It's good to set challenges. I set daily challenges with other areas in my life so why not with blogging! I like feeling that sense of accomplishment you get after completing something and seeing the challenge through.
I've been blogging for over 4 years now and the style of my posts has changed. Most started off quite short and they have become much longer and more 'commercial' over time. Admittedly, a lot of my blog posts are now collaborations so as a result I tend to spend a lot more time on each blog post in both quantity and quality. It's rare to publish something under 500 words. I prefer to write longer blog posts these days but occasionally would like to post something without spending hours on it, so I'm excited about publishing shorter posts and writing topics I wouldn't usually focus on.
I love being creative and I think by setting a target of posting every day I'll have to be creative in my blog post topics. I used to share a lot of photography posts and host the linky #MyFavouriteTrip. I also took part in Silent Sunday a lot - does that still exist?
I had a break from blogging earlier in the year and am now excited about blogging regularly again. For several months I had another job and travelled to Ethiopia, which meant I barely had anytime to blog and I missed it. For a couple of months in the summer, I didn't post anything on social media at all and if I need a break I'll usually take one. I'm not a typical blogger in that sense. So because I've taken such a big step back for work/holidays already (I've only published 31 posts this year) I'm quite excited about getting back into regular blogging.
5. To see where it leads!
You never know what's around the corner! Back in August 2015, I blogged single day and published 32 blog posts that month. This is still the month with my highest ever views. It will good to challenge myself to see if I can beat that, not that blog views are all that matter. I'd also like to see, with the pressure of posting every day, what type of blog posts I come up. I'll probably write more diary style entries, photography/travel stories, some Christmas posts and a few completely random subjects!
Would you like me to write anything in particular? Are you taking part in Blogmas this year?
Good Luck- I am trying it out this year too. I ulled away from blogging and have found myself in a completely different place than I thought I would be this December. So a challenge and focus seems like a great idea. What is silent sunday? Also hoping #myfavouritetrip is still going? I would love some creative communities and talks to get involved with.
Good luck! It is a great challenge!
Always good to challenge ourselves - good luck!


Business succession planning is all about being prepared. The loss of important leadership can cripple even the strongest of companies. Succession planning is an essential component to the survival as well as growth of any business. Whether it is grooming staff members to become leaders, or preparing for a worker retirement your delegates will identify common Hurdles as well as how to conquer them.
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Councils fear illegal brothels will continue to spread after NSW Government rejects law reform
COUNCILS say they will be forced to spend hundreds of thousands of ratepayer dollars on private investigators in the war on illegal brothels.
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ILLEGAL brothels look set to continue to flourish in Sydney, frustrated local councils say.
Councillors have criticised the NSW Government's decision to not support a proposed new brothel licensing regimen, arguing that current laws make it impossible to stamp out a thriving underground trade.
Councils spend hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to shut down illegal brothels, including paying undercover investigators.
Last year, Hornsby Council lost a landmark court battle with a local massage parlour after spending more than $100,000 on such an investigation, yet failed to meet the legal standard of proof required to establish that the business was operating as a brothel.
A parliamentary committee recommendation to develop a special police unit which would ensure brothels are licensed, and don't have foreign sex workers, was rejected by the Baird Government on Tuesday.
Its inquiry heard evidence that illegal "massage parlours" offering sexual services were spreading through Sydney "at an alarming rate", with criminal networks believed to be operating in the industry and workers being exploited.
But cracking down on the industry could risk recriminalising sex work, Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Victor Dominello said in a government response tabled to parliament.
Local Government Association NSW president Keith Rhoades said the decision was shortsighted because "current laws simply weren't working".
"Minister Dominello says the government has strengthened the powers of investigation and enforcement and that should be enough," he said in a statement.
"And yet we have the ridiculous state of affairs in which councils are forced to waste ratepayers' money hiring private investigators to go undercover and actually buy sex from prostitutes to obtain the necessary proof to launch a prosecution," he said.
"The local government sector just wants a modern, sensible regulatory regimen and a dedicated expert squad able to enforce the government's own laws and keep brothels away from inappropriate places, such as churches, schools and children's playgrounds."
Sex workers had campaigned against the proposed changes, arguing that reforms could lead to corruption and illegal activity, and put them at risk of blackmail and extortion.
A Sydney woman known as Fleur told news.com.au she feared "a situation where we would routinely either have to pay off police, provide sexual services or be arrested".
Police corruption was one of the key reasons behind sex work being decriminalised in NSW in the mid-1990s after evidence emerged in the Wood royal commission that brothel owners would regularly ply officers with alcohol and sexual services in an attempt to keep their business activities under wraps.
Labor and Greens MPs have welcomed the Government's decision to reject the committee's recommendation.
"Whilst the NSW Government should never have even established such an inquiry dominated by conservative politicians, it is good to see they have refused to endorse the more extreme recommendations," Greens MP Mehreen Faruqi said in a statement.
Committee member and Labor MP Jo Haylen meanwhile said the decision would uphold the positive health and social benefits decriminalisation has allowed.
The peak body for sex workers in NSW, Scarlet Alliance, opposes any laws specific to the industry, arguing that their profession is a job like any other.
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The quest for international legal instruments capable of regulating private maritime security companies (PMSCs) efficiently has been previously explored in-depth, but few scholars or practitioners have anticipated the rise of a new kind of regulation instrument coming from outside the traditional circles of regulators composed of states, international organizations and the maritime industry. Traditional international law instruments have been unable to create international solutions for the specific issue of PMSCs and the outcome is the rise of specialized private soft law instruments. This article focuses on one of these soft law instruments produced by an outsider: the ISO/PAS 28007-1:2015. The hypothesis is that arrival of the International Standardization Organization (ISO) on the private maritime security regulation field is the consequence of both the rise of ISO standard as a powerful regulation instrument in maritime matters and societal security matters, and the very specific configuration of international law on PMSC regulation. The contribution explores the logic by which the international regulation landscape opens the door to the ISO initiative, how the ISO came to invest the issue of PMSCs, and raise some of the potential legal implications of the ISO/PAS 28007-1:2015.


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Henry Greenway (Birmingham, England, 1833 - St. Louis, Missouri, 1903) was an English-born American harp maker. He created a type of chromatic cross-strung harp displaying X-shaped double pilar and double neck. His workshop was at 545 Atlantic Street in Brooklyn, N.Y.

See also
 Harp
 Cross-strung harp
 Electric harp
 Plucked string instrument
 Experimental musical instrument

References

Bibliography
 Mandel Robert (2010), Classical & Romantic Instrument Marvels, Budapest: Kossuth Publishing.
 André P. Larson (Spring 1995), "Double Chromatic Harp by Henry Greenway", in: South Dakota Musician, Vol. 29, No. 3, p. 28.
 "1994 Acquisitions Include Rare Pianos, Harp, Woodwinds," in: The Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter, vol. 22, no. 2, p. 2.
 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1989), A Checklist of American Musical Instruments, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
 Barbara Burn, ed. (1989), A Checklist of European & American Harps, revised ed., New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
 Libin Laurence (1985), American Musical Instruments in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
 Libin Laurence (1979), A Checklist of European Harps: 1, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1904), Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments: Europe, vol. 1, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

1833 births
1903 deaths
Harp makers
Musical instrument manufacturing companies of the United States

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Been growing this thing for exactly one month strong and it's still coming in hotter than a Brian Wilson heater.
It itched so badly the first week I was scratching my face like a mountain gorilla with fleas. I always knew I had a thick beard but this thing is THICK. Thanks Dad. Pretty sure I can shave it and turn it into the wool carpet Jill always wanted and save us a few hundred bucks.
Alright, below is the official one month photo op: front, left side, right side, and satellite sky cam views.
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The most progressive big air skier in the women's scene, Lisa Zimmerman stunned the world when she was first female to land a double cork on skis at just 16-years-old.
In 2015 she was back at it again, being the first woman to land a switch double cork as well as a switch 1080 in the opposite direction. To date, no other women has landed any of these three tricks. With three World Cups and a World Championship titles on her belt and an eye on the Olympics, Lisa Zimmerman is ready to continue pushing the limits.
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Abteh  () è un centro abitato e comune rurale del Marocco situato nella provincia di Tan-Tan, regione di Guelmim-Oued Noun. Conta una popolazione di  abitanti (censimento 2014).

