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NBP group Lithuania had a successful start in January 2019 by signing Lease agreement with a well – known company JYSK which is a global retail chain of houseware.
JYSK is owned by founder Lars Larsen, who opened his first JYSK store in Aarhus, Denmark, in 1979.
In total, the companies have 2 710 stores, 23 000 employees across 51 countries. The turnover in the financial year 17/18 was 3.58 billion euro.
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President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that called for expanding apprenticeships to improve worker training in the United States Thursday. But his own proposed budget would cut other job training programs that advocates say are necessary for this one to thrive.
Trump’s Executive Order mandates that the Department of Labor review current federal workforce programs, charging the Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, with developing a program that enables private sector businesses and trade associations to develop their own apprenticeships. The order will also create a task force to recommend methods of implementation.
“We will be removing federal restrictions that have prevented different industries from creating these programs,” Trump said at the signing Thursday.
Apprenticeship programs are generally praised on both sides of the aisle. The White House worked with Virginia Democratic Rep. Bobby Scott on the initiative, highlighting it as a “truly bipartisan issue.” Bipartisan legislation was also introduced in the House to strengthen the Perkins Act, which provides federal support for technical education by modernizing it for the 21st century, a bill Ivanka Trump praised on Fox and Friends earlier in the week.
But Trump’s 2018 budget — which Congress is unlikely to pass in full form — would reduce funding for job training programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, which President Barack Obama signed into law in 2014, by 39%, shifting the majority of responsibility of states and employers.
“Around the country, but especially in hard-hit areas in the Rust Belt, federal training and employment services are a powerful way to provide economic opportunities to millions of unemployed and underemployed adults and young people,” Chris Lu, who served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor during the Obama Administration, wrote in TIME this week.
And both employers and economists agree with the White House that the skills gap — the discrepancy between the number of workers available to do the work and the skills required for the job — is something the country needs to address. The White House noted that there are currently six million job vacancies in the United States, the highest number in nearly 40 years, but workers don’t necessarily have the skills to fill them.
The initiative Trump focused on Thursday would double the funds for the Apprenticeship USA program, bringing the total spending to $200 million a year. Nevertheless, advocates worry it won’t come to fruition if the White House’s proposed budget is implemented in Congress.
A senior Administration official noted during the briefing that the government is channeling billions of dollars into job training programs — in fiscal year 2017 spending on these programs totaled $16.7 billion before Pell grants — that he says have not effectively helped the American worker.
But the White House did not respond to additional questions about squaring the possible budget cuts with the expansion of this program.
Illinois Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, who, introduced the revised version of the Perkins Act along with Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Glenn Thompson said that he is “heartened” by the Administration’s attempt to strengthen apprenticeship programs, although he did not work with the White House on the initiative.
But, he noted, the President’s proposed budget would cut funding for the career, technical and adult education training under the Perkins Act by 13%. If those cuts are implemented, he doesn’t think increasing participation from private businesses will close that gap.
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Hundreds will attend a new festival to celebrate a greener future later this month, and with an eclectic experience, this lifestyle event will be appealing to all, including the suburban hippy.
The Carrum Sustainable Festival made possible by a $10,000 council grant will inform the community of changes that they can take home to lead a more sustainable lifestyle, by targeting attitudes towards household inefficiencies, waste and pollutants.
The Sustainable Business of the Year award will be presented to firms who have a stall at the event, which is a first of its kind, and will recognise innovative ideas profiting from the lucrative green trend.
Event organiser Jess Scarlett believes that we are a significant influence on the environment and she wants to deliver a message that resonates with everyone. “It’s time to give back to the very Earth that we stand on, and that doesn’t necessarily mean planting a tree, it is as simple as being conscious about waste,” she says.
The Carrum Foreshore car park will play home to the event with its markets, stalls, live music, and food trucks. It doesn’t stop there, with water-based activities likely to be popular with many.
Ms Scarlett says that it is a life long dream for her to deliver the event that will be launched on February 25th at Carrum Foreshore.
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Announce your new baby in style with these poker chip favors. You can personalize the back of the poker chips, or have a magnet on the back. You can give these personalized poker chips out at your baby shower, or mail them to everyone you know.
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At IFA 2014 in Berlin this afternoon Sony has taken the wraps off its new Sony SmartBand Talk smartwatch which has been designed to offer customers with the power to make calls immediately from their wrists in addition to present notifications and monitor your exercise.
The Sony SmartBand Talk design is IP68 waterproof and dustproof licensed and can hook up with units operating Google’s newest Android A.A working system by way of Near Field Communication (NFC) know-how and Bluetooth A.zero.
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The Sony SmartBand Talk will probably be out there in 4 totally different color finishes and will probably be priced at round $210 or €one hundred sixty when it launches in the course of the fall of this yr.
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Empagliflozin. Results of the EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial. A breakthrough in treatment of type 2 diabetes?
Cardiovascular (CV) complications are the main health challenge among type 2 diabetic patients. They may cause premature death, disability and reduce the quality of life. Administering a multifactorial intervention aimed at controlling glycaemia, lipaemia and arterial blood pressure allows to reduce the risk of their occurrence. FDA ruled that all newly introduced hypoglycaemic agents must undergo tests for CV safety. The EMPAREG OUTCOME trial was conducted on a group of type 2 diabetic patients at high CV risk. It showed that including empagliflozin in the standard therapy reduces the risk of primary outcome (death from CV causes, non-fatal myocardial infarction or non-fatal stroke) by 14% and all-cause mortality by 32%. The causes of this effect of empagliflozin — an inhibitor of SGLT2, which is an enzyme present only in renal proximal tubules — are unclear. Reduction in insulin resistance and in oxidative stress, changes in lipid levels, reduction in uric acid levels, in albuminuria, in blood pressure and reduction in sympathetic activity are all named as potential mechanisms underlying the rotective effect of empagliflozin.
Results of the EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial are a breakthrough in the treatment of diabetes, and if other SGLT2 inhibitors are found to have similar effects, a fundamental change in therapy recommendations for this patient population may be made.
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Set to release sometime before the end of the year, Ninjabee’s A World of Keflings continues the construction-oriented, avatar-enabled gameplay A Kingdom of Keflings brought to Xbox Live Arcade two years ago. The series involves story-based kingdom-building to house, appease, and please the titled-inhabitants of the world.
The Fantastic Fest demo starts with the Keflings and an avatar freezing a bit in an ice setting. The Keflings are quick to make their desire to build a fire pit for warmth apparent, which launches a bit of a tutorial of the basic mechanics of the game. Simply put, you’re given a blueprint of items needed to construct a requested building or structure and are immediately off to mine resources to store in a work house. From there, those resources can be taken to a work house for storage. A person can do all of this themselves or enlist Keflings to the task by picking them and dropping them by the mining locations. Once they’ve mined a resource they will take them to the work house where a needed item made.
Creation of the buildings and structures is a very basic pattern-following. Basic to the point, one wonders if it’s even necessary for the game to hint toward where specific items need to be placed within a tiled-pattern as you are placing them as it does. One assumed this was put in place for young children and frankly shudder to think my 6-year-old nephew would have any problems with that level of memorization. Certain twists in the process do come in needing to find certain objects in the environment, (like snowmen and love, shown as hearts), in the first level of the demo.
Also there are moments requiring the use of avatar emoting. At a certain point in the demo, a dragon appears endangering a building which requires a special emote being used to scare away the creature. Again, it is a simple process using the D-pad, but it does add to the story element being presented to the game. Emoting isn’t just available in story-specific situations. Certain emotes can be done at anytime to have the avatar express some emotion. One can also be a complete jerk by kicking the small defenseless Keflings if one should choose.
What level of complexity available in the game as it progresses remains to be seen, but so far it masters its fairly simple mechanics well and appears well put together as a more basic kingdom-building and crafting game.
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This article provides an empirical investigation of the mechanism through which R&D influences export and tangible investment decisions. The analysis is based on a large representative and cross-country comparative sample of manufacturing firms across seven European countries. The novelty of this work lies in the three aspects. First, we expand the results on the R&D–export and R&D–investment relationships to a wide sample of cross-European firms. This differentiates from previous works based on single-country samples. Second, to the best of our knowledge, this study is the first in years which assess empirically the relationship between R&D and tangible investment at the micro level. Third, we control for endogeneity of R&D and simultaneity in firms’ decision whether to export and carry out tangible investment. The results of the analysis suggest that R&D positively affects export propensity and tangible investment. The results also reveal that neglecting endogeneity and simultaneity issues leads to underestimate the effect of R&D to both export and investment propensities.
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Due to the feeling of pressure because of the amount of asbestos complaints within the state, the legislature in Florida sent out an act called ASCFA which is translated to the Asbestos and Silica Compensation Fairness Act formed in 2005 with the intent of minimizing the number of lawsuits being presented to then Florida courts. This is the ongoing initial rules controlling asbestos hearings in the state of Florida. The ASCFA made prompt requirements around multiple principles of asbestos hearings in Florida, as well as a substantial required impairment, proof of entitlement, a 2-disease law, and obligation limits.
Measuring up to federal asbestos regulations and laws, Florida has sent out a ruling that has approved the NESHAP, translated to National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; that was put into motion by the EPA. Also, the DEP or the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, supervises an asbestos reduction operation, collated in Chapter sixty-two to two-hundred and fifty-seven of the Florida Code of Administration. Specifically, these state systems relate to the destruction and remodel of some faculties. When executing such remodeling or destructions, workers have to fulfil the criteria instructed by the Florida Code of Administration. Rendering on the DEP, there isn’t a barring date, so even newly modified structures has to follow the protected asbestos instructions put in motion by the state regulations.
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Mesothelioma is an exceptionally lethal cancer of the membrane that lines the chest, stomach cavity, and internal organs. There is no cure, and the only recognized cause is exposure to asbestos. The cancer takes place usually in the pleura (membrane in between the lungs and the ribs), however it can spread to other locations including the lungs, stomach or heart. Our preferred Florida Mesothelioma lawyers are here to help you get the compensation you deserve.
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At Blackhawk Plastic Surgery, our plastic surgeon utilizes the Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) method of hair restoration. This method holds many benefits over previous, less successful hair transplant procedures. FUE extracts hair grafts using a tiny punch, leaving only 1mm wounds that do not require sutures or leave scars. Hair grafts are small, containing only a few follicles each, and are placed individually in the area requiring restoration. This process creates an extremely natural and robust result. The entire procedure can be performed under local anesthesia, eliminating the risks and recovery time associated with general anesthesia. Post-procedure recovery is quick and most patients report very little discomfort. FUE has a high success rate and produces results that many patients love.
Dr. Ronan of Blackhawk Plastic Surgery is pleased to offer this state-of-the-art hair restoration treatment to men and women in Pleasanton, Danville, Livermore, Alamo, and San Ramon. Contact us today by calling (925) 272-2464 to find out how you can benefit from an FUE procedure. Check out our blog for more information about the cosmetic treatments offered by our experienced team.
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I am the son of a university professor of ornithology. We travel the summers throughout the National Parks of the west and to many foreign lands in his father's never-ending quest for the next new bird.
In 1977 I took a workshop in Yosemite with Ansel Adams, Morley Baer, Yousuf Karsh, among others. Association with such great photographers became a turning point and gave me the confidence to use photography as a tool to explore and develop my own intimate way of seeing the world.
I have continued to work in black and white using large format 4x5 or 6x9 films. My prints are selenium toned silver gelatin processed in a wet darkroom. I remain dedicated to the continuation of traditional black and white photography and printmaking.
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Only 3 weeks to till the Aussie Painters Network’s Painters Expo and the ‘Paint to Prosperity Conference’. Listen to the interview with Monroe Porter about coming to Australia. Click Here!
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Self-Fusing Silicone Pipe Repair Tape.
Sylmasta Wrap & Seal will stop leaks even when pressure cannot be turned off. Simply wrap the tape tightly around the pipe, using the centre line as a guide, until the leaks stops. The pipe repair tape will bond to itself to form a solid rubber band which maintains pressure over the leak. Finish by applying SylWrap over the Wrap & Seal to protect it and make a permanent repair.
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New South Wales Police serves a population of 7.3 million, with a jurisdiction 312,732 square miles in size. The largest Police Force in Australia, NSW meets its policing responsibilities with approximately 20,500 sworn and non-sworn employees.
New South Wales Police Force (NSWPF) — CI Technologies’ 5th Australian customer — is up and running with IAPro!
As production use moves forward, CI Technologies staff continue our work with NSWPF BTS to ensure Professional Standards Command (PSC) reporting and other business requirements are fully met.
Implementation at NSWPF was one of the more complex in our experience, with extensive up-front planning being done by our Company in cooperation with NSWPF PSC and IT staffs during 2017.
To meet the exacting NSWPF security/access control requirements, enhancements leveraging the advanced information filtering architectures of our BlueTeam and EIPro companion products were made.
Australia-based implementation efforts then unfolded over a five month period. Involved were six IAPro trainers, weeks of on-site work by one of our data migration & integration specialists and an IAPro project manager on-site for the entire period.
Over 250 users have been trained during that period!
CI Technologies has introduced an experienced local training and support resource to assist NSWPF and our other Australasian customers.
As well, the next Australasian IAPro Users conference will be held in Parramatta, NSW near NSWPF HQ this coming March 2019.
We would like to express our appreciation to all NSWPF staff and our Company staff involved in this important project for their hard work, and successful efforts!
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Kilwinning Cleaners | Cleaners in Kilwinning | Cheap Home & Office Cleaners Kilwinning.
Cleaner Finder Kilwinning Cleaners page, We have listed several cleaners and cleaning firms in Kilwinning. If you know of a cleaner in Kilwinning that we missed Please Submit it at our: Listings Page. The listings below will help you find cheap home cleaners, cheap office cleaners, part time cleaners, night cleaners and weekend cleaners in Kilwinning. Cleaner Finder will help you find all cleaners in Kilwinning.
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In April 2009, there were 383 deeds recorded, a 14% decline from the 447 recorded in April 2008.
In April 2009, there were 1374 mortgages recorded, a 14% increase from the 1206 recorded in April 2008.
In April 2009, there were 29 foreclosure deeds recorded, a 57% decline from the 67 recorded in April 2008.
In April 2009, there were 106 deeds recorded, a 30% decline from the 151 recorded in April 2008.
In April 2009, there were 20 foreclosure deeds recorded, a 46% decline from the 37 recorded in April 2008.
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Carabinieri pull back car with metal and plastic parts, aprox 12 cm aprox 5 inches long. With 3 cm 1.5 inch figures. By Fantastiko, 2000. It comes mint and complete in sealed blister bubble, never played with.
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The Homeboat Company is a young and innovative company that offers investment alternatives, generating value-added experiences for investors and tourists.
Have you ever dreamed of having a boat in the Mediterranean?
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They are public and concessioned institutions.
• 60% of Europeans plan their holidays and vacations in advance.
• Spend between 2.000 and 3.000 euros per passenger.
• Hotel occupancy rate in Europe has grown from 64% to 71% between 2010 and 2018.
Italy and Spain are the countries with the highest tourism growth in the world: 11% and 9%.
Full property management, insurance, engine, licenses, safety equipments, transport, marina’s rental fee.
Enjoy your nautical asset for 15 days a year in any The Homeboat Company Village across the Mediterranean.
We offer to manage and develop a boutique enterprise as a Homeboat rental, in an efficient, transparent and carefree way for the investor.
Simply enjoy your asset, we will take care of it and keep it in development to manage your investment.
It is a very unique experience to stay in a houseboat. it Located in a very quiet bay and the view to the sky is really good. would recommend if you have tried before. but the internet is really bad, you cannot even use to browse any website and the light is dark. So if these are improved, it will be really good.
Wow, what an experience, a must if you are visiting Cagliari! The house boat was spotlessly clean and well thought out in terms of space.
Check in was super easy via (Hidden by Airbnb) messages and we were even left a bottle of complimentary wine.
The town itself is a 20 minute walk along a lovely marina where you’ll find fantastic restaurants and bars.
