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FDA Approves Kite Pharma's Cancer Drug Yescarta
Keerthi Vedantam is a bioscience reporter at dot.LA. She cut her teeth covering everything from cloud computing to 5G in San Francisco and Seattle. Before she covered tech, Keerthi reported on tribal lands and congressional policy in Washington, D.C. Connect with her on Twitter, Clubhouse (@keerthivedantam) or Signal at 408-470-0776.
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Santa Monica-based Kite Pharma, a subsidiary of biopharma giant Gilead Sciences, announced on Friday that it has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for a new immunotherapy drug that can be used in the early-stage treatment of certain cancers.
Yescarta, an intravenous CAR-T cell treatment that aims to bolster the immune system to fight cancer cells, is the first therapeutic of its kind to receive FDA approval for the early treatment of large B-cell lymphoma—a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma—that has either relapsed or can't be addressed with other cancer treatments like chemoimmunotherapy.
Most CAR-T cell therapies are reserved as a last resort for cancer patients who have exhausted all other options. At that point, however, their immune systems may be too weak to effectively utilize the therapeutic. While most clinical CAR-T cell trials involve patients who are at an advanced stage in their cancer treatments, Yescarta's clinical trial was filled with patients who used the drug as a second- or third-resort.
CAR-T cell therapies have taken the oncology world by storm as a promising, potentially less invasive route for treating cancers, with many local biotech firms making moves in the space. In January, West Hills-based ImmPACT Bio raised $111 million to further its work of reengineering patients' cells to boost the immune system. Culver City-based Appia Bio, meanwhile, emerged from stealth last spring to create off-the-shelf cell therapies that can be delivered quicker and cheaper to patients, and inked a deal with Kite Pharma last August to develop CAR-T cell treatments.
Kite Pharma has focused almost exclusively on CAR-T cell therapies since it was founded in 2009. Gilead Sciences acquired Kite for $11.9 billion in 2017.
"Kite started with a very bold goal: creating the hope of survival through cell therapy," Kite CEO Christi Shaw said in a statement. "Today's FDA approval brings that hope to more patients by enabling the power of CAR-T cell therapy to be used earlier in the treatment journey. This milestone has been years in the making."
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LA Venture: Taylor Adams on His 'Blended Approach' to VC
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Minnie Ingersoll is a partner at TenOneTen and host of the LA Venture podcast. Prior to TenOneTen, Minnie was the COO and co-founder of $100M+ Shift.com, an online marketplace for used cars. Minnie started her career as an early product manager at Google. Minnie studied Computer Science at Stanford and has an MBA from HBS. She recently moved back to L.A. after 20+ years in the Bay Area and is excited to be a part of the growing tech ecosystem of Southern California. In her space time, Minnie surfs baby waves and raises baby people.
On this episode of the LA Venture podcast, Los Angeles native Taylor Adams talks about how his philanthropic work and time in venture capital motivated him to build Rise Together Ventures, a Santa Barbara-based venture franchise combining venture funding with philanthropy.
"My vision is to find ways to accelerate human progress on a multi-generational timeline," he said. "That's part of the reason why I think working within the innovation economy, as either a VC or founder is just so compelling because you're working through this porthole to the future and building things that may or may not exist 10 years from now or could totally change the world."
The tech and VC scene has been part of Adams's life since he founded his first real estate development company while completing his undergraduate degree at USC. It was through raising funding for his second venture and "talking to a lot of family offices" that he was suddenly struck with this idea of a "blended approach."
"Rather than just build a direct venture capital fund with the office, we should probably originate a venture capital allocation and do things like cash flow modeling and portfolio construction at that level," he explained. "And then what we started to also do is play with this idea of what we call 'blended platform approach,' where you combine fund-of-fund investing with a third bucket that is direct investments."
As opposed to targeting only market coverage and credibility, the new approach allowed him to expand funding to target other areas.
"What we're targeting is coverage, credibility, and then benchmarking," he said. "And then the next bucket is the direct fund bucket. "
While working in the VC space, Adams was simultaneously serving on the board of Homeboy Industries, a gang rehabilitation and re-entry focused nonprofit in L.A.
"My perspective is that governments and nonprofits tend to scale linearly," Adams said. "Whereas, for profit startups are capable of scaling exponentially. And with the problems that our society is facing today, we don't need linear scaling solutions."
This led Adams to create Rise Together Ventures, with the goal of revolutionizing and creating a new paradigm in the philanthropic world.
"We're actually empowering for-profit startups to fully embrace their ambition to change the world by having the right incentives and mechanisms to be able to take their core capabilities and what they do best, and simply leverage those to create value within what we would traditionally deem as philanthropic domains," he said.
At Rise Together, there are two separate pools of capital. One is a normal venture fund and the second one is a donor advised fund, which is a pool of philanthropic capital.
"We leverage something that we call philanthropic mirroring which is matching an equity investment with an equal amount of philanthropic capital," Adams says.
Essentially, the funding that comes from the philanthropic capital is to gauge how the company would do. Currently, Rise Together is writing checks between $100,000 to $500,000 for early stage and late stage startups.
"If we create a structure where founders are empowered to effectively expand their product market fit by even just a little bit into more philanthropic domains and any segments of the market that can't really pay for things, they can really fully embrace their vision for the future," he said.
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In a virtual stockholder meeting today, EV hopeful Mullen Automotive announced that shareholders had approved a proposal to increase authorized common stock from 1.75 billion total shares up to 5 billion total shares.
Mullen had been expected to vote on the proposal a week ago, but cited two ongoing legal cases regarding the manner in which the company had issued stock during 2022 as reason for the delay. On Monday, the Court of Chancery Delaware ruled that Mullen's decision to authorize more common stock on July 26th, 2022 was legitimate, effectively freeing the company to authorize more today.
At the very end of today's virtual meeting, Mullen also indicated that even though the company had approved a reverse stock split last week, there were no immediate plans to execute it, suggesting that the dilution will come first. This order of operations would free up Mullen's leadership to sell the new shares to generate cash in the short term while keeping the option to reverse split in their back pocket for use in the future.
Barring some unannounced change to the company's fundamentals or business prospects, a reverse split will likely be the only way for Mullen to raise its share price north of $1, which is required to remain listed on the Nasdaq and the Russell 2000 Index.
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Statevolt Brings the U.S. One Step Closer to Producing Batteries on the Shores of the Salton Sea
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Statevolt, a battery cell manufacturing company, has secured a site for their gigafactory in the Imperial Valley. As the American sister to their Italian counterpart, Italvolt, the company is seeking to rapidly expand its battery production facilities to the United States by capturing funding created by the Inflation Reduction Act.
Statevolt CEO Lars Carlstrom says he's hopeful that they'll be able to break ground on the 54 GWh factory as early as August or September 2024. In addition, Carlstrom hopes to have the first batteries rolling off the lines just 18 months later. Eventually, after a few years of ramping up, the factory should be able to produce 650,000 batteries annually, which would make it one of the largest of its kind in the country.
The company's ultimate ambition is to produce their batteries using materials and supply chains entirely from the United States. Achieving this goal would make Statevolt's cells incredibly attractive to U.S. electric vehicle manufacturers seeking to qualify for the Inflation Reduction Act rebates, which require that vehicles meet certain thresholds for domestic manufacturing and material sourcing.
Statevolt has chosen the Imperial Valley to host its plant due to the rich lithium reserves in the Salton Sea. As dot.LA reported last spring, the company has forged a partnership with Controlled Thermal Resources (CTR), one of the three major companies racing to commercialize direct lithium extraction in the region. Under the terms of the partnership, CTR would provide the lithium and Statevolt would produce the batteries and sell them to OEMs. CTR is still in the process of scaling their technology to the industrial level, but Carlstrom says he's confident in their protocol and process. Adding that, "they are still on track with a 2025 timeline, when they can start producing both energy and lithium."
Carlstrom and Statevolt had initially planned to put their gigafactory right next to CTR's lithium extraction plant. But the permitting process for the location proved tricky, and with so much new funding up for grabs in the Inflation Reduction Act, the company wanted to accelerate their timelines and ultimately decided on a different, less complicated site, about half an hour a way.
The last piece of the puzzle in the region that Statevolt and CTR are looking for, Carlstrom says, is a refinery that can take the raw materials from the CTR plant and process it into battery grade lithium for Statevolt to use in the batteries. "If you need to send the lithium into China to refine it, and then send it back, then you're losing the hyperlocal narrative," says Carlstrom. That narrative is important both from a carbon footprint perspective–shipping lithium across the Pacific and back is incredibly emission-intensive–but also may prove important to meet the increasingly stringent guidelines outlined in the Inflation Reduction Act.
If Carlstrom's "hyperlocal" battery production vision works in the Imperial Valley, he says the company may try to replicate the experiment in other locations across the country in the coming years.
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Das Totvolumen (synonym Durchflussvolumen) bezeichnet in der Chromatographie das nicht an einer Trennung beteiligte Volumen.

