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The day Jesus died
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This week Christians will remember the death and resurrection of their Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. On Good Friday they will especially remember his death. During his 3-year ministry Jesus had brought great blessing to many people through his teaching and his miracles. He made blind people to see, deaf people to hear, dumb people to speak. He healed lepers, cast out evil spirits and raised back to life people who had died. Wherever he went great crowds flocked to hear him and to be healed. Just 5 days before he died, Jesus was acclaimed by thousands of people as he entered Jerusalem riding on a donkey. But he was also hated by the religious leaders and even the people turned against him and demanded that he be crucified.
The death of Jesus was a great injustice. He was a good man, the best man who has ever lived. Pilate, the Roman Governor who condemned him, said, "I find no basis for a charge against him." One of the criminals who died alongside him said, "We are being punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong." A Roman centurion who supervised the crucifixion said, "Surely this was a righteous man."
The death of Jesus was also a great demonstration of God's love. The Apostle Paul said, "God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners." Religions teach us what we must do if we are to find acceptance with God. Our salvation depends on what we do. But Christianity tells us what God has done for us. We cannot stop sinning. Every day of our lives we break God's moral law and are, therefore, guilty before him. Yet, amazingly, Jesus, God's Son, died to take away our sins.
So Good Friday really is good because on that day we remember the best of all men who loved us so much that he died for us so that we might experience God's forgiveness. The Apostle Paul wrote, "For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people's sins against them. He gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. So, we are Christ's ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, "Come back to God!" For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ."
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Choose a good reputation
Post date July 23, 2018
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Cliff Richard has won his case against the BBC for seriously infringing his right to privacy. When the South Yorkshire police advised the BBC that they had received an allegation that Cliff sexually assaulted a child in the 1980s, the BBC covered the police search of Cliff's apartment and named him. The judge, Mr Justice Mann, ruled that naming Cliff was unlawful and awarded him substantial damages. The ruling means that an individual's right to privacy takes precedence over the public's right to know.
In interviews following the case an emotional Cliff spoke of the immense stress he has experienced, even though he has never been arrested or charged. He feels that, because he was named, his reputation has been irreparably damaged by a false accusation. He feels it is impossible to undo what has been done by the BBC naming him when the investigation had only just begun. He feels it is unjust that, after spending a lifetime trying to do the right thing, his reputation has been tarnished in the eyes of many people. At first he felt hate towards his accuser, but then prayed to God for the grace to forgive him.
Having a good reputation is more important than enjoying success, being rich or living a celebrity lifestyle. The reputations of some well-known people have been totally destroyed because they have been found guilty of terrible crimes. The book of Proverbs says, "Choose a good reputation over great riches; being held in high esteem is better than silver or gold."
Cliff has stood out in the entertainment world because of his clean image. He is known as a Christian and his life has often been scrutinised in an attempt to find some flaw or fault. Cliff became a Christian in 1966 and, at first, thought he should quit rock and roll, but was persuaded by friends to continue to sing and perform and to be a witness for Jesus in the pop music scene. He has been an ambassador for Christian relief agencies, such as TEAR Fund, and has tried to use his good name and fame to help others.
Jesus told his disciples that they would be persecuted and falsely accused, as he himself was. He told them, "God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers. Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven."
Tags ambassador, arrest, BBC, bleeding, celebrity lifestyle, charge, Christians, Cliff Richard, conversion, crimes, damages, entertainment world, esteem, evil, false accusation, fame, Forgiveness, gladness, God, gold, good name, grace, happiness, hate, heaven, injustice, investigation, Jesus, lies, mockery, Mr Justice Mann, Persecution, prayer, Proverbs, public right to know, relief agencies, reputation, reward, riches, right to privacy, rock and roll, sexual abuse, silver, South Yorkshire Police, stress, success, TEAR Fund, witness
Martin Luther King's Dream
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On 4 April 1968 Dr Martin Luther King Junior was assassinated. He was just 39 years old. He was a great civil rights leader who spoke for black people in America. At the age of 35 he received the Nobel Peace Prize and in 1963 was named Man of the Year by Time magazine. He travelled extensively and spoke passionately highlighting the injustices black people in America were suffering. He was a Baptist minister who found inspiration for his powerful speeches in the great themes of the Bible, and especially the teaching of Jesus Christ. Because of this Dr King still speaks to the injustices of our divided world.
His best-known speech, "I Have a Dream", was delivered on 28 August 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. In his speech Dr King said, "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.' I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream that one day 'every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.' When this happens we will speed up that day when all of God's children will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: 'Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!'"
Dr King knew there were serious threats to kill him. The same hope in God he inspired in others was also the foundation for his own personal hope. On the night before he died he gave a speech in Memphis, Tennessee, in which he said, "Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will and he's allowed me to go up to the mountain and I've looked over and I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land! And so I'm happy, tonight. I'm not worried about anything! I'm not fearing any man! Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!"
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Crushing guilt and true forgiveness
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The appalling case of Larry Nassar revealed how he used his position as the USA Gymnastics national team doctor and an osteopathic physician at Michigan State University to sexually abuse more than 250 women and girls over a period of 20 years. In January, Nassar pleaded guilty to sexually abusing 7 girls, including US Olympic gymnasts, and was sentenced to 175 years in prison. He had previously been sentenced to 60 years for child pornography offences and last week received an additional sentence of 40-125 years. He will spend the rest of his life in a high security prison. He will never be released.
Former gymnast Rachael Denhollander was 15 years old when Nassar began abusing her. She was the first of Nassar's victims to make allegations against him. She was also the last of more than 150 survivors to share her impact statement in court. Rachael is now a lawyer and is married with 3 children. Her statement was powerful and deeply moving.
Rachael said, "Throughout this process, I have clung to a quotation by C.S. Lewis, where he says: 'My argument against God was that the universe seems so cruel and unjust. But how did I get this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he first has some idea of straight. What was I comparing the universe to when I called it unjust?'"
"Larry, I can call what you did evil and wicked because it was. And I know it was evil and wicked because the straight line exists. The straight line is not measured based on your perception or anyone else's perception, and this means I can speak the truth about my abuse without minimisation or mitigation. And I can call it evil because I know what goodness is. And this is why I pity you. Because when a person loses the ability to define good and evil, when they cannot define evil, they can no longer define and enjoy what is truly good."
"Should you ever reach the point of truly facing what you have done, the guilt will be crushing. And that is what makes the gospel of Christ so sweet. Because it extends grace and hope and mercy where none should be found. And it will be there for you. I pray you experience the soul crushing weight of guilt, so you may someday experience true repentance and true forgiveness from God, which you need far more than forgiveness from me – though I extend that to you as well."
Tags C S Lewis, cruelty, evil, Forgiveness, God, good, gospel of Christ, grace, Guilt, high security prison, hope, impact statement, injustice, Larry Nassar, lawyer, mercy, Michigan State University, osteopathic physician, pity, pornography, Rachael Denhollander, repentance, sexual abuse, survivors, truth, universe, USA Gymnastics Team, victims, wicked
Remembering Jill Saward
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Jill Saward's funeral takes place this week at Lichfield Cathedral. Her ashes will be taken to Nefyn in North Wales, where for many years she was a member of the annual beach mission team. While she was at home with her husband, Gavin, she suffered an aneurysm, a burst blood vessel in the brain. She died two days later; she was just 51 years old. Gavin and their three adult boys have been devastated by the suddenness of her death.
In 1986, Jill was the victim of a savage rape when three men in balaclavas burst into the Ealing vicarage. They were high on drugs and drink and armed with knives. Jill's father and boyfriend were beaten unconscious, their skulls fractured. Jill, then aged 21 with no sexual experience, was repeatedly and brutally raped by two of the men. In the months that followed Jill seemed to be coping with her ordeal wonderfully well. When the men came to trial at the Old Bailey the judge, seeing Jill's air of calm and resilience, gave them lighter sentences because her trauma "had not been so great." It was a great injustice.
Beneath her calm outward demeanour, however, Jill was suffering deeply. For more than three years she experienced flashbacks and nightmares and came close to suicide on three occasions. She separated from her boyfriend and was afraid no-one would ever be interested in marrying her because she was "on the shelf, soiled goods." In 1994 she set up HURT (Help Untwist Rape Trauma), a charity to provide support for victims of sexual violence and their families, and became a counsellor.
Jill's faith in her Saviour, Jesus Christ, was a great source of strength to her. In 1998 she came face to face with the leader of the gang, who had not been involved in the rape, and forgave him. She said, "Of course, sometimes I thought it might be quite nice to be full of hatred and revenge, but you're the one who gets damaged in the end. So, although it makes you vulnerable, forgiving is actually a release. It's not whether you can or can't forgive; it's whether you will or won't. I don't think I'd be here today without my Christian faith. That's what got me through."
Jill is now in heaven where she sees her Saviour, Jesus, face to face. There is no more crying or pain and God has wiped away every tear from her eyes. May her family, in their sadness and loss, be comforted by this at the funeral service this week.
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Rules for travelling between Tier 3, 2, and 1 areas over Christmas
What the law says about travelling between areas with different tiered lockdown rules over the festive period
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The Government has reviewed its tiered system of lockdown measures as the battle against coronavirus continues across the United Kingdom.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the review today (Thursday, December 17), where all of Lancashire was kept in Tier 3 - the most severe of restrictions - for another two weeks.
Neighbouring Cumbria and Merseyside are in Tier 2.
This means that pubs and restaurants must shut in Lancashire but can open in the other two areas as long as there is table service, with alcohol only supplied to those eating a substantial meal.
Large parts of the East and South East were put into Tier 3 including Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Peterborough, the whole of Hertfordshire, Surrey with the exception of Waverley, Hastings and Rother on the Kent border of East Sussex, and Portsmouth, Gosport and Havant in Hampshire.
From December 23 to December 27, the tiered system is being put on hold with the Government allowing three households to exclusively mix over Christmas.
Social distancing must be maintained wherever possible, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said this week, with the Government also urging people not to travel between areas with differing restrictions.
But this has not been enshrined in law by Government, which is now relying on people's sensibility during the five day window.
Where you can visit in your Christmas bubble
Home Secretary Priti Patel has said people who are planning to travel between tiers over Christmas should change their plans.
Legally, you can exclusively meet up with two other households from anywhere in the country.
But the PM is urging caution over the five days, after people to be "extremely cautious" in the week beforehand and reducing time spent indoors with your bubble as much as possible.
The government rules for travel in Tier 3 state: "Avoid travelling outside of your area, including for overnight stays other than where necessary, such as for work, education, youth services, to receive medical treatment, or because of caring responsibilities.
"You can travel through other areas as part of a longer journey."
Lancashire and Cumbria's tier review dates as counties stay the same over Christmas
Key things Matt Hancock said in his statement as Lancashire Tier 3 confirmed
Staying in hotels and B&Bs
Across all of England, you can stay overnight in hospitality venues during the Christmas period.
This includes in a Tier 3 region.
If you are doing this, you can only stay with members of your own household - not your Christmas bubble.
Travelling to your Christmas bubble
Government advice says you should keep travelling to a minimum, avoiding busy routes and busy times.
If you are on public transport, avoid close contact with other people while washing or sanitising your hands on a regular basis.
You must also wear a face mask on public transport.
For those travelling abroad, the Foreign Office's advice against non-essential travel was lifted on December 2, with those living in Tier 1 and Tier 2 permitted to travel overseas for any reason.
Those in Tier 3 are advised against leaving their area unless it is to meet up with your Christmas bubble.
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Blu-ray: Skip it
Sale Price 5.99
3rd Party 5.99
Release Date: December 4th, 2012
Review Date January 14th, 2013 by Steven Cohen
Technical Specs: Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack
BD-25 Disc
Length:0
English Descriptive Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1
English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles/Captions: None
Special Features: Commentary
Making of the Car Crash
Last 3 Pages of the Script
Movie Studio: SystemX Media
When I first looked at the cover to 'APART,' and noticed that the film's title was nowhere to be found, I thought to myself, "Hmm, that's a bold choice." Considering that this is a low budget independent flick with no major stars, I'm guessing the marketing department thought that a simple yet striking graphic might actually attract potential customers more than your standard "floating heads" poster art would. And since the title isn't even presented, said consumer would then have to physically pick up the case and turn it over to actually find out what the hell it is. And since the disc is already in hand (the first step toward any purchase), there's actually a solid chance that they might just buy the damn thing. It's an audacious move -- but much like the movie's similarly ambitious cinematic flourishes, it's merely a desperate, superficial attempt to dress up an otherwise lifeless and pedestrian effort.
Told in a mixed chronology, cutting back and forth between present day and flashbacks, the film focuses on the tragic romance of childhood friends Noah (Josh Danzinger) and Emily (Olesya Rulin). Apparently stricken by a rare psychological disorder known as "madness of two," the lovers share elaborate delusions. After a mysterious fire leaves Noah in a coma, he loses most of his memory, and attempts to put the pieces back together by tracking down Emily. Unfortunately, once the two are back together, their mutual psychosis flares up again -- but could there be more to these visions than mere hallucination?
Though that synopsis might seem fairly cohesive, I assure you, the movie is anything but. The script is a nonsensical jumble of ideas and events that never come together. Nonlinear storytelling can be very compelling if done right, but director Aaron Rottinghaus lacks the skill to juggle all the moving pieces. The entire presentation ends up being needlessly confusing, and not because the story is actually complicated. It's just messy, patchy, and clunky.
The narrative tries to blend shades of 'Donnie Darko' with hints of the 'Final Destination' series, but none of the script's themes or concepts are particularly engaging. The main hook of the story revolves around a rare mental condition that's apparently backed up by actual case studies, but the film's use of this plot point is incredibly convoluted, ridiculous, and vague. Throughout much of the runtime we're supposed to be questioning whether the characters' hallucinations are just delusions, or possible premonitions. Is the couple psychic or psychotic? It's a potentially interesting dilemma, but this central quandary is very poorly setup and executed. In an apparent attempt to make up for some of these shortcomings, the director tries to cover up deficiencies in the storytelling through flashy stylistic and editing choices. But all the color correcting and slow motion in the world can't make up for stilted performances and pedestrian scripting.
I'm usually a fan of somber stories, but here the dreary aesthetic, mournful music, and histrionic characters result in an overly cold and dull experience. In the film's defense, there's certainly some merit in the visuals (particularly several striking hallucination scenes) and a few of the performances, but by and large there is an amateur feel to the entire production. Olesya Rulin is decent and seems to be giving it her all, but the writing and direction just aren't there, leading to a very forced quality. Josh Danzinger's performance is even more problematic, and the character makes for a particularly unengaging protagonist. The pair's romance is the heart of the movie, but outside of a legitimately effective scene set during a high school dance, their coupling just falls flat.
A laundry list of other problems litter the production as well -- including illogical choices, missing emotional beats, thin motivations, and utterly laughable revelations and plot twists. What's worse, the movie actually has the audacity to conclude with a particularly pretension contrivance that attempts to dress up the film's nonsensical plotting with an "intriguing" sense of ambiguity. I wasn't intrigued. Instead, I simply rolled my eyes and groaned.
I know that I've been rather hard on 'APART,' so I want to be clear that the movie does show some potential, and there are isolated moments that work fairly well. This is filmmaker Aaron Rottinghaus' first directorial effort, and much of the movie's problems stem from inexperience, and that's certainly understandable. Unfortunately, that doesn't change the film's many lofty shortcomings. Mopey, muddled, confusing, and ultimately rather pointless, the flick simply collapses under the weight of its ambitious yet poorly conceived structure. If you actually see the movie sitting on a shelf, despite what its bold, titleless cover art might imply, this really isn't even worth flipping over.
SystemX Media presents 'Apart' in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. A BD-25 disc and a separate DVD disc are both housed in a keepcase. After some logos and an annoyingly long intro with clips from the film, the disc transitions to a standard menu.
Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack
The movie is provided with a 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 transfer in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio. Shot on the Red One, the intentionally stylized video has a fairly sharp but frequently dim and very drab appearance.
The digital source is fairly clean, but noise is apparent from time to time (and an artificial grain effect is also used). Minor banding/false contouring is visible in a few shots as well. Detail is solid throughout though some sequences are softer than others. Likewise, while a few shots offer a pleasing sense of depth, the overall image is on the flat side. The color palette shifts depending on the time period depicted. Certain flashbacks have a bright, warm appearance, but the majority of the film is cast in dull, drab, undersaturated hues. While this goes along with the story's tone, it leads to a pretty underwhelming and unappealing picture. Outside of some highly stylized hallucination sequences, contrast is on the low side as well. Blacks are mostly deep, but a few shots look a tad elevated. A faintly amateur quality is also apparent in the cinematography and technical presentation, but this is understandable given the movie's low budget.
Though seemingly authentic to the source, the film's dreary style and occasional technical limitations result in an unimpressive transfer.
The film is provided with an English DTS-HD MA 5.1 track, and a DTS-HD MA 2.0 track with no subtitle options. There's a solid sense of immersion in key sequences, but the track is occasionally unbalanced.
Speech is clear but is frequently mixed a bit low and there is some minor peaking. The soundstage is relatively small, but there's a reasonable sense of atmosphere and directionality, giving an appropriate sense of ambiance to certain locations (like a school hallway). The film's frequent hallucination sequences are also quite robust, and feature some aggressive design work, wide dynamic range, and powerful low frequencies. Unfortunately, these scenes are overpowered in comparison to the rest of the mix, and the bass activity is a bit muddy.
While the track is effective, the design work lacks nuance and the low dialogue coupled with the overly bombastic effects leads to an unbalanced experience.
SystemX Media has put together a decent collection of supplements, including a commentary and deleted scenes. All of the extras are presented in 1080p with Dolby Digital 2.0 audio and no subtitle options (unless noted otherwise).
Commentary - Writer/director Aaron Rottinghaus, star Josh Danzinger, and producer Ryan Rettig sit down together for this track. The trio offers a laid back discussion and joke around a lot, but there's some solid production trivia provided as well, covering story inspirations, casting, music, and locations. Various challenges caused by budgetary and scheduling pressures are also shared, and the director is actually pretty candid about some of the movie's shortcomings and even points out scenes that he wish he could have done better. Though some plot points are slightly clarified, Rottinghaus refuses to elaborate on the ambiguous ending, which is fine by me, because I really couldn't care less.
Extended and Deleted Scenes (HD, 25 min) - Six deleted scenes are viewable separately. Some subplots are fleshed out a bit more and an alternate opening has some solid material, but for the most part, none of these sequences are all that eventful.
Making of the Crash (HD, 5 min) - Presented in 1080i, this is behind-the-scenes footage of the film's car crash stunt, showing the scene being shot from different angles.
Bloopers (HD, 2 min) - It turns out ta humorless film leads to a pretty humorless gag reel.
Last 3 Pages of the Script (HD, 2 min) - The last three pages of the original script are provided. While the ending is a little different, it's still equally stupid.
Blink (HD, 5 min) - This is a proof of concept short film that was used to attract potential investors. I'm really not sure what anyone saw in this to convince them to pony up any money.
Trailer (HD, 2 min) - The film's trailer is presented with DTS-HD MA 2.0 sound.
'APART' is a muddled, dull, stilted, and pedestrian effort. The characters are unengaging, and the thin plot is a jumbled, dreary mess. There's some potential here, but unfortunately, none of the movie's various pieces ever come together. The video is decent but dim and frequently unappealing, and while the audio has a fair sense of immersion, the sound design is unbalanced. The included supplements are solid but nothing to get too excited about. This is one most will be better off just skipping.


