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**Aero PHP framework** - это гибкий высокопроизводительный фреймворк
для создания веб-приложений и сервисов с использованием PHP5.
Он основан на компонентной структуре
и максимально использует возможности объектно-ориентированного программирования (ООП).
Каждый компонент фреймворка проектируется таким образом,
чтобы быть независимым от других компонент либо иметь минимальное количество зависимостей.

Требования
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Для корректной работы веб-приложений, созданных с помощью Aero framework,
вам будет необходим установленный и настроенный веб-сервер (такой как Apache или nginx),
а также PHP версии 5.3.8 или выше.

Сравнение с другими фреймворками и недостатки
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Идеального фреймворка не существует.
Для каждого разрабатываемого приложения необходимо подбирать соответствующий инструмент,
который максимально удовлетворяет всем предъявляемым критериям.
При проектировании и разработке программного обеспечения, в том числе веб-приложений,
большое внимание должно уделяться дизайну архитектуры. Он должен быть гибким, устойчивым,
приспособленным к повторному использованию, готовым выдерживать высокие нагрузки.

Для PHP разработано большое количество фреймворков, но любой из них имеет свои недостатки.
Одни позволяют создавать очень качественные приложения, код которых легко читается и модифицируется,
но в то же время имеющие серьезные проблемы с производительностью. С помощью других создаются
приложения, способные выдерживать огромные нагрузки, но жертвуют при этом дизайном своей архитектуры.

*Aero framework* предлагает вам альтернативное решение.
*Aero framework* - это попытка найти баланс между гибкостью разработки и производительностью приложения.

Как и любой другой фреймворк, Aero имеет какие-то свои недостатки, но хочется надеяться,
что, ознакомившись и попробовав Aero в деле, все они окажутся для вас незначительными.
Также мы надеемся, что проникнувшись идеями и принципами, заложенными в основу фреймворка,
вы полюбите его и будете получать удовольствие от разработки приложений с его использованием.