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Home Future Bass LZRD & T-Mass Deliver Emotional Support with "By My Side"
LZRD & T-Mass Deliver Emotional Support with "By My Side"
Electronic producers T-Mass and LZRD have teamed up together yet again to give you an uplifting festival banger just in time for the summer. With LZRD just coming off their new melodic original "Anything Anymore" with Jake Miller, "By My Side" brings you a different sound from LZRD and T-Mass than what you're used to.
T-Mass and LZRD have partnered on releases in the past with works including remixes for Illenium and The Chainsmokers in addition to having released originals like "Cash" that have accumulated millions of streams.
Now they've taken things to the next level by bringing in rising vocalist Sara Skinner for a new anthem to add to their resume. Sara Skinner's vocals blend so softly around blasting percussion and hard-hitting chords on "By My Side" which is sure to give you goosebumps. This pair has continued to impress with their joint releases, and we are looking forward to what comes next from them!
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Guangyun Lake and expo site at Xi'an, one of China's 13 megacities. Satellite image from DigitalGlobe's GeoEye-1.
Buckminster Fuller's 1968 call for An Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth is being updated to match today's satellite imaging and remote sensing capabilities. Aerospatial technologies (first prototyped for spacecraft and wars and recently highlighted in films like Gravity and Avatar) are key to an emerging goal among climate scientists to evolve Fuller's operating manual concept (logically a paper document in his day) towards Al Gore's 1992 'Digital Earth' vision of ubiquitous global environmental monitoring.
With powerful surveillance equipment hosted on hundreds of satellites orbiting the Earth (using invisible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum to probe beyond human vision), it is feasible to increasingly automate responses to our planet's environmental challenges.
Governments are co-ordinating 'spatial data infrastructure' to support a vast ambition called the Global Earth Observation System of Systems. Launched in 2005 (the same year as Google Earth), GEOSS involves 90 nations and approx 77 science agencies. Co-ordinated by the Group on Earth Observations in Geneva, it will provide an online gateway to distributed caches of public data to be used to help solve humanity's crises and challenges.
Spaceship Earth was the title of a 1966 book by English policy strategist Barbara Ward, which influenced American and British government responses to early ecological debates. On 7 December 1972, one newswire photo popularised her perspective: NASA image AS17-148-22726, taken by crew on Apollo 17 on its way to the Moon. Known as the Blue Marble, this image was humanity's first-ever sight of the whole Earth. (It followed partial views of an 'Earthrise', taken from Apollo 8 in 1968.)
This exhibition highlights how remote sensing is providing us with tools to virtually manage our planet. Comparable to medical science's project to map the human genome, GEOSS is an essential management tool for housekeeping our Sun-circling habitat – with potential to ensure the longevity of our species.
—By Davina Jackson, co-editor of the 2012 GEOSS/Digital Earth 'snapshot report', online here.


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Chris Anderi MSc, CSEP-CEP
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Why Train with Chris?
"Remember, the moment you accept total responsibility for everything in your life is the moment you claim the power to change anything in your life" - Hal Elrod
Chris "Chico" Anderi is a certified exercise physiologist with an abundance of training experience. He is highly driven & motivated and his passion for training is evident, as he is always looking for opportunities to share his knowledge of exercise science & nutrition with his clients.
Chris began personal training in 2011, and hasn't stopped since. He has worked 1-on-1 with youth, senior-aged individuals, everyday gym goers, individuals with spinal cord injuries, OUA/NCAA athletes, as well as larger groups including University Varsity sports teams.
Chris has also volunteered in multiple chiropractic and physiotherapy clinics.
Chris attended Brock University from 2010-2015 where he completed his Bachelor of Kinesiology (Honours) degree with 1st class standing, all while playing on the baseball team and working as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor at the University gym.
During his tenure at Brock, Chris really began to focus on studying the human body, taking several courses in Anatomy, Physiology, Biomechanics, Neuroscience, and Nutrition. His major area of interest is how training and nutrition can be implemented to improve body composition and performance.
While working at "The Zone," Chris was fortunate to enough to train Bermudan Paralympic track and field athlete, Jessica Lewis, for 2 years.
"Training Jess was an unbelievable experience. She taught me that despite a physical limitation, everyone has the ability to train. I think I learned as much from her as she did from me."
Chris also volunteered at the Brock-Niagara Center for Health & Well-Being, as a student trainer in both the SeniorFit & Powercord programs. Chris gained valuable exercise prescription experience for both older adults and those with spinal cord injury.
In his final year at Brock University, Chris was recognized for his academic and athletic accomplishments and was awarded the Inaugural Brock Badgers Legacy award by both the University Dean and Vice-President. Also, he was named to the Capital One Academic All-America 2nd Team (3.9 GPA), a prestigious distinction given to 22 student athletes across Canada and the United States.
Looking to further his knowledge, he then went on to complete a post-graduate certificate in Exercise Science for Health & Performance at Niagara College. While at NC, Chris studied exercise assessment, prescription, and counselling for return to work, athletic, and chronic conditions populations. He completed placement practicums at the NC fitness center, Dr. Joseph Pelino Sports Chiropractor, and The BodyLab Chiropractic and Massage. Upon completion of the program, he successfully challenged the CSEP-CEP practical and written examinations, further adding to his credentials.
Still not satisfied, he took his talents to the University of Waterloo where he obtained his MSc in Kinesiology concentrating in Physiology & Nutrition. He wrote a comprehensive literature review on the Effects of Resistance Training & HIIT on Functional Performance, Cardiorespiratory Endurance, and Insulin Sensitivity in the Elderly, while also working as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor at the University gym.
Whether your training goals are to lose weight, get stronger, become more athletic and functional, or simply become a healthier version of yourself, Chris's versatility and previous experiences make him an excellent personal trainer.
"I see personal training as an opportunity for me to make a positive impact in your life. To be that spark that sets you on the course to a happier and healthier lifestyle. Our time together will eventually come to an end, but I hope to leave you with the tools and ability to continue marching on towards your goals, whatever they may be. To me, there's nothing more rewarding then hearing back from an old client that is doing better physically and mentally because they prioritized their health and fitness."
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15/06/2017 Welcome to the ChannelAdvisor Community!
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We're proud to introduce the brand new, easy to navigate, and highly-collaborative ChannelAdvisor Community. ChannelAdvisor customers can log in using their platform credentials and click through to access the full community. Not a customer yet? No problem! You can still access some parts of the Community and get a feel for it.
The ChannelAdvisor Community is an e-commerce news feed, a community-based support system and an information resource — all rolled into one. It's where our customers stay up to date on industry trends and platform updates. It also serves as a direct line to experienced e-commerce experts ready to help you solve whatever challenges you face. But mostly, it's a community of like-minded sellers and industry thought leaders.
Predictive Search — Use the search or the category filter on the Knowledge Base to find exactly what you are looking for. We've removed the navigation pane on the left to reduce confusion and allow you to direct your own search.
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E-commerce Strategy and Fundamentals — We know you want more advice and strategy to help your business, so the E-commerce Strategy page provides just that. The Fundamentals page is your link to technical know-how and basic steps to help you get the most out of ChannelAdvisor software.
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Lithographic printing is a traditional method of printing using plates, inks and water. It differs from digital Giclée printing in that large metal plates and pressured rollers are used to physically transfer the image, with the inks and water being absorbed into the paper itself.
Lithography was first invented by Alois Senefelder in 1796 and over the last 300 years artists including Picasso, Chagall, Henry Moore, David Hockney and Andy Warhol have reproduced copies of their original paintings using these Lithographic printing techniques.
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Is watching movies considered haram in Islam? If not, why is chess haram and not movies or watching TV?
Generally speaking, wasting time is frowned upon. That doesn't mean that we don't enjoy leisure as that is part of the Sunnah and the way of our righteous predecessors.
What he means by that is that leisure is healthy so long as it is for a short while and doesn't include that which is prohibited.
So when it comes to watching movies, it is usually a waste of time and one should not indulge in them. However, it is fine to watch every once in a while provided it is wholesome and without anything objectionable from an Islamic standpoint. For example, one should read online before watching a movie whether or not it has scenes of a sexual nature. This is very easy to find nowadays and there are even programs to block lewdness from movies. But again, even watching clean material should be limited as much as possible.
As for chess, if accompanied by gambling than its prohibition is unanimous. If it is played without gambling then there is a difference of opinion in regards to its prohibition. I would recommend one to avoid it even without gambling as that is safer for one's faith.


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at 20ºC and 550ºC). Data required for these cohesive elements (adhesion energy, debonding stress) have been obtained from push-out tests. The effect of the thermal residual stress in the material composite (which are generated during its manufacture), different fibre arrangements (square and hexagonal) and volume fractions of fibre are considered in this model. Also, the Cu matrix takes into account a power law creep as a user subroutine.


