We are pleased to announce that Jennifer Miller has agreed to help us with our marketing efforts. She's originally from Chicago where she was most recently a baker at a gluten-free bakery. She's spent the last few years in Iowa where she's pursued her interest in food. She's designed and written food blogs (CinnamonQuill.com) that center around gluten-free and vegetarian eating, including a monthly column with Martha Stewart's Whole Living website.
Her love for food has now ventured into a love for growing food as well. She's spent time working on organic farms in Missouri, California, Iowa, Iceland, and Costa Rica. She's currently starting a community market garden to grow vegetables and herbs in her small yard in Windsor Heights.
Jennifer will be updating our website, increasing our social media presence, and producing our e-newsletter. We greatly appreciate her enthusiasm and skills. She will be a wonderful addition to our team. Please welcome her aboard. You can contact her at wayofbaking@gmail.com.
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3. Layer tortilla chips on bottom of a rimmed cookie sheet or a pyrex casserole dish. Top chips with meat/bean mixture and shredded cheese. Bake in oven until cheese is melted and chips look toasty.
4. Top with greens, tomatoes. Serve salsa, sweet jalapenos and cilantro on the side. Goes great with clementines! Follow up with popcorn and a movie, be crowned the Best Mom Ever!
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Somerville: Former Social Security Building Demolished To Make Way For Apartments
Article Published HERE
SOMERVILLE, NJ – A work crew demolished the former Social Security office building on Davenport Street Monday morning.
The building had been surrounded by a chain link fence and orange safety barrels the past two weeks in preparation for demolition of the one-story building, which had fronted on the borough's Parking Lot #2.
Weiss Properties, the owner of the property, has approval to build a 5-story, 60-unit apartment building on the site.
Developer Robert Weiss scaled back his original proposal which had met with opposition from merchants and residents concerned that the new building's tenants would expropriate what limited parking space there is in the lot behind stores on West Main Street and adjacent to the Social Security building.
The revised plan for "The Davenport" reduces the number of apartments while increasing the number of parking spaces by adding a second sub-level beneath the building to accommodate cars.
The original plan called for 72 residential units – 12 studio apartments, 48 one-bedroom apartments and 12 two-bedroom apartments.
The revised plan calls for 60 residential units. The studio apartments were eliminated so that the new configuration features 40 one-bedroom apartments and 20 two-bedroom apartments.
There will be 68 parking spaces – 46 on the upper level, or ground floor, and 22 spaces on the sub-level. To satisfy the borough's ordinance on occupancy and parking, which requires 1.2 spaces per rental unit, Weiss will need to purchase four or five parking permits from the borough.
Architect David Minno of Minno & Wasko Architects & Planners, Lambertville, describes The Davenport as an "attractive, in-town building."
Weiss expects the building will attract the so-called Millenials, younger tenants looking for a pleasant place to live with enclosed parking, in a building designed to not look like a townhouse. He described The Davenport as "softened elegance, loaded with a lot of glass."
A courtyard will be in the center of the building, with vehicular access to the ground floor and sublevel parking through two entrances.
Weiss expects site work to begin in the spring, with several months spent excavating for the underground parking garage.
The Social Security offices closed in late November, 2016 and relocated to an office building at the Bridgewater Plaza, 245 Route 22, located between Route 28 and Milltown Road on the westbound side of the state highway.
Weiss Properties, based in New Brunswick, is also the developer of the Cobalt Apartments, a 113-unit five-story development on Veterans Memorial Drive adjacent to the NJ Transit Raritan Valley line.
Construction on Major Florence Development to Begin Early Next Year
Weiss: New Upscale Rental Project Is Latest Step Forward For Somerville
Somerville: Cobalt Apartments To Receive Land Development And Planning Award

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In this workshop you will learn how to photograph your crafts, jewelry, and other small items to use on your website, Etsy, eBay, Pinterest, and other social media. Using only your smartphone and one editing app, around $5, you can create professional looking photographs to show-off your beautiful craft and art work. Learn tips and tricks for staging, lighting, composition, cropping, editing and adding a watermark (So your photos can always be traced back to you and your creations). The bottom line is that great photographs will sell your work!
Please bring up to 5 small items that you would like to photograph. This can include items such as earrings, necklaces, paper crafts, hand sewn items, painted rocks, handcrafted soap, etc.
Cost for this 3 hour class is $45 total: $40 class fee & $5 smartphone app purchase on the day of class.
Instructor: Sophia Rose – Sophia is a professional photographer, artist, and crafter. She sells some of her work online, and is sharing with us her professional photography skills.
Minimum 5 students, maximum 10 students. If the minimum number of students is not reached, the class will be cancelled and a refund issued. Online ticket sales will end 48 hours prior to event. If ticket sales have ended, you may call the store to inquire about availability.
– Please make sure you have plenty of room on your phone memory to take lots of photos and video.
– Be prepared to buy the app. Know how to buy an app from your phone. You may need to know the password to do that. Also, be prepared to pay for it over your phone.
– If you plan to photograph your hands with your item, please make sure your hands and fingernails look nice.