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Blue & Gold Podcast Preview
Kennedy Garmong, Staff Editor|March 16, 2021
Blue & Gold is consistently posting new stories on the website, but now they are introducing a new form of entertainment. The Blue & Gold website will soon be filled with new podcasts, hosted by FHS students.
"There will be four podcasts, each hosted by a small group of students involved in Blue & Gold. The podcasts are going to cover everything from sports to music and there's something for everyone." says senior Kaiya Ortiz.
Podcasts have been growing more in popularity over the last few years. You can find podcasts on almost every streaming platform and Blue & Gold wanted to cover things highschoolers find interesting in a way that was growing in popularity.
"Almost everybody listens or has listened to a podcast, so I was really excited to get the opportunity to make one specifically for FHS students." Ortiz says.
Each podcast will be hosted by an FHS student, some will be hosted by more than one student. The hosts were in charge of writing the podcast and producing it.
"There are a lot of things that go into creating a podcast, not only do you have to come up with an idea you can make multiple episodes off of, you have to find materials that let you record and publish it. Then you have to write episodes and record it." says.
There will be a sports podcast hosted by Grant and Reed Warner and AJ Griffith.
"The podcast is about covering current sports news." senior Reed Warner says.
There will be a music podcast called, "The Story Behind the Song," hosted by Holly Spitler, Marissa Shoemaker, and Anna Welker.
"It's just about different stories behind popular songs and the meanings behind them." Shoemaker says.
A board game podcast called, "The Tabletop Review," will be hosted by Zack Davis and Landen Blankenship.
"We're gonna review board games and other tabletop games" Landen Blankenship says.
The last podcast will be called, "Tips and Tricks for Surviving Fhs," hosted by Kaiya Ortiz and Kennedy Garmong.
"We're going to cover things that can make school easier and we'll add in our own stories, so it'll be casual but helpful." says.
Keep a close eye on the Blue & Gold website to hear the podcasts.
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NEWS Drone hits a British Airways plane while on approach to Heathrow
NewsBy harry April 18, 2016 Leave a comment
Metropolitan Police (London's police) has said that a plane approaching Heathrow Airport in London today is believed to have been hit by a drone just before it had landed safely. The British Airways plane on arrival from Geneva was hit as it approached the runway around lunchtime with 132 passengers and five crew. Once the…
NEWS Hong Kong Airlines To Launch Narita Services!
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Commencing on July 1st 2016, Hong Kong Airlines will be launching direct services between Hong Kong and Narita Airport twice daily with their Airbus A330 aircraft. Tokyo will be the airline's 7th destination in Japan, which will further strengthen the airline's portfolio within Asia. Mr. Li Dianchun, Chief Commercial Officer of Hong Kong Airlines said,…
VIDEO Air France A330 lands in Tehran Airport, marking resumption of Paris-Tehran flights since 2008
Air France has landed in Tehran (reporters not allowed on the runway …) pic.twitter.com/zJSt53cLuT — Golnar Motevalli (@golnarM) 17 avril 2016 Air France flight crew in Tehran. Trousers and headscarves included. pic.twitter.com/tAzOyUwtyf — Golnar Motevalli (@golnarM) 17 avril 2016
BREAKING Pilot of British Airways reported to London police that a drone hit the plane
A pilot has reported that his aircraft was struck by a drone on approach to Heathrow Airport. The report was made to police at 12.50pm today from an inbound British Airways flight from Geneva. The flight landed safely at Heathrow Terminal 5. Initial inquiries determined that an object – believed to be a drone –…
NEWS Brussels Airport Back to Full Capacity In June!
Brussels Airport have announced that they will fully re-open in June after suffering extensive damage after the suicide attacks on the airport killing 16. The CEO Arnaud Feist told Le Soir Newspaper the following: "We will be 100 per cent operational again in June. But it will be a basic service; the facilities will not be fully…
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Thomas Cook have announced new routes from Leeds Bradford Airport for their Summer 2017 schedule. They have announced that they will be starting services to Faro, Naples, Mahom, Tenerife, Larnaca & Alicante with Monarch from Leeds, as well as operating flights to Palma Di Mallorca with Evelop Airlines. James Burrows, Thomas Cook's aviation director, said:…
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Unifor Council 4000/Local 4003 member Cordy Krammer has died; leaves to mourn 17 year old son Ryan
We are saddened to share the news of the sudden passing of Unifor National Council 4000 / Local 4003 member Cordy (Cordelia) Krammer on Thursday, January 14, 2016. Sister Krammer was 52 years of age and was employed by Canadian National Railway Co. and worked under Unifor Agreement 5.1 for many years on various clerical jobs. Upon CN relocating its Revenue Management Centre from Mississauga, Ontario to CN's headquarters at Montreal, Quebec, Cordy exercised her seniority to her final position under the Agreement 5.1 Intermodal Agreement at the MISC yard in Mississauga. She had 25 years' service and seniority at CN.
The days leading up to her passing she complained to some friends and co-workers that she wasn't feeling well and went to see her doctor whom prescribed her some medication. She said the medication had her feeling better. A few days later, Sister Krammer passed away in her sleep. Unbeknownst to her or her doctor, Cordy had cancer, which was discovered following an autopsy.
If this isn't sad enough, Sister Krammer leaves behind her 17 year old son Ryan. Ryan has no immediate family. Ryan's grandparents passed away years earlier. It was he and his Mom.
Ryan also has Asperger Syndrome, also known as Asperger's syndrome, Asperger disorder (AD) or simply Asperger's. Asperger's is an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that is characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, alongside restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. Children with Asperger's Syndrome typically function better than do those with autism and generally have normal intelligence and near-normal language development, although they may develop problems communicating as they get older.
Quite commendably, a friend and co-worker of Sister Krammer's at CN, Joanne Collver, started a 'gofundme' page to raise donations to help out young Ryan Krammer in this very difficult and emotional time. All monies collected in this fund will be deposited into a bank account set up for Ryan. Monies from CN (Sister Krammer's pension and such) will be held by the public trustee until he reaches 18 years of age.
We kindly ask for the assistance of our Unifor Council 4000 membership from coast-to-coast. Please donate to this fund, even if you didn't know Sister Krammer. This young 17 year old teenager who is now without a mother, alone with no other immediate family, needs our assistance. So please have it in your heart to make a donation, big or small. Every dollar counts and will help out.
Unifor National Council 4000 and Local 4003 are looking at assisting Ryan too.
So please visit Ryan's gofundme page by clicking the link below and make a donation. Many members already have!
Thanks, and In Solidarity,
The Executive and staff of Unifor Council 4000 and Unifor Local 4003
Cordy Krammer - RIP
Click here to access the donation page for Ryan Krammer.
Please help and make a donation!


