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This article is about 'the narrow gauge engine'. You may be looking for 'the standard gauge engine or the Story Library book'.
Number 2 (No. 2), nicknamed Stanley (after politician Stanley Baldwin), was an American narrow gauge pannier-tank engine who originally worked on the Mid Sodor Railway up until he was turned into a pumping engine.
Stanley was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works sometime around 1917, and apparently worked in the United States before arriving on Sodor. Following the end of the First World War, Stanley was bought secondhand as army surplus by the Mid Sodor Railway and was re-gauged.
However, Stanley proved to be a bad bargain. As he had not been re-gauged properly, Stanley was prone to riding roughly along the track and often derailed, though he believed this was no big deal. Repeated attempts to cure this habit failed, and Stanley was stripped of his wheels and became a pumping engine behind the engine sheds at Arlesdale.
Duke later lectured Stuart and Falcon about Stanley's downfall and they became "unusually good for several days".
Stanley was later relocated to Cas-ny-Hawin to pump out water from the mines, but by December 1946 he was becoming worn-out and broke down, causing the mines to flood. With no reason to stay open, the Mid Sodor Railway was closed and Stanley was scrapped.
Stanley was arrogant and careless and refused to listen to advice. This carelessness eventually led to him being converted into a pumping engine.
Stanley is based on a Baldwin Class 10-12-D 4-6-0 pannier tank engine, built at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for service in the First World War. They were sent to the United Kingdom and the British War Office chose them to be the principal military steam locomotive for the trench railways. However, they were rough riders and had the tendency to derail. After the war ended in 1918, various railways, such as the Welsh Highland and the Snailbeach District Railway acquired them as surplus. Five of these engines are known to be preserved. Stanley had been re-gauged from 1ft 11 5/8in to 2ft 3in. As of today, none of the class still reside in the United States, and the ones preserved still reside in the UK.
Stanley's second appearance, in the back of the shed in "Bulldog", creates a continuity error. According to "Granpuff", Stuart and Falcon did not know about Stanley, implying Stanley's arrival and likely scrapping occurred before their arrival. However, Stanley is seen in the same shed as Falcon, meaning Falcon would have known about Stanley and what happened to him. Also, it has been confirmed that Falcon was built and came to the railway before Stanley, while Stuart was built and came to the railway before Stanley was turned into a pumping engine.
Stanley was the first and only engine of an American class in the Railway Series.
In the illustration of Stanley as a pumping engine, he is incorrectly depicted as a saddle tank and only having one dome. However, it's possible he was given a saddle tank as part of the conversion to a pumping engine, and as he would remain stationary, his sand dome was no longer needed.
According to Rev. W. Awdry in The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways, Stanley was never officially named Stanley as it was only his nickname. He is regularly referred to by his number (No.2).
In the illustration of Stanley as a pumping engine, he is seen with a cigarette in his mouth.
“No. 2", said Duke. "Was American and very cocky. He rode roughly and often came off the rails. I warned him to be careful!"
"Listen, bud!", he drawled. "In the States, we don't care a dime for a few spills!"
"We do here! I said, but he just laughed. But he didn't laugh when the Manager said he was going to take away his wheels and said he was going to make him useful at last."
"W-w-why? What did he do?!"
"He turned him into a pumping engine, that's what! He's still there behind our shed." | 2019-04-23T15:59:39Z | https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Stanley_(narrow_gauge) |
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Hey everybody. So in case you haven’t heard there’s a new kid on the block for fire and EMS training in the conference setting. Go>Forward Fire and Leadership Training is hosting their inaugural training conferences coming up later this year. If Go>Forward looks familiar it’s because it is to many of you. Go>Forward Fire Training is a division of G0>Forward Media which created FireEMSBlogs.com web-world, JEMS magazine’s web-world and Law Officer magazine’s web-world. They also own and operate Fire-Rescue magazine and its website. Many of the blogs you and I visit on a regular basis are a part of the Fire EMS Blogs community and of course many of you are familiar with their print-work from the magazines.
So, Go>Forward branched out and partnered with Firefighternation.com and FireEMSBlogs.com to really trying to revolutionize the way a conference style learning experience happens. They are not trying to copy or out-do FDIC, Fire-Rescue International, Fire House Expo or any of our other trade conferences. They are trying to take training at these conferences in a whole new direction. You know how it goes. You register for one of the big trade shows and pay a fairly sizable fee. Then you have to try and find an available hotel room, again at an inflated cost. Then you have to try and get into the classes you want. When you do get into a class you may be one of several hundred in the room or at the hands-on and your learning experience may be less than optimal. Go>Forward is looking to change all that. They are looking for a smaller, more affordable, more intimate venue with smaller class sizes for both lecture and hands-on. More one-on-one instructor-student time and interaction and the development of a relationship between the two that hopefully lasts well after the conference has ended. It is going to be dynamic, exciting, informative and hopefully groundbreaking.
So why the big plug? Well, here’s where the big announcement comes in. Go>Forward has asked Hallway Sledge himself to be a presenter at the very first conference that is to be held October 21 – 23 in St. Charles, Missouri at the AmeriStar Hotel, Resort and Casino. Check out the announcement on Go>Forward’s event page here. The conference has been appropriately named the Gateway Midwest Fire & Leadership Conference and will feature some of the top names in our industry such as Alan Brunacini, Tim Sendelbach and Brotherhood Instructors. Oh, yeah and my name will be on there too. I know what you just did. You did the, “Oh snap!” head thing and said, “What did you say Sledge? Your name?” Yup folks, the veil of secrecy is going to come off. If you attend the conference you can say you were among the first to find out who Hallway Sledge really is! This will more than likely result in some changes to the website, but that’s ok. I really don’t mind at this point.
‘Ole Sledge is going to be making a presentation entitled, “Selling Out to the Fire Service,” which will examine doing exactly that. Selling yourself out to our beloved job and committing fully to it. I have designed this class to be applicable to everyone from the Explorer or Junior firefighter to the 25+ year vet to the Chief himself. It will examine why we all got into this line or work, why we should have gotten into this line of work, respect for the job, ourselves and our peers as well as those we serve. I will hopefully be able to ignite some fire in our younger members and maybe re-ignite the spark in some of us that have been around the block a time or two. Don’t worry. It won’t be death by PowerPoint or anything. I’m hoping to make it an interesting lecture with stories, true examples and analogies and maybe even some class participation. The great thing about the way Go>Forward has designed the conference is that once I give my witty last line of the presentation I’m not going anywhere. They have built-in a 2 hour block of time for the presenter and the students to hang-out, chat, meet each other, network and ask questions and hopefully learn from each other. I’m excited. I hope to finally meet some of you and to learn from you as well. I really think it is going to be not only worthwhile but a great time as well.
So, go check out Go>Forward’s event page, sign up for the conference and we’ll see you there!
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St. PETERSBURG — Russia and China do not build any military-political blocs or seek „friendship against someone“, President Vladimir Putin said Friday.
„China and Russia are not creating any military blocs or alliances against anybody…We are in the process of building an alliance to safeguard our national interests,“ Putin said.
Speaking to a plenary meeting at the ongoing Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum here, Putin said it is „natural“ for Russia to cooperate with its neighboring countries, in particular China.
„Chinese economy grows with a pace of seven percent, the highest rate in the world,“ Putin said, adding that the whole world is looking for possibilities to develop relations with Asian countries like China.
He pointed out that the two countries share and „jointly and efficiently“ defend „certain values“ in the international arena, while mutual equality is respected when solving international key issues. | 2019-04-19T10:49:13Z | https://geab.eu/de/russia-china-do-not-form-blocs-against-anyone-putin/ |
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In Year 2 we are learning about the different ways that the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) showed kindness to animals. We learnt that Prophet Muhammad was considered a great leader to many people and that he is very special to Muslims. We learnt that people tell stories about him to demonstrate his good character and to set an example for others to follow.
We watched two stories about Prophet Muhammad's treatment of animals (pbuh); Prophet Muhammad and the Ants & Prophet Muhammad and the Crying Camel. We then wrote about how each story demonstrated Prophet Muhammad's love and kindness for animals. | 2019-04-24T06:50:16Z | http://www.williamdavis.org.uk/year-2-news-blog/religious-education |
I’ve never been good at crafts. Drawing, coloring, glueing stuff. Na-ah, wasn’t my cup of tea, still isn’t. So I let the new trend of coloring books for adults pass me by… until my friends Katie and Geoff published one.
“Travel Between the Lines” is a collection of travel scenes taken straight out of the couple’s travels. After having been on the road for over two years, they wanted to share some of their favorite destinations in a creative and engaging way. This coloring book for adults is the result.
It has a content table so you can skip to your favorite place, as well as an index with a bit of information about when Katie and Geoff visited each of these places that you can now color in.
I think it’s such a cool idea and, in fact, it was the first time I really felt like giving this whole coloring thing a go. And so I did. I discovered that I still find it hard to color between the lines – literally – but to my surprise it was also kind of addictive. As I saw how the illustrations kept looking better as I was coloring them (yes, honestly), I just wanted to keep on coloring. On top of that, the coloring forced me to slow down for a while. No ten tabs open. Just one page and a box of crayons.
I guess sometimes, that’s all you need.
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So, how did a young fan of Reggie Jackson, the Year of the Comeback, Bucky Dent, Ron Guidry, and Thurman Munson, a woman who still counts among one of the best days of her life witnessing Dave Righetti’s Fourth of July No-Hitter live at Yankee Stadium, lose her faith in the late ’80s, forget the sport of baseball entirely, and then find it again in 1999?
Let’s turn the clock back to the 1970s first. There I am, a young tomboy growing up in suburban New Jersey. I have to credit my Dad with getting me hooked on baseball, though I never got hooked on any of the other sports he liked to watch on tv (golf, tennis, football…). Perhaps this is because although we watched a lot of ABC’s Wide World of Sports (remember back when that was pretty much all there was?), the only sport we went to witness live and in the flesh was baseball, and the place we went was Yankee Stadium.
As a kid, I was very concerned with history and fame. How did famous people get remembered? I had this notion that I wanted to be famous someday, or at least remembered for something. I remember going to Yankee Stadium when I was about 9 or 10 years old and thinking, wow, history gets made here every day. Pretty mind-blowing for a ten year old.
There’s also no doubt about it that a lot of the bonding that went on between me and my Dad happened while we were sharing a scorecard at the ballpark, or stuffed into the same armchair at home watching the games. (We were skinny back then.) He’d tickle me during the commercials. At the ballpark, we’d take turns keeping score. I still keep my scorecard the way I learned back then–it’s a little less fancy than the mini-diamonds they have now. But, let’s not skip ahead.
When I was eleven years old, I was at 4-H camp when Thurman Munson died in a plane crash. My parents were really worried I’d be devastated, and were fretting over how to tell me when I got back to the real world. But as it turned out, I had already found out. One kid at camp had twisted his ankle or something and gone to the emergency room, and while at the hospital had seen the news report. With a whole staff of counselors on hand they announced the sad news in the dining hall that night. When I got home, I made a little shrine on my closet door, with a poster of Munson, and fifteen pictures of him I cut out from the newspaper in the weeks following his death. Fifteen because that was his uniform number.
For either my 13th or my 14th birthday party I made my parents take not only me to the park, but all my friends, as well. Our family tradition was to pick up a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken on the way, because at Yankee Stadium you can bring in your own food (as long as you don’t bring cans or bottles). Two carloads of teenage girls, plus my parents and brother–how could we not have a good time? You know, I don’t even remember who they played or if they won. I suppose in my childhood memories, they always won, even though I know they didn’t.
I remember sitting behind home plate once. My father and my grandfather and I had gone to the ballpark, just the three of us, and bought our tickets at the gate. Those seats must have been held in reserve for press or players’ friends, and were released before the game when they went unused. That was the night I learned what grand slam was. Bobby Murcer came in to pinch hit with the bases loaded, and hit one out. I remember everyone around us jumping up and down and screaming. I was too short to actually see Murcer cross the plate what with all the adults around me standing up. But I guess you never forget your first grand slam.
And of course there was that incredible Fourth of July, thanks to Dave Righetti. It was already an incredibly exciting day for me and my brother (his name’s Julian, by the way), because Chuck Mangione, who we thought was the coolest for some reason, played the national anthem, and then paratroopers came flying down into the stadium on parachutes with smoke shooting out of their shoes. Cool. Then comes young, good-looking, Dave Righetti to the mound. The opponents were the Red Sox, who we had been indoctrinated to loathe by other fans (“Boston sux! Boston sux!”) so tension was high. Righetti was pitching perfectly, and after the first couple of innings the words “perfect game” were on everybody’s lips.
OK, then at some point someone got walked. I can’t remember who, but I’m sure if I wanted to I could find a scorecard of the game somewhere on the web or in a stats book. So then “no-hitter” became the watchword.
It was the most exciting game I’ve ever seen, and all because almost nothing happened!
The tension and suspense was almost too much to stand. By the eighth inning, the two strike claps were becoming one-strike claps. (They tell me two-strike clap–the audience making rhythmic claps on two strikes hoping for a strikeout, which started with Ron Guidry in Yankee Stadium– has spread to some other ballparks as well.) The audience was going crazy and yet also subdued, holding our breath, not wanting to blow it for the young pitcher.
And he didn’t blow it. He did it! And so me and my family were witnesses to history in Yankee Stadium. After the game we waited outside the clubhouse with the media, tv cameras, etc… and a lot of screaming fans. We waved to Dave Righetti as he departed the park. We were a little disappointed that you couldn’t see us in the newscast that night, but so what? As if that wasn’t great enough, from there we went to the East River to see the awesome fireworks, and then to Chinatown for a dinner that, as Arlo Guthrie says, couldn’t be beat.
With memories and formative experiences like that, how could I leave the Yankees and baseball fandom behind?
Find out more in tomorrow’s entry.
This was written by Cecilia Tan. Posted on Sunday, November 2, 2008, at 11:53 am. Filed under Baseball Fans and Fandom, Baseball Musings, Yankee Fan Memories. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback. | 2019-04-25T16:01:19Z | http://www.whyilikebaseball.com/2008/11/born-again-in-baseball-rookie/ |
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In add-on to the 20-horsepower bump, the package is rounded off by a Mountune badge and key diamond ring. In consideration to performance, incorporating 20 horsepower on top of the bone-stock output shaves off .7 seconds from the vehicle’s zero-to-60 time thanks to an additional 50 Nm of torque. Velocity from 31 to 62 mph (50 to 100 km/h) is also halved, but that is not all there is to the m460D. With respect to Mountune, the upgrades in true-world performance do not have an effect on the DPF regen method. David Moore also covers a “smoother, easier, and usually much more enjoyable to drive” Focus ST, and who could say no to that?
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He (and Stoneman) is currently playing for Durham against Surrey, a match for which Surrey have omitted Steve Davies (and Harinath) to accommodate the returning Roy & Ansari after international duty and injury respectively. It's a dead rubber for Surrey but they appear to have fielded their strongest four day side ahead of Saturday's cup final, which makes me wonder whether Davies has made up his mind to go to Somerset now and may not return for the cup final?
Sounds like Harinath will lose his place next season. Lancs should be looking at him.
Scott Borthwick toSurrey now confirmed.
Asher Hart (he with the middle name Halle-Bopp) has joined Hampshire after playing one FC game.
"To lose two home-grown players [Borthwick and Stoneman] of such quality is a massive blow to Durham, who have let Phil Mustard, Gordon Muchall, Jamie Harrison and Calum MacLeod leave as well as spinner Gurman Randhawa, the second team’s leading wicket-taker."
No mention of Asher Hart.
Asher Hart is not official. In fact the club are steaming as no official approach was made. He's gone though. 2 year deal at Hants.
The departure of Borthwick and Stoneman is a massive blow to Durham. I bet Keaton Jennings is regretting signing a new four year contract. Durham have a massive task finding two quality batsmen to replace Stoneman and Borthwick.
The losses of Mustard, Muchall, Harrison, McLeod, Randhawa and Hart are less of a problem in my opinion.
I thought Harinath was still under contract at Surrey for another year. In any case, I'm not sure he'd be an improvement on what Lancs already have as first choice; he'd be a useful squad player, as he is for Surrey, but he turns 30 next April. He's Surrey through and through, born locally and associated with the county's age group teams since primary school age. A few decades ago all counties would carry a few mature players like him, who played for the II's and stepped in to do a job for the first XI as and when needed, rather than moving to other counties or leaving the first class game altogether as happens these days.
In Borthwick's case he has gone backwards as a spinner, although I've seen him bowl a couple of times this season and I felt his control was better than for two or three seasons. A bit sad for Durham and they are my favorite first class county as I was working there when they made their first class debut. I'm sure money played a part in his decision, but I think playing at The Oval will help his development as all rounder. I think the uncertainty over this decision probably affected his form and prevented him pushing on and getting in to the England team this summer as a batsman, but maybe will result in him developing in to the player I thought he would become a couple of years ago.
So he would prefer playing in the second XI to moving. We have had a few players like that as well. Has he ever been out on loan?
I've no idea whether he prefers playing for Surrey II's, or if he's had any offers to go elsewhere. He's never gone out on loan, but on a few occasions he's come into the first XI, done well, then kept his place for a while. Obviously with Stoneman and Borthwick arriving there's stiffer competition for places, but then in looks like Davies is leaving, Roy is missing increasing numbers of games on England duty, and if one other player gets injured or called up for England, or Sangakkara disappears to play in a T20 tournament etc.... he may still play a useful part.
Why on earth Notts would want to offer Greg Smith another contract is beyond me!
Well he did get another deal and repaid that faith with the sum total of 14 runs skippering Notts 2 at Scarborough.
In other news Sam Wood is available after being released, which was inevitable!
Who are the top bowlers on the market this year?
Davies has confirmed he is leaving Surrey after turning down a contract. Expect he will end up at Somerset.
I have heard murmurs of Steven Davies moving to Somerset from Surrey and getting back the gloves. Any truth in this?
Sounds like might be true. Good signing if true.
Confirmed we have signed him. he can help the other Davies improve.
Yep very good signing that. Assuming he takes the gloves, where will he fit in the batting order? Replacing Rogers (assuming he retires which he hinted at recently) at 3, or is that too high while he's keeping?
Essex seem to be hiring batsmen but not bowlers. I'd say you'll struggle to take 20 wickets next season with the attack you'll have once Masters and Napier are gone. Perhaps there's a new plan, bank on scoring 600 every game with eight batsmen and not worry about the opposition scoring 700.
Losing Napier and Masters is 99 wickets we'll have to replace.
with Wheater in reserve is the strongest in the division, but we'll need some bowling recruits to support Porter and Bopara. An overseas will presumably be one of them, Quinn is decent cover. Maybe Essex can sign Ball who will be wanting first division cricket to push his England chances and re-sign Topley as everyone else is returning to Essex.
That, I'm afraid is delusional.
It's not a bad batting line up at all with Cook playing, although it declines a long way without him. If you're comparing line ups with the internationals playing though, Yorkshire is a lot stronger, even though that means Ballance featuring.
Yes, Cook makes a huge difference. The key thing is that he doesn't play limited overs for England. This means he actually gets to play for Essex in a way that Johnny Bairstow and Joe Root in particular don't for Yorks. This season, for example, Cook's played more matches for Essex than Root and Bairstow combined have for Yorks. Obviously if those two were playing semi-regularly for Yorks than it changes things as they are probably England's no.1 and 3 batsmen (if Cook's the no.2).
I think Yorkshire had Rashid at 6 and Hodd at 8 in their recent match. Good players, but Essex clearly had the edge with Wheater and Foster (22 fc hundreds) in those roles.
I don't think there's a better no.8 in county cricket than Foster now that Woakes has graduated to internationals.
Anyway, that's off topic and Essex desperately need another bowler for next year. | 2019-04-20T11:18:33Z | http://www.cricket247.org/community/showthread.php?s=85756f4772419654a5cb667163d9cfbf&t=19787&page=11 |
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Outside of work, Erica spends time with her two children, husband and family. She enjoys cooking and baking along with fun activities with her children and family.
