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Air BP strengthens its presence in the South of France with new location at Toulon Hyères Airport
Air BP, the international aviation fuel products and service supplier, has strengthened its fuelling network in the South of France with the addition of a new location at Toulon Hyères Airport (TLN\LFTH). Following an agreement with airport operator, VINCI Airports, effective immediately Air BP will be the sole fuel provider of Jet A-1 at the airport until the end of 2020. Air BP will serve both its general and commercial aviation customers in the region. The new location will complement Air BP's nearby operations at Marseille-Provence (MRS/LFML), Cannes-Mandelieu (CEQ/LFMD) and Nice Côte d'Azur (NCE/LFMN) airports. This agreement further underlines France as a key growth area for the company and brings the total number of Air BP supplied airports in the country to 129. The new location will also welcome Sterling Card customers, making it the 44th location in France to become part of the global Sterling Card network.
The new location represents Air BP's seventh VINCI Airports location complementing its locations at Chambéry Savoie (CEMF/LFLB), Clermont Ferrand Auvergne (CFE/LFLC), Grenoble Isère (GNB/LFLS), Dinard Pleurtuit St Malo (DNR/LFRD), Quimper (UIP/LFRQ) and Poitiers Biard (PIS/LFBI). Air BP was selected to provide the fuel operations owing to its extensive technical capabilities and its superior level of competence in providing a safe, fit-for-purpose and reliable service. Air BP will serve a range of commercial airline customers including HOP! Air France, Jetairfly.com, Cityjet, Volotea, Air Corsica, Flybe, Transavia.com and Tunisair Express who operate regular scheduled services from the airport.
Toulon Hyères is also well suited for business aviation activity with Signature Flight Support FBO on site offering the full range of business aviation facilities including high speed internet access, refreshments, showers and a pilot lounge.
We are very pleased to be further strengthening our network in the South of France for the benefit of both our commercial and general aviation customers. We look forward to a continued mutually successful relationship with Vinci Airports.Elena MeliaGeneral Manager, UK/France, Air BP
Cédric Fechter, Deputy Managing Director, south-east France area and the airport's General Manager, VINCI Airports, added: "We are delighted to be welcoming Air BP to Toulon Hyères to provide a reliable and highly efficient service for the convenience of customers. We look forward to growing our business with Air BP's support and welcoming customers to our airport to explore this beautiful region of south-eastern France."
Toulon Hyères Airport is located halfway between Provence and the French Riviera. With its vast array of attractive sandy beaches, coves and beautiful countryside it is the most popular tourist destination in France after Paris. Appointed by the French government, VINCI Airports took over management of Toulon Hyères Airport on 1 April, 2015 for a period of 25 years. Toulon Hyères Airport is the 11th French airport in the VINCI Airports network and in 2015
Editor's notes - about Air BP
As the aviation division of BP, Air BP is one of the world's largest suppliers of aviation fuel products and services. It currently supplies over seven billion gallons of jet kerosene and aviation gasoline to its customers across the globe each year.
Through its direct operations, Air BP fueled more than 6,000 flights every day – that's over four aircraft every minute or one every 15 seconds. The company operates at more than 700 global locations in over 50 countries serving customers from the private pilot to some of the world's largest airlines.
Air BP's technical and operations experts provide a complete aviation fuel consultancy service, including the design, build and operation of aviation fuelling facilities, to help customers protect their operations and manage risks.
Customers range from domestic and international airlines, the military, business and private aircraft owners, as well as international airports and airfield operators.
Air BP's services for the General Aviation and Business Aviation sector include the Sterling Card, which can be used throughout the global network, including self-serve locations, providing easy access to fuel for thousands of Air BP clients including private pilots, aircraft management companies and corporate flight departments. Air BP's card programmes were introduced in 1993 to bridge the gap between airline, general business and private aviation customers as an easy means of payment for aviation fuel on an as needed basis.
For a full list of locations served by Air BP go to www.airbp.com/wheretofind
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Jennifer Kent grew up in Brisbane, Australia where she frequently wrote and performed plays during her childhood. She pursued acting in her late teens because she "wasn't really aware at that stage that women could direct films." In her first feature film, the psychological thriller The Babadook, she told the story of facing the darkness in ourselves. Although the film wasn't well received in her native Australia, it was highly successful in North America and Europe and gained a cult following. The critic Glenn Kenny said in his review, "So impressed was I by "The Babadook" that upon seeing it I tweeted that I thought it might be the first capital-G "Great" horror movie of the 21st Century…"
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Australia has many historic and cultural links with the United Kingdom. This is because, the first European settlers in Australia came from the United Kingdom. As a result, Australia was a British colony, later a Dominion within the British Empire, and today is a leading member of the Commonwealth and retains the British Queen as the monarch of Australia. This history has also of course influenced Australian cuisine - many Australian dishes have been inspired by traditional British cooking, and meals based around pies, and grilled or roasted meat, remain popular to this day.
After World War II, Australia has experienced much increased immigration from Mediterranean countries, and later from Southeast Asia as well. These immigrants brought many new culinary ideas to Australia, and the country's cuisine has been greatly enriched as a result. Additionally, new recipes, unique to Australia have also been developed - some of these are based on unique Australian plants, or inspired by "bush tucker" (foraged food, itself often inspired by traditional Aboriginal recipes).
Chiko roll - These are the Australian version of Chinese spring rolls. Chiko rolls can be quite spicy and contain mutton, cabbage, carrot, celery and sometimes barley. They are cooked by deep frying.
Damper - Damper is a wheat-based soda bread. It was traditionally eaten by travellers in the outback (the wilderness areas of Australia), since it could be easily prepared at the roadside.
Pie floater - A British style meat pie which is covered with tomato sauce, turned upside down, and then served in a thick green pea soup.
Vegemite - Vegemite is a paste made from yeast extract. It used as a spread on toast, and in sandwiches.
Australia also developed has its own desserts, many of which are unique to the country. It should be said that New Zealand also claims to be the original source of some these recipes, and there is a friendly rivalry between the two countries over this issue.
Lamingtons - Lamingtons are cubes of sponge cake, covered with chocolate icing and dessicated coconut. Sometimes the cubes may be sliced in half, and a layer of strawberry jam or cream spread between the halves.
Pavlova (these are also claimed to be invented in New Zealand) - Pavlova is a meringue prepared so that it has a crispy exterior, but is light and fluffy on the inside.
ANZAC biscuits (these are also claimed to be invented in New Zealand) - ANZAC biscuits are made from rolled oats, coconut and syrup. According to legend, they were first prepared for the ANZAC ("Australian and New Zealand Army Corps") troops sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in World War I. The recipe was supposed to have been chosen so as to create a biscuit that would preserve well.
Australia is blessed with a broad range of climates and terrains, a rich diversity that encourages its residents to fill the pantries with different foods from every conner of the country. These talented cooks regularly stock up on farmhouse cheeses and fresh produce from Victoria, seafood and apples from Tasmania, rice and wines from New South Wales Australia, olives end game from South Australia, tropical fruits and beef from Queensland, wheat products from Western Australia and native bush foods from the Northern Territory. This results is an Australian table that is both rustic and refined, familiar and exotic. Australia the Beautiful Cookbook celebrates this nation of imaginative cooks and fine fresh ingredients in over 200 recipes .
Celebrating the abundance, variety, and individuality of the land down under, a colorfully illustrated cookbook features tasty and unusual dishes including Skewered Tiger Prawns with Honey Lime Butter, Tasmanian Atlantic Salmon Tartare, and Guava Sorbet.
Here are inspiring, delicious, easy weeknight dishes along with plenty to make your guests gasp such at Danielle Alvarez's Chocolate, butterscotch and raspberry trifle and Neil Perry's Spicy braised lamb with apricots, pistachios and roast pumpkin.
2019 James Beard Award Nominee From the Earth is a celebration of approximately 50 unique and exotic heirloom vegetables and plants through the seasons. Some the author grows himself in his experimental home garden, while others come from suppliers he has developed close and lasting relationships with over his 15 years as executive chef at Quay restaurant in Sydney, Australia.
The book includes full-color photography by Brett Stevens alongside botanical illustrations heroing each vegetable, as well as key information (family group; history and origin; traditional cooking uses; growing conditions; anecdotal stories; and why the author loves them!) and a recipe inspired by the vegetable.
The recipes range from very simple – about the cooking technique with little adornment – to more complex dishes that may feature at Peter's restaurants Bennelong or Quay. All are approachable and achievable in the home kitchen. The key, always, is celebrating the organic beauty of the vegetables and allowing them to shine. In the chef's words: 'Simplicity is key, with a little bit of complexity thrown in'.
Recipes include Fried puntarelle chicory, Kyoto red carrot salad (sheep's milk feta, smoked almond, sherry caramel), Slow braised roveja peas (fermented mushroom and black garlic purée) and Slow cooked galeux d' eysines pumpkin (aged comte cream, truffle).
In addition, the book profiles, in words and pictures, chef Gilmore's home garden and the evolution of his now abiding passion for it, as well as a handful of his most loyal growers and seed suppliers.
The Cook's Companion has established itself as the kitchen "bible" in more than 500,000 homes since it was first published in 1996. This 2014 revision includes two major new chapters, two expanded chapters, 70 new recipes, and a complete revision of the text to reflect changes in the marketplace and new regulations. Stephanie believes that good food is essential to living well: her book is for everyone, every day. She has invaluable information about ingredients, cooking techniques, and kitchen equipment, along with inspiration, advice, and encouragement, and close to 1,000 failsafe recipes.
Featuring 165 recipes, from tried and true Aussie classics to contemporary cuisine that reflect Australia's ethnic diversity and fresh local produce, this book is a celebration of local cuisine. One hundred of Australia's finest cooks, chefs, bakers, and local heroes let us into their homes and their hearts as they share their favorite recipes they make for the people they love. Each recipe is accompanied by stunning original photography shot entirely on location. Includes metric measures.
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of the Eternal, the + FATHER the + SON and the HOLY + GHOST.
Heart and mind shall be united with God so that "God may be all in all"
and we will say as Jesus: "I and the Father are one"
for our soul to become God´s bride as in the picture below when the bride is crowned.
the different alternatives until they reach truth beyond word and thought and self.