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Kitchener's Highwaymen Car Club to be this year's 'featured club'
In category News on February 11, 2019
Every year, Car Show co-ordinator Gary Challice and the Motorama Custom Car & Motorsports Expo team are tasked with determining which car club will be recognized as the 'featured club' at the show.
"We look to established clubs; the organizations with a history of supporting the car club culture," explained Challice. "We want to put them in the spotlight to thank them for their contributions to the community."
For this year's show, which takes place March 8, 9 & 10 at Toronto's International Centre, the Kitchener, Ontario-based Highwaymen Car Club will enjoy the designation of being the 2019's featured club.
Reacting to the news, Highwaymen Car Club spokesman Clare Pomeroy said, "We're a club that is made up of a bunch of pretty low-key guys, so this honour came as a bit of a surprise. But it is one of those offers that we simply had to accept. Everybody in the club is really proud and excited to be able to show off the history of our club at Motorama."
Founded in 1961 by six high school friends, the Highwaymen went from meeting in the Treasurer's basement to inhabiting a former firehouse before ultimately taking ownership of a refurbished church as the club membership increased.
Now boasting 30 active club members, their centrally located clubhouse features a spacious meeting area complete with a fully-equipped kitchen. On the lower level of the building is a room for tools, toolboxes and accessories. A separate, connected warehouse encompasses a wash bay, a hoist and room for up to nine of the club members' vehicles.
"We have twice-per-month meetings, and one of those will be a dinner meeting," continued Pomeroy. "But any day, you will find someone working on their car in the warehouse, with other club members lending a hand."
At Motorama, the Highwaymen will display upwards of a dozen vehicles. Although the final list of automotive attendees has yet to be finalized, expected cars include a 1934 Ford pickup, a two-door 1937 Chevy, a 1966 Valiant convertible, a 1973 'Cuda, a pair of classic El Caminos, a 1963 Mercury pick-up truck, a 1923 Ford four-door touring antique, a 1949 Ford panel truck, Jerry Kay's 1932 Ford 5-window Coupe. Kay was a founding member of the club and served as its president for ten years.
"Our members own everything from antique cars to customs and hot rods. It makes it difficult to chose just a few to bring to the Motorama show," commented Pomeroy.
The Highwaymen Car Club has built a strong reputation for supporting the local community, hosting the annual Canadian Graffiti Car Show, plus various rallies and cruise nights. Any funds raised by the club are donated back into the community to benefit the Children's Wish Foundation.
Although the Highwaymen will be feted as this year's featured car club, they will not be alone at the show as nearly a dozen other clubs will be represented throughout the show, mostly throughout Hall 2.
Among the other car clubs expected to attend are (in alphabetical order): the Barrie Mustang Cruisers, the Brampton Street Rods, the Corvettes of Durham, the Golden Horseshoe Mustang Club, the Grand National Buick Club, the Oldsmobile Car Club, the Ontario Camaro Club, the Ontario Mustang Club and the Ontario Vintage Mopars.
"We're very happy to welcome the Highwaymen as the featured car club at this year's Motorama show," said Gary Challice. "And we're excited about the other clubs who are coming to the show, as well. There's a lot of variety and excellent equipment. We're also looking forward to seeing some neat club displays. That used to be a big part of their exhibits at car shows and we're encouraging them to bring this component back again."
ABOUT THE HIGHWAYMEN CAR CLUB: Founded in 1961, the Highwaymen Car Club is dedicated to the preservation of Street Rods, Vintage and Classic vehicles. The club is a community-based, non-profit organization that hosts car shows, rallies and cruise nights and presents the annual Canadian Graffiti Car Show. Meetings are held the first and third Wednesday of each month in the Highwaymen clubhouse at 606 Lancaster Street W, in Kitchener, Ontario.
ABOUT THE MOTORAMA CUSTOM CAR & MOTORSPORTS EXPO: The fifth annual Motorama Custom Car & Motorsports Expo takes place March 8, 9 & 10, 2019 at The International Centre, across from Toronto's Pearson International Airport. The show features more than 330,000 square feet of custom cars, hot rods, racing vehicles of all kinds, tuners, displays and exhibitors. Motorama is Canada's biggest late-winter celebration of automobiles and motorsports. For information about the show, including tickets, sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities, and more, call (416) 962-7223, email info@MotoramaShow.com or visit www.MotoramaShow.com.
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Old wreck is found – level 3
Buried within the wreckage of a Spanish galleon is thought to be thousands of emeralds, and gold and silver coins.
Gold worth hundreds of thousands of pounds have previously been found under the Caribbean seas and the Gulf of Mexico.
Historians think the precious jewels and coins contained within the San Jose sank off the coast of Cartagena in 1708. A team of international experts, the Colombian navy and the country's archaeological institute discovered the wreckage last week near the island of Baru.
The Columbian president said the ship, which sank off the Caribbean coast, was found in Columbian waters. He explained that 600 people died in the shipwreck and that the archaeological discovery corresponds to the lost San Jose galleon ship.
Sonar images have so far revealed bronze cannons made specifically for the ship, ceramics and other artefacts. Archaeological excavation and scientific tests on the wreck will continue to ensure it can be properly preserved.
The San Jose has been the subject of a legal dispute between Colombia and the SSA, a US-based salvage company who claims they found the area where the ship sank. In 2011, a US court agreed the proceeds from the wreckage would belong to Colombia.
It's unclear yet whether the remains will be brought to dry land.
Difficult words: galleon (an old and large sailing ship from Spain), emerald (a bright green stone), precious (of great value), artefact (a historical object), excavation (digging), salvage (to find something in a destroyed place), claim (to say).
Source: www.ondemandnews.com


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PRRD extends MECQ in Metro Manila, other areas until May 14
President Rodrigo Duterte announced Wednesday that the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) status in Metro Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Laguna, and Rizal (NCR Plus) will remain in place for another two weeks.
The declaration of MECQ in the greater Manila area is extended until May 14. Santiago City in Isabela, and the provinces of Quirino and Abra will likewise remain under MECQ from May 1 to 31, Duterte added.
According to MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos, there will be some changes to the MECQ status for May in terms of businesses permitted to reopen, but border controls in the NCR Plus bubble will remain strict. The mayors of Metro Manila cities have recommended a "flexible MECQ," which they believe is the middle ground between MECQ and general community quarantine so more businesses can operate.
The Department of Trade has yet to announce which industries will be allowed to reopen starting May 1. But Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez previously pushed for the resumption of personal care services, such as salons and spas, even with an initial capacity of 10%.
During the start of MECQ in mid-April, travel was limited to accessing essential goods and for those working in permitted establishments. Businesses that allowed to operate at 50% capacity during ECQ were allowed to fully open, while other sectors such as medical clinics, media establishments, banks, and other specific establishments were permitted to reopen at half capacity.