Thank you Erica for your hard work and dedication! | 2019-04-21T03:01:17Z | https://www.tuckerins.com/blog/archives/03-2019 |
The effects of domestic violence on children are usually far-reaching. Physical abuse witnessed by children can serve to damage a child’s growth. The violence usually takes place in the home environment where children should feel safe. On the one hand, lack of support or confidence of their parents or caregivers can mean that the children might be struggling with the feelings of fear, guilt or shame. On the other hand, children who witness violence against their mother are on the verge of deep psychological trauma. They may tend to suffer considerable risks physically, psychologically, and emotionally. Children who have witnessed battering of their mother could sustain an injury associated with the fact that they might have dealt with a state of helplessness in protecting their parent. The impact on children can be quite different, depending on the stage of their development and the way they react to the environment. Children at preschool level are likely to suffer from behavioral disturbances (Hughes, 1988). These children are inclined to blame themselves combined with being vulnerable to adult’s anger (Jaffe, Wolfe, & Wilson, 1990). Babies who are brought up in a home where domestic violence occurs are subjected to high levels of ill health, poor sleeping habits, and excess screaming (Jaffe et al., 1990). Women who have been battered over and over again tend to show inability to respond psychologically to their children. They might display some weird behaviors such as unresponsiveness to their innocents’ emotional needs, detachment from their own child, and passive rejection of the offspring; all these factors have a negative compounding effect on a child’s life. Children predisposed to domestic violence learn that one can get what he or she wants only by opposing others; violence is a solution. They also gain rigid views and perception of gender roles, for instance, they may believe that it is acceptable for a man to be aggressive and domineering. Domestic violence has been shown to affect the social behavior of children. This behavior varies depending on the age of the child. Infants are affected differently from toddlers as well as teenagers. Social behavior refers to the manner in which the children interact with their surroundings. Be it in class, in the field, with relatives or with other children. For infants, they tend to recoil or easily startled and also cry a lot anytime someone tries to hold them. This is because they lack the sense of comfort and security that they should be getting. Some of the infants might show a lack of responsiveness due to the lack of attachment to the parent especially the mother. As toddlers, they will tend to shy away from people due to feelings of anxiety and fear of strangers. They are also timid and reclusive, staying away from their peers as well, as the adults. On the other hand, the toddlers might be extremely hyperactive and violent towards others. Due to the fact they probably do not get attention at home and consider violence to be an acceptable way of solving issues. This is a consequent result of the environment towards them. Upbringing of a child is largely influenced by his or her environment. The home environment is usually the foundation of a child’s perception, acquisition of values and morals. As teenagers, some keep to themselves not wanting to get involved in any of the activities due to constant anxiety and fear of danger. It is not uncommon for them to be aggressive and violent towards others. Some teenagers will also show hyperactivity and get too involved with peers and destructive behavior in an effort to dull or forget the traumatic home experiences. They might have problems with authority due to their aggressive behavior. If not handled or if the child keeps witnessing domestic violence, the child might continue to have social problems in adulthood. With seclusion, regression and violence towards others, since that is what they grew up seeing. Others have a problem getting attached to others or trusting.
Domestic violence has a marked effect on the educational aspect of a child. As the child tries to make sense of the violence, concentration on academics is reduced. So the child might end up getting low grades and lack of interest. A time, the child might not get a chance to get the homework done or even study due to the volatile atmosphere at home which also translates to poor grades and performance.
Teenagers who are affected might lose interest in academics or other extracurricular activities. Some even go ahead to drop out of school because of bad peer influence or just sheer lack of interest. Domestic violence tend to result in reduced cognitive and brain development which then affects their performance in school, since they cannot keep up with children their age who have not witnessed domestic violence. The academics of a child might be affected by the change of environment. In this case, due to domestic violence, one party might move away with the child to a different place. This could also mean a change in the school. While most kids can adapt easily, some of them who come from a violent home are likely to have a hard time adjusting. This will affect their grades as well as their interaction with school mates.
Children who witness domestic violence or even get caught in the middle of the altercations exhibit a number of behavioral symptoms. For infants, they show irritability, crying and screaming a lot. They also shy away from being touched and are easily startled. Some also experience diarrhea and digestive problems accompanied with the lack of appetite.
The unrest at home can also disrupt sleeping and eating times, which contributes a lot more to the irritability of the child. For toddlers, they show regressive behavior whereby they can be whinny and clingy especially to the victim of domestic violence. Others retreat into a shell whereby they live in fear of danger and avoid any attachment. Others exhibit signs of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) which include insomnia, nightmares and bed wetting. They also show anxiety with strangers as they are wary of a violent outbreak.
In school, they might ‘space out’ during class sessions where they might be worrying about the victim parent of just stressed about it. Others tend to be aggressive and not uncommon that some of them bully their schoolmates. Alternatively, they might be the victims of bullying due to their shy and reclusive behavior as well as low self-esteem. Fantuzo et al. (1991) reported that children who witnessed both physical and verbal abuse of their mother displayed more behavioral problems than children witnessing verbal abuse alone.Some may resort to overdosing or cutting themselves as a way of escaping the pain. Eating disorders are also common among the girls. Problems with authority are not uncommon as they are trying to show rebellion. Teenage girls are more likely to put up with an abusive boyfriend since they have seen the mothers putting up with it. Boys on the other hand, tend to show violent behavior towards girls.
Domestic Violence does take a immense toll on a psychology of a child. Many lack the sense of security since the violence happens at home where they are supposed to feel safest. The children get anxious a lot due to fear of violence as well as the fear of losing their parents. Most of them also suffer from low self-esteem due to emotional abuse from the parent or even guilt responsible for the violence going on. They may feel guilty for not being in a position to help victimized parent.
Other children internalize the stress and anxiety they feel, which almost always leads to depression if not treated. These kids are quiet and secluded when around people. The internalization could lead to suicidal and self-destructive tendencies. While some children internalize their trauma, there are others who externalize their trauma. This usually comes out as unnecessarily aggressive and angry at everyone and everything. Confusion also happens when the child does not know who to side with especially if one parent is using the child to manipulate the other.
PTSD is also a psychological effect which can be characterized by bed wetting, nightmares and insomnia. Regression can also happen, whereby a child shows infantile behavior by going back from the matured state to the infant stage. Low self-esteem is also one of the effects from domestic violence. This stems from feeling helpless in the situation, not being able to help the victimized parent and the emotional or physical violence the kids themselves experience.
One of the interventions designed to reduce the effect of domestic violence on children, is through following Patterson’s model of the antisocial behavior (Patterson 1982; Patterson, DeBarsyshe and Ramsey 1989; Patterson, Reid and Dishion 1992). The Patterson’s model addresses childhood conduct problems. Patterson’s model highlights the role of parenting and its impact on the development of child conduct problems. It emphasizes the role played by both parents; the father and the mother in the development of the child’s behavior or conduct.
Patterson’s theory suggests that domestic violence and its concomitant stressors may affect the parent’s ability to foster parental discipline and encourage pro-social child behavior. Domestic violence aggravates irritability, mental distraction and emotional draining, reducing their ability to be attentive and sensitive to a child’s need (Easterbrook and Emde 1988; Holden and Ritchie 1991). Consistent with the same school of thought experimental research marital conflict alters parent-child interaction (Jouriles and Farris 1992; Mahoney, Boggio and Jouriles 1996). Patterson’s model emphasizes on effective training on child management skills. The teaching implies that parents change the way they interact with children. He cites this as an effective means of helping children and their families communicate effectively and encourage a positive child behavior. This notion has yielded positive results according to outcome of various studies. This indicate that training parent in child management skills is one of the most effective means of reducing conduct problems in young children (Kazdin 1997; Kazdin and Weisz 1998). These interventions typically focus on teaching parents how to enhance parent-child communication and promote pro-social behavior. Counseling is recommended, be it in school or privately, since it helps the child open up and cope with the situation. Arranging activities like play dates, anger management and safety programs will help the child.
Domestic violence has become rampant the world over, and millions of children are being affected by it. From the findings above, domestic affects children in almost all aspects of their lives and some cases, the effects follow the child into adulthood. This is the reason you will find the cycle repeating it. Whereby, most men who grew up in a violent environment are three times more likely to be violent towards their spouses, than those who grew up in a peaceful environment. On the other hand, women who grew up in violent environment are more likely to put up with a violent spouse than those who did not grow up in violence. Some adults still suffer from low self-esteem and can be very secluded while others maintain their anger and aggression. In worst cases, a few will end up committing suicide, overdosing or other suicidal behavior.
Obviously, domestic violence is a widespread disaster that does not get the seriousness it deserves. It is destroying the children who are the future of our planet. Awareness needs to be raised everywhere and parents educated and reminded that their actions are affecting the children. Parents need to be assured that is never too late to save a child from a violent environment, that this effect can be tackled one at a time. Children who are exposed to violence are denied their vey basic right to a safer and stable home environment. A hostile and violent home environment serves as a safe breeding for delinquent behaviors and limited social skills. | 2019-04-21T05:14:02Z | https://prime-essay.com/samples/sociology/effects-of-violence-on-children-essay.html |
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Normal topic Exclude hosts with hostname "%apple%" | 2019-04-22T12:15:11Z | https://www.opsview.com/resources/forums/basic-monitoring/how-do-i?page=5 |
Our bodies are... littered with sub-optimized relics of the past. The tortuous path of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, which exits the skull and loops around the aorta before innervating the voice box, makes absolutely no sense apart from the developmental pathway we inherited from fish. The "wisdom" teeth that don't seem to fit our stubby faces are also difficult explain if anatomically modern humans appeared on earth with no evolutionary precursors. In fact, nothing about human physiology and anatomy makes much sense apart from the evolutionary history we share with the rest of God's creatures. Deniers of this apparent history are not only forced to offer convoluted explanations of these vestiges, but they unwittingly undermine the life and earth sciences by destroying one of their most important organizing principles: history. | 2019-04-19T22:24:10Z | http://www.allanbevere.com/2016/10/evolution-design-and-history.html |
The pictures below were are of the Christmas lights in London in 2004.
The ceremony for the switching on of the Oxford Street lights took place outside Selfridges.
The theme for the lights was London's bid for the 2012 Olympics.
Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone gave a short speech in support of London's bid.
5 Olympic gold medalists appeared on stage.
Sir Steve Redgrave has won 4 Olympic gold medals for rowing.
The 4x100m sprint relay squad won gold medals in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
Emma Watson (who plays Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films) also appeared. The DVD to the film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is released soon. There is a light display each night during which the lights move to the sound of the film's soundtrack.
Il Divo - a new operatic vocal group produced by Simon Cowell - performed "O Holy Night" and "Unbreak My Heart (Regresa A Mi)". Their powerful voices and good looks have taken them to the top of the album chart in the UK. After performing they went to greet some of their fans and to sign autographs.
In 2004 the theme of the Regent Street lights is the film The Incredibles.
The actor Samuel L Jackson, who provides the voices one of the character Frozone in "The Incredibles", appeared on stage.
The lights were turned on by the British boy band Busted, who also performed several of their hit records.
A screen was set up on Regent Street to allow the large crowds to see the stage.
The 2004 Bond Street Christmas Lights were turned on by Trinny and Susannah (Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine), presenters of the popular BBC television series "What Not To Wear". A choir sang Christmas carols, and a jazz band performed.
The Norwegian Christmas Tree is an annual gift from the people of Norway: the tree is chosen specially from the forests around Oslo. It is given to thank Britain for supporting Norway during the Second World War: the King of Norway went to London after the country was occupied by Germany, and set up a "government in exile" here before returning to his country after the war had ended. The tree is therefore not just a decoration, but a symbol of peace and of friendship.
There is a short ceremony each year in Trafalgar Square, usually shortly after Advent Sunday. A choir sings carols, there are some short speeches by the mayors of Oslo and Westminster, and the Christmas tree lights are turned on. The lights on the tree are all white, which is the tradition in Norway. The fountains in the square are then turned on.
... and the Trafalgar Square fountains are turned on. | 2019-04-22T04:26:36Z | http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Ideas/Album/ChristmasLights2004.htm |
Say, Allan (1993). Grandfather’s Journey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Plot Description: A young man recounts his Grandfather’s journey from Japan to America, where he explores and never misses home. He loves California and brings his bride there and they raise a daughter in San Francisco. However, as time goes by, his Grandfather misses his homeland and longs to return to the country of his birth. When is daughter is almost grown he can no longer wait and moves his family to Japan. The young man remembers his Grandfather’s stories of life in America and the last time he sees him, he dreams of once more visiting America. The young man follows in his Grandfather’s footsteps-traveling to America and making a home there, but he still has a longing in his heart for Japan and must return when it gets too strong. Their shared experiences help him understand his Grandfather and miss him very much.
Qualitative Reading Analysis: The text organization is clear and chronological. Illustrations directly support the interpretation and understanding of the text, but are not necessary for comprehension. The language is contemporary and familiar. It adheres closely to the reader’s linguistic base. The text is easy to understand and most is literal, though some inference is needed for the parts about the war and the songbirds. The sentence structure is primarily simple and compound, with some complex sentences. The theme is clear, but has some subtlety in the way it is conveyed. The experience of feeling torn between two homelands may be familiar to some immigrant students, but will not be common to others. Some cultural elements are conveyed through illustrations, such as the picture of Grandfather in his ‘European clothes’ as well as pictures in traditional Japanese clothes. There are no allusions to other texts.
Key Ideas and Details: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.9 Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series).
Curriculum Suggestions: Have students discuss their own travels (vacations, trips to see family friends or relatives, etc). How did they get there? How long did it take? How is the place different from their home? Have students read the companion book by the same author about the narrator’s mother’s story as a girl growing up in San Francisco and then moving to Japan. Compare and contrast the two stories and the characters feelings about their native and adopted lands.
Character names/descriptions: Grandfather-he leaves Japan and goes out to see the world as a young man, then settles in California, but cannot stop the ache that he feels for Japan as he gets older. His Grandson narrates the story and has similar experiences.
High interest annotation: Can your home be two places simultaneously? | 2019-04-18T22:27:31Z | https://msthayersbookguide.wordpress.com/tag/time-travel/ |
Q&A: Can I Combine Yoga with Resistance Training?
Can I combine yoga with a resistance training routine without overtaxing my muscles' ability to recover?
You're wise to consider giving your muscles time to recover. Too many athletes and fitness buffs practice yoga in ways that overstress systems of the body already worked strongly in other physical activities. If you have a thorough and regular resistance training program, your yoga practice should center more on recovery and less on building strength.
Here's why: In resistance training, you gain strength by applying muscular effort until you create subtle, microscopic damage to the muscles. But the strength gains don't occur while you're exercising; they come when you're recovering from training as your body builds new tissue to repair the micro-strains. If you don't give your muscles a chance to recover, the training becomes counterproductive and may eventually lead to injury.
While focusing on recovery, you can still enjoy many of the physical benefits of yoga. I recommend that you concentrate on developing joint stability, maintaining or improving your muscle flexibility, and recharging your nervous system.
To improve joint stability, practice a style of yoga that places special emphasis on alignment and allows a fair amount of time to work precisely in each pose, such as Iyengar or Anusara, perhaps. To increase your muscle flexibility, make sure to include poses that stretch the muscle groups you challenge in your strength training. If you do hamstring curls, for example, counter them with a hamstring stretch such as Supta Padangusthasana (Reclining Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose).
Practicing restorative poses will recharge your nervous system. Moderate to intense exercise stimulates the nervous system's stress response; restorative poses help you recover by stimulating its counterpart, the relaxation response. Anyone can benefit from these poses; I highly recommend them for all athletes and fitness enthusiasts.
Dario Fredrick has studied yoga for 12 years, primarily with Iyengar-influenced teachers in the United States and also with the Iyengars in India. Fredrick, who holds a master's degree in exercise science, integrates his experience as an exercise physiologist with his yoga instruction. He teaches public classes and workshops in Northern California. Email: dario@wholeathlete.com.
Q&A: How Can I Strengthen My Core to Ease Back Pain? | 2019-04-22T12:32:41Z | https://www.yogajournal.com/practice/combining-yoga-with-resistance-training |
Russian carrier Yamal Airlines has received another Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) Russian regional jet. The aircraft, which comes in the long-range version, is serial number 95131 (registered as RA-89081).
The airframe is being leased through the State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK) for 12 years. It carries 100 passengers in coach.
According to Flightradar24, the aircraft was put into operation on November 10 and is based at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport.
Information available to Russian Aviation Insider suggest the newly delivered SSJ100 beaome the eighth of the type in Yamal’s fleet. The other airframes of the type are RA-89068, RA-89069, RA-89070, RA-89071, RA-89072, RA-89073, and RA-89035. The latest delivery was originally intended for Russia’s new regional carrier, Azimuth Airlines.
All aircraft for Yamal are leased through GTLK. The regional administration says that the carrier “is taking part in the pilot government program to replace foreign-made aircraft with Russian equivalents.” The agreement between the carrier and the lessor calls for the delivery of another 13 of the type by year-end.
Yamal’s fleet also includes six Airbus А320s, three А321s, two Boeing 737s, 10 СRJ200, and a single Challenger 850. | 2019-04-21T01:28:24Z | http://www.rusaviainsider.com/yamal-airlines-receives-another-ssj100/ |
One coulomb of charge consists of ________ electrons.
One weber of flux is equal to _______ magnetic lines of force.
The permittivity of a material is given by one of the following formulas.
What is used as the dielectric material in high voltage transformers?
How much is the flux in Weber in the above problem?
Ohm's law can be used only to a _____ circuit or component.
The force acting on a pole of 5 Wb is 25 N. What is the intensity of the magnetic field? | 2019-04-24T16:09:01Z | https://www.competitive-exam.in/questions/discuss/used-to-maintain-strength-of-magnetic-field |
LAWTON, OK (TNN) - State legislators along with community business and civic Leaders now have better insight into the Lawton-Fort Sill community after a day-long tour of several area attractions.
“Goodness happens at the local level and we’re sharing that goodness,” said Brenda Spencer-Ragland, President and CEO of Lawton-Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce.
Legislators in the Community Day was about building and sustaining strong local, state and national level relationships.
“We’re working to make sure that everyone is fully aware and that we’re on the same sheet of music, that we have the same story, the same focus so that we’re moving forward together,” said Spencer-Ragland.
The day kicked off with breakfast at the Hilton Garden Inn. Then the tour of Lawton began. The group drove by different businesses in town including the Casinos, the VA center and the airport while discussing topics like infrastructure, transportation, housing and economic development.
“So, we’re really wanting to educate them on the successes we have and also where we can use some support,” said Spencer-Ragland.
“I learned that we have a tremendous list of people and resources and businesses here that make us maybe a bright spot in the country with some of the positive things that are going on here,” said Rep. Toni Hasenbeck.
The first stop on the day’s agenda was Classic Lawton Chevrolet where owners Erv and Bridgitt Randle talked about why they made Lawton home.
“To see why they came to Lawton and to understand the importance that sometimes those of us that are Lawtonians forget,” said Albert Johnson Jr., the chairman for Lawton-Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce.
Next was a tour of the Museum of the Great Plains which was followed by lunch.
“I learned we’re the fourth brightest spot on the tourism radar in the state of Oklahoma,” said Rep. Hasenbeck.
“The conversations that are going on on the bus, the conversations that will happen over lunch and afterwards will allow us to continue to move this community forward,” said Johnson.
After lunch the group visited Fort Sill and the tour wrapped up with a trip to both the Wildlife Refuge and Medicine Park.
Although this is the first Legislators in the Community Day, many expressed that they would like to see it done annually.
“I knew at some point today I would learn something new about the depth and richness of this community and I think what I was reminded of that it’s partly my responsibility to share that,” said Rep. Hasenbeck.
“I think it has went really well, bringing everyone together so we have that one common operating understanding of what we have here in southwest Oklahoma that is really great,” said Spencer-Ragland. | 2019-04-24T18:14:12Z | http://www.kswo.com/2019/04/06/legislators-community-day-lawton/ |
Do NOT host group events at Thai Square in Mansion House.
The staff are positively dishonest and attempted to scam / extort money.
We had a meal at Thai Square with a group of friends. The meal totalled around £1, 400 GB.
We were told to either pay at the table or approach the cash register and pay separately – the staff seemed to have no knowledge of how to use the cash register and did not deduct the amounts people were paying from the total bill.
Once everyone had paid, the staff informed us that they believed that we still owed them in excess of £357 pounds.
We were shocked, and asked to see the receipts of all in our group who had paid. We knew that the staff had made a clerical error, and so asked if we could see the receipts so that we could manually calculate how much each person had paid (see photograph attached).
The manager (who seemed utterly bewildered) agreed, and we sat down and calculated that our group had paid in excess of £1, 400.
To repeat – we painstakingly went through around 44 receipts – with the manager calculating on his calculator, another writing down on a piece of paper, and us using our iphones and blackberries (see photographs attached!) it was shown that we had overpaid.
When the manager realised this (he even summed the amount on his calculator twice) – the problems began - the restaurant categorically refused to return the extra money!
2. They said that the receipts we had used to calculate had been wrong. That they had “accidentally” included receipts in the pile that had not actually been paid. We then asked to see the receipts that had not been paid, and they said that the receipt had been lost.
In the end, they asked us how much we “thought” we owed.
We said that they owed us money, and they said that we could not leave unless we paid paid £197 (it had been reduced to £197 from over £300 without explanation).
Obviously, we will be making a complaint to Trading Standards.