So? What does it take to become a Ski Patroller?
Check out what the National Ski Patrol has to say about becoming a patroller. Click Here!
Thanks for your interest. We are always looking for new patrollers. The following is a list of common questions asked about becoming a member of the National Ski Patrol.
Is the OEC (Outdoor Emergency Care) class free for individuals that will be working at Mount Kato or is it out of their own pocket?
Our patrol is 100% volunteer. There are a few paid patrollers which Mount Kato hires as they need them, usually a couple each year. The OEC course itself is paid out of the candidates pocket.
What is the cost to take the course?
The course has a few fees and then there are also some fees for becoming a patroller. There is a course registration fee, which gets you into the course, that is about $60. The next is the book fee, at present the book runs about $75. After that is all said and done there are the National Ski Patrol dues of about $70 and that cost is paid annually. However, if you work our ski swap that cost is paid for the candidate/patroller after a set number of hours have been worked. It works out to your benefit, trust me on that one. If/when you pass the OEC course, you will need to purchase a patrol coat, which is around $200.
Is there a limit as to how many people you take on your "force" of ski patrollers?
I guess you could call us a "force". We are all volunteers so most of us prefer to call it.... well I'm not sure what you could call us except... dedicated to safety and the well being of the customer of Mount Kato. At present we have about 18 patrollers on our staff. The candidate class we have this year is yet to be determined. We encourage all who are willing to help out to take the classes and we will work with those people to make sure the skiing skills and medical skills are proficient. We do prefer the candidates to be of at least an intermediate level of skiing or snowboarding ability. At the time we are accepting all applications to become patrollers. If the on-hill skills of a candidate are not proficient enough to pass the on-hill skiing/snowboarding and transportation portion of the course the the candidate would be eligible as an Auxilliary Patroller, meaning that the patroller is only allowed to treat people in the aid room or on the hill, but is not allowed to transport a patient to the aid room. The medical skills portion of becoming a ski patroller is very similar to that of the First Responder, but a more directed to the extreme outdoor elements. We have many patrollers who are also EMT's. They have found it very educational to take our course in Outdoor Emergency Care as it relates better to more trauma based emergencies. Those some individuals have also commented that the testing they went through to become a patroller was very similar and at times harder that the national board exam for becoming an EMT-B. But, we have never had a candidate who has attended all of the class sessions and done all of the required reading and homework who has not passed our testing with flying colors.
If one does get accepted to "work" at Mount Kato as Ski Patrol is there set shifts that a person has to work or is it a fairly flexible schedule to work around your own individual schedule?
The Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC) course consists of about 10 weeks of classes. The classes meet 2 nights a week for about 2 hours. During that time the entire text of the OEC manual is reviewed and studied. Also, hands-on practice of splinting, backboarding, and other critical skills are practiced in various scenarios. The classes start in late September and are usually held on Monday and Thursday evenings from 7-9. The testing day is usually reserved for the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Please watch our calendar on our website for exact dates, times, and topics.
The Outdoor Emergency Transportation (OET) courses are held at Mount Kato usually starting in early January. These classes are about 2-3 hours long, and are held weekly for roughly 6-7 weeks or until the instructors feel that all topics and skill are adequate enough to safely test a candidate. Special sessions have been explored for those candidates who are not able to attend the weekend sessions. These classes are always finished prior to the end of the ski season and ensure that the passing candidate receives the title of Alpine Patroller for the next ski season. Please watch our calendar on our website for exact dates, times, and topics. Successful candidates are able to traverse the ski hill with a toboggan and a minimum of 200 pound patient.
Some patrollers in the past have decided to take the OET portion first and then the OEC portion the following fall. This is allowed, if the candidate decided to take the courses in this order the free skiing/snowboarding is not offered. The reason being, the candidate can not perform any emergency care for patients and is not covered by any liability policies in place.
To become a patroller there is an initial application process, including a criminal background check.
The first half is the medical portion of becoming a patroller, an 80+ hour course in Outdoor Emergency Care. The course covers many things, including treatment of shock, bleeding control, Professional CPR and AED administration, management of broken bones, management of head and spinal cord injuries, and much more. Click the "Calendar" link above and navigate to the months of September, October, and November to see a complete outline of the courses.
The second half is an on-the-hill skills assessment. The instructors in this portion of the course look at the candidates overall skiing/snowboarding proficiency. You do not need to be an expert! It helps, but it's not mandatory. You do need to feel comfortable on a pair of skis and able to traverse difficult terrain while wearing a backpack or while handling a toboggan with a patient. All of these skills are taught through many weeks of on-the-hill, hands-on training.
Feel free to stop out at Mount Kato at any time they are open and speak to any one of the patrollers on duty. We would be happy to answer any questions you might have.


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Q: How to insert 20 dates for each cell in a column I have been given an excel column with numbers and I want to create a new column with every cell content repeating 20 times and 20 dates sequentially next to it to another column.
How can I achieve this in excel or access?
For example I have a column with numbers as follows:
0491703316
0235361458
0380458968
0240510098
0169346827
0147826672
and I want to do this
0491703316 01/12/2016
0491703316 02/12/2016
0491703316 03/12/2016
0491703316 04/12/2016
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0235361458 01/12/2016
0235361458 02/12/2016
0235361458 03/12/2016
0235361458 04/12/2016
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0380458968
0240510098
0169346827
0147826672

A: Link the range in Access as a linked table named, say, LinkedTable.
Then create this query:
PARAMETERS
    Period Text ( 255 ),
    Periods Short,
    FirstDate DateTime;
SELECT DISTINCT
    LinkedTable.Number,
    10*Abs([Deca].[id] Mod 10)+Abs([Uno].[id] Mod 10)+1 As Sequence,
    DateAdd([Period],[Sequence]-1,[FirstDate]) AS [DateStart]
FROM
    LinkedTable,
    MSysObjects AS Uno,
    MSysObjects AS Deca
WHERE
    10*Abs([Deca].[id] Mod 10)+Abs([Uno].[id] Mod 10)<[Periods]

Run this with the parameters:
Period: d
Periods: 20
FirstDate: 2016-12-01

A: Assuming 0491703316 is in A1, in B8 enter 01/12/2016 and copy down to B28. Copy B8:B28 to B29. Select B8:B29 and drag down to B133. In A8 enter =A1 and in A9:
=IF(B9=B$8,INDEX(A:A,MATCH(A8,A:A,0)+1),A8)

Copy A9 down to suit.

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Some of the best locations are off the side of the road, hidden in plain site. In this case, we were headed to Napa Valley. These countryside hills were so stunning that we couldn't help but pull over, hop over the fence, and hike to the top. There, we found a beautiful meadow covered in spring flowers and mountain views for miles.
Soon Jenny & Nathan will be married! I am so excited to see them again and celebrate the day they have so joyfully waited for.