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Craigavon Lakes Local Nature Reserve
Craigavon Lakes were created during the early 1970's when an area of low lying, poorly drained land was excavated to create the two lakes which we see today. The South Lake was designed to act as a balancing lake, releasing rainwater collected from the built up areas of Craigavon at a controlled rate into streams which flow into Lough Neagh.
The Lakes were also intended to provide recreational opportunities for the population of the newly developed area of central Craigavon. During the late 1990's over ten thousand trees were planted creating the new woodland around the lakes. In 2008 much of the site, including the North Lake, was designated as a Local Nature Reserve.Between the two lakes, on either side of the railway line, is an important area of species rich grassland.
This part of the Nature Reserve contains areas of wet meadow and dry grassland which can be seen close together, each providing a home for different types of plants and animals. Some of the more common plants which can be found here include Ox-eye Daisy, Common Spotted Orchid, Birds Foot Trefoil, Sweet Vernal Grass and Knapweed. A number of species of particular importance can also be seen here including Bee Orchids.
Bee Orchids
The land in this part of the Reserve has had large quantities of limestone waste deposited on it in the past creating conditions which are ideal for the growth of Bee Orchids. The colony of Bee Orchids at Craigavon Lakes is reputed to be the largest colony in Ireland with over 1000 plants having been recorded in the area.
The diverse range of plants which are present in this area attracts a variety of insects and butterflies. These include butterflies such as the Common Blue, Small Heath, Small Tortoiseshell and occasionally the Clouded Yellow. The large day flying Narrow Bordered Five-spot Burnet Moth with its dramatic colouration can frequently be seen. Bats, Foxes, and Rabbits can also be spotted.
One of the most important species of butterfly which can be found on the site is the Real's Wood White butterfly, which has recently been identified as a separate species from the Wood White. The largest population of this butterfly in the UK can be found at Craigavon Lakes. It breeds in open habitats such as rough grassland, areas of light scrub, flower rich meadows, and road verges, all of which can be found within the Reserve. Plants such as Birds Foot Trefoil and Tufted Vetch act as food plants and sites on which the Real's Wood White lays their eggs.
The rich habitat in the Nature Reserve also attracts a wide range of birds. Stonechats, Robins, Siskins, Willow Warblers, and Chaffinches are just a few of the birds which regularly nest and feed here. Mute Swans, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Golden Eye, Coots and many other wetland birds can often be seen on both of the Lakes. Cormorants roost among the trees on the islands.


