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Lender Services Autumn Bulletin
With a significant drop in temperature, and Halloween around the corner, it seems clear that summer has officially ended. We hope you will take a few minutes to read an Aberdein Considine treat – our Autumn bulletin!
In order to continue to provide a quarterly update to our clients, we have compiled a newsletter which we hope will continue to provide insight into our team and provide an update on some key developments both in Scotland and generally throughout the United Kingdom.
Our Lender Services Practice Group (LSPG) team continues to provide advice in relation to secured mortgage repossessions, consumer debt recovery, business and commercial debt recovery, asset recovery, and professional negligence.
For the fifth year running, Aberdein Considine's Debt Recovery department, consisting of our finance and banking litigation team, has been awarded Top Tier status in the new edition of the Legal 500 guide which ranks and rates the best lawyers in the world. In reference to our team, the Legal 500 said 'Aberdein Considine's extensive roster of lender clients is testimony for the team's 'strength in banking sector work', which includes secured mortgage litigation, asset recovery and mortgage fraud matters alongside other types of residential and commercial banking litigation'. For the first time, our Newcastle office has received recognition in the Legal 500 by going straight in at Tier 2. The Legal 500 states 'The Newcastle offices of Scottish firm Aberdein Considine house a strong debt recovery practice, which is active across the North East. The group is most noted for its expertise in secured and unsecured debt recovery, with clients including national banks and financial institutions.' We know this is a huge testament to the hard work and dedication of all of the Lender services team both north and south of the border and we hope for Tier 1 status in England next year too.
As a department, we have been acutely aware for some time now that the industry as a whole has been very focused on the treatment of customers in potentially vulnerable situations and we have been working hard internally on making sure that we are managing these customers sensitively and effectively. In addition to this, we have been working on training to ensure that our senior members of staff are trained to deal with internal vulnerability. The training programme has designed to assist senior staff in developing awareness of mental health and well-being issues which may affect the workplace. Among the key areas of focus were the ability to recognise the types of mental illness and their signs and symptoms, how to react appropriately, and ensuring that we demonstrate the appropriate communication skills to support individuals with poor mental health.
In preparation for Halloween, our Banking litigation team recently went on a spooky adventure in the Edinburgh escape rooms. One of the challenges was to escape from a 'prison' and the below team were victorious. Now we hope you all have your Halloween costumes at the ready…
Recent Judgements Scrutinise Options For Lenders In Asset Finance Industry
Following the termination of a conditional sale agreement, a lender may wish to seek recovery of the asset subject to the agreement and the outstanding balance they are due. The court action will usually seek the following remedies:
An order for recovery of possession of the asset (i.e a motor vehicle);
Orders permitting Sheriff Officers to enter premises occupied by the borrower to allow recovery of possession of the asset.
Failing which, a Money Judgement in respect of the outstanding balance.
Two undefended actions have reviewed whether the lender can be granted these orders at the same time. In Santander Consumer (UK) plc -v- Creighton in Aberdeen Sheriff Court, the Judge determined it was premature to grant the order for payment and that this could be assessed later once the vehicle had been sold.
The later decision of Clydesdale Financial Services Limited t/a Barclays Partner Finance v Sean Lawrence in Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court reached a different conclusion. The Judge took the view that it is satisfactory to grant all orders sought by the lender as long as there is no issue with the jurisdiction of the court and the action can be considered competent. The Judge said that any potential unfairness that the customer may suffer can be prevented by the customer's own actions and defending the action.
Lenders can therefore continue to raise proceedings and seek a number of remedies but should be mindful that there is no guarantee that all Judges in Scotland will adopt the same approach in an undefended action.
Should Lenders use personal data to help customers avoid debt problems?
The Money & Mental Health Policy Institute have said lenders could monitor customers' personal data to help them avoid debt problems. In particular this may assist customers struggling with their mental health. For example, lenders could monitor changes in spending habits and income and signpost customers to debt advice and assistance to help avoid unmanageable debt. The charity has relied on recent surveys in which two-thirds of people have said that they would wish their account monitored to help spot financial problems and have support offered in those circumstances. Where there is uncertainty is how lenders would assist their customers who are struggling with personal debt, but ensure that the personal data they hold is being used appropriately.
The FCA are PRA changes to mortgage reporting requirements
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have recently published a policy statement in respect of changes to mortgage reporting requirements. Having identified gaps in the data firms submit, the policy statement looks to address these gaps by increasing the data which lenders are required to submit via Product Sales Data (PSD). There are also gaps and inconsistencies in the forms and guidance in MLAR about mortgages sold to third parties and second charge mortgages.
Firms will need to ensure that reporting is in line with the changes set out in the policy statement. A link to the policy statement is below:
https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/policy/ps19-23.pdf
Loretto Housing Association v Cruden Building & Renewals and another [2019] CSOH 78 has provided a degree of comfort to pursuers facing prescriptive arguments.
The recent decision of Lord Docherty in Loretto Housing Association v Cruden Building & Renewals and another [2019] CSOH 78 has provided a degree of comfort to pursuers facing prescriptive arguments.
The recent decision in Loretto Housing Association is a professional negligence action involving a construction project where issues arise whether obligations to make reparation have been extinguished by prescription.
The defenders in the case relied upon section 6(4) of the 1973 Act. This section provides the calculation of the prescriptive period shall not include any period during which the pursuer was induced by the words or conduct of the defender not to raise a claim.
In Loretto, it is argued for the pursuer that an engineer was on site throughout the project and on the basis of the engineer's advice the architect certified the works conducted for payment. Using reasonable diligence there was no reasons for the pursuer to believe that the works had not been properly conducted. Lord Docherty has held that these averments are relevant and has allowed them to progress to further procedure and perhaps a full hearing.
The advantage of section 6(4) argument is that it is entirely unaffected by Morrison and Gordon's Trustees. If successful at proof, it will become the standard position widely seen.
Application for Lender Professional Negligence Actions
The decision could be useful for pursuit of professional negligence claims in lending situations.
A lending transaction is supported by expert valuation from surveyor which the lender relies upon to determine the sums which can be safely advanced. A solicitor acting for the lender certifies in the certificate of title that he has complied with his instructions and the terms of CML Handbook.
The lender has no reason to look past this or doubt the information provided to them and therefore no reason to suspect they may suffer a loss as a result. Even in the event that default occurs on the account, the reasonable diligence of the lender would not extend retrospective valuation and a review of the lending transaction until such time as a shortfall loss had been incurred.
This line of argument is beneficial by pushing back the prescription clock as the information provided has induced the lender to refrain from making a relevant claim. Arguably, the entire period from issue of valuation or the certificate of title until instruction of a professional negligence review could be discounted from the calculation of the five year prescriptive period.
Whilst we await the Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018 coming into force to clarify the position, the 6(4) argument is clearly proving a useful tool to prevent lenders' claims prescribing before they have even realised they have suffered a loss.
Starting Over: can lenders obtain more than one possession order? (England and Wales)
Many lenders will start a new possession claim despite already having a possession order from previous proceedings. Whilst a new claim is not always necessary, the question often asked is: should the lender try to rely on its existing possession order, or are they allowed to start again?
A recent case, Salix Homes v Mantato [2019] EWCA Civ 445, in the Court of Appeal shone a light on this very issue, bringing a welcome degree of clarity for lenders.