The rains this spring have been great for blooming annuals and perennials. To keep those blooms coming spend some time in your garden removing the spent blooms, a practice referred to as deadheading. Deadheading may help some annuals extend their bloom period until frost and give you a few extra weeks of color on perennials. It is easy to believe that a plant produces flowers so we may enjoy their beauty just as we might think an apple tree produces apples so we can have something to eat. The truth is that a plant produces a flower so it can be pollinated and produce seed. Deadheading works because as we remove the bloom the plant responds by producing another flower in its efforts to create a viable seed. It is this cycle triggered by deadheading that allows us to enjoy the blooms for a longer season. Most annuals can be deadheaded. Pansies, salvia, zinnias, marigolds, and celosia are a few examples, however other annuals, such as impatiens, are self-cleaning and do not benefit from deadheading. Deadheading will also work with many perennials but plants like purple coneflower and sedum which produce seed heads that attract birds and add winter interest to the garden may be best left alone. When you deadhead wait until flowers start to decline and then clip the stem just below, leaving as much foliage on the plants as possible. Even some trees may benefit from deadheading. Pruning off the seedpods of crape myrtle just below the last seed may produce another flush of blooms.
Late July is a great time for pruning many blooming vines. Wisteria is one vigorous vine that begs for pruning. Wisteria should be maintained with only one strong leader. From this leader will grow the leader branches which form the vine's framework that is attached to a trellis or fence. In July, cut off the ends of all side shoots growing from the leader branches just beyond the sixth or seventh leaf. This winter cut leader branches back to roughly one-third to one-half the branch length. Cut the side shoots pruned in July back to only one or two inches to form short flowering spurs. Continue this practice each July and winter; remove any suckers that appear at the base of the plant. If your wisteria has never been pruned, this winter you can prune away all but a framework of a main leader and leader branches. Shorten the leader branches drastically removing crowded and poorly spaced branches. Then follow the schedule for July and winter pruning. This rejuvenation will likely result in a bloom-less vine next year, but the plant should bloom again in two to three years.
Clematis is another vine that can be confusing to prune, especially since they are all pruned differently. There are three categories of clematis which is based on time of bloom: early-flowering; large-flowering, and late-flowering. Early-flowering clematis bloom from April to May from buds produced during last year's growing season. These vines are pruned after blooming but no later than the end of July in order that the plant has enough time to produce new buds for next year. Large-flowering hybrids bloom in mid-June on last year's wood and often re-bloom in late summer on new growth. Remove dead or weak stems in late winter or early spring. After the vine blooms in June, you can deadhead bloom stems or cut the plant back to 12 to 18 inches to force new growth for the re-bloom period in late summer. Late-flowering clematis are the easiest to prune since they bloom on current season's wood. In early spring, cut the plant back to 24 to 36 inches and the new growth will produce blooms, depending on the species from June to fall. When pruning clematis during the growing season, be sure to water, fertilize and mulch the vine after pruning.
Following these simple steps will lengthen the bloom period for your landscape and make you neighbors envious of your gardening skills. If you have questions, give us a call at the Henderson County Extension Office; we are happy to help!


This entry is part of my year-end, month-long Reverb 11 blogging project, where I reflect on my year in a series of daily blog posts. Today I am writing on RELEASE: What did you let go of this year?
I let go of a lot this year: debts, weight, possessions, some relationships, obligations, parts of my business, expectations of myself, limiting beliefs, delusions, illusions. Some of these I shed every year, some of these were momentous. But I think the most significant aspect of my life and self that I unloaded this year was my long-standing attachment and association with New York City.
I stopped living there in 2010, after I graduated from film school, so the transition started awhile ago. But the question of moving back was always in the back of my mind, lingering there, waiting to be made. When are you returning? When are you getting back here? So many times I was asked.
But this was the year when I let NYC go. When I realized, after ten non-continuous years, that I had absorbed what I need, gleaned the experiences and opportunities I wanted, soaked in the atmosphere, internalized the mindset, acquired enough stories to last the rest of my life — I had gotten what I came for, and it was time for me to move on.
I find this really scary, and sad, and disconcerting. I'd been associated with New York in my own mind for so long. I'd always wanted to live there, ever since Madonna did her "I went to Noo Yawk" monologue that begins her "Virgin Tour" movie from 1984. My imagination had been shaped by the great American metropolis and everything it implied: a certain level of culture, style, worldliness, a cosmopolitanism that was open to new experiences, ideas, people, a place filled with enough energy for constant reinvention. NYC had long been the setting of many of my fantasies about love and life, about glamour and how epic and exciting and full life could be. If I didn't have New York, who was I? What was interesting about me? And what did it mean to leave behind a good portion of my friends geographically? So many resources, contacts, relationships? A full third of my life?
I still don't have answers to these questions, and sometimes it is as if I've lost a big part of my identity still. All I have are the new visions and dreams made possible, the ones that have been itching inside me for awhile, waiting to be quietly acknowledged, desires to be closer to my family as my parents get older, and the new reveries and imaginings made possible by living and dreaming elsewhere — all of which mean I need to leave the city I love behind, at least for a good while.
I have a storage unit in NYC filled with remnants of my past life there. I've had it for over a year, waiting for me to empty it into a new home. Each time I go back to see friends, visit, maybe do a little business, it gets a little emptier: I sell things off, ship objects home, leave them on the street, give them away, bring them to the Salvation Army on 96th Street. There's really nothing left but a box of CDs, two suitcases, and two boxes of random objects I can't really let go of yet. I'll be back in the new year, I think, to finally empty the space and turn in my key and card. The storage space is near Riverside Park, my favorite place to walk in the city, so I imagine after I'm done I'll drift down the side of the island, retracing footsteps and memories, looking out over the river onto another shore in the distance. And I'm sure I will feel sad to let New York fully go, but I hope the space that it leaves will fill itself with something so magical that I couldn't possibly even dream of it yet.
I'm going through a similar experience with San Francisco. I find boxes of my old life still tucked away in my closet and I realize I won't be going back for quite some time. It's funny how we can sort of coast along with these notions of who or where we will be; we constantly forget how important the current moment is (at least I do) and try to build future castles in our heads. Thanks for this post. It made me feel less alone in the face of a huge, blank, future canvas.
so glad this resonated with you, clementine. if anything i write makes anyone feel less alone in the world, then i feel like i've done my job here.


In order to get phone calls from clients, there must be a direction from you asking folks to DO SOMETHING, preferably NOW.
Here are some Call to Action phrases. They should convey ease and urgency. And don't forget the powerful "FREE".
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When my neighbor gives me the phone number of his brother who is moving to Atlanta, I have something that I don't have when I'm trying to convert an internet lead into a client.
My neighbor knows me and though I may not have ever spoken to his brother, I come equipped with some degree of trust in his eyes. I know his brother. His brother trusts me enough to refer him to me. The first two requirements needed to be successful in selling real estate have been met.
I have generated a lead and I have some level of value and trust already built in even before the first words are spoken to this new client.
Internet leads are very different. With an internet lead, I have the first requirement that I will need to be successful in that the lead is there, but, that is where it ends.
In fact, internet leads might be thought of as slightly on the negative side of trust on a scale compared to a referral lead from a friend or neighbor. To convert them, we need to be polished in our phone skills. We are already fighting against the idea that we will be calling someone who might see us as salespeople and that's a battle best fought if we are concise, polite, helpful and knowledgeable on the phone.
Wishing everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving from all of us at HomeGain.
I've been selling real estate for over eight years now and have had the privilege of observing both successful and unsuccessful Realtors. I have worked in the same office with and have been involved in transactions with some of the top producers in my area.
One thing I have observed about their business is that their lead generation is mostly systematic. Not all of them receive their leads the same way but the big producers have built up a consistent lead generation system where most of their clients contact them. Of course, there are successful Realtors who are out door knocking and cold calling but the largest producers seem to be chased and not chasing.
There are many ways to "skin a cat". Realtors can farm geographic areas, build a web presence, advertise in print, use direct mail, purchase leads, or network with their sphere of influence. All of the avenues can lead to success. You just have to decide which of them work best for you. Non computer savvy Realtors barely know how to turn on a computer so they might not be suited to focus on the web. A new agent with few contacts may find it difficult to live off of their sphere of influence. There are very successful agents out there in virtually every market using one or all of these avenues to garner leads. If you do just one of these extremely well you will generate plenty of leads.
…and real estate will lead us out of it. Today's news that the Federal Reserve will buy as much as $600 billion of debt sent interest rates on the average 30 year fixed mortgage down from about 6.25% to 5.5%.
With interest rates low and prices down 40% in some areas, real estate transaction volumes could pick up as real estate could once again become a very attractive investment.
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package org.apache.aries.pushstream;

import static java.util.Optional.ofNullable;
import static org.apache.aries.pushstream.AbstractPushStreamImpl.State.*;

import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
import java.util.function.Function;

import org.osgi.util.pushstream.PushEvent;
import org.osgi.util.pushstream.PushEventConsumer;
import org.osgi.util.pushstream.PushStream;
import org.osgi.util.pushstream.PushStreamProvider;

public class UnbufferedPushStreamImpl<T, U extends BlockingQueue<PushEvent< ? extends T>>>
	extends AbstractPushStreamImpl<T> implements PushStream<T> {

	protected final Function<PushEventConsumer<T>,AutoCloseable>	connector;

	protected final AtomicReference<AutoCloseable>					upstream	= new AtomicReference<AutoCloseable>();

	public UnbufferedPushStreamImpl(PushStreamProvider psp,
			Executor executor, ScheduledExecutorService scheduler,
			Function<PushEventConsumer<T>,AutoCloseable> connector) {
		super(psp, executor, scheduler);
		this.connector = connector;
	}