Use apple corer to cut apples into slices. Place one slice of apple and one cheese cube on a toothpick to make three fruit-n-cheese picks.
This will also work with red or green grapes, but keep in mind that grapes are a choking hazard for children under three.
Add a glass of milk or water and you're set for snack time.


Xfinity in 06023 (East Berlin, CT) is available to an estimated 100% of households. The company offers East Berlin and 06023 residents the fastest download speeds up to 200 Mbps, upload speeds up to 10 Mbps, and prices range from $29.99 to $89.95 per month. Click here to see Xfinity coverage map for 06023 ZIP code.
Frontier in 06023 (East Berlin, CT) is available to an estimated 100% of households. The company offers East Berlin and 06023 residents download speeds from 24 to 115 Mbps, the fastest upload speeds from 2 to 12 Mbps, and prices range from $30.00 to $50.00 per month. Click here to see Frontier coverage map for 06023 ZIP code.
Hughes Network Systems (HughesNet) is a satellite internet provider and available anywhere in 06023 with a clear view of the southern sky. The company offers East Berlin and 06023 residents download speeds up to 25 Mbps, upload speeds up to 3 Mbps, and prices range from $39.99 to $129.99 per month.
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Frontier Business in 06023 (East Berlin, CT) is available to an estimated 100% of people. Click here to see Frontier coverage map for 06023 ZIP code.
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What is the best internet provider near East Berlin?
Who has the fastest internet in East Berlin?
06023 in East Berlin, CT is serviced by seventeen residential, business and mobile internet providers, but there are only two main internet service providers: Xfinity and Frontier. Two additional satellite internet providers offer internet service too. Prices for internet in the area start at $29.99 per month. Xfinity and Frontier are the best, fast, and most commonly available providers.


Waterlilies grow from pots deep in the pond.
Watching as your newly completed pond fills with water, your next step is to prepare the plants for installation. A well-designed water garden contains a variety of water-loving rhizomes, perennials, reeds, rushes, lotus and lilies to oxygenate the water. Most aquatic and bog plants thrive in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 through 9, depending on the variety. While many submerged plants don't require potting or special care, some aquatic plants, such as the yellow pondlily (Nuphar polysepala), common rush (Juncus patens) and dwarf papyrus (Cyperus papyrus "Little Egypt"), grow best when their roots are submerged in water.
Unlike a standard lightweight potting mix, aquatic plants require a heavy clay mixture that will remain solidly in the plastic flowerpot. If the soil in your yard is clay, simply dig up a few shovelfuls and place them in a flowerpot or dish pan. A loam or sandy soil may require the addition of unscented clay kitty litter. Mix equal parts of soil and kitty litter to produce the heavy base needed for a pond plant. In addition, if your soil is poor, two or three slow-release fertilizer tabs inserted into the soil will feed the plants' roots.
Whether you are planting an aquatic or bog plant, the planting procedure is similar to any potted plant. Dig a hole in the center of the flowerpot, deep enough to cover the plant's roots. Place the plant into the soil at the same depth as in the original grower's pot. Gently tamp the soil over the roots. When planting rhizomes, insert the bulb at or barely below the surface of the soil. Smooth the soil over the rhizome and tamp gently.
If you're also raising koi or other fish, your plants require protection. Koi eat the foliage and roots of plants. To prevent them from nudging the soil out of the way and devouring your plants' roots, place several large rocks over the soil. Don't cover the leaves or eyes on the rhizomes with the rocks; the foliage must reach the surface of the water for the plant to survive. Some sources recommend covering the soil with pea gravel, but it is not a barrier to a determined and hungry koi.
Fill a large tub with water and check its temperature. Hardy aquatic plants tolerate temperatures as low as 55 degrees Fahrenheit, while tropical aquatics require temperatures above 70 F to sprout and thrive. By sinking each plant into a tub of water for several hours or days, the loose soil in the flowerpot will settle, keeping your pond mud-free. It also gives the rhizomes a chance to sprout before exposing them to the pond environment.
Before moving the flowerpots into the pond, determine the appropriate depth for each plant. Put upside-down buckets or large rocks under each flowerpot to place it at the correct depth for that particular plant. Bog plants are usually placed with the soil's surface, between 1 to 6 inches under the water, while aquatics such as lilies may be placed 1 to 3 feet deep.
de, Ruth. "Planting Instructions for Pond Plants." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/planting-instructions-pond-plants-50390.html. Accessed 22 April 2019.