Mr Mantato was a secure tenant, and when he incurred rent arrears the landlord obtained a postponed possession order in 2008. Mr Mantato failed to clear the arrears and was ordered to give up possession. Several successive suspended warrants followed, each on payment terms, though the arrears were never cleared. In 2017 the landlord started a new claim for possession due to rent arrears, without mentioning the previous proceedings. The landlord was granted a possession order and, after obtaining a warrant, evicted the tenant.
Mr Mantato subsequently paid off all the rent arrears and applied to set aside the new possession order. He argued that as the original possession order was never discharged, the 2017 claim was an abuse of process and barred by res judicata – that is, was already subject to a judicial decision.
On appeal, the Court of Appeal ruled that the facts entitling the landlord to possession were not the same as those which resulted in a possession order in 2008. The fact that new arrears had accrued since the 2008 possession order was sufficient. The result being that the landlord's appeal was allowed.
The key elements for lenders to consider here are that, in most circumstances, lenders are neither obliged to, nor prevented from, issuing fresh proceedings when there is an existing possession order in place.
The subject of possession orders can be complex, and one that requires care and sensitivity. Combining this with a robust understanding of the rules will ensure that the process remains fair and equitable for everyone involved.
Adelekun v Yorkshire Building Society [2019] EWHC 856 (QB) (England and Wales)
This recent case is a good example of a borrower seeking to rely on data protection laws and a duty of care owed by a lender to a borrower to bring a damages claim against a lender for marking an entry on the borrower's credit record.
The customer in this case made an application to the lender for a mortgage, the application was refused and an entry was made by the lender on the National Hunter Register which stated "false income". The customer brought a claim for damages under the Data Protection Act 1998 against the lender claiming that the entry was inaccurate.
Upholding the first instance judge's dismissal of the claim, the High Court concluded that:
There is a duty of care on credit companies to take reasonable care in making entries on a credit register (Durkin [2014] UKSC 21). The duty of care under this authority being co-existent with the then relevant Data Protection legislation.
The difference between the two authorities being that under the tortious duty of care, the burden is on the claimant to prove that a defendant has not taken reasonable care whereas under the data protection legislation, the burden is on the defendant to prove that it has.
The judge had been entitled to find that the "false income" entry was accurate even though witness evidence was not produced by the lender.
Correspondence had been considered from HMRC which stated that customer's income was nil and there were discrepancies between the customer's submissions about his income and the correspondence from HMRC.
The taking of reasonable care did not require the lender to run any further checks and it was found that the lender was entitled to rely on the response it received from HMRC.
In any event, the customer had failed to establish that he had suffered loss, or that any alleged loss was caused as a result of the "false income" entry.
This case emphasises a clear and common sense approach taken by the Court, which resulted in a dismissal of the claim, both by the judge at first instance and by the High Court on appeal. In recent years there has been an increase in data protection related claims brought by customers against lenders and other businesses and the practical approach taken in this case provides a clear message that lenders can adopt a common sense approach when it comes to taking reasonable care to make sure that any entries made on credit registers are accurate.
Practically speaking, if there are issues raised within a mortgage application then they do need to be investigated but a more practical approach may be taken particularly where a lender is able to rely on responses received from appropriate authorities.
The findings in this case in relation to tortious and data protection duties are consistent with the conclusions which have been published by the FCA this year in that the addition of a new duty of care on financial services firms would be unnecessary as it would simply be a repetition of requirements already found in existing duties. The FCA has therefore proposed to review how the current regulatory framework is applied and to consider implementing new Principles to strengthen lender's duties to customers.
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India's BARC develops small solar RO and UF units
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Santa Clara votes for advanced wastewater reuse plant
The directors of the Santa Clara Valley Water District in California, USA, approved two agreements with the City of San Jose on 23 February 2010 to build a new advanced water treatment facility involving microfiltration, reverse osmosis and ultraviolet disinfection.
Australia's CSIRO demonstrations indirect stormwater reuse
Scientists at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have bottled recycled stormwater as pure drinking water titled "Recharge", CSIRO announced on 17 September 2009.
Changi wastewater reuse plant goes commercial
Stage 1 of the Sembcorp Changi NEWater Plant (SCNP) in Singapore has started commercial operations, according to a 26 August 2009 announcement from Black & Veatch, who provided full design engineering for the wastewater reuse plant along with construction support and commissioning services.
Poseidon signs two VPs and construction director
Three experienced US water industry personnel have joined Poseidon Resources, following the departure of Nikolay Voutchkov earlier this year, the company announced on 20 July 2009.
San Diego wastewater reuse demonstration to continue
San Diego City Council voted on 7 July 2009 to continue a $12 million wastewater indirect potable reuse demonstration project which would take purified sewage water from the North City Water Reclamation Plant and pump it into the San Vincente Reservoir to augment drinking water supplies.
Desalination and reuse in California/New Mexico get funding
US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced on 1 July 2009 27 water reclamation and reuse projects in California and New Mexico identified by the Bureau of Reclamation to share in a total of US$ 134.3 million under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009.
US districts fight saline intrusion with reused water
Two California water districts announced an agreement on 18 April 2009 to transfer and use recycled wastewater as a barrier against saline intrusion into groundwater, replacing 5.5 billion gallons (20.8 million m³) of drinking water per year previously used for this purpose.
Phase 1 of Palm desalination plants finished in Dubai
The first phase of a $ 120 million contract to build two identical seawater desalination plants on the Palm Jumeirah island development in Dubai, UAE, has been completed by ACWA Emirates LLC.
Ozone improves ceramic membrane use for wastewater reclamation
Ceramic membranes have been used in the industrial production of beer, wine and cheese. One of the reasons for this use is the narrow pore size distribution, where careful separation of different size compounds can be achieved. Outside of Japan, the use of ceramic membranes has been almost non-existent for municipal drinking-water systems. The slow adoption of this technology is largely the result of a perception by many that the costs are significantly higher. While the capital costs may be higher, the whole life cycle costs may not be, due to extended membrane life and more reliable operation. Most water reuse today takes the form of indirect potable reuse. These schemes frequently consist of several steps including physical and chemical disinfection and advanced oxidation. They have the disadvantage of high cost and often poor membrane fluxes due to the nature of the wastewater being treated. The study outlined in this article is preliminary, but shows that ozone in conjunction with ceramic membranes for water-reuse applications has many advantages when disinfection and advanced oxidation is required. As opposed to polymeric membrane systems that cannot tolerate ozone, ceramic membranes in conjunction with ozone can achieve multiple key objectives in one step. This article appeared in the May/June issue of D&WR magazine.
Top 20 water-stressed countries with solar potential
The World Resources Institute (WRI) has named the world's top 20 most water-stressed countries which have the most solar energy potential.
Desalination capacity increasing by 50% in 2013 says IDA
Desalination plants with a total capacity of 6 million m³/d are expected to come on line during 2013, a 50% increase on 2012, according to new data from the International Desalination Association and GWI DesalData.
"We're now at more than $100 million revenue." Doug Brown, AquaVenture chairman and CEO
AquaVenture chief executive Doug Brown has a track record of delivering shareholder value. When he joined water technology and engineering firm Ionics as chief executive in 2003, the struggling business was trading at $16 a share.
WRI publishes country chart of water-stress exposure
A ranked list of countries showing their exposure to water-stress was released on 12 December 2012 by the World Resources Institute (WRI).
Libya moves to build new desalination plant in Misrata
Authorities in Libya are to build a new desalination plant in Misrata, reports Libya Observer.
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Egypt pledges $51 billion for water projects over 20 years
Spanish/Israeli JV awarded Ashdod desalination contract
IDE reported winner of Soreq desalination contract
Oman names preferred bidders for Sohar and Barka projects
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Alexis Weisheim (born 15 January 1981 in Entre Ríos Province) is an Argentine footballer who is playing for Club Sanjustino de San Justo.

