones. Sugar skulls are created with the names of the deceased.
Even though it coincides with the United States' Halloween, it is not the same. Part of the celebration is to visit graves the day before for cleaning and decoration. In homes, scents of incense fills the rooms and the loved one's favorite music is played. Both adult and children's costumes are finalized for the two-day celebration.
Baking special bread is another custom. Pan de Muerto is made with flour, butter, sugar, eggs, orange peel, anise, and yeast. The loaves are decorated with strips of dough symbolizing bones and topped by a small round piece to signify a teardrop. There are also candied pumpkin treats and Atole, a hot beverage.
Dia de los Muertos is a sacred and serious matter, but also a festival in a consecrated place.
SHERRY BOARDMAN is a staff writer for the Empire-Tribune and can be reached at sherry.boardman@empiretribune.com or 254-965-3124, ext. 229.


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Bank Of America Cuts Overdraft Fee
NEW YORK (AP) – Bank of America has slashed the amount it charges customers when they spend more than they have in their accounts and plans to abolish its fees on returned checks altogether.
This is the latest move by the nation's largest banks to cut the overdraft fees they have been charging customers for a long time, fees that are often hundreds of dollars a year for frequent overdraft users.
The bank, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, will cut the overdraft fees it charges clients to $ 10 from $ 35 starting in May. It will also stop charging insufficient funds fees that are charged when it declines a transaction, better known as check refund.
Although checks are no longer widely used, NSF fees can come from automatic payments such as utility bills. Bank of America, the nation's second-largest bank, says approximately 25% of its overdraft / NSF fee revenue comes from NSF fees each year. An overdraft fee typically occurs when someone makes a purchase with a debit card in excess of the available cash in their account.
Overall, Bank of America estimates the moves will cut its overdraft fee revenue by 97% from 2009 levels, a year before it began taking additional steps to curb overdraft fee revenue.
"This is the final step on our journey," said Holly O'Neill, president of retail banking at BofA, in an interview. "We have good financial solutions for clients who do not need to rely on overdraft, but we will still have overdraft if needed."
Consumer groups and policymakers welcomed the move, especially given the size of Bank of America as the largest consumer banking franchise in the country.
"I have worked to reduce or eliminate overdraft fees for 20 years and to give them credit, they really listened," said Martin X, CEO of the Center for Responsible Lending. "This could potentially lead to hundreds of millions of dollars remaining in customer accounts rather than going into commissions."
It remains to be seen whether the decision by BofA – a leader in retail banking – will force other banks to take similar measures to reduce overdraft fees.
"Banks will take different approaches. Some are going to eliminate them, reduce them, others will remain in denial of how harmful these fees are. But now they have competitive pressure, "said Lauren Saunders, deputy director of the National Consumer Rights Advocacy Center. "Any bank that doesn't seriously consider reforming its overdraft practice is just hurting itself in the long run."
The bank is also canceling two lower fees. It will no longer allow customers to overdraft their ATM accounts, and will eliminate the $ 12 commission charged to customers where a bank would automatically transfer money from one account to another to avoid overdraft, often transferring money from a long-term savings account to an ATM. initial check of clients.
Overdraft has its origins in banks providing paid services to customers who may have misbalanced their checkbook and wanted the bank to pay for the purchase. But the widespread use of debit cards has turned this courtesy into a routine source of income for banks. If the customer had no funds in the account, the $ 5 coffee could end up costing $ 35 due to overdraft fees.
Overdraft fees have become lucrative for the industry, but at the same time have made banks a target for consumer advocates and regulators. In the aftermath of the financial crisis, Democrats made the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and other regulators responsible for curbing overdraft fees. The CFPB under President Biden decided to take another look at the practice of overdraft fees.
"For many large banks, overdraft fees continue to be a stable, reliable, predictable and easy return that shareholders love," said Rohit Chopra, CFPB director in December.
Senator Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts, a longtime critic of banking practices such as overdraft fees, called BofA's announcement "a step in the right direction." Twitter…
"Big banks should eliminate these fees entirely," Warren said.
Senator Sherrod Brown, Ohio, and the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee called the BofA decision "a good first step towards getting banks to eliminate overdraft fees entirely."
Over the years, BofA has been phasing out its practice of overdraft fees. In 2010, the company got rid of the overdraft fees associated with purchases with a debit card, and in 2014 created a checking account that did not allow customers to use overdrafts. The SafeBalance account is currently the most frequently opened bank account.
But BofA and the industry in general weren't ready to get rid of overdraft fees entirely until recently. Many banks froze the fees they charged customers during the first year of the pandemic, and the industry continued to record record profits. While overdraft fees fell for the first time in six years in 2020, the industry still received more than $ 30 billion in fees from the practice that same year.
Therefore, starting in 2021, some large banks began to announce a complete waiver of overdraft fees. Ally Bank, PNC, Santander and Capital One were some of the largest regional banks to effectively eliminate overdraft fees. JPMorgan Chase has also simplified overdraft practices by giving clients more leeway to run into negative positions in their accounts before fees are charged.
Bank of America will release its fourth quarter results on January 19, giving investors and the public an idea of how much the bank is still getting for the full year from fees such as overdrafts.
Ken Sweet covers banking and consumer finance for the Associated Press. Follow him on Twitter at @kensweet.
This story has been amended to show that Lauren Saunders is the Deputy and not the Executive Director of the National Consumer Advocacy Center.
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Ventana CDD
Supervisors/Staff
Agenda – FY 2018 – 2017-12-18 – Ventana – Continued Meeting
Heather Dilley
heather.dilley@inframark.com
Kelly Timmer
11101 Ventana Groves Blvd.
kelly.timmer@inframark.com
Mon. 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm | Tues & Thurs 8:30 am – 1:30 pm | Wed & Fri 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
CDD Board Meetings
Meetings will be held at the Offices of Inframark located at 2005 Pan Am Circle, Suite 300, Tampa, FL 33607 on the following dates:
October 3, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. Cancelled
November 3, 2022 at 2:00 p.m.
November 22, 2022 at 2:00 pm - Special Meeting
December 1, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. Cancelled
March 2, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.
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June 1, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.
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August 3, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.
September 7, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. - Public Hearing & Meeting
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[ARCHIVED] Stevens Point Among America's 100 Smartest Cities
Lumosity's study used data from more than 3 million people in the U.S. between the ages of 18 and 75 who played brain-training games measuring performance across five areas: memory, processing speed, flexibility, attention, and problem solving.
Stevens Point ranked 38th in the Under 35 age group, 25th in the area of Flexibility, 4th in the Memory category, 14th in Problem Solving, and 40th in the Complete Overall Score Rankings.
An area's overall score was based on the median overall score for users in the geographic area. For the separate cognitive area lists, rankings were based on the median scaled score for each Core-based Statistical Area for each cognitive area.
Core-based Statistical Areas and Combined Statistical Areas were defined by the US Office of Management and Budget based on US Census data.
Lumosity says, "Economists and urban researchers tend to analyze the collective intelligence of cities based on socioeconomic variables like income and education levels. Lumosity published its first Smartest Cities rankings in 2012 based on our own database of users' performance on cognitive training exercises. The 2013 rankings are based on data from nearly three times as many people, with over 3 million users included in the study. We have also made some adjustments to our methods that we hope will improve the validity and reliability of our results."
See the Study's White Paper