It's no secret that I absolutely loved Gretchen Rubin's book, The Happiness Project. (Her second book, Happier at Home, is also one of my favorites!) And one thing that has stuck with me since I first picked it up, is her love of creating new traditions. It doesn't necessarily have to be something expensive, fancy, or impressive to anyone-but-you. It's more about giving your family something to look forward to…something that is special to your own heart.
These days, I'm trying to think simpler and smaller when it comes to traditions. Which is a good thing, for sure—especially because if I don't think simple and small, I end up feeling too much pressure and do nothing at all.
One of Gretchen's little family traditions is to frame a photo of her daughters in their Halloween costumes each year. Instead of putting these photos away in an album that is rarely seen, every October she brings them out for everyone to look at and enjoy. I thought that it was such a sweet idea—and this year I decided to do it myself! Granted, I only have two photos of Eisley thus far (and last year we didn't even technically go out for Halloween, but I'm sure glad I thought to snap a photo of Eisley in her Queen of Hearts outfit!), but I already know how much I'm going to love taking these frames out each year and admiring costumes of Octobers past.
I'm so excited for the upcoming holiday season, I can hardly handle it. October is right around the corner, and I feel like the rest of this year is going to be quite wonderful.
Ah, great idea. I need to read that book again!
aw what a sweet idea & such a cute way to decorate.


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Le Championnat de Birmanie de football 2019 est la douzième édition de la Myanmar National League. Les douze meilleurs clubs du pays sont regroupés au sein d'une poule unique où ils s'affrontent deux fois, à domicile et à l'extérieur. Les deux derniers du classement final sont relégués et remplacés par les deux meilleurs clubs de D2.

GFA FC, relégable la saison passée, se renomme Chinland Football Club et profite du désistement de Royal Thanlyin de participer à la Myanmar National League 2019.

Le club de Yangon United est le tenant du titre.

Qualifications continentales
Le champion de Birmanie se qualifie pour le tour préliminaire de la Ligue des champions de l'AFC, le vainqueur de la Coupe de Birmanie se qualifie pour la Coupe de l'AFC 2020.

Les clubs participants

Compétition
Le barème utilisé pour établir le classement est le suivant :
 Victoire : 3 points
 Match nul : 1 point
 Défaite : 0 point

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Références

Liens internes
 Championnat de Birmanie de football

Liens externes
  Classements complets de la saison sur RSSSF
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I'm the only person awake in our Little Rock hotel room (I assume; James is definitely asleep next to me and I'm sure if a kid was awake they'd have told me by now). I don't sleep well in hotels, so I've found it's best to not really even try. So blogging it is! Plus I love reading back over our trips and I've found if I don't stay on top of things it's REALLY hard to go back later and fill in the travelogue. Life picks right back up when you're home, usually even faster than before, and it's hard to blog backwards when you're drowning in laundry and grocery shopping lists.
So, today was Hot Springs! We left one hour later than we planned, but it was daylight savings time, so I feel like that counts as right on time. The drive was easy and the kids were delighted when we hit our first new state only 3 hours into the trip.
Rub-a-Dub-Dub, Three Kids in a Tub!
We pulled up to a free Sunday meter spot on Central Parkway in the heart of downtown historical Hot Springs right at 2 p.m. Unsure of what to expect in this preserved, antique version of a national park, I'd just turned to the kids and said, "now this won't be a trip where you just get to run around and climb on stuff."
Five seconds later they had run across the park by our car and climbed up this giant boulder. Of course.
And then right next to the boulder was a hot spring! Just right there for you to touch it!
Touch it and then yank your hand back because it's 143 degrees and that's really hot after about 2 seconds. Even for someone who takes scalding hot baths like I do.
And right next door to that was our fist historic bath house, now turned brewery where we stopped for snacks and beer later in the day. We continued down Bath House Row - they're all so different and look so well preserved. Most were built in the late 1800's and early 1900's and you can just picture people strolling up and down the sidewalk between treatments.
The Fordyce Bath House, built in 1915, now serves as the National Park's Visitor's Center. The park is free, so you can just walk in.
It is incredibly well preserved and you can roam through treatment rooms, changing rooms, salons, galleries, spa rooms, and even a gymnasium. It was wonderful and the kids loved it.
We watched the short film in the ground floor which gave them a lot of context for what they were seeing and then they got their Junior Ranger packets and got to work.
I really couldn't get over how amazing everything looked - the NPS has done an incredible job and there's just enough information presented about each room as you roam through the 4-story house.
James got a big kick out of the gym while I fell in love with the stained glass.
We finally emerged to roam more of the Row, stopping to admire the houses, read their information plaques, and fill out whatever was needed in the kids' ranger packets. We also found the gift shop, located in another historic Bath House, and so obviously the kids had to touch every single thing in there.
We stopped at a hot springs fed fountain for a drink and James forgot the water comes out of the tap at 143 degrees.
... and that's a little hot to splash from your hands straight into your mouth. Luckily we had my Yeti to fill and we all got a sip. It's delicious. We filled all our water bottles on the way out for the car ride tomorrow.
At the end of the row there's an entrance into the Promenade that was built over the river for the fancy men and women to stroll between their treatments. The kids ran, we strolled, the weather was perfection, and I wished there was a bath treatment somewhere in my future. We saw several of the 47 separate hot springs along the way. Most are now covered to preserve them and keep them clean and uncontaminated, but some of it seeps out and you can feel the warm puddles.
We looped back to the Fordyce so the kids could turn in their packets and take the vows as a Junior Ranger. I adore Park Rangers and this one was perfection.
Obviously I cried during the pledge. I do it every time. I just take these words very seriously, "I promise to teach others about what I learned today, explore other parks and historic sites, and help preserve and protect these places so future generations can enjoy them"
That's literally what we're trying to do with our kids, and what we hope they do with their next generation. These parks are a legacy.
We roamed back towards the park and the Bath House turned Brewery, stopping in for a flight of beer and a delicious giant pretzel and boursin/pesto/tomato appetizer I'm determined to recreate at home. The kids got to climb their boulder one (six) more times and then we piled back in to drive to our hotel in Little Rock, putting us one hour closer to our Mammoth Cave adventures tomorrow and right next door to a tasty pizza place we stopped for dinner tonight.
It was a great day. Three hours in Hot Springs was perfect and I highly recommend it if you're ever driving through (or anywhere near! Lake Ouachita and a million other gorgeous Ozarks destinations are over here, just head to any one of them!). One park checked, three to go - we're so excited to be on our way!
At the risk of sounding like a creepy internet stalker, I have read a LOT of your blog over the past month or so. It's been a stressful few weeks, with a lot of work pressures and some other stuff going on, and reading your blog has been such a source of happiness and delight. It's like sitting down each night to read a happy little novel, and after reading all your ups and downs and holidays and vacations, I feel such a camaraderie with your little family in Fort Worth!
I'm 28, and my husband and I are both really devoted to our careers. I wouldn't really consider myself a "kid person" but I would like to have one (mayyyybe two). So much of the internet/cultural conversation about parenting is somewhat negative ("it's torturous! but worth it! but also really torturous!"), and it has been SUCH a breath of fresh air to get a tiny glimpse into your life as a parent who seems to genuinely enjoy your children. It's honestly made me excited for my future child(ren), fertility willing, and I thank you for that.
Do it. I was 28 when my daughter was born (and married almost 10 years). I kept hearing the "it's terrible but worth it" and couldn't make the decision to take the plunge It's not "terrible but worth it." It's just worth it, being a mom is the best!
Meg and The Dauterives, those were such sweet comments! Meg, I meant to write you on Monday, but our internet has been super spotty. I so appreciate it when people I don't even know take the time to write such thoughtful things. Gave me such a huge smile as we were packing up the hotel room to press on with our trek! And The Dauterives, I think you gain more stamina as your days get longer and busier with older kids, and the kids get easier too (physically, anyway!). But mostly we figure since kids are kind of a hassle wherever you are, you might as well take them somewhere you want to go and have them be a hassle there! And it's so fun to explore the world through their eyes :). Thanks again you guys!
I, too, always cry when my children take their Junior Ranger oath. It's the best. I'm very embarassed to say that despite living most of my life in KY and now raising my children here, I've never been to Mammoth Caves. We keep talking about going as there really is no good excuse! I'm excited to hear your report.
WE LOVED MAMMOTH CAVE! I'm working on a post right now, but we're driving through the Great Smokies and the internet from my hot spot is quite hot spotty. But you must go, we really enjoyed it!
So jealous it's already your Spring Break! Have fun and wave NW at me when you're in Atlanta!
Hot Springs is my hometown! We are so proud of our national park there!!!! Did you get to taste the water at the cool spring, Happy Hollow? It's my fave for drinking. Have a great week.
We loved your national park! And we did not find the cool spring but it would have been nice since James and each of my children were determined to burn themselves trying to drink out of the hot ones. Next time!