	@Override
	protected boolean close(PushEvent<T> event) {
		if(super.close(event)) {
			ofNullable(upstream.getAndSet(() -> {
				// This block doesn't need to do anything, but the presence
				// of the Closable is needed to prevent duplicate begins
			})).ifPresent(c -> {
					try {
						c.close();
					} catch (Exception e) {
						// TODO Auto-generated catch block
						e.printStackTrace();
					}
				});
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}

	@Override
	protected boolean begin() {
		if(closed.compareAndSet(BUILDING, STARTED)) {
			AutoCloseable toClose = connector.apply(this::handleEvent);
			if(!upstream.compareAndSet(null,toClose)) {
				//TODO log that we tried to connect twice...
				try {
					toClose.close();
				} catch (Exception e) {
					// TODO Auto-generated catch block
					e.printStackTrace();
				}
			}

			if (closed.get() == CLOSED
					&& upstream.compareAndSet(toClose, null)) {
				// We closed before setting the upstream - close it now
				try {
					toClose.close();
				} catch (Exception e) {
					// TODO Auto-generated catch block
					e.printStackTrace();
				}
			}
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


New technology is making a huge difference to the lives of the people we support, giving them more choice and control than ever before.
FitzRoy Malvern introduced some CleverTouch screens – a huge touch screen, like a television sized iPad – a few months ago, thanks to a grant from Karten. The people who live at Malvern are aged between 28 and 67, all have complex learning and physical disabilities and high support needs and they are engaging with the CleverTouch screen in lots of different ways.
When we introduced her to the CleverTouch screen, Bex had never engaged with anything like it before. She loved using it for drawing and being creative, using the tactile pen and playing music. Her increasing confidence with CleverTouch enabled her to graduate to an iPad, on which she's been using the MyChoicePad communications app, MyChoicePad uses Makaton signs and symbols to enable people to clearly express their feelings and make choices. One day, we showed Bex a photo of her mum and asked her who it was. She was able to press the button for 'mum' and when the app voice spoke the word, Bex was absolutely beaming as this was the first time she could express what she wanted to say using spoken words. The freedom the technology enables has worked wonders, she uses the iPad to Skype her family, it's so much easier for her to communicate with them, she doesn't need to wait for their visits, she can contact them whenever she wants to.