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As of 2010-2014, the total population of Manor is 5,936, which is 393.02% more than it was in 2000. The population growth rate is much higher than the state average rate of 25.13% and is much higher than the national average rate of 11.61%. The Manor population density is 805.82 people per square mile, which is much higher than the state average density of 97.14 people per square mile and is much higher than the national average density of 82.73 people per square mile. There is no dominant race in Manor.The average Manor education level is lower than the state average and is lower than the national average.
4,862 (81.91%) out of the total population of 5,936 reported first ancestry.
Manor, TX % of the Total Population Texas U.S.
Manor, TX % Texas U.S.
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okay, I have tried your suggested steps but error still persists.
I suppose I will resort to a new fax modem. Any specific type is recommended?
When replacing a fax modem, I’d recommend a controller based fax modem, (external serial modems) (not USB external) , or a controller-less based modem. In some cases where you cannot use an external modem (don’t have a serial port, or would rather have an internal device), your 2nd choice should be a controller-less based internal modem.
Avoid softmodems if you can. Although softmodems do work with WinFax, they are the most problematic due to window drivers and they heavily depend on the computer’s CPU.
is a U.S. Robotics 56K Modem 5686E – Fax / modem – external an example of a controller-base modem?
How do I know if I have the required port for this modem?
Some newer computers may have NO serial port.
Yes, all EXTERNAL Modems (with the exception of “USB Port” models) are controller based modems.
Make sure you also get the proper cable, usually it isn’t included with the modem.
If you have access to a new (different model) modem, you can try uninstalling any modem in Windows, turn off the PC and then physically remove the fax modem from the PC. Boot the new PC without the fax modem, so it initializes Windows again without the fax modem, now shut down the PC and install the new modem according the the directions of the manufacturer.
Okay, I have all my new modem equipment. Must I first uninstall the old modem and physically remove it from my computer?
If yes, can you please elaborate on how this is done? My existing modem is a Conexant D850 56K V.9x DFVc and OS is XP Pro.
I opened the modem options in the control panel.
I see that I can “remove the modem” in the modems tab of the “phone and modem options” dialogue box or I can “disable” the device in the general tab of the modem properties dialogue box.
Are any of these methods what you have suggested for removing the existing modem prior to installing the new one?
If yes, which one of the above methods is recommended and do i still physically remove the modem chip from the interior of my computer?
I’d recommend you “Disable” it first.
Control Panel. Modems, select the modem, click Properties.
What does this do? it keeps your internal modem installed, but tells the computer to not load the drivers for it – it just ignores it.
Once you’ve done that, reboot the computer and make sure when it boots up again that the modem still shows “Not functional” or “Disabled”.
You can then go ahead and install the external modem following the directions of the manufacturer.
Now find the old Modem in the list of hardware, it will be under Modems. Select the modem you want to remove and then right-click and select “Uninstall” Once you’ve done that, the modem should be gone and now you shut the computer down, and physically open the computer and remove the modem from the PCI slot. When you boot up again, the modem should no longer appear as a device and only the external modem is detected as an available modem.
Your last message didn’t make the forums board conversion to the new software, but I did read that you still are having the same problem after switching the modem.
Click on Check Send/Rec Limits, click Yes to continue.
What are the numbers reported ?
i thank you for your patience with this issue.
Unfortunately the error still persists.
Since you have mentioned that this error can be caused by various reasons, do you suggest that a technician can resolve this issue by surveying my system as a whole?
To disable the programs or shortcuts in the preceding folders, you must hold down the SHIFT key until the desktop icons appear. Holding down the SHIFT key is a better alternative than temporarily deleting or moving programs and shortcuts because this procedure affects only the current user session.
In the Welcome to Windows dialog box, press Ctrl+Alt+Del.
In the Log On to Windows dialog box, type your user name and password and then click OK.
Continue to hold down the SHIFT key until the Windows XP Professional desktop icons appear and the mouse cursor stops changing shape.
hold SHIFT key during the Windows XP boot up process.
Once you’ve done this, run WinFax Tools. Click “Start Controller”. You must start WinFax this method, or WinFax will not operate. Clicking Start Controller also starts the appropriate startup programs for WinFax that were not started because you temporarily disabled them.
Now try the same sending tests with WinFax. If no errors appear, the problem is somewhere in your startup a program is loading that conflicts with the operation of WinFax.
how can I verify that the startup programs have been disabled? Even though I held down shift during my computer’s reboot, my security software has loaded properly. Shouldn’t my security software be a member of the startup group?
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The Children's Psychiatric Rating Scale (CPRS) is a multidimensional rating scale of childhood psychopathology. It is not diagnostic, but rather a broad-ranging rating scale of symptoms and behaviors which may contribute to diagnosis. In addition, the scoring system enables the rating of severity of symptoms and presentation. Since the scale measures the presence or absence of symptoms over a particular period of time, it is a useful instrument of treatment efficacy and has regularly been the instrument of choice employed in clinical trials.
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On Feb. 11, the prison ministry at Holy Family Church in Brentwood held their first annual retreat with inmates at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. There were roughly 20 people in attendance, including 12 inmates, three parish volunteers, Holy Family pastor Father Joe McMahon and Deacons James Booth and Mark White, Glenmary priest Father Wil Steinbacher and Holy Family staff members Betty Lou Burnett and Janis Lovecchio.
The inmates, the staff at Riverbend, and the prison ministry volunteers worked together to help organize the retreat. “The prison ministry program at Holy Family has been around about four years now, and it was the first time we’ve ever had an event like this,” Deacon Booth said.
The day started with Mass celebrated by Fathers McMahon and Steinbacher, and included time for the Sacrament of Penance and eating lunch together. But the highlight of the day for everyone was an hours-long discussion of Pope Francis’ book “The Church of Mercy,” which is a collection of the Holy Father’s reflections on the Church acting as an instrument of God’s mercy to the world.
“Pope Francis’ messages throughout the book hit home for me by helping me want to evangelize more,” said one of the Catholic prisoners.
Both inmates and volunteers walked away with a deeper faith, Deacon Booth said. “It really was a blessing for all of us,” he said.
He strongly encourages all who are interested in getting involved in prison ministry to consider it without fear or hesitation. “I think a lot of people who might consider doing prison ministry are turned off by the idea of it, because they think they’re being forced to go directly into the prison to meet convicted felons. And here at Holy Family, we do hope that those who join us will eventually feel comfortable enough to visit prisoners face to face,” he said.
“But I know, at least at our parish, there are many ways in which we provide outreach to prisoners that don’t involve prison visits,” he said. “At Christmas time, we have a clothing and toiletry drive to collect gifts for the men at Riverbend. We also send Christmas cards to them and have people who are pen pals with some of the inmates. Most of these men have been abandoned by their families, and it really means so much to them that someone on the outside is keeping them in their thoughts and prayers.
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Describe the type of student who should not attend Providence Catholic High School and explain why.
Providence Catholic High School: Describe the type of student who should attend Providence Catholic High School. Why?
Providence Catholic High School: Would you recommend attending Providence Catholic High School if you had the choice? Why or why not?
Providence Catholic High School: What is a typical Providence Catholic High School student like? Describe the type of person who should attend Providence Catholic High School.
Providence Catholic High School: Which 3 extracurricular activities at Providence Catholic High School are most popular? Which extracurriculars would you recommend?
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Do your joints ever feel stiff? Do you ever get pain in your joints after playing sports or doing something strenuous? When you are in colder weather, does it feel like you are not a limber as you would be in warmer weather? When you move one of your many joints do you have pain of any kind?
If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you may have the beginning signs of joint pain or inflammation, which is commonly known as arthritis.
It is now estimated that over 60 million Americans now feel the effects of one form or another of joint pain. The word literally means inflammation of the joints. Two common forms exist that affect that largest number of people. Osteoarthritis is degenerative and happens when the cartilage that protects the ends of the bones from rubbing directly against each begins to wear thin. Bone on bone is the end result and it is very painful.
With rheumatoid arthritis (an autoimmune disorder) is more common for younger folks and occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the synovial membrane of the joint. The result is inflammation and the joint becomes damaged. The body then replaces this damaged tissue with scar tissue, which can fuse the joints eventually resulting in more stiffness, swelling and crippling pain. A third form of this is called gout. This occurs when uric acid crystallizes and settles into the joints and tissues. This can be extremely painful and many times pain occurs in the big toe.
fix, repair and maintain health in the body. Many factors and complexities are related to what we are going to talk about, but let’s talk in simple terms first. As for osteoarthritis, we have to ask the question, “What natural healing minerals can do the job”?
Dead Sea Minerals The Dead Sea has the highest salt content of any water body in the world–too high to sustain plant or animal life, hence its name, says the Steady Health website. As well as salt, the water is packed with minerals — such as bromine, potassium, magnesium and calcium — that are believed to be beneficial for the skin and a range of health conditions.
Benefits; According to PubMed.gov, one study showed that people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis experienced a significant improvement in their condition. Their symptoms were reduced after taking a warm bath containing dead sea salts every day for two weeks, and the benefits lasted for up to a month.
Sore Muscles, Body Aches, Fatigue, Insomnia, Anxiety, Arthritis sufferers may all benefit from soaking in ½ cup to up to 4 cups of Dead Sea salt in the bath. The high concentration of minerals and magnesium helps reduce muscle and joint aches. Minerals calm skin irritation and improve circulation. This helps also reduce water retention and foot swelling while creating an overall calm and well-being to the body.
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Don sold me my first home in Beech Grove 12 years ago. Then 2 years later Don sold that home for us and then Don helped us find our home in Zionsville to start our family. When it came time to sell almost 10 years later we knew he would help us make the right decision for when and what to do to put it on the market. And he did! We listened to his advice on what to do to get it ready then Don listed it and it sold in just 2 days!
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LITTLE MIX!! Love these girls!! They smashed it tonight in front of 50,000 screaming fans. Amazing. @LittleMix.
At only 23 years old Lianne la havas is certainly making her foot prints known in artistry. Lianne La Havas, one of the most critically acclaimed singers to emerge from Britain this decade. Inspired by her travels, and reconnecting with family, hence the title Blood, La Havas’ second album starts with the somewhat haunting and genre-defying Unstoppable, and then develops into Green And Gold, a modern soul number which pays tribute to her parents. Her catchy doo wop style vocals, while Tokyo is another high point, offering a familiar theme of loneliness in a big city wrapped up in a wonderfully catchy soul beat – La Havas’ sultry delivery rides it beautifully.
has been honoured with his very own radio station.
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Lianne la havas She is an elegant girl.
I can’t stop coming back to this video, it’s so good!
Little mi heart must be beating fast being onstage with taylor.
Drake is upping his game.
i have seen this video 100 times!!
Taylor is helping little mix to become popular just like her. good on u taylor swift.
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Seems it not only caught a few eyes, but caused quite a stir.
As they say in show biz, "Any publicity is good publicity."
Pretty clever on their part, I must say.
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Never worry about encountering any issues with your account or trading activity.
Our technical support department is available round-the-clock to address all your concerns and to assist you in whatever trouble you might face. Receive answers to all your questions anytime through live chat, calls, or email.
No other investment firms offer the best in-house support and services like LBLV and no matter where you are in the world, be assured that our technical support team will always be ready to address all your issues to help you make the best of your investment.
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For extremely aggressive cleaning in heavy manufacturing & industrial environments. Good for grease & mark removal. Low foam. Contains environmentally safer surfactants. NSF approved. pH: 7-8. Dilution: General cleaning – 1/2-3 oz per gal; Heavy cleaning – 4-8 oz per gal; Severe cleaning – up to 15 oz per gal.
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Do You Have An Evacuation Plan In Case Of A Natural Disaster?
No matter where you live or what type of natural disasters are likely to strike your area, having an evacuation plan is essential to keeping your family safe. Do you know what to do or where to go in case of an earthquake, tornado, fire, hurricane, or flood? Some natural disasters may require you to shelter in place initially, but require you to quickly mobilize later. Putting together a plan now and familiarizing everyone in the house with it can help bring you peace of mind in case of emergency.
ABC NewsFEMA’s Family Emergency Communication Plan is a great document to fill out, print, and keep in a safe place, because it gets your plan on paper. Now, it’s time to practice the plan as a family. This helps ensure that everyone knows what to do and doesn’t have to think about it under stressful conditions.
Do you have an emergency bag packed for a “just in case” situation? Not many of us do. In case of a hurricane and subsequent flooding, there may be time to put some preparations in place, but natural disasters like fire and earthquakes may strike without any notice. Packing a “go” bag is a smart strategy for anyone who wants to be prepared.
FEMA’s recommendations are extensive, including things like: One gallon of water per person per day for at least three days; at least a three-day supply of non-perishable food like granola bars; a battery-powered or hand crank radio and a NOAA Weather Radio; extra batteries; a flashlight; and a first aid kit. In addition, you’ll want any medications for family members, cash in case electricity fails and ATMs and credit card machines don’t work, your important documents in a waterproof bag, and a mobile phone charger.
Scenes of animals being evacuated during Hurricane Harvey was heartbreaking but also heartwarming, as pet owners refused to leave their beloved dogs and cats behind and rescuers risked their own lives to pulls animals from flooded homes.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has some great tips you can use to make sure your animals stay safe along with the rest of your family in an emergency situation. If your pets don’t have updated identification on their collars or have not been microchipped, now is the time to get that taken care of. Practicing getting your pet into a carrier and getting in and out of the car is also helpful. See more tips here.
If your mom always told you to make sure not to let your gas tank get too low, she was on to something. A Today Show report on safe evacuations noted that during Hurricane Rita in 2005, more than 100 people died while trying to evacuate because they ran out of gas and suffered from heat exhaustion. Even if you have advance warning of a coming natural disaster, like a hurricane, fill up your tank as soon as possible. Gas stations will and do run out of gas, leaving those who are trying to prepare at the last minute out of luck.
Your escape plan maybe slightly different in the case of fire. The National Fire Protection Association has outlined a series of safety precaution steps including unblocking exits so they’re always clear, finding two exits from each room, and checking to make sure street numbers are clearly displayed on the front of your house so that any emergency personnel can find you easily.
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It is an abbreviation for the term “British exit”, similar to “Grexit” that was used for many years to refer to the possibility of Greece leaving the Eurozone. Brexit refers to the possibility of Britain withdrawing from the European Union (EU).
The outcome prompted jubilant celebrations among Eurosceptics around the the Continent and sent shockwaves through the global economy.
After the declaration of the referendum result, the pound fell to its lowest level since 1985 and David Cameron resigned as Prime Minister.
The new Prime Minister Theresa May has managed to break the deadlock in the EU negotiations and Brussels has agreed to move on to trade talks.
Theresa May stand on Brexit?
Theresa May was against Brexit during the referendum campaign but is now in favour of it because she says it is what the British people want. Her key message has been that “Brexit means Brexit” and she triggered the two year process of leaving the EU on 29 March, 2017. She set out her negotiating goals in a letter to the EU council president Donald Tusk. She outlined her plans for a transition period after Brexit in a big speech in Florence, Italy.
The EU has finally conceded that “sufficient progress” has been made in the first phase of EU exit talks on the Brexit bill, the rights of EU citizens and the Irish border.
The second stage of talks on Britain’s future relationship with the EU will start in the new year after EU leaders gave the green light earlier this month. Britain wants the next stage of talks to begin straight away, but the European Commission has suggested that they will not start in earnest until March. Time is already starting to run out because Article 50 – the step that started the timer on two years of Brexit talks – was triggered in late March 2017.
Article 50 is a plan for any country that wishes to exit the EU. It was created as part of the Treaty of Lisbon – an agreement signed up to by all EU states which became law in 2009. Before that treaty, there was no formal mechanism for a country to leave the EU.
Under Article 50, Britain is scheduled to leave the EU by the end of March 2019. MPs and peers will be given a vote on the final EU deal.
In June Brexit was thrown into uncertainty when Mrs May lost her majority in a snap election and was force to make a deal with Northern Irish party the DUP. But Mrs May is now pushing ahead with plans to leave the EU’s single market to regain control over immigration and end the supremacy of EU laws. The Prime Minister is also pushing for a ‘bold’ EU free trade deal, while the UK is expected to come out of the customs union in its current form. On the day of Brexit, the Great Repeal Bill end the supremacy of EU law over Britain’s own legislation by overturning the European Communities Act.