Eigenschaften
Eine Trennsäule enthält ein definiertes Volumen des Trennmediums (stationäre Phase, Säulenbett), in dem die chromatographische Trennung stattfindet. Das Totvolumen ist die Differenz aus dem Gesamtvolumen V0 und dem Volumen des Trennmediums. Es umfasst sowohl das Volumen vor und hinter der stationären Phase, als auch das Volumen zwischen den Partikeln der stationären Phase und in ihren Poren. Mit der Größe des Totvolumens wird die Trennung unschärfer, die Bandenbreite steigt und es entstehen nach hinten ausgedehnte Peaks (Tailing). Die Zeit t0, die ein Analyt zum Durchwandern der Säule benötigt, ohne Wechselwirkungen mit der stationären Phase einzugehen, wird als Totzeit oder Durchflusszeit bezeichnet und ist von der Flussrate v abhängig.

In den meisten Chromatographievarianten eluieren nach dem Totvolumen die ersten und kleinsten Analyte, während bei der Größenausschlusschromatographie das Totvolumen mit sehr großen Molekülen bestimmt wird.

Literatur
 Ralf Goedecke: Fluidverfahrenstechnik. John Wiley & Sons, 2011, ISBN 978-3-527-33270-0, S. 403–406.
 Daniel C. Harris: Lehrbuch der Quantitativen Analyse. Springer-Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-37788-4, S. 690.

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Sales Content Goes Social with Commenting & Rating Right in Salesforce
It's been said that you never get a second chance to make a great first impression. Ask any sales rep out there and I think they would agree with that sentiment.
That's why being able to provide reps the right content at the right time is so critical. The Brainshark Sales Accelerator offers powerful logic that allows you to completely tailor what materials are served up to a rep at every stage of the sales process. This can be further refined by factoring in things like prospect industry, business need, role of decision maker and much more.
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Tucked away in the pretty village of Old Alresford, The Threshing Barn is a Grade 2 listed farm building which dates from the 16th century. Through the sensitive work of owners Janine and Roy Naismith, and their architect the Haddow Partnership, it has been transformed it into a striking and award-winning home.
The barn lay derelict for many years before its current owners spotted its potential.
home inside the old timbers, not a faux farmhouse."
For a long time, the Naismith family, who were outgrowing their existing property, searched for a barn to convert. Eventually a magnificent but badly dilapidated barn right next door to their own home caught their eye.
The barn was originally a traditional English L-shaped threshing barn with double height openings and exposed oak trusses, plus a tractor shed. Built in the local brick and flint, and clad with horizontal timber weatherboarding, the building had once been thatched. The roof eventually collapsed, along with the short L of the barn.
"Our dream was to create a contemporary interior within the old wood of the barn," said Roy "but we are both accountants with no previous building experience and this was not the easiest project we could have chosen."
The Haddow Partnership was appointed and set about re-assessing the design and conservation issues in line with the Naismith's brief.
Work started in March 2005. Steel brackets and shoes were specially designed for junctions where damage had occurred, and were left exposed and painted black just as they would have been had the repairs been for a working barn.
The rafters and oak framing were carefully surveyed and only replaced where absolutely necessary. This led to some strange shapes and awkward junctions that now add character to the interiors.
The east gable or short leg of the 'L' had collapsed altogether and was rebuilt in a similar manner. The strength and stability of the new trusses provided support for a new mezzanine floor with space for a master bedroom suite and a study.
The magnificent new thatch that crowns the barn was the subject of intensive debate and investigation. By the time that the Naismith's purchased the property all the original thatch was lost. The conservation department advised that long straw was the traditional thatching material in that part of the country, but the Master Thatcher felt that it would have a poor life expectancy on such a large roof. Fragments of the original roof were found on the barn floor, and these, linked to some old photographs, suggested that the roof had been thatched in water reed, which was then used for the new thatch.
By June 2005 the barn was re-thatched and the shell completed so work on the interior could begin.
All the new work is in a contemporary style with clear, simple lines. This approach separates old from new at a glance.
Most of the new walls are curved, helping to visually and structurally separate the old from the new and accentuating the organic feel of the natural wood. A curved wall sits as a fulcrum between the two wings of the barn, enclosing a library below and an open plan study area at mezzanine level. From this viewing point it is possible to see the complete length of both wings through the trusses.
By placing the freestanding kitchen centrally, Johnny Grey, the kitchen architect, was able to give the owners a double panorama from the hob - views out of the double height windows on either side of the barn to fields and a church spire beyond.
"The heart of the house being the central circular kitchen is spectacular," said Ray, "and ensures everyone is involved in the ongoing life of the house."
A cosy stepped down sitting area is separated from the kitchen by a free-form curved wall that acts as a safety barrier and a design feature. The media room is encircled by a brick wall that supports the cantilevered oak staircase leading to a sound proofed 'balcony' above where the Naismith children can play drums. Roy loves the fact that the added elements are all very clearly additions to the historic barn. "The media room is the best example," he said. "Stand back and look at it and it looks like a big can of soup that has been put down in the middle of the barn. I think it would look great with the Campbells logo painted on it."
The downstairs main living areas are floored in light coloured stone tiles, adding to the overwhelming sense of light and space. In the bedrooms and upstairs oak is again used. Underfloor heating is supplemented by two contemporary fires by Focus, whose sculptural black shapes, suspended from the six-metre high vaulted ceiling, punctuate the spaces.
Across the space and past a family area with a wall of folding glass doors, is a second encircling wall supporting a second cantilevered staircase leading to a balcony study and the master bedroom suite.
From the family area the occupants move into a contained passageway or 'secret tunnel' leading to the bedrooms where even the guest room door follows the curved line.
In May 2006 the Naismiths moved into a 357sqm new home of immense character and space where they have found a contemporary style of living which suits their 21st century lifestyle, yet integrates perfectly with the robust rural vernacular of a building which was built more almost 500 years ago.