We do hope, however, that in the cold light of day the company will realise their mistake and return our money. | 2019-04-25T16:25:01Z | https://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/thai-square-mansion-house-scammed-overpaid-c604568.html |
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So today (Sat. 8th July) I went to the UK Sparkle transgender festival in Manchester, UK. It's the thirteenth such festival, the main organizers have changed but it's very similar to the previous ones. That's no criticism.
I've been to all these events. (My PhD strongly focused on part of that.) I know I'm THE expert on Manchester transgender issues. Definitely one of the PRIMARY experts on transgender social issues in the world. It's interesting how Manchester Metropolitan University ('MMU'), where I did my PhD, had Prof. Stephen Whittle OBE working at that university. (He got a OBE as the leader of the team creating the UK legal Gender Recognition Act .) Yet MMU was not a sponsor for the Sparkle events (except for donating £50 about three years ago - yeah, I know that amount's almost an insult). Oh, and the University of Manchester can't be bothered either.
That university recognizes the sponsorship for the Sparkle events have become more significant. No longer does it seem that the organizers are depending upon very generous individuals.
I look at the friendships I've made in Manchester's transgender communities and how I've personally become less paranoid about gender.
Let's face it. We're all paranoid about gender.
Note I didn't mean sexuality.
I remember when I saw Eddie Izzard on Sunday the 2nd July. He was wearing a female style jacket and top that obviously suggested he was wearing a bra and 'falsies'. By his own admission he has breast envy.
In many respects so many men have breast envy. Or perhaps I should more accurately express reproductive envy.
Men are more expendable than women. Look at the lack of long term effects from the millions of men killed in World War I and II. Within a couple of generations, the male and female sexes are about equal numbers.
Are men really expendable? Some men are certainly.
This kind of paranoia is in my novel Deprivations. There is a deeper gender paranoia in many religious texts. And that connects with my other novel The ruler of Hell: The Devil's Sister.
And once again I'm showing how my novels link to reality. | 2019-04-24T12:24:42Z | http://www.lifecyclemedia.co.uk/reality-novel/deprivations-at-the-sparkle-transgender-festival |
Editor's note: The Reporter-News is publishing stories on Everyday Heroes, nominated by readers, through the beginning of next year.
Joel Rake sees his brother, Greg, as a hero for children. Greg sees it as a calling from God.
Greg Rake, assistant principal at Craig Middle School, has a heart for children, even though he has none of his own. Instead, he spends his working hours with them buzzing all around him.
Rake spent several years at the Abilene ISD's Jefferson Center. At the middle school level, which he's taken on for the first time this year, the students can be trying as they go through what he sees as one of the most difficult times in their lives. But he's a service-oriented guy looking to help the youngsters.
"It can be frustrating day to day, minute to minute, working with children," he said. "But I can’t imagine having a career not working with people. And the joy, the opportunities I have, the greatest pleasure I get is if I can help one child. I'm just so blessed."
Rake, 43, isn't just school-oriented, though. While he does handle many of the discipline issues of the entire sixth grade and some of the seventh grade at Craig, he also works with other Abilene youth who have different needs.
He's coming off a stint as president of the Big Brothers Big Sisters board of directors and, through a side business he runs, assists families setting up visitations with children in various legal situations.
These visitations can be set up through the courts, with Judge Paul Rotenberry overseeing the affair, but their presence in the Child Protective Services system isn't required. Visitations through the foster system can also be arranged, he said.
Some travel from as far away as Houston to be able to see their children should, say, another parent with the child live in Abilene, he said.
He counts this work as just another part of his calling to work with children. He sees some of the worst and some of the best in his dealings, which opens him up to wanting to help when and where he can.
It's especially prevalent with the adults, though.
"The parents love their kids the best they can, but sometimes they just don’t know how to parent them," he said. "We try to take each case individually and ... work for the best interest of the child in everything we do. This has been one of the most rewarding things I've been able to do in my career.
"You see a lot of families coming together and kids doing better (once they) have that stability."
Away from children, Rake has been involved at Cavalry Baptist Church. There, he's been serving as interim pastor for the congregation.
He said he originally saw himself as a full-time minister. But as he began working with children, education became a primary drive in his life.
It's all part of why Joel Rake thought his older brother fit the description of Everyday Hero.
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Then they get to work — gathering crucial evidence to determine if further investigation is warranted and, if so, to investigate, document, and capture the world's attention. They also immediately challenge the responsible decision makers, holding them accountable. Human rights abuses thrive on secrecy and silence, and the work of the E-Team, backed by their international human rights organization, has shone light in dark places and given voice to thousands whose stories would never otherwise have been told.
Using a cinema verite approach, our camera follows the E-Team investigators in the field as they piece together the actual events that take place in troubled spots around the globe. Together we smuggle across the border into Syria to conduct undercover investigations as the civil war rages; amidst bullets and bombs we watch as Fred and Peter work to halt human rights abuses in the aftermath of the Gaddafi regime. We also spend time with each E-Team member at home — from a quiet farm outside of Geneva to bustling urban lives in Berlin and Paris — as they balance the intricacies of family and personal relationships within the challenges of their exceptional work life.
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For over a decade, Roberts has been generating characters and environments in the film, publishing, and technology industry. Outside of his illusory creations, Roberts is passionate about real world activities such as documenting the lives of Liberian war orphans or leading “L.I.F.T” (Learn It For Tomorrow), a youth empowerment workshop. His perspective on design and virtual world building is heavily influenced by his everyday encounters and connections. Virtual and augmented reality may be his vehicle, but connecting and giving back to heritage and culture is his ultimate purpose.
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Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, Plymouth Hoe, the Mayflower, or Devonshire cream tea – there’s lots to learn about Devon. Apparently as far back as Roman Britain, it was the home of the Dumnonii Brittonic Celts, but you’re probably more interested in 18th and 19th century life. Jane Ferentzi-Shepard briefly looks at the decline of industries, such as fishing, mining and farming and how people moved away. However, many people stayed, with the arrival of the railways and the rise of tourism.
Why some people left Devon and others stayed. | 2019-04-26T17:18:53Z | http://www.sog.org.uk/books-courses/events-courses/my-ancestor-came-from-devon-those-that-stayed-those-that-went |
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Dr. Matthew Sheppard is originally from Newfoundland where he completed undergraduate studies in Psychology, French and Medicine. He is passionate about medical education and has been involved with many PGME committees during his Anesthesia residency training in Ottawa. Matthew has also sat on the board of directors for the Canadian Residency Matching System and the Canadian Medical Association. He most recently completed a fellowship in Chronic Pain Management at Toronto Western Hospital and the Wasser Pain Clinic, and is currently completing his residency in Pain Medicine at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Maged Andrawes completed his master’s and medical degree in Anesthesiology in 2003 from Cairo University, Egypt. He worked as Anesthetist in the Omani National Trauma Center and in UAE. After immigrating to Canada in 2010, he completed the Medical Council of Canada examination and Clinical Research Diploma from Humber College in 2012, and later worked as clinical research assistant at Toronto Western Hospital – Department of Anesthesia with the University of Toronto. Maged completed his certification as an Anesthesiologist with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 2017, and continued to join the Pain Medicine residency program at the University of Toronto later that year. He is currently a PGY-6 in Pain Medicine and is interested in community pain medicine practice and its multidisciplinary approach among the community pain physicians.
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Founded in 2005 by James Higgins with original cast members Monica Veth and Sophy Leng, Flying Orb continues to explore the dark, light and spiritual, always looking for a few new doors to open.
Headquartered in Lowell and founded by Jerry Bisantz and Ann Garvin, the Image Theater Company was formed to bring more opportunities to emerging talents -- writers, actors, directors and composers -- in Massachusetts and surrounding communities. In addition to producing and performing new works, they host three renowned annual events in Lowell: "Naughty Readings," "Femnoire: The Women's Playwriting Festival," and "City Stories."
Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) is the only professional theatre company serving Lowell and the surrounding communities, and one of just three theatres in the state (along with Huntington Theatre Company and ART) who are members of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), the national organization representing America’s leading non-profit theatre companies. MRT creates and presents seven productions of mostly contemporary and new plays each year between September and May. Each production runs four weeks and is newly created as a unique work of theatrical art by nationally recognized actors, directors and designers from New York, Boston and across the country, who are attracted to Lowell by MRT’s reputation for artistic excellence, by the opportunity to work on fresh and engaging material and for the reward of creating theatre for an uncommonly intelligent and appreciative audience. MRT attracts over 40,000 people each season to its newly renovated Nancy L. Donahue Theatre, which is located in Liberty Hall adjacent to the Lowell Memorial Auditorium in historic downtown Lowell. Ample municipal parking and many restaurants are within walking distance of the theatre. Discounted season subscriptions and single tickets are available at all times.
Studio 506 is an ensemble of artists based out of Lowell, Massachusetts sharing stories in relevant and innovative ways. We strive to bring the community together through shared experiences.
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Sega has unveiled Yakuza spin-off Judgment's newly revised character model for crime boss Kyohei Hamura, which was overhauled following the arrest of actor Pierre Taki on charges of cocaine use and possession last month.
The western version of PlayStation 4 game Judgment will be changed before release after the Japanese actor behind one of its characters was arrested for cocaine use.
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Yakuza's detective-themed spin-off Judgment will be heading to PlayStation 4 on June 25th, Sega has announced.
Judgement is the work of regular Yakuza developer Ryu ga Gotoku Studio, and follows the adventures of Takayuki Yagami, an ex-defence-attorney turned private detective. And because there's apparently no such thing as a happy PI, Yagami is "haunted by the demons of his past".
Yagami takes a turn into the world of Yakuza when he begins investigating a serial murder in the Tokyo district of Kamurocho - the primary setting for the Yakuza games. What unfolds is an action-adventure that borrows certain elements from the core series, including a fighting system similar to that of Yakuza Zero, with an added focus on investigation. "Search for clues, collect evidence, track down criminals, and bust some heads", says Sega. | 2019-04-24T16:37:13Z | https://www.eurogamer.net/games/judgment |
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When city officials discovered that just four percent of Niagara Falls, New York residents recycled, they knew they needed to stress the importance of environmentally friendly habits to their citizens. So, they've introduced a slew of changes to the city's recycling program over the the past year. Yesterday, to promote their new programs, they rolled out Totes McGoats, a half-man, half-goat mascot that's freaking out, well, literally anyone with eyeballs.
As a Niagara Falls resident pointed out on Reddit, the mascot is nothing more than a guy wearing a goat head from a costume store and a custom "Totes McGoats" t-shirt, but that doesn't mean it's not HILARIOUS. And slightly frightening.
"I guess you would say Totes is a cute animal mascot, kind of scary, actually," Mayor Paul Dyster admitted to Time Warner Cable News. "But having an animal mascot we think is one of the ways that you can reach out to kids and get their attention."
Totes will visit the city's schools to promote recycling. He also has a jaunty Twitter account, where he RTs praise, makes ridiculous puns, and speaks fluent emoji.
Obviously, the Internet is obsessed with Totes.
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If the labor department rejects the independent marketing organizations' applications, it will be more proof that it is just being capricious.
Independent marketing organizations aren’t letting the Department of Labor kick them out of the retirement fund market – well, six of them, at least.
They are applying to become financial institutions in the eyes of the DOL so that they can oversee sales affecting retirement money. When the DOL published its final version of its conflict of interest rule in April, not only were fixed indexed annuities moved into the best interest contract exemption (BICE) but IMOs also were not on the list of organizations that can be considered a financial institution.
That latter part is important because exemption allows agents and advisors to collect third-party payments, such as commission, when selling variable or fixed indexed annuities. But a financial institution would be required to sign the BICE with a client. Insurance companies would be considered financial institutions, but execs have already said they did not want their company to sign such onto that liability with an independent agent that they can’t control or monitor very well.
So, some IMOs are stepping into the void by applying for the status. It is far from easy – the app itself is 20 pages. Nor is it a quick process. One of the applicants told us that they hope to hear about it by the end of the year. Considering that the deadline to implement the rule is in April, that does not give anyone the opportunity to construct a system to work with agents as the financial institution or structure the business without the status.
Then, on top of that, I heard from a few people that they didn’t think the DOL would ever allow IMOs in that role. That might be a bit of cynicism but would make sense, considering the DOL’s war on commissioned sales. Those staffers don’t want them, it’s clear. That is why the regulation is called the conflict of interest rule.
If the DOL rejects the applications, the department will be showing that they don’t trust consumers to make their own decisions. The IMOs were required to show how they would live up to the rule. A rejection would be tantamount to calling IMOs untrustworthy. That doesn’t speak well about how they would handle other aspects of the rule.
After all, this is the department that removed fixed indexed annuities from the PTE 84-24 and threw them into the BICE in the final rule without warning. So, after years of rule-making and many months of commenting, the DOL changed the rule substantially without assessing the impact or allowing comment.
That seems careless or arrogant. Insurance industry representatives meeting with DOL staffers had reported that the staffers said they made a mistake in not realizing the FIAs were the same thing as variable annuities (VAs) and should be treated the same. They knew about the court and congressional decisions in 2010 to treat FIAs as insurance rather than securities, such as VAs.
If the DOL is successful in destroying the independent agent channel and consumers of the future are not retiring with a secure nest egg, where do we go to get that industry back? Is there a judge who can grant that? | 2019-04-22T13:13:29Z | https://dev.insurancenewsnet.com/blog-posts/dol-will-show-real-intent-fiduciary-rule |
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No, because I do not think I would enjoy it.
Have you seen-- Driving Miss Daisy?
Yes. I think it's very good, but it's been awhile, so maybe it's time for a rewatch.
Have you seen The Apartment (1960)?
No, I have not, but I think I would enjoy a lot of those black and white movies if I did watch them.
Have you seen-- Homeward Bound?
I've heard of it, about the dogs who get lost and who've to find their way home? I've haven't seen it though.
"Should I ever be drunk on the moonlight flooded by memories, I promise I'll be just fine"
No, that is the John Cusack movie?
Have you seen -- A Rebel Without A Cause?
Very much a classic! I'm a big fan of the film noir genre, and Bacall was one of the few women who could hold her own against big stars sharing the silver screen.
Have you seen Eden Lake?
No I haven't, but I've heard of it, what is it about?
Have you seen An Education with Carey Mulligan? I'm dying to see it haha.
Eden Lake is a British film written and directed by James Watkins. Its about a young couple Jenny (Kelly Reilly) and her boyfriend James (Michael Fassbender) who go on a camping trip, and unwittingly aggravate a group of youths who in turn become, shall we say, extremely hostile toward the young couple. The film has a very unique twist at the end that you won't expect until the last few moments. It gives a thought provoking insight into topics such as knife crime and gang culture. It is quite a brutal film and not for those who are easily shocked.
I am a huge fan and promoter of British films as we have a lot of raw talent in front and behind the camera.
Have you seen Swinging with the Finkels?
No, but I shall this evening!
Yeah, it is although I feel like it ended too quickly, or rather the ending seemed rushed compared to the rest of the movie?
Oh I agree definetly! There are a lot of good English actors and actresses out there too. I was surprised to find that a lot of the Game of Thrones cast were British!
No I haven't have you seen The Edge of Love (a good English film ) haha!
No, I haven't. Any actors in it I might know of?
Have you seen, The Cabin In The Woods?
Have you seen The Collector?
Jeff_in_Time wrote: No, I haven't. Any actors in it I might know of?
I haven't seen The Collector, but I've heard of it, remind me of it?
Have you seen Enemy at the Gates?
Have you seen Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)?
Yup, brilliant movie, really thought Ken Watanabe was fantastic in this movie and deserved an Oscar nod. I'm delighted they made a movie about the Japanese side of the war. Personally I think it was better than Flags of our Fathers.
gbeanz wrote: Yup, brilliant movie, really thought Ken Watanabe was fantastic in this movie and deserved an Oscar nod. I'm delighted they made a movie about the Japanese side of the war. Personally I think it was better than Flags of our Fathers.
I agree, Letters was much, much better than Flags of Our Fathers.
No, I haven't seen Charade.
Have you seen Eyes Wide Shut?
No but I've heard a lot about it!
No, I haven't seen it.
Have you seen The Birdcage?
Have you seen -- The Graduate?
SharA2 wrote: Yes -- I have.
Yes, and it is excellent- one of the best films of the sixties.
Have you seen Michael Clayton?
^ Michael Clayton was probably one of Clooney's best, another would be Descendents.
No -- I have not see, Broken.
Have you seen -- Return to me?
Have you seen "Alice Cooper: The Nightmare"?
Have you seen Up in the Air (2009)?
Yes. It is a great and powerful film. Cuaron's direction is excellent, the cinematography is gorgeous and Clive Owen gives a memorable performance.
Have you seen Shadow of a Doubt (1943)?
Ip Man - the best movie that ever LIVED!
he is the Mentor of well-known Bruce Lee.
Yes on Shawshank, and No on IP Man, haven't seen it.
Yes. I think Shutter Island was sadly underrated by critics when it released. I think it's one of Scorcese's best pictures (Not Goodfellas or Raging Bull level, mind you, but certainly better than last year's Hugo).
Have you seen Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)?
no, i like some older movies but never saw that one. it sounds weird.
have you ever seen. . . before sunrise?
no what's that one about?
man its awesome i highly recommend it to guys everywhere.
No but I have heard of it, what's it about?
when flipping channels, but not a full watch through.
have you seen, panic room?
Yes, and I think it's good. It's definitely not one of Fincher's best, but still a decent thriller.
Have you seen The Road (2009)?
Have you seen The Skin I Live In (2011)?
I have fallen in love with the sky.
Location: In the poisoned stream.
Yes. Even though the camerawork is beautiful and the soundtrack is excellent, I don't think the film itself is great. It's fascinating, but I think there's just entirely too much going on. It doesn't seem focused and a few scenes are way overblown in their strangeness. It's a cold melodrama with some old-school b-movie flairs. The Skin I Live in isn't bad... just off in a few areas.
Sorry, I went into a little mini-review there.
Have you seen Sugar (2008)?
No, haven't. Any good, DS?
Jeff_in_Time wrote: No, haven't. Any good, DS?
Yeah, Sugar is a great film and it's about a lot more than just baseball. It's definitely worth a watch.
No, I haven't seen Ted.
Have you seen The Secret of NIMH?
Yes the mice seeking medicin at first. Then it gets way overly complicated. Its A good Bedtime story when I was younger. Might still work today.
It all pretty much takes place in one building. Mostly.
"Who's More Foolish? The Fool? Or the one who follows him?"
Have you seen Dangerous Liaisons ?
" I tried to cook something from scratch... and ended up summoning a demon"
The Wiki keeps showing a Period Flick With Glen Close. Describing A verry Funny Tale.
Funny as in Creepy. Not Funny as in HA HA.
So Whats the Movie Youre Describing? You look like a "Norm".
Yes, it was the Glenn Close period piece movie with John Malkovich. I think the movie Cruel Intentions for the younger crowd set was based off that movie too.
What do you mean look like a norm? Is that directed at me or is that your movie title?
As opposed to "Abby-norm-al" (reference from "Young Frankenstien").
Have you seen..."Gross Point Blank".?
It kina has a sequel called "War Inc."(simmilar rolls with simillar cast but different story).
"...it's times like these time and time again..."
Im in pain thinking about such a concept.
Id rather focus on the person that would spend money to make such a flick. (reminded of an episode of the "venture bros" Pirates and ghosts and cigarettes).
Has anyone seen "my bloody valentine"?
The remake? I saw it.
Have you seen Marathon Man?
No. Thank you for reminding me.
I forgot about that flick. I got to gety a copy of that.
Has the price gone down from $14.00 to $12.00 or better yet?
How bout "The Truth about Charlie"...(its a remake. its O.K.... Great poster). | 2019-04-26T04:25:38Z | http://dreammoods.com/dreamforum/viewtopic.php?p=512002& |
Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to call an emergency election for ex-Rep. Blake Farenthold's Texas District 27 seat will get maybe six extra voting days.
Gov. Greg Abbott has just wasted millions in hard campaign dollars that could be spent on other tough races across the country in November.
The governor has called for an Emergency Special Election to fill the seat of Rep. Blake Farenthold, who resigned in early April. Texas already had its primary March 6. In that race, neither of the top two Republicans in this R+13 District reached 50 percent of the vote, forcing a runoff May 22. The winner of this runoff, assuming the defeat of the Democratic challenger in such a heavily Republican district, would have been elected and seated in Congress immediately after the Nov. 6 election — likely the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 13, when Congress is slated to come back into session after the election.
Abbott felt compelled to spend the hundreds of thousands of state money it takes to host this election. Millions more will have to be raised and spent by Republicans and Democrats in the Emergency Special Election. Neither party had planned on spending this money. He stated that it was important for the “District to be represented” — but at what price? Let’s look at the timeline and what this means for the representation of the 27th District since it is clear that the governor did not.