But the Prime Minister risks defeat on the Great Repeal Bill and other key Brexit bills because she only has a minority government. Jeremy Corbyn has seized the middle ground on Brexit by agreeing that the UK should remain part of the EU’s single market for a transition period.
What does Brexit mean for the economy?
The Brexit victory in June 2016 sent economic shockwaves through global markets and Britain lost its top AAA credit rating. But the Bank of England cut interest rates and took other emergency steps to stop the UK from slipping into a recession. There is ongoing uncertainty over what will happen once Britain leaves the EU because it needs to make new trade agreements with the rest of the world.
Mrs May wants to take Britain out of the EU’s single market in order to end the free movement of EU workers that goes with it. If that happens, Remainers worry that foreign companies will be less likely to invest in the UK and could relocate their headquarters to the Continent. But Brexiteers argue that EU countries have every incentive keep trading with the UK, which is a large importer of goods and services.
US President Donald Trump has said that Britain is at the “front of the queue” for a US trade deal despite his protectionist attitude to trade.
Neil Woodford, head of investment at Woodford Investment Management, said he could see why the Brexit vote had been seen as an “existential shock” to the economy. But he said: “The reality is very different in my view. I don’t think there’s going to be a recession in the UK.” WILL OUR ECONOMY RECOVER? The Brexit vote led to higher import costs but it was good news for exporters who had struggled with the high value of the pound. When Britain leaves the EU, it will no longer have to contribute billions of pounds a year towards the European Union’s budget. During the referendum campaign, Eurosceptics slammed a Confederation of British Industry claim that Brexit would cause a £100billion “shock” to the UK economy. The Treasury was also accused of “doom and gloom” after predicting that a Brexit would cost households £4,300 a year by 3030, leaving Britain worse off for decades.
Anti-EU campaigners have rubbished claims that the EU exit will push up the cost of the weekly shop and travel abroad. But there are still concerns about what will happen to British expats living in Europe, EU citizens in the UK and European footballers playing in the UK.
What will happen to immigration when Britain leaves the EU?
Brexiteers have argued that post-Brexit Britain will be free to take back control of its borders in order to curb immigration and boost security. The UK will no longer have to accept ‘free movement of people’ from Europe because it is preparing to leave the EU’s single market. The Prime Minister advocates a clean break from the EU and rejects any watered-down departure deal that leaves the UK “half in and half out” of the EU. But she has rejected the Brexit campaign’s pledge to introduce an ‘Australian-style points system’ to manage immigration and fill skill gaps here. Pro-EU campaigners believe that Brexit will hit the British economy, which relies on the free movement of EU migrant workers such as health professionals. Some Europhiles have also said that Brexit will compromise the UK’s ability to fight cross-border crime and terrorism in Europe. During the so-called Project Fear campaign, Mr Cameron even suggested that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi “would be happy” when Britain leaves.
What will happen to Britain’s place in the world?
Brexit campaigners believe that British voters have taken a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to restore Britain’s sovereignty. Eurosceptics see EU institutions as inherently undemocratic and argue that laws affecting the UK should not be decided by bureaucrats in Brussels. Brexit figurehead and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson argues that the EU has greatly eroded the public’s ability to elect politicians to pass laws that matter to them. In his Brexit victory speech, the former London mayor said that the British people will now be able to “settle their own destiny” outside the EU.
He said: “It’s about the very principles of our democracy. The rights of all of us to elect and remove the people who make the key decisions in their lives.” But Europhiles argue that the UK will now wield less power on the international stage because it will not be in the room when key decisions are made.
There are also fears that British workers, expats and travellers will lose the right to live and work abroad when the UK leaves the bloc. EU chiefs have defended the integrity of the European bloc and pushed for more defence co-operation amid fears that Brexit could tear Europe apart. Eurosceptic populist parties across the Continent have delightedly seized on Brexit to further their own campaigns for independence.
The UK has voted to leave the European Union. It is scheduled to depart at 11pm UK time on Friday 29 March, 2019. The UK and EU have now agreed on the three “divorce” issues of how much the UK owes the EU, what happens to the Northern Ireland border and what happens to UK citizens living elsewhere in the EU and EU citizens living in the UK.
Talks are now moving on to future relations – and a plan for a two year “transition” period to smooth the way to post-Brexit relations.
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When looking for a new home, buyers often become so focused on the house, they forget to consider other aspects of the home that can contribute to its value, mainly landscaping.
In fact, a healthy, well-maintained landscape can add 25 percent to the overall value of the property, according to Bruce Avery with AAA Tree Experts in Tallahassee, Florida.
“Landscapes, like most houses, can look beautiful and appealing on the surface but still have many underlying problems that may cost an unwary buyer significant expense in the future,” Avery says. “Landscape inspection considerations should include a thorough evaluation of all turf, natural areas, shrubs and especially trees. Many landscapes now include amenities, such as irrigation and lighting, that sometimes get overlooked in the home inspection process and may result in expensive repairs.
“However, most home inspectors don’t have tree and landscape expertise,” he adds. Professional landscapers can fill this void.
Like trees, these require the same maintenance considerations but don’t present the same hazards and risks as trees can.
Different types of turf require different levels of watering and care. “Most homeowners have a lower tolerance level for problems with their lawns than any other part of their landscape,” Avery explains.
Evaluate all wiring, light fixtures and timers to ensure they are functional and meet the goals of design and installation.
Editor’s note: This article was originally published in October 2014.
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Why should the UK’s tech sector care about China?
Read why China is becoming an important market for the UK's technology sector.
The prominence of China in the global economy has changed markedly over the last few decades. From an agricultural society three decades ago, today China has become one of the largest economies and a major trading nation, and it is destined to become even more influential in the years to come.
As the world’s largest exporter and the single greatest destination for global direct investment, it is a huge and expanding market for UK businesses. With the rapidly changing shape of the Chinese economy, there is also a growing appetite for international links, especially in the technology sector.
The growing trade relationship between the UK and China is best illustrated by the fact that China has grown from being the UK’s 26th and 15th largest export and import market in 1999 to claiming the 6th and 4th places, respectively.
Numerous challenges for trading with and operating in China are well-documented and make it a tough market to crack. However, British businesses are increasingly finding their way into the Chinese market. Prominent British companies, such as Jaguar Land Rover, Abcam, AstraZeneca and Horizon Discovery are well known for their business with China. However, many other companies like Novacyt, CyanConnode, Congenica, Porvair, Sepura, Meteor Inkjet, TWI, Treatt plc and others have blazed a trail in China too, and BT has recently become the first global telco to receive domestic telecoms licenses in China.
On the other hand, the UK is now the biggest recipient of Chinese investments in Europe. Chinese firms have increasingly invested in the UK in services, advanced manufacturing, technology and other high value-added and consumption-related sectors, as well as in assets providing high and stable returns.
Supermarket of the world: China has a total population of 1.5 billion, of which approximately 300 million is urbanized – a number that is expected to increase to 600 million in the next 15 years. It boasts over 100 million middle-class consumers (forecast to reach 400-500 million in the next 10 years) and around 160 cities with population of more than 1 million. It is undoubtedly the “supermarket of the world” with demand for more sophisticated products expected to rise in the future.
World’s largest ICT market: China is also one of the world’s largest ICT markets. The country accounts for 50% of global digital payments and three quarters of global online lending market. It also has the largest population of internet users (731 million) on the globe. Half of all AI investments in 2017 occurred in China and the government spent around USD 200 billion on AI.
High-spender on tech: Tech spending in China reached around $234 billion and it is expected to rise to $844 billion by 2020.
Developed infrastructure for tech trials: As part of its focus on improving technology infrastructure, China has been one of the leading nations in implementing 5G technologies. 5G equipment has been rolled out in trials in 100 cities across the country.
Vibrant & active tech community: China is emerging as an active global player in fostering technology start-ups and encouraging the growth of tech businesses through strong support ecosystem. In 2017 alone, 4,000 tech, media and telecom start-ups have been created in China (10% of which were pegged for high growth). China is also the home to 9 out of top 20 tech giants and has produced 34 ‘unicorns’ in the past 3 years. In addition, it supports the growth of tech businesses through over 2,500 tech incubators and accelerators around the country.
Large-scale financing: Large-scale financing is also supporting the growth of tech in China. Through around 15,000 investment institutions China has held nearly 10,300 investment and financing events in 2017 and the private equity reached $120 billion in the same year.
World’s new science and technology R&D powerhouse: Chinese R&D investment has grown remarkably over the past two decades. It is now the second-largest performer in terms of R&D spending and accounts for 20% of total world R&D expenditure. The rate of R&D investment is greatly exceeding that of the US and the EU. The Government has also committed around $41 billion between 2016-2021 for scientific tech investment.
Skilled workforce: The steep improvement in science and technology performance has been underpinned by significant strides in science and engineering education. China is now the world’s number one producer of undergraduates with science and engineering degrees, delivering almost one quarter of first university degrees in science and engineering globally. Since 2007, the country has awarded more PhD degrees in natural sciences and engineering than any other country globally.
China’s global role in technology sector is growing from strength to strength - from passenger drones, high speed trains, artificial intelligence, internet through lights, quantum satellite to Scarlett Johansson robot – China is involved in all. The benefits from a global science and technology world with China as an extra strong pole will accrue to many, but some will benefit more than others. With the country’s increasing focus on high-tech - areas where the UK has complementary and advantageous strengths – there is a real opportunity for British tech businesses to advance collaboration and access new commercial opportunities across the UK-China tech corridor. Thus, developing an enabling environment that encourages closer collaboration between the two tech ecosystems can offer tangible, long term benefits to the UK’s economy.
At techUK, we are delighted to have launched the UK-China Tech Forum, which aims to advance these objectives further. Jointly hosted by techUK and the China-Britain Business Council (CBBC), the UK-China Tech Forum has been set up to bring together representatives of businesses, government and other stakeholders interested in influencing or understanding the policy landscape that impacts the technology sector, trade relations, and the market opportunities and challenges and market growth in both countries.
As a continuous activity, the forum brings members together on a regular basis to discuss issues and events that may impact their growth in the UK and China and provides an avenue for collective concerns to be aired and discussed with the government as well as for participants to explore emerging opportunities for growth and expanding their business networks. If you are interested to learn more or join the UK-China Tech Forum activities, please be in touch with international@techuk.org.
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Join Bello Machre for their 29th Annual Every Step Counts Walk, Bike and 5K Run. Registration opens at 7:00 a.m. and the event concludes at 12:00 noon. This event is fun for the whole family and will feature a moon bounce, face painting, children’s games and prizes, great food, and music. The event is designed to promote education and awareness about people with developmental disabilities who live and work within the community.
The walk (1-mile), bike (5 miles), and 5K run course begins and ends at the Anne Arundel Community College and is suited for all ages. The 5K Run is a professionally timed event for each registered 5K participant – whether you walk or run. Awards will be presented to the fastest three times for both men and women, as well as in nine age groups. All participants under the age of 10 will receive a participation medal.
Individuals and teams are encouraged to raise money for Bello Machre or make a pledge to a specific person or Bello Machre home, with half of the money raised going directly back in the form of services. This is a huge help to families and individuals in the Bello Machre community. Walkers, bikers, and runners are encouraged to set up a personalized pledge page by texting ESC to 71777 to sign up and/or donate.
To register, pledge money or volunteer, please contact Jenna Fisher atjenna.fisher@bellomachre.org. To volunteer, please contact Michele Marshall atmichele.marshall@bellomachre.org and to become a sponsor, please contact Tracy Lynott attracy.lynott@bellomachre.org.
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Relentless and big-punching, the hard Essex man aims to blast his way to the honours. Joe started out as a kick boxer before moving into boxing, as he was always more of a puncher. Joe is a big family man who wants to go out and make his daughter proud.
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This is the service you have been waiting for. Joyful, energentic, the music becomes the bridge to prayer.
6:30 pm Live music Kabbalat Shabbat service with the new Mishkan band led by Ellen Allard and full of top notch musicians from the Jewish Boston world. Joyful-uplifting -foot tapping and deeply spirtual. Join the Mishkan Tefila Community in our new Sanctuary. Continue the community expereince with a Shabbat dinner to follow. Fabulous food, drinks and dessert and community conversation. Families,(and those who cannot wait until after services to eat!) please join us for a pre-oneg at 6:00pm. Snacks and actvities will be available to nurture our soul and get us ready for Shabbat.
ALL are welcome to come at 6:00 for light snacks and activities for children to get ready for Shabbat. The service starts at 6:30 with a community Shabbat dinner immediently follwoing services. RSVP and a small fee for dinner. Pre-Oneg and services are open to all.
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Ubisoft Forums > For Honor > General Discussion > How to get a refund?
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How would someone get refund based on everything that happened since release? The connectivity have been going on for a month now, and since last patch, I can't even play the game because my framerate as gone to crap. There is absolutly no reason for my fps to drop since every other game I play (5 total) plays like a charm. I bought the game from greenman gaming so would someone go through them or do I need to contact Ubisoft since it's there product per se?
Hey Einherjar25, that would be a question for Greenman Gaming's support team.
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Ever since Thanksgiving, I’ve been obsessed with baked vegetables. My friends Ece and Sofia made ~friendsgiving~ dinner for a bunch of us that weekend. Their spread included the most perfectly seasoned baked brussels sprouts, squash and etc. It’s just so easy to make and I’m not sure if it’s healthy but what’s more important is that it feels healthy right? Haha.
I’m no chef, but I’ve made baked vegetables of different sorts a few times now, with different combinations of ingredients and I’m still in love every single time I make it. First, I made red potatoes, broccoli, red onions and some leftover peppers I had from sweet and sour fish. I chose red potatoes because I feel like they’re tastier? Also, potato skins are amazing. You probably already know this but you shouldn’t peel the skins off, they make the potatoes taste better.
All you have to do is chop up the vegetables, put them in a bowl, drizzle some olive oil over it, sprinkle some seasoning on top (I used salt, black + white pepper and my fav paprika), add fresh rosemary and thyme then mix it with your hands (just because it’s funner that way). It’s so unbelievably easy and IT TASTES BETTER THAN IT LOOKS, I SWEAR.
The next time, I made broccoli and onions because I felt that the potatoes—even though they were the most delicious—were a bit too heavy. I added some tomatoes instead. Same procedure, and voilà.
The evening before I left for break, I needed to use up one last sorry potato so I made baked potatoes but I was out of fresh rosemary so I used dried rosemary and it was good but it just wasn’t the same. The flavour wasn’t as strong and most importantly, it didn’t make my whole apartment smell of rosemary. BUT. I love potatoes in all forms. So it was still good.
Today, I made kale chips! I have always loved kale, especially with quinoa and Sweetgreen’s spicy cashew dressing, ugh, so good. But yeah, I always knew people sold kale chips and I know they’re pretty easy to make, I just never made them. Then over break, my friend Qamarina and I had dinner together and we shared a small kale salad and she said she loves baked kale chips and told me how to make them. So when I got back to Penn, I knew that would be one of the first things I’d make.
It’s the same concept: drizzle with olive oil, season with salt and paprika and bake for 20 mins. I actually thought it would be more complicated than this but it wasn’t. I don’t quite love the smell of kale in my apartment but the kale chips themselves tasted amazing and I’m still munching on them as I write this.
Downside of kale chips: you have to floss before you speak to anyone after. Hahaha. I ate them for lunch and then was 5 mins late to a meeting because I didn’t budget enough time for flossing. I did a quick mirror check before going out and was horrified lol. Crisis averted.
Anyway. I can’t believe I made a whole post on my baked vegetable endeavors. But I just can’t recommend them highly enough. GO MAKE THEM. AND FLOSS. BYE.