When I went to the TOMC last Sunday, guess how many pics I took and deleted?
Okay I took like at least 3 pictures and deleted all 3 of them.
Heh, when I went to the TOMC I deleted like 3-5 photos... out of 35.
R160 Train!! R68 Train via Sea Beach Express Track due to switch problems at Bay 50th St! R160 N train along the express track! Speed! This operator went 42-43mph along the curve / GT 30mph and entering the station! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN07eVz-Tfw Thanks for viewing!!
R68A N Train with Skip-Stop Video!
SO I found out that my math teacher from 8th grade passed away! With that one promise I broke, I can't forget that!
On-Board N Train Video Collection!
I'll have to try to get a video of the West End / West End Exp on-board video in the train , mostly the CI side I wanted. Thanks for you comment though!
All phone quality, lol. The 4th and 5th videos were uploaded today! Lets start with R160s. (the operators were FAST) The 2nd video has a VERY NICE ending to the video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1UygOuFTMo&list=UUY5KPOKAKMMmdtqAuSeQDug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KM0VorJ3Ew&list=UUY5KPOKAKMMmdtqAuSeQDug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjhNGvKi9pk&list=UUY5KPOKAKMMmdtqAuSeQDug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtvvYrW-PtI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_L6XRyGke0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az4Xadl5U9c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiC7hZIAPHo and R68/A. (also with FAST operators) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swzmF5fMjRE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7hiNYPa7hk Enjoy!!
Ahah!@TTC That makes life a whole lot easier lol.Same name for both NYCTF and CPTDB means I don;t slip up like I did in your sign thread..
Nice! I'm still looking forward for a time to put some 68s on the ! Well that is true. If that's the case, extra trains should be provided to increase service reliability.


Studio ABD is a design consultancy specializing in innovation, packaging & environment design. We create meaningful and memorable design solutions that evolve brands and delight customers. Our interdisciplinary teams include industrial designers, business specialists, engineers, communications and graphic designers who create multifaceted experiences connecting people to brands in meaningful and emotional ways. With our decade long experience, cross segment exposure and brand maturity, we deliver exceptional service and had the opportunity to work with India's best known brands.
At Studio ABD, we design from our heart. Our designs connect deeply with the user by telling vivid and meaningful stories. Propelled by humor, craft, everyday situations, rich culture & rituals, we create unique product experiences that foster love and loyalty. We engage with brands right from the inception of an idea. We walk with our clients till their product reaches consumer's hand. Qualitative, quantitative research, consumer aspirations, strict brand guidelines, R&D 'dos and don'ts', real vendor capabilities, costing, dummies, modifications to last minute supply chain issues,…. we deal with all of above and still deliver exceptional experiences. (with a smile) !
Revathi's energy and zest for work & life is infectious! Plus, with her strong background in project management, she's a great addition to the team.
Abhinav is truly passionate about his craft. Having worked for over a decade in the industry has seasoned him into a well-rounded Industrial Designer.
With his love for design and passion for typography, Ajith flawlessly mixes his skills and experience in creating compelling designs. His passion for perfection in his craft is a treat to watch while he is working.
With his well-honed skill set, Amit makes an effective Graphic Visualiser. His passion for work alongside his passion for music and conversation, make him the engaging personality we know him to be!
Located in serene suburbs of Bangalore, our office is an open canvas which inspires us to think loud. The nature supports our ideas in all possible form, be it fully loaded chickoo, anjeer trees overlooking our studio to check if we are inspired enough or the sips of fresh coconut water direct from trees which acts as fuel for the creative minds.


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Working Group for the Center for Jewish History
The Center for Jewish History (CJH) invites proposals for a new Virtual Scholars Forum to begin in Fall 2021. Building on the success of previous working groups and the potential for broader scholarly community made possible by the turn to online learning, CJH is seeking to provide new opportunities to draw from the research and ideas of a wide array of scholars across the globe at different career stages. The Center welcomes proposals on diverse and multidisciplinary themes/subjects that seek to examine a specific topic or question through various historical, disciplinary, and contextual mediums and lenses. The ultimate goal is to facilitate the creation of an interdisciplinary community of scholars who engage and provide opportunities for inquiry and conversation among themselves in an ongoing way.
Working Group Requirements:
• The new working group will be expected to commit to a two-year cycle of six virtual meetings per academic year. Renewal for a third year is possible.
• The meetings will be modeled on scholars presenting works-in-progress or a completed work of scholarship in the interest of generating conversation that relates to the overall theme of the group. Working groups should also consider how to engage the broader CJH public in some form. This might take the form of sponsoring a public symposium or a public lecture series, developing a digital platform, or other forms of disseminating the group's results, all based on the outcome of the working group's cumulative deliberations.
• Applications must identify two group conveners.
• Conveners will determine the specific composition of the group, but both junior and senior scholars as well as advanced graduate students (ABD) should be invited to participate. Participation is by invitation only. Groups should consist of no fewer than twelve and no more than twenty invitees to begin.
The proposal should identify, in very clear terms:
1. The proposed theme and its significance to Jewish Studies
2. The plan for the two-year cycle
3. The names of the two conveners and a list of potential participants
4. Possible session topics that reflect a multidisciplinary perspective
5. Proposals should address the potential afterlife of the working group. Applications must consider ways the group can further its stated goals following completion of the working group cycle, either through sponsoring annual panels at the AJS conference, establishing a long-term digital project, publication of working group presentations, holding week-long seminars that involve a broader array of participants, conferences, or by other means.
The Center for Jewish History will provide the digital platform and provide technical and administrative support for the group's public programming. Proposals are welcome from established scholars in the field of Jewish Studies. Applications should be no longer than 3-5 pages and should be sent to mkbakalarz@cjh.org by February 28, 2021.
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It was probably unsurprising that Manchester City should choose one of the most extraordinary weekends of the season to trump everybody else. While Liverpool supporters finally seemed to be turning on Rafael Benitez after Liverpool lost at Portsmouth, Manchester United were being given a masterclass in ecomonical football by Fulham and Chelsea were scratching and scrambling their way to a draw at West Ham United, City were playing out another mini-drama at The City of Manchester Stadium against Sunderland and then sacking their manager.
They beat Sunderland in the end, but it wouldn't have made any difference to Mark Hughes. The rumour mill had already started before they even kicked off. We can only imagine what was going through his head while that match was in progress. With somewhat unseemly haste – and with a public statement rather than a press conference – Hughes was removed by early yesterday evening and replaced with Roberto Mancini. The decision, therefore, had already been taken, unless City are going to attempt to claim that they just happened to have his mobile phone number on speed-dial. Done and dusted, just like that.
What, then, can Manchester City expect from Mancini? Much will be made of the three back to back Serie A wins with Internazionale, but his record is obviously not completely spotless. Two of the aforementioned three championship wins came at a time that most of their serious competitors were crippled by the fall-out of the Calciopoli scandal. He was certainly less than successful in the Champions League even though they were so successful in Italy, and the Champions League is presumably still intend to be in time for the start of next season. The speed with which the decision was made, however, seems to indicate that he was the only man considered for the job.
The timing of the decision certainly seems peculiar. They have five matches in eleven days starting on Boxing Day, including a potentially tricky FA Cup Third Round match at Middlesbrough and an all-important League Cup semi-final first leg against Manchester United. The United match is the key to the extent to which expectations at the club have changed. The League Cup match is City's first semi-final match in a major competition since their 1981 FA Cup semi-final against Ipswich Town. Getting into the Champions League is clearly their main ambition – the £200m that they have spent on players might start to seem a little foolish otherwise – but for much of their long-suffering support, winning the League Cup wouldn't be too bad a start.
How, then, do we frame Mark Hughes' time in charge of Manchester City? To an extent, he was given an almost impossible job. Manchester City have maybe failed to completely grasp the notion that money isn't the only thing that will bridge the gap between themselves and the Champions League Four. This season, they have wavered between two extremes. Their wins over Arsenal in the Premier League and the League Cup were flashes of the brilliance that their current squad is capable of. However, the fact that they have contrived to concede three goals at home against Burnley, away at Bolton Wanderers and also failed to beat relegation Hull City at home. Their defeat at Spurs last Wednesday was as supine as anything that any of the relegation candidates have managed so far this season.
Quite where Manchester City go from here is anybody's guess. It will doubtless be tempting for them to go crazy in the January transfer window, and how wise this would be seems unlikely to be a factor in whether they will do it or not. Can a squad that is already filled to overflowing with massive egos cope with yet another influx of celebrity names in the new year? The truth of the matter is that City probably don't need any new signings in the new year. They have only lost twice in the Premier League this season, which is less than anybody else in this surprisingly unpredictable season. If they can sort out their rickety defence, there is still a good chance that they can get into the Champions League and win a cup.
Don't shed too many tears for Leslie Mark Hughes, though. The financial compensation from Manchester City will get him through the next few months at least and, with only one other Premier League club having shed their manager so far this season, there are likely to be other managerial vacancies available before even this season is out. He may or may not have been good enough to take Manchester City into the Champions League this season, but he is at worst an average manager, and this will be enough for him to get another opportunity elsewhere, although he will probably never have an opportunity like this one again.
Manchester City, however, remain the eternal soap opera. To their rivals, they are often the gift that keeps on giving. To the more neutral spectator, they remain an enigma. A world of back-stage intrigue in which success, against all odds, is demanded immediately, with the caveat that it has to be the right sort of success. A curious mixture of occasional arrogance masking hidden inner insecurities. The key question for City's supporters is whether this managerial change at this time will make it more or less likely that they will achieve the goals that their owners crave so much and, at this stage, it is difficult to justify a positive answer to this question.
Mark Hughes left Wales in the lurch as soon as a Premiership club came calling … some might say "what goes around comes around" … but I do feel a teensy bit of sympathy for Sparky here.
Obviously this is just the latest example of Premiership football eating itself and hopefully it won't be to long before we get our game back.
Good article mate, well researched.
For me they should have given Sparky til the end of the season..Although on our forums polls suggest I'm in a very slim minority.
The decision to sack Mark Hughes was apparently made after the Arsenal Carling Cup victory on 2nd December. This would seem to suggest that it was the lack of a Premiership win in October and November (albeit with seven draws & no defeats), rather than the manner of the ignominous 3-0 defeat at Spurs that motivated the owners (ADUG) to change the manager.
Hughes was not ADUG's choice as manager, but they gave him £200 million to spend and Robinho as a golden hello. It would appear they lost patience with him.
I do feel sad for Mark Hughes. For all he may or may not have done wrong, I feel he has always handled himself excellently. He has transformed the club off the pitch, handled himself with dignity, especially yesterday when he knew he was a goner, and bought fairly astutely.
The media have been their usual hypocritical selves. Hughes his tactics and buys have been slated for months, then he gets sacked and suddenly the whole media is suddenly up in arms. You can't have it both ways.
At the end of the day, the team was still not gelling. I would have liked him to have the season to sort it out, the owners disagreed. With all the money they have pumped in, and will do, they do have a right to make an appoinment of their own. This is the norm with new onwers, and Hughes got longer than most.
However, the manner of his sacking left a lot to be desired. Clubs do go behind managers backs to talk to potential new managers, but they usually give the current manager an indication they are not happy with him. This didn't happen with Hughes. And if you're going to get rid of a manager, fine. What you don't do is do it on match day – what were Cook, Marwood and ADUG thinking? (Shades of Martin Jol at Spurs).
You are being unfair in your estimation of Mancini. He took over at Fiorentina and Lazio when both clubs were skint, basket-cases and won the Cup at both clubs. The point about Calciopoli is not a valid one. Inter were closely on Juve's tail in 2005 but were getting increasingly pissed off at bent refs (who Juve & Milan selected) helping Juve & Milan win games. The general rumour in Italy was it was the suits at Inter who grassed up Juve & Milan. They were cheating to their rivals disadvantage and got caught, if "their serious competitors were crippled" they only brought it on themselves and they had been doing the same to their rivals for some time. Mancini won two titles "on the pitch" and two Italian Cups and is still highly regarded there.
Finally, in a long post, if we at City appear "a curious mixture of occasional arrogance masking hidden inner insecurities", then that is lot better than the outright arrogance and sense of entitlement of the 'Big Four' and their loud whinging when things don't go their way. I heard a pundit say "Arsenal and Liverpool fans have shown immense patience" the other day. Yeah right, Arsenal last won a trophy five years ago, Liverpool three years ago, and have finished top four in the intervening years. Eleven years ago City were losing at York in the third tier, if you want to demonstrate patience try that and 33 years since a trophy.