Click to view the current South Tipperary line train timetable (link to Irish Rail website).
The station has a coffee shop, The Blue Beret Café (open 08.00-17.00 Mondays to Saturdays inclusive), waiting room (heated) and toilet facilities. Please see the News & Updates page for café menu.
Rail and bus timetable posters are displayed in the waiting hall (pictured left) and there is a leaflet rack containing rail timetables.
The station also has an eircom WiFiHub hotspot.
A postbox is located at the front of the station building.
There is platform seating, both sheltered and open-air.
The entrance to the platform is via the gate on the right hand side of the station building. The platform may also be accessed via the station building (when the station building is open).
The station has two platforms though only the platform on the station building side (platform 1) is normally used.
Clonmel railway station has an eircom WiFiHub hotspot.
The eircom website has further info and may be visited by clicking on the logo.
Several Bus Éireann routes serve the station.
For Ardfinnan, Clogheen, Ballyporeen, Mitchelstown, Fermoy take Bus Éireann local route 245. There are several journeys daily.
From Gladstone Street in the centre of Clonmel the Shamrock Bus Company operate routes to Thurles. Locations served along the routes include Cashel, Holycross, Fethard, Boherlahan, New Inn, Killenaule and Two-Mile-Borris. For full details of the routes and timetables please refer to the company's website.
Parking is currently free of charge.
It is possible to bring a bicycle by train.
The InterCity train deployed on the line has a rack with space for three bicycles in one of its carriages. In the event of a smaller Commuter train being used a passenger should remain with their bicycle in the vestibule at all times. The carriage of bicycles is at staff discretion.
The document below details rail & sea options from Clonmel to Britain via Dublin - Holyhead.
Please click here to visit this website's page about travelling by sea & rail from Rosslare.
Date of last update to this page: 1st December, 2015: update of fares info.


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Rome's Empire
Secret Haverfordwest
Series: Secret
Patricia Swales Barker
Secret Haverfordwest explores the lesser-known history of the town of Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire through a fascinating selection of stories, unusual facts and attractive photographs.
Haverfordwest is the county town of Pembrokeshire. In the Middle Ages, the town grew around its Norman castle and because of its strategic position on major routes in South West Wales from the coast soon became an important commercial centre for the area. In Secret Haverfordwest local author Patricia Swales Barker looks at the history of Haverfordwest below the surface of the town, from the changing story of its governance through the centuries, its religious and educational foundations, how its inhabitants were cared for in sickness, poverty and old age, the administration of justice through the years, to local charities, sport and leisure activities, the importance of the River Cleddau and the town's trading links, businesses and industries drawn to Haverfordwest and the stories behind its street names.
With tales of remarkable characters, unusual events and tucked away or disappeared historical buildings and locations, Secret Haverfordwest will appeal to all those with an interest in the history of this town in Pembrokeshire in South West Wales.
Haverfordwest Through Time
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Old Salem Receives the 2019 Tom Blair Legacy Grant
DataMax Foundation Grant
In support of its new Educational Initiative: LEARNING IN PLACE
Recognizing the value of sustaining top-quality educational opportunities for residents of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, DataMax Foundation has awarded Old Salem Museums & Gardens a $50,000 multi-year grant in support of its new educational Initiative Learning in Place.
"DataMax Foundation is so proud to support Old Salem in this exciting and energizing Learning in Place program. We are also proud to honor this grant by naming it our Tom Blair Legacy Grant for 2019. Tom Blair was president and CEO of DataMax Corporation for 30 years and was instrumental in the formation of our Foundation," said Emily Forrest, DataMax Foundation's Director of Philanthropy."
"Old Salem not only exudes history, but now innovation as they re-cultivate approaches to education. The Learning in Place Initiative will be an amazing asset to our community and we are enthusiastic to watch it develop," she said."
Following a strategic re-evaluation of its core mission, Old Salem has introduced a series of groundbreaking initiatives designed to expand Old Salem's history narrative. Franklin Vagnone, President & CEO of Old Salem said, "We are honored to be awarded the Tom Blair multi-year grant in support of our Learning in Place initiative. This investment will support the education of the 45,000 school children who visit Old Salem each year while also helping Old Salem contribute to the community's economic base.
"Contributions from partners who see the long-term value of our transformation are fundamental to keeping Old Salem alive and vibrant. We are grateful that DataMax is one of a growing number of corporate partners and individuals who view an investment in Old Salem's transformation as an investment in our community."
Considered one of the most innovative heritage sites in the United States, Old Salem Museums & Gardens attracts 440,000 visitors annually, including 45,000 school children. Old Salem employs about 170 full and part-time staff, has a regional economic impact of over $48 million a year and generates $3.34 million in tax revenues for the state and county. "Old Salem has an extraordinary reach and we thank DataMax for understanding that," Vagnone said.
About Learning in Place
Learning in Place takes the historic ideals of education and invites partnerships with educational institutions (elementary through higher education) to create place-based learning opportunities for students and for adult professionals seeking curriculum-based and continuing education courses taught within the historical context of the subject.
About Old Salem
Voted the 2019 #1 Tourist Attraction in North Carolina (AAA), Old Salem Museums & Gardens is a unique living history site with a tactile-driven, immersive visitor experience. Its museums—the Historic Town of Salem, the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), and the Gardens at Old Salem are quickly becoming nationally known for innovative and novel interpretive models and programs. Old Salem Museums & Gardens is located at 600 South Main Street in Winston-Salem. For more information call 336-721-7300 or visit oldsalem.org.


Twenty-nine countries signed official participation contracts at the International Participants Meeting (IPM) of Expo 2020 Dubai – an "incredible milestone" on the way to the next World Expo, according to organizers.
The signatories, which included Switzerland, Oman, and Bahrain, are among more than 150 countries that have already confirmed their intent to take part in letters to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
The official participation contract is the next stage on the road to Expo 2020 Dubai for national participants. It is signed by a country once details such as the size and location of the plot for their national pavilion and their theme have been agreed with Expo 2020 Dubai.
The signing ceremonies took place during the IPM on Thursday. More than 500 representatives from countries across the world attended the meeting, which was the largest gathering of potential Expo 2020 Dubai national participants to date.
The meeting brought together nations that have already committed to Expo 2020 plus those that are still considering participation. They were briefed about progress and plans for Expo, as well as the benefits of taking part.
Her Excellency Reem Al Hashimy, the UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation and Dubai Expo 2020 Bureau Director General, said: "Over the course of the International Participants Meeting, Expo 2020 Dubai became even more a World Expo.
"It was an incredible milestone in which we learned from each other and about each other and an opportunity for us to show the world all that has been achieved in the last 18 months.
"It was also a forum for nations to learn more, understand more, and contribute more; working together alongside us to fulfil the true potential of Expo 2020 Dubai.
"And I am delighted that our 2020 World Expo family has grown, with 15 additional countries publicly announcing their participation and a further 29 signing contracts of participation.
The IPM was organised with the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), the governing body of World Expos. It is held at intervals to update BIE member nations and other countries on Expo 2020 Dubai.
The 15 countries that publicly announced their intent to take part in the Expo during the IPM included the U.S. and Malaysia.
Dimitri Kerkentzes, Deputy Secretary General of BIE, said: "We are very grateful to Expo 2020 Dubai for having hosted such an informative and collaborative participants meeting.
The countries that signed official participation contracts at the IPM were: Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, East Timor, Grenada, Guinea, Kuwait, Lesotho, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Oman, Nauru, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Soloman Islands, Somalia, Switzerland, Togo, Tuvalu, and Yemen.
They join Luxembourg, which became the first country to formally sign earlier this month when a delegation that included His Royal Highness Prince Guillaume, Crown Prince of Luxembourg, and Her Royal Highness Princess Stéphanie, Crown Princess of Luxembourg, visited Dubai.
It will be a celebration for all, which, through its theme 'Connecting Minds, Creating the Future', will provide a platform to encourage creativity, innovation and collaboration. This is underpinned by three subthemes: Opportunity, Mobility and Sustainability.


nutrition to your dishes. It is a fairly fast growing plant that needs moist soil. Foliage has a spicy taste and is most commonly added to salads, but can be used also in soups. It is high in Vitamins A, C, and D.
Grow in very consistenly moist but well-draining soil. Avoid standing water or it will turn yellow, but don't allow the soil to go dry, either. Compared to the care of most other herbs, this one may do best in a pot of its own.