Posted byAtul	 February 8, 2019 Leave a comment on How?
I keep getting asked about the secrets of running a successful community. After spending a decade in this field I still have no answer.
Past few years living on my own has been humbling. It has taught me many new things. The topmost being: there is no one fit for all path.
We are all different so is our way of building anything. The journey we take also differs.
I understand the emergence of social media has amplified the creation of many gurus. Many books are written every year of how to be happy, run a successful company and what not.
Read them but in the end, the journey is yours. You have to run on its own.
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National Geographic Magazine Wins National Magazine Award for General Excellence
National Geographic takes home the honor at the American Society of Magazine Editors' annual National Magazine Awards
WASHINGTON, D.C. – WEBWIRE – Monday, March 18, 2019
National Geographic magazine took home the award for General Excellence in the News, Sports and Entertainment category last night at the American Society of Magazine Editors' (ASME) 54thannual Ellie Awards at Brooklyn Steel in Williamsburg, New York. The magazine was given the most prestigious honor for "continuing to reinvent itself on every platform" and exploring "the complexities of race while confessing its own past transgressions and campaigning to fight the world's "plastic apocalypse," the judges wrote. It was nominated alongside 4 other publications in its category. The awards presentation was hosted by John Avlon of CNN.
In her acceptance speech, Editor in Chief of National Geographic magazine and Editorial Director of National Geographic Partners, Susan Goldberg, told the crowd that her magazine "is creating unforgettable, visual journalism that's urgent, part of the conversation, and that's making a difference. And we are doing it with tools that allow us to reach larger and more diverse audiences than ever."
The National Magazine Awards, known as the Ellies for the elephant-shaped statuettes presented to each winner, are administered by ASME, and "honor print and digital publications that consistently demonstrate superior execution of editorial objectives, innovative techniques, noteworthy enterprise and imaginative design," and are regarded as the most prestigious in the magazine industry.
The full list of winners can be seen here.
About National Geographic Partners LLC
National Geographic Partners LLC (NGP), a joint venture between National Geographic and 21st Century Fox, is committed to bringing the world premium science, adventure and exploration content across an unrivaled portfolio of media assets. NGP combines the global National Geographic television channels (National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Nat Geo MUNDO, Nat Geo PEOPLE) with National Geographic's media and consumer-oriented assets, including National Geographic magazines; National Geographic studios; related digital and social media platforms; books; maps; children's media; and ancillary activities that include travel, global experiences and events, archival sales, licensing and e-commerce businesses. Furthering knowledge and understanding of our world has been the core purpose of National Geographic for 131 years, and now we are committed to going deeper, pushing boundaries, going further for our consumers … and reaching millions of people around the world in 172 countries and 43 languages every month as we do it. NGP returns 27 percent of our proceeds to the nonprofit National Geographic Society to fund work in the areas of science, exploration, conservation and education. For more information visit natgeotv.com or nationalgeographic.com
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Get access to a seat at one of our bar-height tables. Includes access to food menu and personal waitor/waitress. Tables seat two people and tickets must be bought as a pair. Only 12 tables available. Includes entry to show.
Currently New England Music Awards' Overall Act of the Year, Country Artist of the Year, and Song of the Year winner, Brobst's unique songwriting ranges from traditional country to pop country. With influences like Miranda Lambert, Ashley McBryde and Jason Isbell; she adds a feminine touch to a bro-country sound and a powerful authenticity to storytelling through song.
Her musical journey began with her move to North Shore Massachusetts from Columbus, OH in 2007, and has now become one of the most sought after and awarded artists in New England. She's accumulated over 75,000 followers and videos views in the millions across social media outlets (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Bandsintown, TikTok, and more) of engaged and devoted fans - The ABB Army!
Her debut EP "Ghost" and her full album "My First Rodeo" are currently available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, and more. She released her latest album, "Where We Holler" on March 30th, 2021, which peaked at Number 2 on the iTunes Country Album Chart and #8 across all genres. All works were recorded with Sean McLaughlin of 37' Productions - an award-winning producer in the New England music scene.
Annie Brobst
"There are few artists working in New England who approach contemporary country with such a combination of mastery of the genre and accessibility outside the genre's normal audience." writes Victor D. Infante of Worcester Telegram & Gazette about Annie Brobst in his "Favorite Albums of 2021".
Multiple singles from all of her albums have been regularly playing on the "Backyard Country" segment of Boston's country radio station 101.7 The Bull, powered by iHeartMedia as well as on Kruser's Local Catch on Country 102.5 WKLB.
Annie's innovation and creativity led to 3 virtual concert "tours" in the Summer and Fall of 2020 during the pandemic, as well as a sponsored virtual concert series in partnership with a local cafe and national brand, Mike's Hard Lemonade. She totaled over 100,000 digital views from her virtual concerts and 3,000 new followers from around the globe. The music never stopped for Annie Brobst.
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Who or what is the Holy Spirit?
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What exactly is the Easter duty?
What are beatitudes, and why are they so important?
How does the church determine who's "Great" and who's a regular saint?
Whoever came up with a feast called "Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe" to end the church year?
What are small church communities? Are they the same as base communities?
I keep hearing we're all supposed to be saints. Is that realistic?
Has Pope Francis changed church teaching on birth control?
After we die, we "see God face to face." Then what?
Is Pope Francis doing anything about the sexual abuse crisis and the bishops' woeful response?
How can I find God in my life?
If I attend a wedding with a full Mass on Saturday at 1 p.m., does that Mass count for Sunday?
What's the difference between a psalm and a canticle?
Is it appropriate to speak of "lay ministries"?
I'm a Eucharistic minister, and was corrected for saying cup instead of chalice. Why does it matter what you call it?
What is the Catholic teaching regarding marriage? Does it say a marriage must be between a baptized man and a baptized woman?
What are the "four last things"?
What is canon law and why do we have it?
Do I have to take a saint's name at my Confirmation?
Where does the Catholic teaching on abortion come from?
Who decided we should have holy days of obligation and what they should be?
What do Catholics believe about demons?
Why do we have Knights of Columbus?
Why do older folks keep quoting the Baltimore Catechism?
Why is Easter Season so long? What should we be doing?
What do I need to know about Mary?
What do Catholics believe about the Eucharist?
What does it take to be recognized by the church as a saint?
Two Americans were beatified by Pope Francis. What do I need to know about them?
What's the purpose of Ordinary Time?
The church made Mother Teresa a saint overnight. Why is it taking so long for Bishop Oscar Romero?
What does the phrase "consubstantial with the Father" in the Creed mean?
What does Pope Francis mean by "rapidification"?
I'm having trouble finding a religious community that will consider me as a candidate because I'm older. Why?
I don't read papal documents. What do I need to know about Laudato Si?
Is God a name, like Allah or Jesus?
Why should I go to church?
What is the common good?
Why is prejudice against Catholics called "the deepest bias in the history of the American people"?
Why does going to Mass on Saturday night "count" to fulfill the Sunday obligation?
Don't we have to obey what the church teaches, or be kicked out?
How do I reconcile patriotism and faith? Sometimes it feels like dueling citizenships!
Our priest cancelled Saturday Vigil Mass, citing Dies Domini and pastoral necessity. Is this valid?
With the recent opposition to Muslim immigrants, I wonder: Were Catholics always welcomed here?
Is Pope Francis the first Catholic leader to address the environment?
Do all Christians basically agree on the purpose of baptism, Eucharist, and ministry?
What is natural law?
Some of my friends view belief in God as anti-intellectual.
How did the veneration of relics get started?
Why do we worship in buildings instead of in God's beautiful creation?
What are Catholics to believe about the Antichrist?
How can I understand and explain the Catholic position on contraception?
How is it determined that someone is a saint?
What can we expect from the Vatican Commission on women deacons?
Who were the women at the cross?
Is the Bible infallible?
Can Catholics practice yoga?
Where can Mass be celebrated?
I've been told Catholic devotion to saints contradicts what the Bible says about graven images.
Where in the Bible does it say Jesus' birthday is December 25th?
Is Jesus truly the Son of God or is it just a story?
If you're married, is it still possible to become a priest? If yes, what are the steps needed?
What's a halo, really?
Why do Catholics put so much emphasis on Mary and the saints?
Is the parish expected to give the pastor and secretary a bonus at Christmas?
I recently became a Freemason but feel a calling to be a priest. Do I have a canonical impediment?
Is it necessary to attend Mass on Sunday? I can't go to church because of my job. What should I do?
Can Catholics be cremated?
Is it a sin to eat meat on Fridays during Lent or just a suggestion?
What exactly is a "Jubilee Year"? What's a "Holy Year"? I hear the Year of Mercy called both.
Is astrology compatible with Christian belief?
What does Advent have to do with Apocalypse?
Petra is the coolest historical site in Jordan. Is it biblically significant?
Where is Moses buried?
Settle an argument for me. Was Jesus baptized in Jordan?
Is the clerical sexual abuse crisis over?
Who is Karl Rahner, and why is he important?
Is there a protocol for paying the priest: for marriages, sick calls, last rites?
Are priests obliged to say mass every day?
I heard all the big heresies were invented by the 5th century
What does the church have to say about suicide?
Where did Limbo come from?
Mary's parents aren't mentioned in the Bible. How do we know their names?
Was there ever such a thing as a deaconness?
Who was Origen?
How do you know if you're committing heresy?
Do Catholics believe in psychology?
Is there a heaven? What is it like?
What's important about the Avignon papacy and the Great Schism?
What do I need to know about the Crusades?
What's an abbess, and what power does she wield?
Is premarital sex a sin?
Do the Eastern churches have popes?
What is papal primacy and where does it come from?
What does Jesus have to say about family?
Why do we have priests?
Why do we "respect life"?
Why do we honor martyrs?
What is a patron saint?
Is there truth in other religions?
What do Catholics believe about war and peace?
Why do some buildings have feast days?
How do you figure Transfiguration?
What is the Immaculate Heart of Mary?
What is the Sacred Heart of Jesus?
What is humility?
Is it possible to prove the existence of God?
How "Roman" is the Roman Catholic Church?
How do can you deal with sinful thoughts?
Does God get angry?
Why do we have a Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults?
What's the purpose of fasting?
What are the qualifications for being pope?
Is it OK for Christians to be rich?
What is the Roman Catholic view of work?
What is Baptism?
What do we know about Saint Joseph?
Why is there a church calendar?
What is the "deposit of faith"?
What's the purpose of incense?
What is "mission"?
Why is marriage a sacrament?
Where did American Catholic schools come from?
As Pontius Pilate asked: What is truth?
What is the Anointing of the Sick?
Why do we hear scripture readings at Mass?
What about the violence in the Old Testament?
What's the difference between "the gospel" and "the gospels"?
What is the Sacrament of Confirmation?
Why are there cults?
What's in a papal name?
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What is Christ's Ascension?
What are the different forms of prayer?
What is the Real Presence of Christ?
How can the pope resign?
Can Catholic doctrine change in light of new information?
Why is the Lord's Prayer so important?
Love thy extraterrestrial neighbor: Does the church believe there could be life on other planets?
What do Catholics believe about the divine inspiration of scripture?
Who was John the Baptist and what was his relationship to Jesus?
What is the structure of the church and what do the people in it do?
Are there other kinds of Catholics besides Roman?
What does the "Word of God" mean?
What are visions?
What is Purgatory?
What are third orders, oblates, and associates?
Why sing at Mass?
What about all the different gods in Hebrew scripture?
Is there a place for dissent in the church?
Do Catholics believe in evolution?
What does the Bible say about God?
Why do we say Jesus "descended into hell"?
Why does God let bad things happen?
Is it OK to use "real" bread at Mass?
Is there a "right time" to be called by God?
How can I understand the Holy Trinity?
Why are there two Creeds?
"How can I live as a Christian in the modern world?"
Saint Thomas Aquinas did what, exactly?
Why did American Catholicism begin in Baltimore?
Do religious communities work for human rights?
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Should people in discernment date?
Why do Catholics wear ashes on Ash Wednesday?
Where did Lent come from?
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Do Catholics take the biblical creation story literally?
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Why does the liturgy change?
Which religious community is right for me?
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Why pray the rosary?
Why can people go to Mass on Saturday evening instead of Sunday?
I feel called to be a sister, but I am not yet 18 years old
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Who chose the "Seven Deadly Sins"?
What should I believe about hell?
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If you have a mental illness, can you still join a religious order?
What is "discernment of spirits"?
Why would someone want to be a priest, sister, or brother?
Is environmentalism "Catholic" or a political football?
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Why are there parishes?
Do Catholics believe in ghosts?
Who was Saint Augustine?
Is a college degree needed for religious life?
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What is the Liturgy of the Hours?
How do I discern my calling to priesthood or brotherhood?
How does God "answer" prayers?
As a sister, would I have to give up sports?
What does "salvation history" mean?
Why do Catholics believe in the Assumption of Mary?
Can I keep doing my music when I enter religious life?
Why do priests wear vestments?
Do miracles still happen?
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How is the Mass "prayer"?
What is Catholic decision-making?
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Who wrote the gospels?