Biography

Personal life
Weisheim suffers from diabetes.

In 2006, he signed for Israeli side Hapoel Kfar Saba.

His last spell in Israel was with M.S. Givat Olga, where he was released in June 2012.
He later returned to Argentina, and continues to play there in lower level leagues, currently with Club Sanjustino de San Justo.

Statistics

Footnotes

External links
 Profile and statistics of Alexis Weisheim on One.co.il
 Alexis Weisheim at BDFA.com.ar

1981 births
Living people
Argentine Jews
Jewish Argentine sportspeople
Sportspeople from Entre Ríos Province
Argentine footballers
Unión de Santa Fe footballers
Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players
Hapoel Haifa F.C. players
Maccabi Ironi Tirat HaCarmel F.C. players
Hapoel Acre F.C. players
Maccabi Kafr Kanna F.C. players
Hapoel F.C. Karmiel Safed players
F.C. Givat Olga players
Liga Leumit players
Israeli Premier League players
Argentine emigrants to Israel
Association football forwards

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As part of the continued drive for excellence, the University is seeking an experienced commercial contracting professional, to form part of the finance division senior team within this unique environment.
This crucial role will be working closely with the Executive team as a key appointment, cementing their position as a leading Sussex business. You will play a vital role in supporting the future-proofing of the organisation, delivering value-for-money, strong long-term relationships and nullified risk.


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Juan Travieso Debuts His Futuristic Paintings of Nature in NY
by CaroPosted on November 2, 2015
Miami based artist Juan Travieso brings nature to life in his colorful and geometric paintings. Growing up in Havana, Cuba, he loved being outside and exploring his natural surroundings. This passion developed into his appreciation for nature, the core component of his design oriented style. In our interview with the artist, he shared, "As a part of nature, I am aware of the fact that we are trying so hard as a species to disconnect ourselves from what we are. I feel that it is my responsibility as an artist and as a citizen of the world to give voice to the powerless species on this earth." Travieso recently made his debut in New York with a new series that offers a futuristic look at nature, particularly endangered species. His show "Little Robot [Future Loading]" at Jenn Singer Gallery addresses issues like the inevitable extinction of some animals as a result of our ignorance. To Travieso, technology plays a large role in our distraction from what is truly important. It is represented in cubic, abstract forms that intervene images of creatures like gorillas and numerous birds. Looking over them is a portrait of an innocent looking young boy, the Little Robot, who shares in their doomed future.
Juan Travieso's "Little Robot [Future Loading]" is now on view at Jenn Singer Gallery in New York through November 11th, 2015.


A dialogue between audio and video reinterprets a scene from the movie The Stranger (1967, dir. Luchino Visconti), in which the condemned debates with a priest about the absurdity of life, death, and the non-existence of God. The debate is abstracted by the skewed image as seen through cut glass and the meanings of their words take on a certain timelessness.
While keeping in touch by phone, two protagonists live in a visually completely distinct universe. One is a drone pilot, the other works in an office. Flanet illustrates how technological progress changes the perspectives of human beings: people can share the same reality and still have totally different perceptions.
The movie is based on a genre of popular scientific documentary and is trying to presume the effects of scientific findings.
An empty, but inhabited classroom. Stanislas, Margot and Ali speak about books. I Am an Earthquake, is one of the titles. Every child interprets and imagines. The story becomes the point of departure of a conversation about the world.
How does a film which takes as its starting point post-colonial Africa end up raising the more general question of the colonisation of minds and bodies by all kinds of "conventions"?
A film study in which the symbol of flight which contradicts human limitations inspires an emotional rhythm of scenes varying along three lines.
Film journals are constantly being made and edited and end in death - Szirtes's intimate social journals are an epic, multi-layered system, a remarkable reflection of an individual and of contemporary mores.