Columbia and Harvard researchers have found yoga and controlled breathing reduce depressive symptoms, according to The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine which has published this study on March one. A new study demonstrated that individuals with major depressive disorder had a significant reduction in depressive symptoms during a 12-week integrative health intervention that included Iyengar yoga classes and coherent breathing. Participants who took three yoga classes a week were more likely to achieve lower depression scores after 12 weeks than subjects who took two classes, according to the study published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.
This randomized controlled dosing study "Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder with Iyengar Yoga and Coherent Breathing" claims to provide evidence that participation in an intervention composed of Iyengar yoga and coherent breathing is associated with a significant reduction in depressive symptoms for individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD). It also included researchers from Boston University, Boston Medical, McLean Hospital, ENRM Veterans Hospital, New York Medical, Biostatistical Solutions, and Massachusetts General Hospital.
Yoga, referred as "a living fossil", was a mental and physical discipline, for everybody to share and benefit from, whose traces went back to around 2,000 BCE to Indus Valley civilization, Rajan Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, noted.
According to US National Institutes of Health, yoga may help one to feel more relaxed, be more flexible, improve posture, breathe deeply, and get rid of stress. According to a "2016 Yoga in America Study", about 37 million Americans (which included many celebrities) now practice yoga; and yoga is strongly correlated with having a positive self image. Yoga is the repository of something basic in the human soul and psyche, Zed added.


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Volume 2: The Sacerdotal Office of Christ. A Day of Sacred Rest. Summary of Observations on Hebrews.
In his massive exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews, Owen's range of knowledge and the depth of his exegetical powers are most evident. Following the classical Puritan method, he provides careful analysis, judicious interpretation and rich practical application and thus, in a balanced way, addresses both mind and heart. One of the great classical commentaries of the Christian church. Approx. 560pp per volume.
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BERTIE sits down and adjusts her cats' eye glasses while consulting a clipboard. The fairies zoom in with a variety of licorice whips, caramel popcorn balls, and pie.
BERTIE: Off the top of your head, what are the three most memorable characters of books you've read in 2009?
Jules from Lili Wilkinson's Pink- he's proudly gay and as blunt as a kick in the shins. He's fabulous.
Amy from Elizabeth Scott's Love You Hate You Miss You - a wonderfully crafted conflicted Miss Independent.
Elaine from Lisa Ann Sandell's Song of the Sparrow (published in 2007 but I read it this year) who is strong, caring, courageous and written in beautiful prose.
MOTH: What's your favorite kind of dessert?
MUSTARDSEED: Do toilets flush backwards where you are?
PEASEBLOSSOM: What kind of corset would you wear, if we put you in one?
COBWEB: How much wood CAN a woodchuck chuck?
What exactly is a woodchuck and what is chucking? In Australia chucking is something that is done after some bad takeout. So if the woodchuck has been gnawing considerable tree trunks then I suppose he is chucking an awful lot!
Thanks to Lisa Mantchev, author of Eyes Like Stars, for devising this interview. You can find Lisa at her blog, website and the official website for the Theatre Illuminata series.
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A lot has happened at the Grand Hôtel-Dieu since the 12th century. With the mini-series "Les petites histoires du Grand Hôtel-Dieu", you will be able to hear proven historical anecdotes in a playful tone via short videos of 1min30.
"A jewel in Lyon's architectural wealth, the Grand Hôtel-Dieu has always been a place of life and modern thinking. Formerly a hospice, hospital and maternity ward, it was characterized by its specialist medical techniques. Today, the building provides the same hospitality for Lyon's residents and tourists alike. The Grand Hôtel-Dieu is a fashionable shopping place, designed around four universes of domes, courtyards and historic gardens.
It is also a convention centre, an international centre of gastronomy, a 5-star hotel and a place to relax, where you can admire magnificent glass windows overlooking the Cour du Midi, designed by the architects AIA. The Grand Hôtel-Dieu offers a place to work or relax. Or both. Between the ripples of the Rhône and the hustle and bustle of the Place Bellecour, there is plenty to discover and enjoy. Welcome to a place which will reveal as much about fashion, design, taste and well-being as it will of the city."
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Just like Rome, the new Grand Hôtel-Dieu wasn't built in a day. Go behind the scenes of this ambitious renovation project to hear the full story, and see what the architects have to say. From the excavation to the restoration, you'll experience the building's renaissance as if you were there.
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Someday We Will Fly
By Rachel Dewoskin
Read by Jayne Entwistle and Rachel Dewoskin
Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction
Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction | Audiobooks
Jan 21, 2020 | ISBN 9780147508911 | Young Adult
Jan 22, 2019 | 701 Minutes | Young Adult
About Someday We Will Fly
From the author of Blind, a heart-wrenching coming-of-age story set during World War II in Shanghai, one of the only places Jews without visas could find refuge.
Warsaw, Poland. The year is 1940 and Lillia is fifteen when her mother, Alenka, disappears and her father flees with Lillia and her younger sister, Naomi, to Shanghai, one of the few places that will welcome them. There they
struggle to make a life; they have no money, there is little work, no decent place to live, a culture that doesn't understand them. And always the worry about Alenka. How will she find them? Is she still alive?
Meanwhile Lillia is growing up, trying to care for Naomi, whose development is frighteningly slow from malnourishment. She attends school sporadically, makes friends with Wei, a Chinese boy, and finds work as a performer at a "gentlemen's club" without her father's knowledge. As the conflict grows more intense, the Americans declare war and the Japanese force the Americans in Shanghai into camps. More bombing, more death. Can Lillia and her family survive, caught in the crossfire?
Warsaw, Poland. The year is 1940 and Lillia is fifteen when her mother, Alenka, disappears and her father flees with Lillia and her younger sister, Naomi, to Shanghai, one of the few places that will accept Jews without visas. There they struggle to make a life; they have no money, there is little work, no decent place to live, a culture that doesn't understand them. And always the worry about Alenka. How will she find them? Is she still alive?
Meanwhile Lillia is growing up, trying to care for Naomi, whose development is frighteningly slow, in part from malnourishment. Lillia finds an outlet for her artistic talent by making puppets, remembering the happy days in Warsaw when her family was circus performers. She attends school sporadically, makes friends with Wei, a Chinese boy, and finds work as a performer at a "gentlemen's club" without her father's knowledge.
But meanwhile the conflict grows more intense as the Americans declare war and the Japanese force the Americans in Shanghai into camps. More bombing, more death. Can they survive, caught in the crossfire?
Listen to a sample from Someday We Will Fly
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Rachel DeWoskin has spent much of her life in China, including childhood summers with her parents and brothers, excavating ancient Chinese musical and medical instruments for her dad's research. Rachel lived in Bejing for most of her twenties, where she… More about Rachel Dewoskin
Published by Penguin Books
Jan 21, 2020 | 368 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780147508911
Published by Viking Books for Young Readers
Jan 22, 2019 | 368 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9781101617885
Jan 22, 2019 | 701 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9781984838100
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★ "DeWoskin explores a rarely depicted topic. . .A beautifully nuanced exploration of culture and people." –Kirkus Reviews, starred review
★ "An unusual portrait of what war does to families in general and children in particular . . . affirms the human need for art and beauty in hard times." –Booklist, starred review
"A provocative exploration of what resilience means when you're pushed to the edge." -BCCB