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Spasojevic carries UMBC over Penn State-York 89-57
Associated Press December 30, 2019
BALTIMORE (AP) — Dimitrije Spasojevic had 16 points off the bench to carry Maryland-Baltimore County to an 89-57 win over Penn State York on Monday.
UMBC outscored the Nittany Lions 44-16 in the paint and 29-8 in bench points. UMBC shot 64% from the floor, including 70% in the first half, and held Penn State York to 38% overall.
L.J. Owens had 15 points for Maryland-Baltimore County (7-8). Daniel Akin added 13 points, and Brandon Horvath had 12 points. Spasojevic made 8 of 10 shots.
Johnathon Gillespie had 18 points for the Nittany Lions. Richard Grant added 14 points and Michael Coleman had 10 points. The game did not count against Penn State York's record.
Maryland-Baltimore County faces UMass Lowell at home on Saturday.
Raiders have moved out of Oakland: 'Today, Las Vegas officially becomes our nation's capital'
Boko Imama, target of slur in AHL, releases statement about incident
Freddie Kitchens "not a lock" to end up on Giants staff
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« Short shot #11: haul-fail
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Short shot #12: spotted dick
Ian Preston relays a story from the British press about the renaming of the suet pudding commonly known as "Spotted Dick" — on the menu of the Flintshire council canteen (in Mold). The BBC story of September 8 is here; additional reports in the Telegraph here and the Sun here.
Staff were reported as making the change — to "Spotted Richard" (alternatively, "Sultana Sponge") — because customers were making crude innuendos and rude remarks about the traditional name.
Cries of "political correctness" (on the part of official bodies) and the like ensued.
The BBC story had a sidebar about the return, back in 2002, of Spotted Dick to the Gloucestershire hospitals' menus, after a period of Spotted Richard.
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3 Responses to "Short shot #12: spotted dick"
mollymooly Says:
"Spotted Richard" is such a total fail it must be a false flag operation. Ostentatious avoidance is a form of emphasis.
hsgudnason Says:
This reminds me of a very enjoyable book I read once by an Englishman who ran a British restaurant in Lyon, France. The title was Spotted Dick, S'il Vous Plaît.
Ian Preston Says:
More background and an update appear in today's news : "The council now says the pudding will revert to its traditional name. But it has warned any customers who act in a 'childish way' to behave themselves or be refused food."


Home » General » Land of the Dawn-Lit Mountains published 15 June!
Land of the Dawn-Lit Mountains published 15 June!
It's been a while (ahem, a year in fact) since I last tapped out a blog. Apologies for such a sinfully long absence. However, since I spent the majority of 2016 sweating over my laptop in a shepherd's hut in Somerset, there wasn't much to report. But now I am delighted to say that Land of the Dawn Lit Mountains: A journey across Arunachal Pradesh – India's forgotten frontier is now FINISHED. Hoorah! The finished copies came back from the printers a few days ago and will be published by Simon & Schuster UK and Simon & Schuster India on 15 June 2017. That's just a month away. Double Hoorah! And if you're really keen you can pre-order it on Amazon here.
I'll be gadding around the country this summer and autumn doing talks, launch events and festivals, with more dates being added all the time. To see where I'll be, have a goggle at my talks page here. And if you'd like to book me for an event then drop me a line here.
Marley and I are mid-way through an exploratory mission in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, setting up new expeditions for our small but fast-growing company Edge Expeditions. We've celebrated the Queen's birthday at the British Ambassador's residence in Dushanbe, stood on blustery mountains in the far east of Tajikistan, seen Marco Polo sheep, eaten more instant noodles than is decent (being a vegetarian in Central Asia isn't always easy), attempted to cure bronchitis with large shots of vodka and are now mildly perspiring in the spring heat of Bishkek. Next week we're off to explore the east of Kyrgyzstan on two-wheels before jetting home to prepare for my book launch. After a stint in the Pamirs, this girl needs at least two weeks to sort her hair out pre-launch.
More news soon, and hope to see you on the road somewhere.


ok.. - Nekomimi Lisa: Project LIFE!
i really need to get out tonight. even to just walk around or something. i cant stay in or...ill just...something. i contacted a couple of friends, but everyone is busy or in school or flying off to Miami. maybe ill walk a couple of blocks over to a new bar. It's guitar hero night at the one nearby and then the other one, as i discovered, is super boring for a single gal to hang out at..cause everyone is in couple or unsocialized friend groups. good hooegarden there tho. damn it.
someone told me recently, as i was fishing around for advice like a grizzly bear, that when these kinds of surgical life separations happen, it's time to focus on the art. so, thats what Im gonna do. and get drunk. and wear cat ears. maybe not in that order.
I have been a fan of this Lady for a long long time. But tonight, her minions (you can read that as her "Ops" on her chat environment) have run me away. Absolute power corrupts and power corrupts absolutely. I only blame Lisa for not being human and trusting those she loves.


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My solo exhibition proposal was accepted at Artspace Gallery in Richmond, VA. The show will open Friday, January 28th in conjunction with 4th Friday and will run through February 18th.
I'm still finalizing everything for the show, I will upload my sketches soon. I have a general direction and overall layout but I'm still working on the details.
I will have one large scale piece consisting of 55 small book forms individual cast in epoxy resin and mounted together on a 6hx3w panel. This piece will be similar to Archaic Inquiry: Serial Dilution except that is will be orientated vertically and much larger in scale.
I am also planning several groups of individual pieces that hang and are viewed as an installation unit, but can be sold separately. The first grouping of 24 pieces will be created from individual book forms cast in epoxy resin using 2 inch diameter mold. The units create in Archaic Inquiry: kənˈsentrik dəˈstôrSH(ə)n will be incorporated into this installation, except they will no long be mounted as one single unit, but rather individual pieces. Each form will be mounted to a 6"x6"panel, which will be arranged in 3 horizontal rows of 8 with 6" of space between each piece.
The 2nd installation grouping will be my dīˈsekSH(ə)n series. Each dissection sample will be mounted to a plexiglass panel which will stand about 3 inches from the frame in order to allow light to pass through the piece and highlight the dissected forms, much like viewing microscope sample. This grouping will consist of 28 dissected sections each mounted to a 6"x6" frame arranged in two horizontal rows of 14 with 6" of space between each piece.
Biopsy Recommended will consist of 4 to 5 piece. Each will be a dome structure (7" diameter / 6.5" height) mounted to a 12"x12" frame. The colors and level of distortion will be based on my individual experience with biopsy recommendations.
I have several other ideas for the rest of the space. These concepts are still in the prototype stage, but are related to my dissected inquiry process. The first prototype I have experimented with uses the process of dissecting cylinder along the horizontal axis making round disk forms (similar to what will be displaced in the dissected inquiry series). These pieces will not be displayed separately but rather stacked together to create a large sculpture as seen in Adaptation Prototype (reappropriation). I will also be dissecting the cylinder structure along the vertical access creating landscape like plates or rectangular structures (dissection core sample).