Since the governor called the Emergency Special Election, the Nov. 6 election is no longer technically a special election. It is simply a general election. Whomever wins the seat in November will not be seated until the new Congress is sworn-in in January 2019 unless that person is the winner of the Emergency Special Election.
Friday, Sept. 28 – the Emergency Special Election runoff – if no candidate reached 50 percent June 30.
If the Emergency Special Election goes to a runoff (and there is a very good chance that there will be a runoff given the number of candidates), the special will allow the winner to be in office a total of 18 full legislative days (excluding fly-in days which usually have very little meaningful legislative business). Looking at the House calendar for later this year, that is six days in October, six in November, and six in December.
If the governor had let the special election occur along with the general election as it was originally planned, he would have only lost the six legislative days in October. That is a lot of trouble, confusion and money for only six legislative days.
Texas is well represented by the 26 Republican members and many Texas Democrats of the House and Senate that have been pulling very hard for hurricane relief dollars from the federal government. All this election turmoil was simply unnecessary for potentially and realistically six legislative days of representation of the district by what would be the newest and least experienced member of Congress.
Several district judges begged the governor to not hold this election citing the lack of resources to host it. What a waste of money that could be going to disaster relief and much more needed campaigns in Texas and across the nation.
Glenn B. LeMunyon is a veteran Washington, D.C., political strategist who has worked extensively with Texas clients. | 2019-04-22T19:12:38Z | https://www.caller.com/story/opinion/2018/04/27/gov-greg-abbott-shouldnt-have-called-emergency-election-texas-district-27/559031002/ |
Today is the last of all my LA content. I worked a lot while I was there, despite my intention for it to be a holiday, but I am glad that I did because I have been able to share some images and posts I am really, really proud of.
I have mentioned this already but I was flown out to LA with & Other Stories to visit their LA Atelier - it’ll be no surprise to you all that I didn't need to think twice about that, they are possibly my all time favourite high street brand. I decided to extend my stay five more nights, totally in eight nights on my own in LA, which admittedly did feel like a longtime while I was there.
The last time I went there, it was a little bit of a soul search trip (without sounding dramatic with that one!) I booked it really last minute in between my move from Manchester to London. I was in the midst of coming to terms with the idea of living alone, and going out there by myself and staying alone in an Air B&B was like a little tester to see how I might find that. Since my first trip there I have been hugely drawn in by LA, I loved it more than I expected and instantly felt like it was place I could live (and of course this whole thing has been documented on here too, this post here, and this one). During my solo trip there, I didn’t want to leave one bit. I spent a lot of time walking, working and thinking things over and trying to imagine what my life was going to be like once I had moved and started afresh. That’s overwhelming, to say the least. I dreaded going back home to the task of moving to London, and that feeling made LA feel all the more appealing as a place to escape too.
This time around I felt very differently about it. Which is by no means a bad thing, it was actually something I really needed. I deliberately chose to stay in the same Air B&B so I could really draw comparisons on how I had felt between each trip (for reference, the first time I went there alone was the end of June, so four months earlier). But this time, rather than going back to a transient state that I wanted to escape from, I was going back to a life I really enjoy and really missed. That feeling of actually wanting to go back home was such a welcome one, and really served to demonstrate just how much has changed. Don’t get me wrong, I still love LA, I still would love to live there at some point, but I don’t hold in quite the same magical regard as I did last time, or the first time I ever visited.
Shooting in this gorgeous home was a treat again. The images I shared from here last time are still from the most read blog post I have ever shared, when I updated you guys on what was going on with my life. Looking back at those from these, while I can’t help but feel like I had better hair then, I also feel like a very different person in some ways. Definitely someone who is more confident, and sure in my decisions and more motivated with my work than ever. It amazes me how much changes in the space of a few months!
That post and this one sit either side of what has been an amazing Summer. I sometimes go through the videos I have saved on my phone and laugh and marvel at every moment on there; all the travel, the work I have been proud of, the friends in my life. Being back in LA really gave me chance to think about those things too, and to appreciate them all. And I still feel completely the same about the importance of travelling alone - it can be difficult and at times lonely, but it does so much good for you that those moments are soon forgotten. | 2019-04-18T18:31:11Z | https://www.shotfromthestreet.com/home/1/11/2017/back-again |
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In a fight, it’s easy to let emotions take over and turn a minor disagreement into an hourlong conflict.
Maybe you’re exhausted at work and accidentally end up butting heads with a supervisor, or maybe things have boiled over at home and you suddenly find yourself in a shouting match over who forgot to buy toilet paper on their way home.
But it doesn’t have to be that way. There’s no need to pay for anger management lessons or pick up a self-help book, because psychologists Susan Heitler and Susan Whitbournehave a few actionable suggestions that can help anyone begin to immediately de-escalate a conflict and come to a resolution that both parties can agree on.
It’s tempting to swallow up our emotions in order to avoid a conflict, but Heitler and Whitbourne say instead it’s important to acknowledge that our negative emotions may be trying to tell us something.
However, “addressing a conflict with negative emotions in your voice invites the person you are trying to work with to get defensive,” she said.
While it’s important to check in with our own emotions, Whitbourne, professor emerita at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, said it’s also important to have empathy and stay in touch with the other person’s emotions as well. If you go into an argument only caring about your wants and needs, a win-win solution is going to be much harder to come by.
You could spend hours arguing over who’s right and who’s wrong, but the psychologists said a little empathy is the trick to ending a fight quickly.
Likewise, Heitler said it’s important for both parties to reiterate that they understand the concerns of the other person.
“At the time of the resolution, set forth the agreement that both of you will adhere to the decision that was mutually reached. This will help you push the reset button should the conflict begin again,” Whitbourne said.
By checking in honestly with your own emotions, as well as honoring the emotions of the other person, you can begin to quickly find the root of the argument and come to a solution that works for both of you — without burning any bridges along the way. | 2019-04-24T09:17:36Z | https://thriveglobal.com/stories/how-to-resolve-fight-minute-or-less/ |
The Andy Griffith Show was actually a spin off! Sheriff Andy Taylor first appeared on an episode of The Danny Thomas Show in which Danny is arrested by Sheriff Taylor for failing to come to a complete stop at a stop sign in the town of Mayberry. The character was such a hit that Andy soon got his own show.
Calvin Coolidge refused to use the telephone while he was President. A man of few words, he once said, "If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it."
A lacto-ovo vegetarian excludes all types of meat from their diet but eats eggs and dairy products. A lacto vegetarian excludes all meat and eggs but eats dairy products. A vegan, the strictist type of vegetarian, excludes all animal products, including eggs and dairy, from their diet.
Jamie Farr, who played Max Klinger, was the only regular cast member of "M*A*S*H" to actually serve in the Army in Korea. (He served after the war was over).
What was the original title of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451? Ray Bradbury and his publishers thought The Fireman was a boring title, so they called a local fire station and asked what temperature paper burned at. The firemen put Bradbury on hold while they burned a book, then reported back, and the rest is history.
With over 500 million copies sold, Don Quixote is the best selling novel of all time.
Sudan is home to over 200 pyramids, more than twice that of Egypt.
but domestic cats are not mentioned at all.
Austin, Texas is considered the live music capital of the world.
Many of you already knew this.
Some of you didn't, right? | 2019-04-20T14:18:45Z | http://www.shilohpup-nwc.com/2019/01/trivia-tuesday_22.html |
We had the opportunity to talk to Richard about microservices from a practical perspective. His latest book, "Tao of Microservices", covers this subject with many use cases in this area. You can meet Richard at The Developers conference, on the 19th of April, Cluj-Napoca where he will attend as speaker with a presentation, "The Algebra of Microservices": The microservice architecture has become an established and powerful way to structure large scale systems, providing a component model that scales both at the human and system levels. It is by nature an architecture that has lots of small parts. And it's easy to make a big mess with lots of little parts. That's why we need an algebra—a set of rules for combining microservices together to build big systems. How is this different from design patterns? Design patterns are Babylonian mathematics (where we get our 360 degree circles from!), powerful, but ultimately just a list of problems with sample solutions. What you really need is a set of axioms to solve any problem. That's an algebra!
How would you define a microservice?
Richard Roger> This is a dangerous question! I have yet to come across a useful answer. By useful, I mean something that software developers can use to make decisions about how to write code and build systems. You can write a small Python script that exposes a HTTP endpoint, wrap it in a Docker container, and deploy it using Kubernetes, and you will certainly have a "microservice" in your system. However, if you write twenty microservices like that, you will have a mess! This is the most common anti-pattern that I see in many organizations - lots of little web servers all talking to each other and no-one knows what is going on.
It is more useful to ask for the essential characteristics of the microservice architecture. These are: flexible message routing and transport independence. Flexible message routing means that each service has no knowledge of other services, and interacts with the rest of the system only with messages that it receives and messages that it sends. The microservice does not concern itself with where those messages come from and where they are sent to. This, far more than infrastructural features, such as independent deployability with containers, is what gives you the powerful decoupling that is one of the key benefits of microservices. Transport independence means that your services should not know how messages are sent. You should write a message abstraction layer to hide that detail. This means you can send messages using point-to-point HTTP, over intelligent proxies (nginx is good!), or via message buses (like Kafka), or even via custom protocols such as Google's gRPC. The message abstraction layer also makes it easy to test and develop services locally, as you can mock up the rest of the system without needing to run lots of services locally.
With these characteristics, a microservice is anything that plays by these rules. Many of them will be small units of code. Others might be parts of a legacy migration, or just naturally big—these are sometimes called "macroservices". So long as you maintain the flexibility to easily handle and route messages, you have a microservice architecture.
From a practice perspective, how do you see network usage overload with messaging requests/responses between microservices? What available alternatives are there?
Richard Roger> This is a classic objection to microservices, and all the more effective for being true! There is no question that the microservice architecture introduces additional latency into your system. That is just physics. But you have to step back and ask the question: "What are you trying to achieve at the business level? What is the purpose of your code?" When you are writing new code, you do not have all the answers, most of the times. Business requirements keep changing, because the business people do not have all the answers. Most of the software is not designed, it evolves. Moreover, it survives if it makes money, regardless of the quality of the code.
Unfortunately, we as software developers try to build perfect software from the start, and we bake in many data model and structural assumptions. If our code survives, it ends up with high levels of technical debt, and is very costly to maintain. So let us trade some latency for lower technical debt!
The microservice architecture is extremely flexible, by design. It allows you to adapt to changing requirements and bad specifications. The tradeoff is a slower system. However, that is not as bad as it sounds, because it is often the case that only 20% of the system takes 80% of the traffic. You do not need high performance in many places, and it is a waste to put effort into a globally performant system. Instead, once you have solved the business problems and the system actually does need to scale, then you can look at merging those microservices that are on the critical path into single processes to avoid network overhead.
In your latest book, "The TAO of Microservice", you mentioned that components do not offer reusability due to their connections with other components and the reuse of business logic is rarely achieved. Considering this, how a microservices approach will force developers to create reusable components ?
Richard Roger> In my book, I argue that many attempts at designing component architectures have failed, because they do not provide sufficient composability. You need to be able to flexibly combine functional elements in multiple ways. Mainstream object-oriented platforms have fundamentally failed to do this. I offer the mere existence of object-oriented "design patterns" as conclusive evidence - why are they necessary? Surely the basic features of objects (inheritance, encapsulation, polymorphism, etc) should be sufficient! However, they are not, as the mountains of unmaintainable spaghetti code that we see every day shows.
Contrast object-oriented code bases a component model that does work: the Unix command line. It works, because you have just about the simplest interface possible - a stream of bytes. That is all you can take in, and all you can send out. Therefore, all Unix commands are compatible with each other, and that is the key to making a component architecture work. We can use message the same way we use microservices, but only if we take a very easy-going approach. We have no schemas, we ignore messages we do not understand, and we use simplistic pattern matching on the message contents to route them to the right microservices.
You can then compose microservices together. Your shopping cart microservice does not need to know that the messages it sends and receives are passing through validation, auditing and scaling services as well. It does not need to know that it is not the only shopping cart, which you have an entirely separate cart for the US market, because there are so many different tax rules that trying to create a general solution and set of data structures is too hard. Therefore, you just write another service with a simpler code base.
People fixate a little on the "reusable" aspect of software architectures, but this is actually a consequence of effective composability.
It was very interesting to read the second chapter where you tackled the case study of a digital newspaper edition, especially from our newspaper perspective. Did you ever build such a model in production and could you give us some production details?
Richard Roger> Yes! It comes directly from my personal experiences building a platform for a national newsletter in Ireland in 2011 and 2012. We launched a new website, as well as mobile and tablet apps in just three months. We used many of the techniques in the book, but also made many mistakes. The system I describe in the book is the system I should have built - it solves many of the mistakes we made in production!
One of the most powerful things we did learn was that if you do use composable message-based APIs (we built these by accident using Redis pub-sub), you get a lot of flexibility and can develop much more quickly.
Richard Roger> Do you think we will see a microservice concept evolution? What do you think is missing right now?
I think that people are far too focused on choosing implementation platforms, that they are trying to create rules, and that they are not spending enough time understanding where the real power lies. Building large software systems is about taming complexity. You do get some benefits with containers, and internal REST APIs, but you also end up with the same problem complexity as before if you are not careful. You should always ask the question: "How does this reduce complexity?" Think about Roman numerals versus decimal notation. The same human brain can handle a lot more complexity (e.g. long division) using decimals. Our software platforms should give us the same benefits. Composable components are a first step on that path.
Tell us about the product you just launched: Voxgig.com.
Richard Roger> I am building a new Software-as-a-Service platform using microservices from day one! It is a search engine and community for conference speakers and organizers — helping everybody find the best events and talks. Some people say that you should start with a monolith and only later move to microservices, because the cost of building a deployment system is too high in the early days. This is nonsense with modern tools like Kubernetes, Terraform, Chef, or all the other systems tools we have now. Saying that you should start with a monolith fundamentally fails to understand that the purpose of microservices is to make it easier to develop more functionality faster!
Richard Rodger is the author of The Tao of Microservices, a new book from Manning focused on the design and management of microservice architectures. Richard is the host of the Dublin Microservices Meetup, and the maintainer of the open source senecajs.org microservice framework. His first book Mobile Application Development in the Cloud (Wiley, 2010) is one of the first major works on the intersection of Node.js, Cloud, and Mobile.
Richard Rodger is curator of the Metsitaba Newsletter for tech conference speakers. He is the founder and CEO of voxgig.com, a professional network and tool suite for speakers and event organizers. Built using microservices, of course! Richard was previously a co-founder and COO of nearForm.com, the world's largest specialist Node.js consultancy delivering next-generation enterprise software, with a focus on Node.js and microservices. Before that, Richard was the CTO of FeedHenry, a mobile application platform provider that was acquired by RedHat in 2014.
Richard holds degrees in Mathematics, Philosophy, and Computer Science. | 2019-04-23T23:50:18Z | https://www.todaysoftmag.ro/article/2549/microservices-interview-with-richard-rodger |
Hunter and the Bear’s album ‘Paper Heart’ is a record that will leave fans of classic rock grinning from ear to ear.
The four-piece deliver heavy meaty riffs, and when mixed with the gravelly vocals from lead singer Will Irvine create a sound that is classic and highly enjoyable.
Lead guitarist Jimmy Hunter hails from Glasgow, and the influence of one of the city’s biggest exports Biffy Clyro can clearly be heard in tracks like ‘You Can Talk’ and ‘Who’s Gonna Hear You’.
But there are also other influences.
‘Won’t You Ever Come Home’ or ‘Renegade’ could easily have come from a Bruce Springsteen record and are a very different tone to the earlier tracks on the album.
My personal favourite track on the album ‘DRK’ is a cracking modern rock track with a heavy riff reminiscent of Royal Blood.
The overall effect is a highly enjoyable, energetic record. | 2019-04-22T11:06:13Z | https://flippingtherecord.com/2017/08/03/hunter-and-the-bear-paper-heart-review-meaty-riffs-gravelly-vocals-and-bags-of-energy/ |
A fundraising campaign to build a synagogue in memory of Tair Rada, a 13-year-old girl murdered in 2006, raised NIS 400,000 in just two weeks.
Two weeks ago, Yedioth Ahronoth reported that Shmuel Rada, Tair’s father, was suffering from terminal cancer, and that he wished he would live long enough to take part in the opening of a synagogue in Katzrin in memory of his daughter. However, additional money was still needed to complete the synagogue’s construction.
Following the report, NIS 400,000 were raised in just two weeks, enough to cover the construction.
In addition, Israeli singer Peer Tasi decided to donate proceeds from his December 15 concert at Kiryat Shmona’s cultural center to the synagogue’s construction.
The price of each ticket is NIS 80, and the hall has 600 seats – and it is estimated that the show will sell out. “The mobilization is exceptional and even residents from the center of the country are trying to reserve tickets,” said the center’s director Meir Marciano.
The synagogue’s dedication is set for January 4, what would have been Tair’s 23rd birthday, and the construction work is going on around the clock.
Tair Rada was murdered at her school in Katzrin in the Golan Heights in 2006 when she was 13 years old. Following a long and complicated trial, the court sentenced Roman Zadorov, a maintenance worker at the school, to life imprisonment for her murder. | 2019-04-26T08:29:49Z | https://btnews.online/nis-400000-raised-in-two-weeks-for-synagogue-in-memory-of-slain-teen/ |
Two years ago today, Yankee fans were still on a baseball high a day after witnessing Derek Jeter reach and surpass the 3000 hit plateau on a steamy July afternoon in the Bronx. Today, those same fans are excited because Jeter, according to reports, will finally be making his season debut this coming Friday night against the Minnesota Twins. After 90 games of injuries, setbacks, poor offense and even more injuries and setbacks, Yankee fans are looking forward to possibly having their captain back with the team.
So what does this actually mean for the Yankees? Well, if they feel like they don't want to rush Jeter into playing shortstop everyday, they can always use him as the DH. I'm pretty sure he'll do a lot better than Travis Hafner's .217 BA. And I really didn't want to sound like one of those sappy, sentimental people but having Jeter back could also help boost the team's morale. | 2019-04-21T02:59:03Z | https://startspreadingthenews.blog/blog/archives/2013/07/10/quick-hit-the-return-of-jeter-may-be-upon-us |
A man reportedly distracted by a personal electronic device, most likely a cell phone, plummeted 60 feet to his death at Sunset Cliffs in San Diego on Christmas day.
NBC 7 reported that the incident happened at about 4:50 p.m. on Dec. 25. A man, now identified by NBC 7 as 33-year-old Joshua Burwell from Sheridan, Indiana, fell off the side of a cliff while walking and looking at his electronic device.
After Burwell fell, three witnesses made their way to the bottom of the cliff and attempted to save his life, but it was too late, unfortunately. The man was declared dead at the scene. | 2019-04-18T20:33:47Z | https://www.opposingviews.com/category/man-falls-60-feet-his-death-while-distracted-cell-phone |
05345945 is referenced by 285 patents and cites 58 patents.
A guidewire having a centrally located core wire about which is mounted a single outer helical coil spring. The core wire is typically longer than the outer helical coil spring, with the helical coil spring and core wire having common distal ends. The spring is brazed at both its distal and proximal end to the core wire. The distal brazing of the core wire and helical coil springs is rounded. A second small radiopaque helical coil spring is fitted in the distal end of the outer helical coil spring and may be brazed to the core wire and outer helical coil spring. | 2019-04-20T00:30:55Z | http://patent.ipexl.com/US/05345945.html |
This page was created/modified in commit 669d193 "Copy ox-hugo test site" on 2017-11-02.
Issue # 17 Setting class parameter Discussion Setting alt parameter Reference Setting title parameter Logo Setting image caption The image caption can be set in two ways. Using the Org #+CAPTION keyword Using #+ATTR_HTML: :caption my caption The #+CAPTION is available will get the higher precedence. In the below image, caption is set using that: Some text before image. A unicorn!
The image caption can be set in two ways.
Some more text, after image.
The image width can be specified in pixels using the :width parameter. The height of the image will be resized proportionally.
Below image is shown 50 pixels wide.
Below image is shown 100 pixels wide.
Below image is shown with a width of 1000 pixels! Now the size of this image is 200px × 200px. But the image will still show up in 1000px × 1000px size, but obviously heavily pixelated!
NOTE: Support for specifying height parameter to the Hugo figure shortcut was only added recently in hugo PR #4018. So setting this parameter will need hugo v0.31 or later.
The image height can be specified in pixels using the :height parameter. The weight of the image will be resized proportionally.
Below image is shown 50 pixels tall.
Below image is shown 100 pixels tall.
Below image is shown with a height of 1000 pixels! Now the size of this image is 200px × 200px. But the image will still show up in 1000px × 1000px size, but obviously heavily pixelated!