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Pork and seafood processors join forces
2 July 2019, at 8:34am
Young's Seafood and Karro, a leading UK pork processor, have joined forces to create a group that will have sales of circa £1.2 billion and employ over 5,000 people across the UK and Ireland.
The announcement was made today by CapVest, a leading international investor which has owned Karro since March 2017, after it has reached an agreement to acquire Young's.
Young's is the UK's best known seafood processor
Karro and Young's will operate as two separate businesses within the enlarged group and will continue to focus on providing great food to customers across pork and seafood. Di Walker, current executive chair of Karro, has been appointed CEO of the new Group.
Commenting on the announcement, she said: "We are very excited about the opportunity to create an ambitious multi-protein food business of considerable scale. Young's and Karro are highly complementary businesses and the combined platform will have strong market positions in two important protein categories that are experiencing consistent long-term growth. Today's agreement will provide both businesses with the opportunity to further develop and broaden our relationships with our key partners."
Bill Showalter, CEO of Young's, said: "We are delighted to be moving forward with Karro and CapVest and we believe this move will be positive for the fish and seafood industry as a whole. With CapVest's existing understanding of our industry, and as part of a multi-protein food group, we will have the opportunity to inspire more consumers to love fish through our fresh, frozen, own-label and branded products. The transaction will build an even stronger foundation from which we can drive growth, providing exceptional quality fish and stand out innovation to countries around the world."
Jason Rodrigues, partner at CapVest, said: "CapVest believe strongly that the combination of Young's and Karro will create a differentiated and attractive multi-protein platform. We look forward to working closely with management to accelerate investment and strengthen the competitive position of each business, whilst also pursuing other acquisition-led growth opportunities."
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Debra Messing talks about how to drop 20 pounds. She has done it and in an interview with ABC News on Wednesday she suggested to eat clean as that helps in becoming lean.
She said in past two-three years she made big change in the nutrition approach and that was the reason how she looks now. But, at the same time she never opted for dieting.
The 45-year-old said it was not her intention to lose 20 pounds and this was also not the reason to make the big change, but she did after becoming tired all the time.
The Will and Grace alum was earlier a crappy foods consumer. Now she credits the shed of weight to the proper nutrition part. Messing said she was eating really clean and healthy foods as she knew there was a link between her food and eating habit with whether she gained or lost her weight.
Messing added further that every morning she drinks green juice that includes Kale, spinach, lemon, ginger, celery and cucumber. She at least was confirmed that good nutrition is going in at the beginning of the day and hence started out strong.
The actress was last time seen on the Smash program of NBC and very recently also filmed the pilot for NBC drama named as The Mysteries of Laura.
Messing said she was shooting for up to 17 hours everyday and was very much depended on the morning juice, which she took twice sometimes. She concluded that the juice had given her more energy.


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Twenty-five years ago three of God's choicest servants in Iran were martyred because of their faithfulness to the Lord Jesus Christ and the Word of God.
The first was Haik Hovsepian Mehr who was Bishop of the Assemblies of God in Tehran. His photo is on the left. Haik encouraged unity among Christians in Iran. Armenian by birth, he was a gifted musician who added greatly to the worship experience of the Iranian church. To listen to some of the songs that he recorded, click here and here and here.
His death came shortly after he brought worldwide attention to the plight of Mehdi Dibaj who had been imprisoned for his faith by the Iranian authorities for 10 years. Haik's efforts paid off, and brother Mehdi was freed January 16, 1994. Three days later Haik disappeared, and his family learned of his death by the end of the month.
Haik taught many Christians the value of persevering in the face of pain and suffering. He could have emigrated from Iran and gone to live in another country where life would perhaps have been easier and certainly safer. But he chose to stay so he could minister Christ to the people he loved the most. His children are faithful servants of Christ as well.
Tateos Michaelian disappeared on June 29, 1994 after leaving his home. He never returned. Three days later the police produced his dead body. He pastored the St. John Armenian Presbyterian Evangelical Church in Tehran and served as Executive Secretary of the Presbyterian Synod in Iran. From the 1960s until 1980 he was general secretary of the Iranian Bible Society, and had translated numerous Christian books into Persian. He was a gifted translator and trained many Christian workers. No one who asked him for help was turned away. In his final sermon he encouraged the believers to courageously prepare to face martyrdom. In 2014, a new translation of the Bible in Farsi, called the Millennium Version, was released in Michaelian's memory because he had been one of the first translators prior to his death.
Mehdi Dibaj's ten years in prison included two years in solitary confinement in an unlit cell measuring three feet by three feet. In a sense, his circumstances were different from Haik's in that he was born into a Muslim family. His conversion to Christianity was a capital offense in the eyes of the regime. He was a zealous evangelist and recorded a number of radio programs for Voice of Christ Media. Despite his release in January, he was found murdered on July 5, 1994. His greatest legacy may well be his impassioned defense of the Gospel presented to an Islamic court. His children still faithfully serve the Lord today.


From the series "Oneiric landscapes", unknown places and perhaps nonexistent outside of dreams.
Acrylic, oil and found objects on wood shavings in a reused wood board.
Framed on the borders with brown and black wood, ready to hang.
Shipped in a cardboard box.


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World Cup 2018: Northern Ireland seeking more glory
Says Chris Baird, Northern Ireland, is hungry to attain any other huge match upon getting to the Euro 2016 finals. Michael O'Neill's facet embarks on their World Cup qualifying campaign away to the Czech Republic on Sunday. Derby shielding midfielder Baird is currently referred to as time on his NI profession but backs the team for the extra achievement. "They have a taste of it now and could want to continue that and progress. Optimistically we can qualify again, and I don't see why no longer," stated Baird. "It's far a big ask," introduced 34-year-old Baird, who changed into capped seventy-nine instances for his u. S. A.
"We in no way get it easy, and we continually get some huge group in there. We did it in the ultimate marketing campaign and you by no means realize in soccer what will appear."
With Germany the hot favorites to take the automated qualifying spot in Organization C, Northern Ireland should nicely be combating for the runners-up spot with Norway and the Czech Republic. Considering that 1950, Germany have done not top their Global Cup qualifying Organization on simply two events, finishing 2d both instances. Northern Eire supervisor O'Neill believes his aspect can be at the pointy cease while qualifying.
"We're gambling the world champions, and there may be the best one computerized qualifying spot. So It is going to be difficult; however, we have to be as aggressive as we can," said O'Neill. "We will be very reliant on the key gamers once more, as we had been in qualification and France. The squad is in as good an area as it can in all likelihood be to meet the project." O'Neill, who has been in rate of his u. S. On account that is taking on from Nigel Worthington in 2011 echoes Baird's feelings on his squad's preference to attain Russia. "They want to continue with it. If you have skilled being at a first-rate final, it definitely whets your urge for food, and I think we see that within the fact that Baird is the most effective participant now not to head ahead with the squad."
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Northern Ireland will face a Czech Republic group in transition. "They have a brand new educate and have had four or five gamers who've retired from international obligation Considering France," delivered the NI boss."I look back at our Euro 2016 qualification and come from behind as we did towards Hungary and win that starting recreation just got the ball rolling. "It got momentum, notion, and self-belief into the squad, and we'll be aiming to do the identical again."
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Man dies in hospital after shooting near Atlanta dog park
A man died in the hospital after he was shot Friday night in northeast Atlanta.
By Caroline Silva, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A man was shot to death Friday night near a dog park in northeast Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward neighborhood, police said.
Officers responded to a hospital around 8:45 p.m. and met with a man who appeared to have been shot, police said. Despite lifesaving efforts, he did not survive his injuries. His name was not released.
The preliminary investigation revealed that the shooting occurred in the 500 block of Piedmont Avenue near the Renaissance Dog Park. Officers said at least one suspect approached the victim and fired at him.
"It appears the victim was the intended target of the gunfire," a police spokesman said in a news release.
No suspect has been identified as investigators continue gathering information.
— Please return to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for updates.
Caroline Silva is a Breaking News reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.