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Spend 3 nights tracking Africa's Big 5 at the Phinda Game Reserve, followed by 4 nights of exploring some of South Africa's most beautiful and pristine coastline in KwaZulu Natal.
From Durban, collect your rental car and drive to the world famous Phinda Game Reserve, for the start of your KwaZulu Natal safari. Comprising an impressive 23 000 hectares of prime wilderness land, Phinda Game Reserve is home to a wide variety of wildlife, including Africa's Big-5 (lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino), endangered black rhino, and around 415 bird species.
This is a conservation marvel as this land has been reclaimed from farmland. On your KwaZulu Natal safari catch a glimpse of the reclusive suni antelope or the gracious nyala. Track the movements of the endangered rhino and observe the fascinating African elephant, as herds of these majestic gentle giants meander through the African bush.
After Your KwaZulu Natal safari, you will drive to your lodge situated in the Elephant Coast. The pristine Elephant Coast comprises tranquil swimming bays, shimmering lakes, coastal forests and clear warm waters, which offers some of the best snorkelling and scuba diving in South Africa and exciting encounters with huge shoals of fish, dolphins and whales. During the months of October to January you will have the opportunity to see Loggerhead and Leatherback turtles laying their eggs, and the hatchlings appearing in February. Expect to relax and soak up the sun here, waters are warm and the temperature very pleasant.
After eight days of rest and relaxation, you return to Durban for the end of your KwaZulu holiday.
Please note: this is a year round travel itinerary and also available during the winter months of South Africa (March to October) when the rest of the country is experiencing cold.


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Love & freindship [sic] and other early works : now first printed from the original ms.
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Organization and Administration
The University Senate
The first Bylaws to contain a description of the University Senate and an outline of its powers and duties appeared in 1899. Since that time the importance and the influence of the Senate have grown steadily. The Bylaws approved by the Board of Trustees on May 27, 1968, were the first to provide for multiple faculty representation according to the size of each school's faculty. The Bylaws approved by the Board of Trustees on June 11, 2014, effective September 1, 2014 and amended December 9, 2015, delineated three categories of faculty—the Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty, the Full-Time Continuing Contract Faculty, and Other Faculty—and established separate faculty councils for the first two categories, each having multiple faculty representation generally based on the size of each school's faculty. (Those interested in complete details are referred to the relevant Bylaws of the University—Chapters VII and VIII.) The Senate Rules of Procedure provide detail about membership, meetings, and committees.
In summary, the University Senate is empowered to act upon "educational matters and regulations of the academic community that affect more than one school." Senate decisions in such matters are binding upon all faculties unless overruled by the Board of Trustees on an appeal lodged by a faculty. University-wide commissions report their findings and recommendations to the Senate. In addition, it is the deliberative body of the University for academic policies, structure, and procedures, including proposals for changes; it is concerned with the academic program and structure, personnel and budgetary policies, development of facilities, and community, professional, and educational relations of the University. It makes recommendations to the President and Chancellor, and, through the President and Chancellor, to the Board of Trustees concerning the policies and practices of the University. The Senate may also make recommendations for consideration by each of the faculties concerning their internal educational programs and policies. The Senate is authorized to define the educational terms used in catalogs, bulletins, and other announcements, upon which it may also make advisory recommendations; it is responsible for fixing the academic calendar and determining the length of terms and vacations, for arranging the Commencement exercises, and for establishing regulations on academic costume.
Section 61 of the University Bylaws reads as follows: "The Senate will consist of the President and Chancellor, and not more than one hundred and thirty-eight voting members as follows: (a) not more than thirty-eight members of the Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty Senators Council, including one representative of the Division of the Libraries of the University; (b) not more than twenty-nine members of the Full-Time Continuing Contract Faculty Council, including one representative of the Division of the Libraries of the University; (c) not more than twenty-one academic members of the Deans Council; (d) not more than thirty-eight members of the Student Senators Council; (e) not more than seven representatives of the Administrative Management Council; and (f) not more than five senior members of the administration of the University, including the President and Chancellor, the Provost, The Executive Vice President, if there is one, the Executive Vice President for Health, the Secretary and General Counsel, or such other senior members of the administrators of the University as may from time to time be designated by the President and Chancellor."
The faculty members for each of the two faculty senators councils are elected—one or more per school, college, and Abu Dhabi and Shanghai portal campuses—from the faculties of the constituent schools of the University listed in Section 73 of the University Bylaws, and from the Abu Dhabi and Shanghai portal campuses, generally according to the number of full-time members in their respective faculties. (For this and other purposes, the faculties of the School of Medicine and of the Post-Graduate Medical School are regarded as one medical faculty, the faculties of the College of Arts and Science and the Graduate School of Arts and Science are regarded as one faculty, the faculties of the College of Dentistry, the Rory Meyers College of Nursing, and the College of Global Public Health are regarded as one faculty, and the faculties of the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Undergraduate College and Graduate Division are regarded as one faculty.) The deans and the vice chancellors of the Abu Dhabi and Shanghai portal campuses hold their seats Ex Officio. One student Senator is elected annually from each school, college, and the Abu Dhabi and Shanghai portal campuses, except that for this purpose the School of Medicine and Post-Graduate Medical School are considered one school. In addition, up to fourteen student Senators may be appointed at large by the Executive Committee of the Senate with the advice and consent of the regular student Senators. The Administrative Management Council is comprised of six representatives from the professional and administrative staffs of each college, school, and division of the University.
Some understanding of how the Senate functions may be gained by considering its Councils and the structure and interests of its committee system. The faculty Senators from the Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty constitute the Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty Senators Council and the faculty Senators from the Full-Time Continuing Contract Faculty constitute the Full-Time Continuing Contract Faculty Senators Council; school deans and the vice chancellors of the Abu Dhabi and Shanghai campuses belong to the Deans Council; the students are organized as the Student Senators Council; and professional and administrative staff are organized as the Administrative Management Council. All these groups meet regularly, apart from the full Senate, to discuss matters of concern to their respective areas of interest, and their reports and recommendations are regularly brought to the attention of the full body.
The standing committees of the Senate, all of which include members drawn from the Councils comprising the Senate, as well as appropriate administrative members of the Senate are: the Executive Committee; the Academic Affairs Committee; the Financial Affairs Committee; the Organization and Governance Committee; the Public Affairs Committee; and the Community Standards Committee. The Executive Committee, composed of the President and Chancellor, the chairpersons of the Councils, and the Secretary of the Senate who is a non-voting member, appoints the members of the Standing Committees of the Senate, elects the officers of the Senate, is authorized to act on urgent matters that may arise at times when the full Senate cannot be convened, and is empowered to refer topics to Senate committees and to appropriate offices of the University.
Section 63 of the University Bylaws provides that the Senate normally meets monthly during the months of October, November, December, February, March, and April in accordance with a schedule adopted by the Senate. At the call of the President and Chancellor or when requested in writing by at least six members of the Senate, including at least one representative of each of the Students Senators Council, the Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty Senators Council, the Full-Time Continuing Contract Faculty Senators Council, the Administrative Management Council, the Deans Council, and University Senior Administration (as defined in Section 61), the Secretary is required to call a special meeting on 24 hours' notice, specifying the purpose of the meeting.
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We are seeking to establish a supportive network for Indigenous men and youth in the greater Belmont area, focussing on strengthening culture and providing access to important health information and services relevant to men's health and well-being.
Our main target is Indigenous men. Jacaranda Community Centre runs the program with the help from Richmond Wellbeing.
Neil Coyne facilitates the program.
Healthy Activity with talk and health check for participants.


HMRC will always test a business's practices relating to the employment status of individuals, ie those engaged directly on a self-employed basis. This is to ensure that taxes are paid under the correct legislation and involves examining both the contractual and actual arrangements in place between the individual and the engager.
HMRC has recently widened scope of employer's responsibilities and employers must now manage not just employment status issue but also IR35, the pre and post April 2014 intermediary rules, offshore host employer rules and public sector rules.