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A straw poll helps you understand what the public thinks about a given issue or person. It's an unofficial vote that can be used to help people to make more effective decisions. A poll on voting intention, for example, might help politicians understand why some voters are opting for their rival—and change what they say during the election campaign. There are two types of polls: "scientific", that use random sampling controls to get a sample that's statistically representative of a population, and "unscientific" polls that are cast out without any sampling controls. In both cases, they provide quick results for making snappy decisions. In large groups, spontaneous straw polls are used to gauge the amount of support for a particular idea.
How accurate are straw polls?
It depends how you use them. Your biggest nemesis is selection bias. In the 1936 US presidential election, The Literary Digest sent a poll to people in motor vehicle registries and telephone books, and believed the result was an accurate representation of the voting population. It wasn't. During the Great Depression, many Americans couldn't afford cars and phones, and as a result they weren't consulted in the poll. Think about how to poll an authentic cross-section of the population. Evaluate the profiles of people that use your main distribution channels, and figure out how to reach people outside those channels. Most importantly, you need the right tool. Typeform's interface is human-friendly on desktop and mobile. Plus it's effective—people engage more, leading to more responses.
What should I consider when making a quick poll?
Think carefully about your question. Aim to ask something in the most unbiased way possible. Words sway people—for example, in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum the original question: "Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country?" was changed to: "Should Scotland be an independent country?" Why? Because polling experts concluded that "do you agree" frames the question in a positive light—people don't really like disagreeing. Even for straw polls, you may also experience "first-listing bias" where the first candidate in the list gains a handful more votes than the second candidate. With Typeform's poll maker you can randomize the answers to eliminate the chance of that happening.
How do I create a online straw poll with Typeform?
Think about the demographic of your voters—the presentation of your poll needs to cater to all of them. Choose the clearest font possible, and a color scheme that's friendly to people with color blindness. A lot of voters won't be aware who the candidates are—use Typeform's Image question type to solve this problem. Decide whether you want to display photos of the candidates or their party's logo. When you make a straw poll, think short and sweet. The more data the better, and you wouldn't want to put off potential voters by asking for their life story. One or two follow-up questions could really help your campaign—you might, for example, want to ask about the issues that matter most to your respondents. Ask, listen, act.


Face to Face fundraising is an essential and highly effective part of our fundraising programme to find new supporters, committed to giving regularly, by signing up to our Sponsor a Puppy and Lucky Lottery campaigns. These provide regular donations and steady income through direct debit payments, enabling us to plan for the future.
This style of fundraising gives potential donors the opportunity to talk directly to a representative of Guide Dogs, giving them access to information about how we operate and how their money will be used to help people who are blind or partially sighted.
Face to Face fundraising is used by many charities and is highly successful. Since we began using this style of fundraising in 2001, we have recruited hundreds of thousands of new supporters through our door to door, street and private venue fundraising teams.
If you are unsure as to whether someone claiming to represent Guide Dogs is an authorised fundraiser you can contact our Supporter Care Team on 0800 953 0113 from Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm. Outside of these hours the fundraiser themselves will be able to provide you with a number you can call to check.
Door-to-door fundraising is where our fundraisers call at homes across the UK, knocking on doors to speak with people about our work and asking them to support us by signing up to Sponsor a Puppy or Lucky Lottery.
Our door teams work regionally across the UK.
Private site fundraising is where our teams visit a variety of locations such as train stations, shopping centres, supermarkets, large public events and festivals. These teams setup a Guide Dogs stand to work from and engage with people to provide them with information about Guide Dogs and to sign up supporters to Sponsor a Puppy and Lucky Lottery.
Our street fundraisers work in teams on town centre high streets throughout the UK, talking to members of the public to give them information about Guide Dogs' work and asking them to sign up to support us.
Our teams of fundraisers are highly trained and enthusiastic individuals. They are dedicated to raising money and building awareness of our commitment to making people who are blind or partially sighted more mobile.
We are committed to ensuring that our fundraisers offer a positive experience to the public when interacting with them, and are friendly, professional and helpful.
We have an in-house team of fundraisers and also work with agencies to provide additional fundraising.
We are members of the Institute of Fundraising (IoF), Fundraising Regulator, and the Fundraising Standards Board. All of our fundraisers follow the code of conduct set out by the IoF. We also utilise mystery shoppers and carry out quality calling to make sure that all of our fundraisers meet the high standards that we expect from them every day.
Guide Dogs has a team of in-house fundraisers and also chooses to work with trusted partner agencies to help deliver professional ethical fundraising on our behalf. All fundraisers working on these teams are coached by Guide Dogs to ensure they are informed about our campaigns and provide an excellent quality of service in line with our own standards.
Charity Link are a fundraising specialist who have been operating for over 20 years. They have over 250 fundraising staff working in conjunction with a few chosen charities. Charity Link are our key partner for fundraising services at national events and within private sites. They have been working with us since 2000 and in that time have helped sign up hundreds of thousands of supporters to Sponsor a Puppy.
Appco Group Support (AGS) are one of the longest-running and most experienced face-to-face donor recruitment agencies in the world, with a network of more than 4,000 fundraisers across 24 countries. AGS have been selected to partner with us and provide professional door to door fundraising services.
All of our agencies are active members of the Institute of Fundraising. We have chosen to partner with them because we know that they comply with all relevant laws and codes of practice.
You can see the locations our Door to Door fundraising teams are working this week by checking the postcodes we are due to visit.


Saturday marked the official opening of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture. To celebrate the monumental event, celebrities across the board attended the opening as guests, speakers and entertainers. From Oprah Winfrey to Jesse Williams, here's a look at some of the celebrities who celebrated this moment in time.
The Queen of Katwe reigns honoring African American culture.
Generations of Black history coming together for more.
Celebrating history with her #squad.
A night out at the National Museum of African American History & Culture.
Flavor Flav and Public Enemy rapped for social justice in the '90s and they're doing it again, now!
Rocking a little Black Girl Magic!
T.D. Jakes' daughter celebrating a historic moment.
An inspiring speech by two Hollywood greats!
A legendary musician playing at an iconic event - it just doesn't get any better.
History is always a family affair.


'Smart speakers like Amazon's Alexa or Apple's Siri are to be used by the NHS to analyse patient conversations and spot if they suicidal, it has emerged.
A new report published today into the technological future of the health service has called for trusts to embrace robots and artificial intelligence and said that London was already planning to embed AI into its mental health services to pick up those in danger of self harm.
Mental health patients can already access online programmes to aid their recovery and it is hoped they would hold conversations with 'triage bots' which would notice warning signs. Facebook has been screening users posts for suicidal thoughts since 2017 and similar technology can now pick up worrying phrases that are spoken out loud.
The report led by US academic Eric Topol said a 'technological revolution' was underway which would see 90 per cent of all NHS jobs requiring digital skills within 20 years.
Virtual reality could also be used to help reduce pain and distress for wounded patients, and treat anxiety, phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Trials are already underway in some areas, such as Oxford, where patients can receive help for a fear of heights by wearing VR goggles.
Artificial intelligence could also save time in interpreting scans such as mammograms, eye scans and pathology slides, and also improve the accuracy of diagnoses.