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Iran's imports down 12.5%
Business Materials 10 January 2016 13:22 (UTC +04:00)
Tehran, Iran, January 10
By Mehdi Sepahvand -- Trend:
The amount of goods imported to Iran in March 21- Dec.21, 2015, decreased by 12.5 percent, Faramarz Maddah, an official with Iran's Road and Transport Organization said.
He noted that during the period 28.286 million tons of oil and non-oil goods was imported via land and water terminals, IRNA news agency reported.
Of that, 1.139 million tons was imported via land roads, he stated.
According to the official, in the meantime Iran exported 43.330 million tons of goods, 5.06 million tons of which was carried via land roads.
Land roads accommodate 9 percent while water ways 91 percent of Iran's imports and exports.
During the said period, Bazargan checkpoint was the most active border threshold as it let through 61 percent of the total imports. Astara and Mirjaveh followed by 17 and 9 percent respectively.
Iranian trucks' share in exporting goods was 63 percent while for imports it was 39 percent.
Most exported goods went to Afghanistan and Turkey, while Iran imported mostly from Turkey and Azerbaijan.
In the meantime, 216,000 people entered the country using 27,000 vehicles, of which buses comprised 39 percent and cars 53 percent.
Of the incoming passengers 110,000 were foreigners while 106,000 were Iranians.
During the period also 123,000 foreigners and 147,000 Iranians left the country.
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"Worst fish and chips ever :-("
We had two fish-and-chips from Carlos tonight which were the worst we've ever had - and we've had a lot.
First, the fish ponged. Fresh fish should never smell. The batter was soggy, and the chips were soft and not well cooked inside.
A lack of forks or napkins completed this take-away disaster.
This is the only time we've ever thought about taking food back.


RetroArch has now been ported to Windows 98SE/2000 as well as DOS. These are very early work-in-progress ports but in their current state do allow you to start up RetroArch and load a core/game.
For Windows, the current releases and nightly builds do not support XP or below due to changes in the msys2/mingw toolchain. While older Windows versions are indeed supported by the RetroArch codebase, they need to be manually compiled with Visual Studio (Express or Pro) to run properly. For XP and above, Visual Studio 2010 is supported. The solution/project file is located in the pkg/msvc folder of the source along with older msvc solutions. For Windows 98/2000, we support Visual Studio 2005. A DirectX 9.0c SDK is also required, and in order to target 98, a version no newer than December 2006 must be used.
The Windows 98/2000 port may work with our existing OpenGL driver if your graphics card supports a high enough version of OpenGL, but this has not yet been tested. So far 98/2000 has only been tested against a new experimental GDI video driver which does not require hardware acceleration like OpenGL or DirectX (the GDI driver works on newer Windows versions as well). With the GDI driver, the RGUI menu is fully supported and there is also preliminary support for XMB with minimal (text-only) rendering.
For input/joypad and audio support on 98/2000, the DirectX 9.0c runtime should continue to work as it does with newer Windows versions. Windows 98SE requires a DirectX runtime no newer than December 2006, and Windows 2000 can go up to February 2010.
Cores for 98/2000 will also currently need to be compiled manually due to the mingw toolchain used by the buildbot. It's possible that we may setup a new buildbot target for the older Windows ports at a later date.
The DOS port requires DJGPP to compile (we cross-compile from Linux), and also requires the CWSDPMI server included with that toolchain to access 32-bit protected mode. An experimental "Mode 13h" VGA driver is implemented to provide 320×200 video with 256 colors. Keyboard input support is currently very minimal, only the A/B/X/Y, Start/Select and arrow keys work. There is also no audio support yet.
Cores for DOS will need to be compiled manually, as well as statically linked with RetroArch itself, similar to how our console ports work. This means that a compiled RetroArch EXE file will correspond to just one specific built-in core. FCEUmm and Snes9x2010 are known to work, but due to the default timer tick in DOS being 18hz, gameplay is currently very slow. Work is ongoing to reprogram the interrupt timer which should allow full speed gameplay.
No release yet! You have to compile from source, and things are still very much a Work-In-Progress!
Compilation instructions will be added at a certain point on our Documentation site.
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This drink is often distributed in the temples during festive occasions.In Mangalore,it is distributed during car festival on "Okkolu"(Holi) day.The Paanak distribution on that day was started my Mamama's Father,that is my maternal Great Grandfather and is still continued to this day….We also get the ready to use sypup in some of the shops here and is a very popular drink.This drink is a combination of sweet and spicy punch.At times Paanak is prepared very spicy and soothes the throat like a fire.This is very good for digestion and clears the system.
Take a thick pan and melt jaggery powder with 2 cups of water.
Once it melts completely strain it to remove any impurities.
Powder dried ginger in a mortar and pestle.
Add the powders to the melted jaggery.
At this stage you may also strain the mixture once.
Add cardamom powder,lime juice and mix well.
Add 3/4 litre water and dilute the syrup.
Chill it and serve with ice cubes.
Never heard abt it , nice drink..