Be sure when you buy broccoli that you use all of it. Even the toughest part of the stem can be save and boiled when making soup stock. If you want to get the best deal when buying broccoli, look for a piece where the stalk is not too long. The stalk is the heaviest part. The shorter the stem, the lighter the weight. So you save more money.
Limp celery? Cut the stem off the bottom and separate the pieces. Put them in cold water, and add 1/2 cup of sugar. Soak for 4 hours, rinse off and put in the refrigerator.
Fresh Corn on the Cob - You can tell if corn is going to be sweet or is old by opening the husk a little, and breaking open on the the kernels. If the liquid looks like milk, it is fresh. If it looks like water, it is old.
Corn is at it's best if eaten a few hours after being harvested. The sugar in corn on the cob turns to starch very quickly. That is why some corn is deliciously sweet, while other pieces are bland.
Frozen corn on the cob is a good alternative to fresh corn, because it is often frozen shortly after it is harvested, thereby retaining it's sugar.
Shuck corn on the cob back peel the husk back from the top. Remove all the silk fibers. To cook corn on the cob, use a large pan with lots of water. Never boil longer than 7 minutes and do not add salt to the water. You can put the ears in before or after the water comes to a boil. Reduce cooking time if placed in cold water first.
If you are going to peel your potatoes before cooking them, try and skin them while the skin is still fresh. Potato skins are wonderful baked in the oven by themselves. Just sprinkle them with olive oil, salt, spread them out in a single layer on a cookie sheet, and bake them until they are crisp.
My diet includes a healthy amount of raw vegetables. Rather than having to cut them up every day, they are washed, sliced, and put in tightly sealed containers when they come home from the store. Not only are they convenient for lunch, put the onions and peppers are ready to go on pizzas and in omelets.
Everything put in a spray bottle lasts longer. If you want to stretch a light salad dressing, like Italian, put it in a spray bottle. Spraying your dressing on your salad covers the lettuce better, and using less is healthier.
When zucchini has a good year, you have more of it than you can give away. Here is a tip on how to preserve and use it. Grate it, and then put it in your blender and puree it to a cream. Then freeze the cream in small portions. You can use this when you bake to replace some of the milk in some recipes. It will provide a wonderful flavor. You can also use it in chili and soup stock.


In the last year, e-books have started taking off in a big way. E-books have been around for a long time, of course, but a few events in the last year suggest that they're really starting to get traction as a viable alternative to paper-based reading. One is the success of e-books like Leo Babauta's Zen to Done (read my review). Another is the emergence of e-book-only publishing concerns and widespread self-publishing made possible by the availability of cheap tools and widespread Internet access. The third is the release of viable e-book readers, especially the Kindle.
Another sign of the success of e-books, though, is not such a happy one: the huge glut of poorly written, scammy, second- and third-rate e-books that has suddenly started flooding the market. As with music and video, the Internet has made publishing and distributing books easy and next to free, and it can be hard to find anything worth reading.
Still, there's some gems out there if you know where to look. For those of you who are just discovering e-books, or are ready to take another look, I offer this basic guide to finding and reading e-books, with a few tips and tricks thrown in.
PDF: Adobe's Portable Document Format is the leading format for e-books, since it can perfectly simulate the appearance of the printed page.
LIT: Microsoft's LIT format is used by Microsoft Reader, available for Windows-based PCs and mobile devices. LIT files look nice, but are often copy-protected and have limited functionality.
MOBI: A portable document format created by Mobipocket (which runs on Windows PCs and just about every kind of smartphone or PDA), MOBI picked up steam recently when it was adopted, albeit in a slightly modified form, by the Kindle.
Plain Text (txt) and HTML: Standard file types that can be used by just about every device known. TXT files lack any formatting.
Amazon: Of course Amazon has e-books, with just about any recent mainstream book for sale. Your favorite online retailer probably carries e-books, too.
Project Gutenberg: Millions of free, public domain books, generally available in text and HTML formats. Includes just about any classic book you can think of from before 1923, and a few more recent books.
Wowio: Beautifully formatted books, including some fairly recent mainstream books, all free.
The Internet Archive: The Internet Archive is scanning books in libraries around the world and making them available for free in a range of formats, including searchable PDFs of the original page images. They have about half-a-million texts so far, and counting.
Baen Free Library: A pioneer in the e-book field, Baen makes selected titles from it's line of science fiction and fantasy books available for free download. Lots of good stuff for SF fans!
Free-eBooks.net: A huge directory of free e-books, most of which are self-published. You'll have to do some digging to find quality stuff here, but there are plenty of good books to be found with some patience.
Web Warrior Tools: Founded by two of the stars of the personal productivity blogosphere, Leo Babauta of Zen Habits and Glen Stansberry of LifeDev, Web Warrior Tools offers a collection of books devoted to topics like better email, podcasting, and other Lifehack-y subjects.
Memoware: Memoware includes tens of thousands of public domain books, formatted for a wide range of portable devices. They also have a premium bookstore where more current, mainstream books can be bought.
Fictionwise: A huge e-book bookstore, specializing in SF, with titles formatted for a range of devices. Check out their always-changing selection of free e-books drawn from their collection.
On your computer screen: This is probably the least preferred way to read e-books. But it's fine for short pieces — you read on the Internet at your computer, right? It's also fine for quickly looking at reference material like an encyclopedia or computer manual.
PDA/smartphone/iPhone: I've read dozens of books on my old Palm IIIe, when I lived in New York and took the subway a lot. iPhones are supposed to be particularly nice to read on. Most PDAs and smartphones come with some kind of pre-installed e-book reader, or you can easily download Mobipocket, Microsoft Reader, or a range of other programs depending on your device's operating system.
The Kindle: With built-in wireless Internet to download books on the fly and the support of Amazon's extensive inventory of e-books, the Kindle was a surprise hit — especially considering how ugly it is!
The Sony eReader: Better looking than the Kindle, but lacking the wireless Internet. Both devices use basically the same screen and cost about the same. Because the e-ink technology used in the screen only uses electricity to change the screen (e.g. to turn pages), battery life on both devices is quite high — unless you use the built-in mp3 player or the Kindle's wireless Internet services.
Paper: I often print out longer works that I don't want to read on a screen, especially if it's likely I'll be holding onto and re-reading it. Save paper by using your printer's "multiple pages per sheet" function and printing on both sides; I also keep a ream of paper with pre-drilled holes handy so I can stick printed out books straight into a binder.
E-books can be quite practical — there's a universe of great literature, history, science, how-to, and reference material available at a moment's notice, often for free. What could be wrong with that?
If you know of other sites where good e-books can be found, if you have a favorite way to read e-books that I haven't listed here, or if there's a program you especially like, let us know in the comments!


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Disappointing Earnings Drag on Financial Sector ETFs
Max Chen April 15, 2019
Financial stocks and sector-related exchange traded funds retreated Monday after Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) announced a decline in first-quarter profits and Citigroup (NYSE: C) revealed a worse-than-expected hit to revenue.
The Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLF), the largest financial sector-related ETF on the market, declined 0.5% on Monday.
Dragging on the financial sector, Goldman Sachs posted a quarterly profit of $2.25 billion, or $5.71 per share, on revenue of $8.81 billion, which were both lower year-over-year, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Goldman shares decreased 2.9% on the announcement. GS makes up 2.3% of XLF's underlying portfolio.
The bank said that trading revenue declined 18% to $3.61 billion compared to a year ago, mirroring J.P. Morgan Chase's recently announced 17% drop when it reported last week.
Goldman has been investing to expand its businesses, including a growing consumer bank, partnering with Apple (NasdaqGS: AAPL) on its first credit card, raising new investment funds and building data services. However, they "haven't yet hit their stride," Chief Financial Officer Stephen Scherr said earlier this year. Meanwhile, the new projects required more than $1 billion of investment spending, and investors are losing patience.
Meanwhile, Citigroup said its first quarter profits rose 2% year-over-year to $4.7 billion or $1.87 per share, but its revenue was $18.6 billion or 2% lower from $18.9 billion a year ago, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Citigroup shares fell 0.1% Monday. C makes up 5.0% of XLF's underlying portfolio.
Citi's trading unit has been struggling under unfavorable market conditions, with first-quarter trading revenue down 5% to $4.3 billion. Citigroup, along with other banks, have warned that client activity has not recovered after dispersing at the end of last year.
"Our earnings reflect the progress we are making to improve our return on and return of capital," CEO Michael Corbat said in a release. "We remain committed to executing our strategy and continuing to make steady progress towards our financial targets."
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Just days after the Dancing with the Stars tour's cast and crew were involved in a fatal car accident in Iowa, the show's pro dancers have returned to the stage. The Dancing with the Stars: Live! Light Up The Night tour officially resumed on Wednesday, Feb. 4 for a performance at the Coronado Performing Arts Center in Rockford, IL. "They made an announcement at the beginning that the performance would be a little different, but you could hardly tell," one of the show's attendees told E! News in a statement.
On Monday, Feb. 5, a DWTS spokesperson confirmed one of the cast and crew's tour buses was part of a multi-car pileup on an Iowa highway that killed one driver. Thankfully, none of the Dancing With the Stars family members were seriously hurt in the ordeal, though a few sustained minor cuts and bruises. "One of the tour buses transporting cast and crew of Dancing with the Stars: Live! Light Up The Night was involved in a multi-car accident this afternoon due to bad weather while en route to Ames, IA. All cast and crew members are fine, with some recovering from minor injuries," the statement read.
Hours before the accident occurred, Season 25's third-place finisher, Frankie Muniz, shared an ominous tweet, writing, "Riding on the bus on our way to the show tonight in Ames, IA, looking out the window at the snow-covered ground in this crazy blizzard listening to unreleased songs of a band I was in eight years ago." We're so glad the Dancing With the Stars cast and crew are ok!