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Ever wondered where you can find NYC’s largest Rooftop Garden? The answer can be found at 230 Fifth. I’ve been here so many times, that I lost counting. Such a relaxed atmosphere. 230 Fifth is a lounge with red velvet banks, a cool bar, big windows and they offer a full food menu. The Rooftop Garden has breath-taking views of the NYC skyscrapers and has large umbrellas for rainy days or hot sunny days. At cooler days they heat the Rooftop. Actually winter or summer, you can always visit 230 Fifth.
In 2010, one of the finest Manhattan Rooftop Lounges was opened at the top of the INK48 Hotel. A beautiful pool, fancy cocktails, great views of Manhattan and the New Jersey skyline are making this Rooftop very exclusive. ABCNews.com rated it as one of the top Rooftops in the world and Urban Daddy named The Press Lounge as the Perfect ’10 for 2010.
Last summer was my first time at the Press Lounge. On a hot summer day, we had a great night with friends, ordered (too many) cocktails and enjoyed the view. The Press Lounge is located in Hell’s Kitchen, along the Hudson, has an clear view of the skyline, and that’s why it’s a whole different experience than 230 Fifth, located in the ‘center’ of Manhattan surrounded by skyscrapers.
Located on the 18th floor, this crazy Rooftop-Bar, Le Bain, in Meatpacking District. Young and trendy folks, a state of the art sound system, a seasonal plunge pool, a crêperie and inspiring city views define this grass “covered” Rooftop. Perfect if you want to party and have fun with friends, but less suitable when you want to drink some cocktails and have some nice conversations with your friends, family or date. Maybe you find some difficulties with the doorman, but once you are inside you can certainly feel the special vibe. I did.
The Refinery Rooftop is the crown jewel of the Refinery Hotel. Located in the historic Garment District of Manhattan and also, like 230 Fifth, surrounded by skyscrapers in the center of Manhattan. This Rooftop can be a perfect place for business events or parties, because they offer the opportunity to organize your event on a part of the Rooftop. Last year I organized the launch of my DY Jewelz Spring Summer 2014 collection on this beautiful Rooftop.
There is nothing more magical than watching the sunset with friends from almost one hundred meter in NYC. Located in the heart of the Fashion District, Manhattan’s most innovative Rooftop Lounge, The Skylark. This Rooftop Lounge offers panoramic views including Times Square, an exclusive cocktail menu and small bites for an after-work or evening date. The interior is sophisticated and warm because of its unique architectural details. I find this Rooftop very chique and fashionable and I’m sure it provides you a memorable experience.
Enjoy your cocktail and the breath-taking views at your favorite Rooftop!
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For more information, including a complete demonstration, and to get started setting up your own wireless peripherals, take a look. In this clip, you'll learn how to go about pairing a Bluetooth-enabled wireless keyboard or mouse to a Microsoft Windows (Vista, XP, 7) PC.
The MacBook Air keyboard shouldn't be touching the screen when it's normally closed. This only happens when you've put the computer under pressure when it's closed. For example, maybe you put it in a backpack with heavy books surrounding it and putting pressure on it.
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The origin of Pomegranates fruit dates back to Egypt thousands of years ago, but there are theories that suggest the fruit was first cultivated and consumed in Iran or Persia. The health benefits of pomegranates are innumerable and what makes them special is that apart from being healthy, they are delicious too. Pomegranates have anti-oxidant, anti-viral, and anti-tumor properties and are said to be a good source of vitamins, especially vitamin A, C, and E, as well as folic acid. This amazing fruit consists of three times as many antioxidants as both wine or green tea. Pomegranate peel, bark, and leaves are used to calm stomach disorders or diarrhea caused by any kind of digestive problems. A regular intake of pomegranate juice can maintain a good flow of blood in the body. Pomegranates contain high levels of antioxidants known to be effective in counteracting various cancer-causing free radicals. With their antibacterial and antiviral properties, help reduce the effects of dental plaque and protect against various oral diseases. Pomegranates help reduce many illnesses, including atherosclerosis and osteoarthritis and also symptoms of anemia. There are other benefits: reduce the risk of various coronary diseases, the juice improve erectile dysfunctions, reduce the possibility of developing Alzheimer’s disease and the possibility of having premature babies.
The origin of Pomegranates fruit dates back to Egypt thousands of years ago, but there are theories that suggest the fruit was first cultivated and consumed in Iran or Persia.
The health benefits of pomegranates are innumerable and what makes them special is that apart from being healthy, they are delicious too. Pomegranates have anti-oxidant, anti-viral, and anti-tumor properties and are said to be a good source of vitamins, especially vitamin A, C, and E, as well as folic acid. This amazing fruit consists of three times as many antioxidants as both wine or green tea.
Pomegranate peel, bark, and leaves are used to calm stomach disorders or diarrhea caused by any kind of digestive problems.
A regular intake of pomegranate juice can maintain a good flow of blood in the body.
Pomegranates contain high levels of antioxidants known to be effective in counteracting various cancer-causing free radicals.
With their antibacterial and antiviral properties, help reduce the effects of dental plaque and protect against various oral diseases.
Pomegranates help reduce many illnesses, including atherosclerosis and osteoarthritis and also symptoms of anemia. There are other benefits: reduce the risk of various coronary diseases, the juice improve erectile dysfunctions, reduce the possibility of developing Alzheimer’s disease and the possibility of having premature babies.
frenchqueen › I’ve heard how healthy pomengrenatea are.
I’ve heard how healthy pomengrenatea are.
carmen3521 › I like it!!!
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Attending college is an exciting time for students and families; ideally, it is a period of experimentation and exploration, an advancement of one's education, and a step forward toward a career and independence. We also recognize it can be a stressful period. Many students are balancing family, work, financial, and other obligations, which can lead to physical and emotional distress. As members of the Illinois community, students and staff have an obligation and responsibility to care for each other and be concerned for the well-being of others.
Students will find a variety of Academic and Support Services on-campus and within the community. We encourage you to engage with these resources early and often. Most of these services are of no charge. Our offices are always happy to help connect you with the correct resources to ensure you are receiving support. Your academic career, professional development, and your physical and mental health is very important to us.
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Goal! Minnesota United 3-2 New York City FC. Sean Johnson (New York City FC) own goal from inside the box.
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Sweet potatoes -- of the kind that don't come out of a can and end up with marshmallows on top. I've had a love affair with this root vegetable since my first trist with a sweet potato that didn't come out of a can and have marshmallows on top. While I have a high-enough I.Q. to discern why once-upon-a-time in-the-history-of-canned-vegetetables, cooked sweet potatoes were put in those cans, in my lifetime, I will never be smart enough to figure out why those marshmallows got purposefully or experimentally plopped on top. Some answers are best left to the imagination.
A sweet potato is not a yam & vice versa.
A bit about sweet potatoes: Sweet potatoes were introduced to North America by Christopher Columbus, who brought them from the island of St. Thomas, where this large, edible root (which belongs to the morning glory family) is native to the tropical regions of the Americas. There are many varieties of sweet potato, but the two most commercially grown are: a pale-skinned sweet potato and a dark-skinned variety (that many Americans erroneously call "yam" -- the true yam is not even related to the sweet potato). The pale sweet potato has a thin, light-yellow skin and pale yellow flesh. Its flavor is not sweet, and after cooking, it's dry and crumbly, similar to that of a Russet potato. The darker variety has a thicker, dark orange skin and vivid orange, sweet flesh. When cooked, it has a very sweet flavor and almost creamy texture and it's the only kind I use.
Sweet potatoes can be cooked via all the same methods all-purpose spuds can. Baked, boiled, deep-fried, grilled, oven-roasted, microwaved, and, last but not least, pan-fried. When it comes to sweet potatoes, I am a bone fide lover of this healthy super-food, and, when it comes to cooking and eating them, I love them in any form, any time of year. I am an equal-opportunity sweet potato eater. Pan-fried sweet potato fries, which pair great with so many things (especially poultry and pork) are relatively quick easy to make, but I'm not going to lie, if it's a big family you need to feed and need more than four side-servings, oven-roasting will get you the bigger batch.
One 1-1 1/4 pound sweet potato = 12-14-ounces fries.
~Step 1. When making fries, for the least amount of waste, choose large potatoes with a long, plump, oval-ish shape -- the one in this photo weighs 1 pound, 2 ounces.. The sweet potato is a hard, meaning solid, vegetable to slice. To shape the fries, using a large chef's knife, start by trimming the ends of the potato, to make a stable base at either end. Once that's done, stand the potato up on the stable base and use the knife to work around the exterior, shaving the tough exterior skin from the orange flesh. After that, with the potato still standing upright, slice the potato, lengthwise, down through the center, to split the potato into two halves. Slice each half, lengthwise into 1/4"-thick planks. Slice the planks into 1/4" thick strips (fries).
~Step 2. In a 12" nonstick skillet, heat 3 tablespoons, corn, peanut or vegetable oil over medium-high heat. Add the cut fries. After about two minutes, when they begin to sizzle, use a spatula to carefully turn them, to coat them in the oil -- at this point the potatoes will be softening. Continue to sauté the sweet potatoes, gently turning them every 45-60 seconds, until starting to brown on all sides, about 8-10 minutes. Allow the process to continue, another 4-7 minutes (for a total cooking time of 12-15 minutes), turning the fries frequently, until they turn a deeper shade of brown, transferring them, a few at a time to a paper-towel-lined plate, on an as-needed basis -- this process will go quickly. When all fries are on the plate, sprinkle generously with sea salt.
Is there a perfect condiment for the perfect sweet potato fry?
No and yes. Like the classic French fry, the perfectly-cooked sweet potato fry, with its crispy exterior and creamy interior, in an oddly chameleon-esque fashion, pairs well with almost anything that qualifies as a condiment-like dip or a vinegary sauce. In my food world, sweet potato fries are also the ultimate side-dish to pork chops, ribs, and pulled-pork sandwiches. Also, the flavorful sweet potato more-than-holds-its-own against any of the bold barbecue sauces used to complement porcine. All that said, when I get a hankering to eat a small batch of sweet potato fries, all by themselves, just for their flavor and texture, I've got a go-to, mild and creamy, tangy and sort-of-sweet dip that turns a small basket of fries from a satellite side-dish into a meal.
Save the honey for mustard. Mix maple syrup into the ketchup.
Just like honey and mustard go hand-in-hand, so goes maple syrup and ketchup. Stir a bit of mayo into either: it's a sweet-and-savory, lip smacking honey-mustard- or maple-ketchup- condiment or salad dressing you've got, and, it can be mixed-up in literal seconds.
~ Step 1. This should be self-explanatory, but, I'll document the instructions anyway. Measure and place all ingredients, as listed, in a small bowl. Give it a stir and use immediately or store in the refrigerator indefinitely. Yield: about 3/4 cup.
Everybody in the Skillet: Perfect Sweet Potato Fries: Recipe yields instructions to make 1-2 large servings fries or 3-4 small side-servings, and, 3/4 cup maple-ketchup mayo.
Cook's Note: When you need more sweet potato fries than one large skillet can hold, sweet potato fries can be successfully oven fried. Tossed in oil, they cook, all at once, in a single layer on a sheet pan. There's more. Because oven-roasting is a dry-heat method, they can be seasoned with any spice blend to complement any meal. To learn how I do it, read my post ~ Oven-Roasted Caribbean-Spiced Sweet Potato Fries ~.
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Bring on the showgirls…..HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Vintage @ Northwood (50+ dance group) performing at Oxford House, Bethnal Green, London.
Green Candle Dance Company Production 2011.
Introducing some friends of mine…..
These are the fabulous folks from Green Candle Dance Company, in Bethnal Green, London, that I will be working with on my ‘Rethink‘ project (Lyn even has a Rethink cap….how cool is that)!
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I took 2 crops of dahlia cuttings that would benefit the DSC. The first crop consisted of 160 cuttings taken on Feb. 8 with the able assistance of Melissa and Sara. Most of these were subsequently brought to the March DSC meeting. The second crop comprised of 256 cuttings that were taken on March 5 with the enduring help of DJ and Sara. Most of these will be brought to our annual Plant and Tuber Sale on April 2.
Lou at the "Cutting Laboratory"
Always the experimenter, I decided to try some "leaf bud" cuttings along with the more traditional "tip" cuttings. The usual tip cutting is taken by removing the growing apex of a lateral, along with at least 2 leaf nodes. The leaves of the lower nodes are removed and provide sites for roots to emerge. The leaves at the upper node are retained to provide energy for the cutting via photosynthesis.
In contrast, leaf bud cuttings consist of a leaf, a leaf bud (between the leaf and the stem) and a length of stem. The cuttings are prepared by pinching out the lateral's tip 1-2 weeks before the cuttings are taken. This stimulates the leaf buds into development. At cutting time, the stems are cut between the nodes; which gives separated leaf pairs. Each of these are then split down the length of the stem to yield two leaf bud cuttings.
DJ practicing the art of cutting The main advantage of using leaf bud cuttings is that many more cuttings can be taken from a given lateral. A stem with 3 leaf pairs could yield 1 tip cutting or 6 leaf bud cuttings. The disadvantage is that leaf bud cuttings have a higher mortality rate. Three and a half weeks after the first crop of cuttings were taken, 95% of the tip cuttings had rooted, compared to only 76% of the leaf bud cuttings.
I really prefer the tip cuttings because they are so dependable. But if I needed to quickly multiply a few precious plants into masses, leaf bud cuttings are definitely the way to go.
A tip cut or a leaf cut?
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After spending the 35 minutes it takes to climb Middle Peak in Cuyamaca, you are presented with a choice. You can either continue down the back of Middle Peak via the well cleared fire road, or you can take an improbable left and take what we call, The Shortcut.
Yesterday, I was following Mark and Andy down The Shortcut from the top of Middle Peak. It’s spectacular single track over a very rocky trail with a quarter mile section that basically goes through the bushes. Eight foot tall bushes growing on both sides of the trail completely obfuscate the trail. Make sure you close your mouth because these bushes don’t taste very good. And try to ignore that reflex to close your eyes; you’re wearing sunglasses and you need to see to avoid the big boulders.
Close your mouth and keep your eyes open, this is the trail.
We always take The Shortcut.
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Spencer Higa created the SOS fly pattern with Baetis in mind. Once the red wingcase was added this fly took a turn toward an attractor style nymph while retaining its imitative traits. Generally speaking, Baetis nymphs are dark in color with a slim profile and noticeable segmentation in the abdomen. This is a quick tie, and will work great throughout the year with peak times during Baetis (BWO) hatches spring and fall as well as through the winter months when much of a river Trout's diet consists of baetis nymphs and midge larva/pupa. Spencer also uses the SOS on lakes suspended under an indicator or retrieved, usually behind a larger fly like a leech or wooly bugger.
For those who don't tie flies, the SOS is available from Orvis, or Spencer can tie a few for you. He can be reached via email at ifishfish@gmail.com Spencer Higa guides fly fishing and wingshooting at Falcons Ledge in Altamont, Utah.
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This year we will be featuring the food and wine of Italy. Ken Scupp, will present each wine. Ken has passed the prestigious CSW (Certified Specialist of Wine) exam for wine expertise. You will learn all about the wines of Italy while enjoying the artistry of Chef Val Fortin. Enjoy a six course dinner with paired wines. The dinner is open both to inn guests and the general public. Only a limited number of reservations will be accepted so it is recommended that you reserve early.
$115 per person plus tax and gratuity.
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Send a fun and unique hello notecard and choose to personalize it with your name. This stationery set features a blue watercolored hello and watercolor stripe pattern (on reverse of card) with the text of your choice printed on the bottom front of the card. Includes classic white envelopes. All sets come neatly packaged in a kraft box with clear lid, and wrapped with a signature CW Design yarn band—all set for gifting, or keeping!
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Wattpad just posted their interview with me for my Watty Award-Winning short-story, “The Omens of a Crow.” Check it out if you’re interested!
This entry was posted in Author Interviews, Uncategorized and tagged announcement, author, stories, storytelling, Wattpad, writing on November 3, 2018 by Dakota Kemp.
I know it’s been a long time since my last post, but there’s a good reason for that. I was at the National Training Center in the Mojave Desert for a month-long field exercise. That counts as a good excuse, right?