The NOTE above applies here too.. needs hugo v0.31 or later.
The figure sizes below are intentionally set mis-proportionally just for testing.
Similarly, :link, :attr, :attrlink parameters in #+ATTR_HTML are also supported to set the corresponding parameter in the Hugo figure shortcode.
Name "Image with Hugo figure shortcode parameters set using ATTR_HTML"
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title string "Image with Hugo figure shortcode parameters set using ATTR_HTML" | 2019-04-18T13:20:14Z | https://hugo-sandbox.netlify.com/posts/figure-shortcode-and-attr-html/ |
Recently I was driving mindlessly down the road. I was headed to one location, and without realizing it driving to another.
Has that ever happened to you? You mean to drive towards dinner with a friend after work and absentmindedly start driving home before you realize you're going the wrong way? Or maybe you are headed to the grocery store, lost in thought, before you realizing you got on the wrong street. Or like I often do, get caught up on a phone conversation and completely miss your intended exit.
I try to remind myself often to focus on what I am doing. To be in the present to prevent such dilemmas. But time and time again I find myself in that very position. Headed to one location and without realizing it, driving towards another. | 2019-04-25T18:03:52Z | http://xeeomy.blogspot.com/2017/09/ |
A collection of paintings by Stuart Nurse. With the issues of pollution and climate change so much to the fore at the moment its appropriate that Bristol artist, Stuart Nurse, is to have his first solo exhibition in April.
Paintings that Stuart has been working on for over 4 years reflect his concern with the issues that affect our shared environment, in particular the natural world. Inspired by everything from trees to quantum physics, Stuarts imagery tells the stories of his relationship with the natural world and by extension how we all relate to it through the things we do and the understanding we try to achieve of the world around us and our place in it.
The preview will be on 5 April 2019 from 6pm to 9pm.
The exhibition will be open to all on Saturday 6 April, 11am to 4pm and Saturday 11am to 4pm when Stuart will be present to talk to visitors. | 2019-04-24T08:10:30Z | https://www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/events/2019/03/18/walk-woods |
There are six basic nutrient requirements that need to be met: water, fat, protein, carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins. In most cases, the feed manufacturer balances the last five for us, but you should never forget water. Healthy horses consume about five to fifteen gallons of water a day, depending on the humidity, temperature, and their level of activity. Horses that do not drink enough water are more susceptible to intestinal impactions and dehydration.
The rest of the diet should be based on the other nutrients.
Carbohydrates – this should form the largest part of the horse’s diet. Carbohydrates are divided into 2: structural and non-structural. The former is mostly found in roughage and can be digested, thanks to the design of a horse’s intestinal tract. Non-structural carbohydrates, on the other hand, are mostly found in grains.
Fats – fat is an excellent source of energy that is easily digestible. Adding fat to a feed increases its energy density, you need to give your horse less food.
Minerals – minerals must be present in large amounts for the body to function well. You should also understand that mineral needs change depending on the status and age of the horse. Be careful when feeding your horse minerals because high amounts lead to serious health conditions and toxicities.
Vitamins – these must be present in the body to allow reactions to take place. They are divided into two categories: fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins. A horse usually synthesizes most of the vitamins it requires, therefore, horses do not need supplements for all vitamins. Excessive level of vitamins can cause toxicity. Be sure to exercise good judgment during feeding.
Because nutritional requirements vary from one horse to the other, you need to examine the feed tags before feeding your horse. This is why the manufacturers put valuable information on the feed tags. | 2019-04-22T05:09:01Z | https://www.sacate.com/2016/09/14/what-you-need-to-know-about-horse-nutrition/ |
The Eagles went 26-5 last year and will try to pick up where they left off when the season starts on Friday.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — A couple new banners are hanging from the rafters inside the Physical Activities Center for its final year.
That’s because the University of Southern Indiana women’s basketball team is coming off one of its best seasons in program history. The Eagles finished 26-5, won the Great Lakes Valley Conference East Division and made an NCAA Division II tournament appearance.
Rick Stein, entering his 20th season as head coach, has about a dozen banners hanging he can admire and reminisce upon. Maybe USI will be able to continue where it left off and hang more.
He and the Eagles, however, are trying to simply live in the moment.
“You come off a great year and you’re playing for a lot of things – NCAAs, a conference championship,” Stein said. “What I don’t want this group to do is be thinking ahead or looking ahead. When you do that, you generally don’t make it.
USI lost 56.5 percent of its scoring and 46 percent of its rebounding to graduation. Morgan Dahlstrom, Kaydie Grooms and Randa Harshbarger went 89-30 during their career. Grooms is fifth all-time in career points, Dahlstrom is 14th in points and eighth in rebounds and Harshbarger finished second in assists and third in steals.
They were the heart and soul of the team and led the way with constant standout performances.
Grooms has remained at USI as a graduate assistant coach. But she’s done suiting up and the other two are gone. It’s time for different Eagles to step up into larger roles and improve to ensure the program has another successful year.
This is nothing new for Stein, of course.
Alex Davidson and Eschweiler are the lone returning starters and two of four seniors, along with Mikayla Rowan and Milana Matias. Davidson, Rowan and sophomore Emma DeHart were voted as team captains.
There are a few new faces, too. A pair of 6-foot-1 freshmen from Northeast Ohio, Samantha LaPlaca and Ashlynn Brown, and Bowling Green State University sophomore transfer Kennedy Williams have come aboard. Williams is a Marshall (Ill.) High School graduate and broke Grooms’ single-season scoring record.
Stein said there are eight or nine Eagles who could earn starting roles throughout the season. USI is deeper than it has been in recent years. They also wear T-shirts daily that say “Team First” on the front.
“We focus on picking each other up, being there for each other and then not being about ourselves but about the team,” Davidson said.
USI hits the road Friday to open its season against Northwood. The Eagles will play seven games in the first 17 days and will be challenged regularly by quality opponents. The schedule features 26 regional games headlined by bouts with defending national champion Central Missouri and national runner-up Ashland.
The Eagles will need to stay focused if they hope to clinch a third straight 20-win season. They’re up for the challenge and excited to get started.
“I hope we learn a lot from wins and don’t have to learn a lot from losses,” Stein said. | 2019-04-21T12:08:14Z | https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/college/southern-indiana/2018/11/08/usi-womens-basketball-preview-new-year-same-expectations/1892361002/ |
Many thanks to everyone who voted in last week’s series poll! 😀 Nice to see that each series got at least one vote, but the winner with three is Brain Powerd!
And again we return to that series poll from back in January~ I’ve reviewed the winner, Mahou no Stage Fancy Lala, which was very good. I’ve watched one of the joint runners up, Betterman, which was okay. | 2019-04-25T04:38:05Z | https://angryjellyfish.wordpress.com/tag/mecha/ |
All inclusive utilities and cable, parking extra. Currently there are no vacancies. Interested parties can send applications, however applications are not processed until the current wait list is expended. Please check out the Co-op’s website for more information. The co-op is located in east Scarborough with easy access to downtown by GO Train, TIC and highway. | 2019-04-22T17:00:22Z | https://co-ophousingtoronto.coop/ann-marie-hill-co-op/ |
Is Larry Flynt's Conversion for Real—or Just to Escape Prison?
Skeptics are likely to dismiss this most publicized conversion since Saint Augustine as a Flynt flam. Not so, he insists. If money is any measure of sincerity, Flynt is dispersing his cash at a rate that suggests he means what he says.
He began last month with a reshuffling of the company that publishes his two sleazy magazines, Hustler and Chic. Other plans call for an illustrated Bible (with color photos) and a TV documentary tracing the roots of violence all the way back to Cain.
His metamorphosis began last fall after Flynt met evangelist Ruth Carter Stapleton, the President’s sister. After their families visited each other at home, Flynt declared his commitment to God on November 17. He claims he received the baptism of the Holy Spirit four days later on a private jet winging toward Los Angeles, a trip he spent on his knees, speaking in tongues at 40,000 feet.
Beyond his own empire Flynt took the extraordinary step of paying out $200,000 last month for newspaper ads praising Sen. Hubert Humphrey. On January 31 Flynt will help honor the cancer-stricken senator at a National Urban League meeting. The two men have never met. | 2019-04-26T12:07:50Z | https://people.com/archive/is-larry-flynts-conversion-for-real-or-just-to-escape-prison-vol-9-no-1/ |
Celeste used to be a ballerina and can do some rather fun and rather crazy things with those legs of hers! Like put them behind her head! Her seductive eyes and freckle dappled skin are an effortless turn on.
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The spiritual gifts of service (Rom 12:7) and helps (1 Cor 12:28) are not clearly defined in the Bible, and in English the words "service" and "helps" are very similar in meaning. Yet they appear as distinctly different spiritual gifts. What do their Greek terms reveal, and how are the two gifts different?
The spiritual gift of service is found in Romans 12:7. The same Greek noun "diakonia," translated as "service," is also found in 1 Corinthians 12:5.
While this general sense of service is not the same as the spiritual gift of service, examples like the above can cause one to misunderstand the spiritual gift of service to mean serving in general.
Paul does not elaborate on what the spiritual gift of service is. In first century Greek society, the verb form of "diakonia," "diakoneō" meant "to wait at table." The noun form "diakonia" expressed the occupation implied by the verb; thus, "a server" or "waiter." Typical to the first century church was fellowship of the common meal, which required serving at the table.
Commemorating His atonement, Jesus introduced the Last Supper (Luke 22:17-20) which instituted Christian fellowship with food. Recognizing this and respecting the most common meaning of the Greek term "diakonia," it is likely that the spiritual gift of serving is about a person who serves the church body around food.
Contemporaneously this may be seen in those who are led to host Bible studies at their home with dinners or potlucks or who are involved with food preparation or serving at church functions involving the church body.
A distinction should be made here between the general sense of serving and the spiritual gift of serving. Take for example a person who nobly serves by feeding the homeless. The Holy Spirit provides spiritual gifts expressly for the edification of the church body. Thus, if the person feeding the homeless also serves the church body in a similar fashion, he would be perceived as one who has the spiritual gift of service.
Because the Greek noun for helps, "antilēmpsis," is found only once in the Bible, and Paul does not elaborate upon it, this spiritual gift is very difficult to define.
While this is not always accurate, one method that can be used to provide clarity to a Greek term is to examine its component parts.
Anti – This Greek preposition is used to convey the sense of "opposite, over against," or "instead of."
During the first century, the common use of the Greek noun "lēmpsis," taking hold or acceptance, was in the context of remuneration or money paid for work or service.
Combining these two meanings together, "antilēmpsis" is the opposite of taking hold or acceptance. In view of the common use of Greek noun "lēmpsis," the opposite would be "gift" or "donation" where goods and services are provided without any remuneration.
During the first century, the people who were in need of a gift were those who were poor and unable to work, which in Greek society were comprised of the elderly, widow, physically disabled (blind, lame / crippled, etc) and sick. In this light, the spiritual gift of helps is about edifying those in the church body who need financial and material assistance.
2. Gaeblein FE ed., The Expositor's Bible Commentary, vol. 10, Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House (1992). | 2019-04-20T20:50:58Z | http://helpmewithbiblestudy.org/3HolySpirit/WorksGiftsServiceHelps.aspx |
His Caring Place - Get Involved - 4KIDS, Inc.
Purple Bag Drives help support the mission of 4KIDS His Caring Place by partnering with area churches or businesses to collect items needed for our young moms and babies. All bags include labels and a list of mom and baby essentials. Every bag only costs between $10 to $20 to fill, no matter what is on the list.
Bags will be prepared with labels and His Caring Place will help schedule pickup and delivery dates. We are also able to pick the items up or they can be dropped off to the Maternity Home in Coconut Creek.
For more information about the Purple Bag Drives, contact 4KIDS His Caring Place Director Rochelle Holmes at RochelleH@4KIDS.US.
Gift cards are one of the best donations for moms at 4KIDS His Caring Place. They are used to purchase maternity clothes, hospital bag essentials, baby needs, and more. Gift cards to Target or Walmart allow our moms to shop based on their needs and their baby’s needs.
Baby wipes, diapers, and new 0-18 month clothing are always welcome as well.
All 4KIDS His Caring Place volunteers must go through the 4KIDS volunteer process. | 2019-04-24T19:56:42Z | https://www.4kids.us/His-Caring-Place/get-involved |
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Mahia, Ramon and de Arce, Rafael and Thielemann, Eiko (2010): Immigration policy and its impact a comparative study with a focus on Spain.
Immigration dynamics have varied across time and across countries and immigration flows can have a significant economic, social, political and cultural impact on host countries. The challenge for policy makers and academics is to better understand to what extent public policy decisions can influence migration flows and their impact. To address this research challenge, we need to advance a broader comparative research agenda that allows for a systematic comparison of immigration policy outputs (laws) and immigration policy outcomes (the impact of such laws). This report seeks to contribute to such a research agenda and the development of a corresponding methodological framework that would allow for such an empirical investigation. This report will first provide a historical overview of European migration trends that will set the Spanish experience in its broader context. The next part focuses on the evolution of Spanish immigration policy and its impact, and also provides an analytical summary of recent research identifies the limitations of existing research designs and proposes a broader comparative research agenda that would help the academic and policy- community deepen their understanding of the variation and differential immigration policies.
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Watts, J. R. (2002), Immigration policy and the challenge of globalization: Unions and employers in unlikely alliance, Cornell University Press. | 2019-04-22T11:09:50Z | https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/35742/ |
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My review from dinner, last weekend with the sister.
Saturday night whilst debating on the oh so many options London has to offer for dinner, we managed to decide we wanted MEXICAN! I had heard so many good reviews about Desperados in Angel, and never actually been for a meal, so we decided to give it a whirl.
When we got there, the place was buzzing with atmosphere, people celebrating birthdays, couples on dates, friends on nights out – everyone appeared to be having a great night, and even though we were so drained and tired from our long day shopping, we soon caught on to everyone else’s vibes.
The restaurant was pretty cool. The restaurant was all wooden inside, the bar had a vw campervan on the end (Facing the entrance to Desperados), the tables were quite close together making people get a bit cosy – giving the new European feeling, which I actually do quite like, and the lamp shades were pretty awesome too! Almost made me feel like I was on holiday….hmmmm…let’s not get carried away.
It was very busy, and we did start to worry we wouldn’t get a seat very quickly, but the waiter asked us to wait by the bar and within 5 minutes we were sat down on a lovely little table for two. The waiters were very friendly and as two tables came available at about the same time, we were given an option (Brownie points gained!). Opting for the table nearest the wall, to escape the draft of ice cold air which would come in through the door (unfortunately we didn’t manage to escape it all , but were very much better off than the people on the table we didn’t choose) we took our seats and gazed at the menus.
They were HUGE. And this is only the one side!
First up for decision time – cocktails. Two sides of an A4 menu . I wanted to try them all! But one in particular caught my eye, and Emma even agreed with me for once and ordered the same – No 7. Mexican Sunset.
The cocktails were amazing! It was almost a shame we weren’t making a night of it, as I wanted to order so many more. They do frozen martinis too which caught my eye – a must try for next time!
Next Up – Food. There were so many choices, and we were so hungry, we gave into our eyes being too big for our tummys and decided on starters too! With Calamari on the menu, Emma jumped at that, so I picked the BBQ chicken wings so then both were easy to share.
The chicken on the chicken wings fell off the bone, and was so juicy and succulent. The calamari were delicious too. Perfectly cooked, not too much coating (I really have had some awful ones in the past) and they weren’t greasy either. We sat there sipping our cocktails and eating our starters, having such a laugh about life, and knowing we’d made the right choice in coming out for dinner.
chicken and prawns sizzling away on the skillet, tortillas nice and warm, and all the extras nicely on a separate plate – it looked amazing and tasted even better! The prawns were huge and so delicious too. I love going to restaurants where you can make your own fajitas, just the way you like them. No one knows how you like your food better than yourself!
Once stuffed, we slowly finished our cocktails, not feeling at all rushed by the waiters, and asked for our bill. The service charge gets added on anyway (but they really did deserve it!) and it still only came to £25 each!
Overall: Desperados is a fantastic Mexican I would highly recommend for anyone with a fajita craving. I will definitely be going back for a cocktail evening – I feel the need to try more off their list, with a frozen martini being first choice for next time! | 2019-04-21T04:31:03Z | https://lashesoflifestyle.co.uk/first-trip-for-dinner-to-desperados-in-angel/ |
Does your child drum his fingers to the music? Is he drawn towards an instrument? Or do you notice that sometimes he just wants a fun activity to indulge in?
If you answered yes to all the above, then you’re at the right place. Buy baby grand piano and fuel the spark of music in your child. Let him explore his hidden talents and fully enjoy his tender age with passion.
If you’re looking for an ideal kids’ pianos, we cover the whole range of them offering various styles and colors.
This is a beautiful and fun toy piece with a touch of classic black to it. Kids love it because of its ideal size as well as the fact that it offers them a chance to imitate adults in every way. Three full octaves enable them to use both hands, just like they watch professionals do it in television.
A removable color strip can be attached to the keys to make their young fingers learn the art. The little bench eases for them to sit on, so they can hop on it and enjoy their time. A perfect replica of full-size concert grand with an opening top to release lovely tunes. Definitely recommended.
A minor downside is the bench which does not come with any support, making it unsuitable for toddlers. So don’t use it unless your kid is about at least four years of age. You can replace the bench with one of your own toddler seats if required.
If you’re wondering about the right piano to buy for your kid especially with regards to elegance and design, this would be a great choice. The sleek, polished and authentic look with an adorable sound system will grow your child’s love for music. It is non-electric and a constructive activity to engage your child in.
The piano is even suitable for any kid aged from 18 months to 5 years. The construction is impressively durable and is easy to assemble. You can easily place it in your child’s room. And the best part is it also comes with a glossy pink paint color – perfect piece to grab your daughter’s interest.
The only thing I didn’t like was that the sound is more like that of bells than an actual piano. But it is in tune and you can play any song on it. So long as your child is loving it, it’s fine!
A really sturdy design and adjustable height makes it the perfect option for kids. I love the fact that kids can adjust the stand right down to their level. The padded seat provides comfort to your child, so they can practice as much as they want without getting tired. It also has a teaching mode and numerous features to help children learn faster.
And, it comes at an amazing price relative to other pianos of the same caliber. The super kits come with a power supply so there’s no need to waste batteries. Not only this, it also has a set of headphones so a child can enjoy playing it without disturbing anyone – a complete blessing.
What I didn’t like was that the quality of the headphones is not up to the mark. So when you put them on, you can hear the sound crackle sometimes. But other than that, a great opportunity to learn playing for even beginner level adults.
This adorable-looking wonder is another perfect piano to gift your child. The piano is xylophonic, so you don’t have to keep tuning it (as in case of an actual piano). It is quite smart and adds a decorative element to your kid’s room.
With the objective of teaching children the proper stretch of the fingers, it comes equipped with a removable color-coordinated strip that fits behind the keys and assists in the learning process. This strip can also be transferred to a larger piano as your child grows. Holds up well and no sign of tear even after a year. Quite impressive!
A child of age 4 would probably not be comfortable on the bench, though. The music stand is also not very stable and doesn’t stay put. All in all, the piano is recommended if you wish to give your kids a fun learning experience.
You can easily regard this as a truly wonderful piano experience. This digital piano is produced by manufacturers who have years of pride in developing acoustic pianos. Its commendable design and ease of use make it quite popular among kids and definitely worth the money.
Moreover, this piano is very easy to navigate and configure with the help of its IOS controller app. Chose a song from its built-in song library or record one of your own! Aesthetically, it is really impressive and very well-built.
The key is still lighter than an acoustic piano so you can’t say that it exactly imitates the sound perfectly, like the product claims to recreate the depth and resonance of an acoustic piano. But it’s still great for learning purposes, way better than the other grand pianos out there.
The high quality and futuristic designs are so worth your money. Your kids will thank you for helping them build their talent. So what are you waiting for? Get in touch with us and place your order now. Buy baby grand piano to let your child enjoy his age up to the fullest! | 2019-04-26T12:46:05Z | https://bestrateddigitalpiano.com/baby-grand-piano/ |
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Three people, arrested in connection with the suspected murder of seven-year-old Blake Fowler in 2011, have been released on bail until 27 May.
Two men, aged 24 and 25, were held on suspicion of murder, and causing or allowing the death of a child, and a 28-year-old woman for causing or allowing the death of a child.
They were arrested at addresses in Southampton on Tuesday (1 April).
The arrests follow a review and reinvestigation of the circumstances leading to the death of the child, following an incident at an address in Cromarty Road, Southampton. An inquest held last November recorded an open determination.
A decision to review the original inquiry into Blake’s death was made at the time of the inquest, the outcome of which led directly to a full reinvestigation by officers from the Major Investigation Team, named Operation Katla.