..... this chapter is ending; the next beginning.
The next Chapter in the story is about to begin; maybe it's YOUR chapter!
After much prayer and thought, and discussion with the Board of Trustees of 'Ministries by Design,' the charity which operates The Vine, we feel it's right to draw our chapter at The Vine to a close and to hand on to some one else. Might that be you, or someone you know?
And that's very much how it feels to us – we've planted and now it's time for someone else to water.
Ron, an uneducated man who came to faith through a terrible accident, had a picture when he was praying. It was of a large old house, set back from the road and with big white double gates. He heard the Lord say that one day the house would be a Christian place for others to come. Walking through Hullavington one day, he saw the double white gates and house of his dream. It was Mays Farm - That was 30 years ago.
When Mays Farm went on the market, 3 local women began praying regularly that the house would indeed be bought by Christians. Their prayers were answered – our offer on the house was the lowest of three and yet it was the one the Lord ensured was accepted!
It took just over a year to get the house from barely habitable to what it is today. Many reading this have helped to make it possible – through practical hard work, through financial support, through prayer and encouragement along the way.
Since The Vine at Mays Farm opened in July 2013 the guest book has been full of amazing comments from those who have been here - over 700 hundred people have stayed on retreat or have come for the day. Bishops, Archdeacons, Rectors, Vicars, Curates – oh, and some normal people too!
One person told us after a weekend here that when she went into work on Monday morning her colleagues noticed something different about her countenance – what did you do this weekend, they asked her. You're different!
We are being called into the next season of life and will actually be retiring next August.
Typically of the apostolic calling that we have seen so often in our ministry over the past 30 years, we were called to begin, to pioneer, to plant.
Now it's time to hand the vision on to someone who is called to take it to the next stage – to maintain and encourage and oversee the growth that the Lord is bringing to this important ministry.
Are you the person God is calling to lead The Vine into the next chapter?
Or maybe you know someone who might be.
Someone with the vision to lead a place of Re:FRESH Re:RENEW Re:TREAT for others to come and be recharged and refuelled.
It will need someone with the resources to buy Mays Farm and continue The Vine and its ministry – probably with ongoing subsidy or fund-raising.
Might you join your prayers with ours and those of the Trustees that the right person will be found at the right time and that the Lord will direct and guide over these next few weeks and months.
THANK YOU, thank you, thank you - to all of you who have supported the ministry, supported us in it, and helped to get it established. We thank God for each and every one of you!
This Christmas, may you know the simplicity of His birth and the magnitude of His purpose.
For more details please email or call us. And do please tell others who might be interested in this new possibility.
but have said alas - and how could you help from afar?
So here's how YOU can help to bless those who come to The Vine on retreat, and how you can have some fun doing that!
Because people DO find it helpful to be here!
welcomed, loved and restored. Wonderful peace. I've not slept so much in years! Thank you again."
H.from London wrote in the visitors' book just this morning!
- and/or sponsorship an item for the Irene Room.
Have a quick look at these lovely prizes, and then some interesting quotes, and a fun photo below!
A TWO NIGHT STAY FOR ONE AT THIS EXCLUSIVE RETREAT CENTRE IN WILTSHIRE! Full board included. Subject to availability of rooms/dates. Valid until May 30 2016.
Mike offers business leaders, and others, amazing insight, clarity, inspiration and expertise. He has many years of experience in the business world.
Freshen your thinking and improve your leadership.
Fulsomely made in leather and canvas for you or the man in your life!
Irene, Penelope's mother who was 90, and Penelope were involved in a double, horrific car accident in September 2010, when an out-of-control car first slightly injured Penelope, and then Irene was swept away and fatally crushed. The new summer house and prayer room is named Irene (peace) in memory of Penelope's mother. She was an amazing prayer warrior, still taking the 'old' ladies to church, babysitting, and supporting others. Her love for the Lord was palpable.
The Irene House will provide a special place for prayer, reflection, writing and resting.
This has links for both UK & USA giving.
Designate your gift 'Raffle' or "Sponsorship" and then email us with your name and phone number and details of what your gift is.
If you buy raffle tickets your name will be entered on the ticket/s and put into the pot with those purchased on the day. If you are a winner a prize will be chosen for you by one of the Trustees and you will be notified later that day.
Thank you for your support of this vital and life-giving ministry. It could not continue without your support both financial and prayerful.
A pastor spending the last few days of his sabbatical here has put in the visitors' book: "Such a wonderful gift to be in a place of deep peace where the Presence of God is rich and real."
A missionary who has just returned from Nepal wrote, " The perfect place to meet with God. It has been a very special time."
A church leader who brought a group for an Away Day emailed to say: We were certainly blessed. Time in the garden helped us unwind, and we all really appreciated you leading us in meditation in your cool, calm chapel. Although the time was short it was really valuable and significant for our souls. The peace and perspective lingered long after I had left. A concentrated dollop of God's goodness.
2 special offers - but time's running out!
There are only a few nights still with availability for your summer retreat! Why not take a couple of nights away to unplug to recharge? There's a special discount available for June and July retreats - of unplugging from Life in order to be re-charged by God.
£20 OFF EACH NIGHT BOOKED!
While you are here, you can sleep, read, walk, draw; visit ancient abbeys, have a massage, hike across Cotswold countryside, doze in the hammock, eat a cream tea; worship, pray, light a candle; play the piano, play with the dog, play with God. Whatever helps YOU to unplug and recharge.
And ice cream from a local farm is available to help you unwind!
Do come and enjoy a taste of this special Retreat house in the beautiful Cotswolds - relax, feast, renew friendships with the family of retreat guests, meet the Board of Trustees. Pop in any time from 11.30am - 3.30pm.
followed by a brief Thanksgiving in chapel.
A beautiful wooden garden house will shortly be erected in the garden in order to provide a special place for prayers, reflection, writing and resting.
of the cabin, its erection, electricity supply, and decorating and the furnishings.
To donate to the Project please click here.
please designate your gift "Summer house"
If you are a tax payer please consider Gift Aiding your donation - it makes a huge difference! Thank you.
The Vine is closed for the summer from July 25 - Sept 4th.
So half term is over (for those who had it) and it's June and summer and there's lots ahead to enjoy.
But, for whatever reason, you still could do with a night or two of unplugging from Life in order to be re-charged by God.
So - a little incentive to help you take time out from everyday life and enjoy the time and space to reconnect with the Lord.
What might your time away look like?
All guests have ensuite rooms, and use of the old chapel, pretty sitting room, gorgeous library, sunny morning room – and, depending on the weather, the gardens and walled orchard. Everybody's retreat looks different - and one of the advantages of being smaller is that there is flexibility. There is a daily rhythm of prayer - which of course is entirely voluntary. In chapel, morning and evening, sometimes we use set/liturgical forms of prayers, sometimes free-form, or a meditation, or the Examen. But it's always user-friendly, informal, and about 10 – 15 mins. And always voluntary!
Spiritual Direction sessions are available at a mutually convenient time. And there are suggestions as to what you might do during your time here, which are given to you when you first arrive.
8.30am breakfast in bed, followed by a time with the Lord, still in bed or in the comfy chair in your room - read, reflect, think, pray, doze, enjoy.
4.00 afternoon tea - home baked goodies to enjoy!
A good question is: What do you need from the Lord and how can we help you to find that from Him? What would best help you to spend time deepening your relationship with Him?
Come and enjoy a taste of this special Retreat house in the beautiful Cotswolds - relax, feast, renew friendships with the family of retreat guests, meet the Board of Trustees. Pop in any time from 11.30am - 3.30pm.
The next stage of renovation is the Summer House Project. A beautiful wooden garden house will shortly be erected in the garden in order to provide a special place for prayers, reflection, writing and resting. A total of £5000 needs to be raised now to cover the costs of the cabin, its erection, electricity supply, and decorating and the furnishings.
To donate to the Project please click here. And designate your gift "summer house"
How would you like to win a night away on retreat at The Vine - with breakfast in bed, and time to BE?
- Share the page on your own timeline, with a comment, and tell us when you've done it!
A Winner will be picked and announced on Monday 25th May.
..... One is the gorgeous new mini spa break!
Just £195 full board (sharing a twin room) including all meals, all spa products, and a take-home goody bag.
To reserve your place on this special mini break, phone 01666 838332 before May 15th.
as we journey with Him through Holy Week.
If anyone knows the provenance and copyright of these pictures which I have collected over the years, please do let me know so that proper acknowledgments may be made. Thank you.
DO YOU NEED TO SWITCH OFF THE STRESS?
I think you and I may have a rather worrying disease. Dis-ease with some alarming symptoms. I read first about them in The Times last week; then there was more this weekend.
The tell tale signs: how many do you have?
The results have been seen her at The Vine at Mays Farm, too.