Here's what you do in that situation. You grab instantly at your right buttock, and you holler. You spin around, addressing the perps and everybody else on that stretch of escalator, and you holler some more: Who's got my wallet?! You start pushing and snatching at the guys you guess to be responsible, yanking at their arms, trying to see their hands, hoping to impede their escape, which is impossible. People stare. A few onlookers scowl and tisk at you like you're a lunatic or a boor and, worse still, one shouting in American English. A few others, who've seen what happened, understand completely. The three thieves, or maybe it's four—they instantly melt away. And then, if you are very lucky, someone steps aside and says: Voila, monsieur, votre portefeuille. And indeed there it is, yes, your wallet—on the ground, surfing the escalator like flotsam. You have managed, if only barely, to bust the play.
This was me. This was Tuesday. I was the chump who got angry and lucky at the Réaumur-Sébastopol station.
It was a bad start to a good week. Within an hour I was safely settled at my hotel, a nice place in the 17th arrondissement not far from the Porte de Champerret. Next morning at 8 a.m. I met the contact I'd come to see, a scientist named Thierry Heidmann, whose work on the evolutionary significance of captured retroviruses in the human genome is as fascinating—in my view, anyway—as anything currently being done in biology. We rode in his little white Volkswagen through the heart of Paris toward his lab, at the Institute Gustave Roussy on the south edge of the city. Traffic wasn't bad, and along the way Dr. Heidmann pointed out some sights: There's the church de la Madeleine, this is the Place de la Concorde, the Louvre on our left as we cross the Seine, Notre Dame of course just upriver, then to the Boulevard Saint Germain, passing the Sorbonne, and over there the École Normale Supérieur, where he went to school as a kid. This man, every day, makes perhaps the world's most elegant commute. At the institute, we talked for six hours about retrovirus genes that become human genes, a rich opportunity for me, a generous gift of time and patience by him; and he bought me lunch. What's not to like? Then I returned across the city by Metro, in this case without mishap, and was back at my hotel by five--in time for a glass of wine and a salad at a brasserie just across the way, where I sat writing further notes.
My mission was accomplished, but I had another day in town, a cushion day, for pure pleasure. Should I visit a museum, go to a famous gallery, hit one of the other iconic spots of cultural tourism? One voice in my head said yes, but another said: Naw, let's just walk. So I spent the day doing what I always most enjoy in Paris: hoofing across the city, getting lost, getting unlost, eating wherever and seeing whatever serendipity brings. I took along an umbrella and my trusty booklet of Paris maps.
From the hotel I headed east on Avenue de Villiers and followed my nose to Rue de Levis, a small cobbled street, mostly for pedestrians, lined with fruit stalls and flower dealers and little bistros. Rue de Levis has been a favorite of mine since the early 2000s, when I spent many layover days hereabouts, at cheap hotels in the 17th, while on my way to other wondrous but less comfortable places, such as Romania and the Congo. From Levis I picked up another little lane, Rue des Dames, which took me across the big artery of train tracks leading into the Gare Saint-Lazare. On another bridge I crossed above the great cemetery of Montmartre, then started hoofing up Montmartre itself. Stopped for a late lunch at a brasserie halfway up: hot chevre salad and wine. Walking fuel, not enough to slow a person down. By now it was drizzling and I deployed the umbrella. Atop the hill I admired the three domes of Sacre Coeur, again, but didn't go inside. Now I was back amid the surge and flow of tourists, and from atop the great stairway we all gazed out over the city, misty and sublime. Below was the carrousel and the crepe stands and the souvenir shops and the postcard racks at the base of the funicular lift. Not my favorite spot, but part of the whole, and I was far too aware of being a tourist myself to feel any condescension about tourism. I was here for no purpose but to watch people and admire architecture and browse the corridors of community and commerce. I kept walking and once more got quite lost, heading north instead of west, until I had marched almost to the Porte de Saint-Ouen. So much for following my nose. The street angles can be tricky. It's not a square grid, like Chicago or Minneapolis. But I had my maps.
I made a nine or ten mile loop, just enough to build an appetite for dinner. Caught my breath at the hotel, changed to a dry shirt, did some work. Later in the evening, I treated myself to a good meal, of soup and duck and Bordeaux, at a place overlooking the roundabout at Place du Marechal Juin. Now it was raining steadily--a cold, steady spring rain. Seated cozy and warm by the window, I watched runnels pour off the awning. Beyond, cars and pedestrians and lights. I suppose I hadn't "improved" myself culturally, but it was a fine day. Who needs museums. Paris is a museum.


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Detonation mechanism Active RADAR Target Detection Device (TDD) Quadrant Target Detection Device (QTDD) in AIM-120C-6 – lots 13+.