"Following a thorough review, the investigation has been reopened. I accept that the initial investigation by the constabulary was unsatisfactory, and for that I apologise. We have a full team from the Hampshire Major Investigation Team dedicated to this."
A post mortem examination held shortly after Blake’s death in 2011 found that he died as a result of a brain haemorrhage. | 2019-04-19T00:34:32Z | https://www.capitalfm.com/southcoast/radio/news/local/new-investigation-into-death-of-southampton-boy/ |
The Cypress College Grads to Be Program, which serves undocumented students at Cypress College, is preparing to launch enhanced support services for these students starting May 1, 2019. This program is funded through the Catalyst grant awarded to NOCCCD, and is designed to increase personal growth and development through academic, career and personal counseling, peer mentoring, legal aid assistance, and staff, faculty, and student development.
The Cypress College Dance Department attended the American College Dance Association regional conference being held on the campus of University of Southern California this past week. This conference supports and affirms dance in higher education by offering college dance students classes, observations, the opportunity to perform and be adjudicated for prepared pieces.
Congratulations to Alyssa Gorman, Cypress College’s Orange County Teacher of the Year. Alyssa is an adjunct faculty member in the English Department and was nominated by our students. She has served Cypress for almost four years and we are grateful for her thoughtful attention to our students. Clearly, her encouragement and excellent teaching is making a difference! Congratulations to Alyssa Gorman.
The college will be sponsoring a Homelessness 101 training from OC United Way on April 23 at 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in HUM 136. This training, similar to the training previously hosted at Fullerton College, is a two-hour workshop meant to elevate awareness about the costs, challenges, myths, and misconceptions about homelessness in Orange County. If you were not able to attend the previous training, please join us for this enlightening event.
Student Brandon Davis, Cypress College’s Opening Day student speaker, and who also spoke at Americana this year, has been awarded a $2,500-$7,500 scholarship from 1 Million for Anna Foundation, for Ewings Sarcoma survivors. Brandon will be graduating this semester and transferring to Cal State Long Beach. This scholarship will provide $2,500 per year for up to three years, and assist him continue his pursuit of a bachelor’s degree in Math. We are so proud of this young scholar!
Our Cypress College Hall of Fame event was held on Saturday, March 30 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. This year we honored 11 athletes and coaches, who achieved a high level of success at Cypress, in their transfer institution, or at the professional level. In total, Cypress HOF now includes 77 athletes, coaches, and supporters of our programs. The 2019 inductees included former wrestling coach Ray Haas, Citrus College softball coach, Jackie Cosgrove, and two former major league baseball players.
Save the Date! The Cypress College Foundation Scholarships will be held on May 8 at 4:30 p.m. We decided to change the time for this year’s celebration in order to accommodate the attendance of faculty, families, and students. We also changed our application process this year to an online application and more than doubled our applications. We are looking forward to honoring our excellent students and hope you will be able to attend!
Cypress hosted a Guided Pathways Summit on April 5, featuring keynote speaker Jessica Hurless from Skyline College. It was a great day focused on data, great discussions on how we can better serve our students, followed by table work groups of counselors and faculty working together to create course mapping for our 32 AD-Ts which will migrate into our new Program Mapper. Our hope is all our AD-T’s will have a clear pathway that students can easily follow semester by semester for a 2 and 3 year plan.
Cypress College hosted Board of Governors president, Thomas Epstein, as well as BOG trustees, Blas Villalobos and Bill Rawlings on March 28. The visit included a meeting with our Executive Team, a campus tour, and wrapped up with a luncheon to share ideas and concerns with the three BOG members. We thank our faculty, students, staff, as well as Dr. Marshall and Trustee Blount for attending.
Our Executive Team met with the City of Cypress officials to discuss important issues between the college and city. This ad hoc meeting helps to increase communication and collaboration with our city officials and find ways to support our students and keep the city informed about changes at the college. This year our focus was on housing support for our students and one idea was to explore hosting city “home stays” to help identify residents who might want to allow student to stay in their homes. We will be following up to identify residents who might be interested in participating in this program.
Dr. Schilling will be participating in the Vineyard Institute this year, a CEO leadership institute hosted by CCLC. This year’s institute will take place April 7-9; eleven CEOs will be participating this year. Thank you to Dr. Marshall and the Board for your support.
Attached to this board report are the results of a recent Guided Pathways survey we sent our students. This data will be used to inform how we develop and implement our pathways programs, but we are also heartened that the changes we are making seem to be well received by our students. We Take This Journey Together!
That’s our Board Report from Cypress College. Buen Cypress! | 2019-04-21T14:47:35Z | http://www.cypresscollege.edu/2019/04/15/president-schillings-board-report-for-april-9-2019/ |
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I had been invited last year to come to Tokyo to do my thing, whatever I choose to do and it was all organised by this company by a very loving of service Light being Masumi who was my co-ordinator.
I knew there was a pyramid under Tokyo from the first cycle and heart of the dragon that was calling. As well as anchoring the Light Template at the head of the Dragon at Mt Asahidake the Dragons head.
I had also just meet Coco from Tokyo who had come to the Shambala Anchoring at the East Cape December Solstice and she offered to do the logistical side of anything I felt guided to organise and wherever in Japan. So she was able to organise and also translate for me which was awesome. The dragon called for the Template of Light to be anchored at the dragons head at Hokkaido.
Even when you look at the map of Japan you can see the dragon. And after Tokyo workshops and the dragons heart activation and before the Hokkaido mission, there was a journey to the dragons tail and as it turned out singing the ancient ones back and Shambala Template anchored 6d through the crater lake Ikeda. Three weeks of dragon business in the most amazing places and vortexes, dimensional doorways and multi-dimensional realms of earth.
The workshops were over two weekends and two days in the week and each building on the next for full sovereignty and guardianship of the New Earth in tune with the inner planes, loving hearts.
I was greeted at Narita and taken to my condo in Roppongi Hills area. Where it was a quiet residential neighbourhood and a 15 minute walk to the main shopping area and Metro to get to the venue. Things were in English as well and very user friendly and so were the people exceptionally helpful. Very beautiful people, everyone I meet.
I had my own space and enjoyed the whole experience so much. With beautiful people who participated and the wonderful translator we flowed. And everyone so keen to grow, heart open and to be of service in the bigger picture. It was the most beautiful experience and the last day with the Dragon heart activated, the crystalline pyramid under Tokyo was pure joy and Light, loving hearts and transformation. The dragon heart healed and awakened.
In the build up to this on Tuesday at the Star Union day a participant gave me energetically three dragons’ eggs. Then on Thursday 7th July at the RA workshop which was the day the Sun is conjunct the Greater Central Sun I was told the pyramid and dragon’s heart was waiting for the return of the Second Sun at this time with the RA Light. That would awaken the pyramid through us, the heart of the Dragon that had been disturbed and causing havoc. Aware of the destruction that has taken place even in the very recent past can now become peaceful though the grids of Japan and the ring of fire, restored through the hearts of us.
When I had first got to come to Tokyo I had wanted to take a group to Mitakasan as I knew there was something there that was important bigger picture. But as always I’m too busy and also not nosey enough to bother with what some thing is, it’s enough to know I am meant to go there, so now was the day to finally visit and I got I was to pick up a Dragons egg.
Coco picked me up in the morning with Jo another friend who was visiting for work of all kinds from oz. We drove out into the countryside, which was still pretty populated. Then up a hill the cable car that would take us up the walking tracks on Mitakasan Mountain to the shrine and great rock and waterfall there in the park.
We meet two radiant goddesses who were also coming to Hokkaido and went up the step cable car that clung to the track against the mountainside. When we got to the top there were lots of shops selling tourist things and snacks and also some accommodation places.
I went to look at the view and tuned in, and got that a great crystal in the mountain was fractured.
We walked up the path, then up lots of steps and though a small village to get to the bottom on the steps that would take us to the shrine honouring the mountain and also other devic beings.
After cleansing ourselves first with the water, we went up to the main temple. A monk was there selling mini temples and other beautiful little items as well as an ancient reading; by choosing a number and then getting the scroll related to it, holding some relevant information for where one is at. But first we went to the edge of the cliff and looked out through a small shrine to the mountain opposite ours.
Suddenly wow!!! this huge energy comes blasting into my heart and the mountain and dragon there has given me a Dragon’s egg into my heart. The others felt it as well.
Then I was aware of the crystal under the earth as healing energies came through with each of us being a channel for the crystal in the mountain there. It healed fast and then we received the most divine loving energies from the mountain that was rejuvenating and revitalising.
Feeling on such a high and positive wave of energy and light, on the way back past the monk three of us choose a number and took a reading, mine was very positive and true. Everything since I stepped off the plane in Japan had been so positive and amazing.
We then with much gratitude left the shrine area at the top of the mountain and went down the steps, then down a path that lead to a track in the woods that took us down to this gigantic rock. It was perched right on the cliff face and had a small shrine and statue of an elven god on it as well.
It was a bit tricky to climb on but with the help of a chain and lots of tree roots we climbed up onto it and meditated and tuned in.
The rock has a link to the Inner Earth Sun and songs of the joy of the light coming to the world. I was told ‘You know Japan very well from the ethereal world's you stepped in once back in the dragon times and sung the light codes that now will come through illuminated in the heart of each one. The dragon egg you collected today you placed here from the first cycle to now it is the time for it to be activated in the dragon's eye for the sight of the one to see all as it truly is, it is so’.
Then we climbed carefully down and went down the track and steps that lead to a waterfall. I knew way before I got there I had to strip off and go under the waterfall. So by the time we got there, there were no other people around. So I took my clothes of and went into it. The most cleansing blessed feeling as the other goddesses came in also. Until some elderly people wished to come to the waterfall and they waited for us to get dressed and leave.
Walking back up the steps to the track back through the forest we felt very happy and blessed to have had such blessings.
As we then drove further into the country to a friend’s one day a week restaurant for a delicious organic lunch and blueberries before saying goodbye and heading back to Tokyo.
Then it was the last two days of workshops on Light Body DNA activations and multi-d reality with the Pyramid activation.
On Sunday July 10th after much preparation since Friday night 1st July and through the week until now we were ready and we soul travelled to the pyramid. It was old and covered in a calcified crust, the Dragon’s heart. The Dragon was in pain and suffering and moving around very unsettled and uncomfortable, he was very wounded. He said ‘he wasn’t always like this but that from aeons of neglect in human consciousness and the negative energies of the dragon slayers who would have him dead, who are Reptilians, he had to hide deep in the earth’.
He was sorry that his pain affected the earth and made humans weep too. He said humans have forgotten so much of their connection to their dragon serpent linages and why the earth is so neglected and abused’. His name is Altraea.
We all have dragon hearts and he showed how much pain there still is in the collective of humanities heart.
Then we became aware of the Second Sun and the union of our Sun with it’s twin. The RA Light of the Second Sun came in to activate and awaken our hearts and know deep within who we are. The RA Light came through us and the love that’s always been there and we all formed a circle around the pyramid on the inner. We started to sing the song of love from our hearts and the heart of our Sun and Second Sun as the love came through our voices. As everyone made beautiful sound codes and the crystal pyramid started to clear and shone until it was radiant clear and alive.
The dragon smiled and was healed and at peace.
Then we became aware of a Light City in the higher dimensions of Tokyo that can now integrate into the realms of consciousness, as we remembered ourselves there and brought in the gifts to our self here in our bodies. Tokyo was shining and so light, the heart of the dragon so radiant and strong. Peace through the grids and the ring of fire. The dragon’s heart sings once again with joy and wonder for the life we are creating through our dragon heart.
Now with awareness also of the Light City in Tokyo and as I left early the next morning to fly to Kagoshima the city was so clear and bright and illuminated.
The taxi came on time and it was a beautiful drive on freeways near the harbour with the mass of sky scrapers all looking like the light city that had just integrated into the realms we could access and be part of. Tokyo glowed and showed her beauty.
I met Geoff a dear friend and Light anchor at the Gate for our flight to Kagoshima. On the flight I was able to look out the window all the way as we passed over beautiful islands and lush forests until we landed at the airport just out of Kagoshima City in the southern island of Kyushu. Off the pane and to our rental car at the airport we had a lesson in the GPS that neither of us had used before and then we were off, Geoff as the driver and myself as navigator.
We only just got out of the airport, it was raining and before we knew it we were at two ramps onto the freeway with the sign to the city not where we wanted to go but really it was, as we went on the wrong turn at the freeway and ending up going in the opposite direction to where we wanted. But Sara san our GPS got us after two expensive toll gates back on the road to our destination. Sara san was could only direction us to a place with a phone number so for our mission we still went by intuition and maps, or in our case for this mission, stay by the sea, as we were at the volcano one side of the gulf and to Cape Sata at the other side of the great bay of Kagoshima.
The rain kept up as all tropical rain does then dry spells to give one a breather then rain again. We got off the freeway after a few more toll booths, surprisingly close together and then we were down the coast towards our hotel with the hot pools. The only place I did not experience hot pools was Tokyo but north and south they were everywhere we stayed and at one place where we had lunch as well.
Our rooms were Japanese style which was awesome and then they had hot pools outside in the gardens, male and female separated and also the whole fifth floor was also hot pools, male and female, in Japan you have to wash thoroughly before getting in the pool and go in naked which is so wonderful.
We checked out the pools for later and then went up the road to the Family Mart one of the great convenience chain stores to get out salad wraps for lunch and had them down the road as we parked on the grass next to the coast line and watched the view through the rain. We then drove around the coast healing to the volcano. I knew I had to deliver the Dragons egg I had received on the Friday at Mitakasan.
We kept by the coast until we could get to Mt Kaimon and the Dragon’s tail.
It was raining hard at times and as we drove around the coast, sometimes down dead end roads to resorts or ports we came to the most amazing rock with a huge emerald in it on the inner planes. I knew it was important and to go back tonight in a soul travel.
After spending sometime near the Emerald we continued on until we got to the entrance to Mt Kaimon and a booth to pay for a ticket to get in. Driving up the parklands road with several look out areas along the way, it did not take long to get to the end, a short distance up the mountain. Then a track lead off the end of the road that went to the summit, taking a few hours to get there.
We parked at the top of the road and connected to Mt Kaimon and connected to emerald mountain, Mt Take over in the distance by the ocean. Geoff and I sang light language and tones as the egg I had been given from Mitakasan birthed and lots of baby dragons came and kissed me on the face and called me mother.
After some time injoying the ambience and loving energies we drove down and around the mountain, along the coast and then through this long tunnel under the side of the mountain where erosion was a problem. But it was surreal having a well-built long tunnel on aroad that hardly anyone used.
We eventually got back to our hotel via a supermarket we found after several attempts at buildings that looked like supermarkets, but were American style drug stores. We had our supermarket dinner in our rooms as we had been too late to book dinner at our hotel and nowhere else to eat around the area apart from the convenience store.
Then we went to the hot pools in our own timing as segregated and I was happy to be outside in a natural earth and rock hot pool looking at the moon coming up to full transmuting and transforming with all the elements with no other ladies coming in the pool, I had it to myself.
First thing I tuned into the Soul Travel.
The emerald was glowing and took me onto the volcano council meeting and about Shambala anchoring through the volcano when we come back tomorrow it will anchor.
Today we needed to go to the southern point at Cape Sata to sing the songs of the ancient dragons to bring back the life and into the grids here. The emerald will activate the grids into a higher vibration once the songs are sung and the volcano can then illuminate and move into the higher vibrations to open the Shamballa Template here.
Very important that it happens and this mission is so important the Dragons say ‘Dragon queen you were at inception as you know and one of us now back in form on the surface. To bring us home to the worlds of all dimensions and into the consciousness of humanity to open their Dragon Earth and know they cleared the Earth and create her again in the higher dimensions to be the guardians of her, and honour her and all nature and creatures again’.
Then it was down to the dining room for another of the most amazing breakfasts that were like a banquet with trays of small boxes of individual food and pickles. Then always something cooking in a small candle heated oven on the table next to each tray, and other hot things brought in. It was mind blowing and very yummy.
I had no idea it would take us sixhours driving to get to Cape Sata we were in fact right at the opposite side of the huge harbour from Mt Kaimon. I navigated us through Kagoshima City and out the other side and it actually stopped raining and the scenery was beautiful. We drove down the coast for hours stopping at a view pull over for our picnic lunch and then at view of volcano Kaimon and the emerald Mt Take exactly opposite us. As we drove on and finally got to the narrow road that took us to the end of the road and a look out with map of Japan and the line of where we are in relation to other countries. Then we drove to the carpark where there were workman busy doing improvements. We said hi and walked down through a tunnel and then out and onto a track that took us into the forest and down the hill until we came to a viewing platform of the cape and light house.
It was sunny and warm, what a blessing and Geoff and I made sound codes and sung in Dragon light as I felt under the ground instantly the rumblings. The Dragons came up and swam around the ocean and flew in the sky and I knew there would be a sign in the heavens. Sure enough I looked up in the sky and there was a dragon cloud and he looked out to the light house.
Then we went down to another lookout and lay in grass for a while soaking it all in. As I was told on the inner ‘the Dragons are so glad to be free of the death keel of the slayers. To swim and fly and dance again as life unfolds to be like a tree and flea, a moth, butterfly and bird, and in the human heart resides as the Dragon heart is free to fully love.
Life is now in a new dimension and hopes and joys fulfilled, the real life of divine inspiration and divine love sparks through the Dragon hearts, from ancient times revered as the Ancient of Ancient is the ones that we are.
The world's have merged and the life of being true to self, transmuted and real, and true hearts reveal and now come forth in all their Dragon aspects to play in human form and live the joy of the gift of the creator.
Those who cut this off and slayed the truth of life will now be given the choice to open up and be as one with all in divine love. Or cease to exist in the world's of creation to remember, and be no more for it is said as the lore of one comes forth now to be lived in full. The abundance and the light shines and sings as all wonder at the joys of life’.
The mission was a great success being able to bring back the dragon light, the dragons love us so much.
On the physical it was getting dark and we had another six hour drive back but I saw on the map a freeway up the peninsular a ways. So we set Sara san with the phone number of our hotel, that thankfully the receptionist had taken our keys that morning and given us a card with its number on it. So we followed Sara san in the dark and rain which poured down again through lots of roads and turn offs until we got on the freeway and it absolutely bucketed down. But we made it back to the hotel by 10.30pm in time for another soak in the hot pools.
I was told on the inner ‘your mission today is to go to the top point of the volcano and just be there as the Shambala Template can now be anchored through the dragon lines and Japan from the base of the dragon to the top and beyond. It will allow for the humans and all creatures to open up more fully, you will be surprised how many will awaken now in Japan.
In the dragon council last night with Lord Maitreya and all the Shambala Beings the template was set to be anchored on this day. They told me the dragons name in the grid here is Altraea and yes this is your connection to Japan you felt as a goddess and yes from the dragon clan the ancient dragons who were awakened yesterday all from the clan and Geoff too belongs to them and they love him as well it is all in divine order or symmetry of love’.
So in the afternoon we drive to Lake Ikeda, near Mt Kaimon, we are in the off season so no one was there and a few tourist shops over the road. But what stands out are the signs with dragons on them. They had been sighted in the lake years before.
I notice that whenever the Shambala energies are to be anchored it always includes water, as water transmits the codes easily around the Earth, as do the grids in the Earth.
So when it felt the time; with intention and awareness to anchor Shambala I saw the mountain that was there before it exploded and is now a crater lake, it was high with snow on it and Shambala could only come in that far to the mountain in the higher dimensions. But it had anchored, a very positive sign for Japan and that part of the earth. No doubt more mission when the time was right for it to anchor into the lower dimensions when enough were ready with open hearts.
Then we drove around the lake and kept being drawn to look at the rim of the crater cliffs and the Light Beings all around it.
It wasn’t far to the volcano after we had checked out the farmland around the lake and we drove back to the payment booth then up the drive to the top point. Where we parked at the same place as the Dragon egg was hatched and I saw the Shambala energies come up from the inner earth through the core of the volcano and told to come back in the night in a soul travel.
In hot springs that night the elementals who love to use me, by expanding my belly to let me know they are there all wanted to go to top of higher dimensional mountain in the lake and the Shambala field.
The Shambala Template could only come up through from the Inner Earth and activate the portals there through the lake first, in the time when the great mountain existed when the place was vibrating in higher dimensions of light. Now the template is set in the sixth dimension so that those who are able to can more easily open up to their divine aspects. The rim of the volcanic crater is showing the ring of the doorway as many beings from the Inner Earth can come through now. You kept looking at the rim yesterday because you were seeing them on another level.
It will take more time for the Shambala template to fully anchor here and it needed to be at an area where the dragons came alive again and Altraea was able to flow once more through all of Japan so that energy could move throughout the land.