On the western slopes of Mount Folletto (3338 m) between Cima Carè Alto and Corno di Cavento, overlooking the Val di Fumo, lie the small mountain glaciers of Mt. Folletto.
Monte Folletto Glacier is part of Trentino's glaciers that cover an area of about 30 km2. They are found in the main mountain groups, first of all the Adamello-Presanella massif, which alone houses 48 glaciers.
Although at first sight it appears immobilized by frost, the glacial landscape is in constant motion and constant evolution. Even more today, due to climate changes that have triggered the inexorable and very rapid withdrawal of glacial fronts.
The glacial extension is everywhere significantly reduced. Some of the largest glaciers have lost 42% of the surface in just over 40 years. For others the reductions were minor, as for the Adamello Glacier.
Studies on the Adamello glaciers have been made with a certain systematic approach since the 1920s. As early as 1865 some were accurately represented in a detailed map created by Payer, the first conqueror of the Cima Adamello and an attentive glaciologist. Later the glacial landscape was described as follows by W.D. Freshfiled (1875).
"It is a huge block, so big that it provides material for half a dozen beautiful mountains. But it is only one. For a length and width of many miles the land never drops below 9500 feet. The vast central snowfield feeds glaciers that descend from each side. The highest peaks, such as the Carè Alto and the Adamello, are only small elevations on the edge of the plateau. Seen from up close they almost look like icy rocks, but from afar they look like very noble mountains that fall with large walls enclosed between two glaciers on the wild valleys that rise up to their feet. Imagine a large white sheet not evenly spread over a table, and its glittering hanging edges here and there between black and massive buttresses".