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Reuven Bar-On has developed a family of questionnaires designed to measure Emotional Intelligence (EI), which is defined as "an array of non-cognitive capabilities, competencies and skills that influence one's ability to succeed in coping with environmental demands and pressures". To complement the measurement of EI by self-report inventories, Reuven Bar-On and Richard Handley have developed the "EQ-360". This is a multi-rater measure of emotional intelligence designed for a wide range of settings. It is used in conjunction with the BarOn EQ-i to provide a 360-degree overview of an individual's present emotional and social functioning. Both inventories share the same factor structure and the same rationale for their development. The areas of application for the BarOn EQ-360 include leadership development, succession planning, prediction of employee success and competency model development. There is one form only, an 88-item measure, which takes 20-30 minutes to complete, and respondents are asked to focus on rating the person they have been asked to assess within the context in which feedback is requested e.g. how they are at work. Respondents rate each item on a five-point Likert-type scale with options ranging from 1 'Very Seldom or Not True' to 5 'Very Often True or True'. These items render scores for 15 different subscales, which are themselves combined to form five composite scales and one overall EI score. This is the same as for the BarOn EQ-i. The five composite scales are: Intrapersonal, lnterpersonal, Adaptability, Stress Management and General Mood. Intrapersonal EQ (RAeq) assesses the inner self and is derived from five subscales: Self-Regard, Emotional Self-Awareness, Assertiveness, Independence and Self-Actualisation. Interpersonal EQ (EReq) looks at interpersonal skills and functioning and is derived from three subscales: Empathy, Social Responsibility and Interpersonal Relationship. Adaptability EQ (ADeq) reveals how successfully an individual can deal with environmental demands and problematic situations and is derived from three subscales: Reality Testing, Flexibility and Problem Solving. Stress Management (SMeq) looks at how an individual deals with stress and their ability to retain control and is derived from two subscales: Stress Tolerance and Impulse Control. General Mood (GMeq) looks at general positivity and cheerfulness and is derived from two factors: Happiness and Optimism. One important aspect of the administration of this instrument is ensuring that raters have been assigned to their correct rater groups. There are six rater groups: managers, peers, direct reports, clients, family and friends, and 'mixed/other'. Raters' responses are grouped and averaged in terms of their rater group. The mean differences between rater groups are quite small. It is important to note, that in contrast with most other 360 systems, the 360 per se only covers the observer perspective and not the self perspective. The EQ-i is a different (but closely related) questionnaire with a different and larger set of statements and different normative data. The person being rated must have completed a BarOn EQ-i and have EQ-i scores as the EQ-360 scores are interpreted in relation to the EQ-i scores. Consensus between these scores provide confirmation that self-perceptions concerning person EI strengths and weaknesses are accurate. Discrepancies suggest that the person being rated may have overestimated or underestimated their EI competencies, or may have poor self insight. Differences between raters may indicate that the person being rated behaves, performs or is perceived to behave differently when interacting with these individuals or may suggest major differences in familiarity with the ratee. Raw scores are converted into standard scores based on a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15 (similar to IQ scores). Across the family of BarOn assessment tools, high EQ scores are taken to denote "emotionally intelligent" people, while lower scores indicate a need to "improve emotional skills in specific areas". According to the EQ-360 Manual, the EQ-360 provides data from those who are able to "observe the individual's daily behaviour from all possible angles…. When these ratings are combined with the individual's own BarOn EQ-i scores, the results are able to effectively and accurately identify both personal strengths as well as the need for improvement.
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I promised there'd be a couple of surprises here on the blog for 2015, so here's the first: I'm excited to share with you that Famille Desert are in the process of adoption! Whoop! It's something I'm buzzing to write more about in the future but, for now, let me take you back a few years and share what's brought us to this point.
Adoption was always something we'd had in the back of our minds. From the time we were engaged, and talking about our future together, Desert Dad and I knew that adoption would be the right route for us if we weren't able to have kids biologically. And then, of course, we found we could – so we didn't give adoption a second thought.
Until Missy, our second child, was born.
The birth of a child wouldn't ordinarily be associated with thoughts of adopting another, but it was during the long nights feeding this little life that I sat scrolling through Facebook and blogs on my phone. I discovered the blog of an old friend, and although she didn't write exclusively about adoption, whenever she did, something in my heart went all a-flutter. It was as if I was jealous of her. Perhaps I wanted to adopt a child as well. Could this be God tugging at my heart strings?
"Well God," I reasoned, "you're going to have bring hubby up to speed on this too – if this is meant to be, then prompt him as you've prompted me." This had to come from both of us – I knew it would never work if I was having to motivate my husband to get as excited about it as I was. And, besides, I trusted that if this was something God was calling us to, He would call the both of us.
It may have been the very next morning when, as I was coming downstairs for breakfast, Desert Dad alerted me to a news headline which had caught his attention: a pitifully small number of children had been adopted in the last year, raising questions about over-complicated bureaucracy and calling for reforms. Most importantly – and sadly – it meant a huge number of children were remaining in the care system, with their chances of adoption getting lower by the day.
This article had moved DD enough to draw it to my attention, and from that moment on, adoption was something the two of us could talk openly about, pray about, ask others about. Fast forward three-and-a-bit-years, and the time felt right to pursue growing our family through adoption – so here we are, two months into the process. It's exciting and it's daunting – mostly in equal measure.
The two most-asked questions from friends so far have been what age we're hoping to adopt, and when we might be expecting to adopt, should we be successful at panel.
We feel it wouldn't be right to adopt older than our birth children, which means we're looking at age 2 or under. There's a big need for adopters of older children, and it saddens me that we can't offer a home to an older child. But there's also a big need for adopters of younger children with additional needs – and this is something we're open to. The only 'needs' we feel we would have to say no to are those which we wouldn't be able to provide for alongside providing for the children God has already blessed us with.
In terms of a time frame, thank goodness that the news article I referred to above was the start of some major changes for the adoption process in the UK. It's a lot quicker nowadays – although no less rigorous – so if we were successful at panel, we might be hoping to adopt in the autumn. Not long!
As we've shared the news with friends over the last couple of months, we've been overwhelmed by their support and encouragement. Not that we were expecting them not to be – but the level of enthusiasm has certainly surpassed what I was expecting.
Of course nothing's confirmed yet – we still have a lot of paperwork, social worker interviews, reading, training and general soul-searching to do. And ultimately an adoption panel will make a decision about whether or not to approve us. There are a lot of unknowns. But, for now, this is our journey and I'd love you to join us.
Oh Lucy this post makes me weep with joy. I'm so excited to hear you sharing your news. I wish I could go for long coffees with you to catch every thought and feeling with you. Keep letting us know what to pray about.
Just realised that came up under Ed's name, clearly it was from Laura!
I was very amused at Ed's comments 🙂 Especially the request to meet for coffee and three kisses at the end!!
Thanks for this lovely blog. Hope today went well; have been thinking of, and praying for, you through the day.
Can't wait to meet the youngster who will be blessed by joining your family!