Anyway, I returned from exile to some exciting news: My latest short-story, The Omens of a Crow, won the 2018 Watty Award The Heroes!
For those of you who aren’t familiar, the Wattys is an annual contest hosted by the reading/writing website Wattpad, who selects the best stories on the site from the pool of tales posted for the entire year. This year, 60 stories were selected to receive Watty Awards from a pool of approximately 164,000. Omens was one of them! As I mentioned before, it received an award titled The Heroes.
This award celebrates the stories that introduced us to characters we related to, who made us feel for them, who showed us a new way of looking at the world.
A great character stays with the reader long after the story’s done – these stories did just that. They stand out in our mind, these characters you’ve invented. They’re flesh and blood and prose. Perhaps they’re demi-gods like Percy and anti-heroes like Achilles. They have the spirit of Katniss Everdeen, Bilbo Baggins, and the Pevensies as they take on adventure, and they instill fearlessness in us like Harry, Hermione, and Ron as they charge into the unknown. Their words mean something to us. They are our enemies, our friends, and our fantasies. They are our Heroes. They are flawed and complicated, but we can’t help but love them. We celebrate your imagination and the amazing characters that you have given us!
I consider it quite an honor to have a story of mine compared to such titans as Percy Jackson, The Iliad, The Hunger Games, The Hobbit, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Harry Potter. Makes a man like me a little woozy. (Don’t catch me if I faint. Just let me sleep. I think I’ve earned the rest).
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged announcement, author, dark fantasy, stories, storytelling, The Omens of a Crow, Wattpad, writing on October 21, 2018 by Dakota Kemp.
RWBY Volume 5 is over, which is the que for me to either cry with joy because we have another season to enjoy in its entirety or weep because I have to wait another who-knows-how-many months for RWBY to start up again.
If you’ve read my Volume 4 analysis, you already know how I feel about RWBY. Put briefly, I love it. RWBY and RoosterTeeth (the small entertainment studio who produces it) are awesome. The following post consists of all the pros and cons I felt made an impact on the Volume 5’s overall quality.
OBLIGATORY SPOILER WARNING – Don’t continue reading if you’ve not watched RWBY Volumes 1-5. Unless you’re one of those weirdos who enjoy knowing what’s going to happen. In that case, keep sucking the joy out of good stories, ya freak. It’s a free country.
Boy, am I ever happy to have all the storylines coming back together. One of my biggest complaints with Volume 4 was that RT tried to change RWBY into a show with multiple, world-spanning plotlines. I have no problem with this if ample time is allowed for something of such magnitude. That is not the case for a show like RWBY, where we have roughly three to four hours per volume released in 15-to-30-minute segments. If RT ever decides to expand its volumes to 6 hours with 30-to-60-minute episodes, maybe RWBY could swing such a change. As it is, I’m glad RT has pulled all the disparate storylines back together. It’s going to work much better in the long run.
I cannot get enough of Yang. Her character arcs each volume have been among the few done consistently well. This volume was no different. Still struggling with PTSD and deep-seated abandonment issues, Yang comes through – again – as both a role-model and a stellar character. While I do have a lot of issues with the ending of the volume, RT managed to bring Yang’s arc to a poignant and powerful conclusion in her verbal standoff with Raven. What symbolism! What revelation! What good storytelling! I think it was overlooked by a large number of RWBY viewers, but the contrast of Raven and Yang in the final scene was fantastic. Yang is told throughout the preceding seasons that she is like her mother. She’s the indomitable firecracker; everyone sees Raven in her that way. But at the conclusion of Volume 5, we see that Raven – who Yang has always longed for and felt a certain connection to because of the aforementioned similarities – is not like Yang at all. Raven is a pale imitation, a broken, hypocritical mockery of Yang. Raven is the false face of courage and strength, a façade of bravery covering a selfish heart. Yang is a counter to that. The genuine symbol of facing your fears, of true courage. What a neat contrast.
Guys – ugh, I don’t know how to say this – the fights are just…kind of…lame now. Action is not why I watch RWBY, which you know from my Volume 4 analysis. Great action is a bonus for me, not an essential part of a solid story, but RWBY has capitalized off of some incredible action in the past. That is not so true anymore. The fights have been lackluster since 1) the death of Monty Oum, 2) the departure of Shane Newville from Rooster Teeth, and 3) the switch from Poser to Maya. Now, I’ve designated this as a con and pro because while the fight scenes are still a far cry from Monty’s Poser masterpieces, they have improved immensely from Volume 4’s nonsensical battles devoid of any kind of established physics. That’s my huge pro for the fights this season. Thank you, thank you RT for introducing physics back into your fight scenes. No more Nora flying in spirally circles for unknown reasons, thank God, and for that I’m grateful. Yang’s fight with the bandits is a nice little action piece and a good example of the return to cause-and-effect, physics-driven combat. Raven vs Cinder had some questionable stuff, but at least there I can chalk up some of the physic-breaking to magical powers. Also, Sun’s gunchucks finally made a reappearance. YEAH! I love those things.
Now to the con of the issue. Yes, the fights improved from last season by reintroducing physical rules, but they’re still a far cry from most of the Poser combat. Pyrrha vs CRDL, anyone? Holy beatdown that was awesome. Pyrrha vs Penny? Pyrrha vs Cinder? (Guys, I miss Pyrrha. It’s a clinical condition at this point.) How about RWBY & JNPR vs the Nevermore and Death Stalker? Or RWBY vs Torchwick and Co.? There are too many remarkable fights to list them all here! What happened? (Maya happened. It looks great for aesthetic, but it has hampered the combat.) I guess I should just label this #ImissMonty.
Here’s the thing: I saw it coming. I totally called that Raven would be the Spring Maiden, but I’m pretty sure I’m one of a very few people who did, because the RWBY fandom’s collective mind exploded onto the comment section when Raven removed her mask to reveal magical-flaring-maiden eyes. This was a well-executed plot twist on Rooster Teeth’s part. Not only did it succeed in taking the vast majority of the audience by surprise, but it did so without coming out of left field. Go back and watch through Volume 5 again; you’ll kick yourself for not seeing the signs. The fact that Raven wore her mask during the confrontation with Cinder and Co. at the bandit camp is what made me suspicious. We never saw Vernal’s eyes light up as both Amber and Cinder’s had when using maiden powers. Raven telling Vernal not to use her powers against Weiss clinched it for me: Vernal could not be the Spring Maiden, and Cinder was about to get a nasty surprise.
RT did an incredible job of pulling off this plot twist with just the right amount of hints and foreshadowing. Very well done.
This was a great season in my opinion. Much better in every conceivable way to Volume 4, which suffered from a general aimlessness. That being said, Volume 5 suffered from its own share of pacing problems. Now remember, I’m the guy that won’t ditch RWBY because I’m not getting enough eye-popping action, but the amount of sheer exposition is this season is a bit overwhelming. Then, after extended periods of talking, talking, filling the audience in with monologues, and yet more talking, we get to an action scene.
I could go on, but I might intrude on the next con’s territory. So let’s go ahead and jump into that, since it’s connected to the pacing problems.
RT had a serious problem delivering on anticipation this volume. Plot revelation after plot revelation, potential fight after potential fight – RT continued to set up exciting scenes that they then never delivered. People were getting angry. Very angry. I wasn’t in the camp of those pitching fits and threatening to stop watching RWBY altogether. I thought many such viewers were being far too venomous with their criticism for a show and company that literally stakes its reputation on fan input and interaction. However, I will admit that these rioters had a point. RT failed to deliver on a lot of drama, action, and tension that they themselves hyped. In essence, this season got into a bad habit of making promises that they not only didn’t keep, but kind of yanked away at the last moment. Most of the disappointment viewers felt about the volume’s climax (the last few episodes) had to do with RT not delivering on expectations they’d built up throughout the season.
That this is both a pro and con should surprise no one who knows me, because I regularly both rail about and begrudgingly praise RWBY’s animation since Volume 4’s release. Does the Maya animation introduced post-Beacon look fantastic? Absolutely. Would I have RT switch back to Poser animation for the remainder of the series? In a heartbeat.
Geez, guys. Poser is the canon RWBY look, and always will be. That’s why the new stuff will always be at least partially a con for me. It doesn’t feel 100% like RWBY anymore and hasn’t since we left Poser at the end of Volume 3. Some of the characters feel different as well with the Maya visuals, and that disparity in appearance is always going to bug me. The Poser look was unique. It helped RWBY stand apart from other shows. Now it looks much akin to other anime, and I personally feel that to be a loss. RWBY shouldn’t try to be like anything else. It’s RWBY! An anime, video game, westernized storytelling mashup, and that individuality is a huge part of what makes it special. Monty picked Poser for his creation, there was a reason for that, and part of the spirit of the show departed not only with Monty, but with the switch in visual style as well.
HOWEVER, the visual quality this season is fantastic. I’ll be the first to admit that RT Animation is getting better and better at putting out a gorgeous show. No one can accuse RWBY of looking cheap anymore. It’s now unquestionably professional-level.
Maya animation vs Poser. I prefer the classic Poser style, but this comparison shows the stunning visual detail Maya provides over its predecessor.
Everybody loves Yang. Everybody loves Weiss. But they are characters we rarely associate with each other, despite being teammates in a tight-knit family. This season we got to see some long-overdue interaction between the two of them, and the manliest of tears were shed as a result. (Not by me, of course. Other people who might have felt emotional at Yang/Weiss’s very touching reunion and bonding scenes.) I just had something in my eye. That’s all.
I may need to go to the hospital to remove all the debris in my eyes.
Why have we not seen the gunchucks since the BlackSun vs. Torchwick fight in Volume 1? I mean, the gunchucks are freakin glorious. Why wouldn’t Sun break those bad boys out a bit more often? How can swinging a glorified quarterstaff be as effective as shotgun nun chucks? Use the most lethal weapon in the arsenal a bit more often, buddy. Maximum combat effectiveness, maximum badassery, and maximum aesthetic style all in one sweet weapon package. Blake won’t be able to resist Sun’s manly charms for much longer if he keeps whippin’ out the big guns.
And speaking of the monkey god himself, Sun is just awesome, right? He is steadily growing to be one of the best characters on the show, and there’s no question at this point (in my mind) that he’s one of the best role models RWBY has to offer. What an optimistic, caring, selfless guy. So he’s a bit awkward sometimes and makes cringeworthy jokes. So what? Everybody’s got their faults, and what few Sun has are really less faults and more endearing quirks.
I have heard some excellent counterarguments in the past, mainly along the lines that Sun is a flat character, that he has no motives or goals of his own. There could be some truth to that; it’s a good observation. I, personally, feel that Miles and Kerry have made it pretty clear that Sun’s motivation in life is service. He literally just wants to help people (which can be seen in most if not all of his actions), and he especially wants to help those he cares about. That’s a pretty awesome purpose for your life, and it makes me respect and appreciate him much more than when I thought he was going to be that overused devil-may-care love interest. (That was my initial impression when he appeared in Volume 1. I’ve since learned better.) Bottom line: Sun’s a great character and I can’t wait to see more from him in future volumes.
Sorry, guys. It’s time to switch back to some cons after that happy spree of pros, and the first is the flood of emotional flops. The dramatic moments came fast and furious this Volume – how could they not? Team RWBY gets back together! Yang finally finds her mom! Blake’s longtime friend tries to kill her parents! Abandonment issues! Dastardly betrayals! Revenge fantasies! The list goes on and on. This should be a gut-check of a season based off of the content it covers, but most of the scenes that could have elicited powerful responses just fell flat. Don’t get me wrong, there were some beautifully handled moments – Weiss and Yang’s reunion, Ruby and Yang’s reunion, Qrow’s realization that all his Mistral friends are dead – but the majority of the emotional content didn’t provoke a good payoff.
Ilia’s struggle to rediscover a conscience and Blake’s determination not to give up on a friend? That should have evoked redemption feels of the highest caliber. It didn’t. It kinda felt like attempted murder that conveniently halted once it became clear the jig was up.
Raven tries to kill her own brother? Meh.
Yang’s faceoff with Raven at the volume’s conclusion? While I loved the character comparisons, symbolism, and themes, the climactic moment itself was pretty bland considering it was a discovery that Raven is basically a version of Yang who’s been consumed by fear.
These are but a few examples. A lot of emotional moments were completely overlooked or strangely mismanaged, and it’s hard to put a finger on why.
By the way, do you notice anything about the well-handled moments in comparison to the poorly handled ones? They’re short and poignant. They’re moments that seem to speak for themselves. Very little is said, and very little needs to be said. (RT excels at these snapshot moments.) It’s only when the scenes and topics are dragged on and pontificated upon that they tend to lose emotional punch. My advice for Miles and Kerry would be to focus on what they do well, (Brief, poignant moments) and use huge emotional aces only when it is absolutely crucial to RWBY’s overarching series plot. (Ex: Volume 3’s conclusion.) I wish I had more constructive criticism to give here, but I don’t. I can only say that emotion should have been welling out of me at some of the heavy scenes, and it just…didn’t. I can’t even say why. All I know is that those moments didn’t do what they were designed to do: inflict the audience with major feels.
Nope. He’s just okay helping burn the entire world so he can get revenge on Ozpin for something that is difficult to pin on the headmaster in any logical way. Great.
It seems super lame, that’s all, and a completely illogical motivation for trying to bring about the end of the freakin world for Remnant’s version of Lucifer. Gretchen Reinhardt was a person with a purpose, who made a conscious decision to join a very dangerous profession in order to help people, knowing full well that it might cost her life. And, yes, it did. How does that have anything to do with Ozpin? Yes, he is in charge of training future huntresses. Training to do something extremely dangerous strikes me as something that carries a large degree of risk in and of itself. Could he have been negligent in some way? Possibly. It’s not discussed. Based on what we know at this point, Hazel’s reasoning is weak all around.
A better idea would be to say she died fighting against Salem. After all, it’s already been established that some people think Oz recruits a bit underhandedly for his fight against his nemesis. There are characters (and fans) who are still bitter about how Oz “maneuvered” Pyrrha into what they view as an inescapable decision or even blackmail. If she had died in the fight against Salem, Hazel could have reasonably rationalized blaming an unscrupulous, power-hungry immortal using anything (or anyone) necessary to overcome his rival, including emotional manipulation.
RWBY’s music has always been fantastic in the past, and that has not changed with Volume 5. In fact, “The Triumph” may be my favorite intro song yet. (This is saying a lot. “This Will Be the Day,” “Time to Say Goodbye,” and “When It Falls,” are all just incredible.) Jeff Williams continues to nail this show’s themes and atmosphere with his music.
Personal Responsibility Con – Does Justice Mean Nothing?
I have a problem with the Ilia storyline this volume, especially with the way it resolves (with Blake forgiving and trusting Ilia completely). Let me be clear, I have no problem with forgiveness. It’s one of the best, most wholesome actions in the world. I’ll go into more detail on the value of forgiveness after I finish with this rant on justice.
Does no one else have a problem with Blake’s blanket forgiveness, acceptance, and trust of Ilia? No? Just me? Like, what the hell? I don’t care if she was a good friend in the past. She tried to MURDER her parents and destroy everything she loved. Then – oh, this is good – when the nefarious plot fails, Ilia switches sides at the last plausible moment. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? She was willing to kill her family not a half-hour before!
I’m not saying Ilia’s conversion is not genuine. (Though I would counsel Blake to be more cautious. Why would she have Ilia of all people disarm the bombs at Haven? If Ilia had been shamming to escape punishment, that would have been the perfect opportunity to just…you know…leave the bombs active and ensure Adam’s success). I think that Ilia has seen the errors of her ways and realized Blake is right. But I also have a strong sense of justice. There are consequences for our actions, and there should be consequences. Do I think Blake should forgive Ilia? Absolutely. That’s a wonderful message and the best thing Blake could do. However, that forgiveness should be on a personal level. Personal. Not in a societal or consequential sense.
Revenge and retribution are detrimental and evil sentiments. I think it’s fantastic that Blake wanted to help Ilia. I think is wonderful that she doesn’t wish to “get back at” Ilia for trying to kill her family. Vengeful glee at Ilia’s downfall or incarceration would not have made me proud of Blake. Her mercy, understanding, and forgiveness did. But that is a personal sentiment, something she should absolutely embrace on a person to person basis.