INTERNATIONAL REPORT—Generator has launched a new app to bring its guests together, even before they arrive on property, while other companies have launched their own technology or partnered in the sector.
Generator has launched GenFriends, a new mobile app. The app will offer features including exclusive deals and discounts on accommodation and F&B across all 14 Generator properties, room access capabilities, as well as a new social networking platform for like-minded guests to connect with while staying at Generator properties.
The app will meet the specific needs of both the solo traveler and group travelers, according to the company. GenFriends can act as a convenient bookings app to help guests seamlessly plan their travels, as well as a global social network for those looking to discover a new city with fellow globetrotters. Since 2015, Generator saw a 17% increase in solo travelers across its properties, with its Berlin Mitte property reporting a 35% rise. In the past year, more than half of reservations were made by solo travelers at destinations such as Venice, Stockholm, Paris and London.
Similar to other location-based mobile social apps, GenFriends offers a swipe feature to match with like-minded solo travelers. Guests traveling with friends or partners will also be able to match with groups of travelers with similar cultural interests or travel itineraries to explore the best a city has to offer. In addition, those looking to fully immerse themselves with the local culture will also be able to match with local residents, who can provide recommendations, offer personal tours and more.
In addition to the social networking feature, guests will be able to browse exclusive deals, flash discounts and activities, like special tours unique to each property hosted by Generator. By booking directly within GenFriends, travelers can take advantage of the best rates available at all Generator properties. By presenting the GenFriends app, guests can also receive 10% discounts at all on-property F&B outlets.
Additional features in the future will include a mobile key, with which guests can access their rooms through their mobile device, access to music playlists in public spaces at each property, digital schedules for any on-property programming and events, and an in-app payment system.
Instaroom, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered messaging platform built for managing complex customer journeys, transactions and bookings for hoteliers, has launched its new artificial intelligence FAQ Bot, designed to intuitively answer commonly asked customer questions and reduce hotel management costs.
The new FAQ Bot, which now comes with premium subscriptions, can be integrated into a hotel's homepage and reduces incoming inquiries by up to 40%, consequently decreasing inbound phone calls and emails. Instaroom is also now offering hoteliers white-label bots to specifically fit a property—automating everything from bookings and in-house inquiries—like room service and concierge—to fully customizable integrations and personalizations.
Instaroom has also opened a new office in the central business district of Singapore. The new office will serve as the headquarters for sales and marketing in Asia Pacific.
AmericanTowns Media, provider of local content solutions, has launched LEXETravel—a plug‐and‐play resource designed to create a comprehensive, yet dynamic local experience guides for travelers and those who serve them.
LEXETravel offers a single point from which to search for leading restaurants, trendy coffee spots, popular shows, local events or a multiple of general interest categories– anywhere in the U.S.—without ever leaving the host brand's website.
While LEXETravel delivers activity planning functionality for travelers and guests, it also provides a simple platform for host companies to learn about customer interests and behaviors, building increased opportunities to become more relevant to them, according to the company. Additionally, it operates on an open platform, which offers infinite customization and implementation options to fit existing systems seamlessly.
Auro Hotels has implemented ProfitSword's ProfitSage operational and financial reporting solution.
Originally utilizing its own in-house business intelligence platform, Auro Hotels selected ProfitSage in order to implement a more robust and systematic forecasting strategy that could adapt to the company's ongoing growth and increasing complexity, while also maximizing operational efficiency and increasing the potential for additional revenue.
When using ProfitSage, hoteliers at each property will be able to instantly forecast metrics, such as monthly bottom lines, daily labor expenses and accounts payable. With such information automatically uploaded into the ProfitSword user interface in real time and also made available via pre-scheduled reports, Auro Hotels can further ensure that both local hotel and corporate leadership have the necessary data to make informed, yet timely decisions, the company reports.
NH Hotel Group has joined TravelClick's Demand360 program, a Hotelligence360 solution.
The Demand360 program gives hoteliers access to forward-looking demand data and allows hoteliers to develop optimal strategies for maximizing revenue, the company reports.
Tencent and Shangri-La Group have signed a strategic partnership focused on developing and deploying smart hotel solutions to power the transformation of hotel operations and services for Shangri-La, and will expand to more future collaborations across various businesses within the Shangri-La Group worldwide.
By leveraging Tencent's strength in technology and connectivity, and by incorporating Shangri-La's hotel experience and business resources, the partnership will help drive technology innovation and business transformation of traditional industry models and enhance service quality and guest experience for hotel operators, according to the companies.
The Tencent and Shangri-La partnership is an example of collaboration between the traditional hotel industry and the internet and technology sector. Tencent's technology in Cloud computing, AI, social communications and payment platforms will help support Shangri-La's business transformation of its services and operations. With smart hotel solutions, Shangri-La will be able to deliver greater convenience and personalized experience for its customers, according to the companies. At the same time, Tencent will be able to leverage Shangri-La as a testbed to continuously enhance and promote its Smart Hotel technologies.
In addition, Tencent and Shangri-La plan to bring the strategic partnership to cover a wider scope and scale in the future. Shangri-La will utilize its worldwide hotel network and business resources to support Tencent in promoting its technology to the world. The two companies will also explore the application of digital solutions and smart technologies beyond hotels to include Shangri-La's real estate business in shopping malls, service apartments, office buildings, as well as in more than 500 hotel restaurants and other catering business.


Since birth, Robert Kutner has been a part of the greater Los Angeles area. His lifelong penchant for drawing led him to a career as an Architect. During his architectural studies he spent considerable time studying and developing his nascent photographic skills. As time progressed, Robert continued to hone his photographic talents eventually realizing that photography was his preferred medium for expressing his artistic voice. The natural world is Robert's favored source for photographic subjects, with architectural subjects also providing a rich source for capturing the play of light on form.
I love to see, to gather in the world around me, the textures and patterns in the play of light or the movement of water, the natural order and the chaos. My cameras are my companions, they allow me to collect visual slices of the world I see and feel around me.
Through the processing of these visual slices I reconnect with the moment of capture and what drew me to frame the particular slice, at that particular point in time. I draw forth the textures, forms, and patterns…..to develop an image expressive of the objects within the frame at that time and place.
From the initial framing of the image, through the processing, and on to the printing of the image I seek to bring forth a distinctive graphical representation of what I saw before placing my eye to the camera. Where the graphical expression of the scene is best represented in color, I work to maximize the mood and feel of the image expressed in its color. And, I have found that a striking and visually complex image can be achieved with only a few distinct colors. With other images, I can only find my way to actualizing their graphical expression through black and white processing.
Whether working in color or black and white I strive to draw upon the details and selective framing of the scene to lure the viewer into the image. An image that will instill in others a sense of the unique opportunity I had to experience the world at that singular point in time.


The head of the Foreign Ministry said Russia has no intention of deploying its military to the Middle East or North Africa, where social and political crisis is rampant, opting instead to work diplomatically with legitimate governments.
Lavrov was referring to the Soviet experience in Afghanistan (1979-1989), which is being played out in similar fashion today by the United States and Coalition forces in a bid to rid Afghanistan of its Taliban and terrorist yoke.
The diplomatic effort would provide the stimulus for evolutionary change, he added.
In the latest example that demonstrates Russia's preference for diplomacy over military intervention, Lavrov met with Akhmed al-Khatib, the leader of Syria's National Opposition Coalition, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference a few days ago.
"The Libyan authorities are sending us direct signals suggesting that they want to restart work on projects launched in Gaddafi's time," Lavrov revealed. "The same can be said about Egypt."
Lavrov then cited Iraq as another example of a country that experienced a military occupation by foreign troops, yet is today turning to Russia for assistance.
Lavrov then emphasized the Iraq government's interest in buying Russian military products.
"I am talking about Iraq," he declared. "The country led by a government that was brought to power by American bayonets!"


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Is human language an evolutionary version? Is linguistics a usual technology? those questions have bedeviled philosophers, philologists and linguists from Plato via Chomsky. Givon means that the solutions fall obviously inside an built-in learn of residing organisms. during this paintings, Givon issues out that language operates among features of either advanced organic layout and adaptive behaviour.
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From this review of the literature, you may be able to identify gaps in the research that relate to the topic and research problem. In my case, I could not identify studies on the use of consecutive interpreting that were conducted with ASL-English interpreters. You may also find other reports that address the practical need and justification for your study, for example, newspaper articles or media reports. In my study, I located various media reports on how inaccurate interpretation has resulted in mistrials, which spoke to the practical need for a study.
3. What are the experiences and perceptions of deaf students, parents, interpreters, and teachers regarding the quality of interpreting services and their impact on the academic and social success of deaf students? To explore the impact of interpreting services on the academic performance of deaf students, I wanted a framework for viewing the work that was based on discourse principles and explored the work in ways that were discussed in the literature (Roy 2000; Winston 2004). That led to further refinement of one of the questions: In what ways do interpreters represent the discourse of purposeful teacher language, specifically when teachers are asking meta-cognitive questions, using scaffolding approaches, sequencing information, offering feedback, employing reconceptualizing techniques, and incorporating reciprocal teaching among students (Cazden 2001)?
As an experienced interpreter but a novice researcher, I found the insights of experienced researchers and their beliefs about required further study 35 36 Debra L. Russell to be very helpful. This was an opportunity to look at their questions, learn from their modeling, and ask other speculative questions, including those that might extend and support a claim with new evidence. Reading was also a stage to ask questions that reflected disagreement, as in the following example that applied to the educational interpreting study: The practice of inclusive education facilitates both academic and social learning among all students (Luckner and Muir 2001).