Unfortunately, without a chat log it is impossible to prove what actually happened. I will have to archive this report.
Unfortunately, there is no way to prove what would've happened had you gone through with the trade, as such I will have to archive this report.
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text:
Without HOV policies, urban traffic gets much, much worse, study says
by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cities plagued with terrible traffic problems may be overlooking a simple, low-cost solution: High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) policies that encourage carpooling can reduce traffic drastically, according to a new study co-authored by MIT economists.
The results show that in Jakarta, Indonesia, travel delays became 46 percent worse during the morning rush hour and 87 percent worse during the evening rush hour, after an HOV policy requiring three or more passengers in a car was discontinued on important city center roads.
"Eliminating high-occupancy vehicle restrictions led to substantially worse traffic," says Ben Olken, a professor of economics at MIT and co-author of a new paper detailing the study. "That's not shocking, but the magnitudes are just enormous."
Moreover, when the HOV policy was ended, traffic suddenly became significantly worse on surrounding roads as well. Instead of siphoning more traffic onto the central roads, the policy change made congestion worse all over.
"HOV policies on central roads were making traffic everywhere better, both during the middle of the day and on these other roads during rush hour," Olken observes. "That I think is a really striking result."
The paper, "Citywide effects of high-occupancy vehicle restrictions: Evidence from 'three-in-one' in Jakarta," is being published today in the journal Science. The authors are Olken; Gabriel Kreindler, a doctoral candidate in development economics in the MIT Department of Economics; and Rema Hanna, the Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia Studies at the Harvard Kennedy School. Olken is the corresponding author.
Drivers and jockeys
In an effort to reduce its notoriously bad traffic problems, Jakarta installed its HOV regulations in 1992, using a "three-in-one" policy that required three passengers in each vehicle on some major roads, between 7 and 10 a.m. and between 4:30 and 7 p.m. However, it suddenly scrapped the policy in 2016—first for a week, then for a month, and then permanently.
The HOV system had drawn its share of critics locally, in part due to the presence of "jockeys" on the roads—people charging a small fee to drivers who would let them ride in their cars, bringing vehicles up to the three-person requirement. Commuters would typically pick up jockeys at the edges of the HOV area. This led onlookers to question whether the HOV policy really was reducing the number of vehicles effectively, since it seemed to limit the amount of ride-sharing by actual commuters.
"For a long time, people were skeptical of the policy because of the existence of these jockeys," says Kreindler.
When the Jakarta government suddenly announced the policy change in late March 2016, however, it gave the researchers an ideal opportunity to conduct a before-and-after natural experiment. The team queried Google Maps data starting in late March, before the policy went into effect, and then continued monitoring its impact into June 2016.
"The key thing we did is to start collecting traffic data immediately," Hanna explains. "Within 48 hours of the policy announcement, we were regularly having our computers check Google Maps every 10 minutes to check current traffic speeds on several roads in Jakarta. ... By starting so quickly we were able to capture real-time traffic conditions while the HOV policy was still in effect. We then compared the changes in traffic before and after the policy change."
All told, the impact of changing the HOV policy was highly significant. After the HOV policy was abandoned, the average speed of Jakarta's rush hour traffic declined from about 17 to 12 miles per hour in the mornings, and from about 13 to 7 miles per hour in the evenings. By comparison, people usually walk at around 3 miles per hour.
As the researchers acknowledge, the precise mechanism for the spillover effect of eliminating HOV lanes—the fact that traffic got worse on surrounding roads—could use further investigation. After all, intuitively, it might seem that discarding the HOV policy on major streets would lessen the amount of traffic on nearby roads.
The scholars suggest a few potential reasons for this larger effect. The most direct is that the HOV-lane policy, when in effect, reduced the overall number of cars on the roads by encouraging car-sharing—and the ensuing, post-HOV conditions simply increased overall traffic levels everywhere.
Another possibility is that ending the HOV policy may have led to "hypercongestion," in which traffic clogs became so bad that the total volume of vehicles on the major arteries dropped, such that more people drove on the surrounding streets, leading to more tie-ups there too. Still another hypothesis would be that there was a slightly less dramatic but still-consequential spillover of vehicles from Jakarta's central business district to feeder streets.
Whatever the case, Olken says, the empirical effect is genuine.
"The point of this paper is to show that in a real-world natural experiment, this is what happens," Olken says.
Attention: Urban planners
Kreindler, who is planning further traffic studies in other cities, notes that the sudden change in Jakarta's HOV policies gives more weight to the findings, since it reduces the possibility that other factors were at work.
"The fact that it was unexpected means that the changes we're looking at, before and after, are really due to the policy and not some other development that would also affect how much people would want to drive," Kreindler says.
To be sure, the scholars note, all cities are different, and the results of similar changes might vary in magnitude elsewhere, depending on many factors, from the format of the urban area to the amount of public transit available.
Still, the result seems directly of interest to urban planners and policymakers, especially because of the low-cost nature of implementing HOV policies, whether on entire streets or certain lanes of large streets. All a city really needs, after all, are some signs, some paint for markings, and some enforcement of the policy.
"I don't think we should necessarily take the result and wildly apply it everywhere, but [given] the kind of really serious congestion problems Jakarta has, it suggests this is a policy measure that has the potential to work," Olken says.
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More information: R. Hanna	at	Harvard University	in	Cambridge, MA el al., "Citywide effects of high-occupancy vehicle restrictions: Evidence from "three-in-one" in Jakarta," Science (2017). science.sciencemag.org/cgi/doi … 1126/science.aan2747
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Step by step, little by little, and as a gift of grace, we can progress until the lines of the gospel are written in our hearts—incorporated so deeply into our being that living them is as natural as breathing.
Learning a new language as an adult can be a very difficult and frustrating process. Languages have a huge, seemingly endless supply of new words, idiomatic expressions, and unpredictable grammatical constructions, and they come from unfamiliar systems of politeness and culture. Students, even very advanced ones, often feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of material left to learn.
To be perfectly honest, teaching a foreign language to adult learners is just about as frustrating as learning one is. We are a profession with an almost spectacular level of failure. Large numbers of bright-eyed, excited students enter our classes every semester, eager to "learn Arabic" or some other language, but despite our best efforts something doesn't click with a good percentage of those students, and they end up quitting at some point well shy of reaching their goal.
I would like to refer specifically to two of the major sources of frustration in learning a new language as an adult. The first is that direct teaching and learning of the facts about the language has limited usefulness in actually learning the language. This realization dawns on students slowly, and at first it can even anger them. When they have put in hours memorizing vocabulary and grammar rules, they really expect there to be an immediate payoff, but it doesn't happen that way. Knowing a language is not just knowing facts about the language (that's a kind of knowing we refer to as "knowing that")—it goes well beyond that to being able to understand and use the language like a native speaker does in real time and in authentic cultural situations (this kind of knowing could be referred to as "knowing how").
It is much harder to teach for this latter kind of learning. The fact of the matter is, we don't really know how to do it so that it is 100 percent successful, given our spectacular failure rate. It does seem clear, however, that the methods that work the best are a combination of a little direct teaching of the facts and a lot of creating situations that allow students to practice using the language inside and outside of class. These latter methods are relatively indirect, and they don't have an immediate payoff. Students often feel frustrated and feel they are not making progress. The students who eventually do make the break to a kind of fluency, however, are the ones who throw themselves into these activities and simply try to communicate with abandon, working around and through their frustration until a breakthrough finally comes. There is a kind of mystery involved here: moving from a theoretical knowledge to a practical one, figuring out how to develop those habits of tongue, mind, and heart that allow them to function as native speakers do. It is not a direct process.
Three of my children have served foreign language missions, and in each case the first few letters home from the field were full of language frustration. They didn't understand anything, even after studying the language intensively in the MTC. One of them had studied the language throughout his school years, had done very well on the high school AP test in that language, and was a "star" at the MTC. It came as something of a surprise to both him and us that during the first month in Chile he still understood very little of what people said to him. It turns out that for him to "know" Spanish, he needed something more than what he had learned in a very long and intense period of Spanish study. He needed to get beyond knowing Spanish just in his head to knowing it "in his bones." Those first months of a foreign language mission—being dragged by your senior companion to one situation after another where you are forced to try to understand and communicate somehow—usually provide those indirect learning experiences that allow the initial breakthrough to fluency.
I like to compare it to the process of learning to ride a bike. Our teacher may or may not give us a minimal explanation about the principles of balance, but no amount of explanation is going to do the least bit of good unless we actually get on the bike and simply try it. We will certainly fall off many times before something clicks and we somehow "get it," but if we don't get up and get back on, we will certainly never get it. With language it is the same. If we throw ourselves into the language both inside and outside of class, although no one activity seems to make much of a difference, insight does come, and we make discrete jumps of understanding. If we don't keep getting back on the linguistic bike, however, we certainly will never achieve mastery.
The second frustration of adult language learning I would like to refer to is the dawning realization that comes to honest learners—even after they are very good at the language—that there is an almost infinite amount left to learn. Even very fluent speakers are constantly made aware of how imperfect their accent is, how many words they still don't know, how awkward their constructions are, and how unnatural their production is. The gulf between even a very proficient speaker and a native speaker seems huge indeed.
I give myself as an example of this phenomenon. People tell me that I speak Arabic well, and I happen to be an expert on the complicated system of Arabic case markings. Arabs have often told me that I know Arabic better than they do when they notice how good I am at the case markings. But, of course, they are completely wrong, and this becomes embarrassingly apparent as soon as I open my mouth. I do things that I know are wrong. I find myself using incorrect forms in the heat of a conversation, breaking rules that I've known for years. I know the rule as well as I know anything, but somehow I still don't know it well enough. Why do native speakers never make mistakes like the ones I make? What is the difference between their knowledge and mine? Why does theirs seem to be so "deep wired," so much a part of their very beings that nothing can come out of their mouths that isn't in accord with it, whereas my knowledge seems to be more superficial, more imposed, less a part of me? Even when I manage to produce something that is grammatically perfect, why does it take so much intellectual and emotional energy from me to do so, so much active managing and monitoring of my performance, whereas native speakers produce perfect language without really thinking about it at all?
The Lord gives us what we are ready to hear – and no more – because He loves us. Getting more than we are ready for either does no good at all or actually does harm.
Missionaries become fluent and proficient in their language in a very limited sphere. Unfortunately, many of them decide somewhere deep within their souls that they know enough that they don't need to know any more. They come home and enter our classes and don't make progress; they already know enough. They are seemingly oblivious to all the things they don't know, both in the overt know-that sense and in the know-how sense—becoming more like a native speaker. It is also frustrating that other professors and administrators often seem to agree with the students that they know enough and that there is nothing else important to learn, making it even more difficult for us to figure out ways to help you make progress in your language. Returned missionaries who manage to keep in mind how little they know and how much they have still to learn end up being the ones who make the most ultimate progress and find the most joy in the journey. Being reminded of the huge gulf between one's own language abilities, no matter how advanced, and those of a native speaker appears to be a prerequisite for further progress.
I believe there are important lessons we can learn from the process of trying to learn a language and the process of trying to learn the gospel.
When we gain a testimony we feel certain in ourselves, and we have a desire to declare to the world that we "know the gospel is true." But the question I would like us to consider today is: "Once we know the gospel is true, once we have received that witness of the Spirit, is there anything else to know?" Of course nothing is more important to know than this basic witness. But I am asking, "Once we get that basic witness, is that enough?" Missionaries know that new converts can get this witness quite early in the process of learning about the Church, sometimes during the very first meeting. It appears to be quite possible to know the gospel is true with only a minimal understanding of the gospel, perhaps just a few basic facts. Thus coming to "know the gospel is true" and coming to "know the gospel" are quite different processes.