- The Vicar who stayed in bed and slept for 24 hours because she was so exhausted and burned out.
- The women who are unable to slow down for the first 24 hours because they are so used to rushing everywhere all the time.
- Just this last week, the woman who said she had no idea to how to fill a day on retreat – she was so used to a full diary and a busy schedule and did not know where to begin when faced with a few hours to BE.
So we are tired, which makes us angry and stressed and gives us high levels of adrenaline, which in turn is fuelled even more by caffeine and alcohol. Pass the gin.
But there IS another way. When our technology flashes up "no more capacity," it probably means us as well. And so we need to stop and switch off the stress.
Literally. Dr Libby Weaver recommends lifestyle changes and revisions.
Calm me, O Lord, as You still the storm. Still me, O Lord, keep me from harm. Let all the tumult within me cease. Enfold me, Lord, in Your peace.
Father, bless the work that is done and the work that is to be.
Father, bless the servant that I am and the servant that I will be….
in the name of the Father,and of the Son,and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
And so, because many women need this and many women have asked for it, a new 2 night Get-A-Way is happening to jumpstart you on switching off the stress.
by 12 noon on day three.
so book now to reserve yours!
Why not bring your friends and/or your small group and enjoy this special time together.
A one-way love – with no exit strategy.
A love that sets its will to love, regardless of the response of the one being loved.
Love determined to adhere to the covenant, acting not on feelings but on covenant.
I'm reading "A LOVING LIFE" by Paul Miller. In a world of broken relationships, in a world which believes love comes from feelings not from commitment, this book is deeply disturbing. It's also profoundly moving, illuminating and arresting.
Miller is writing about the story of Ruth, in the Old Testament; and about hesed * love – love which is faithful, steadfast, committed. Hesed love is a one-way love, a commitment with no exit strategy; hesed love is determined to love, no matter what. And it is the essence of Calvary love.
It's not very popular today, of course. Disneyesque love is determined by feelings, by a desire for happy ever after. It tells us to move on, move out, if feelings for the loved one no longer exist. Give up, in order to be true to yourself and to your true (new) feelings.
But that's not hesed love, not the love of God. Not the love demonstrated in the life of Jesus. The Spirit of Jesus gives us the power to love no matter what our circumstances.
I can't pretend it's easy – I know it's not.
I know it flies in the face of all modern convention.
But I do know it's worth it. That I can only do it when the Spirit of the Lord flows through me with grace and mercy. And that the example of Philippians 2:1-11 is the only way it will work.
It's not glamorous, it doesn't pay well (in this life) and it's not popular.
But it's the way Jesus loves me and all I can do is ask for the grace to love as he did and does.
*hesed – a unique Hebrew word, Miller explains, which in the KJV was translated as 'deal kindly' but actually combines 'love' and 'loyalty.' A 'steadfast love.' Stubborn love, if you like.
Get it, read it, be changed by it. I haven't finished this book yet but already it is one of the most profound and transformative books I have ever read. It is hard hitting; my love is so paltry, so self-centred, self -righteous and with a sense of entitlement.
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Ron was about to die. Part of a road repair & construction crew, he somehow frighteningly found his clothing caught up in a rotating part of a truck and could see that death was imminent. But he was rescued just in time – and given a second chance at life.
A man of little or no learning, Ron, who lived in Malmesbury, decided to ask for help in reading, writing and arithmetic; and his quest led him to Mary and Vince, who lived in the next village. Vince was a maths teacher, and together he and his wife helped Ron – not just with his education but by introducing him to Jesus. Ron's life was never the same again. His education never really got very far; but his new-found love for the Lord increased and although not really able to read the Bible, Ron developed a true and deep prayer life based on a very close relationship with Jesus.
One day, visiting Mary and Vince, Ron told them about a picture he'd had when he had been praying for the village. He described a large old house, set back from the road and not visible when you walked past. The house was a little disreputable and needed a lot of work done on it. There were big white double gates, which Ron described in great detail. He then said that the Lord had told him that one day the house would be a Christian place for others to come. He then set off to walk home, rather than take the bus as he normally did, and on the way he saw the double white gates of his dream. He peeked up the driveway and saw the house he'd just been describing to Vince and Mary. Excitedly, he ran back to their home to tell them of his discovery.
They immediately recognised it as Mays Farm, which has been a farm for about 600 years. How could it become a Christian centre? But they believed this word from the Lord and began to pray for it to become true. Nearly 20 years later, their prayers were answered when we bought what was then an uninhabited and almost uninhabitable old house.
We hadn't planned to go to our local church this morning, across the road. We'd planned to go into Bath to church. But on hearing that this morning was to be a joint service with Mt Zion, the non-denominational church which meets in the village hall, and that Sat-7 would be there to share about their amazing Christian outreach TV programmes in the Middle East, we changed our minds and are so glad we did. Not least to hear about that incredible work!
And Mary and Vince were there of course – they still lead Mt Zion even though they are now in their eighties. The worship was amazing, led by the Mt Zion band; lots of our new village friends were there; and there was the usual good coffee before and after – and with delicious homemade baklava as well to get us in the mood!
And over coffee, Mary and Vince shared with us the story of the prophecy about our home, made by Ron, a man of very little education but of enormous love for his Lord; a man who was given a second chance of life and spent it growing closer to Jesus.
Snowdrops planted last year. Harbingers of spring!
Ron is now in glory; I hope he knows that his prophetic dream has now come true. Hearing his story this morning sent shivers down my back; made me realize afresh that this work at The Vine is a God-given vision and calling; and that we need to keep going – even when we just don't know how we will survive financially! But we have to trust that if God has ordained it then it is to be continued.
Hints of yellow flowers on the wall flowers.
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THREE REMARKABLE PEOPLE, each of whom I want to recommend.
What do you do when you've torn your MCL and have to sit with the injured leg raised, a vast leg brace adorning thigh to ankle, and the brightly-bruised knee covered with ice packs, for most of the time?
Cue a good book. My love of reading has at last returned, after several years when PTSD took away both the desire and the ability to concentrate. So, this past week I have discovered three heroines each of whom has had an impact, and two of whom were written about while the authors were staying at The Vine at Mays Farm.
I moved from that novella to a booklet, EDITH CAVELL – A FORGOTTEN HEROINE.
Written largely in my house too, by Nick Miller, it is brief outline of the life and death of Nurse Edith Cavell, executed one hundred years ago for rescuing Allied servicemen. But the reason for this short retelling of her story on the centenary of her death, is because of her strong Christian commitment and the way her actions were determined by her faith. During her last few weeks she was imprisoned and she used the time to read and annotate 'Of the Imitations of Christ' by Thomas a Kempis. Quotations from both Edith Cavell and the Imitations give rise to personal reflection, such as : "What lessons can I take from her life? Am I willing to follow her in imitating Christ?" (p24).
This is a little book which would be a wonderful inspiration to read and use for reflection while on retreat. What better place than where it was written?!
CATHERINE THE GREAT: Robert K Massie. What a contrast to the previous two! Two women or two books? Both; for this hefty tome is a biography of Catherine the Great, The Empress Catherine II who ruled Russia during the 18th Century. Born Sophia Augusta in a little German state, she was married while a young teenager to Grand Duke Peter, heir to the Russian empire, and in order to be acceptable as wife to the heir, Sophia was baptised into the Orthodox Church with the name Catherine, even though she had been brought up as Lutheran. The story of this intelligent, strong and determined woman who devoted herself to her adopted country and who changed the course of Russian history, is fascinating and demanding. While envying her energy, enthusiasm and strong spirit, I am saddened by her unhappy marriage, by the three children fathered by three different men none of whom was her husband, by her lack of religious conviction as her unhappiness turned to political intrigue and leadership. Yet, like Edith Cavell, a lot of Catherine's actions were from a compelling sense of duty and from a desire to do the best for others – Edith for those she nursed and rescued, Catherine for her adopted country.
Each of these women – Daisy, Edith and Catherine – has lived with me these past days and been a part of my subconscious as I have read their stories, considered their beliefs, weighed and interpreted their lives.
Which speaks most to you?
If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing badly!
A young person politely asked me as I expounded on this theme: "What exactly do you mean by that?" If they'd been from my generation, they would have echoed the immortal words of John McEnroe - "You cannot be serious!" Surely if we're doing something for God, it should be excellent. Christians have been known for far too long for being second rate and accepting second best. Whether it is by serving lukewarm, weak coffee in church-issue green or yellow cups and saucers from the 1950's; or by projection and sound systems that have a mind of their own; and operators who put the words of the next verse up for the congregation only after the worship group have already completed the first two lines!