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Alfresco: Reimagining Content Management
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Bob Crissman, VP-Global Channel Sales
The evolution of business critical information and the way it is dispersed across the globe brings a new era of content and process management. The amount of information almost literally hovering "in the air" provided a basis for Alfresco, a leading provider of ECM and BPM solutions, re-imagining the world of content management. Taking the meaning of its name, its open source platform drives digital transformation and stays ahead of it in the virtual world of today by constantly moving forward in technology innovation, integration, and customization.
"The key is in four things: content, process, speed, and agility," says Thomas DeMeo, Vice President of Product Management, Alfresco. With clientele comprising governments, multi-national organizations, and large financial institutions, the challenge of delivering business more efficiently, growing revenue, and cutting costs, while staying in compliance to avoid "getting in the headlines," as DeMeo states, is something that most of them come to Alfresco with.
"It is really providing a company-wide platform for their mission-critical content. That is the crown jewel, so to speak." DeMeo emphasizes the four key points to Alfresco's flexibility to clients, especially CIOs facing budget restraints. "Alfresco's open source and open core platform can run on a number of different operating systems and use a variety of databases. This choice and flexibility of controlling your own destiny is of high value to CIOs, especially when they had cases of getting stuck in one place after going all-in with a legacy vendor."
Referencing partnerships with platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Bob Crissman, Vice President of Global Channel Sales, Alfresco, emphasizes the value of such flexibility among competition and an additional layer of high-level security, stating that "it makes it even more powerful. When you add AWS into the equation, it makes the time-to-market and time-to-value that much faster." Alfresco has been supplying NASA for several years. "Imagine you have a spacecraft on a multi-year mission and all its data is stored inside of Alfresco," adds DeMeo.
Thomas DeMeo, VP-Product Management
"Because they need to keep that information around, having Alfresco run on Amazon with a 60-year NASA retention policy is a great business to be in."
Alfresco offers a comprehensive platform around content, process, and compliance services. "We don't look at process and content separately, but as two sides of the same coin," says DeMeo. Clients can gain efficiency around their content and make sure it is flowing to the right people at the right time—in a secure manner along with audit trails.
The key is in four things: content, process, speed, and agility
"We really have something that was purpose-built," states DeMeo about ECM and BPM integration. Helping customers maximize the software's value, Alfresco provides easy access to all content via open REST APIs, web and mobile apps, all with rich user experience. "Because we have an open core platform, mobilizing workforce globally, for example, is extremely easy because we're giving our users the tools to configure the content and process and add any new information to meet their needs, as a valuable part of their workflow."
Alfresco's big exclamation point is the time-to-market and time-to-value. "It is much faster to build solutions with us and get your ideas on the market in weeks rather than years," says Crissman. DeMeo concludes that "treating process, content, and apps as first-class citizens, having that in a rich application environment with modern technology, and flexibility makes the roadmap open to ready-made solutions to be delivered to our customers."
Bob Crissman, VP-Global Channel Sales and Thomas DeMeo, VP-Product Management
An enterprise content management and business process management provider helping companies collaborate across various platforms like cloud, mobile, hybrid, and on-premise environments
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The Grand Canyon National Park quarter is the fourth of 2010 and the fourth overall in the America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program. A powerful and inspiring landscape, the Grand Canyon overwhelms the senses through its immense size – 277 river miles long, up to 18 miles wide and a mile deep. The Grand Canyon was first established as a national site on February 20, 1893 (27 Stat. 469).
The reverse image features a view of the granaries above the Nankoweap Delta in Marble Canyon near the Colorado River. (Marble Canyon is the northernmost section of the Grand Canyon.) Granaries were used for storing food and seeds (A.D. 500). Inscriptions are GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA, 2010 and E PLURIBUS UNUM. Design candidates were developed in consultation with representatives of Grand Canyon National Park.


END TIMES SUNDAYS Today is the third of the last four Sundays of the church year: Reformation, Last Judgment, Saints Triumphant, and Christ the King. On each of these Sundays we pay close attention to God as he teaches us about the end times of this world and the beginning of eternal life with Jesus in heaven. May Christ bless our worship and prepare our hearts and lives for His return.
Like children playing hide and seek, Jesus calls out to us through his Word, "Ready or not here I come!" Thanks be to God that through Jesus' saving work on the cross, we have been made ready! May his Spirit keep us in saving faith in him.
"I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.
MEMORIAL In loving memory of Rai Lynn Hodgkins, $530.00 was gifted to Little Lambs and $20.00 was gifted to St. John's School by family and friends. The family of Rae Lynn would like to thank all of you for your prayers and kindness shown through this difficult time. The Lord has given and the Lord has taken away-blessed be the name of the Lord.
THANK YOU to all who helped organize Grandparents Day last Tuesday at school and the Holiday Trail events (book fair, bake sale, Thai Village sale) this weekend.
THAI VILLAGE The Thai Village craft sale will be open today after 10:00am church in the St. John's link way. With Christmas just around the corner, there's no reason to start shopping now. Come check it out!
GRIEFSHARE No Griefshare this week due to Thanksgiving. We will see you next week.
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR It's the last day to come and check out the book fair! Today, hours are 9:30am-12:00pm!
Is it acceptable to ring the bells or contribute money for the Salvation Army during Christmas time because of the charity they do, despite the false doctrine in the Salvation Army Church?
Your question links the charitable work of the Salvation Army with the mission of that church, which is driven by their false doctrine. That is important to keep in mind. The work they do is in line with the mission of their church.
As you indicated, there is false doctrine in that church. The Salvation Army is a self-described "holiness movement," placing greater emphasis on the Christian's life than on what God has done for people through Jesus Christ his Son. The Salvation Army rejects the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's Supper.
2 John 10-11 ("If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them. Anyone who welcomes them shares in their wicked work.") instructs us not to support those whose teachings are contrary to Scripture. That applies to the church in your question. That applies to any church that holds to false doctrine. While we can appreciate the tenacity of the bell ringers of that church at Christmas time, we cannot support their mission.
There is no need to feel like a Scrooge by walking past the bell ringers. We can help meet the material needs of others (Isaiah 58:7; Galatians 6:10) through contributions to charitable agencies that are not tied to churches that hold to and teach false doctrine. We can give to our church body's Christian Aid and Relief.
In gratitude for God's blessings and in compassionate concern for the material and spiritual needs of others, Christians have reason for charitable giving at Christmas time and every season of the year. Yes, "Let us all be cheerful givers To the glory of your name" (Christian Worship 577:3).
TREE TRIMMING AT ST. JOHN'S ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Come and help decorate the Christmas tree immediately following the service next Sunday. All are welcome, but we do need a couple of younger men who wouldn't mind climbing the tall ladders and balancing on the pulpit to decorate the top of the tree. A light lunch will be served when the work is done!
The Lutheran Girl Pioneers of Peace Lutheran Church, 335 West Prairie Street, Wautoma (www.wautomapeacelutheran.org) invite the girls and ladies of your congregation to their annual Advent by Candlelight event on Sunday, December 2 at 1 pm.
This uplifting event begins with a program led by the Girl Pioneers entitled "To the Ends of the Earth" filled with God's Word and music, followed by yummy desserts and great fellowship.
Come spend a few hours preparing your hearts for the upcoming Christmas season.
Seats are limited, so RSVP early!
To RSVP, or for more information, please call Christine at 920-787-3856 by November 25.
The Peace Lutheran Girl Pioneers strive to be a group, open to all youth ages Kindergarten through high school, that strengthens our girls' faith in Jesus Christ, and teaches life & leadership skills, all while nurturing friendships that last not only through life, but into eternity.
You do not have to be a member of Peace to join the Pioneers.
ADVENT BY CANDLELIGHT AT EMMANUEL This year, there will be no Advent by Candlelight at Emmanuel. Thank you.