With both a background as a professional Comedian and a PhD in humanities, Craig Shoemakerexplains and explores the power that humor has to change and heal even the most serious of issues. He has been on Broadway, performed for four US Presidents, and has had recurring roles on network TV, solo comedy specials, hosted/produced reality television, a WGA scribe of film and sitcoms, award winning producer and is a best selling author. He began his showbiz career doubling as a bartender and comedy emcee, while putting himself through Temple University in his hometown of Philadelphia, before taking his talents to Tinsel Town in 1988. His first Hollywood break was playing the role (twice) as an entertainment reporter on ABC's "Matlock," where he worked alongside his childhood idols, Andy Griffith and Don Knotts. Craig then had the opportunity to guest star opposite fellow Philadelphian Will Smith, as a ghost boxer in a special episode of "Fresh Prince of Bel Air."This was only the beginning of what was followed by several successful TV stand-up specials and numerous co-starring roles in feature films and TV. Now "Dr. Shoe" even has a doctorate degree from Cal U of PA, and his best selling book, "LoveMaster'd," is critically acclaimed by the likes of Whoopi Goldberg and Dr. Drew Pinsky, and inspiring readers worldwide in managingthrough personal difficulties.
Craig's latest 90-minute standup special, "Daditude," aired prime time on SHOWTIME Network. His very first Comedy Central show was voted by viewers as one of the "Top 20″ specials of all time. Summer 2015, he produced and starred in the #1 album on I-Tunes, "The Last Stand (Up)." Craig's film, TV and recording credits are extensive.He recurs as Wilson Gromling, the head of the local Pawnee Tea Party, on NBC's "Parks & Recreation" had a five episode role on "The Bold & The Beautiful," was the film professor in Scream 2 and just wrapped a co-starring as "Bandit" in the movie, "Middle Man." Craig produced, wrote and starred in the Indy feature, "The LoveMaster," which won the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival.
A 30-year comedy vet, his unique style has earned him numerous awards, including "Best Male Standup" at the American Comedy Awards on ABC. His work as actor/producer for PRISM, earned Shoemaker two NATAS Emmy awards. In 2003 he founded LaughterHeals.org, a nonprofit group dedicated to using laughter as a healing modality. After a personal shift in his own life, Craig is now dedicated to comedy with PURPOSE!Most importantly, Craig is happily married to his wife Mika and is father to three sons, Justin, Jared and Jackson and toddler daughter Chloe.


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Laureato in giurisprudenza, nel 1991 è vicepretore onorario presso la Pretura circondariale di Varese. Nel 1993 inizia la sua attività politica come assessore all'urbanistica nel comune di Varese, in quota Lega Nord. Nel 1994 è eletto deputato nel collegio di Sesto Calende. Nello stesso anno entra a far parte del consiglio di amministrazione della società SEA, che si occupa della gestione degli aeroporti milanesi di Linate e Malpensa.

Due anni più tardi ricopre il ruolo di assessore ai lavori pubblici nel comune di Milano nella giunta guidata dal sindaco Marco Formentini. Dal 1997 al 1999 è presidente della SEA nel periodo dell'avvio dell'hub intercontinentale, il cui progetto aveva il nome di "Malpensa 2000". Nell'estate del 2001 viene archiviata l'inchiesta avviata dalla procura di Milano relativamente agli appalti della Sea in Argentina.

Nel 2003 riceve un avviso di garanzia da parte della Procura di Milano al quale segue un mandato di perquisizione degli uffici con l'accusa di corruzione nell'assegnazione degli appalti all'Anas di Milano, società della quale è stato anche consigliere di amministrazione fino al 2006. Entrambe le inchieste vengono archiviate senza arrivare alla fase del rinvio a giudizio.

Dal 2003 al 2004 è presidente della compagnia aerea Alitalia, su nomina del ministro Lunardi. Durante lo svolgimento dell'incarico entra più volte in conflitto con l'amministratore delegato Francesco Mengozzi.

Dal 2004 è presidente della compagnia aerea Eurofly, specializzata nel settore dei voli charter. Per l'anno fiscale 2006 ha dichiarato 488 000 euro.

A fine 2006 lascia l'Eurofly, quando il sindaco di Milano Letizia Moratti lo riporta a dirigere la società Sea, dove ricopre il doppio ruolo di presidente e amministratore delegato. Il doppio stipendio (totale 650 000 euro l'anno) è stato contestato dalla Corte dei Conti perché sopra il tetto previsto dalla legge
. Rimane alla guida di SEA fino al giugno 2013, quando viene sostituito da Pietro Modiano (ex banchiere vicino al centrosinistra).

In un documento sulle dichiarazioni patrimoniali e reddituali rese dai titolari di cariche elettive e direttive di alcuni enti, a cura della Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri ai sensi dell'art. 12 della legge 5 luglio 1982 n. 441, risulta che il manager vanti per il 2010, redditi annui pari a  €.