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What about wearing habits and and taking "religious" names
When and where is it appropriate to bow inside Catholic churches?
Older vocations
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Why does the priest talk after the readings at Mass?
Is being divorced an obstacle to religious life?
What's the difference between catechesis and evangelization?
Didn't Saint Paul write all the letters attributed to him?
Are we supposed to believe in angels and demons in the 21st century?
Who are the saints and why do we pray to them?
How does a religious community start?
Why pray for the dead?
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How were the books of the Bible chosen?
What's the difference between saying "set" prayers and prayers in my own words?
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If I join a religious community do I have to change my name and cut my hair?
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Is my vocation from God or just my imagination?
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How do I know whether be an order priest or a diocesan priest?
What do Catholics believe about scripture and tradition?
"Sin" is such a negative word. Can't we just talk about "failure"?
Why should I read the Bible?
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How can I live a holy life?
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Posted by: Alice L. Camille  Wednesday 03, July 2019 Categories: Doctrines & Beliefs
The spirit of God is part of the story from the beginning.
We're primed to think of the Holy Spirit as the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, "preceding from the Father and the Son," who debuts at Pentecost and inaugurates the church. This last idea overlooks that the spirit of God is part of the story from the beginning. God's spirit is a divine wind or breath blowing over the waters of chaos at Creation. This same breath brings humanity to life. As such, spirit is hardly a latecomer to the party. (Don't be alarmed by the lower case "s": neither Hebrew nor ancient Greek employed case distinctions.)
Spirit suggests a subtle and immaterial being, in contrast to the tangible Jesus. But the original spirit in Scripture may not be a being at all: "a principle of action, not a subject," as scholar John McKenzie describes it. Early references to the divine spirit involve a communication that variously clothes, pours out, leaps upon, or fills up the one who receives it. The spirit can be given or removed, at God's desire. The spirit can possess a person, as it does to judges in the Book of Judges, who are suddenly snatched up for divine service. This possession isn't experienced in the negating way of a demon who eliminates the will of the host. Spirit enhances the recipient's abilities, enabling the person to do feats beyond his or her skill. Such a person is charismatically charged for divine action, literally "inspired".
Examples of the spirit at work include: the ecstasies of prophets in Saul's time; the spirit passing from King Saul to David after his anointing; Elisha acquiring a double portion of the spirit given to his predecessor Elijah; Ezekiel's trances; the bestowal of divine gifts like wisdom and counsel; the divine spirit released on the servant of God in Isaiah's poems; the promise of a new heart and spirit rejuvenating Israel after the exile.
The Spirit shows up in the gospels as early as the Annunciation. Mary is told, "The holy Spirit will come upon you… therefore the child to be born will be called… the Son of God." Christian writers perceive more than a communicating action here; rather, a manifestation that modern translators honor with uppercase distinction. John the Baptist foretells a baptism of Spirit. At Jesus' baptism, the Spirit descends dovelike upon him. This Spirit drives Jesus into the desert to encounter temptation. Spirit drives the action in Luke and Acts, showing up fifty-six times as the principal actor. Jesus promises that the arrival of this Advocate ensures that we'll not be orphans through the end of the age.
Scripture: Genesis 1:2; 2:7; Exodus 31:3; Numbers 11:17, 25; Judges 6:34; 14:6, 19; 1 Samuel 10:10; 19:20-24; 2 Kings 2:9; Psalm 51:13; Isaiah 11:2-3; 42:1; 61:1; Ezekiel 36:26-28; Mark 1:8, 12; Luke 1:35; 3:22; John 14:16-18, 26; Acts 2:1-18
Books: The Other Hand of God: The Holy Spirit as the Universal Touch and Goal, by Kilian McDonnell, O.S.B. (Liturgical Press, 2003)
The Holy Spirit: Setting the World on Fire, edited by Richard Lennan and Nancy Pineda-Madrid (Paulist Press, 2017)
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Posted by: Alice L. Camille  Wednesday 03, July 2019 Categories: Scripture
Isaiah upgrades salvation to universal dimensions: all nations have a stake in the coming Messiah.
The word Messiah—Hebrew for "anointed"—has a complex history. Between Messiah and Christ—Greek for "anointed"—lies a thousand years of evolving expectations. Best to review those before addressing the age-old Christian query: Why don't Jews, reading the same ancient texts, accept Jesus as "Messiah"?
Scholar Raymond E. Brown cautions that messiahs aren't the only saviors in Israel's history. Moses, the judges, Nehemiah and Ezra, even young Queen Esther are identified as savior figures. Anyone divinely appointed for the work of rescue is a savior. Israel's in need of frequent rescue, so the Bible contains a lot of saviors.
The gallery of saviors gains new candidates in the era of kings. Anointed to lead at God's command, Judah's kings are messiahs in a nationalistic sense. They don't save the world; and they only keep the nation safe for their particular generation. Contrast them with the kings of northern Israel, who are viewed more skeptically. Then recall that southern Judah writes the Bible.
Messianic kingship reaches its height with Judah's second king, David. His line is endowed with an everlasting, rollover anointing. The salvation coming from David's house, however, doesn't extend to the afterlife. Nor is it universal. Davidic kings won't "save the world": they'll keep Judah safe. The problem is, they don't. Soon after David, Judah is ruled by a string of monarchs who disregard God's guidance. Two centuries in, the prophet Isaiah views his king Ahaz as gone totally off the rails.
Isaiah reboots messianic hope. While linked to David's line, the Messiah will be loyal to God and establish justice and peace. Eden-like conditions will be restored. Isaiah upgrades salvation to universal dimensions: all nations have a stake in the coming Messiah. The prophecy adds a sober note: this Messiah will come in humility and go the way of suffering. Other prophets embrace Isaiah's vision.
Messianism undergoes a third overhaul after Babylonian exile and the monarchy's extinction. Without kings, can there be a Messiah? Biblical history has a big hole in it between the 5th and 1st centuries B.C. By the time of the gospels, it's clear that anyone still dreaming of a Messiah wants to see David's kingdom restored and a better world for Israel ensured. Jesus reaches back into prophecy, embracing the image of a suffering servant who saves much more than a precarious political situation. That's a Messiah few were waiting for, and perhaps few find attractive today.
Scripture: Genesis 49:9-12; 2 Samuel 7; Psalm 89:20-38; Isaiah 7:10-17; 9:1-6; 11:1-9; 52:13—53:12; Zechariah 9:9-10; Mark 8:27-30; Matthew 2:1-6; John 7:25-31, 40-52
Books: Bandits, Prophets, and Messiahs: Popular Movements at the Time of Jesus, by Richard Horsely with John Hanson (Harper & Row, 1985)
The Death of the Messiah, From Gethsemane to the Grave, by Raymond E. Brown (Yale University Press, 1998)
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Posted by: Alice L. Camille  Saturday 15, June 2019 Categories: Doctrines & Beliefs,Church History,Sacraments
The Easter duty is again viewed properly as a minimal requirement rather than a recommendation.
The Easter duty has seen some flux in church tradition. The Eucharistic Precept, as it's formally called in the list of Church Precepts, was conceived in the 6th century as a way to ensure that the Sacrament of Holy Communion wouldn't be neglected by the faithful. Early church councils enforced regional versions of the precept, which in one form mandated receiving communion three times annually: at Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost.
The Fourth Lateran Council (1215) reduced the mandate to once annually at Easter time, widening its application to the whole church. The Council of Trent and the Code of Canon Law restated this obligation. Ironically, the attempt to safeguard reception of the Eucharist by insisting on minimal participation had the opposite effect. Clergy preached on the evils of taking communion in a sinful state a little too effectively. Churchgoers developed a fear of receiving the Eucharist "unworthily." Many were convinced they could never be in the proper state of grace to merit the privilege. Add to that the phenomenon of what we might call "mortal-sin creep": in the hands of a number of confessors, venial sins got an automatic upgrade to fatal status.
It wasn't until the 20th-century arrival of Pope Pius X, "the pope of frequent communion," that Catholics returned to the sacrament more regularly. The Easter duty is again viewed properly as a minimal requirement rather than a recommendation.
What hasn't always been clear in the Easter duty is the definition of Easter. Technically Easter is not a day on the church calendar so much as an Octave (eight-days-long feast) contained within a seven-week celebration. The latest Code of Canon Law (1983) defines the fulfillment of the Easter duty to the time from Palm Sunday to Pentecost Sunday. This period, from Holy Week through the Easter Season, offers an eight-week window to meet the obligation.
However, in the United States, the Eucharistic Precept can be fulfilled from the First Sunday of Lent until Trinity Sunday. Lent adds an additional five weeks; the time from Pentecost to Trinity Sunday, another week. Altogether, this opens 14 weeks of the church year to fulfillment of the Easter duty.
Many Catholics are under the impression that the Easter duty also requires going to Confession. While receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation annually is certainly a good idea, it's not part of the requirement.
Scripture: Psalm 119 (In praise of precepts and instructions); Proverbs 1:2-7; 4:13; 8:33; 10:17; 23:23; Mark 14:22-24; Matthew 26:26-28; Luke 22:14-20; John 6:27, 34- 35, 48-59; Romans 15:4; 1 Corinthians 11:23-27; 14:26; 1 Timothy 1:5
Books: 101 Questions & Answers on the Eucharist, by Giles Dimock, OP (Paulist Press, 2006)
The General Councils: A History of the Twenty-One Church Councils from Nicaea to Vatican II, by Christopher Bellitto (Paulist Press, 2002)
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Posted by: Alice L. Camille  Saturday 15, June 2019 Categories: Doctrines & Beliefs,Scripture
Beatitudes are assurances that we're on the right track.
The simplest understanding of beatitudes is that they're a form of congratulations. If words were awards, beatitudes would be blue ribbons. Most people associate this term with THE Beatitudes, the famous blessing lines of Jesus—"blessed are the peacemakers," etc.—delivered at the Sermon on the Mount (in Matthew's gospel) or on the Plain (in Luke's account). But beatitudes are found in the Old Testament also, in psalms and wisdom writings. Apart from the sermons, other New Testament beatitudes appear in John's gospel, letters of James and Peter, and even the Book of Revelation.
To appreciate how beatitudes operate, we might compare them with commandments. The well-known Commandments in the Decalogue tell us bluntly which actions to take or evils to avoid. Commandments speak in imperatives ("Honor your father and mother") or issue orders ("You shall not kill"), and their sole justification is in the authority of the God who set them in stone. Only incidentally may commandments offer a rationale for keeping them. For example, we're told to honor our parents so that we may have a long life in the land up ahead. This stick-and carrot approach is not to be misread: promised land or not, the mandate to respect elders still stands.
By contrast, beatitudes are assurances that we're on the right track. They don't instruct so much as highlight the reward of certain behaviors. As Sirach extols the happiness of a husband with a good wife, he reminds us why it's great to choose the right mate: "A loyal wife brings joy to her husband, and he will finish his years in peace." Before we frown at the lack of reciprocity, please note that Ben Sira, author of these instructions, ran a boys' school and had no reason to describe the joy of wives who choose the right guy—not that many had the option. Beatitudes recall that keeping the Sabbath doesn't just make God happy; who doesn't want a day off?
The two most famous lists of beatitudes aren't identical. Matthew includes nine attitudes that lead to happiness: things like poverty of spirit, a hunger for justice, meekness. In contrast, Luke speaks of real poverty, actual hunger, public humiliation in his list of four blessings, and balances that list with four corresponding woes, or old-world curses. They warn us that choosing vice over virtue leads to misery on the far side of that decision.
Scripture: Exodus 20:1-17; Pss 1:1; 41:1-4; 65:5; 84:5; 106:3; 112:1; Sirach 25:8-9; 26:1; Isaiah 56:2; Matthew 5:3-12; Luke 6:20-26; John 13:17; James 1:12; 1 Peter 3:14; Revelation 16:15
Books: Blessings for Leaders: Leadership Wisdom from the Beatitudes, by Dan Ebener (Liturgical Press, 2012)
What's So Blessed About Being Poor? Seeking the Gospel in the Slums of Kenya, by L. Susan Slavin and Coralis Salvador (Orbis Books, 2012)
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How to start a computer business? That was the first search I did online early 2008 when I decided I wanted to look into starting my own computer business. I quickly found an overwhelming amount of information scattered across the web. I didn't know where to start and I couldn't find one resource that had all the information I was looking for.
That's why I started this website, Your Friendly Neighborhood Computer Guy. It chronicles my journey from the idea to start a computer business, to piecing together the different aspects of the business, running it part time, and eventually quitting my job to run the business full time.
With a good dose of tech savvy, a passion for helping people with computer problems, and this website, you'll be on the right track to learning how to start a computer business.
That being said, there are some things you'll want to consider before starting. I started this blog to chronicle the steps I took to get started in pc repair. Here are links to some of my best tips for how to start a computer repair business, based on my own experience.
Do you have what it takes to start a computer business? It's more than just fixing computers you know. It takes an entrepreneurial mind and people skills that many techs don't have. Read these posts, and then look in the mirror, to see if you have what it takes to be a successful computer business owner.
Once you're sure that you have what it takes to get started, it's good to get some experience before starting a business on your own.
Now that you're confident in your troubleshooting abilities and people skills, get your business started out on the right foot by setting a good foundation for your company.
Once you've gotten the groundwork laid, you'll need to decide what kind of business you're running.
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Asiana has a large supermarket in the St Ann's area and a smaller branch in the city centre. It's a great place for Chinese and Indian ingredients, particularly if you want to buy in bulk. There are good bargains on sacks of rice, pallets of coconut milk and huge jars of mango chutney. There are also a lot of weird and wonderful foodstuffs so it's a good place for more obscure ingredients such as galangal root (essential for a proper Thai curry).