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SSC CGL solved question paper Tier-I exam held on 16 August 2015: English language & Comprehension
In this article, we are providing 50 solved questions of English language & comprehension asked in SSC CGL tier-1 exam held on 16thAugust, 2015 (Morning shift). Please go through all of them-
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SSC CGL solved paper
In this article, we are providing 50 solved questions of English language & comprehension asked in SSC CGL tier-1 exam held on 16thAugust, 2015 (Morning shift). Please go through the table given below to find the distribution of asked questions in this exam-
Spotting Errors
Spelling Errors
Idioms and Phrases
One Word Substitution
Sentence Improvement
From the above table, we can observe that aspirants should focus more on sentence improvement, reading comprehension, idioms & phrases, one-word substitution, fill in the blanks, and spotting errors to score high in the SSC CGL exam. Let us now have a look at the asked questions for more detailed insights of the difficulty level and types of the asked questions-
Directions: In Question nos. 1 to 5, sentences given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.
1) When the morning __________, the murder was discovered.
a) came
b) happened
c) arrived
d) occurred
Ans. (a.)
Explanation: All except 'came' are wrong verbs to put in the sentence. The correct sentence will be-"When the morning came, the murder was discovered."
2) The smell of the Sea called ________ memories of her childhood.
a) on
b) back
c) up
d) for
Ans. (c.)
Explanation: 'call up' means 'to remind something'. Hence, the correct sentence will be as follow-
"The smell of the sea called up memories of her childhood."
3) He has the full facts ___________ but is deliberately hiding them.
a) under his sleeves
b) upon his sleeves.
c) up his sleeves
d) in his sleeves
Explanation: All except option (c.) represent for putting something physically. Hence, the correct sentence will be-"He has the full facts up his sleeves but is deliberately hiding them."
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4) The appearance of the city ___________ day by day.
a) could change
b) changed
c) had changed
d) is changing
Ans. (d.)
Explanation: the given sentence is referencing the present tense. Hence, the correct sentence will be-"The appearance of the city is changing day by day."
5) The police fired on the mob when they ________ .
a) turned noisy
b) turned violent
c) became abusive
d) fizzled out
Ans. (b.)
Explanation: This answer should be given using psychological factors. Police cannot fire on mob being abusive, noisy, or fizzling out. Hence, option (b.) is the correct answer.
Directions: In Question nos. 6 to 8, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
6) BOARD
a) Frame
b) Lodging
c) Food
d) Furniture
Explanation: A board is a flat piece of wood. Hence, option (d.) is the correct answer in this case.
7) PERUSE
a) Follow
b) Argue
c) Reduce
d) Read
Explanation: 'Peruse' is used for reading something attentively. Hence, option (d.) is the most appropriate word for 'peruse'.
8) SPUME
a) foam
b) Lava
c) poison
d) spit
Explanation: 'Spume' is a form of foam found on waves.
Directions: In Question nos. 9 to 13, you have a passage with 5 questions following. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
True, it is the function of the army to maintain law and order in abnormal times. But in normal times there is another force that compels citizens to obey laws and to act with due regard to the rights of others. The force also protects the lives and properties or law abiding men. Laws are made to secure the personal safety of its subjects and to prevent murder and crimes of violence. They are made to secure the property of the citizens against theft and damage and-to protect the rights of communities and castes to carry out their customs and ceremonies, so long as they do not conflict with the rights of others. Now the good citizen, of his own free will obeys these laws and he takes care that everything he does is done with due regard to the rights and well being of others.
But the bad citizen is only restrained from breaking these laws by fear of the consequence of his actions. And the necessary steps to compel the bad citizen to act as a good citizen are taken by this force. The supreme control of law and order in a State is in the hands of a Minister, who is responsible to the State Assembly and acts through the Inspector General of Police.
9) The expression "customs and ceremonies" means:
a) habits and traditions
b) fairs and festivals
c) superstitions and formalities
d) usual practices and religious rites
Explanation: 'Usual practices and religious rites' are the rights of communities. Hence, option (d.) is the most appropriate answer.
10) 'They are made to secure the property of citizens against theft and damage" means that the law:
a) Safeguards people's possessions against being stolen or lost.
b) Initiates process against offenders of law.
c) Helps in recovering the stolen property of the citizens.
d) Assists the citizens whose property has been stolen or destroyed.
Explanation: The answer to this question can be found in the following lines- "Laws are made to secure the personal safety of its subjects and to prevent murder and crimes of violence. They are made to secure the property of the citizens against theft and damage."
11) Which one of the following statement is implied in the passage?
a) The police hardly succeed in convening bad citizens into good ones.
b) Criminals, who flout the law, are seldom brought to book.
c) Peaceful citizens seldom violate the law.
d) The police check the citizens, whether they are good or bad, from violating the law.
Explanation: The answer to this question can be found with the following lines- "Now the good citizen, of his own free will obeys these laws and he takes care that everything he does is done with due regard to the rights and well being of others."
12) According to the writer, which one of the following is not the responsibility of the police?
a) To check violent activities of citizens.
b) To maintain peace during extraordinary circumstances.
c) To protect the privileges of all citizens.
d) To ensure peace among citizens by safeguarding individual rights.
Explanation: All except the option (b.) are mentioned in the given passage. Hence, it is the most appropriate answer.
13) Which of the following statements is not implied in the passage?
a) Law protects those who respect it.
b) A criminal is deterred from committing crimes only for fear of the law.
c) The forces of law help to transform irresponsible citizens into responsible ones.
d) Law ensures people's religious and social rights absolutely and unconditionally.
Explanation: All except option (d.) can be derived from the given passage. Hence, option (d.) is the appropriate answer to this question.
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Directions: In Question nos. 14 to 23, a sentence / a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. in case no improvement is needed choose No Improvement".
14) He does not laugh, nor he smiles.
a) nor he does smile
b) No Improvement
c) neither he does smile
d) nor does he, smile.
Explanation: The correct sentence complaint with the English grammar rules is as follow-"He does not laugh, nor does he, smile.
15) If I will get an opportunity, I shall attend the seminar.
a) get
c) shall get
d) got
Explanation: if second sentence is in future tense, then the first sentence must be in present tense. Hence, option (a.) is the correct answer.
16) The others shook their heads and made vague noises of approval.
a) nodded
c) turned around
d) hung
Explanation: 'Shook' is verb used for pushing something. While, 'nodding' is used for moving head to showing assertion or negation. Hence, option (a.) is the correct answer.
17) The world is being faced with a crisis.
a) No Improvement
b) facing
c) confronted
d) in front of
Explanation: In general passive voice is not considered appropriate. Hence, the correct answer will be-"The world is facing with a crisis."
18) She insisted on she was innocent.
b) insisted on that
c) insisted that
d) insisted with
Explanation: if there are two nouns in a sentence, then there must be a connective. Hence, the correct answer will be-"She insisted that she was innocent."
19) She could not help but laugh.
a) but laughing
c) laughter
d) laughing
Explanation: The correct sentence will be-"She could not help but helping."
20) I took my mother some grapes when she was in hospital.
a) I took some grapes for my mother
c) I took for my mother some gapes
d) I brought my mother some grapes.
Explanation: 'take' verb is used to receive something. However, 'bring' means come to a place with someone or something. Hence, option (d.) is the correct answer.
21) We met yesterday, haven't we?
a) isn't it ?
c) didn't we ?
d) hadn't we ?
Explanation: if first sentence is in past tense, then the second sentence must be in past tense. Hence, option (c.) is the correct answer.
22) Both the teams played the game fairly.
a) played fairly the game.
c) fairly played the game.
d) played a fair game
Ans.(d.)
Explanation: The correct sentence will be-"Both the teams played a fair game."
23) You must endure what you cannot cure.
a) suffer
c) prevail
d) accept
Explanation: the sentence comply with all grammar rules. Hence, it requires no change.
Directions: In Question not 24 to 26, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
24) VACILLATION
a) inoculation
b) relief
c) steadfastness
d) remorse
Explanation: 'Vacillation' means 'instability'. Hence, the opposite word to this will be 'steadfastness'.
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25) Placid
a) dull
b) stormy
c) urgent
d) moving
Explanation: 'placid' means 'calm'. Hence, the antonym to this word will be 'stormy'.
26) Effeminacy
a) manliness
b) boorishness
c) aggressiveness
d) attractiveness
Explanation: 'Effeminacy' means 'cowardice'. Hence, the antonym to this word will be 'manliness'.
Directions: In Question not 27 to 31, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and blacken the circle corresponding to the appropriate correct option. If a sentence is free from error, choose "No Error" option.
27) A bird in the tree is worth two in the bush.
a) No error
b) two in the bush.
c) is worth
d) A bird in the tree
Explanation: The correct sentence formation will be-"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
28) It is not advisable to take heavy luggages while on a journey.
a) while on a journey.
b) to take heavy luggages
c) It is not advisable
d) No error
Explanation: the correct sentence will be-"It is not advisable to take luggage while on a journey."
29) Just outside my house are a playground for school boys and girls.
a) for school boys and girls.
b) are a playground
c) No error
d) Just outside my house
Explanation: The correct sentence for the given problem will be-"Just outside my house, there is a playground for school boys and girls."
30) He can be a basketball player since he is tall like a mule.
b) He can be
c) he is tall like a mule
d) a basketball player since
Explanation: The correct sentence will be-"he can be a basketball player since he is as tall as a mule."
31) Who do you think I met?
a) Who
b) I met?
d) do you think
Explanation: The correct sentence will be as follows-
"Whom do you think, I met?"
Directions: in Question nos. 32 to 38, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.
32) Of one's own free will.
a) obligatory
b) mandatory
c) voluntary
d) compulsory