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Easy beauty: Mt. Cuba champions baptisia
'It's easy to work with, deer-proof, doesn't require any fertilizer and, once established, doesn't require watering.'
Easy beauty: Mt. Cuba champions baptisia 'It's easy to work with, deer-proof, doesn't require any fertilizer and, once established, doesn't require watering.' Check out this story on delawareonline.com: http://delonline.us/29SmRq0
Wilmington Published 3:17 p.m. ET July 19, 2016
Baptisia cultivars—like this cross between B. australis and B. minor—can be more compact than their wild counterparts.(Photo: Courtesy of Mt. Cuba Center)
A newly released research report from Mt. Cuba Center details the results of a four-year study of 46 selections of Baptisia, commonly called false indigo.
The study evaluated the plants' ornamental and environmental qualities for home gardeners and landscape professionals. The report concludes that Baptisia is a great garden plant – most selections tested received four or five stars – and deserves greater use by gardeners.
"Baptisia is close to perfect," said George Coombs, Mt. Cuba Center's research horticulturist —who led the trial. "It's easy to work with, deer-proof, doesn't require any fertilizer and, once established, doesn't require watering. They're disease-resistant, too. It's just so easy."
In spring, stalks of buds bloom with profuse, pea-like flowers in shades of yellow, blue, white purple or red, depending on the cultivar. These flowers support a variety of pollinators and are especially important for native bumblebees. Baptisia is attractive to the native bumble bee queen when she first emerges in the springtime and must gather lots of nectar to re-start the colony.
"It's even fantastic after blooming – people think it's a shrub," said Scott Mastrangelo, a landscape designer at Gardens Great and Small who recently designed and installed a new picnic garden at Swiatowicz Dental Associates in Pike Creek.
"I use it in almost every landscape I design," said Mastrangelo. "It's a fantastic bloomer, and I don't ever have any woodchuck problems with it. I highly recommend it."
Choosing baptisia
While it makes a great garden plant, baptisia is not commonly used. One of the reasons Coombs decided to study baptisia in Mt. Cuba Center's Trial Garden was to call attention to this perennial.
"This gives people a chance to see what the plants look like once they reach maturity," said Coombs. One reason for their lack of popularity may be their runty appearance in the garden center. Young plants may have just a couple stems sticking out of an otherwise empty pot, causing many shoppers to pass over them.
"It doesn't exactly scream 'buy me'," said Coombs. "They are slow-growing, so the ones you see in a garden center have been growing for about two years."
From seed to maturity can take around five years for baptisia but gardeners should have faith that the plants will fill out and provide long-lived beauty in the home landscape.
When selecting baptisia, however, gardeners should keep in mind the mature size of the particular plant they are considering. They can crowd-out other perennials and, once planted, they are difficult to move.
"They form fleshy roots that go very deep," said Coombs. "Some species of Baptisia are prairie plants and are used to having a deep and competitive root system."
The flowers of Baptisia resemble those of sweet pea in the 'Big Ben' cultivar. (Photo: Courtesy of Mt. Cuba Center)
Tough and pretty
That strong and resilient root system is what helps make these plants both slow-growing and long-lived.
"It puts so much of its energy into its deep root systems," said Coombs, "that it is slow to form mature clumps of foliage in the garden."
Plants require nutrients to grow. One such nutrient is nitrogen – it's a primary ingredient in most fertilizers – which most plants absorb from the soil through their roots. Baptisia has an advantage over many plants, though. Like other plants in the wide and varied legume family – which includes beans, peas, alfalfa, peanuts, clover, wisteria and more – baptisia attracts nitrogen-fixing bacteria to its roots.
These bacteria live on the roots and draw nitrogen gas – which plants can't absorb – from the atmosphere surrounding the plant, converting it into a form plants can use. Baptisia is able to absorb nitrogen through their roots like all plants do, but the added boost from the bacteria enables them to thrive in poor soils. In exchange for this service, the Baptisia plant provides the bacteria with the sugars they require. This symbiotic relationship is why baptisia can thrive in poor soils – it has round-the-clock access to fertilizer.
The catch is that this fertilizer is only available to the baptisia – it won't enrich the soil – giving it a competitive advantage over other plants.
George Coombs (center), Mt. Cuba Center's research horticulturist, headed the study of baptisia (Photo: Courtesy of Mt. Cuba Center)
Occasional floppiness
Many new baptisia cultivars – plants selected for particular attributes – are more compact versions of the wild species. Baptisia australis, for example, can grow over three feet tall and eight feet wide. In each year of Mt. Cuba Center's trial, the B. australis flopped – literally.
"It looks like they've been stomped on by an elephant," said Coombs. "The plants survive, but that's not desirable in a garden setting."
Floppiness was the deciding factor for most plants in the trial. Coombs notes that it wasn't consistent from year to year. The top-performer 'Blueberry Sundae' is a great example of a more compact, sturdy selection compared to the B. australis that performed so poorly.
If the Baptisia in your garden does flop every year, one possible solution is to cut off the top third of the foliage which should allow the stems to stand upright again. It will soon send out a new flush of foliage, though it will be smaller than before it was cut.
Baptisia blooms in a variety of colors. (Photo: Courtesy of Mt. Cuba Center)
Top-picks
A plant trial is a study where plants of the same family – in this case, Baptisia – are planted in identical conditions and observed by researchers who collect data on the plants' growth. Mt. Cuba Center's Trial Garden focuses on native plants and their cultivars, and provides gardeners and the horticulture industry with information about superior plants for the mid-Atlantic region.
The top-performing plants in the trial received high ratings for their ornamental value and adaptability. These cultivars didn't flop over and had a more constrained growth habit than the wild-growing species, which can grow four feet tall and six feet wide.
The top ten cultivars were: Baptisia 'Screamin' Yellow', B. 'Lemon Meringue', B. 'Ivory Towers', B. 'Blue Towers', B. 'Purple Smoke', B. 'Cherries Jubilee', B. 'Sunday Morning', B. 'Blueberry Sundae', B. 'Dutch Chocolate' and B. 'Crème de Menthe'.
These cultivars represent a wide range of flower color, including yellow, white, blue, purple, orange and red. Their habits also vary. Some, like B. 'Ivory Towers' and B. 'Blue Towers' grow upright in an elegant, vase-like shape while others, like B. 'Screamin' Yellow', B. 'Purple Smoke' and B. 'Dutch Chocolate' are more rounded and compact.
Nature's Landscapes is a monthly column by Mt. Cuba Center, a Delaware botanical garden that focuses on native plants with a commitment to protect the habitats that sustain them. Today's article is written by Katie Bohri, Mt. Cuba Center's marketing and communications co-ordinator.
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Driver pleads guilty in death of Saskatoon teenager Quinn Stevenson
By Aaron Streck	Global News
Posted October 16, 2014 7:00 pm
Updated June 7, 2016 3:23 pm
Watch above: Man sentenced to two years in drunk driving death of Saskatoon teen
SASKATOON – Almost 14 months after Quinn Stevenson was killed by a drunk driver, the man accused in his death, Robin Tyler John pleaded guilty Thursday in Saskatoon court.
For the first time in about 20 years, two provincial court rooms were needed to accommodate friends and family of Stevenson.
John pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing the death of the 17-year-old and was handed a two-year sentence.
While the length disappoints the Stevenson family, they say they are glad this part of their ordeal is over.
"I don't think there's any sentence that would be enough. Two years, 12 years, 25 years for us it doesn't change anything, we've lost Quinn forever. He (Robin John) has to live with what he's done, to me that's true justice," said Bonny Stevenson, Quinn's mother.
Quinn Stevenson was killed on Aug. 3, 2013 after being struck by a vehicle on College Drive.
A year later, a lengthy police investigation led officers to 26-year-old Robin Tyler John last month.
"The moment that he was charged was a real day of satisfaction for me cause at least he was no longer this person in hiding, the person that we heard all these things about, he was real, his name was in the paper, his picture was in the paper," said Bonny.
On top of the two-year prison sentence, John also received two years probation and a three-year driving ban.
"Once we determined what facts were involved, you take those particular facts you take precedent and you work on that. There's a number of factors that drive sentences up and down and this was essentially in the middle of the range and the biggest factor was the early guilty plea," said Crown Prosecutor Frank Impey.
After having to relive the collision and their feelings through victim impact statements, the Stevenson family are thankful to have some semblance of closure.
"Everyone's done what they could have done but the legal system sucks with this kind of charge and you know everyone admits it and hopefully some day it will change so another family who goes through this, they'll know there's a little bit more at the end for them," said Craig Stevenson, Quinn's father.
When asked by the court if he had anything to say to the Stevenson family, Robin Tyler John said no.
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Last week, a Q&A with US complementarian Wayne Grudem went viral on twitter. Wayne is Research Professor of Bible and Theology at Phoenix Seminary, former president of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and author of Countering the Claims of Evangelical Feminism (2010). Asked about his views on female church leaders and speakers, Wayne replied: 'I still think that a woman who serves as a pastor, preaching to both men and women, is disobeying the word of God. There are always negative consequences to that…It hasn't been the path to blessing… if a woman does this, she is opening herself up to the danger of the withdrawal of God's hand of protection and blessing on her life.' Wayne continued to argue that women pastors risked causing gender confusion in their families and even cited the example of a female pastor who was now standing trial for murder as proof of God's punishment for her disobedience to the scripture.
These views would be laughable except for the fact that Wayne Grudem is not alone and these ideas are used to suppress, exclude, limit and confine half of God's people from exercising their gifting across the world today.
Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. If they want to enquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church (NIV).
A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet (NIV).
What did Paul mean in these verses? Does a more nuanced understanding emerge when they are not taken out of biblical and cultural context?
In this passage, Paul uses the same word for silence to infer a temporary rather than universal silence.
In v 35, the Greek word for 'speak' is a derogatory word used to denote sound without meaning.
Is this evidence that Paul was trying to stop women chattering inappropriately or does it apply to all teaching and preaching?
As we don't have the original letter from Timothy which Paul was responding to, we don't know the exact concerns with the church in Ephesus. We do know that at this time, Ephesus was a morally corrupt place entrenched in Diana worship and heretical theology.
From the grammatical structure of the passage, it appears that Paul was sharing wisdom about women, men and one particular woman. Is Paul addressing a particular situation where one woman is preaching heresy and needs to be silenced – just as in his other letters, he removes unsuitable men like Hymenaeus and Alexander from teaching?
This is substantiated by Paul's other writings. In 1 Corinthians 11 he outlines how women should pray and prophesy in church and in 2 Timothy 2:2, Paul commands Timothy to entrust what he has learned to other godly people so they may teach others – he does not distinguish between men or women. Paul was also a frequent champion of godly women like Junia, Euodia, Syntyche and Priscilla who he encouraged to exercise their gifting.
So is Paul saying that women should not take inappropriate authority over others rather than banning them from all positions to authority?
We're looking forward to exploring these questions with our amazing contributors this week – Jude Trenier, Krish Kandiah, Rev Jane Day, Mel Caldicott and Bethany Moffett. Let us explore, discuss and reflect together in love and grace. As always we would love to hear from you about your own experiences. You can comment on this website below the article, share on facebook and discuss on twitter @sophianetwork using #genderinNT. We're looking forward to learning and growing together.
'Women & Teaching: what did Paul mean?' is the topic for Week III of our Gender in the New Testament series. What do you think? Share your thoughts by commenting on this blog, discussing on Facebook or tweeting @sophianetwork using #genderinNT. Let's join in the discussion together.
(Image courtesy of Paige Larson Photography).
Thanks Sophia network for putting this series together. It's going to be a tremendous help to so many women and men who are working out their understanding of God's call on their lives, in conjunction with a desire to be in fellowship with the rest of the Body of Christ... relationships that are held in a degree of tension.
Kyria applauds your forthrightness in this series.