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Their Mission Complete, Puerto Rico Relief Team Celebrates Reunions Of Their Own
Hartford to the Homeland
Delivering Relief To Puerto Rico
Story By Vinny Vella
Photos And Video By Patrick Raycraft
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Orlando Santiago Rodriguez, at right, and his wife, Elizabeth Santiago, sell pineapples out of the back of their pickup truck on the north coast of Puerto Rico. Elliot Matos, the leader of a four-man hurricane relief team from the Hoffman Auto Group in East Hartford, stopped to buy two,10-pound pineapples to take to his family in Vega Baja.
VEGA BAJA, Puerto Rico
Down here, spitting distance from the Atlantic Ocean, the pineapples grow as large as watermelons.
Elliot Matos clutched two of them, purchased from Orlando Santiago-Rodriguez and his wife Elisa, who sold them out of their flatbed truck on the side of the highway.
As tight as his schedule was, Matos made a point to pull over and purchase the produce on the way to visit his sister, braking abruptly at the head of his team's caravan of vehicles.
► Meet the men who embarked on this mission to Puerto Rico.
"I can't go empty-handed," he explained, referring to the advice passed down by his father. He wasn't; he already had supplies in stock for his sister and her family. But this was the finishing touch.
Matos and his colleagues' trip to this island was predicated on that type of familial bond, the primal desire to aid and comfort those you love. Matos sought to connect his co-workers at the Hoffman Auto Group with their family members in Puerto Rico.
He sought to close the loop across 3,000 miles, hand-delivering supplies that worried mothers, uncles and cousins living in bountiful Connecticut had bought after seeing the utter havoc that Hurricane Maria wrecked on this tropical island.
The Path of Relief Across Puerto Rico
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But even in the earliest stages of his trip, Matos made one thing clear to the three men he hand-selected to go with him: Their own needs would take a back seat to those they were helping.
"I know you guys are all committed, but remember, we have a mission," he said back in October, during a planning meeting for their endeavor.
"We all have families, we all want to see them, but we have to make sure everyone is taken care of first," he continued. "My instinct is to go help my family right away. I know that's your instinct too, as soon as we hit the island.
"But the mission comes first."
Now, the mission was complete, the supplies ferried down to the island were all accounted for after hours of driving.
It was time for Matos to return to his home, a small farm town known for two things: baseball and sugarcane.
An Emotional Reunion
Elliot Matos greets his sister Raquel in Vega Baja, the first time the two had seen each other since before Hurricane Maria.
Raquel Rosado embraced her younger brother in a wordless, tearful hug that lasted several minutes.
In her small, tight-knit community, family is everything. And the absence of loved ones weighs more heavily on her than the lack of power.
"The storm is scattering everyone. It's tearing families apart," she said. "It's been bad, with everyone separated. I can be stronger with dealing with other things."
She misses her granddaughters, both of whom relocated to the mainland after Maria, one to Philadelphia and the other to Miami. She went from seeing them every day to no communication.
Matos calls his older sister "the best in the family," a woman who has devoted her life to serving others.
While he and his brothers struck out on their own to the mainland, seeking careers and new experiences, Rosado stayed in Vega Baja to care for Bernadette, her now-adult daughter who suffers from Williams syndrome, a developmental disorder.
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Elliot Matos greets his niece Bernadette de Jesus during a visit to her home in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. De Jesus has Williams syndrome, a developmental disorder. Matos visited her and his sister Raquel to deliver water, solar panels and other supplies in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
"Whatever we've done with our lives, whatever successes we've had, they pale in comparison to the kindness in her heart," Matos said. "I had a lot of anxiety because, being from here, I know how bad things can become, and I know the community can come together in times like this, but I also know that there are other groups that can be predatory."
He paused, unable to compose himself.
"I just wanted to make sure she'll be OK," he finally said, choking back tears.
Rosado, comforted him, assured him.
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"As long as I have you, I'll be ok," she said. "You're my hero."
A hero who came bearing gifts. Boxes of food, water purification tablets, a generator and solar panels to bring some power back to her home, to make caring for Bernadette a little easier.
It echoed the reunions the team had been party to all week, in towns near and far.
Few were as heartfelt as the one at the home of Virginia Rivera, 77, and Jose Ramos, 80, a couple in Fajardo whose nephew works for Hoffman Honda.
Like so many other families on this trip, Matos and his team delivered them water and food. But they also delivered something more precious: A phone call from their niece, establishing a link all the way to Waterbury.
A Comforting Phone Call
Virginia Rivera and Jose Ramos speak to their niece in Waterbury after months of trying to reach her.
Just the sound of his niece's voice caused Ramos to be overcome by emotion, weeping openly and clutching tightly to Matos' outstretched hand.
"As you can imagine, we are very excited," Rivera said as her husband spoke on the phone. "We had no idea this was coming."
They hadn't been able to reach their family stateside since well before Maria. It wasn't for a lack of trying. They had previously driven down to the main part of town, desperate for a signal. But the connection was always spotty, and calls across that distance never went through.
"Oh my God, what emotion we are feeling now," Rivera said. "This is the greatest gift."
For all their generosity, Matos and his team received a gift of their own on the night before their flight back to Hartford, a four-hour journey to workdays, paychecks and mortgages.
It came courtesy of the Velasquez brothers' extended family, nestled on a shared plot of land that was first developed by their grandfather.
Their brother Jerry Santiago and sister, Doris Velasquez Santiago, insisted the team come for a pig roast, a feast that would cap off their aid work.
Doris Velasquez Santiago and her grandmother Monserrate Rivera (right) dish out food during a pig roast at their home in Coamo, Puerto Rico. The family threw the celebration to commemorate the completion of the mission carried out by Elliot Matos and his relief team. The family was able to enjoy the luxury of having electricity at the pig roast thanks to the generator brought to them from Connecticut.
It was powered, quite literally, by that mission — Jimmy and David had included generators, food and water for their siblings in the team's shipment.
The quartet toasted the end of their mission the same way they ushered it in: with song.
Matos and his brother-in-law George Ayala broke out their guitar and bongos at the party, held at the top of the family's property, the forests of Coamo spreading out below as their backdrop.
Everyone gathered around the centerpiece, a whole roasted pig served with pasteles, a hand-made, tamale-like food usually reserved for major holidays.
But this occasion called for such luxury. The team's box truck sat in the driveway below, completely empty for the first time since their arrival on the island.
"That's how this always works, how they show they appreciate this," Jimmy Velasquez said as his grandmother, Monserrate Rivera, circulated through the crowd, making sure every set of hands held a full plate.
"And with what happened to the island, they want to convey that to everyone."
In its own way, the storm has strengthened this community. Closer bonds have been formed, both between neighbors and within families, as Matos and Velasquez Santiago discussed.
Ending The Mission On A High Note
Elliot Matos and George Ayala play traditional Puerto Rican songs during the pig roast on the team's final night on the island.
"The irony is that the worst things can sometimes bring us together," he said between songs. "As a result of this disaster, you'll become a stronger family."
As everyone ate, Matos' vocals rang out over the drone of the generators and the chirping of the coquí.
The words carried up, over the mountains, down into the valley. Out there, in the island communities beyond, the team had left its mark.
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A rainbow emerges over the mountains of Coamo, Puerto Rico on the final day of the team's work on Saturday, Nov. 11. Despite the damage left behind by Hurricane Maria and the lack of electricity and running water, many people on the island remain hopeful that things will soon return to normal.
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