Ilia’s crimes are bigger than that. They are beyond the personal. She tried to do downright evil things that affect human (or faunus) society as a whole. Attempted murder (not of just any individual, but the leader of Menagerie, which makes it political assassination), blackmail, coercion, treason, and terrorism. Many RWBY fans seem to be skimming over a rather damning list. This is not the petty crime of a misguided teenager; this is serious international terrorism. Such actions should have appropriately serious consequences. Taking Ilia’s unique circumstances into account can certainly have bearing on the result, and that is where mercy, empathy, and compassion can play a role, but for society’s sake and the sake of justice, there need to be consequences for her very real and dangerous crimes. Blake should forgive Ilia and be there for her, yes, but she should also allow her to bear the consequences that her decisions have produced.
Forgiveness is good and essential, but so is justice. I think we often forget that.
Now, all that rant being said, I loved the theme of forgiveness in Blake’s storyline this volume. What a beautiful and essential message, especially in today’s vicious social and political climate. It wasn’t preachy. It wasn’t forced down the audience’s throats. It was a subtle, gentle reminder that personal responsibility, forgiveness, understanding, and love are ultimately how people change the world for the better. Blake never gave up on Ilia. What a great story arc with multiple applications for our own world. I cannot stress enough that RT did a fantastic job of presenting this concept for our consideration without pushing an agenda. Blake’s speech has a beautiful simplicity to it that highlights the wisdom at its heart.
If only we were all so wise beyond our years. I certainly wish I was.
Blake has come a long way since the end of Volume 3. From a scared, angry, and conflicted young woman running from her past, she’s become a wise, confident, and purpose-driven leader who has decided to confront her mistakes and learn from their lessons. Adam had such power over her in Volume 3. Terrible power. Because she had allowed her past mistakes to paralyze her. At the end of Volume 5, we see a very different dynamic between the two. Blake is now the one in control of their relationship because Adam cannot move beyond their history. He is still stuck in the hatred, spite, and hurt of Blake’s leaving him. She, on the other hand, confronted who she’s been, learned from it, and grew as a person. My explanations do not do it justice, but I like the intertwined character arcs and the opposing paths they explore: One of a person who uses the past as a crutch, and the other who uses it as a catapult. Good stuff.
This is neither pro or con, just an observation I want to discuss. Everyone, with the exception of me, seems to think that Cinder is dead. I have a hard time believing that plausible. Yes, I know she got beat up by Raven, encased in ice, then thrown down a massive hole, but hear me out. In the single confirmed instance we’ve seen a Maiden die (Amber), we see that her power transfers immediately upon death. We see the power come out of her body and fly into Cinder onscreen. Now, consider: Cinder would be thinking about one of four people when she died – a) Raven, who just defeated her and threw her from a cliff, b) Ruby, who is her obsession, c) Emerald, her protégé, or d) Salem, her mistress. Any other candidates, known or otherwise, would be improbable based on what we know of Cinder thus far. With the exception of Salem (who I believe to be incapable of directly receiving the Maiden powers because of age or…otherness), we would have seen any of these candidates receive the Fall powers. They were all there where we could see them during Cinder’s fall (heh heh). We do not witness anyone suddenly receiving powers, thus, the logical conclusion is that Cinder is alive. Possibly much more mangled, but alive. With the accumulated damage from Ruby’s silver eyes and that plunge, we might see only a scarred sack of flesh in a dress next volume, but Cinder will be around in the future to further frustrate our heroines and heroes.
Despite a lackluster ending, Volume 5 was an entertaining addition to RWBY, and a step up from the dip the series took in Volume 4. Has it yet returned to the quality of The Beacon Trilogy? Not in my opinion, but the transition from essentially a boarding school setting to a world stage is a huge and difficult undertaking. I’m sure it will continue to entertain, excite, and challenge us in the future.
Ultimately, RWBY is about people – people who live in a fantastical world and deal with fantastical problems – but people who struggle just as we do to find our way. It’s specifically about a group of people who care about each other, want to help others, and be the best people they can be. And that’s why I love RWBY. I identify with that, and the most important part of a good story is identification with the characters and themes. Whether its dealing with past mistakes, feelings of impotence, parental expectations, the burdens of leadership, or any number of other things, I think everyone can find part of their personal struggles in the RWBY cast, and that marks RWBY as a stellar tale to experience.
That’s about all I have. I hope you enjoyed my take on RWBY Vol.5!
What are your thoughts? I can talk RWBY all day, so let me know your opinions, dissenting or otherwise!
Also – RWBY fans, I’m sure this applies to you – if you love Science Fiction or Fantasy, be sure to try out my books. Ironheart: The Primal Deception, The Arrival, and Goddess are all available on amazon! Thanks for reading!
This entry was posted in Required Stories, Uncategorized and tagged anime, Blake, reviews, Rooster Teeth, Ruby Rose, RWBY, RWBY Volume 5, Weiss, Yang on April 8, 2018 by Dakota Kemp.
I promise I’m not dead, just busy. I’ll have some new content up soon!
I’m continuing to work (very slowly, but it’s happening) through Ironheart’s sequel.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged amwriting, Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer, RWBY, writing, Writing update on March 27, 2018 by Dakota Kemp.
Bookshelf Q. Battler recently asked me to participate in an author interview for his regular column, “Fridays with BQB.” Take a look, and check out BQB’s other hilarious content while you’re there!
North Dakota? South Dakota? He’s just Dakota. Dakota Kemp first flew under my radar when he asked a question of my resident alien brainiac, the one and only Alien Jones. After participating in that tomfoolery, I knew he’d fit in as a friend to my fine blog. He grew up in Oklahoma, which, as you may have heard from the musical of the same name, is the place where “the wind comes sweeping down the plains.” Odd, I never really thought of Oklahoma as a windy place. Seems like there’d be a lot of dirt, and hot weather, and rattlesnakes and tumbleweeds, perhaps a vulture circling around in the air, waiting for you to drop from heat exhaustion so your carcass can be his next meal.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on March 11, 2018 by Dakota Kemp.
The Witcher! Geralt the Riv! Ahhhhhhh!
Okay. Sorry. I’ve calmed down now.
So here is the deal: Netflix is producing a television show based on Andrzej Sapkowski’s Polish dark fantasy series. I know, I know – old news. But I’ve been out of the loop (aka in training camps) for about eight months now, so it’s new for me since I missed the initial announcements.
Promo poster from CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher II: Assassin of Kings.
For those of you who don’t already know, I am a huge fan of The Witcher novels, as well as the critically acclaimed video game adaptations that helped the enormously popular fantasy series gain major traction here in the U.S. The Witcher novels are fantastic in their own right – I’ve read all the books several times and I love them – but they were famous mostly only in Poland because they never received translations into other languages. CD Projekt Red (a Polish video game company) changed all that when it bought the rights to produce a RPG franchise based on Sapkowski’s novels. That could have been the end of it. After all, many ambitious projects have flopped horribly upon release. But CDPR was different. They had great respect and love for the books behind the project. That passion and dedication to stay true to the source material produced one of the most critically acclaimed franchises in gaming history. (The Witcher III alone won over 250 Game of the Year awards). The world, characters, cultures, and politics felt so real, deep, and complex for a video game. RPG gamers around the world were mindblown. The Witcher universe exploded in popularity among English-speakers, and the book industry capitalized on this, rushing to put out translations for the books so that fans could get more Witcher – so they could get the original Witcher.
What fantastic novels. What incredible games. What real characters and what powerful themes. In my personal opinion, from Sapkowski’s first short story about Geralt to the last game, the Witcher universe has been handled very well.
Which leads to my extreme excitement for a television series.
Despite the author’s recent departure from the Netflix project, I have high hopes that this could be one of the best television shows ever. It just has so much potential behind it. (Sapkowski is notoriously hard to work with when it comes to his books, so I’m not terribly concerned that he is not participating in the television production. The fact that he has not completely denounced the project is decent proof to me that the adaptation is being handled with care.) Many of the people who were involved in the book-to-game adaptation process are also at the helm of the Netflix production. They clearly care deeply about the source material, as shown by their dedication to bringing the essence of the books into the games, and I can only hope that they will continue to show the same fervor.
The Last Wish – The first of The Witcher tales by Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish is a collection of short stories about Geralt of Rivia, and a must-read for fantasy readers. (Caution: Don’t give these to your kids. The Witcher novels are quite dark and can be very graphic.
Of course, I’ve been let down by people I’ve trusted before. (Peter Jackson, what happened between The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies? Seriously? Talk about losing sight of the intrinsic soul of a story. I’ve never seen such a 180 degree turnaround. LOTR was a masterpiece adaptation; The Hobbit movies were traditional Hollywood letdowns.) BUT I’m choosing to believe we’re going to get a great translation for The Witcher. It’s all right there on a silver platter in the books.
Netflix, don’t mess this up for us. Geralt is important to many, many people. He is such a unique character. DO NOT turn him into just another macho, monster-slaying, wench-laying, tough guy. Does he have those characteristics sometimes? Absolutely. But he is so much more than that. Such a nuanced, wonderfully-written, complex character. Just like all characters in The Witcher. I can’t wait to see them all brought to the screen.
Anyone else out there Witcher fans? I, for one, am ecstatic Netflix is trying to capitalize on HBO’s success with Game of Thrones. Do you think their adaptation will be loyal to the source material? Or will it be another Hollywood book mutilation? Let me know!
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Andrzej Sapkowski, CD Projekt Red, fantasy, Geralt of Rivia, Netflix, The Witcher, The Witcher 3 on February 10, 2018 by Dakota Kemp.
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Is it really expensive to go to Santorini? Yes, as a matter of fact it is! It’s one of the most expensive places you can ever go to in Greece. The only way to cut back the cost of your trip to Santorini is to go there during the off-peak season but you risk of having most of the establishments closed as the business is slow during this period. I personally wouldn’t mind that and would love to visit this island during winter time, to have it to myself and be able to admire its beauty sans the crowd of tourists.
Going to Santorini: Flight or ferry?
The biggest setback as always would be the flights and hotels in Santorini and as you may all know, the prices for both depends highly on seasonality. For flights, I highly recommend for you to always book it in advance as you will have the chance to get the cheapest rate available. Santorini is well-connected to major airports around Greece and even outside of the country. Flight costs are between EUR30 to EUR175 depending on how early you book and when you travel.
You can also reach it via ferry from Piraeus in Athens which will take between 5-8 hours depending on which ferry you’re going to take. If you’re prone to seasickness, I suggest the longer ride as the short ferry rides are almost always bumpy. Ferry tickets cost around EUR60 per way per person on a high season.
I’ve done a separate post about the villages that you can stay in Santorini where I’ve mentioned all the pros and cons of each areas (you can see it here). Both times that we went to Santorini, we stayed in Finikia which is still a part of Oia but not on the cliff itself. It will require you to walk for about 20 to 30 minutes to reach Oia which is fine for me as it’s far away from the crowd and yet, it’s still within walking distance.
During my latest visit in Santorini, we were a total of 5 adults so all of the costs I will mention below are the total cost for 5 people unless otherwise stated. You can somehow get a rough idea of how much each services will be per person.
EUR85 per person for the flight.
Flight from Thessaloniki to Santorini via Astra Airlines.
Price of the room for 2 adults for 2 nights in Kiklamino Studios and Apartments in Finikia.
Price of the room for 3 adults for 2 nights in Kiklamino Studios and Apartments in Finikia.
EUR115 for the car rental.
Price of an Economy car rental through Santorini Holiday Cars for 3 days.
EUR5 for the private parking area in Oia.
You can park your car there for a whole day and even if you left the parking area and came back on the same day, the receipt is still valid.
EUR54 Lunch at Nocturna, a restaurant in Oia.
We had spaghetti, pizza, omelette, fava, 1 coffee, 2 cans of coke, 1 beer and 1 water.
EUR118 Dinner at Krinaki, a taverna in Finikia.
We had assorted meat dishes like keftedakia and lamb.
EUR40 at Iriana Cafe, a cafe in Fira.
EUR5 for a frappe, EUR13 for cocktails and EUR6 for beer.
EUR9 at Pitogyros, a gyros place in Oia.
EUR95 at Taverna Katina, a seafood taverna in Amoudi Bay.
We had 2 orders of calamari, 1 plate of octopus, fava, 2 plates of mussels, salad, fried zucchini, shrimps, fries, 2 bottles of raki, 3 bottles beer, 2 bottles of water and 1 can of coke. Yes, the cheapest place we’ve ever eaten at in Santorini.
EUR15 at Mes Amis, a coffeeshop in Oia.
EUR144 per person for the flight.
Flight from Santorini to Athens via Aegean Airlines.
Santorini is a beautiful place and I think everyone should see it at least once. It’s absolutely and totally worth it.
Huffing and Puffing in Preveli Beach on Our Last Day in Crete.
I’m Going To Greece For A Holiday During The Greek Crisis.
You have taken a lot of efforts to put in all the details . I am sure this will help to plan my trip when I visit santorini sometime.
The details! Will use this as a reference once we plan our trip there.
Oh Goodness! Your Greece pics are killing me! I am going to come back here when am making my Greece Trip for sure just to make sure we dont miss out on anything!
This trip is so budget friendly! The pictures are pretty as always. And the seaside view is amazing!
EUR170 for 1 night or more? (For the room for 2 adults) It seems really affordable compared to living and travelling here aaahhh!!!
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The Constitutional Court heard oral arguments, last week, in a landmark case concerning the right to assembly. The case will have a lasting impact on the government’s ability to handle serious difficulties ― violence, disturbance of the peace and the destruction of property by an oft-violent liberal radical minority.
The case concerns a Korean law prohibiting protests at night. Some protesters during last summer’s rallies against the importation of U.S. beef and other demonstrations were prosecuted under the law.
The law allows violators to receive a sentence of up to one year in jail or a 1-million-won fine. The facial purpose of the law is to prevent protests from causing injuries and damage to property. As most of us know, many peaceful protests in Korea have turned violent at night.
In the not so distant past, protests over the importation of U.S. beef led to, amongst other things, numerous injuries to police officers, the destruction of public property, Seoul-wide traffic congestion and lost revenues for businesses.
Based on the request of a liberal political activist, the Seoul Central District Court referred a case concerning a prosecution, under the law, to the Constitutional Court for adjudication. The district court, in its petition to the Constitutional Court, stated that: “The Constitution basically guarantees outdoor protests without time restrictions.
The language of the Constitution seems to absolutely guarantee that “licensing of assembly and association” is banned. However, as with the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, absolute language doesn’t necessarily guarantee that courts would not impose limits on rights and freedoms.
For example, in the United States, “reasonable time, place, and manner” regulations on speech, assembly, and association are upheld by the courts.
For a law to be considered a reasonable time, place and manner, regulation of speech and assembly, first the law must be “content-neutral.” A content-neutral law is one that doesn’t regulate a specific message. The night protest ban, in the United States, would be considered content-neutral. It prohibits facially and in practice all protests at night.
Secondly, the law must serve an “important government interest.” In this case, the government would contend and would likely prevail, in the United States, with the contention that the important government interest is maintaining peace and security. Laws that prohibited loud noise at night, focused residential picketing, protesting with close proximity to abortion clinics, and completely blocking roads or sidewalks were upheld.
Thirdly, the law must be “narrowly tailored” to serve the important government interest. This may pose a difficulty for the government in the United States. The law may be successfully labeled overbroad, since many night protests are peaceful and it may be possible to determine which protests will be violent. Thus, it may be successfully contended that only those protests that may damage the peace and security that will be held at night may be prohibited, thus an absolute ban on night protests is an overbroad burden on the freedom of assembly and hence not narrowly tailored.
The government, however, may successfully argue the reality that it is necessary to absolutely ban night protests because of the scale of the protests at night, the high likelihood of violence and the ready availability of numerous viable alternative channels.