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Leo Rondeau & Dynamite Tales
7:00 PM Tuesday, December 7, 2010
We have had some pretty interesting trips into old time music, experienced sublime traditional and progressive bluegrass, witnessed amazing modern and traditional folk music of all stripes, we have tasted some great blues, and lately some have been on sort of a streak of outstanding early county music shows.
Here comes another one, from Austin, Texas.
From the Austin UWeek
Exclusive Interview: Leo Rondeau
Back from tour, Rondeau returns to the Hole in the Wall
By David S. Lewis
The willowy dancer, her dust-blonde hair spilling out underneath the shapeless brown cowboy hat, two-stepping nearly so gracefully as she ducked the amorous advances of her partner, her eyes half-lidded, listening; behind her, on the stage, a young man, his narrow face chiseled from Badlands rock, his sharp features testament to his Native American lineage, his even-toned voice almost matter-of-factly delivering the lyrics:
'On my way I saw a cavalcade
and a mob at odds with the world
I heard clams clamoring for all of her attention
But I couldn't take my eyes off the pearl'
The mournful lyrics, a request for reunion with a old flame, belied the energetic stomp of the tune. The singer, Leo Rondeau, fresh off a three-month national tour, has returned to Austin, where he has lived and worked as a musician for six years.
Rondeau is a rarity in Austin, or anywhere, for that matter. He writes his own songs…and makes a living doing it. Now returned, he retakes his throne as the Monday house act at The Hole in the Wall.
Elsewhere in the crowded honky tonk, indie cats with tight jeans listened intently to the lyrics, while the avowed country crowd either leaned against the bar, thumbs hooked in belt loops, or crowded for space on the narrow strip of wood planking that served as the dance floor, boot heels clicking on the ancient boards, the ubiquitous Texas Two-Step the only education required to groove to the bass's sprightly thwap and Rondeau's soaring Telecaster slide, its venerable tones moving in and out of the rhythm laid down by the drums and acoustic guitar.
The Hole in the Wall has been a bastion of Austin music for decades. Formerly the stomping grounds of Texas songwriting heroes like Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, it doesn't seem to have exhausted its role as an incubator of legendary musicians…and Rondeau, seemingly poised to take full advantage of the currently popular crossover country/alt-country/indie market, might be unaware of it. When I asked him why so many indie musicians have adopted country-esque fashions and instrumentation, he seemed almost puzzled.
"I don't have a lot of perspective on that, like why people are gravitating to it, because I've always listened to country," he said. Rondeau blames his Western style on his father.
"I can't speak for everyone else, but for me, that is basically me turning into my dad," he laughed. "He always wore snaps, and cowboy boots and a hat, and he had long hair. I'm just turning into my dad."
Rondeau's family might also be somewhat responsible for his isolation from indie music and other hip genres.
"I listened to country from the first times I ever listened to music," he said. "My father and grandfather played country music. When I was in high school, I listened to some of the rock on the radio, but at the same time, I was also listening to Hank Williams, as well. I don't think that's common; I think a lot of people come into it late. Like, Vaughn, here (gesturing at the guitar player), he came up listening to punk rock."
Vaughn, originally a native of West Virginia, said that the Beach Boys, golden oldies, and punk rock were his formative genres, and that he more recently discovered folk music. A long-time guitar picker, one of his responses to that discovery was to pick up the clawhammer banjo, a ancient style of picking that pre-dates bluegrass by a hundred years. Vaughan is able to work the distinct rhythm of the clawhammer into Rondeau's songs so that it is a complement, and not a distraction, a cheery background jingling rather the usual brassy and prominent role occupied by a banjo. That, and Rondeau's lyrical style, which is mellow but memorable, his words thrown up in the air a little ways and whirled around so you think he must drop the damned things but instead each coming back down right where it needs to be, at exactly the right place…these elements make Rondeau's brand of country simultaneously timeless and unique.
Rondeau also spoke with us about Austin, on being back, and coming up country in a city that sometime neglects the genre the first made it famous.
"I pretty well only hang out with the country scene, and there is a good one," he said. "And so, since that's all I see, I think, yeah, there's a huge country scene. But there's definitely a huge indie scene, too."
Rondeau noted that while country is popular, it doesn't get as much attention.
"Just from reading papers, there's always an indie band that's getting signed from here. Country bands, they just don't get much press," he said. "Most of the press around here is more interested in indie bands…I really don't know why that is, actually. Maybe they think that country music is not edgy enough…that's just a guess, though. I really don't know. I wish that country bands were getting signed." He was quiet for a good minute, seemingly searching his brain for some bit of information.
"I was trying to think of a country band that got signed recently, and I can't think of one. That may be a reflection on the industry, as well."
Rondeau said that despite any shortcomings the city might carry, it's a great place to come up as a musician.
"For me, it's great because the creative community is awesome. I love it down here," he said. "All the friends that I have in bands are great songwriters, and they really push you creatively…I love Austin, glad to be back."
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Cost of living crisis: City MP votes to save Portsmouth families £200 on their energy bills
Stephen Morgan MP voted for Labour's plan in the House of Commons today that would save families in Portsmouth at least £200 on their energy bills.
Funded by a one-off windfall tax on North Sea Oil and Gas and higher than expected tax receipts, Labour would bring in fully costed plans now to reduce the expected price rise in April – saving most households around £200 or more, but targeted extra support to squeezed middle, pensioners and the lowest earners, receiving up to £600 off bills and preventing the increase in energy bills currently expected.
It comes following the Portsmouth MP's campaign launch last week, calling on the government to immediately remove VAT from domestic energy bills to help protect working people, as the cost-of-living crisis deepens across Portsmouth and the country.
Labour say a VAT cut on domestic energy bills – which would change the charge from 5% to zero – could have come into place as early 1st November. The tax break would be designed to support struggling families through the winter months and would be automatically deducted from their bills.
The Official Opposition also proposed in its plan that was presented to Parliament today to increase the Warm Homes Discount budget to £4bn, an additional £3.5bn, sufficient to provide a £400 Warm Home Discount to the 9.3m households who would be eligible to receive it (around a third of all households in Great Britain), as well as covering the extra administration costs (estimated at £19 per household).
The Portsmouth MP has underlined that over 10,000 working age families in his constituency of Portsmouth South – nearly half of which with children – will be affected by the government's cut to Universal Credit, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
According to analysis from Citizens Advice, 10 per cent of families in the UK – equivalent to 3.2 million households – could be facing a financial crisis this winter.
National polling by the charity has also shown that one in five people have already cut back on their food shop (19%), or used less heating (20%) to save money, demonstrating how recent changes have left many households in a vulnerable position.
Labour has said the VAT cut would offer a helping hand when people need it most, and alongside not cancelling the Universal Credit uplift, and not hitting working people and businesses with a new jobs tax, this VAT reduction is part of the party's plan to tackle the cost-of-living crisis.
The Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South, Stephen Morgan, commented:
"Energy bills, the weekly shop and taxes on the lowest earners are all up, but government is failing to support for Portsmouth families and keep them secure this winter.
"That's why Labour would give families in Portsmouth security by taking fully funded measures to save most households around £200 or more, targeting extra support on top of that for the squeezed middle, pensioners and lowest earners.
"I will continue to take action in Parliament and hold Ministers to account to provide those most at risk this winter with the help they need."
Anyone can sign up to support Stephen's campaign and his call on Government to scrap VAT on energy bills. To do so, visit: https://www.stephenmorgan.org.uk/sign-up-scrapping-vat-on-energy-bills/
11 January 2022 /by Sam Eccles
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Today is DAY THREE: Create a collage or inspiration/mood board that describes your blog.
I am in love with bright and white.
I am totally wanting to change my blog and this mood board embodies all the aspects that i want to be a part of it!
If you are able to help in any way let me know!!
What style do you have for your blog? Are you wanting to change yours as well??
Love the colors!! Can't wait to see it!
This board made me smile!
😀 i'm so glad it did!!
lovely! Those scissors & flower bouquet are amazing.
Thank you!! I just love all the aspects and want to mash 'em all up together into my own thing!
Awesome moodboard! I love that kitchen with the green stools!
Ooh, can't wait for the makeover! I don't know how to help, sorry….but I *really* can't wait until you can do this as I'm really excited to see how it will look!!!!
I really want it to happen too!!! I just want my blog to be my happy place and I want it to make others happy just looking at it!