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The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) is a state Cabinet agency of the government of Tennessee. The main job of the agency is to regulate and license various businesses and industries within the state.

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Consumer Insurance Services: Responsible for educating consumers about insurance and resolving insurance-related conflicts.
Insurance: Responsible for enforcing the state's insurance laws.
Regulatory Boards: Responsible for regulating and licensing many different businesses and professions.
Securities: Responsible for enforcing laws and regulations related to securities.
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Shop online through our Etsy store or learn more about our beautiful & fun store in the heart of downtown Taos Plaza! Our large selection includes almost 2,000 bolts & a wide assortment of northern New Mexico designs!
Our Pillows are made from a small selection of the southwest upholstery fabric we carry in the store.
Large selection of unique designs. We have a large selection of fabrics with a local southwestern theme.
Our regular store hours are from 10:30 til 5:00, Monday through Saturday, and from noon til 4:00 on Sundays.
In the winter months we often close on Tuesdays, but call us if you will be in the area at a different time and we will try to accommodate you.
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Matteo Guidicelli Laughs At Naughty Comment Of Billy Crawford
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Matteo Guidicelli shrugged the naughty comment made by his friend, Billy Crawford, apparently about his and Sarah Geronimo's relationship. Matteo said it was just a joke and it should not be taken seriously.
Billy commented on a video posted by Luis Manzano on his Instagram account wherein a dog was seen scratching his sex organ. Marvin Agustin said it fits Billy perfectly, but Billy tagged Matteo instead and said it appeals more to the actor-triathlete.
Matteo said he hasn't seen the video posted by Luis or even Billy's comment, but he already knows it should not be an issue. There's also nothing that Billy should apologize for.
Matteo said he, Billy, Luis and Marvin became friends when they worked on "Moron 5 Part 2." He doesn't think Billy means any negativity.
Although people can think whatever they want, the actor-triathlete said it's still nothing personal and it's something they just laugh about. "It's a joke, it's not even something to be serious."
Meanwhile, Matteo is not sure if Sarah will be able to attend the premiere of his movie, "Somebody To Love." Sarah may be busy that time. Also, he wants to keep their professional and personal lives separate.
That's also why he doesn't want to talk about their relationship in the public because others are saying that he's just using her.
"As much as possible, I don't wanna talk about her or our relationship in a situation like this."
He wanted to promote his movie without linking it to Sarah. His interview on "The Buzz," where he talked about Sarah, was something beyond his control because it was the first interview he granted regarding the Popstar Princess.
He hopes people won't be taking negatively the fact that he doesn't want to talk about their relationship.
They both decided not to work together to protect their relationship. They are still new to this, so he wants to protect it as much as possible. "I don't wanna lose this relationship so I really wanna be careful."
It's hard to keep a relationship stable in showbiz because there's a lot of issues and intrigues. That's why he doesn't have any problems if Sarah will be paired with another actor.
He's a big fan of Sarah and John Lloyd Cruz's movies--"A Very Special Love" (2008), "You Changed My Life" (2009), and "It Takes A Man And A Woman" (2013).
Matteo knows that Sarah loves acting and singing, so he doesn't want to take that away from her.
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In 1966, I was born without my sense of sight.
I was but a speck on the horizon of my mother's womb, surely, whence I first beheld the world of unseen beauty. In the distance, I could have heard her beckon me to that place where vivid whispers from sources of light and shadow are like paint on canvas; the sophistication of artwork in such an acoustic gallery is beyond the spectrum of perfect eyes.
I had entered a realm of such possibility.
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While I have since lived most of my years with partial sight, the overall gift of other acuities has made possible my exceeding life experience and, thus, it has heightened my hindsight perspective; and I do not believe that I would have come so far had God not once advantaged me with the full handicap of total blindness. I pray that, by my true story, you would be so inspired to faith in the One who touched me and made me whole.
To the day when I captured my parents' remembrances of my birth and infancy, their accounts had been consistent and, in and of themselves, corroborative of each other. During and after their marriage that bitterly ended in my twenties, they had otherwise been quite disagreeable toward one another. But their collective memory of my first year – presented in large part by my father in a letter that he wrote in 2012 – had clearly endured with details that ring true with accounts of old acquaintances as well as lend explanation for aspects of my capability.
At birth, I reportedly appeared to be a healthy 7.69 lb. baby boy and, after a normal stay at the hospital, my parents and much-older brother brought me home to commence with their adjustment to me as a baby and newfound family member. But they began to wonder, within a few days, if I could see them; when they would quietly walk into my room and approach my crib, my eyes would be open and fixed and, when they would make a noise or speak my name, I would jerk as though they had surprised me. My eyesight problem was becoming evident and, after four months, our family doctor referred us to a specialist.
After an extensive examination, the Ophthalmologist advised that my retina had not developed properly. He concluded that I could do no better than to distinguish daylight from darkness and that I could only detect shadows. When we returned two months later and, as I sat on my father's lap, the doctor tested my response by waving a toy light pen near to my face and by toggling a small light in a far corner of the room . . . but to no avail. The doctor had confirmed that, in fact, I had been blind since my birth and, after his genetic analysis, he explained that my condition is one that is maternally hereditary, suffered only by male offspring, and had been passed down to me after four generations.