I believe that the most important piece of knowledge that we can receive is the testimony that the gospel is true and that Jesus is the Christ. But in light of this quote from Brigham Young as well as from many scriptures, I believe it is also clear that it would be wrong to stop once we have gained a testimony. The Lord has said He wants us to continue to grow in knowledge and understanding until we come to a perfect understanding, and He has made it clear that coming to that perfect understanding will be a slow process requiring patience, faith, and hard work.
I call this principle the "Line upon Line Principle," and I believe it has important implications for our understanding of the gospel.
I would like to summarize the doctrine of "line upon line" in this way: Even after we receive a testimony of the gospel, our understanding of it is incomplete—according to Brigham Young, woefully so. Even after years of Primary and Sunday School classes, scripture reading, and missionary service, our understanding is still not perfect. However, like the returned missionaries in our language classes, many of us have the returned-missionary syndrome. They are fluent and they do know a lot and it is hard for them to imagine that there is something important about the language that they don't know—even though the gulf separating them from what a native speaker of the language knows is deep and almost unbridgeable. Similarly, we feel that we know the gospel quite well, and it can be hard for us to imagine something about the gospel that we don't know. We don't expect there to be another hidden law of tithing waiting for us just around the corner or some as-yet-secret law of sacrifice. We've had at least 30 Sunday School lessons on faith, and we didn't hear anything new in the last 20. What is there left to learn?
Well, according to the line-upon-line doctrine, we are not yet native speakers of the gospel. Even though we may have developed some gospel fluency, there is a huge gulf between where we are now and where we could and should be. We won't, in fact, know the gospel fully until it is deep wired, written in our hearts (see Jer. 31:33), incorporated so deeply into our being that living it is as natural as breathing—so that nothing can come out of us that is not in accord with it. This does not happen quickly, and it happens as an indirect rather than a direct result of study and practice and applying the Atonement in our lives to change our hearts. It is, in fact, that lifetime process of getting a little here and a little there—of falling off the bike and getting back on again until we finally "get it"—that Brigham Young was referring to.
I would now like to expand on this summary by deriving some principles from the line-upon-line doctrine and investigating how they affect our lives.
This follows directly from the line-upon-line doctrine. If we are to continue to learn here a little and there a little throughout much of our lives, then we don't know it all now. As much as anything else the idea that we do know it all now, or at least the idea that we know enough, keeps us from making progress.
This reminds us of those language students who believe they have the language down and who then don't make progress beyond that point. The feeling that we have it all figured out is a kind of pride and is a clear roadblock to our progress. It may be true that we have it figured out better than we used to and that the old outline looks pretty skimpy compared to our current understanding, but we need to recognize in the same thought that even our current understanding will look skimpy in a few years as we move on to further lines.
Being willing to accept that we currently "see through a glass, darkly" (1 Cor. 13:12), that we don't know it all, can save us from a multitude of griefs. It can literally settle our troubled souls over many non-central gospel issues. Are we worried about the age of the earth or the literalness of Noah's flood? It helps to remember that our current understanding of both the facts and of the relevant scriptures is partial, and that as clear as our current view of the world seems, new facts and new scriptural understandings could come along to shake the very foundations of that view.
Can you see that King Benjamin is not just telling us that we don't know everything; he is asking us to believe it, to make it a matter of faith. Believe that you don't comprehend everything the Lord comprehends. Make that belief a cornerstone of your life, bringing its insights to bear on the problems you encounter. I don't have it all figured out right now. There are some things that still don't fit in, but I have a witness that the Lord understands and knows the answers to those things and that they do fit in, so I can be satisfied with where I am in my progress right now. Although it sounds paradoxical, I would like to suggest that if we can get a witness of this point, a testimony that we don't know (along with our testimonies of the things that we do know), our progress in this line-upon-line test will be much smoother.
Most of us appear to have an insatiable curiosity about things. We want to know everything and have trouble figuring out why we have to wait, why we aren't allowed to know the answers now. But the scriptures make it clear that it isn't just the Lord's petulance that keeps Him from telling us right now. He isn't playing games with us, enjoying our pain while we writhe around for a time. He gives us what we are ready to hear—and no more—because He loves us. Getting more than we are ready to accept or understand either does no good at all or actually does harm.
There will be a constant interplay in our line-upon-line progress between the various kinds of knowledge I have been talking about. Sometimes progress in one area seems to be suspended until we catch up in other areas. For every principle it seems that we need to get a spiritual witness that it is a true principle, we need to get some kind of understanding of it and of how it fits into the rest of the gospel, and we need to deep wire it, incorporate it into our behavior and our inner lives. If we concentrate on only one of these areas—say, just on the intellectual understanding of the principle—we may be confused as to why we don't make more rapid progress in our gospel knowledge. That confusion would clear itself up fairly quickly if we simply asked ourselves how we are doing on the other two kinds of knowledge of this principle (getting a witness and "knowing how" to do it). It may be impossible to make more progress in the one area without catching up in the other two. It may feel disappointing to realize that although we've been working on some of the most basic principles for many years, we still don't really know them yet. But that realization can be a lifesaver if it motivates us to do what it takes to get ready to actually move on to the next line. The next line may not even make sense to us until this one is deep wired.
This, too, is an important and overlooked principle. When we get added knowledge of any of the kinds we are discussing today, it throws new light on what we already knew, recontextualizes it, and helps us understand it differently and see better where and how it fits. The relative importance of things can move around. This does not mean that there was anything untrue in what we knew before, but now we know more precisely, more perfectly. These changes can be disconcerting, so it is wise to expect them as we continue to get a little here and a little there.
I believe that whenever we experience progress in any area—whether by getting a witness of a principle, coming to a better understanding of it, or better incorporating it into our lives—the other areas are clarified as well. One of the best examples of this involves Alma the Younger. He must have heard his father explain the Atonement many times throughout his life, and he must have had a fairly good intellectual understanding of it as a principle. However, he attached no importance to it whatsoever. It simply didn't mean anything to him more than an intellectual curiosity. However, the angel didn't just knock Alma to the ground, he also demolished the world that Alma had so carefully built up for himself. For the first time in his life Alma saw himself for what he really was, and he was appalled—horrified. When he then thought about those teachings of his father about Christ, they all of a sudden made perfect sense to him. The Atonement as an abstract concept had barely interested him, but when he desperately needed it, it became the most important event in the world for him. I believe that we will experience similar radical realignments as we continue to work on the lines of the gospel.
To take it seriously means to take a serious look at ourselves and our hearts. Just as a good learner can manage to produce a grammatical sentence by sheer force of will and by heavy monitoring and managing of his tongue, we can, through force of will and effort, bring our gospel performance into line so that from the outside we are "in compliance" with all the rules. However, we know in our hearts that this is not enough. The Lord requires overt obedience, but that is only the beginning. The Lord also requires the heart. Getting gospel principles into our hearts is not easy, and working on them is not necessarily a direct process; but taking the process seriously at a minimum requires us to take an honest look at ourselves, recognize where we are now, and figure out what line we're on. Any such honest look, I can assure you, will immediately convince you why you so desperately need the Savior's help in this process.
As we do all we can do, the Lord will make up the difference and actually change us, writing on our hearts the knowledge that we have so carefully stored in our heads.
Taking seriously the line we are on implies choosing to accept some things we don't understand yet. Instead of chafing under current rules and policies or current understandings, let's accept them as where we are right now; make something of them, as Brigham Young says; capitalize on them; learn from them; incorporate them; deep wire them; and find a way to get them written in our hearts so we can move on to the next line.
Taking seriously the line we are on also means getting a lot of practice. Kids who don't keep getting back on the bike never end up learning to ride, and students who don't keep plugging away at learning a language and practicing it never end up mastering it. Students who do end up learning to ride and speak get frustrated because no one thing they do seems to get them closer to their goal at the time, but, as they keep trying, the bike and the language eventually give themselves to them. Something is happening below the surface that ends up making a difference.
I believe that working on the line we are on in the gospel can be similar. No one thing we do will create the quantum leap of understanding that we are searching for, but if we don't keep plugging away at it with a lot of consistent study andpractice, no leap will ever come. With study and practice, imperceptible changes happen beneath the surface that end up making a difference.
Taking seriously the line we are on means recognizing the huge gulf between where we are and where we need to be and realizing that we probably are not going to be able to fill that gulf through sheer force of will. Just as a language learner can diligently study a language for many years and still be so far from being like a native speaker that it is almost pathetic, likewise our own diligent efforts to change our hearts by ourselves will prove useless until we come to rely on the grace of the Savior and His Atonement. It is the Savior who sees and recognizes our efforts to change and who makes it possible for that change to really happen. We do need to do all we can, but we also need to be patient and recognize that the ultimate breakthrough depends on His grace.
I don't have time to tell the story here of how I learned Arabic on my mission in Lebanon, but I will say that although I studied it for many months, I had been told that it was too difficult for a missionary to learn and I believed that I would never learn it. Then one day we were invited into a home to speak with a family that spoke very little English.
I had experienced that coveted breakthrough to fluency, but I experienced it as an act of grace, a literal gift of God to me for His purposes—something that could not have come just from my study, even though the study may have been necessary for it to come. I have come to believe that in most, if not all, instances of that miracle and mystery of having some piece of knowledge move from the head to the heart—whether in language learning or in the gospel—grace is involved. As we do all we can do, grossly inadequate as it is, the Lord in His time, and when we are ready, can and will make up the difference and actually change us, writing on our hearts the knowledge that we have so carefully stored in our heads.
One possible reaction to the line-upon-line doctrine would be to feel that since we're just going to get a little here and a little there anyway, since it is basically random, I won't worry too much about it but just kind of float through life. This is clearly a mistake.
This is almost a reverse line-upon-line process. If we get one line completely wrong and become convinced that we have it all figured out, we will on the basis of that incorrect understanding go on to line upon line, on the basis of the first false one, to continue to construct false, even evil, understandings of the way the world is, until our understanding is twisted and dark.
One bad line may not seem so serious, but it can have eternal consequences if it stops the line-upon-line process. Humility, remembering, and forcing ourselves to remember that we don't know of ourselves may be the only thing that can keep us from falling into the trap of losing lines right and left until we know nothing of the things of God. It is a kind of wonderful paradox that to ever really know, we must accept that we do not know.
In conclusion, I'd like to refer to that wonderful chapter in which Nephi mocks those who say they don't need any more Bible: "A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible" (2 Ne. 29:3).
Nephi summed up his condemnation with the words "Yea, wo be unto him that saith: We have received, and we need no more!" (2 Ne. 28:27).
I'm not sure he is just referring to non-members and nonbelievers when he said this, however. I wonder if he also isn't referring to me as I sit in Sunday School class with one more lesson on faith wondering what more I could possibly learn about faith. No matter how much progress we have made, no matter what line we're on, we need more. We need a firmer witness, a clearer and deeper understanding, and a more practical, heart-changing incorporation of almost any gospel principle we could contemplate. If we are satisfied with where we are, if we are pretty sure we have the whole thing figured out, we are in effect saying: "We have received, and we need no more." The point of this life is to grow and progress, to become something so unbelievably far from where we are now that it almost seems ridiculous to contemplate. Learning the language of the gospel to the point of real native fluency—just like learning a foreign language as an adult—is difficult and can seem impossible when we contemplate the gulf between where we are and where we want to be. But God has given us a way to do it, and if what Brigham Young says is right, we get to it a little at a time by consistently working at it throughout our lives until the gospel gradually—and through His grace—becomes a part of us, truly written in our hearts, one line at a time.
This article is condensed from a devotional address given March 2, 2004, by Dilworth B. Parkinson, a BYU professor of Asian and Near Eastern languages.
The full text of this address is available at more.byu.edu/parkinson.