Lastly, there must be viable alternative channels of communication. Daytime protests, weekend protests and the numerous other forms of protest in the United States would be likely held to provide ample alternative channels for communication.
The article is too often used as a tool to balance away rights and freedoms with no more than a cursory explanation for the reason, with little basis in the application of logically applied and developed legal tests and principles based on the text of the Korean Constitution.
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Neuronal cell bodies in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus mediate stress-induced renin and corticosterone secretion.
The present studies were undertaken to determine the involvement of neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) in stress-induced renin secretion. The stressor was a 10-min conditioned emotional response (CER) paradigm. Bilateral electrolytic lesions in the PVN prevented the stress-induced increase in plasma renin activity (PRA), and plasma renin concentration (PRC). Stress-induced corticosterone secretion was also blocked, supporting the histological verification and suggesting that the lesion included corticosterone-releasing factor neurons in the PVN. Stress-induced renin secretion appears to be restricted to the PVN, as electrolytic lesions in the nucleus reuniens, dorsal and caudal to the PVN, did not prevent the stress-induced increase in either PRA or PRC. The next step was to determine whether cell bodies in the PVN or fibers of passage through the PVN mediate the stress-induced increase of these hormones. For this purpose, bilateral stereotaxic injections of the cell-selective neurotoxin ibotenic acid (10 micrograms/microliter; 0.3 microliters per side) were performed 14 days prior to the stress procedure. Histological evaluation of the tissue revealed cell death and lysis in the PVN. Ibotenic acid injection into the PVN prevented the effect of stress on PRA, PRC and corticosterone levels. None of the lesions prevented the stress-induced rise in plasma prolactin concentration. These results suggest that neurons in the PVN play an important role in mediating stress-induced increases in renin and corticosterone but not prolactin secretion.
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The results are in for the World Village Festival Food Vendor of the Year competition. In a popular vote by the festival visitors, we were chosen as the winner for the year 2014.
In addition to the price, AFAES secured a space as a food vendor for the 2015 World Village Festival.
We say thanks to all our clients and costumers at the festival, we will always continue to do what we know best.
Tervetuloa HELMO -projektin kevätseminaariin Pasilan pääkirjastoon perjantaina 2.5.2014. Katso ohjelma liitteestä.
Kutsu Sosiaalinen inkluusio ja kotoutuminen -seminaariin 2.5.
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During my 47 years living on the Coast, I have been privileged to serve our community as a District Councillor, to engage with a number of community organisations and to enjoy life membership of Kapiti Coast United (KCU).
Since the public launch of my autobiography in December (‘Bi-polar Expedition - An unlikely lifetime journey’), I have been humbled by the number of people who have approached me about their mental health issues, most of which have remained private, often for decades. Family violence, too, ia a well-hidden secret, often denied through fear. Now is the time to really talk about it.
My book has meant that I have had numerous speaking engagements to promote bringing mental health issues to public awareness. I believe this has given me the experience to tackle family violence issues as a Champion of Kapiti, and it has absolutely enhanced my passion for people to be able to speak openly - without fear or risk of disclosure.
Anyone aware or experiencing such behaviour, should not hesitate to contact one of us Champions - be brave, be bold, have courage and speak up.
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Well there they are at your door step. Perhaps you saw them heading down the road, hoping they would change direction or simply disappear. All organizations – corporations, nonprofits and small start-ups are faced with unwelcomed guests in the form of new regulations that are required and disruptive; are confusing and demand quick response; are costly and sometimes counter to the systems we’ve developed.
Description of the WHY – really understand the WHY. This will help from falling back on, “Who knows? It’s just something we have to do.” While you may have concerns regarding the requirements, pushing it off to “because they said so” will only add to the frustration your company is feeling. A vague WHY lessens the possibility of successfully implementing a new process with the least amount of negative fall-out.
Is there impact on overall policy statements? What policy statements would it fall under? Policy statement changes will most likely require board/governing entity approval – and take additional time that needs to be built into the schedule.
What section/department of your company does it belong?
How can this change bring about positives for your company and your clients?
Does it replace existing processes?
Is it a completely new process?
What other processes will be impacted?
What are the time line requirements?
What is the fiscal impact – current year, future years?
What is the communication plan? A good communications plan is the primary ingredient to successful execution.
Which are appropriate communication channels for this new process? Repetition in various forms is key to getting your message across.
A favorite tool of mine is RASIC.
You can get an idea of the tool below. Click here to download a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to utilize the tool yourself. There are lots of great tools out there. The point is to slow down long enough to figure out accountabilities and information flow, ensuring less chance that an individual or group has been left out of the initiative.
The key is to develop and own a structure that is repeatable and effective for your organization. Preparation and systems can truly enhance our ability to greet the unexpected guest with deliberate actions and minimal angst.
I would love to hear what other items you would add to this list. Drop me a note when you have a moment.
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I just got FE Fates: Special Edition, and am planning on tackling all 3 routes simultaneously. However, i read somewhere that in the Revelation Path, you have access to both promotions of Hoshidan and Nohrian Nobles as Corrin. Is it possible then to reclass between the two? If so, how would i do it? Hoshidan Unity with Draconian Hex and Nohrian Trust seem pretty nice and would give me a lot of options.
I believe most of people here already knew about Weapon Scrolls, for increased any weapon-proficiency for any unit's class. About the Seals, we already knew about the Seals which able to unlock special classes for any character we prefers. Now how about Weapon Seals? I believe on future titles, IS will able to modified every unit's motions later on, since the reclassing system has been featured. There is 7 regular weapon types in the world of Fire Emblem now: sword, lance, axe, bow, tome, staff, and dagger. Dragonstone, claws, fangs, fist, etc, are not included. So, no matter if becomes DLC's or not, the Weapon Seal types will be: Sword Seal Lance Seal Axe Seal Bow Seal Tome Seal Staff Seal Dagger Seal Every characters only able to use ONE and ONCE of it, no matter what type that he/she used and will be permanently added to the character's present respective class when used (Note: unable to use to all unpromoted classes or special classes like artilleries, manaketes, and beastmen). The max.proficiency of the weapon will be S and able to use to any class that have same type of the weapon seal when the class only have maximum proficiency B or A on the respective weapon types, except if the respective class already have maximum proficiency S. Example: "I want Xander still able to use sword while he has been reclassed to (promoted) Wyvern Lord!". Then after (reclassed) Wyvern Lord Xander used Sword Seal, he will able to wield sword in his Wyvern Lord class (and the sword prof. will be retained same as his last sword prof. on other class but now able to grind into S). Since the Sword Seal used when Xander on Wyvern Lord class, the new sword-wielding ability will only exist in his Wyvern Lord class no matter he reclassing again to another class. Even when reclassing again to his Paladin class, his max. sword prof. will be back to A (as original Paladin's max. sword prof.). And after he used the Sword Seal, he will unable to use any Weapon Seal again. Or another example: Sniper Takumi unable to use Bow Seal because Sniper class' max. bow proficiency already S, but Priestess Sakura able to use it since her Priestess class only have max. bow proficiency B. After Sakura used the Bow Seal, her Priestess class max.wpn.prof. will be Staff A and Bow S, and she will unable to use any Weapon Seal again. This is just my simple idea from my stupid brain for the glorious Fire Emblem next development fun while challenging plays. I believe that any fellows here have better opinion and idea than mine for this thread. Best regards.
So my original plan was to make Shura the ultimate debuffer, using his personal skill, Highwayman, Shurikens/Knives, and Seal skills. I know that Seal Skills and Knife debuffs dont stack, but I'm curious about Highwayman. Does Highwayman debuffs stack with others?
Used master seal too early- can I fix it?!
Well, basically what the title says.. I used a master seal on my avatar, Sakura and Kaze when they hit level 10 before I realised this was NOT the smart option. (am I just losing my mind here or was this no problem in awakening?! I only waited for lvl 20 on second seals) Is there any way to salvage this or am I just going to have to deal with those low stats? It's a total pain. Reclassing or whatever doesn't help I think? ..so much for not wanting to spoil my game and reading a lot of info beforehand. I've been making a lot of stupid mistakes here and there.
So I have a question regarding Marriage and Friendship Seals in this game. From what I've gathered online, once using a Friendship (or Marriage) Seal into a class that class is permanently added to the unit's class options via Heart Seal. For me that has not been the case with anything other than the DLC class seals. Also a question is I have read that should the units primary classes be the same the secondary class is given instead. Again this has not been the case in either Marriage or Friendship seals. And finally, I have been able to give the Avatar access to any class via Friendship Seals. However I read that the relationship is NOT one way, and his secondary class (Oni Savage) should be able to be given to any male unit with an A support. Again this has not been the case for me. After doing extensive searching on this I can't find anybody saying what I am saying. Is it possible my game is bugged? This is the special edition BTW in case that matters. I'm also playing on Revelation. Any help would be much appreciated.
Hey guys! I recently maxed out Camilla in my Conquest game and I was wondering if I should use an Eternal Seal for her, or change her class (it would have to be a class that can get exp after Lv. 20). Here are my options! CURRENT: Malig Knight Lv. 20 Rating: 179 Skills: Rose's Thorns, Str+2, Lunge, Savage Blow, Trample Move:8, Atk:52, Crt:26, Hit:117, Avo:36 HP:39 Str: 35 Spd: 23 Mag: 21 Lck: 23 Skill: 27 Def: 26 Res: 24 Option 1: Use Eternal Seal and keep upgrading her as a Malig Knight. Option 2: Class Change Options (**please also let me know if these options max out at 20 as well, which would be counter-intuitive. I'm looking for a class that will keep gaining exp after lv 20**) BERSERKER (rating: 175) Move:6, Atk:57, Crit: 47, Hit:120, Avo:42 HP:45 Str:40 Spd: 27 Mag: 15 Lck:23 Skill:29 Def:23 Res:18 HERO (rating: 179) Move: 6, Atk:52, Crit: 28, Hit: 124, Avo: 42 HP:41 Str:36 Spd:26 Mag:15 Lck:26 Skill:31 Def:25 Res:20 WYVERN LORD (rating: 178) Move:8, Atk:52, Crit:28, Hit:123, Avo:39 HP:40 Str:36 Spd:24 Mag:15 Lck:26 Skill:30 Def:28 Res:19 --- What do you guys think? I like her as a flyer, so I was thinking of eternal seal or Wyvern Lord, if that class gains exp after lv. 20 BUT... Hero and Berserker are also hard to give up, I lose movement, but gain in other areas. Pros/Cons? ... Also, this is all null and void if the other classes max at 20... Thanks!
I haven't found a definite answer about exclusive classes..
I've been trying to find an answer, promise. I can't figure out if there's truly EXCLUSIVE classes between the two game versions. I chose Mage as my Avatar's talent, and I'm playing a Nohr campaign. Say I wanted to be able to reclass into Swordmaster at some unknown point during my playthrough. If there are no swordmaster companions during the Nohr playthrough, I'd be unable to acquire that class via friendship/partner seals, and thus my only option to get Swordmaster available in my campaign would be to select it as my Avatar's starting talent. Are there ANY classes where this is the case? Where you must select a particular class as a talent in order to have that class available during your playthrough in a specific game? So far I've received nothing but ambiguity or conflicting answers, I was hoping to get a definitive response and/or a list of classes that are truly exclusive to one version or the other. Thank you very much!
Kamui/Corrin Buddy sealing and Inheritance.
Hello all, I am trying to decide what class I want to choose as my secondary for my Nohr playthrough but I need clarification on how buddy seals work when Kamui uses them. My plan is to pick Ninja for copy-cat so I can pass it down through inheritance. What I am wondering is what would happen if I used a buddy seal on Kaze. His secondary class is Samurai so would I get samurai or nothing? I want to be a Weapon master but I want to pass down ninja. Also, If Kamui marries Azura, does Kanna get ninja, dark prince and peg knight and would Shigure get the same? Anyone know?
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Your non-stop talking makes you seem like a jerk. I’ve never met you before, so if you are perfect at listening in a conversation, I apologize. That message wasn’t intended for you. But a lot of people do have a problem with listening. They fill conversations with the sound of their voice. I know, because I’m one of them. The listening habit has been something I’ve been trying to build with myself. There are plenty of selfish (and non-selfish) reasons why becoming a better listener is useful. I’m sure you don’t want to miss out, just because neither of us run out of things to say.
It’s easy to think of the selfless reasons to listen. People want you to listen to them. By listening, you can help someone with a problem, or help them come up with new ideas. But listening also has selfish benefits that make it worth the investment.
The biggest selfish benefit is that you learn more with your mouth closed. You’ll learn more about other people, and often, about yourself, if you stop talking. Those ideas are useful if you want to improve yourself. Going without feedback is improving in a vacuum, it’s almost impossible to do.
Listening also helps you think. When you’re truly listening, not just waiting for your turn to speak, you can chew over your ideas more. You can mull on points of the conversation longer. In the end, you’ll appear a lot wiser if you explain a fully-digested point of view, than if you just blurt out the first response that comes to mind.
Building the listening habit also makes better friends than trying to be an impressive conversationalist. People like the guy who listens more than the guy with the best jokes or funniest anecdotes. Be interested, rather than interesting.
The amount you talk is a function of your conversation style. Some people won’t have trouble holding back comments and can easily listen in a conversation. If you’re like me, you’re instinct is to treat conversations like a battleground, loading ammunition and firing ideas to match the wits of whoever you’re competing against. Unfortunately, unless you meet up with a person of the same style, the other person may have to surrender to your barrage of comments.
Building the listening habit doesn’t come easily to everyone. But, even if you never run out of things to say, you can improve. I’ve used a few strategies to become a better listener that you may find useful.
If the person you’re talking with doesn’t feel too chatty, bait them with a comment. Throw something at them which will make it easy for them to talk. The most common route for this is to ask them questions about themselves. “Me” tends to be the most popular subject, so getting a person to talk about themselves is an easy target for conversations.
Going the “me” route isn’t always the best strategy. If the conversation steers away from things you both have in common, you may have a hard time listening. It’s hard to have a twenty minute conversation with a sailing enthusiast if you’ve never been on a boat before.
In those cases, I suggest picking conversation points which are easy to relate to. This will be different in each person, but sports, travel or work can all be common threads.
I remember being taught that listening was making comments like, “I see,” and “Uh-huh,” while nodding my head. This is one of the worst ways to carry on a conversation. Listening shouldn’t force the other person to do a monologue.
A better strategy to listen is to master the short anecdote. This is a 2-3 sentence comment on something that the other person has said. If they are telling a long explanation of their work as an accountant, you could comment on someone you know that does accounting or something you know about accounting.
1. They break up the conversation. You give the person long enough to think of new ideas, without hijacking the conversation thread.
2. They show you are genuinely listening. You can make blanket statements without actually hearing anything. Short anecdotes show you are actively listening to the other person.
3. They give the other person a chance to conclude or switch topics. Instead of letting a conversation die off, small comments offer the opportunity for that person to switch topics without an awkward pause.
If you’re having a longer conversation, pay attention to how long you talk. If you notice you’re starting to dominate the conversation, step back and bait the other person. This way you can sit back and listen.
All of these tactics might seem a bit too detailed for regular conversations. Shouldn’t you just be natural, and not worry about the exact percentages of who says what? In that, I’d have to agree with you. Conversations should be natural, so worrying about the details of who is talking or explicitly trying to bait someone is stupid.
However, listening is important. You might not even realize that you’re ignoring the other person or dominating the conversation. Listening helps you learn, think and make connections. People who accidentally trample the conversation may be missing out on opportunities they would have, if they just learned to listen.
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Some of you might recognize Everything must change as the title to a rather poor book by Brian McLaren which I reviewed some time back. While McLaren – in my opinion – failed miserably in laying out a case for why everything must change, I think Webber does just that quite well in The Divine Embrace , although he doesn’t use those words. I am surprised, though, that evangelicals could read and say they agreed with what Webber says, but then go merrily on their way.
The Christian life does not oppose experience of the transcendant, but the Christian spiritual life is not an experience out of this world, it is an experience of transcendant meaning here and now in this world.