The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) came into force on 25th May 2018 and are designed to give individuals more control over how their data are used and to ensure that organisations protect personal data better.
Although the Plymouth Astronomical Society (PAS) holds very little information about its members (member name, address, telephone number, email) it is nevertheless subject to the new regulations.
The Federation of Astronomical Societies (FAS) has produced a set of guidelines for the use of individual astronomy societies and the PAS Committee has met to consider how best to implement the new regulations.
In short, we propose to adopt a 'common sense' approach, as advocated by the FAS, and to continue to hold in a secure fashion the data we currently hold for each member. At any time a member can request to see, or to update, the information held and in any case will have the opportunity to do so each September when taking out or renewing membership.
Any data of a temporary nature, for example names of guests, will be destroyed at the earliest appropriate time.
If you wish to discuss the above, or the GDPR more generally, then please contact any committee member.


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After the total, rapid and aggressive disassembly of Auster Timbals new neighbourhood, he was quick on his two feet again; running for the gate as always. As the triangular drones increased in numbers, nothing pointed to a decline in the current rate of destruction. He saw it best to get of the godforsaken rock altogether; back in orbit then he could slow down and think, maybe decide on a heading.
Only 72 hours earlier he had been ready to put up the first down payment on a medium sized condominium on the 47th floor in the Braca district. The condo overlooked the suburban sprawl and beyond that the countless mining facilities reaching out into and beyond the strangely close horizon*. The place just felt right. He was about to settle down there. At least to a more permanent degree than his rolling stone lifestyle had permitted these past 35 years. He had even had his eyes on a meta-cat to keep him company, not only for the races' watchful and guard dog like nature.
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It Didn't All Start With Barack Obama
FJ Rocca June 27, 2014 4 Views
Richard Willard Armour, an American writer of humor and satire, wrote a parody history of the United States entitled It All Would Have Started With Columbus. He subtitled it A Merry Mangling of American History from Columbus to Nixon. In it, he recounted American history in the manner of the old "Fractured Fairy Tales" cartoons that used to appear on TV. He filled the book with many cockeyed interpretations of the events of history, giving them the twist of a kid whose understanding was skewed by a pervasive, even an invasive, sense of humor, as though the events themselves were far less important than their funny interpretation. Sometimes I think that what is happening today, if it weren't so dire and horrible, would actually fit Mr. Armour's style of narrative.
It won't of course, because we are in a seriously bad way today. However, a lot of people don't go deep enough in assigning blame for our desperate situation. Our tendency in the Right is to blame Obama for all our ills, but these ills have much deeper roots. I don't know whether I got all of them here, but I am going to try to give a rough outline of them as I see them.
Our present state of ruin didn't begin six years ago, although that is the period during which we have seen the most radical, rapid change. It really began in the early decades of the 20th Century, when the republican principles on which this country was founded were slowly stolen through corruptions in language that led to corruptions in concept and eventually in policy.
Teddy Roosevelt probably started it when he founded a third party to run against both Republicans and Democrats. He called it the Progressive Party and imbued it with principles of populism, which was nothing more than a kind of watered down Democratic Socialism. There was nothing progressive about it, because it did not lead our country forward, but loosed the moorings of our foundation through populist collectivism.
Wilson followed with his inane belief in one-world government and eternal pacifism at all cost. But he was forced to enter World War I, which would have ended earlier had the US entered in 1914 instead of 1917. In 1916, came the Jekyll Island conspiracy to take over the currency and banking of the US and establish, what J.P. Morgan referred to as "managed competition." This meant that true laissez fair capitalism, upon which the American economy was founded, was dead. They formed the Federal Reserve, a private corporation that now dictates all monetary and fiscal policy.
Next came Hoover, the first real RINO, defeated in 1932 by Roosevelt, the megalomaniac Democrat who reigned in the White House for 3 ½ terms. He took us off the gold standard and set the tone for the greedy politicians who followed, because he showed them how the public could be manipulated to gain power. He established the first major program of the dole, Social Security, which was not an investment trust as it should have been, but a slush fund that is regularly raided, thus perpetually broke. It may not be there in another 30 years!
In 1952, after a rank politician, Harry Truman, protected Communists in government because they belonged to the Democratic Party, we got Eisenhower, a sort-of conservative Republican, whose VP was Richard Nixon. Nixon was pelted with stones and garbage in South America, a signal of things to come. Eisenhower invited Marshall Zhukov, the premier general of our arch enemy the Communist USSR for a friendly visit to the White House.
Ike was followed by John F. Kennedy, a sort-of-conservative Democrat who ran to the right of Nixon on certain policies, but got us into war in Viet Nam. Contrary to common trends of worship, I felt no loss when Kennedy was assassinated, except that I disprove of public assassinations in general.
In Kennedy's wake came the biggest crook ever to sit in the White House, Lyndon Johnson, the racist, who used the "N" word with glee at every chance. He signed the 1964 Civil Rights legislation, but only did so to garner and ensure black votes. Johnson was recorded on a tape saying, "I'll have those niggers voting Democrat for the next 200 years." He created the cancer of welfare on the federal level, a cancer that has metastasized over the past 40 years among black women (called AFDC), creating legions of illegitimate children and generations of mothers on welfare who dishonestly drain the paychecks of working people.
Johnson was followed by the prototypical of the modern RINO, Richard Nixon, the would-be reincarnation of Roosevelt. Nixon ran to the left of Kennedy in 1960. That ought to have warned voters. Nixon expanded Johnson's destructive policies. He did so at the advice of a notorious drunken pontificator, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a Democrat who believed the US needed a privileged political class. If you don't believe me, ask his best friend George Will.
After that, it was a rapid slide to the left with dual imbeciles Ford and Carter, who may well have been the same person, except for their difference in height. We had a brief respite from leftism with Ronald Reagan, who brought us the return of Feudalism instead, creating a new American class of Billionaires.
After Reagan we were stuck with George H.W. Bush, a useless fool, but the only alternative to Michael Dukakis, a Carter clone. George H.W. Bush jumps out of an airplane every birthday, but he can't even get that right, because he always uses a parachute.
After him, came the profound indecency of the Clintons. Enough said.
Following them was inept, inarticulate clown, George W. Bush, who got us into dual wars we did not need, and spent us into a deficit that could only be topped by the present occupant of the White House, another indecent, imperious, disgraceful liar and his equally opprobrious wife. It was George W. Bush who opened the way for Barack Obama. Why Obama bashes him, I will never fathom. If it weren't for Bush, we might not have Obama.
But Obama didn't start this mess. He isn't very smart, just slick. I took many others to lay the ground work. Obama is just the end-game of destruction for our beloved, now almost lost, America.
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A major conference in Egypt later this month will discuss how to prevent the extinctions of species that are critical for food production, clean water, and carbon sequestration.
Delegates from 195 nations and the European Union will gather in Sharm el Sheikh to hammer out a framework for managing the world's ecosystems and wildlife. Campaigners have been frustrated that the subject has taken a backseat to other environmental concerns such as global warming.
"The loss of biodiversity is a silent killer," said Cristiana Pasca Palmer, executive secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in an interview with The Guardian. "It's different from climate change, where people feel the impact in everyday life. With biodiversity, it is not so clear but by the time you feel what is happening, it may be too late."
The world is already experiencing high rates of biodiversity loss from habitat destruction, chemical pollution, and invasive species. Projections say it will accelerate in the coming three decades because of climate change and growing human populations. Africa is expected to lose half of its birds and mammals, and Asian fisheries would completely collapse by the year 2050. Without those plants and sea creatures, the Earth's ability to absorb carbon will be greatly reduced, creating a vicious cycle.
"The numbers are staggering," said Pasca Palmer. "I hope we aren't the first species to document our own extinction."
After the conference in Egypt, nations will commence two years of frenetic negotiations, which Pasca Palmer hopes will result in an ambitious new global deal at the next conference in Beijing in 2020.