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Playing for Keeps é o terceiro álbum de Eddie Money, lançado em 1980. Deu continuidade à grande fase de Eddie Money, desde que o mesmo lançou o primeiro álbum (Eddie Money) em 1977. Jimmy Lyon guitarra produziu das músicas "Trinidad" e "Million Dollar Girls", primeira e última faixas, respectivamente. O esforço para fazer com que esse álbum atingisse airplays em rádios foi enorme, e desapontou muitos fãs. Mesmo assim, o álbum foi um grande sucesso e não desapontou nenhum fã em termo de música. Chegou à 35ª posição no Billboard Top 200.

Outras notáveis músicas do álbum são "Let's Be Lovers Again", um dueto (com Valerie Carter), e "Get a Move On".

Lista de músicas
 Trinidad (Turner-Douglas-Money) - 5:08
 Running Back (Bryan) - 4:01
 The Wish (Money-Lyon) - 3:58
 Get a Move On (Money-Collins-Chiate) - 3:47
 When You Took My Heart (Nichols-Verdusco-Marcellino-Sieff) - 3:36
 Satin Angel (Lewark-Money) - 4:04
 Let's Be Lovers Again (Money-Lyon) - 5:54
 Nobody Knows (Nichols-Money) - 3:54
 Million Dollar Girl (Money) - 4:30

Singles
 Get A Move On (1979) #46 US
 Let's Be Lovers Again (1980) #65 US
 Running Back (1980) #78 US

Banda e participantes em algumas faixas do álbum
 Eddie Money - vocais
 John Nelson- guitarrista líder
 Jimmy Lyon - solos de guitarra nas faixas 1, 3, 5 & 8
 David Lewark - solos de guitarra nas faixas 6 & 9
 John Nelson - slide guitar na faixa 4
 Greg Douglas - guitarra na faixa 1
 Bob Glaub - contra-baixo nas faixas 2, 5, 7, 8 & 9
 Kenny Lewis - contra-baixo nas faixas 3, 4 & 6
 Lonnie Turner - contra-baixo nas faixas 1
 Randy Nichols - teclados
 Gary Mallaber - bateria / percussão nas faixas 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9
 Carmine Appice - bateria nas faixas 3 & 4
 Emilio Castillo - chifres na faixa 9
 Steve Kupka - chifres na faixa 9
 Valerie Carter - dueto no vocal na faixa "Let's Be Lovers Again

Álbuns de Eddie Money
Álbuns de 1980


Portland >> A new food delivery website, Table Delivery, was recently launched. Table Delivery is the online ordering system for all of your favorite restaurants. It was started by members of the Restaurant Marketing and Delivery Association and comes with collective knowledge and real world experience.
The way Table Delivery works is that a customer enters in his/her address into the website and a list of restaurants comes up. The list can then be separated by food category, price and even reviews.
Once the order is placed, it is sent to a local restaurant delivery company to process and deliver.
If there are two competitors for the delivery, then the customer will be given the option to choose whom he/she would like to deliver their order.
For more information or to place an order, visit www.tabledeliveries.com.
MIDDLETOWN >> Middletown Rotary Club will host Oktoberfest 2016, Thursday, Oct. 27 at 6 p.m. in the Crystal Ballroom at the Elks Club, 44 Maynard Street, Middletown.
The annual fundraiser will feature beer and wine tastings, live music, dinner and an auction.
Tickets are available at $35, $60 for a pair. For more information on obtaining tickets, visit www.MiddletownRotary.org, or email Fred Mackowitz @ fmackowitz@rddk.com or via phone, contact Trish Lambert at 860-344-1221.
Proceeds raised from this signature event allow the Middletown Rotary Club to donate more than $15,000 annually to local charities, non-profit organizations and community projects. Some of the club's ongoing local service projects include the Annual Thanksgiving Turkey Drive, Warm the Children, Student of the Month Awards, Service Above Self Student Scholarships, the Wilfredo Nieves Dictionary Project, and The Family Literacy Project.
The club also supports the international initiative to eradicate polio and ShelterBox USA which provides emergency shelter and vital supplies to support communities in the U.S. and around the world overwhelmed by disaster and humanitarian crisis.
Members of the Rotary Club of Middletown are business, social, and civic leaders who make a positive difference in their community and in the world through humanitarian service, education, high ethics, and goodwill. The club maintains its membership from those who live and/or work in Middletown as well as the surrounding towns of Cromwell, Portland, Durham, Middlefield and Higganum.
Shoreline Arts Alliance is presenting the seventeenth annual New Voices in Children's Literature: Tassy Walden Awards competition. This contest affords unpublished Connecticut authors and illustrators of children's books the opportunity to have manuscripts and portfolios reviewed by literary agents and possibly by editors and art directors at some of the major publishing houses for children's literature.
The contest is open to residents of all 169 towns in Connecticut and is the only competition of this sort in the region. To date we have successfully seen books published by more than 30 of our former winners and/or finalists.
The New Voices in Children's Literature: Tassy Walden Awards is a Connecticut statewide, juried competition opened to writers and illustrators who are not published or under contract for publication. Categories are: Picture Book (text only), Illustrated Picture Book (author and illustrator must be same person), Children's Book Illustrator Portfolio, Middle Grade Novel and Young Adult/Teen Novel.
All submitted works that meet the contest guidelines will be sent to literary agents for the first tier of judging. Works deemed outstanding will then be sent on to publishers and editors at major publishing houses for children's literature.
All submissions for this year's contest must be postmarked by February 1, 2017. Call for Entry form and guidelines are available for downloaded at www.shorelinearts.org or can be sent by calling 203-453-3890.
Additional information, FAQs, and other helpful hints may also be found at www.shorelinearts.org/tassywalden.cfm.