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Suspect wanted for sexually assaulting woman in front of church
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A stranger dragged, shoved and sexually assaulted a woman in a savage attack in front of a Washington Heights church this week, cops said Wednesday.
The perv ran up behind the 23-year-old victim in front of the St. Rose of Lima Church on West 165th Street near St. Nicholas Avenue around 11:20 p.m. Monday, wrapped his arms around her and put his hand over her mouth, police said.
Then he dragged the woman under a nearby awning — threatening her not to scream or he'd stab her, police said.
Then he shoved her against a wall, pulled her pants down and tried to rape her, authorities said.
When he was unable to rape her, the sicko forced her to perform oral sex on him, police said.
The assailant finally took off when someone walked by, police said.
The victim was taken to a local hospital for an evaluation.
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Haleakala Silversword, Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii
Haleakalā silversword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum) grows in volcanic cinder on the slope of the dormant Haleakalā volcano on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The rare Haleakalā silversword, which is considered threatened, grows at elevations above 6,900 feet (2,100 meters). The plant can have 40 or more sword-like succulent leaves covered with silver hairs, which are strong enough to resist wind. The plant is also specially adapted to the extreme high-altitude temperatures. The leaves and hairs are arranged in such a way to focus sunlight, raising the plant's temperature by as much as 36 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celcius). In Hawaiian, the plant is referred to as ʻāhinahina, which means "very gray."
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In the beautiful English village of Wreay, only five miles outside Carlisle is St. Mary's church.
Built in 1840-1842 to the specific Basilica design of Miss Sarah Losh in memory of her sister Catherine and parents.
To the North of the church lies the Losh family burial plot. A unique design with balustrades of stone edging the site and ornate carvings on some of the memorial stones depicting pine cones, palm trees and sea shells.
These designs were popular around the late 19th Century, reflecting the poineering seafaring journeys and discoveries of the time.
John Losh, partner in the Walker Alkali Works, Newcastle, High Sheriff of Cumberland in 1811, Provincial Grand Master for Cumberland who died 31 Mar 1814 and his wife Isabella, 17 Oct 1799, daughter of Thomas Bonner of Callerton Hall, near Newcastle.
Joseph Losh, 1789 – 17 Jan 1848 aged 59.
Sarah Losh, amateur architect, who rebuilt St. Mary's Church, Wreay in 1840-42 and also built the Village School and other buildings in the village, 29 Mar 1853.
Katherine Isabella, who died aged 43 and buried on 26 Feb 1835.
John Joseph Losh, Lieutenant Colonel, 42nd Madras Native Infantry, Military Auditor of Madras, Died 12 Mar 1862.
Robert Henry Losh of Langarth Cottage, Brisco. Died 7 Nov 1867.
William Septimus Losh, 24 Sep 1888 of Woodside and his wife (and first cousin) Sarah Spencer, 1883 daugther of George Losh.
Frances Elizabeth Losh, 22 Nov 1878 and her husband, Francis Coleridge Hutchinson, M.D., of Douglas, Isle of Man, 6 Oct 1863, both of The Cottage, Brisco.
Some of the stones are well weathered and the inscriptions barely discernable. However, those wishing to trace an ancestor may do well to vist the following site detailing a Losh family history.
Near the burial plot is a mausoleum dedicated to Sarah's Sister Catherine, containing an alabaster figure of her seated and holding a pine cone in her hand. The work of a Carlisle Sculptor, David Dunbar. Pine cones are symbolic of eternal life and are used widely throughout the site and the church, the most recent sculpture added in 2000 to commemorate to millemium.
A runic cross stands behind the mausoleum in memory of Sarah's parents, which is said to be a copy of the Bewcastle Cross.