When you are at the top at the dragons head you will understand even more the importance of the Shambala anchoring and the dragons egg from Mitakasan. That awakened and birthed the young new paradigm dragons so then you could sing the ancient ones back from the terror and entrapment. As now the Reptilians and others who have held the Earth and those on her hostage no longer have the grip they had. This is happening fast now and will in Japan also, liberation of the Dragon heart is our liberation as we are not separate.
We were all packed and had our last amazing breakfast and then we needed to go back to the emerald before we flew out. We had a bit of time to fill in so Geoff suggested we go to a museum that was not far away and on route to the Emerald. The museum was fascinating as it had a village built how the original people lived from ancient times and showed what had happened to the Earth there and the volcanoes.
Then still raining we got back in the car and drove to the Emerald mountain. This time I navigated us right in past a health resort and under Mt Take with no one else around and in a secluded place. Just on queue as usual with the Elementals they turned off the tap for as long as it took us to get out of the car receive the codes and get back in again before it started to pour again.
From the emerald, Mt Take we received the codes to take with us to Hokkaido for the Light Template anchoring and the codes from the Shambala field. Mt Take is on the grid point vortex and takes us through to Draco, and for myself anyway about the new 6D Light Body that is the next step in the awakening journey.
We then went back past the lake and go onto the freeway and thank goodness for Sara san as there was a detour and roadworks on the freeway and it would have been difficult for me to navigate. We were late getting back to the hire car place but still had time to get to the airport and get our flight. We witnessed Japanese efficiently once we did arrive at the hire car place it took seconds for them to check the car and whisk us into the shuttle bus and to departures.
We get to Tokyo after circling around for an hour in the sky above it, before finally landing and we got a cab in the rain to our hotel for the night. Then off the next morning to Handea airport again to meet Coco and the others coming on the journey. The beautiful goddesses who had come to Mitakasan and Lillian. We had fun and then boarded our plane while I tuned into what we were doing that afternoon once we got to Daisetsuzan National Park and our hotel.
As we were flying I had an overview of what was happening.
Hokkaido is the head of the Dragon and also the site of a Light City that existed in the first cycle when the Dragons first came to Earth. For the mission I knew we needed to connect to our Dragon origins as the Light City will come back into the realms of awareness, and the role of each person as a Dragon is important as each holds the codes of the beginning. So now as the template is anchored each will bring in that quality through their being.
I was aware of when I came first to Earth and took on the form of the Dragon to assist with the creation of the Earth to be habitable. Now we are creating again the higher dimensional New Earth, a space we create through our love.
Each has a Dragon line so long and to remember some if it is important so that we can move into the New Earth with the wisdom of the old. Going deeper into the heart of our Dragon self and remembering why we came to Earth. The Dragon initiation is to pass as a dragon in our energy and fly through the mountain and into the new creation of the Dragon field.
The green Emerald codes hold the vibrations to assist each to get to hold the stillness and oneness.
There were twelve of us, one local member of the group meeting us at the hotel and the rest of us from other parts of Japan, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. We got our two six seater hire cars and headed to Daisetsuzan mountain area where our hotel was on Mt Asahidake via the supermarket.
After settling into our rooms we meet down the stairs and went over the road and past a hotel and up a road way to a small shrine. Each of us connected for our journey personal and bigger picture. Coming back down the track and to a place to fill water bottles from the raging mountain river before going to one of the rooms to do our first preparation for our mission.
The importance of connecting to our Dragon origins, as each of us remembers deep within the inception of the Earth and the role we played as the ancient, ancient ones who created the Earth to be habitable by linking the crystals and creating the crystalline grids and vortexes. That created an electromagnetic field on the surface that brought moisture and then life. Now we are coming full circle from the first inception to now as the Earth makes a huge shift in dimensions and light from the dense form she was, with so many higher dimensions within her, to now the dense becomes higher dimensional as well.
We also all have a Dragon wound, from time of the Dragon Slayers who came to own and control the Earth and dominate the beings on the lower dimensions. The Reptilians and other ET races who once the Dragon Serpent beings had created the Earth to be inhabitable came and took it over, which has been our experience for a long time now.
But now we are liberating ourselves and owning our own divine self and coming from the Dragon Heart and those controllers; who are playing out their final dance right now. With their terror and greed, and all manner of controlling and agendas of separation and fear. Are in their final throes and so it is now time for the Dragon Heart to come once more to the surface. As we heal our wounds and know our deep inner connection from the heart of us, through the heart of the Earth, through the heart of the Suns, all one.
We first connected and became aware of contracts we had signed for the mission and others to be aware of. Then cleared implants, and I made sounds to assist the process that certainly shifted things with rather loud light codes blasting through the room to everyone’s surprise. Then we did an etheric blueprint cleanse.
As we spoke in light language about why we had been called to come and our connection to our Dragon origin. As we journeyed into the Inner Earth remembering our Dragon Serpent linage and aspect at inception of the Earth. Which was important as later in the journey with more clearing and attunements activations, bigger picture work we became our Dragon self for the clearing of the Dragon lines and the holographic re-patterning of the New Earth that happened just before the Full Moon.
We also became aware of and healed our Dragon wound and remembered our gift from our Dragon self at inception until now.
As we then prepared for a soul travel to the Light City of the First Cycle and Dragon origins on Earth doing the 20 Chakra and Light Body Activation with light and sound.
CAN NOW APPEAR INTO THE REALMS OF HUMANS WHO RESONATE 5D AND BEYOND TO RETURN THE EARTH TO HER FULL GLORY WITH HONOUR AND RESPECT FOR ALL THAT SHE GIVES US.
The next morning we left early to drive through the valleys with mountains and lakes, until we came to the Lake Nukabira where I know we needed to stop. The serpent place with more preparation as we walked down by the lake and sat on the sand the sun quite strong above us, for once it was not raining.
With connecting mudras and connecting first to the Serpent within and loving blocks through the central channel. Then aware of the kundalini flow through the chakras from Earth Star to Cosmic Gateway and back as we moved in the flow and our soul story, and descent to Earth. Loving any resistance still left to being in a physical body and attachments to the underworld and desire body.
Then out of the loop of the old belief in karma and birth and death fear and separation, the illusion as we moved more fully into the cosmic flow, serpent spiralling vortexes and cosmic alignment though no time and space. Surrendered and in the kundalini cosmic flow.
As we then connected to the ancient Serpent that exists in the lake and valleys. The beautiful Serpent being who is pure love and divine essence, as she took us on a journey of our soul to realise and heal whatever was still blocking our full surrender into divine will and plan. As each of us had our own journey within.
Then it was time to walk back up to the cars and continue on of the main road up a dirt road along the sides of a beautiful river with the most divine forest. In the autumn the display of red, orange and yellow leaves so glorious people come for all over to see it. But for us now it was green and vibrant with life. As we got up to the Kosen osen restaurant and camping areas at the end of the valley. We had a wonderful lunch and then a soaked in the hot pools to integrate and prepare.
As we went back down the valley and stopped at the doorway to the Light City by the side of the river.
We scrambled down the rocky hill and onto the river flats with beautiful rocks and the river raging past us glistening in the afternoon sun and the ethereal Light City immersed in such a joy.
As we aligned the nuclei of our cells to the centre of the Sun, through the centre of the Galaxy, through the centre of the Earth all one. Awakening our Divine Blueprints and Light Body to move on the soul travel into the Light City of the First Cycle and Dragon origins.
We travelled into the Inner Earth and through the Inner Earth Sun into a hidden world not seen by those on the surface before.
There the ancient Earth Deva greets us. Calling each of us by our ancient Dragon name.
She said each of us had a made a solemn vow to return now as the Earth moves into the higher dimensions with the wisdom of the Ancient Ones that we are. (This is not just us in the group but all who choose).
As we healed our wound last night so we could each be at peace. The initiation is to move beyond fear so we can fully hold the light and remember.
We spoke our name on the inner, the key to the Light City. That can now appear into the realms of humans who resonate 5D and beyond to return the Earth to her full glory with honour and respect for all that she gives us.
Remember the origins of the Earth at inception and now again through our Dragon Hearts we create the higher dimensional New Earth so powerful so beautiful.
The Elementals held the rain off for us and an Eagle came to fly above us. I felt and saw myself and as ancient dragon goddess and the energy was so on and so beautiful I could hardly move and didn’t wanted to leave there. Aware that we also had to get back for our prearranged dinner I stayed in the zone as long as I could and was the last to leave as the others were up at the car eating saki cake gifted by dearest Lillian. Then it was off back to the hotel through the dragon and serpent realms, just in time for dinner and then the hot pools and integration.
I had organised to take workshop that night but knew it was too much and we all needed to stay in the zone of the Light City and our Dragon origins as the codes filtered through us.
I was told on the inner: ‘The Council of Light at the Light City there wishes that we continue working in the Light City and that each with our Dragon name. Use that name tomorrow to do our Dragon mudra and sound our Dragon name, this brings back the remembrance more fully and helps to anchor the Light Template.
We followed the same dragon serpent lines and road the next day but stopped at Sounkyp Gorge to clear the karmic accumulation in the dragon lines, but first we had to collect a Dragon’s egg.
We found a walkway that went right up to this amazing waterfall and we walked along the track along the Akaishi River. Then up the steep track in the deep forest with the waterfalls dancing down through the great rocks and the pregnant Dragon so happy we had come as she wanted to give us her eggs.
We walked up past a beautiful rock doorway and little fern fairy realms, up the top of the waterfall to receive the egg or eggs. I received one, an opalescent huge one, others received whatever was needed for this mission and some for other mission to take the energy around Japan and the world.
The waterfalls were so loud that we just allowed and received there. On the walk back down we stopped at a magical place on the grids, a doorway with soft grass and herbs as we sat amongst them. I guided everyone into clearing any cosmic karma they had as we were at the next place nearby going to clear if from the grids so needed to clear ourselves. As we spoke in light language about the Dragon eggs and the connection through the grids.
Then drove down to the Ginga No Taki Falls that were from way up the top of the gorge to the bottom, a great distance. And along the ridges of the gorge the light beings and dragons were watching and waiting. As I went to find a spot where we could be in private.
We transmuted DNA at dense structural levels in our bodies as we cleared the levels of ourselves ready as the rain started to come, this time the elementals were letting it happened as it was part of the work, it was still light and misty. As we tuned into our own Dragon mudra and spoke our Dragon name and then sang from our Dragon Hearts that cleared the grids of all the accumulated karma through the great Dragon of Japan and out through all the grids and Ring of Fire and Earth. It was the most amazing thing, the energy so divine, the grids so clear and sparkling and we felt so high channelling through our Dragon origins and linage to clear the old wounds held in the Earth matrix and throughout the grids in the area and then out worldwide.
On the way back to the hotel that late afternoon we couldn’t contain ourselves and were dancing in the car to the David Bowie ‘put on your red shoes and dance….let’s dance!’ as we partied in celebration and joy for the release of so much old blocking energy now cleared through the Dragon Lines and ready for the next day and the Light Template anchoring at the Dragons Head.
That night after dinner another workshop with the DNA ancestral separation and unification now of the strands from the point of separation with DNA integration. As we opened up to ourselves in the higher dimensions and embodied our higher dimensional selves more fully and into the levels of our light body all ready for the next day.
It was raining lightly again and we went up the hill near our hotel and then up the cable car to the starting point of the track up Mt Asahidake. I knew we didn’t need to go to the top of the mountain to anchor the Light Template, much to the relief of most of the group. It was by the lake with the shrine and on clear days it mirrors the mountain but not on the day we were there.
We started off up the track looking at the beautiful flowers and lakes and then the weather cleared, I thought yes the elementals are going to keep it clear for us. But as we climbed up more steps and over to the roaring geo thermal area and the dragon fire I could see that no, it was going to stay foggy and rainy. The sound of the dragon’s breath was incredible. I have never heard a sounds like it and living in NZ we have lots of geothermal but not like at the Dragons head with its Dragons roar.
Then we went to the shrine by the lake, Sugatami Pond and there were too many people there and also it was raining. But there was a shed for shelter nearby and we went in and the people in there had finished their lunch and went out and we had it to ourselves while we energetically got in the zone ready to anchor the Light Template.
Opening up the divine light through the endocrine glands and chakras to our Iridescent Light Body. As we healed any old duality games of our goddess god aspects and then into our Diamond Light Body and the highest dimensional self that each of us could hold as we surrendered into the octahedron spiralling vortex of life force and Thirteen Rays of the Rainbow.
As we spoke in light language about why it was here that the Light Template needed to be anchored. As the Dragon here is so important to the Earth and once the Light Template was anchored it was moving out through all the Earth. (This has meant the shift is even more pronounced. No going back, no more sitting on fences, it’s either in the Light or out, for those still not sure it’s not easy as everything that needs to be looked at is brought to their attention to be dealt with.) The energy was so on as our Diamond Light Bodies glowed.
We went outside and found a spot just off the track, as the track and area of the shrine where roped off and so there was not much room to stand as a group but it didn’t matter. The rain was very light and gentle and a fog, the Dragons were all there and so we did our Dragon mudra, and Dragon name as we gave our Dragon egg/s to the mountain the Light Template come in through our Dragon heart singing. We felt so much joy and the energy became so clear, the Dragons were happy and the grids so clear and crystalline sparkling.
The energy was so on and I knew this was big, but how to put in human words to explain such huge shifts in the dimensional realms of Earth so much more joy and light. In 3d things needed to settle as the old is being cleansed and transmuted as everyone’s hearts are the key.
The others left to walk back down to the cable car, but I couldn’t move, I was so in the moment and energy and so found a place to sit on the side of the track near the lake and just be in the stillness and peace. Meanwhile the clearing of the grids will be shaking up a lot for the places and those who still need to choose love as the way forward in the world.
There was so much love from the mountain and the Dragons, the Devas, Elementals and the Dragons asked that we remember the song of the Dragon Heart to be with them tonight and dance in the Dragon light of the heart.
Eventually I walked back down to the cable car station, shop and restaurant. I wasn’t worried about catching one of our cars as once out of the cable car it was a walk down hill to our hotel and soak in the hot water.
I caught up with Coco and a few others who then drove back. But I had my new raincoat on that I had brought the day before and it was waterproof. So it was such a joy to stay in the fog and rain and play with the Dragons.
Then to the osen and the one outside as the rain got strong but sitting in the hot clean flow of geothermal water and just Being. There were such big things happening for us all, and the Earth, that silence seems the best way to allow it to be and integrate through the water into the cells, though the water in the hot pool, through all the waters.
The Light Template was now anchored though the Dragon lines the water and cosmic ocean, the stars and crystals the light cities and through nature and the elementals. The elementals had given this mission and the Light Template anchored through the elementals energies on the physical earth, stars and also other dimensional realms of earth was almost complete with only the Diamonds and Diamond light matrix through the geographical location in Iceland. The stones and multi-universes at Avebury and the Dolphins and Whale codes completing at the Crown Chakra of the New Earth, Mt Titiroa NZ.
But the mission was still not completed with a soul travel into the New Earth as this was being re-patterned as well with all the shifts that had taken place.
The next morning 19th we said good bye to Naomi who could not come with us for the rest of the journey and drove towards the Shiretoko Peninsular.
We stopped at Lake Kussharo for lunch and to view the great crater with islands in it but no such luck as per usual it was foggy and light rain. Then we drove through lush fields of grains and potatoes and onwards to the coast and the Oshin Koshin Taki falls that were right by the coast. It was still raining of course as we climbed up the steps to the waterfall, the energy was so divine. I had of course wanted to do more preparation for the work that was to take place but it was all good and it was not hard for us all to get in the zone.
As we opened to the Living Library of Light codes we brought with us from Lyra, as we came through the prism and danced in the holograms of our love experiencing duality. Now as we are on the journey home we connected to the Sun that was important to each of us. As we moved through the Sun/s allowing the codes through the Sun in our hearts and out through our cells. The Living Library of Light we hold awakens more fully the codes we hold create the New Earth.
As the New Earth is a hologram of our love. As the codes we hold though our Suns re-pattern the Earth in divine order of symmetry of Light resonating in the Love that we are, one with the Source. Aware of the great vortex where we stood, the sacred Dragon portal, the Dragon Lines and grids so clear from the work we had done and others around the Earth. Creating a clear loving space for the Earth to be resonate enough now as the collective consciousness of humanity are ready or not.
Aware of the Living Library of Light codes we all held, and the codes through the waterfall and vortex they all flow through us and into the Inner Earth Sun and out through the Dragon Heart and Dragon grids all cleared now through the Earth. I could literally see the Earth so bright and shining clear, network of light shining. The energy was so beautiful and divine and as we opened our eyes seeing even more with eyes of Love.
Everything had changed, the shift has exhilarated majorly and the dark forces are out. You might find that hard to believe if you watch TV or any of the media games, but that is the illusion and not even real, let go the old programmes and the brainwashing machines and feel yourself there already. Re-patterned in divine order of love. Not just changing the channel but turning it all off and allowing the reality of love and life to embrace you.
We left the waterfall and vortex after more time just being with it and its beauty and drove not far to our hotel at Utoro, at the end of the main road up the peninsular. With just a dirt track to the hot falls or the road going across to the other coast it was not possible to get up to Cape Shiretoko at the Star Temple by land the next day.
The next morning July 20, we drove up the narrow forest road with lush vegetation and trees surrounding us and the beautiful deer feeding right by the road. There were devas and goddesses and gods everywhere and this flower goddess who kept showering us with flowers and the lord of the forest watched over us. Until we got to the warm waterfall that was gently sloping over huge smooth rounded boulders. As usual it was raining and cool and so we walked up to the top of the little track that lead onto the waterfall and did our inner connection to all the elementals, devas, dragons, goddesses and gods, light beings and guardians who had called us here to the Inner Earth doorway.
I guided everyone first into preconception about coming into the New Earth, then conception on why they choose their mother father and thank them. Then in the womb how did they feel in the New Earth. Aware of the vortex at the physical location of the birth place and is it an old Earth or new earth place, if old loving and accepting until transmuted. Receiving the codes and love coming through the New Earth vortex into life. Coming out into New Earth higher dimensional Earth and self.
Then working with the elementals to assist anywhere we lived, in our body and gifts any are giving us. Then aware of the elementals of the doorway and falls, the flower goddess wished to give us essences of the flowers and the Tree god, Lord of forest assisting us with our inner light and inner strength. Then there were all the fairies, elves and nature spirits as they took us to a serene tunnel of gold and obsolescent 13 rays of the rainbow light.
As we travelled to the Ancient Serpent Woman who puts us into the Cosmic Egg for healing and rejuvenation until we birthed out of the egg the real self. We received the light codes then for Capricorn Full Moon grounding through Star Temple and higher dimensional stars into the New Earth. After much gratitude to the Ancient Serpent Woman and for birthing from the Cosmic Egg we went to play on the waterfall. Some of the group went way up high, others had a soak in the pools. It was such a joyful place to be.
It seemed only a short ride back to the hotel then most of us went to have a shower and hot soak in the hot mineral pools and then we went down to the town and to the Boat company office. Walking down to the wharf and onto our boat to take us up to the Star Temple. It had been a bad summer so far with not enough sun and there were not many on our 80 seater boat. The fog and light rain still our friend.
As we went up along the coast we saw bears at two different places foraging (see on picture right hand corner the bear) on the shore looking for food, one was a mother with her cub. Then after looking at all the waterfalls coming down to the ocean along the coast line, the weather started to close in even more and by the time we got to Cape Shiretoko we couldn’t see the light house or the cliffs but we sure could feel the energy. This mission seemed more about the inner planes and sensing rather than seeing places of great importance on our mission like at the Dragons Head and now here at the Star Temple.
The boat turned around at the cape and as we left it with the codes from the Star Temple within us and our hearts feeling so open and loving as the energies were divine, we sighted dolphins of course in perfect timing. They were happy to see us, as we them and they came with us part of the way back. Our boat trip had taken longer than scheduled so it was back to the hotel for a hot pool soak then up to my room for the last workshop preparation time before the exact time of the full moon at 7.57pm local time.
WE HOLD THE STAR LIGHT AND EARTH WISDOM.
In the room we could look out and see the port and the ocean and we did inner unification on the broken DNA strands and template of light transmission activation. Then onto our star linages and one with the Andromedan heart of the Galaxy with the Inner Earth Sun, heart of the Earth, one through our heart. We had a break right as the Sun was setting with the most beautiful magenta pink sunset that illuminated right through the room magenta and the soft sun light.
As we opened up to the stars and the planets within us and the New Solar System stars were downloaded through us. We connected in the Star Temple and the codes we had picked up. Aware of dancing in the stars and into the ethereal Star Temple as the Earth and Star Walkers. Light and free dancing in the beauty of the stars and higher dimensional stars in unlimited possibilities. Aware of the starlight, still present on our physical bodies with the light codes we carried from the Inner Earth, the Living Library of Light and Star Temple, through the higher dimensional stars and into the New Earth that now was re-patterned to absorb the new star lights.