A mini-series on alleviating, surviving, truimphing over, the bleak midwinter blues of January. Why not sign up to get the rest delivered straight into your inbox!
If you missed part one you can catch up on it by clicking this link.
Here's a mini survival kit for the midwinter blues. A friend sent it to me several years ago, and I've no idea where she found it. I pass it on as a slightly tongue-in-cheek daily survival kit: fill your bag with these few things and keep taking them out to remind yourself.
A Plaster ... to remind you to heal hurt feelings, either yours or someone else's.
A chocolate (Hershey's Kiss) ... to remind you everyone needs a hug or a compliment everyday.
May you have love, gratitude, friends to cherish, caring, sharing,laughter, music, and warm feelings in your heart in 2015.
Counting blessings - are you too?
January is such a LONG month. Christmas is over. The days are short and dark and cold. The news is grim and gloomy, even scary. Everyone we know seems to have some kind of virus and feels poorly; and we've probably all eaten too much recently. Summer warmth and balmy days seem a distant promise.
How to stave off the annual bleak midwinter blues of January?
The trick is to prevent them before they have time to begin. To have a survival kit ready to pull out at a moment's notice. Remind our souls of better ways, ways to prevent the advance of Seasonally Adjusted Depression. 10 ways to beat those blues away.
Follow another rather more famous cleric – the Rev Sydney Smith, who also suffered from low spirits in the winter and who wrote to a friend in 1820 offering ideas for winter solace.
"1st," he wrote, "live as well as you dare." I like that.
He then advocated cool showers, the avoidance of poetry, music and serious words, and not to expect too much from human life. Those I am not so keen on and am disregarding!
Today, I've taken a brisk walk in beautiful surroundings; have a good fire blazing away; aromatherapy oils scenting the air; planning no further than some delicious food for a (light) supper and the relaxation of a quiet Sunday evening after the joy of joining with other Christians In Malmesbury Abbey at 4pm. It all feels really rather good!
But yet, it's not enough.... so come back over the next two week for parts two and three, which will include a fun survival kit, and some other solutions. Why not sign up to have them delivered straight into your inbox?
One Resolution or One Re-solution?
Death – or impending death - or the threat of death – has struck already in 2015.
"Have you found a lasting hope? … What are the things for which you will be remembered?" I questioned myself in last week's blog, thinking about my own death – inevitable but not, as far as I know, immediate – and how its inevitability might affect how I live right now.
On January 1st, a dear friend woke to find her husband had unexpectedly died in his sleep that night..
On January 2nd a friend revealed the diagnosis of cancer; another friend told of unexpected and dire side effects to the latest series of chemotherapy treatments.
A new year does not guarantee the end of sorrows and tears. And I've been here before – personal loss and personal sorrows deeply felt not once but several times even in the past few years. Some publically acknowledged, some not. Rocked to my roots.
And this I have learnt: resolutions might help but they do not resolve. Resolutions sometimes help a lifestyle but they do not resolve the deephurts and losses. Only a re-solution can do that. The re-solution that's in a name.
"There is power in the name of Jesus." There are times when all I can do is whisper his name. I did not know how powerful that could be until it is all that is left.
When life–lossesare profound and personal, when they gut-punch, grip and won't let go, still there is Jesus.
Feelings numbed, bewilderment my only thought, and I need a re-solution.
Jesus. Sweet Jesus. Just his name. It's all the heart knows. All the mind can remember.
I wish I could promise that if you say his name there is always comfort and caressing. What I do know is that it keeps your fingertips clinging on.
Jesus. Sweet Jesus. Say it enough and it IS enough. Repeating this re-solution means my balance remains enough to stay upright, to not give in to what else could be.
On January 3rd a friendjoyously announced her son's engagement.
On January 4th my husband's nephew and his wife had a beautiful baby girl.
Jesus. Sweet Jesus. Resolving only this: to say his name. It is the rock I cling to, the shadow to hide in, the wing under which I shelter.
He is enough. He is the re-solution.
.. and for the pending conclusion of my life.
I've been reading the late Dr Denise Inge's book, "A Tour of Bones - facing fear and looking for life"
You could describe it as a description of a tour of four charnel houses in Europe. Or as emanating from living over the bones underneath the house of the Bishop of Worcester, to whom she was married. Or even as her thoughts on life and death when faced with her own threatened early demise from cancer (which was sadly earlier this year).
The writer, P D James, describes it as "A beautifully-written book ... One which celebrates not death but life, and how, by confronting the fear and inevitability of our end, we can embrace life and live it more abundantly."
I'm not facing a known and imminent death - only the fact that I will, like you and everyone else, one day someday die. Life, earthly life, is terminal. So I too want to embrace life and live it more abundantly, knowing that life is a gift, one that is short and unique and mine for a while. While I believe that there is more to come after death and that the Life After Death is an eternal gift without measure, the life that I have now is not as appreciated or embraced as it might be.
The four questions posed by Denise Inge, disquieting questions, profound questions, seem a good place to begin what is left of my life, a life which is about to step over into new season: 2015. Although I have to say that September still feels more like the new beginning of a new year than January ever does, still the calendar commences afresh. And I have a new journal - which I shall excitedly open, inscribe "Penelope Swithinbank - 2015" and anticipate and appreciate the clean new pages and what they may contain. A sense of excitement, of the chance for a re-beginning, a glimpse of untrodden boundless possibilities.
So I am taking these four questions as my guide for the next twelve months.
- Are the broken parts of your deepest self being healed?
- Have you found a lasting hope?
- What are the things for which you will be remembered?
Facing a new season, facing 2015, facing the inevitably of your own demise, how would you answer these questions? And what would your own four questions be to yourself for this new year?
May the Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you; the Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you and give you peace.
The Saturday Times magazine yesterday was The List Issue.
Or so it was promised.
I've been thinking about lists of my own ever since. I happen to like lists. I've been accused of keeping lists of lists. (Not true ... well, almost true ...) Lists are accurate and easy and keep things tidy.
Or the list of who is getting what for Christmas. I could look back at last year or the year before or ten years ago or more - and therefore not give someone the same thing again. Unless it was meant.
But the list I really feel like making right now is the list of what I like about Advent.
- a sense of expectation. The watching and the waiting in hope. Anticipation and tingling with excitement.
- purple. It's one of my favourite colours and always has been.
- candles and woodsmoke and advent calendars. Not necessarily advent-y but they go with this time of year.
- gingerbread. I know you can eat gingerbread any time of the year. But in our household, it's been an illustration of the "now" and the "not yet" and whenever I make it we are reminded. The aroma of its baking fills the house - the NOW. But we can't eat it until it has been wrapped and allowed to mature for a whole week. The NOT YET. And that's what Advent is all about. Jesus has come - the NOW; and He will come again in great power and glory - the NOT YET. We live in in between, in great hope and expectation.
So excuse me - I'm off to make some gingerbread.
If you'd like to have a few days of R&R - breakfast in bed, peace, no hurry, time to read or pray or just BE, relaxing by a log fire or taking a brisk country walk and then enjoying afternoon tea (sometimes with gingerbread!) why not come and stay at The Vine? Bookings for 2015 now open. Come alone - or come for a weekend and bring your small group!
Only the Brits could import the consumerist Black Friday from the US but forget the Day of Thanksgiving that went before it! So now that we have the Black Friday sales and CyberMonday that follows, a group of charities have decide to say "Enough! It's now time to focus outwards and give time or volunteer or donate to others." They're calling it Giving Tuesday.
Ministries by Design has become a partner with Giving Tuesday, though they've been so inundated that we don't yet appear on their website. There are all sorts of good causes that you might choose to support - or you could help a church leader in need by donating to our Clergy Bursary Fund, which gives a 25% discount to any church leaders in full-time ministry who come to the Vine at Mays Farm.
Unlike most of the UK, we did do Thanksgiving last Thursday with the house full of guests who were staying at the Vine. We enjoyed turkey and ham and all the trimmings and even a frozen pumpkin ice-cream pie! Delicious food but the highlight of the evening was listening to the guests talk about the power of learning to be thankful. Penelope had us write down our thanksgivings in between courses and then share and pray together around the table at the end.
I was particularly moved by the testimony and prayers of one of the young women clergy who was with with us. It was her second visit to the Vine and she has clearly found it to be a place where she can meet with God and find rest and refreshment in the midst of her busy life.
They were praying that the Vine would be filled this next year with others who need the rest and refreshment that a retreat can bring. You could help that to happen. You could like us on Facebook so your friends discover us. You could retweet Penelope's tweets. Or you could make a donation on Giving Tuesday that would enable an over-stretched church leader to find the space to unwind and reconnect with Jesus.