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[Paleopsych] Inner Worlds: Origins of spirituality in human evolution: what happened when our species learned of our own mortality.
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Origins of spirituality in human evolution: what happened when our
species learned of our own mortality.
http://www.innerworlds.50megs.com/deathanxiety.htm
[Again, this is a dubious site.]
The Beginnings of Spirituality and Death Anxiety in Human Evolution.
[2]brainsci at jps.net
Mommy, mommy, I feel sick.
Run for the doctor, quick, quick, quick.
Doctor, doctor, will I die?
Yes my dear, and so shall I.
(Whitley Strieber)
Human spirituality had an origin in our history. It began soon after
we acquired our language skills, and is related to the linguistic
aspects of our sense of self.
If we didn't have language, it would have been very easy to go into a
total denial of the fact of personal death(1). Nobody has ever
experienced their own death. You have to figure it out while you're
still alive.
How do you know you'll die? Unless you have some fairly intense
psychic powers ( and you believe in reincarnation), you won't remember
dying, and even then your memories will bear other interpretations.
Most people, most of the time, only know that they will die because
they've learned it, usually during childhood.
"Does everybody have to die, Daddy?"
"Do dogs go to Heaven?"
"Can people in Heaven see us?"
"Is it a long time?"
As children grow up, they experience the deaths of those around them,
and learn that people actually die. Their religions tell them about
life after death, making sure that kids think about it in their own
terms as soon as they learn to think about it at all. Tales are told.
Death is heaven and hell.
Death is rebirth.
Death is where the ancestors are.
Death is a lush spirit world.
Death is being in the arms of God.
Cultures and religions have co-opted death, turning it into a story
written by living cultures, for living people. Near-Death studies have
found that experiences very much like traditional afterlife stories
(or something like them) can actually be found in near-death accounts.
This can explain the source of these stories, but this chapter is more
about why humans have the need for these stories in the first place.
When we first appeared as a species, our brains expanded in two
important areas. The frontal lobes, which have to do with planning,
anticipating things, and projecting into the future, and the temporal
lobes, which have to do with memory. Both of these large areas have
many other functions, but these two stand out when we are talking
about understanding death. The temporal lobes expanded, and now
included language comprehension areas, and the frontal lobes grew to
include language production areas. The human sense of self changed to
include a component that dealt in language, so that we began to take
words personally, and to feel our selves' affected by what others say
Our minds were re-shaped with a new 'top priority': talking to others.
Each person had to fit the way they related to others into a
vocabulary they shared with others. The process of actually
identifying with others was probably enhanced as well. We were more
able to assume that our experiences were like those of others, and
that their experiences were also like ours, because they used the same
words and gestures we do. This must have enhanced our capacity for
bonding, but it also introduced a defense mechanism that helps people
to feel that anyone who seems to experience the world differently than
themselves is somehow less than fully human. Other nations were
thought of as though they were other species. We began to judge
others. Not just dislike them, but actually entertain thoughts that
they shouldn't be the way they are.
At this point in our evolutionary history, a fundamentally new
experience became possible. A person could look at a dead body,
remember the experience, think about it, personalize the whole thing,
and conclude that the same thing is going to happen to them. Language
skills are utilized, and the sentence appears in the mind: "I will
die." The conclusion is reached without the person having any first
hand experience at all.
The concept is very threatening. Our new cognitive skills would allow
a lot more imagination than before, and it would have been very
adaptive for us to use this skill to imagine as many way of dying as
possible. The more ways of dying we can imagine, the more ways we can
avoid. But death anxiety is very stressful. If we were aware of our
death at all times, we would be at risk for several psychoses, like
the ones that follow the development of the normally fear-laden
temporal lobe seizures. (2, 3).
Persinger (4) has theorized that we developed a mechanism that shuts
death anxiety off. Spiritual experience.
You have to know something about how the brain creates emotion before
you can understand how this works. It starts with a structure called
the amygdala. Actually, there's two of them, one on each side of the
brain. The one on the right is specialized for negative feelings,
especially fear and sadness. The one on the left manages positive
There's an idea that keeps re-appearing in my work. That when a
negative emotion becomes intense enough, it can actually create bliss.
Here's how it works: As a negative emotion, especially fear, deepens,
it involves more and more of the right amygdala. The source of the
emotion stimulates it from within. When a certain point is reached, it
'overloads', and the activity spills into the amygdala on the left.
All of a sudden, the left amygdala, which has been operating at a low
level, is filled with activity, and the person is filled with bliss,
joy, ecstasy, and a sense of meaningfulness.
The point where this happens is very deep in the experience of fear or
sadness.
My interpretation of these events is that they're a rare example of a
state of consciousness that's usually a part of the death process (5).
Because these states are ordinarily reserved for the end of life, they
might manifest only when a person only feels that their lives, their
self' is threatened with extinction. When that threshold is crossed, a
spiritual experience can occur, one that takes a part of the death
process, and uses it to end a painful episode.
Many near-death phenomena have appeared at times that a person only
thought they were about to die, even when they weren't in any danger
at all, as though the belief that one is about to die is as much of a
trigger as death itself. There are many recorded accounts of
near-death-like experiences happening because of threats to the sense
of self without any threats to the person's life.
Here's one such case (4) :
"When Fred died, the world collapsed around me. I could not eat or
sleep, everything seemed to lose its color-food was tasteless, I
couldn't swallow because of this lump in my throat; it would not go
away no matter how much I cried. My mental pain would come and go like
chill waves. Sometimes I would forget for a few minutes and think it
was all a bad dream. Other times, the reality of it would hit me like
a cold shower. The fourth night after he died, I lay in bed, trying to
piece my life together. I lay there for hours. Suddenly, I felt Fred's
presence beside me in the bed. I looked over and saw him standing
beside me. He was dressed in his old work clothes and had a big smile
on his face. He said "Don't worry Maud. I'm in heaven now, God has let
me come to you. All our friends are here too. Its all true, what we
believed about God ...this is only a temporary separation." I went to
sleep and didn't wake for hours. The next day I felt good, the sun was
shining again; there was meaning to my life."
Maud probably identified herself as Fred's wife. When he died, she
died. Her sense of herself, that is. Her brains activity can be
guessed at: when her grief passed a certain point, her left amygdala
was triggered, and its positive contribution to her sense of self was
restored. When objects identified with the self are lost, so is the
self. In fact, one study found that the most prominent predisposing
factor in sensing the presence of a deceased spouse was that their
wife or husband had died unexpectedly (8). Without time to prepare
themselves mentally, they weren't able to resist their own grief, and
the threshold was passed.
The human sense of self is partly a social thing. If a person
experiences too much rejection at the hands of others, as in child
abuse, their self-esteem can be lowered below a certain point, also
triggering this process. There are several studies on child abuse that
support this idea (6). As the cycle of abuse proceeds, dissociative
states that first appear as ways to escape from the abuse can become
permanent options, traits.' (7)
The following case (author's collection-paraphrased) illustrates the
"As a child, I severely abused in every way a child can be. I grew up
never having even one toy. I would be locked in a closet for days at a
time. I spent my whole childhood wanting to die. He (her father)
wouldn't give me any food or water. I lost all sense of time in there.
I felt myself falling into a space I came to think of as the pit of
despair'. Eventually, I came to the bottom. There, I found angels
waiting for me. They held me and comforted me and told me how my I was
being prepared for something important that would come later on in my
life. They promised me that they would never leave me and that they
would always protect me. Now, when I do massage, these same angels
appear and give me spirit guidance. They helped me to become a healer,
and I can't imagine anything I'd rather be. I can't say that I'm glad
I was abused, but having been abused is a part of my life, and I like
my life. Now."
There are several points that both these stories have in common with
near-death experiences, such as the angels and meeting a dead person.
It seems as though they both felt they were dying, and used the
mechanism for healing these feelings that appears in the death
A lot of my work is devote to exploring the idea that mystic
experiences are instances of the death process occurring outside of
their normal context. I don't see these as pathological instances of
the experiences. It seems more likely that our continually evolving
minds found additional applications of the new neural mechanisms
associated with the death process, and that is the source of human
spirituality.
In another article ([3]This one), we have looked at the similarities
between romantic love and religious devotion. Love, however its
defined, has a powerful ability to lessen (attenuate) death anxiety.
The death-process, as revealed in near-death experiences, seems to
return, over and over, to the experience of love and being loved, of
being reunited with loved ones, and of looking at life in terms of how
much love we creat for ourselves while we live.
Both love and the experience of religious bliss lessen the anxiety
that threats to the sense of self create. Love from others heals
wounds to the self, which is partly a social thing. Religious bliss
and ecstasy heal threats to the more privately felt self. The death
process begins with the fear and resistance that helps us to try to
survive, but once death begins, and survival becomes impossible, the
fear that expectating death creates is replaced by a feeling that's
every bit as good as the fear of death was bad.
Our species is the only one that can hold the thought in our minds: "I
will die.' Ours is the only one that needs a way to cope with it, and
its long-term effects may be among the most important factors that
shaped our cultures.
As children, we might run to our mommies when we hear things that hurt
our feelings. As adults, we run to God when our feelings are hurt. The
fact of death is understood as an idea first, so its natural salve is
more ideas . Ideas like the ones that religion uses to assure people
that death, somehow, does not really exist. Any idea will do so long
as it makes it possible to face death without anxiety.
A story comes to mind. When I was in India, I was walking in a main
street in Jaipur. I came on a small crowd gathered on one side of the
street, and went up to see what it was about. When I got in, I saw
that they were staring at a very pale man lying on the ground, wearing
only a loincloth. He was covered with a loosely woven cheese cloth.
Next to him was a battered aluminum bowl with some money in it. I
noticed a cheerful-looking man standing next to him wearing the khaki
shirt and brass insignia of a government worker.
I went up to him and asked: "What are you doing?" You can ask that
sort of thing in India.
He said: "I am collecting money for this poor fellow." "I work in
municipalities office." I asked: "what's the matter with him?"
He answered: "Nothing is matter with him. He is just dead. We need
money to burn his body. You put money. Very good for you."
This man wore the Hindu tilak that advertised his beliefs about death
and dying. I looked at the man, now knowing that it was a corpse. As
if he could read my mind, the agent said: "Very soon he is child
again. Nothing Worry." I put down 20 Rupees.
The man's comments illustrate the ease with which the mind can remove
the threat of death, and turn it into something trivial. "He is just
dead. ... Nothing Worry."
Just a few hours before the present, I was in the grocery store. While
I waited in line , an old man got in the line behind me, and quite out
of the blue, he said "I'm 83 years old. Last week, I knew I was going
to die soon, but I don't care. I tried to tell my son, but he didn't
wanna listen." I told him, thinking of Near-Death Experiences, that
I'd heard that the after life was usually a pretty good deal. He said
"Oh...I don't believe in any of that horseshit." The man seemed very
happy. I asked him about it, and he said "Oh ...I smile all the time
now."
Feeling the approach of death to be certain, whether real or imagined,
natural or not, expected or not, can initiate experiences that
commonly occur at death. Threats to the more subtle sense of self are
handled differently, in more social ways, like receiving comfort from
others, but the brain structures involved seem to be much the same.
We use language to amplify the fear of death and that creates a deeper
need to avoid it than any other species has. Our thoughts of death
gave us a reason to want to be immortal. Our death-process, which
continues our consciousness after death for a time makes it possible
for us to feel its true while we're still alive. And feel that we are
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Q: Tor$^{R}_{n+1}(k,k)=0$ implies Pd$_RM\leq n$ for any $R$-module $M$? Let $R$ be a Noetherian local ring with maximal ideal $m$, $k$ its residue field $R/m$.
Then Tor$^{R}_{n+1}(k,k)=0$ implies Pd$_RM\leq n$ for any $R$-module $M$?(Pd$_RM$ is the projective dimension of $M$ over $R$.)
What I know is that since $k$ is a finitely generated $R$-module, Tor$^{R}_{n+1}(k,M)=0$ for any module $M$. Then Tor$^{R}_{n+1}(M,k)=0$ for any module $M$. So for any finitely generated module $M$, Pd$_RM\leq n$.
I am wondering if this can be extended to the case where $M$ is an arbitrary $R$-module.