What's in my daily make-up bag?
Finally managed to jump back on the You Tube band wagon! I've been meaning to film another little video for a while and this weekend I actually managed it. This is a little run down of the current contents of my daily make-up bag – including some new additions that have already become favourites.
I've said this before but I am going to try my very hardest to get more regular with filming videos again – aiming for one per week. They get more straight forward to do as I manage to get the hang of the editing side of things…so less excuses, more filming! But I am of course always looking for ideas, so any suggestions of videos or tags you might want me to do please let me know! Finally…(shameless plug time…) if you wanted to subscribe to my channel to make sure you don't miss my likely sporadic videos… please do as it would be lovely!
Thanks for watching – as above, any ideas for future videos please leave them in the comments!
Your voice is actually so relaxing haha! Having a makeup bag is a great idea, all my stuff is in a couple of drawers and I forget about old faves.


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Fun things to do in Des Moines this winter: From kid-friendly entertainment to great food
Elle Wignall Hannah Rodriguez Isaac Hamlet
Welcome to Des Moines! Settle in and stay a while.
Where to find great restaurants in Des Moines
Des Moines has a vast range of dining options for every occasion. Whether you're planning quick bite before a Civic Center show, grabbing drinks after work with friends or looking for a one-of-a-kind meal, look no further than this list.
Special Occasion: Reserve a table at Harbinger for an unforgettable meal. Perennial James Beard Foundation semifinalist Joe Tripp opened his ode to vegetables in 2018 in brick-lined room along Ingersoll Avenue. The artful small plates — like heirloom beetroot showered with fresh horseradish — rotate seasonally. Tripp's slightly more casual Korean fried chicken menu makes an appearance Sunday nights from 4 to 8 p.m.
Harbinger, 2724 Ingersoll Ave. 515-244-1314
Breakfast: La Mie Bakery's mouthwatering counter of pastries is on full display in this bustling breakfast nook, but the kitchen's breakfast creations are also worth a try. Indulge in a delicate quiche Florentine with flaky pastry and spinach or an asparagus and brie omelet with a side of fresh fruit. Don't forget a foamy cappuccino or a cold brew to start your day off on the right foot.
La Mie Bakery, 841 42nd St., 515-255-1625
Breaded Pork Tenderloin: Smitty's Tenderloin Shop keeps it simple. Topped with ketchup, mustard, pickle and onion, the thin, deep-fried pork loin is bigger than a plate and dwarfs its bun. At only $5.20, the Queen-size sandwich is a killer deal that will fill you up for the whole day, but for a few dollars more challenge yourself to the King-size — just save room for a nap afterward.
Smitty's Tenderloin Shop, 1401 Army Post Road, 515-287-4742
Old School: Surf-and-turf joint Jesse's Embers steak has been serving Des Moines since 1963. The traditional steakhouse serves an array of salads, sandwiches and pastas, but most diners come for dinner options like smoked loin back ribs and a 12-ounce sirloin dubbed the Ember Special. Say hello to owners Marty Scarpino and Deena Edelstein, who wander the dining room to greet customers.
Jesse's Embers, 3301 Ingersoll Ave., 515-255-6011
Vegan: Des Fresh's approachable vegan menu is great for vegan eaters and omnivores alike. The food truck turned brick-and-mortar makes a mean crispy chickpea sandwich and other comfort food favorites such as tofu street tacos, veggie spring rolls and fried mac 'n "cheese" bites.
Des Fresh, 520 SW Ninth St., Suite 116, 515-257-6447
Food for the whole family: Delight the kids with a trip to Zombie Burger. The East Village burger joint provides a thematic atmosphere and creative sandwich and burger options. There is a children's menu, but some kids might enjoy trying one of the wackier menu items such as the Undead Elvis patty stacked high with peanut butter, fried bananas, bacon, cheese, mayo and an egg. Don't skip the breakfast cereal shakes, which can be made boozy for adults.
Zombie Burger, 300 E. Grand Ave., 515-244-9292
Where to find great bars in Des Moines
Des Moines' nightlife scene is buzzing with bar options. Nearly every neighborhood boasts creative cocktail lounges, beloved dive bars and excellent happy hour deals.
The Bartender's Handshake: This super cozy neighborhood bar boasts a menu of classics as well as signature cocktails, all served in vintage glassware. The year-round patio is decked out with an eclectic arrangement of furniture and heaters as well as fire pits that you can roast your own s'mores over.
The Bartender's Handshake, 3615 Ingersoll Ave., 515-630-3008
Juniper Moon: Juniper Moon's snazzy Ingersoll space was one of Des Moines' first cocktail lounges. The bar has a Roaring Twenties energy and serves modern craft cocktails such as Rye Me Up & Tai Me Down — a Templeton Rye-based concoction with sherry, passion fruit, orgeat and lime. Step into Juniper's old fashioned phone booth for a direct line to Gusto Pizza, which can be added to your bar tab.
Juniper Moon, 2005 Ingersoll Ave., 515-369-7786
Hello, Marjorie: Stationed in the former Register & Tribune building, this midcentury modern cocktail lounge resembles a very fashionable grandmother's abode, but its drinks are a twist on your grandma's classics. Hello, Marjorie's menu helpfully notes the flavors you should expect in their elaborate and unusual house cocktails, such as the "smoky, tangy, juicy" Cuffing Season: a mixture of rum, mezcal, pomegranate liqueur, black cherry and clarified lime. It's also a great place to stop for the 'gram with its neon sign boasting Jack Kerouac's famous line from "On The Road," "The prettiest girls in the world live in Des Moines."
Hello, Marjorie, 717 Locust St., 515-369-2296
Coa Cantina: Coa's multilevel, funky space is home to an extensive tequila and margarita menu. There are fruity flavored margs, smoky margs and plenty classic favorites. With regular DJ parties and a tropical vibe, it's the perfect place to warm up on a cold winter weekend.
Coa Cantina, 425 E. Grand Ave., 515-280-3097
Winchester Public House: Valley Junction's Prohibition-style pub focuses on classic cocktails with a modern twist. The brick-walled space features weekly drink specials like The Double B, Four Roses Bourbon, Bonal, simple syrup, orange juice and mint. Sit at the bar and admire the ceiling-high backbar and exceptional liquor collection under chandeliers.
Winchester Public House, 224 Fifth St., 515-499-4002
Carl's Place: Home to Sherman Hill regulars and visitors alike, Carl's is a great spot to grab a cold one and shoot some pool. Meet your neighbors for a casual drink or admire the patron graffiti covering much of the walls.
Carl's Place, 1620 Woodland Ave., 515-243-9727
Where to find local beer in Des Moines
With 20 craft breweries to choose from in Des Moines, there is no shortage of good beer. Each brewery proudly serves their local brews in area taprooms, and be sure to check with the waitstaff at area restaurants — you'll likely find something brewed here on tap.
The Iowa Taproom: If you want an Iowa beer but don't know where to start, The Iowa Taproom is the perfect place to sample them all. The "unapologetically Iowan" bar and restaurant keeps nearly 100 beers on tap from 46 Iowa breweries. Mix and match a flight and find your favorite Iowa beer.
The Iowa Taproom, 215 E. Third St. #100, 515-243-0827
Peace Tree Brewing Co.: Peace Tree first planted roots in Knoxville in 2010 before expanding to a Des Moines branch in 2016. It's a favorite stop for local cyclists and has a lawn patio stocked with games during the summer. In the colder months, sip an award-winning hazy IPA, Get a Little Hazy, or an in-house seltzer while enjoying regular live music and trivia.
Peace Tree Brewing Co., 317 E. Court Ave., 515-883-2739
Lua Brewing: Owners Scott and Whitney Selix met while working at a craft beer bar, and they've carved a space of their own in the Iowa beer scene with this microbrewery. Lua's beers concentrate on high quality ingredients, and they can often be found collaborating with other area breweries. Try the Call It Dreaming, a smooth German Hefeweizen brewed with coconut for a mellow flavor, or the My Dog Pickles sour with citrusy fruits and marshmallow.
Lua Brewing, 1525 High St., 515-630-5311
Confluence Brewing Co.: Tucked behind Gray's Lake and along the bike path sits Confluence. The large summer patio hosts food trucks and live musical performances, and the warehouse-style taproom is fitted with windows that peek in on brewing in action. Confluence makes year-round and seasonal brews with wonderful cold-weather options such as Fruitcake Cookie Stout and St. Nick's Gingerbread-inspired ale.
Confluence Brewing Co., 1235 Thomas Beck Road, 515-285-9005
Where to keep the kids busy in Des Moines
If you're traveling to Des Moines with children, there are a number of exciting kid-focused hot spots around town to keep them busy. Try one of these family-friendly activities.
Blank Park Zoo: Most people visit the zoo in the summer, but the animals live there year-round and you'll experience them without the summer crowd in the colder months. Once a month, the zoo hosts Kids Night Out, a kids-only evening event with after-hours access to the animal exhibits, crafts, games and a pizza dinner.
Blank Park Zoo, 7401 SW Ninth St., 515-285-4722
Science Center of Iowa: No matter your children's interests, there is something to discover at the Science Center of Iowa. Spend a day exploring exhibits that examine zoology, interactive physics experiments and a planetarium. Keep an eye on the events calendar for monthly children's programming.
Science Center of Iowa, 401 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Pkwy., 515-274-6868
Iowa Wild Hockey Games: Take your family to Wells Fargo Arena to cheer on Iowa's American Hockey League team, the Iowa Wild. There's not a bad seat in the house to catch the action in the rink, and game times range from afternoon to evening.
Brenton Skating Plaza: There is nothing quite like outdoor ice skating under the sparkling lights of the city. Bundle up and rent some skates for an unforgettable evening on the ice. Online registration is recommended as two-hour skate sessions are limited to 175 skaters at a time.
Brenton Skating Plaza, 520 Robert D. Ray Drive, 515-283-4233
Where to find entertainment options in Des Moines
There's no shortage of stages in Des Moines featuring performances ranging from concerts to theaters to stand-up performances. While you can have a great time at just about any area venue, here are some of the city's highlights that allow you to glimpse the most variable live acts across genres and forms.
Wells Fargo Arena is Des Moines' largest indoor venue and regularly schedules everything from music stars to sporting events. Recently, the arena partnered with KultureCity, Birmingham, Alabama-based non-profit, in introducing sensory kits and a sensory room to help make performances more inclusive for those with sensory disorders.
Wells Fargo Arena, 233 Center St., 515-564-8000
Des Moines Civic Center is the place to be if you're hoping to see a nationally touring Broadway performance or hear a performance from the Des Moines Symphony. Audiences can also expect to see a variety of performers like singer Bernadette Peters or live comedy duo Steve Martin and Martin Short.
Des Moines Civic Center, 221 Walnut St. 515-246-2300
Hoyt Sherman Place is another prevalent entertainment venue in the area and is perhaps the most eclectic in its offerings, featuring big names like Gladys Knight in the same month as more niche acts like "Mystery Science Theater 3000." Even if you don't end up attending a performance, the venue has an art gallery attached and is famous for having been Des Moines' first public art museum.
Hoyt Sherman Place, 1501 Woodland Ave., 515-244-0507
xBk Live is smaller than the aforementioned entertainment venues, but, with a variety of local and touring music acts across genres, the xBk Live calendar is always one worth checking out.
xBk Live, 1159 24th St., 515-344-3348
Teehee's Comedy Club is the place to go if you're looking for a laugh. Located at the heart of downtown Des Moines, the comedy club claims to be evocative of a southern speakeasy. From local stand-up to improv to smaller touring performances, you can find it at Teehee's.
Teehee's Comedy Club, 1433 Walnut St., 515-414-1251
Des Moines Community Playhouse is among the oldest and largest community theaters in the United States. Given its community-centric focus, performances may be more few and far between than the aforementioned venues, but its average 12 productions per season mean it's always worth checking to see if there's anything happening at the playhouse.
Des Moines Playhouse Community Theatre, 831 42nd St., 515-277-6261
Where to find art in Des Moines
Though there are numerous murals and instances of public art scattered through the city of Des Moines — and the above-mentioned Hoyt Sherman Place has its own collection — if you're looking to spend a day looking at a world-class art collection.
Des Moines Art Center is a local art museum that admits guests for free six days a week. The building's permanent collection focuses largely on modern art pieces from the past 100 years or so with work from creators like John Singer Sargent, Ralston Crawford and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The center also has educational programming and oversees downtown Des Moines' John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park.
Des Moines Art Center, 4700 Grand Ave., 515-277-4405
Where to shop in Des Moines
There's never a bad time for retail therapy. Scattered across the Des Moines metro are countless small businesses with unique Iowa-themed gifts and specialty products you can tell your friends, "Yeah I got that when I was in Des Moines."
Not much of a shopper? Go window shopping and check these out anyway:
Raygun: Self-declared as "the greatest store in the universe," Raygun is known for its snarky, block-text T-shirts and witty merchandise. The store, offering only the most satirical Midwestern souvenirs, also happens to attract presidential candidates and other politicians during election cycles.
Raygun, 505 E Grand Ave., 515-288-1323
Beaverdale Books: Slinging classics and new releases since 2006, Beaverdale Books has an entire section devoted to Iowa authors. Ask staff for recommendations or join one of the book clubs at the store.
Beaverdale Books, 2629 Beaver Ave., 515-279-5400
Chocolaterie Stam: Need a stocking stuffer beyond national candy brands? The Stam family claims more than 200 years of expertise in the confectionery business, offering chocolates, popcorn, caramels, mints and more. While the family's first U.S. shop landed in central Iowa, its origins were in the Netherlands so expect to find some delicious Dutch candies.
Chocolaterie Stam, 2814 Ingersoll Ave., 515-282-9575
The Picker Knows: Caddy corner to the historic Valley Junction in West Des Moines, The Picker Knows antique mall includes thousands of knick-knacks and collectibles. Head to The Picker on an icy weekend when you have a couple of hours to spend getting lost amid the quirky toys and antiques.
The Picker Knows, 1208 Grand Ave., West Des Moines, 515-255-3238
Art Terrarium: When everything outdoors is dead and dreary, the expert staff at Art Terrarium can help you pick out a green friend to nurture indoors throughout the winter. Staff will pot your purchased plants for free and hold classes to teach novices how to become seasoned plant parents.
Art Terrarium, 106 11th St., 515-282-8325
Where to do some sightseeing in Des Moines
Picture this: Snow is falling softly on a quiet, sleepy Sunday morning in Des Moines. It's bright and it feels like you have the city to yourself.
If you want to see it in all its glory, there are a few spots you should check out:
Women of Achievement Bridge: Maybe not the best option if you're scared of heights, the pedestrian bridge features two split pathways for walkers or joggers and bicyclists. The Women of Achievement Bridge crosses the Des Moines River and acknowledges the contributions of Iowa women. Cross the bridge at night after grabbing dinner or drinks, its lights make the water sparkle.
Women of Achievement Bridge, Principal River Walk, Des Moines
Iowa State Capitol: Sitting on the far east side of the city, the Capitol offers tours of the building's history, architecture and extravagant artwork that adorns its interior. But the real star of the show is the westward view of Des Moines the Capitol grounds offers. Bonus points if you take a picture with the Lincoln and Tad sculpture.
Iowa State Capitol, 1007 E. Grand Ave, Des Moines, 515-281-5591
The Traveler's Insurance umbrella: An iconic fixture of Des Moines' skyline since it was first lit in 1963, the huge neon red umbrella radiates at the top of the 10-story Insurance Exchange Building where Travelers Insurance formerly held an office space. To appreciate its grandeur, head west on Grand Avenue from the Iowa State Capitol building in the East Village.
The Traveler's Insurance umbrella sign, 429 Grand Ave., Des Moines
What to do outdoors in Des Moines
Des Moines' record high temperature in December was broken on the 15th but when the snow comes bundle up and head outside anyways. The great outdoors are calling your name and Iowa's metro has plenty to offer.
Sleepy Hollow Event Center: Can't ski or snowboard? Don't fret, Sleepy Hollow offers tubing and two different types of sledding to make every snow bunny happy.
Sleepy Hollow, 4051 Dean Ave., Des Moines, 515-262-4100
Big Creek State Park: For ice fishermen, snow-shoers and cold weather lovers alike, Big Creek offers recreation year round. When the ice on Big Creek Lake is deep enough you'll find fishermen drilling down to catch bluegill or crappies.
Big Creek State Park, 8794 NW 125th Ave., Polk City, iowadnr.gov.