The Gorlok's men's basketball season ended by the pinging sound of the ref's whistle. The sound interrupted during Ahmad Smith's drive down the court with seconds left in the game and his team down by one point.
A Webster University foul turned the ball over to Illinois Wesleyan University (IWU), which then sealed IWU's 71-70 win on March 7 in the NCAA Division III tournament. The game was the Gorlok's chance to pull off a comeback win in the first round of the tournament.
Playing on IWU's home court, the Gorlok's led the game for eight minutes before IWU took the lead and pulled out to as much as an 18-point lead before the half.
It would not be until about ten and a half minutes into the second half that Webster took the lead again. Smith, a junior guard, led a comeback. The Gorlok's went on a 25-14 run to make it a 54-52 game.
Then Smith converted the 3-point shot, taking over the lead for the first time in the second half.
Webster Sophomore center Kevin Miller had nine points in the contest before fouling out in the second half. That left the bulk of the comeback effort to fall on the shoulders of Smith and Webster freshman forward Hunter Ward.
With 30 seconds left in the game, Smith retrieved the lead from IWU. After drawing a foul, Smith went to the free-throw line and made two shots, making it a 70-69 Gorlok game.
But then, a foul on Webster freshman guard Adam Etter would send IWU to the line. After converting two free throws, the Gorloks were down by one with three seconds left. Smith sprinted down the court before the whistle blew.
Webster senior center Jarrod Huskey was called for a foul, which meant Webster had to turn the ball over to IWU. With three seconds left, IWU ran down the clock and the last of Webster's season.


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Q: 404 errer due to .htaccess file I have a website. In this website I have some 404 file not found errors as per my google webmaster, although all the files are present. They are as follow:
http://firstcovers.net/http//firstcovers.net/
http://firstcovers.net/category/1/http//firstcovers.net/
http://firstcovers.net/category/8/4/http//firstcovers.net/
http://firstcovers.net/category/17/2/http//firstcovers.net/
http://firstcovers.net/category/20/2/http//firstcovers.net/
http://firstcovers.net/facebook-cover/1317/privacy.php
http://firstcovers.net/facebook-cover/1317/terms.php
http://firstcovers.net/facebook-cover/1286/privacy.php
http://firstcovers.net/facebook-cover/338/terms.php

The structure of .htaccess file is as follow:
DirectoryIndex index.html.var index.htm index.html index.shtml index.xhtml index.wml index.perl index.pl index.plx index.ppl index.cgi index.jsp index.js index.jp index.php4 index.php3 index.php index.phtml default.htm default.html home.htm index.php5 Default.html Default.htm home.html
# Use PHP5 Single php.ini as default
#AddHandler fcgid-script .php
RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^latest.html /index.php?latest=y [L]
RewriteRule ^random.html /index.php?random=y [L]
RewriteRule ^showall.html /index.php?showall=y [L]
RewriteRule ^about.html /about.php [L]
RewriteRule ^userupload.html /userupload.php [L]
RewriteRule ^get-timeline.html /how.php [L]

RewriteRule ^facebook-cover-([0-9]+).html /detailpage.php?cp=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^facebook-cover/([0-9]+)/([^/]*).html /detailpage.php?cp=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^preview/([0-9]+)/([^/]*).html /detailpage.php?preview=y&cp=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^category/([^/]*)/([^/]*).html /index.php?cat=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^category/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/([^/]*).html /index.php?cat=$1&page=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^cover-([0-9]+).html  /image.php?picID=$1 [L]
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^css/(.*\.css) /combine.php?type=css&files=$1
RewriteRule ^javascript/(.*\.js) /combine.php?type=javascript&files=$1

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/css
<FilesMatch "\\.(js|css|html|htm|php|xml)$">
# compress text, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and XML
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript

# remove browser bugs
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
Header append Vary User-Agent
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
</FilesMatch>

Header set Expires "Thu, 15 Apr 2030 20:00:00 GMT"
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER}     !^$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} .(gif|jpe?g?|png)$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER}     !^https?://([^.]+.)?firstcovers. [NC]
RewriteRule .(gif|jpe?g?|png)$ - [F,NC,L]
</ifModule>
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.google.com/reader/view/.*$ [NC]
# Requires mod_expires to be enabled.
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
# Enable expirations
ExpiresActive On
# Default directive
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 month"
# My favicon
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"
# Images
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month"
# CSS
ExpiresByType text/css "access 1 month"
# Javascript
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 year"
</IfModule>

FileETag MTime Size

I have tried my best to change the regular expression of the .htaccess file. But still I am doing some mistake. I am unable to trace that mistake.
I request the members of this site to help me.
**Thanks in advance.
Your friend.
V K Saw.**

A: For the following 404s
http://firstcovers.net/facebook-cover/1317/privacy.php
http://firstcovers.net/facebook-cover/1317/terms.php
http://firstcovers.net/facebook-cover/1286/privacy.php
http://firstcovers.net/facebook-cover/338/terms.php

Modify your facebook-cover rule to match on .php URLs as well.
RewriteRule ^facebook-cover/([0-9]+)/([^/]*)\.(php|html)$ /detailpage.php?cp=$1 [L]

The rest of the 404 links
http://firstcovers.net/http//firstcovers.net/
http://firstcovers.net/category/1/http//firstcovers.net/
http://firstcovers.net/category/8/4/http//firstcovers.net/
http://firstcovers.net/category/17/2/http//firstcovers.net/
http://firstcovers.net/category/20/2/http//firstcovers.net/

aren't being generated by your .htaccess file. Check your php code for incorrect generation of URLs. Somewhere its appending http//firstcovers.net/ at the end. You're using some custom tags (like <g:plusone>) and this could be a bug in one such tag library as well.

A: These are your provided url of 404 errors
http://firstcovers.net/http//firstcovers.net/
http://firstcovers.net/category/1/http//firstcovers.net/
http://firstcovers.net/category/8/4/http//firstcovers.net/
http://firstcovers.net/category/17/2/http//firstcovers.net/
http://firstcovers.net/category/20/2/http//firstcovers.net/
http://firstcovers.net/facebook-cover/1317/privacy.php
http://firstcovers.net/facebook-cover/1317/terms.php
http://firstcovers.net/facebook-cover/1286/privacy.php
http://firstcovers.net/facebook-cover/338/terms.php

There are two sets of problems in provided urls. Let us solve the issue one by one. The first set of urls are:
http://firstcovers.net/facebook-cover/1317/privacy.php
http://firstcovers.net/facebook-cover/1317/terms.php
http://firstcovers.net/facebook-cover/1286/privacy.php
http://firstcovers.net/facebook-cover/338/terms.php

I have visited your webpage and found the code as:
Invite
Privacy
Terms

You have to change the code to resolve your problem as under:
Invite
Privacy
Terms

In your code href="#" code is missing that is causing the problem for first set of urls. As in your urls the Invite is not included as 404 errors, thus it will resolve first set of url problem.
Second set of urls:
http://firstcovers.net/http//firstcovers.net/
http://firstcovers.net/category/1/http//firstcovers.net/
http://firstcovers.net/category/8/4/http//firstcovers.net/
http://firstcovers.net/category/17/2/http//firstcovers.net/
http://firstcovers.net/category/20/2/http//firstcovers.net/

First thing first here to mention, your website is dynamic and you are generating the sitemap through third party tools such as python script or may be other, Which in turn is accessing the apache access logs. Since, the url is unique the url is added in sitemap and there is no url thus 404 error.
There are two solutions to your problem:

*

*Either drop the un-required url such as these causing problems from sitemap. For doing that you need to view/read the third party tool documentaion.

*Wherever in url your own site name appears again you redirect them to homepage url and since you have the knowledge of regular expression thus it would not be a problem for you.

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The SlipGrip Belt Clip Holster is custom made, constructed and designed for strength and durability. The belt clip holder is constructed from High-Quality ABS plastic, with a 1.5-inch non-swivel Kydex Belt Clip. This belt clip holster is made to order and is made to fit the phone and case it is ordered for. So this is not a universal holster, this is specifically made for your device. Due to the nature and sturdiness of the belt clip, it is made to work in a landscape mode only, this product is made possible due to a large number of customer requests. PHONE & CASE ARE NOT INCLUDED. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS ARE WELCOMED. QUANTITY ORDERS ARE ACCEPTED.