The list of retailers and consumer brands setting up their own storefronts on Amazon.com continues to grow. This is true, as a Reuters report points out, even as these companies remain wary of the e-tail giant's access to sales data and whether that may inform Amazon's initiatives to develop competitive private labels or other steps damaging to their businesses.
The news service highlights the experience of Chico's FAS on Amazon. In January, Chico's announced it would shutter 250 of its namesake banner's locations as well as its Soma and White House Black Market stores. At the same time, Chico's has been growing its business on Amazon to the point that it now has 2,300 items for sale.
Chico's announced last May that it was beginning to sell a selection of its brand clothing and accessories on Amazon, including its Zenergy athleisure, no-iron shirts and So Slimming pants. Reuters reports that Chico's current selection on Amazon is six-times what it started with last year. Amazon continues to handle fulfillment while Chico's maintains control of the marketing, pricing and promotions of its products on the site.
Nike is among the highest profile brands that have begun working with Amazon in an effort to grow consumer direct sales. Like others, the global sportswear brand, however, is not putting all its eggs in Amazon's basket. Nike is continuing to develop its own site to sell directly to consumers while engaging with other digital platforms, as well.
Amazon is not alone in focusing on building its third-party marketplace. Target recently launched Target+, a curated assortment of products from other brands and third-party sellers that complement its online selection. Walmart has also sought to broaden its digital reach with consumers through strategic acquisitions (Jet.com, Bonobos, Eloquii, ModCloth, Moosejaw, etc.), partnerships with retailers, including Advance Auto Parts and Lord & Taylor, and continued recruitment of third parties to sell on the walmart.com marketplace.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Are retailers and brands getting over their reluctance to sell on competitive marketplaces such as Amazon, Target and Walmart and, if so, why? What will this mean for the retailing industry over the next decade?
"To continue to grow their business brands need to go where their customers are."
"As long as Amazon is not a retailer's ONLY online channel it seems foolish not to have a presence – especially if one can maintain control of marketing and pricing."
"Retailers and consumer brands opening storefronts on Amazon is a simple recognition of where most customers start most online shopping."
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Amazon is a distribution channel, and increasingly retailers/brands are viewing it as such. For some retailers/brands, I believe there will always be a certain amount of trepidation with partnering with Amazon and the other major players. Over the long run, the increasing reliance on Amazon and others will likely create more homogeneity in the market as more and more of the things people want are available in the same places. At the same time, it will create real opportunities for the retailers/brands that choose to go their own way to stand out, Lululemon is a good example.
Let's face it: Amazon is the "new mall," at the same time that it drives a huge amount of its own retail business. It is becoming a storefront for one chain after another — like Chico's — as they find their physical footprint to be unsustainable in dozens of weak regional malls around the country.
The upside for chains like Chico's is that they have a bigger e-commerce audience than they can cultivate on their own — but at the cost of giving up some control to Amazon and facing more direct online competition.
Retailers and consumer brands opening storefronts on Amazon is a simple recognition of where most customers start most online shopping. Amazon is where the customer is hanging out. That is certainly worth a short-term test with a lot of learning yet to happen to determine long-term viability. Then it's a question of how to manage the assortments offered on Amazon to best protect the data that Amazon then has access to. If a brand skews its Amazon assortments to more basic, longer shelf life items, then Amazon won't learn what fashion is selling. The brand then also risks the customer quickly tiring of not being offered a treasure hunt experience, at least on Amazon. I still think it's worth trying. Explore and experiment. Learn. Retail is being reinvented. Participate in the evolution.
One of my top retail trajectories is "ubiquity is the new exclusivity" – that is, brands (including retailers) can no longer afford to limit their options or enter into agreements that curtail reach. Being many places is the only way to stay top-of-mind and online marketplaces are the logical large-scale move. Through marketplaces, retailers can monetize the digital platforms they've invested in so heavily and/or can pop their owned brands on others' marketplaces with relative impunity. However, if this marketplace madness continues, brands (again, retailers included) will risk over-exposure and retailers will stand for nothing as third-party marketplaces morph into opportunistic online bazaars. Some brand marketers are beginning to create brands specifically for marketplace distribution. That seems like a wise way to play the game for now.
The growth and reach of Amazon can't be ignored. Roughly half of U.S households are Prime members who spend more money and shop more frequently on Amazon than non-Prime members. To continue to grow their business brands need to go where their customers are. And right now customers are embracing free two-day shipping and other perks that come with shopping on Amazon.
Fellow panelist Mark Ryski pointed out that brands are increasingly viewing Amazon as a distribution channel. I'd take that one step further and say that brands are viewing Amazon as both a distribution and marketing channel that actually drives results in other channels too.
Showrooming. Shoppers are using their cell phones in-store to check out product information, pricing, and reviews as part of their consideration stage. Guess which website they're using to do this research? Amazon. If a brand's products are poorly represented there, they might lose sales in stores as well as online.
89 percent of shoppers prefer to shop on Amazon rather than other e-commerce sites, according to a recent Feedvisor study in March. Most shoppers simply trust Amazon more, or find it more convenient to shop there for many reasons (Prime, A-to-Z guarantee, saved payment and shipping details, etc).
Do they have a choice? For many of them Amazon is the largest retail platform available. How could they not at least try to create some commercial rapprochement with Amazon? As to the future, I guess it depends on whether or not Amazon finds it is more profitable to act as a platform, or digital mall; a retailer; or a hybrid, raking off profits from both options. I'm putting my money on Door Number Three.
I've participated in a lot of discussions with brands around their offerings on Amazon. Quite often, they expand on Amazon for political reasons — not because it's smart strategically.
It works this way: The VP sales needs "good news" to tell. So when retail sales are "only" a 2 percent to 5 percent increases, they love touting a 15 percent increase on Amazon. Except, they also never add in that the 15 percent is of a very tiny number. And that misleads many of the brands on Amazon into committing there.
Each brand needs to ask very hard questions about Amazon in order to avoid getting carried into a bad decision from hype and erroneous perceptions. Maybe it's a great idea. Maybe not. But clarity in knowing the real opportunity there is most critical — and I don't see companies with clarity about Amazon very often. Interestingly, those who do get clear also usually get skeptical.
As long as Amazon is not a retailer's ONLY online channel it seems foolish not to have a presence – especially if one can maintain control of marketing and pricing.
This is the wave of the future, PERIOD! Will anyone ever catch up with Amazon? Will anyone ever catch up with Walmart? Will Amazon and Walmart go head to head with bricks-clicks convergence? (Convergence doesn't mean pasting them on each other!) Will clicks ever move intelligently INSIDE bricks, or will techies continue to see pathetic hand-helds, or even kiosks, as their entry there?
This whole show has been moving forward for at least 20 years, and it seems like minds are stuck in the mud. Think the future, not the present and immediate past. Looking FAR into the past can provide helpful perspective on the future.
Since 50 percent of online product searches begin on Amazon.com, it is hard for retailers to ignore the potential missed opportunities of not offering their products on Amazon. While many have held out for many years, we are seeing many big brands buckle and they are now listing their product with the "frenemy" – Amazon. Some of these retailers are offering a subset of their product line on Amazon and keeping some of the more premium or sought after models/styles for their branded website.
Well, since almost 1/2 of all consumers go to Amazon's site for product searches FIRST, I'd say that brands are forced to join or die. You are definitely facing the risk of giving all of your customer and product data to them, but given that your competition is most likely also on their marketplace, it's the price you have to pay.
Nike's strategy for DTC is the best IMO: excellent direct ecom and apps, marketplace presence with AMZN and Jet, terrific stores and a fantastic social media presence. To me, they're looking at the writing on the wall and eliminating the middle man, slowly but surely. Their strategy is the way of the future and something for other specialty retailers and manufacturers to emulate.
Amazon is a marketplace and represents another centralized selling channel for both brands and retailers. With that said, Amazon offers the scale and reach that both legacy retailers and emerging brands could leverage as another channel to connect, interact and engage with digital first consumers.
By entering into the Amazon ecosystem. Retailers and brands will now have a fighting chance for the consumer's dollars, especially as Amazon has virtually become the starting point of any retail search request. Just as retailers struggled with setting up their ecommerce businesses, partnering with Amazon will take a crawl, walk, run approach. It's key for any retailer's or brand's vitality to have a presence there, but by all means, they need to have their own unique digital selling channels, as well as a customer experience obsessed physical store.
Do you agree that retailers and brands are getting over their reluctance to sell on competitive marketplaces such as Amazon, Target and Walmart?