A: It seems that what you are asking more specifically is

If every fin.-gen. $R$-module $M$ has $\mathrm{pd_R}M\leq n,$ does every $R$-module $M$ have $\mathrm{pd_R}M\leq n$?

The answer is "Yes".
The idea is: Filter your module by an increasing well-ordered chain $(M_{\alpha})_{\alpha < \kappa}$ of submodules such that $M_{0}=0$ and $M_{\alpha}=\bigcup_{\beta < \alpha}M_{\beta}$ at limit ordinals, and such that all the consecutive quotients $M_{\alpha+1}/M_{\alpha}$ are  of $\mathrm{pd}_R \leq n$ (in our case finitely generated). Then by induction (on $n$ and $\alpha$), one shows that each $M_{\alpha}$ is of $\mathrm{pd}_R \leq n$, and, by the same argument, that $M$ is.
The induction step for non-limit ordinals is easy, it's just the fact that modules of $\mathrm{pd}_R \leq n$ are closed under extensions (by the long exact sequence for $\mathrm{Ext}_R$), but the limit case requires more trickery: Namely, given $\alpha$ a limit ordinal, for each $\beta < \alpha$ consider the "canonical" epimorphism from free module
$$0 \rightarrow K_\beta \rightarrow R^{\oplus M_{\beta}} \rightarrow M_{\beta}\rightarrow 0,$$
Then observe that for each $\beta< \beta' < \alpha,$ there are induced compatible injective maps $K_{\beta} \rightarrow K_{\beta'} $ and split-injective maps $R^{\oplus M_{\beta}} \rightarrow R^{\oplus M_{\beta'}}$. Taking directed union (i.e. applying $\varinjlim_{\beta < \alpha}$), one obtains again the canonical epimorphism from free module
$$0 \rightarrow \bigcup_{\beta<\alpha}K_{\beta} \rightarrow R^{\oplus M_{\alpha}} \rightarrow M_{\alpha}\rightarrow 0.$$
But now we expressed $K_{\alpha}=\bigcup_{\beta<\alpha}K_{\beta}$ again in the form of "continuous" filtration with consecutive quotients of $\mathrm{pd}_R\leq n-1$. So from induction on $n$, $\mathrm{pd}_RK_{\alpha}\leq n-1,$ hence $\mathrm{pd}_RM_{\alpha}\leq n.$

A: Note that every module $M$ has projective dimension $\leq n$ iff $\operatorname{Ext}^{n+1}(M,N)=0$ for all $M$ and $N$ iff every module $N$ has injective dimension $\leq n$.  Now $N$ has injective dimension $\leq n$ iff the $n$th cokernel $K$ of any injective resolution of $n$ is injective.  By Baer's criterion, this is true iff $\operatorname{Ext}^1(R/I,K)=0$ for any ideal $I\subseteq R$.  But now $R/I$ is finitely generated and hence has projective dimension $\leq n$, and so $\operatorname{Ext}^1(R/I,K)\cong \operatorname{Ext}^{n+1}(R/I,N)=0$.  Thus $K$ is injective, and $N$ has injective dimension $\leq n$ for arbitrary $N$, and thus $M$ has projective dimension $\leq n$ for arbitrary $M$.
More generally, this shows that if every cyclic module over some ring has projective dimension $\leq n$, then every module has projective dimension $\leq n$.