My doctor then recommended that, when I would turn four years of age, I should be admitted to a school for the blind where, away from my home and family, I would reside in its institutional care for months at a time.
Although I had more than three years before my parents would send me away for special schooling, I would already well apply my functional means to interact and develop. The guiding hand of my mother had been orienting my reach and made proper my handling of bottles, pacifiers, toys, and – of course I could never forget – my childhood dog who, as my little playmate, would unwittingly boost my listening and mobility skills when he would entice me to pursue him, squeeze myself behind furniture, and persist until I could anticipate and duck unscathed beneath surfaces throughout the house during high-speed chases. And my hearing became so acute that, at nearly six months, I once did notice the subtle sound of a mechanical problem in our car and had already the language skills to more than beg the question, "What's that noise?" But I was so alert and sensitive that I would be troubled and, therefore, would cry if, for too long during the day, I could not hear familiar voices or movement in the house; a world to me without such ambience would have felt cold as isolation of pitch-black solitariness.
There was a realm of possibility where my parents would enter with their utmost disappointments in and concerns for my well-being. In the weeks that followed my diagnosis and prognosis, the righteous-seeking people of that sacred abode would together bear the burden of prayerfully lifting my need before God.
An old Wesleyan Church was the house of worship where a true servant of the Lord ministered to my parents with fellow congregants who embraced the entirety of God's Word and who sincerely believed in the power of genuine prayer. And the Pastor would be quick to say in response to prayers and faith that, not he but, God is the One who answers and does the good work.
I was nearly a year old when, as Dad settled with Mom in a pew to hear the Pastor's Sunday sermon, a call, "like an audible voice" but supernatural and apparent to only him – or so he thought at first – urged him to "have Jeff [me] anointed for healing." But Dad was so moved to interrupt and request of the Pastor anointing once, to his surprise, Mom, who was not yet aware of his experience, whispered to him that such a mysterious beckoning for the sacrament had just been spoken to her heart.
Upon the altar I was then laid as people of the Church gathered around me.
My parents had not forgotten and, as my father wrote, "would never forget the hush that came over the congregation" when I crossed my eyes as would eyes naturally cross that are not yet conditioned to focus. They could all see me squint in wonder at my hands and their faces as, in awe, they stood of the event that they had just witnessed. The faith of prayer warriors had become evident because of the miracle of my sight.
The Pastor put away his sermon that day to yield to the spirit of "a holy quietness" that had captivated the hearts of all who were present. All one could occasionally hear was a whisper of praise or subtle weep of joy; for my gestures were of someone who had first-ever glimpsed the visible world of discovery where, at the feet of Jesus, such miracles are possible. The atmosphere of reverent stillness nonetheless sustained after we and the saints around us had, eventually, retired to the pews to bask in the light of that sweet hour of answered prayer.
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Hi, lifesavingprayers. I am blessed tonight by your presence and kind words. Sincerely, I appreciate it. This is a milestone story that I waited for years to share. I so much want it to be read by anyone who might wonder if God is so directly touching lives in these modern times and to such an effect. He had set into motion my life and for a purpose that came apparent in time; I could fill another book with the accounts. I have so much more that I am preparing to share. That was only the beginning. Note that it was part one. There is a link to part two on my Patreon and for only a dollar. I would like to crowdfund my vision for ministry so that I could do more. Check out the video if you would. See what I am up to. Even consider joining me if the goals to which I am aspiring, especially for compassion ministry, intrigue you. I have friends who are Chaplains who have worked alongside me over the years, and there is room for more who would share this vision. Thanks for being a follower. I would appreciate if you would at least tell others of me and my mission. I am very passionate about this calling. Blessings!
Awesome! And I am glad you believe in prayers for miracles. Big or small, all good are blessings from God.
I hope to hear from you when you read part 2.
Let me know if you would perhaps like to come together for some purpose of ministry. I would be interested in such networking with you and a select few others out here who discernibly are like-hearted. This is how my big page on Facebook was manageable even after it surpassed one million. Sadly, Facebook now suppresses Christiana and other conservatives so that I no longer reach many of actual followers. So, I am gearing up to bring an exodus to my new site away from mainstream social media. It's been a long time coming. Time to get it going and bring along anyone who shares the calling.
Yes, the blessings come from God, yes indeed. What is your big page name on Facebook?
Go to http://JeffUlrichLegacies.com. Click on Follow Jeff. Scroll down to Friends of Jeff. I began the one named The Christian Exchange in 2011. I post as well on the other two. They began their pages during the time when my big pages was booming but before when Facebook started to suppress the reach. We used to get hundreds of thousands of shares a post. Now we barely get hundreds because of Facebook. I so look forward to getting followers to move over to the Patreon and / or the regular site. It's going to be a challenge.
Hallelujah. The Lord is worthy to be praised. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Thank you for sharing your testimony. Hallelujah.
Hi, Bella, it is so good to hear from you. I have surely praised God for what you just read. I have much more to share in the second half that comes out next Wednesday as well as many other remarkable moments that I plan to later share. I have long waited to write of certain accounts. The season is now right for me to take these steps. I know you could relate to how good timing is prayerfully determined. God bless you. I hope you are well. Feel free to email me anytime. Let me know how you are doing.