I izz Grammar Nazzzi!! Arr!!!
This may be a tad rant-y. Sorry. But I hope it's maybe slightly funny as well.
Things that bug me about bad grammar is neither the occasional slip-up nor an honest mistake by someone communicating in an acquired language. No, it is when a native English speaker communicates in English, but is too lazy to either learn correct grammar, or to use correct grammar. When you try to argue with me using the old clichéd argument "Ugh, grammar is silly and unnecessary!", you are only strengthening my low opinion of you. When a person with all the advantages in the world tells me that "I can't be bothered to learn correct grammar", it grinds across my raw nerves. Why? Because grammar is neither silly nor unnecessary. If there were no language rules – grammar – any attempts at communication would be mutually incomprehensible. If your grammar is incorrect, you will not be taken seriously within any mature circles.
But actually I cannot care whether you will wonder for the rest of your life why nobody takes you seriously. Why I actually get angry about people who cannot be bothered to get even the basics of English grammar correct is because… GUESS WHAT?! I am not a native English speaker!!! So if I can go to such an amount of trouble with my grammar in my acquired language that I have reached the point where am I bothered by the mistakes native speakers make in their language, why can't you? Yes, you, you advantaged native English speaker who could have learnt English grammar with far less trouble than I had to through, if only you could be bothered.
Of course, I am human too, and I too make occasional mistakes in my grammar. But following below are a few basic grammar/spelling pointers, and I can guarantee you that I never make mistakes with these anymore. So, if you want to do me a favour, and you haven't yet thrown your hands up into the air screaming "Oh, get a life! Why do you make it your business to be nit-picky over my grammar?", learn the differences between these words. There is plenty of help for that on the internet – if your computer is too precious to leave and happens to be the reason why your language is suffering.
"your" = possessive. It is used as an indicator that something belongs to you or someone else.
"you're" = a contraction for "you are". If you are not sure, try fitting "you are" in its full version into the sentence. If it fits ! If it doesn't, you know you're wrong, and because you are not stupid you will then think whether your sentence has something possessive in it, and turn to "your" if so.
If all else fails, get a good grammar checker. Purr-lease?
This entry was posted on July 10, 2011 by Elana. It was filed under Cartoons and was tagged with cartoon, English, English language, grammar.
please suggest me few websites where i can learn english,also it is good to see that u finds time to write or reply ..ha ha.
Pretty, all hungry. Other are the at around; death. But, and you are, that is, if we are, or least, that is, you're but: we you are, that is, smart life. Even way all kind to something. Better; so or if kind.
You're so pretty, and if you're smart, that's even better; or that's the other way around; or at least that's if you're kind.
But, we all are kind to something.
People don't take it well that English is your second language and you're a grammar Nazi? That's silly. You obviously have a good enough grasp of the language to be one!
I think it's the egos that get hurt… 😛 Many first language speakers take it as an insult to be corrected by a "second-class speaker".
They should swallow their pride and say thank you!


I won the NASA-SE 2013 Santa's Toyrun championship race in the AIX class today. finished 2nd in points for the season. I want thank # Razors Edge Motorsports (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Razors-Edge-Motorsports/227549530628324?directed_target_id=0)and # Injected Engineering (https://www.facebook.com/InjectedRacing?directed_target_id=0) for their support this season.
CONGRATS!!!! I was hoping to come see you guys for the first run at RA next year but our first event of the year is the very next weekend.......hopefully one day!
Well done Joel; no doubt due in part to awesome cooling!
Nice work there buddy, onward and upward!
Started on the pole and led the field for 2/3 of the race with a decent lead over second. There was a double yellow . On the restart I was overtaken by a car in another class due to my inexperience restarting from the lead. Lesson learned. Ill try not to let that happen again . I still had a good lead on the next AIX car . I know how it feels to have out of class car hindering me. So I tried stay out of the way of the other racers in class battles. Cost me a few positions in the over all finish.
You've been doing this longer than I have but I'm finding it is SOOOOO different driving to stay in front vs driving the fastest lap time you can run.......and I'm not very good at it yet!