Explanation: 'Voluntary' means doing something of one's own free will.
33) One who runs away from justice or the law.
a) Fugitive
b) Thief
c) Criminal
d) Smuggler
Explanation: A fugitive is a person, who has escaped to avoid arrest or persecution.
34) One who is skillful.
a) disciplined
b)different
c) diligent
d) dexterous
Explanation: A dexterous is a person, who shows his neat skills.
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35) One who is too careless to plan for the future.
a) impotent
b) improvident
c) impractical
d) imprudent
Explanation: An improvident person is someone, who has no foresight.
36) A person who deserves all praise.
a) despicable
b) detestable
c) laudable
d) lovable
Explanation: Laudable is used for someone deserving praise or commendation.
37) One who has long experience.
a) expert
b) novice
c) practitioner
d) veteran
Explanation: A veteran is a person, who has a long experience in a particular field.
38) A study of ancient things.
a) Physiology
b) Archaeology
c) Ethnology
d) Zoology
Explanation: Archeology is a science of studying ancient things like human history or prehistory.
Directions: In Question nos. 39 to 40, four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.
a) DIFFUSSION
b) DEFFUSION
c) DIFFUSION
d) DEFUSION
Explanation: "Diffusion' means spreading of something more widely. Other options are meaningless.
a) Circumlocation
b) Circumlocution
c) Circmlocution
d) Circumlocutien
Explanation: The use of many words, where a fewer would work, is known as circumlocution. All except option (b.) are meaningless.
Directions: In Question nos. 41 to 45, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
41) Unless you make amends for the loss, nobody is prepared to excuse you.
a) improve
b) pay debt
c) confess
d) compensate
Explanation: 'Make amends for' idiom is used for resolving the situation after a wrong one has done. Hence, option (d.) is the most appropriate answer.
42) Instead of keeping his promise of helping me with office work, he just left me high and dry.
a) left me feeling like a fool.
b) left me in a state of anger.
c) left me without a drop of water.
d) left me alone to do the work.
Explanation: 'Leave high or dry' idiom is used to leaving one in a situation in which one has little chance of escaping or improving.
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43) Amit said to Rekha, "Don't make a mountain out of a molehill."
a) attempt an impossible task
b) start looking for molehills to mountains.
c) creak problems
d) exaggerate a minor problem
Explanation: The underlined idiom is used when someone exaggerated an event.
44) Before the report reached the authority, the media spilled the beans.
a) dropped the charges
b) hinted at the consequences.
c) revealed the secret information
d) spilled the content of the information package.
Explanation: To reveal something that was meant to be kept a secret, is referenced with 'Spilled the beans' idiom.
45) His friend turned out to be snake in the grass.
a) cowardly and brutal
b) low and mean
c) a hidden enemy
d) an unreliable and deceitful person.
Explanation: 'Snake in the grass' is used for one who feigns friendship with the intent to deceive.
Directions: In Question not 46 to 50, you have a passage with 5 questions following. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
Journalists argue over functions of a newspaper. I feel that a provincial paper's purpose is not only to present and project the news objectively and imaginatively, but to help its readers to express themselves more effectively, canalizing their aspirations, making more articulate their demands. A newspaper should reflect the community it serves - warts and all. When the minor is held to society it reveals neglect, injustice, ignorance or complacency. It should help to eradicate them. It would be pretentious to think that a newspaper can change the course of world affairs- but at the local limit it can exert influence, it can probe, it can help get things done. The individual's voice must not be stifled. Instead, the readers should be encouraged to express their opinions, fears, hopes, and or their grievances on this platform.
46) How can the readers air their grievances?
a) By being complacent.
b) By supporting the local newspaper.
c) By writing to journalists.
d) By writing to their local newspaper.
Explanation: The answer to this question can be deduced with the following lines of the paragraph-
"A newspaper should reflect the community it serves - warts and all. When the minor is held to society it reveals neglect, injustice, ignorance or complacency."
47) What is the main purpose of a newspaper?
a) Project news objectively and imaginatively.
b) To present facts in a blunt way.
c) Exert influence on the individuals.
d) Encourage the readers to be pretentious.
"a provincial paper's purpose is not only to present and project the news objectively and imaginatively"
48) The expression "warts and all" in the passage means:
a) hopes and fears
b) the reader's grievances
c) with no attempt to conceal blemishes and inadequacies
d) the community's problems
Explanation: Here, 'warts and all' means 'no effort to conceal blemishes and inadequacies'.
49) How can a newspaper influence local affairs?
a) By probing into the ills of society and rallying support for change.
b) By encouraging the readers to accept their grievances.
c) By focusing on world affairs.
d) By influencing public opinion through half truths.
"A newspaper can change the course of world affairs- but at the local limit it can exert influence, it can probe, it can help get things done."
50) ln this passage the writer highlights the fact that:
a) A newspaper should reflect the community it serves.
b) A newspaper should only concentrate on local affairs.
c) Journalists differ in their opinion on the function of a newspaper.
d) Newspaper can eradicate injustice.
Explanation: The following line best represents the summary of the paragraph-
"A newspaper should reflect the community it serves - warts and all."
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Trump under fire for suggesting violence against Hillary
By AFP, Washington
11th-Aug-2016
White House hopeful Donald Trump, already deserted by some fellow Republicans, came under sharp scrutiny Tuesday over controversial comments that some people interpreted as a threat of violence against his rival Hillary Clinton. Trump's intended message was not immediately clear, but lawmakers, former national security officials and other critics expressed concern that he had advocated, possibly in jest, that Clinton or her Supreme Court nominees could be shot."Hillary wants to essentially abolish the Second Amendment," Trump told a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, referring to the US Constitution's clause that enshrines the right to bear arms. "If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks," Trump said."Although the Second Amendment people - maybe there is, I don't know."Trump earlier appeared more focused on delivering his typical campaign stump speech about Clinton, telling supporters she would represent four more years of President Barack Obama, "but maybe worse", and sparring with her over policy. "I gave a massive tax decrease yesterday," Trump said, referring to economic plans he unveiled Monday. "Clinton, she's going to double up your taxes." But then Trump drew attention away from his message with his "Second Amendment" remarks. It was the latest in a long string of Trump trip-ups - including his clash with the parents of a Muslim American soldier killed in action - that have marred his campaign since he officially won the nomination last month, and prompted several Republicans to reject his candidacy.Clinton's campaign decried Trump's "dangerous" language and demanded in a statement that presidential hopefuls "not suggest violence in any way". Trump's team fired back to say the 70-year-old Manhattan billionaire simply meant that gun rights advocates were a powerful voting force."Second Amendment people have amazing spirit and are tremendously unified, which gives them great political power," senior Trump communications advisor Jason Miller said.The National Rifle Association, America's largest pro-gun lobby, put forth that Trump was correct in saying it would be hard to protect the Second Amendment if Clinton appoints new justices."But there IS something we will do on #ElectionDay: Show up and vote for the #2A!" the group posted on Twitter. Trump's remarks were not Tuesday's only campaign trail scandal.Clinton faced questions after the father of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida was spotted at her open rally Monday night in nearby Kissimmee.Seddique Mateen, an immigrant from Afghanistan, was caught on camera seated in the audience behind Clinton during her campaign appearance. "This individual wasn't invited as a guest, and the campaign was unaware of his attendance until after the event," Clinton's campaign said in an email to reporters.Trump is struggling to transition from his strong grassroots primary performance to a more mature head-to-head battle with Clinton. He suffers from sinking poll numbers, including a Quinnipiac University survey released Tuesday that shows him trailing Clinton in crucial battleground states Ohio and Pennsylvania, and virtually tied in Florida. Democratic lawmakers expressed shock about Trump's comments. "In this clip, Trump's either calling for an armed revolt or the assassination of his opponent. Despicable," Democratic congressman David Cicilline posted on Twitter along with footage of Trump's remarks. The Secret Service - which is tasked with protecting both Trump and Clinton - said it "is aware of the comments", but did not say whether they merited an investigation, which some Democratic lawmakers have called for.At a later rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina Trump avoided addressing his controversial comments. But the supporter who introduced him, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, sought to clarify the remarks, insisting Trump had not aimed to incite violence."What he meant by that was, you have the power to vote against her," Giuliani said.Trump's repeated stumbles and divisive rhetoric have angered Republican Party grandees.Former CIA director Michael Hayden blasted the "Second Amendment" comments as "very arresting"."It suggests either a very bad-taste reference to political assassination and an attempt at humour, or an incredible insensitivity," he told CNN. Hayden was among 50 former senior Republican national security officials who warned in an open letter Monday that if Trump were elected he would be "the most reckless president in American history". The group's comments drew a sharp reply from Trump, who painted them as "nothing more than the failed Washington elite looking to hold onto their power" and saying they should be "held accountable" for making the world less safe. Influential Republican US Senator Susan Collins piled on, saying the nominee was "unworthy" of America's highest elective office and would not receive her support."I have become increasingly dismayed by his constant stream of cruel comments and his inability to admit error or apologise," Collins wrote in a Washington Post op-ed.She portrayed Trump as a candidate "who will slash and burn and trample anything and anyone he perceives as being in his way or an easy scapegoat." Retired four-star general Barry McCaffrey also spoke out against Trump, declaring him unfit for the Oval Office and saying it was "remarkable how little he knows" about national security.