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Use the tape to stick the end of a piece of yarn to the back of your cardboard letter. Then wrap the yarn around the letter approximately ten times. Trim the end of the yarn and stick it to the back of the letter, then stick the end of another colored piece of yarn and begin to wrap it around the letter.
Repeat step 2 until the whole of the letter is covered with no cardboard showing. The corners of the letters are slightly harder to cover, you will need to use slightly more yarn and it helps to add more tape to the back two hold the yarn in place.


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Man Becomes 1st Oregon Inmate To Die With COVID-19
By Conrad Wilson (OPB)
Portland, Ore. May 21, 2020 8:14 p.m.
UPDATE (4:34 p.m. PT) — An inmate at the Oregon State Penitentiary who tested positive for COVID-19 died Wednesday evening, according to the Department of Corrections.
It's the first COVID-19 related death connected to the state's prison system.
The unidentified inmate was between 50 and 60 years old and one of three with the disease who have been hospitalized, DOC said in a statement. Next of kin have been notified. Two other inmates remain hospitalized.
The Oregon State Police will investigate the death and the state medical examiner will determine the cause.
Inmates are at greater risk for contracting the disease because it's difficult to create enough social distance in prisons, jails and detention centers to slow the spread of COVID-19. Some of the largest outbreaks in the country have been in correctional institutions.
As of Thursday, Oregon DOC said there were 148 inmates who have tested positive for the disease, as well as 38 employees. The agency houses more than 14,000 inmates across 14 institutions.
Last month, Gov. Kate Brown said she wouldn't release inmates in large groups over risks surrounding the disease. Rather, she said, she would evaluate early releases on a case-by-case basis.
The death comes as the DOC and Brown are being sued for their response to the pandemic inside the state's prisons. Inmates in several institutions allege not enough has been done to slow the disease.
Among other things, the suit asks a judge to mandate a social distance of 6 feet or more between inmates in all of the DOC's facilities. If that can't be accomplished, the lawsuits ask that a three-judge panel review cases and reduce the number of prisoners in Oregon prisons so it is possible.
The Oregon Justice Resource Center, which is suing the DOC and Brown, said the death underscores the risks COVID-19 poses to staff and inmates.
"There is an urgent and clear need for a comprehensive program of prevention, testing, and care to be implemented throughout Oregon's prisons," OJRC's Juan Chavez said in a statement. "Governor Brown must no longer ignore the reality that prisons are not built to withstand a global pandemic and act on the knowledge she has of the risk of harm that exists for all those who work and live in the prisons."
DOC has set up medical isolation units for patients with COVID-19 at the Coffee Creek Correctional Institution and the Snake River Correctional Institution, where there's 24/7 nursing care.
This week, DOC started antibody testing, but have not yet received results.
"Antibody testing will help us quantify the breadth and scope of COVID at our institutions with positive tests," DOC said in a statement. "For example, we will offering antibody testing to all (inmates) at Shutter Creek. This will allow us to identify those now presumptively immune."
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