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Division of Youth & Family Services Investigations: In 2012, New Jersey's Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) was officially renamed the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P) as way to more precisely define the agency's core mission of providing safety, permanency, and well-being for New Jersey's most vulnerable children and families.
Just like its predecessor, DCP&P is the state agency responsible for investigating reports of child abuse or neglect and managing cases in which evidence is found that substantiates abuse or neglect. Currently, DCP&P oversees 7,100 children in foster care and supervises case management of almost 25,000 families suspected or found to have mistreated their children, according to recent state data.
If Your Child is the Subject of a DCP&P Investigation
In the event you are contacted by a DCP&P case worker as the result of a report of child abuse or neglect, it is important to understand the investigative process, as well as your legal rights and responsibilities as a parent.
After an initial investigation by a case worker, a report of child abuse or neglect is determined to be either "unfounded" or "substantiated." No further action is required on unfounded reports, but in the case of a substantiated report, understanding the next steps involved, including the possibility of formal court proceedings, is critical. Wherever you are in this process, we encourage you to learn as much as you can about the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P).
Superior Court and the Division of Child Protection and Permanency
If DCP&P (formerly DYFS) has initiated an action in Superior Court against you based on a claim that you abused or neglected a child, attorney representation is paramount. For an overview of the steps involved in a court case initiated by DCP&P, see How the Superior Court Process Works in a Division of Child Protection and Permanency Case in New Jersey.
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DCP&P also provides access to a variety of services for families undergoing case management. Services may be provided by other state agencies or through community partners. These services may include:
– Parenting classes, family counseling, child care and other therapeutic services
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Pro Arte Centre is full of energized young people, ready to take on their next dancing and educational challenge. We are in the middle of our July intensive training weeks and the progress has been astonishing. This summer, the intensive classes are averaging 70 students per week divided between our 4 levels.
14 Students completed PE and Planning 10 with Pro Merita.
12 Students were entered for the summer RAD major examination session.
We are especially pleased to advise that Alisha Ahmadi and Chloe Campbell completed Advanced II RAD.
Grade 11 and 12 students are gaining volunteer hours at Pro Arte during the summer months, which fulfills Pro Arte Centre's commitment to helping our students achieve their requirements for B.C.'s GradTransitions. This includes costume management, stock taking and organizational duties.
Pro Arte Centre is a community that fosters the educational and artistic goals of aspiring students The teachers have been encouraged by the professionalism and dedication of the students attending the summer intensives.
Teachers involved in the July summer intensives: Anita Gillies, Chris Chen,Tania Brossoit, Jenny Yu, Beverly Bagg, Susie Higgins, Dana Musil, Jaime Hawke, Alicia Bruce, Stephana Arnold, Astrid Sherman and Melanie Dance.
Stay tuned for our August update!
Astrid Sherman (Ms Astrid) is pleased to congratulate Brittany Rogers, North Shore Flicka gymnast, on her selection to the Canadian Olympic team. Ms. Astrid was privileged to work with Brittany on her floor routine and was amazed by her tenacity and determination in representing our great country of Canada. The Pro Arte family will be applauding Brittany and her coach, David Kenwright as they take their place amongst Canada's champions.
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Back in high school, every athlete wanted to earn varsity letters, play on the big stage, and become a school sports legend. One way in which you knew that guy walking down the stairs was a jock was that he wore the classic letter jacket. You remember, the jacket that buttons in the front, reminds you of the one's the guys wore in Remember the Titans. Well, a lot of the allure of those jackets was that they symbolized being a part of the time. It was a way to separate those varsity athletes from those who were not. Also, the jackets created more camaraderie, something every team needs.
The Houston Texans are going back to high school. No, this isn't a Black Griffin Kia Optima commercial, but the Texans are using a similar premise. In this case, the entire team, coaches included, got personalized high school-style leather varsity jackets. Each on has the player's number and position stitched onto the right arm, with the Texans logo on the front left part of the jacket. The jackets are button up, and not created by Nike, the official apparel sponsor of the NFL.
Authentically Speaking Trivia Time: What is the name of the Houston Astros new mascot? Answer to come tomorrow.
Wednesday's answer: The team will James M. Shuart Stadium, on the campus of Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, which was home to the original Cosmos club during the 1972 and 1973 seasons..


They're ba-ack! After a decidedly suspenseful Season 4 finale that sparked more questions than it answered, Pretty Little Liars returns tonight for its fifth season. And while we are absolutely itching to tune in and see what Alison, Aria, Emily, Hanna, and Spencer are up to (and if they're any closer to discovering who "A" is), we're just as eager to find out what they will wear. PLL has long been a show that's known for both its cliff hangers and its fashion. We caught up with Mandi Line (below), the costume designer responsible for the girls' amazing outfits, for the inside scoop on their clothes (as well as details on her new summer collection for Aéropostale).
Can we expect any big changes in terms of style this season?I would say keep your eye on Hanna (Ashley Benson). She's coming to the dark side. We have Alison, the queen bee, back, so Hanna is questioning her identity. Who is she now that Alison is back? I think it's cool how the clothes have that backstory.
How would you say the girls' style has evolved?I think it's really cool that Aria (Lucy Hale) is very true to her uniqueness. You never know what to expect, it's not that she's got all one style—one day she's boho, one day she's punk rock, one day she's latino gangster. I just do kind of whatever mood I'm in, so that's really cool about Aria. Spencer (Troian Bellisario) is getting a little more lax on her preppyness, a little more chic, a little more sophisticated. She's got a little edge to her too. Emily (Shay Mitchell) we've seen from her earlier seasons was always concerned with pleasing her parents. She was very conservative and very sporty. And now, she's hip-hop, she's got this rocker edge sometimes. I think it's cool the risks she takes. Her arc has been the biggest on this show. She's just being able to express her openness in all areas of her life, and in her fashion it definitely shows. I think it's cool because the fans have responded to Emily so much, they'll say, "I didn't know who I was, I came out, and I think Emily's style has really helped me be comfortable with who I am." I love that. And Hanna obviously has taken a turn.
Where do you draw your inspiration from when choosing the outfits?[PLL creator] Marlene King allows me to live out my fantasies from high school. All the things I never got to do, every girl I wanted to be and was never able to for financial reasons or accessibility reasons, I get to play them out on my four, now five, little dolls every season. But the script really dictates what I can do. We always say school is a little more fancy. The script and the days and the action really dictates what happens.
Do you prefer dressing them for school or more casual scenes?I just want to have them on the red carpet 24/7 at Rosewood High School! If I could have it my way they would all be in heels and 10 pounds of accessories and 35 patterns, with dreadlocks, braids, and different colored hair.
Are there any scenes you don't like styling?Yes! I hate breakups. Every time they're going through a breakup they're in sweats and T-shirts. I hate it.
Who is your favorite character to style?I used to say Aria, but I am obsessed with dressing flashback Mona. She's like a school teacher from 1976. Her clothes are awesome.
How is your new collection for Aéropostale different from the last?When I started with Aéropostale, it was a lot of taking their own stuff and me tweaking it, and now for summer, back to school, and fall, it's a lot more me. We had enough prep time for production to be able to look at it and start from fabrics, start from cuts and silhouettes, and not just from the garments they have. So that's kind of cool because you're going to get ultra-Aria, ultra-Hanna.
Do you have a favorite piece from the collection?I really love Hanna's summer girly, girly, girly dress (above, right) because you can pair it with leggings, pair it with combat boots, pair it with heels, pair it with a leather jacket, pair it with a jean jacket. Even though it's girly, I think it's really fun to edge up the ultra girly piece.
Shop the new Pretty Little Liars collection for Aéropostale here, and tune in tonight at 8 p.m. ET to catch all the Season 5 action!


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Severe Thunderstorm Moves Over Mass., Bringing Drenching Rain, Lightning and More
The remnants of once Hurricane Barry are moving through this afternoon and this evening
By Chris Gloninger, Michael Page and Asher Klein	• Published at 1:18 pm on July 17, 2019
Heat and humidity fueled storms this afternoon. Storms quickly became severe with damage reports starting around 2:30 PM. Some towns were hit by multiple rounds of thunderstorms. Thunderstorms packed winds of 60 MPH (with higher gusts in areas like Holliston) and very heavy rain with widespread 2" amounts.
Residents in Newton went hours without water after the storm slowed repairs on a water main break. Crews shut down parts of Needham Street as they worked to fix the broken water main.
Flooding on the Quincy coast closed Quincy Shore Drive at Bay State Road, according to Massachusetts State Police.
Downpours and storms are part of the forecast for Thursday as well as Wednesday, followed by a major blast of heat in time for the weekend.
Severe thunderstorm warnings were first issued in Massachusetts at 2 p.m. for parts of Worcester, Hampshire, Franklin and Berkshire counties, and later expanded east. Severe thunderstorm watches are in effect through 10 p.m. for the rest of the state.
A tornado warning was briefly issued for parts of Berkshire County and a nearby part of New York state.
The storms were fueled by the remnants of once Hurricane Barry as they moved through Wednesday afternoon and evening, bringing pockets of heavy rain and thunderstorms.
The downpours will be around on Thursday too, particularly in southern New England. Temperatures will be held in check, mainly reaching the 70s. In northern New England expect mostly dry and brighter conditions.
Friday the humidity is still in place, and temperatures pop close to 90 again. There may be an isolated storm in far northern New England, but most spots will be dry.
We do it all over again on Saturday, but it's actually even hotter. Highs will be well into the 90s and even around 100. Boston hasn't hit 100 since 2011, for perspective. When you combine the heat and humidity, it will feel like 100-110.
Overnight won't offer much relief, with nighttime temperatures in the 70s to near 80.
It stays warm and soupy on Sunday, with another day around 90 making the stretch a heat wave in some communities. Expect a few thunderstorms on Sunday, especially north and west of Boston.
Next week brings drier weather, and temperatures much closer to normal in the low 80s.