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Wow. The tenth #30Thursday already. Every week that I do this, I become more and more astounded at the brilliance that is out there just waiting to be read and shared. This week, great ideas seemed to be a common theme, along with some interesting and detailed evaluations of our world as it is today. I feel privileged to have read all of these posts. I hope you feel the same way!
1. Post number one was tweeted out by Jonathan Fields, and I'm so glad I saw it. This post by Lynn Terry, a "2500 Word Rant" about the world of online marketing, is absolutely brilliant!
2. Martine Hunter tweeted out this post by Billy Mitchell. Called "A B2B Marketing Idea Takes Flight on Twitter," the post discusses the B2BTOTY program, which rewards Twitterers for building community, not just for getting tons of followers. Billy also mentions many great people for whom he is casting a vote. Check it out!
3. This next post, by Christopher Penn, combines so many things I adore into one post that it's almost too good to be true. In "What Vintage Ads Can Teach You About Email Marketing," Penn notes that the way vintage ads from the late 19th, early 20th century presented information can be instructive for today's email marketers. Truly brilliant!
4. Sometimes PR gets a bad name, and sometimes there's a reason for that. However, in this post that Beth Harte tweeted out, Melinda Travis notes that sometimes PR, even in the world of sports, can do some good. Check out "What's Right with Public Relations" when you have a chance!
7. @PrTini asks, "Can you measure the ROI of Customer Service?" Where does PR end and customer service begin? Can you measure either one in the world of Social Media?
8. Amber Naslund reminds us that with Social Media, we have the unique opportunity to engage in Difference Making. What could be more important than that?
9. Brian Solis discusses a new and rising 5th "c" of community, Social Commerce. Amazing eye for detail, chock-full of great information. Check it out!
10. My friend @galactic gave me the heads up on this amazing post by @thebrandbuilder called "Why Your Social Media Marketing Campaigns Aren't Working." A big dose of truth in an outstanding, detailed, and even funny post.
11. Speaking of @galactic (whom you might know as Cristian Gonzales), he wrote a fantastically interesting post pondering the difference between "true" and "the truth." Give it a read!
12. The difference between a true role model and someone who calls themselves an expert is action. Beth Harte wrote a post called It's Time To Get To Work. Arm Yourself With Knowledge. She makes the point that reading is one of the best weapons (or tools) you can have. Instead of just stopping there, though, she proceeds to give an amazing list of books to read in different disciplines. Bookmark this post!
14. This post by Mitch Joel, called Being a Twitter Snob is a Good thing, presents (eloquently) one view of the Twitter follow issue.
15. It inspired Mark Schaefer to write a response called Bringing Down the Twitter Snobs. Also eloquently stated!
16. Liz Strauss tweeted out this post by Jael Strong, which was posted at successful-blog.com. Bid Farewell to Bad Blogging: Edit! I agree with Jael 100% – you can have great ideas, but if you can't use language well, the beauty of those ideas may get lost amidst the distraction of grammatical errors or typos. Careful is as careful does!
17. Lisa Petrilli tweeted this post by her #leadershipchat co-founder Steve Woodruff, who guest posted on Angela Maiers' blog (phew!). In this post, Steve offers a fantastic definition for passion.
18. Marsha Collier tweeted this post and the title caught my eye – turns out it's a fantastic article by Pauline Ores at Econsultancy.com. The post is called Five Reasons NOT to Hire THAT Social Media Expert. Pauline discusses some good signals to look for when deciding if someone is *truly* an expert or if they are just a self-proclaimed guru.
19. My friend @WriterChanelle runs a really great site for Generation Y non-grads called There From Here. This week, she featured a guest post by Julia Zunich called 5 Realistic Reasons to Find Summer Internships NOW. It's a truly great read no matter where you are in your career's life cycle, but I think particularly useful for Chanelle's target audience.
20. My bloggy BFF @pushingsocial tweeted out this post from Kikolani.com. Written by Srinivas Rao, the post is called How to make a blogging advice implementation plan. Mr. Rao points out that we all read tons of blogs that offer great advice. We probably say, "Wow, that's great advice!" But do we actually follow all of that advice? Food for thought.
22. My friend @knowledgebishop sent me this fantastic post by Gerry McGovern over at MarketingProfs. The post argues that a lot of online marketers are still living in the past with "needy" marketing tactics. The new way to market is to use support and make the entire learning/purchasing process a positive. Major ramifications for both customer service and marketing. What do you think?
23. Do you think that concepts like integrated marketing or customer-centric organizations are tricky to understand? You'll be amazed at how simple @wilsonellis makes these concepts. 1 little picture, a bit of explanation, and you're good to go. Check out The Marketing Solar System.
24. My friend Dawn Westerberg offers a reminder that the past is, well, in the past, or as Fleetwood Mac might say, Yesterday's Gone. Don't let the past bog you down!
25. Suzanne Vara's jewel of brilliance this week has to do with the morning after. No, not that one. After election day! Suzanne asks if there is personal branding in politics. More to the point, would politicians succeed with their negative campaigning if Social Media was their primary medium? Interesting to ponder, non?
26. I was talking to Molly Campbell about the work I was doing for Social Media Safety. Her response was to write this post, called Sticks and Stones, or Bullying for Dummies. It's cute and funny, but there is also a good question there. What are bullies thinking? It's a great piece!
27. Feeling a little burnt out? Feeling a little sore, either physically or emotionally? Jason Sokol has 2 creativity tools that will knock your socks off! Tell him what you think of them once you try them!
28. My friend (and new papa!) Tommy Walker uses some of the characters from Office Space to explain how companies could benefit from encouraging the use of Facebook. Very interesting read!
29. Kay Whitaker and Amber Cleveland of Sterling Hope are not just active entrepreneurs – they are entrepreneurs who want to make a difference in the world. Now is your chance to help them out. Check out "the new deal for charity"!
30. This was a beautiful post by Chris Brogan. It got a lot of attention (rightfully so). The message is important in these crazy times. Read What We Let Slip Away.
Wow some real gems here. A great place for discovery. Thank you for curating this and also for including my post!
I'm genuinely honored to be included with this group of insightful souls who inspire me the same way they inspire you! And I'm thrilled that we've connected via blogchat and are now seeing each other throughout the week! You bring so much energy, thoughtfulness and brilliance to your connections and our discussions and I really appreciate that.
This list is amazing. I don't know how you do it every week along with everything else you do. Thank you for sharing and for including my post.
Amazed to be included in such a great list. I echo the sentiments of Mark, Lisa, and Debra – incredible how you do this week after week, grateful to be included. And really humbled too. Thanks for believing in the Sterling Hope mission to create global change one purchase at a time. We sooooo appreciate you. Not just for including us, but for connecting with us everyday. Thanks Margie, happy Thursday and congrats on another great list!
I am proud to say that Margie is a real community builder. A great person and one of the people in the twitterverse that really gives more than she takes. Thursdays are one of my favourite days.
Thanks for the inclusion on the list for this Thursday Margie, much obliged.


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