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Browns 2017 positional recaps: Injury to Joe Thomas a challenge for O-Line
Breaking down the Browns' 2017 season, position by position. Today we're looking at Cleveland's offensive line.*
LG Joel Bitonio — 16 games, 16 starts
RG Kevin Zeitler — 16 games, 16 stars
C JC Tretter — 16 games, 16 starts
RT Shon Coleman — 16 games, 16 starts
LT Joe Thomas — 7 games, 7 starts
LT Spencer Drango — 16 games, 10 starts
How was 2017? After adding right guard Kevin Zeitler and center JC Tretter in free agency, the Browns' offensive line looked as if it might be one of the league's top units on paper. That all seemed to go by the wayside, however, when Pro Bowl left tackle Joe Thomas suffered a season-ending triceps injury against the Titans in mid October. It was a devastating blow for a young team that leaned on Thomas, who played 10,363 consecutive snaps, and his leadership on and off the field. That said, the group had plenty of bright spots. Left guard Joel Bitonio, whose past two seasons were cut short by injuries, was voted a Pro Bowl alternate and started all 16 games. Zeitler and Tretter shored up the line's interior while third-year right tackle Shon Coleman and Spencer Drango, who started 10 games in place of Thomas, made strides throughout the year.
Reasons to be optimistic? Outside of Thomas — who said recently he's still undecided if he'll return for his 12th season (more on that later) — the Browns return Bitonio, Tretter, Zeitler and Coleman. If Thomas comes back, of course, Cleveland will again feature one of the league's best left tackles. Coupled with new offensive coordinator Todd Haley, running back Duke Johnson and the chance to add top-shelf offensive talent in the 2018 NFL Draft, Cleveland's whole unit is poised to make a jump next year. What might happen this offseason? All eyes will be on Thomas, who's still weighing his playing future after 10 Pro Bowls and a Hall-of-Fame caliber career with the Browns. Thomas said he plans on making a decision by free agency so, if he were to retire, Cleveland's front office would be able to react accordingly. Notable unrestricted free agents at the position include: New England's Nate Solder, Greg Robinson, Houston's Chris Clark and Denver's Donald Stephenson. The Browns will also continue to develop Coleman (who can play both right and left tackle), Drango and second-year player Rod Johnson, who missed his rookie season with a knee injury, in the coming months.


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Jewhen Serhijowycz Past, ukr. Євген Сергійович Паст (ur. 16 marca 1988 w Odessie) – ukraiński piłkarz, grający na pozycji bramkarza.

Kariera piłkarska

Kariera klubowa
Wychowanek SDJuSzOR Czornomoreć Odessa. Pierwszy trener Wiktor Holikow. W 2006 rozpoczął karierę piłkarską w drużynie rezerwowej Czornomorca Odessa. 28 lutego 2010 debiutował w Premier-lidze. Po zakończeniu sezonu 2014/15 opuścił odeski klub. We wrześniu 2015 jako wolny agent zasilił skład Zirki Kirowohrad. 5 czerwca 2018 za obopólną zgodą kontrakt został anulowany. 8 czerwca 2018 podpisał kontrakt z Desną Czernihów.

Kariera reprezentacyjna
24 lutego 2010 został powołany do młodzieżowej reprezentacji Ukrainy, ale na życzenie głównego trenera Czornomorca Andrija Bala zostawił go w klubie.

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Bibliografia

Ukraińscy piłkarze
Piłkarze Czornomorca Odessa
Piłkarze Desny Czernihów
Piłkarze Zirki Kropywnycki
Urodzeni w 1988
Ludzie urodzeni w Odessie


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