Decorating sugar skulls for the Day of the Dead.
National Arts Honors Society was created to give a safe and supportive space for students who appreciate and participate in the arts. National Arts Honors Society allows these students to work together to support each other and their community through the arts.
Last year's highlights include the collaboration with the Living Arts and Science Center for the Day of the Dead festival and a mural at the UK Family Care Center for their nursery. Their aim is to organize and create art to allow students to express themselves, but also reach out to the school community and community at large.
Ms. Detraz is the main sponsor of National Arts Honors Society and Mr. Page is her co-sponsor. Meetings are held in room 243 (Ms. Detraz's room) and Mr. Page helps to organize bigger events. They meet every Wednesday from 3:30-5:00 pm.
The National Arts Honors Society is currently working on a winter display for the library. This coming January the National Arts Honors Society will be preparing for their Valentine's fundraiser, preparing kits for the UK children's hospital for children to create their own Valentine's Cards, and planning on a composition for an in-school mural.


Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Egyptian Doctor, Apr 5, 2011.
What are your predictions for this stage in the Europe champions league ?
Should be a tough game for United today, they dont have a great record for games in Germany.


Enjoy! and, be sure to check out the design team's work HERE!
of course, with these colors, how could you not do Christmas?!!!
A fairly simple card-- we made this one at my Christmas Card Class in November. Seemed to be most of the attendees' favorite!!
Cut random triangles or shapes from as many different sheet patters of DSP as you want to use and create a mosaic by piecing them together like a puzzle (it's ok if the edges are not perfect) and adhering to a scrap piece of any card stock color that is about 5-1/2" x 4-1/4".
Wouldn't this look beautiful on your Thanksgiving table? Or your mantle? Or anywhere really!!!
Cut out 5-6 leaves in different colors using Big Shot and Autumn Accents Bigz Die. Emboss leaves using Woodgrain and Arrows folders. Spritz leaves with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz and allow to dry.
Adhere burlap ribbon to Designer Series Paper strip using Sticky Strip. Add two velcro dots at the end to create "wrap" around your candle, with matching velcro dots on the other end.
Color watercolor background image using Mossy Meadow, Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze Stampin' Write markers and stamp onto Vanilla card stock. Stamp "Give Thanks" words on top using Early Espresso ink. Punch out words with Note Tag Punch and 1/8" hole punch. Add linen thread bow.
Adhere leaves to the front of the candle wrap using Stampin' Dimensionals. Make sure to only adhere leaves to the wrap, NOT to the candle, so you can unwrap the fall design and replace with a Christmas wrap! HINT: You can put the ends on the front of the candle if you remember to adhere all the leaves to one side of the wrap, so you can cover the ends, yet still remove it.
Stamp the house with black ink onto the Flashback DSP, Stamp again with Black ink onto small Cherry Cobbler Piece. Die cut both pieces using the House Die. From the Cherry Cobbler house, cut the roof and the door and adhere onto the DSP house. TIP: I cut the end of the chimney from the DSP house and glued it onto the cherry cobbler roof to give it more of a layered dimension). Place a medium size pearl at the door knob.
Stamp the trees from Lovely As A Tree onto the 4 ½" x 3 ¼" Very Vanilla cardstock with Soft Suede ink.
Using the leaf framelet, die cut 2 leaves in each of soft suede and crushed curry. Adhere these back to back with each other catching the end of the linen thread in between the layers.
Good morning! and, Happy Veteran's Day! We owe so much to all of our veterans--those who have served and those who are serving now. They do so much and ask so little. THANK YOU!!!
Check out the other design team's work HERE.


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Mary Jane Coggeshall
Lived: January 17, 1836—December 22, 1911 (aged 75)
Career: Charter Member, Iowa Woman Suffrage Association, 1870-1891, 1903-1905
President, Iowa Woman Suffrage Association, 1890-1891
Board of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1885
Iowa Hall of Fame Inductee, 1990
Website: https://humanrights.iowa.gov/mary-jane-coggeshall
Mary Jane Coggeshall (January 17, 1836 - December 22, 1911) of Des Moines, Iowa, was known as "the mother of woman suffrage in Iowa."
Coggeshall was born in Indiana and moved to Des Moines in 1865 with her husband and children. In 1870, she was a charter member of both the Polk County Woman Suffrage Society and the Iowa Women Suffrage Association. She served as the IWSA president in 1890, 1891 and 1903-1905, and then as honorary president from 1905-1911. She also served as president of the Des Moines Equal Suffrage Club in 1898.
Coggeshall was the first editor of the IWSA's newspaper, the Women's Standard, from 1886-1888, and returned as editor in 1911. She was a continuing contributor to the Women's Standard, as well as to state and national newspapers. She was a frequent spokeswoman for women's suffrage, addressing the Iowa House and Senate committees and many woman suffrage meetings.
Of the early Iowa suffragists, Coggeshall was one of the few active on the national level. In 1895, she was elected to the board of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), the first woman from west of the Mississippi River to join the NAWSA board. She was also elected as the second auditor of NAWSA in 1902, and spoke at the NAWSA national convention in 1904 and 1907.
Coggeshall marched in America's third-ever women's suffrage parade, which took place in Boone, Iowa, in 1908. Also in 1908, she brought a lawsuit against the city of Des Moines after women were denied ballots during a city bond election, a form of election in which it had been legal for women to vote by state law since 1894. The Iowa Supreme Court held that the election was void because women, as a class, were barred from voting.
In addition to her work for women's suffrage, Coggeshall sat on the board of directors for the Home for the Aged and the Humane Society in Des Moines, and was a member of the Professional Women's League, the Monday Club, the Chauncey Depew Club and the Playground Association.
Coggeshall was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame in 1990.
Then and Now - National American Woman Suffrage Association Convention - Feb. 18, 1907
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association Convention - Sept. 25, 1906
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association Convention – Nov. 9, 1905
Speech in Portland, Oregon - 1905
Political Advancement of Women – 1905
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association Convention - Oct. 6, 1903
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association Convention - Nov. 18, 1896
Suffrage Club: "Men Tramps vs. Women Tramps" - c. 1894
For What Purpose Do We Live? - c. 1894
Speech before the Equality Club of Eagle Grove - c. 1893
What Has Our Society Done for the Franchise - 1892
Social Purity - c. 1886
The White Cross and Women's Purity - c. 1886
Poor Stupid Uncle Sam - undated
Mothers Duties and Privileges - undated
Is Philanthropy a Science or a Fad - undated


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Nobel laureate and novelist Orhan Pamuk to present Arts and Letters Signature Lecture at MSU
Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk will present the College of Arts and Letters Signature Lecture on Monday, Oct. 1, as part of a series of events celebrating MSU's Year of Arts and Culture. He will speak at 7:30 p.m. in the Pasant Theatre, Wharton Center for Performing Arts.
Tickets are $20 (free to MSU faculty, staff and students with ID at box office only, limit two); call 1 (800) WHARTON or visit www.whartoncenter.com
Pamuk is one of the most prominent novelists at work in the world today, acclaimed on all sides as a humane writer of unique vision. Among his many highly regarded works are The White Castle (1991), The Black Book (1994), The New Life (1997), My Name is Red (2001), Snow (2004) and Istanbul: Memories and the City (2005). In announcing his selection as winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2006, the Swedish Academy praised Pamuk, "who, in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures."
His work has been translated into dozens of languages and he has received numerous prestigious international prizes, including the Nobel Prize in Literature (2006), Le Prix Méditerranée étranger (2006), the Prix Médicis étranger (2005), the Ricarda-Huch Prize (2005) and honorary membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is currently a professor of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.
"We selected Mr. Pamuk for our signature event for the MSU Year of Arts and Culture because he exemplifies the college's focus on arts and humanities in a global context," said Karin Wurst, dean of the College of Arts and Letters. "His artistic negotiation between East and West, between different cultures, and between historical and contemporary concerns exemplifies the special place the arts and culture occupy in contemporary life. His life and work mirror the university's commitment to global engagement and its particular interest in Turkey as a key site for challenging yet important interactions between Islam and the West."
Pamuk's speech at MSU is expected to touch on some of the issues raised during his Nobel lecture, in which he noted that "what literature needs most to tell and investigate today are humanity's basic fears: the fear of being left outside, and the fear of counting for nothing, and the feelings of worthlessness that come with such fears; the collective humiliations, vulnerabilities, slights, grievances, sensitivities, and imagined insults and the nationalist boasts and inflations that are their next of kind."
Kris Tetens
E-mail: tetenskr@msu.edu