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Senate confirms Trump's pick for defense secretary
Posted at 11:57 AM, Jul 23, 2019
The Senate Tuesday voted overwhelmingly 90 to 8 to confirm President Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense, Mark Esper, giving the Pentagon its first permanent chief since James Mattis stepped down in January.
While he received broad bipartisan backing, several Democratic presidential hopefuls including Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren voted against Esper who had been Army Secretary and had briefly served as the acting secretary of defense after Trump's initial pick to replace Mattis, Patrick Shanahan's nomination dramatically imploded last month.
Following his confirmation vote Trump is expected to formally appoint Esper later on Tuesday and a Pentagon spokesman told reporters a swearing in ceremony is expected Tuesday evening.
Esper, a former army officer and West Point classmate of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also worked as a senior staffer on Capitol Hill.
Though he received broad bipartisan support he has received some criticism from at least one Democratic lawmaker over his ties to Raytheon, a major defense contractor, where he worked as a lobbyist.
The unprecedented length of time without a permanent secretary of defense had been cited as a problem by both Republican and Democrat lawmakers as well as veterans of the defense department.
A large number of senior roles at the Pentagon continue to lack permanent appointees.
Esper had to step down as acting secretary following his formal nomination due to regulations. Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer has been performing the acting role as Esper went through the confirmation process, making him the third consecutive acting defense secretary since Mattis resigned.


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Green Bond creator seeing big demand in U.S.
Christopher Flensborg
Christopher Flensborg is not in danger of overstaying his welcome in the U.S.
The Stockholm-based merchant banker for SEB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB) has been in the U.S. since the beginning of March, helping educate institutional investors and other SEB staff on the rewards and risks of the World Bank's Green Bond. Mr. Flensborg, one of the creators of the bond, said he plans to remain in the country at least another two months because demand for the bonds has been high.
"The reason why we see all this interest is that it's an easy way to implement governance," Mr. Flensborg said. "In terms of financial strength and legal terms, the product is the same as other World Bank issues. Monitoring and reporting are outsourced to the World Bank and the return is comparable to similar investments."
Since the first Green Bond was issued in 2008, about $1.4 trillion has been invested in them globally, with roughly $480 million of that coming from U.S.-based institutions.
Those institutions include the $132.6 billion California State Teachers' Retirement System, the $129.4 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund and the $36.6 billion United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund. Specific amounts invested by these institutions were not available.
Proceeds from the sale of AAA-rated Green Bonds are used to fund projects financed by the World Bank that seek to mitigate climate change. — Gregory Crawford
Tiny green bonds market looking ready to sprout
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