Then holding the energy we walked outside the hotel and over to an area that was parkland with view of the ocean and the hills in the east with the full moon coming up behind the hills, almost risen. As we formed a circle and toned in the codes through the New Earth and Inner Earth Sun, star light codes and living light codes with the blessing and love from the Inner Earth Ancient Ones and Dragons.
As the full moon started to rise at the same time as to my surprise the Cosmic Egg in the Inner Earth came though and was birthed here on the surface. The new creation of the New Earth. Even more to my surprise the Ancient Serpent Woman who was a multi-d aspect of mine (this is not exclusive we are all one with these higher dimensional aspects of our self, it’s just a matter of being clear and unified enough to remember). I had worked with for years as she held the ancient of ancient codes and Earth Wisdom.
As the full moon shone through the clouds as a sign that the light had once again returned to shine through our hearts as we create heaven on earth, it was almost too much to take in what had occurred and awhile to integrate.
In fact when I got back to NZ and into my new home in the countryside with no wifi or tv or radio I was glad these things weren’t working as all I wanted to do was sleep, eat, rest and integrate. As I gradually unpack and sort out my new home.
We are all sorting out our new home, and it’s within our heart. So don’t be hard on yourself if things don’t seem right at present everything is still integrating and takes time to come through into 3d.
With so much love and gratitude for Masumi, Magumi, Coco and Geoff who helped so much with the logistics of the missions. To all the participants in Tokyo and Hokkaido radiant divine ones, thank you for sharing your love and radiant light for this such amazing mission for humanity and the great shift in cycle. I love you, without you none of it is possible divine radiant ones. And to you the reader who was there too as your multi-d selves the Dragon’s, Goddesses Gods, Elementals and divine essences. We have changed the reality, what we have wanted in our hearts all along now coming to us.
In the One Heart so much gratitude and love for all of us, all one.
On the way back to the airport we visited Lake Kussharo again this time it was clear. And in the shop there you can buy dragons eggs, below is their packet wrapping. | 2019-04-21T06:45:07Z | http://www.evenstarcreations.com/index.php/new-earth/light-templates/dragon-lines |
ILTM which stands for International Luxury Travel Market is the pinnacle of luxury travel events in the world and one of its most prominent upcoming events is that of Cannes in December 2018.
It is described by many as the preeminent international event in luxury travel every year. Adellaporta will be present at ILTM in Cannes where the most affluent travel businesses will be presenting their promising projects.
It is said that one day in ILTM Cannes is equivalent to a month of doing business. By participating we get the opportunity to connect and bond with the ultimate in class and extravagance in the world of travel. By coming in touch with such distinguished figures, we get deeper insights into the markets and the industry as a whole. We would never miss it. | 2019-04-23T08:32:57Z | https://adellaporta.com/iltm-cannes-december-2018/ |
A Programmer can get a job at high salary. Programming skills are in huge demand all over the world, and now the use of computer is increased in our business and personal life, this will increase the demand of the programmers. In this Course the student will get the knowledge of different Programming Languages like � C++, Visual Basic, FoxPro, SQL, Java Script, HTML etc. | 2019-04-24T10:55:02Z | https://www.vtecheducation.com/programminglanguages.php |
Bistecca meat bar has some of the best quality meat you can get in Sapporo. It's off the beaten track so you won't be able to find it on the usual Trip Advisorish restaurant guides, so this little gem is a local favourite.
There are a lot of meat restaurants in Sapporo but most of them are very average, usually serving exported meat from the US or Australia, but we all know that Japan has arguably the best meat in the world. And finding a restaurant that has locally grown meat is even more scarce, especially at a reasonable price. Well, Bisteca ticks all those boxes. The meat is Hokkaido grown and you can tell the freshness from that first bite. There are other things on the menu besides meat. The oysters were also very good. All the food we had here is top notch.
It's about a 5 minute walk from Susukino subway station. | 2019-04-25T12:15:09Z | https://www.best-of-sapporo-japan.com/bistecca-meat-bar.html |
If you’re as excited for this record as we are, get yourself over to Lockjaw Records to pre-order VS before the release on Saturday 24th March. Don’t miss out on your hot sauce and your epic poster!
Follow Money Left To Burn and The Affect Heuristic for more updates. While you’re here, check out our review of The Affect Heuristic’s first gig. If you like this it’s also worth checking out Actionmen / Dead Neck’s Defections split, it’s got a lot in common! | 2019-04-20T04:17:58Z | https://shout-louder.com/2018/03/21/stream-mltbtah-split/?shared=email&msg=fail |
This Personalised Brandy Tumbler Glass with Bubble Design base has a simple yet elegant design and perfect to create a memorable personalised gift for the husband to be, father, brother or man in your life.
Simply add the persons name to be added onto the glass their initials and a small message of up to 15 characters and relevant year.
Add any name or message to create a personalised brandy gift ideal for Father's Day, Birthdays, Christmas, Valentines or for Him. | 2019-04-22T13:09:27Z | https://www.cherishedgifts.co.uk/personalised-brandy-tumbler-glass-with-bubble-design |
Theodore was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. He raised his family in suburban Hinsdale, Illinois and now resides in Chicago. | 2019-04-20T07:00:45Z | http://www.illinoisauthors.org/cgi-bin/illinoisAuthors/getSpecificAuthor.pl?uid=6802 |
Carrying out a plan for risk management when an unexpected occurrence befalls on your farm is important to protect your farm investment. There is a unique way of shielding your farm crops and livestock from damage that fits all solution in one package. Farm insurance is tailor-made to cover the damages, losses and risks to free your mind from worries when a tornado, flood or contamination affects your products, machineries, building structure and farm animals. A farm insurance quote Naperville can match your investment through your insurer who will help you determine the damage in your farm.
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Farm insurance is a unique insurance policy that caters to all types of farming business, whether your industry is involved with livestock, or you have a plantation of fruit bearing trees or vegetables. Farm insurance quote Naperville offers you the above-mentioned coverage which you cannot find with other types of insurance policy. The insurance agent will help you determine the coverage of your plan as well as the extent of the damage so you will receive the benefits that you deserve to have.
The premium you paid is really worth for your security and future. So why wait for the risk to happen? Get a free insurance quote today. Call us on (630) 947-7980 for additional information. | 2019-04-24T11:53:44Z | https://trunnellinsurance.com/naperville/farm-insurance-quote-naperville.html |
Eligibility: Maryland residents. Students are not eilgible for the submission.
Maryland has a rich and diverse tradition of capturing and expressing the physical and cultural fabric of our state and its people. The range of expression from plein air painting, to urban photography, to writing and poetry, reveals and communicates the environments of the present influenced by the past. Maryland State Arts Council office (MSAC) is especially looking for work from plein air festivals throughout the state as well as photography and other mixed media work.
Two-dimensional work of any media, representational or abstract, that is framed and ready to hang and no larger than: 8’ w x 5’ h.The exhibition is part of the Art on the Fly exhibition space at the MSAC office, 175 W. Ostend Street, Baltimore, MD 21230. Deadline for submissions: Friday, September 21, 2018.
To apply, start your application by clicking the Submit button above. Artists must create an account on Submittable.com to complete artwork submissions. Up to four (4) digital images of documentation of the artwork (jpeg or PDF files) proposed to be included in the exhibition.
If work is accepted into the exhibition, the artwork must be framed (including writing and/or poetry works) with the artist’s contact information printed on the back, and if the artwork is for sale (via the artist).Artwork must be dropped-off or delivered to the MSAC office between October 15-19, 2018. The Exhibition Opening Reception is scheduled October 25, 6:00-8:00 PM. Work will be de-installed the week of January 14, 2019, and must be picked up by January 18, 2019. | 2019-04-20T08:57:54Z | https://artontheflyexhibition.submittable.com/submit |
Please contact David Roy for more details, all calculations are backed by Professional Indemnity Insurance, alternatively download design calculations information.
As an aid we have carried out a number of calculations normally required in the designs of roofing system.
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"I am too young to prepare a Will" or "I don't need to prepare a Will", is common fallacy...which perhaps many of you would be able to relate.
You see, dying intestate (i.e. without preparing a Will) can lead to various complications and disagreements amongst your loved ones / your legal heirs. And hence you ought to seriously think about estate planning. It can prevent the addition of financial and legal grief to your loved ones, besides the emotional grief they may be going through.
All our life we work extremely hard to ensure the financial wellbeing of our family. So, when you pass away, wouldn't you want your loved ones to live in peace and joy? You would, right!
You don't need to wait to accumulate lots of assets to transfer them or till you turn 65 to create a Will. Life is unpredictable and uncertain. The earlier you undertake estate planning, especially when you're in the pink of health, the better it is!
It is wise to make provisions to leave behind assets, from the very first day you acquire one. We understand that life is dynamic and there'll be many ups and downs. But you can always revise the Will you've written; in fact, that would be a prudent cumulative approach to follow.
Hence don't procrastinate and solemnly think about drafting your Will.
If you're 18 years of age and above, of sound mind, and free from any coercion, fraud, and undue influence; you are eligible to write a Will.
The Will should begin with the title 'Last Will And Testament Of (state your name)' to make it clear that the document is your Will. State your full name, current address, and the fact that you are of sound mental health and under no duress from anyone. Moreover, don't forget to date your Will.
Even though it is not necessary, it is advisable to name an executor -- a person who will carry out the tenets of the Will. Choose a trustworthy person as the executor and seek his/her permission before you do so. This is because if he/she refuses to become one at a later time, there may be no one to execute your Will later, leaving it to the court to appoint an executor.
A Will can be hand-written or typed out. A stamp paper is not necessary. You can write a Will on a simple A4 size paper, sign and date it with two witnesses and keep it in a secure location. It is not compulsory for one to register a Will with the Registering Authority; but in order to avoid frauds and tampering, it is always preferable to get it registered. If you wish to register your Will, it can be done with the registrar/sub-registrar by paying a nominal registration fee. For Registration you need to be personally present at the registrar's office along with the witnesses. Also, it is preferable that the witnesses signing your Will are not the immediate beneficiaries of your estate or wealth. They could be two people whom you trust the most and are reliable. Also, it would be wise to inform the executor and family members about the whereabouts of your Will in order to avoid confusion later.
If you wish to bequeath your assets to minor children, make sure you appoint a guardian till the time the minors reach an adult age.
Ensure that the Will is simple, precise and clear, otherwise there may be problems for your loved ones / legal heirs.
It is possible to make changes or minor alterations in a Will if you wish to do so. However in case there are too many or major changes, it will be better to make an entirely new Will. If more than one Will is made, then the one having the latest date will nullify all other Wills.
Number each page of the Will serially and sign on each page. Ensure that the Witnesses too have signed. This is to prevent the Will being substituted, replaced, or pages being inserted by people intending to commit fraud. At the end of the Will, you (the Testator) should indicate the total number of pages in the Will. Corrections if any should be countersigned.
Don't forget that while writing a Will, laws of the country along with one's religion also plays an important role. So, if you're a Hindu, any assets you acquired on your own can be bequeathed as per your wishes. But the property(s) which has/have been inherited from your father cannot be transferred as per your whims and fancies; as the laws of inheritance will apply.
Although it is possible to draft a Will on your own, it is always better to take the advice of a trusted lawyer or advocate while writing a Will. This will reduce any chances of misinterpretation or frauds from relatives and also reduces the probability of the Will being claimed as invalid in the court of law.
Remember, that your Will is one of the most important documents you'll create---detailing the distribution of the wealth to your loved ones. So, ensure that it's done correctly.
The law does not know that you wished to leave a larger portion of your wealth to your financially weaker child, or you wanted to leave personal accolades, for instance a war medal, to your daughter who has a keen interest in war history.
PersonalFN believes for all these reasons and in order to avoid being the reason of agony for your loved ones, you must start planning for your estate. Estate planning is one of the most essential aspects of our lives and should not be put off until it's too late. It is a dynamic process, which needs to be reviewed at regular intervals of time to absorb any changes that might happen in our lives or in the laws of our country.
Dying intestate can lead to various complications and disagreements amongst your loved ones / your legal heirs.
So go ahead and solemnly make a Will. A Will is the cornerstone of estate planning.
A well-drafted legal Will can ensure the financial wellbeing of your loved ones after your demise.
The amount of wealth or your old age isn't the criteria to make a Will, As long as you have assets that are self-earned, go ahead and draft a legal Will. But make sure you are legally a major, of sound mind, free from any coercion, fraud, undue influence, or duress.
Writing a Will can provide an understanding of your current financial strength (and even an opportunity to improvise in the remaining life span, especially if you've made a Will in the initial accumulation phase of your economic life cycle).
It is vital for a Will to be simple, precise, and clear.
You can even specify your funeral wishes in a Will.
As an executor and witnesses for your will, choose those who're trustworthy and reliable.
It is not compulsory for one to register a Will, but preferable as it avoids frauds and tampering.
Prudently drafting a legal Will can prevent financial and legal grief to your loved ones. | 2019-04-24T10:35:37Z | http://www.certifiedfinancialguardian.com/MoneysimplifiedEcourse/will-writing-tips.aspx |
If you need a European Health Insurance Card renewal then the process is very simple! In fact, the EHIC Renewal process is exactly the same as the initial EHIC application steps. The only difference is you will need to supply one additional piece of information: your EHIC Pin Number.
How to do EHIC Card Renewals Online?
Your EHIC Card renewal can be done online. Simple fill out your personal details just as before and once you have sent off the application and it has been processed you should receive your European Health Insurance Card (formerly e111 card), within 10 working days.One extra piece of information you will need to fill out however on the EHIC form is your EHIC Pin Number! Your EHIC Pin begins with UK followed by 8 digits, and is found to the right of your birth date on your current EHIC Card.When completing the EHIC application form you will need to provide your EHIC Pin in order for your European Health Insurance Card renewal to be processed.
What If I Don't Know My EHIC PIN Number?
If you have a lost EHIC card then of course in that instance it is more than likely you will not know your EHIC PIN, and in that case you will need to contact the NHS helpline number to assist you with getting your EHIC renewal.
Why Should I Renew EHIC Cards?
If you want continued cover by the EHIC during your travels then it is important to always make sure you are carrying a valid European Health Insurance Card. Each family member needs their own EHIC card so be sure to double check they are all valid before you travel to countries that accept the EHIC card.You can apply for your European Health Insurance Card renewal up to six months before it's expiry. When you use our review and submit service on our website, we automatically alert you 6 months before your EHIC card expires so that you can ensure you are always covered.
What Coverage Does My EHIC Renewal Provide?
When you renew your EHIC card you simply extend your coverage during your travels. However, it is important to remember that your European Health Insurance Card should not be seen as a replacement for Travel Insurance. Travel Insurance is a more comprehensive form of coverage and your EHIC card simply gives you the same treatment rights as local residents of the country you are holidaying to. This can therefore help keep your medical bills to a minimum. However, keep in mind the EHIC card does not cover things like dental treatments which are not seen as needing immediate attention as they can be treated when you arrive back to your home country.You European Health Insurance Card is valid for 5 years from the date is was issued.
How Long Will My European Health Insurance Card Renewal Take?
Typically, you can expect your European Health Insurance Card renewal to be processed and sent to you within 10 working days. However, if you are due to travel and need it sooner then you can contact the NHS helpline for assistance. | 2019-04-20T20:25:56Z | https://ehiccards.org.uk/european-health-insurance-card-renewal/ |
You want to know more RFID solutions?
UHF RFID reader, UHF RFID Antenna and UHF RFID Tag can be usually applied to retail, parking, vehicle tracking, cattle tracking, pig tracking, jewelry tracking, IT asset tracking, tire tracking, ETC passing, laundry tracking, book tracking, file tracking, so we often call them as RFID UHF retail, RFID UHF parking, RFID UHF vehicle tracking, RFID UHF cattle tracking, RFID UHF pig tracking, RFID UHF jewelry tracking, RFID UHF IT tracking, RFID UHF tire tracking, RFID UHF ETC passing, RFID UHF laundry tracking, RFID UHF book tracking, RFID UHF file tracking and RFID UHF Clothes tracking etc.
If you have similar RFID projects mentioned above, please feel free to contact me.
If you want to know more RFID solution, please feel free to contat me. | 2019-04-21T06:58:10Z | https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/EPCglobal-UHF-Class-1-Gen-2_60628574340.html |
We just released build 0.4.2 on Steam's Early Access. It has a new Halloween themed encounter that should prove challenging! Oh, and offer a special reward, of course. Full notes can be found right here.
There isn't a whole lot of new things to report this week. We're still focusing on getting all our dialogues fully written so we can have a big review of them and then start the localization process. We're focusing on new maps, story events and dialogues right now and this will remain the case for a while still. | 2019-04-20T07:18:37Z | https://6eyesstudio.itch.io/fell-seal-arbiters-mark-demo/devlog/53600/new-map-new-spell |
This interesting little pipe is great. It looks like a mushroom and can be attached to your keys or worn as a necklace.
The stem unscrews conveniently from the bowl and can be reattached on the side of the bowl for a functioning pipe. When done smoking, simply unscrew the stem and screw it directly into the bowl.
Walk around with your pipe looking like a normal piece of jewelry or a fashionable key chain. It looks nice. It's convenient and easy to carry. Easily concealable if needed. | 2019-04-25T04:51:47Z | https://simpleehippie.com/products/mini-incognito-mushroom-pipes-portable-creative-smoking-for-herb-tobacco-weed-a-great-gift |
Congratulations to our affiliate Dreadnought Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at Southwest Grappling Championship in Lawton Oklahoma. Dreadnought Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu took Home 28 Medals.
This article was posted on Saturday, October 17th, 2015 at 4:45 pm and is filed under BJJ. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. | 2019-04-18T22:16:50Z | http://anchoragebjj.com/southwest-grappling-championships |
Does any of this matter ethically? For many, the key question here is whether these animals are capable of feeling anything—whether they are sentient. If they feel nothing as they are boiled or carved alive, then ethical qualms about these practices seem as misplaced as they would be for vegetables. But if they do feel—if they are sentient—then they are cruel and inhumane.
So what is the reality? Are crabs and lobsters sentient or not? Can science settle the issue? Before we can address this question, it helps to be clearer about what we’re looking for. I will focus here specifically on the phenomenon of pain. There is much more to an animal’s subjective experience of the world and of its own body than pain alone—but pain is the aspect of sentience with the most obvious ethical consequences.
Animal welfare scientists define pain as ‘an aversive sensation and feeling associated with actual or potential tissue damage’. When they talk about pain, they mean pain in its most elemental, evolutionarily ancient sense—a feeling that might have some but not all of the aspects of pain in humans. In particular, to feel pain in this basic sense, it is not necessary to be self-conscious—to be aware of oneself as being in pain.
Do crustaceans feel pain in this basic sense? Over the past few years, a series of experiments by the biologist Robert Elwood and colleagues at Queen’s University Belfast has demonstrated impressively sophisticated behaviour in crabs. Here is one example. Hermit crabs live in shells vacated by other animals. They prefer some types of shell to others, and will often switch from a less-preferred to a more-preferred shell in the wild. Elwood drilled holes in the hermit crabs’ shells and poked electrodes through the holes to see how they would react to small electric shocks—not a pleasant procedure, but a necessary one to gain insight into their responses.
In another experiment, Elwood and colleagues found that shore crabs rapidly learn to avoid locations they associate with harmful experiences. The crabs were offered a choice of two dark shelters: in one, they received shocks; in the other, they did not. In general, crabs prefer to return to shelters that they have previously occupied. But after repeatedly receiving a shock in one of the shelters, the crabs were much less likely to return to it—a phenomenon known as 'conditioned place avoidance'.
Motivational trade-offs and conditioned place avoidance are what I call 'credible indicators' of pain—credible because they cannot be explained away as mere reflexes, and because they tie in with a reasonable theory about the function of pain for animals that feel it. The idea in the background here is that pain is a guide to decision-making. To make flexible decisions, animals need to be able to weigh the seriousness of an injury against other things they need. Sometimes fleeing is the right thing to do; sometimes carrying on as normal is the right thing to do; sometimes tending the injury is the right thing to do—it depends on the situation. Pain is the currency in which the need to stop, or the need to flee, is measured. When we find an animal making flexible decisions by integrating information about past or present injury with information about its other needs, that is a credible indicator of pain.
Is it conceivable that motivational trade-offs and conditioned place avoidance occur without any pain? Of course, but no one is suggesting that pain is conclusively established by these experiments. We are talking about credible indicators, not conclusive proof. If we demand conclusive proof, this will never be attained—not for any animal, not even for other human beings. | 2019-04-18T16:19:35Z | https://www.thelovepost.global/protection/articles/are-crabs-and-lobsters-sentient |
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