This is a key, I think, in distinguishing between the spirituality of the past and that of the present. We tend to think of transcendant experience in a Platonic sense, where we leave the physical (the secular) and reach the spiritual (the sacred). However, this is to deny the incarnational aspect of God’s work. God did not only become incarnate once; he continues his incarnational work in his embrace of us and creation. Webber suggests, in fact, that few evangelicals really grasp the concept of the humanity of Jesus. The incarnation is so contrary to our modern sense of Platonic dualism that we have a hard time really accpeting it for what it is.
In Chapter 9, Webber deals with what he sees as the common misunderstanding that spritiual disciplines as the source of our spirituality. I would agree, from my own experience in dealing with various evangelical groups, that this is indeed the basic teaching: if you want to “grow,” you must pray, read the Bible, and so on. There is a constant tension in teaching that we are not saved by “works,” but that we require works to mature, or in some cases, even to continue being saved. However, Webber says that “our goal is never to become spiritual but to live out the spirituality we have” in continuing to live in the divine embrace.
Webber, however, lost me a bit in this chapter as he spends a lot of time discussing a Benedictine approach to the spiritual disciplines. As this chapter is drawing conclusions about how to respond to everything he has said in the prior chapters, I found this suggestion to follow a Benedictine approach a bit anticlimactic and disappointing. Even so, his points about prayer, study and so on are well-taken.
As I sat in church this Sunday morning, I was very aware of how far the evangelical church has moved from any sort of Biblical understanding of spirituality. The “worship” songs had very little worship content in them (most celebrated our emotions) and the sermon gave us ideas on things we could do to grow. There was no celebration of God With Us, no sense that God is able to do all that He has set out to do. Not too long ago, I just would have left disatisfied, not really knowing why. Webber has been beneficial in that now I can better see and understand what lies beneath these defects. It helps to know why… I didn’t leave angry. Sad, yes… disappointed, yes… but not angry. That’s progress.
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I was fortunate for many years to also have a pastor who proclaimed “God with us” and the forgiveness of sins, which seems to be quite rare in the Evangelical world.
Thanks for commenting. You’re welcome anytime.
I enjoyed your post very much.
I am surrounded by Evangelicals (down here in Orange County, CA) that are constantly seeking to ascend to the spiritual… they are all about escaping the here and now.
And that schizophrenic “We are saved by grace (but now we gotta get busy)” attitude that prevails in those churches is enough to make you want to cry.
I am fortunate to have a pastor that proclaims ‘God with us’ and the forgiveness of sins at every opprotunity, but a few weeks back , we had a sub (pastor) sent from the synod, and he was all about this touch-feely emotions business. A load of horse-dung if you ask me.
The same people (95% of them) that nodd their heads approvingly when my pastor would say something, were also nodding when this sub-pastor (pardon the pun) was saying something directly opposite.
‘Tis a sad day in my Lutheran church.
Thanks for the chance to chime in.
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The African Union (AU) High Representative for Infrastructure, Raila Odinga, has urged regional economic blocs in Africa to strengthen efforts of infrastructure development, and thereby achieving Africa’s integration and continental development.
Odinga and the Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Mahboub Maalim, on Friday held a brief meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, where the two sides dwelt upon issues related to infrastructure development and connectivity in Africa, according to an IGAD statement on Saturday. Emphasizing the importance of connectivity to spur regional and the continental development, the AU High Representative stated some of the activities he will be undertaking in the coming months, including visits to all regional economic communities such as IGAD. “With the support from the regional organizations like IGAD, I will do my best to raise resources to complete all connectivity projects for free movement of people, goods and services,” Odinga has noted.
Maalim on his part said IGAD remains fully engaged and committed to the realization of the continent’s massive infrastructure and development needs. The Executive Secretary of IGAD briefed Odinga, who was the former Prime Minister of Kenya. “Infrastructure and energy resource development would ensure faster realization of both the AU Agenda 2063 and UN Sustainable Development Goals,” Maalim said, adding that these two are the biggest enablers of development. The Executive Secretary invited Odinga to visit the IGAD Secretariat in Djibouti to further discuss economic integration matters and other issues affecting the region.
The AU appointed Odinga in October last year as part of the pan-African body’s drive to expedite the integration of the continent through infrastructure, in order to promote economic growth and sustainable development. Odinga’s mandate includes mobilizing further political support from member states and the regional economic communities (RECs) and facilitating greater ownership by all concerned stakeholders on the continent, according to the AU.
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WEIRTON — For 27 years, the Weirton Area Chamber of Commerce has looked to identify new leaders for the future of the region.
While the name of the program has changed, the goal remains the same as Friday and Saturday saw the kickoff of the new class of Leadership Ohio Valley.
“This year’s class if filled with bright, energetic and enthusiastic men and women,”Chamber President Brenda Mull said during a welcome dinner held Friday at Undo’s in Weirton.
Mull explained she believes everyone has some leadership qualities within them, although most don’t know they exist or how to use them.
“Leaders are not born. They are made,” she said.
Good leadership qualities, she said, included hard work and determination, a clear vision, being honest, having integrity, courage and an encouragement of teamwork.
This year’s class, and their sponsors, is comprised of: DeeAnn Pulliam, City of Weirton; Alexis Russell, Follansbee Chamber of Commerce; Anthony Bernardi, Greco-Hertnick Funeral Home; Deidra Edwards, Hancock County Savings Bank; Kaylee Richter, Hancock County Savings Bank; Melissa Mikula, Howard Hanna; Joe Lombardi, Lombardi Development; Stephanie O’Brien, Weirton Area Chamber of Commerce; Kerri Freshwater, Weirton Geriatric Center; tom Bowman, Weirton Heights Rotary; and Staci Breen, WMC Physician Practices.
Up until now, the program had been known as Leadership Weirton. Organized each year by the Weirton Chamber, it includes a series of sessions focusing on various segments of the community, including government, education, history and culture, health and human services and business and economic development.
Classes also are tasked with attending two local government and civic meetings, completing six hours of individual volunteer work and, as a group, planning and implementing a community service project.
Newly rechristened as Leadership Ohio Valley, it is expanding its reach to more fully include all communities in Hancock and Brooke counties, with participants also required to attend events sponsored by the chambers in Weirton, Follansbee and Wellsburg.
Mull encouraged the class to think outside of the box when planning their activities, to step outside of their comfort zone and to have fun.
Joyia Lytle, a 2018 graduate of the program, is serving as the class coordinator. Session advisors are Jeff Davis, Patrick Ford, Clayton Henderson, Pam Makricosta and Larry Tackett.
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Another thing I saw on the grounds of the Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas, on June 20 was this tiny spider, the main part of which my 100mm macro lens resolved quite nicely. The morning sun in front of me lit up some strands of silk in the web while also causing the lens to create polygonal artifacts of light. Those nonagons have better definition than the red ones I showed you in 2013.
Here are two versions of the same photograph showing pre-sundown clouds over Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park on November 22. The first view was the default that Adobe Camera Raw presented me with, while in the second I adjusted that default to bring out the details in the shadows that my eyes had easily seen when I took the picture. Click the thumbnails to enlarge them. The first view, a quasi-silhouette, is more abstract and therefore perhaps more dramatic. The second offers much more information about the cliffs and canyon. Favor either view or both, as you wish.
As Phileas Fogg found to his great relief (in the form of a gain rather than a loss of £20,000), and I merely as a curiosity, travelers crossing the International Date Line from west to east gain a calendar day. For me the most recent eastward crossing of the Line took place on February 27th, which I remember as the day with two dawns. You’ve already seen pictures taken during the first one, which I lived through at Little Manly Beach on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula north of Auckland. The second dawn, shown through the safety of an airplane window and the convenience of an iPhone camera, came to me over the Pacific Ocean as we approached the California coast.
Here then, after five installments, you’ve finally reached the last of the photographs you’ll see from the great and fondly remembered New Zealand venture of 2015. Any of you who’d like to take a stroll (or more properly scroll) back through all 70 (!) of the posts about New Zealand may click here.
Driving up from Hamilton to the Whangaparaoa Peninsula on February 26th, we stopped at two high points we hadn’t managed to visit during our main time in Auckland at the beginning of the trip. The first high point was the extinct volcano called Mount Eden, and the other, also an extinct volcano, was One Tree Hill, where Eve ran into some Filipinos whom she didn’t know but who turned out by a striking coincidence to be from her home town. While they were busy talking and figuring out mutual acquaintances, I photographed the clouds that seemed especially well arranged that afternoon and that reminded me of the types of abstracted clouds that Georgia O’Keeffe painted.
So here are the white prickly poppies (Argemone albiflora) and Mexican hats (Ratibida columnifera) that I’d stopped to photograph in the southern portion of Great Hills Park on May 19th when I noticed the deer you saw yesterday. Notice that the leaves of the prickly poppy, aside from having sharp spines on them, are glaucous.
As for the Mexican hats, they were (and still are) doing well this year, but unfortunately the mowers at the entrance to the main part of the park across the street cut down the colony there before it even had a chance to flower, much less produce seeds. The mowed-down Mexican hat stand was the one that had produced 10 of the unusual doubly rayed flower heads you saw in a post last spring. I was hoping some more of those strange heads would appear there this year, but now they won’t.
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For me the main difference is that Keynesians tend to evaluate economic fluctuations in aggregate demand sides and see government intervention necessary whereas for classicals problem lays on supply side and main job for government is to maintain the well functioning of market.... For me the main difference is that Keynesians tend to evaluate economic fluctuations in aggregate demand sides and see government intervention necessary whereas for classicals problem lays on supply side and main job for government is to maintain the well functioning of market.
In classical art the treatment of drapery varied between tightly meticulous and free-flowing lines. In the Hellenistic period the main emphasis was on volume rather than line. In the Hellenistic period the main emphasis was on volume rather than line.... difference between a neoclassical and a New Classical?3 The chart on the following page provides a brief summary. 3 This table is a modification of tables in Colander (1986), pp.
Neo-Classical economics has taken this understanding further, and is a dominant force in the way economics is approached today. The below articles, which have all been made free for you to to read and download, agree with, query and utilise Classical and Neo-Classical Economics.
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We as mothers spend years nurturing our children and trying to do our very best to give them a good childhood to remember, perhaps even better than ones we had ourselves. Sons (and daughters too, but I am writing here of the mother/son relationship) are our moon and our stars. Of course there are exceptions, but I’m going to write on a general level here, and assume a strong mother/son bond.
This mother/son bond is formed sometimes while the foetus is still in the womb, and as time passes and the boy blossoms and grows, that bond is strengthened further still. Therefore it comes as rather a shock when the boy becomes a young man, starts staying out late, and begins to forge a life of his own in which the mother suddenly finds to her chagrin that she has very little input.
One day the son brings home a girlfriend for his mother to approve, but whether she does approve or not is irrelevant. Her moon and her stars decides it’s time to move in with his girlfriend and leave behind all that is familiar. His mother cannot even bear to look at this stranger who has taken away her pride and joy, and senses that the mother/son bond might be unravelling before her very eyes.
Such was the scenario I faced when my husband Sam first took me home to meet his parents. His dad was lovely, but oh dear, his mother Jean was not. After a curt ‘hello’, Jean then proceeded to direct all her conversation to Sam, and ignore me completely. Tensions were further increased when I couldn’t eat all the dinner she produced, being used to far smaller plates and less food. After we were married she grudgingly allowed me to call her ‘Mum’, but whenever I phoned she automatically assumed it was Sam ringing and always said “Hello Sam” straight away after recognising our number. After about 25 years of it I finally snapped and replied “Hello Dad.” There was a strained silence, but she never did it again.
Sam of course never wanted to take sides, and tended to stay out of it. Jean often told lies to her daughters about something nasty I’d said to her or done. One of Sam’s sisters told me only recently that she had never believed her mother, but unfortunately the other sister did and hardly ever spoke to me.
However, 37 years have now passed. Jean is now nearly 90 and has mellowed somewhat. I don’t know what she has said to her daughters, but now both of them speak to me and invite us for family get-togethers. Jean recently told me that my sons are a ‘credit’ to me, causing me to nearly fall off my chair after I received this first compliment ever from my mother-in-law.
I’m a quick learner. When my sons brought home their wives-to-be, I went out of my way not to be like Jean. I get on well with my daughters-in-law, and never turn up unannounced at their homes, or criticise their child-rearing skills however much I would like to! I smile and nod a lot.
So you see, I had much to base the character of Edna on in The Daughter-in-law Syndrome. When Edna meets her son Ric’s wife-to-be Arla for the first time, Arla suffers just the same as I did, although when it’s time for Arla to be a mother-in-law it takes her a lot longer to come to terms with the loss of her moon and her stars than I did.
We all have to adjust to our adult children leaving home and making their own family lives away from us, and for some parents it’s a bitter experience. However, it doesn’t have to be. It’s all up to you!
My pleasure – I look forward to reading the book!
Thanks to Christy B for publishing my article on her ‘When Women Inspire’ blog.
Good post! I have heard many similar horror stories. Fortunately, I had a wonderful mother-in-law.
Consider yourself lucky! Thanks for your comment.
Not quite sure that applies here? It’s more a mother being jealous of another female taking first place in her son’s affections when it used to be her. Thanks for your comment.
Thanks for the info – I’ve never heard of the Jocasta Complex!
Sounds familiar – at least the sons moving on with their lives part. It is tough being relegated to the back burner!
But not for long… wait until the grandchildren come along. You will be much in demand!
Thanks Sally – I enjoyed reading your comment. And why didn’t you iron his pants? I thought every wife did that (LOL)! This reminded me of when I gave up work when my first son was born and we had barely enough to live on. Sam made the mistake of mentioning to his mother that I’d bought him some cheap underpants from a boot sale (they were still in their original wrapping and had not been worn). Mother-in-law was aghast, and sent him 3 new pairs of pants through the post! She also sent him chocolate biscuits through the post when I mentioned that we didn’t eat them. By the time they arrived on the mat they had crumbled to a fine dust.
Thankfully Jean seems to have stopped slinging mud now. I even get messages from her on my iPad with little kisses at the end! It’s taken 37 years but we got there in the end.
Thanks for the re-blog ladies!
Interesting post ! I thought it happens mainly in India, now I feel it is an universal phenomenon !!
Oh dear, I hope I’m a better mother-in-law than that. I know I am!
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The facts about facts or the truth about truth, is all relative.
Near the bottom of the pile of truth is what you personally believe. But right at the bottom of the pile is dogma: the belief in a belief that other believers prescribed to you – like religious fanatics or fanatical evolutionists or experts!
Somewhere in the middle are those that subscribe to logical evaluation and/or rational investigation.
So what’s at the top of the pile ....?
At the top of the pile are those that view themselves, others and the environment from many points of view and in multiple contexts. Here we come the closest to the truth about truth ... provided we accept that it’s changing all the time. But the more it changes, the more it stays the same!
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Every time an institution extends a loan, it faces credit risk. It is the risk of economic loss when an obligor does not fulfill the terms and conditions of his contracts. Measuring and managing credit risk is imperative to financial organisations as this information exposes the credit worthiness of the borrowers and help banks lower the risk of default.
Over the last decade, a number of the world’s largest banks have developed sophisticated systems in an attempt to model the credit risk arising from important aspects of their business lines. Financial institutions make use of vast amounts of data on borrowers and loans and apply these predictive and analytical models. Such models are intended to aid banks in quantifying, aggregating and managing risk across geographical and product lines.
The outputs of these models also play increasingly important roles in banks’ risk management and performance measurement processes, including performance-based compensation, customer profitability analysis, risk-based pricing and, active portfolio management and capital structure decisions.
In this course, our objective is to learn how to build these credit risk models. While credit risk arises in almost all business lines for a bank, our focus will be on the credit risk involved in the personal and corporate loans which is of major importance to banks.
We will learn credit risk modeling using case studies. Specifically, we will use two case studies starting with a simpler one using which we will learn the methodology and important concepts and techniques.
In the first case study, we will use a popular dataset called German Credit. Our objective in this case study is to determine the Probability of Default (PD). We will build a predictive model that takes as input the various aspects of the loan applicant and outputs the probability of default of the loan applicant. PD is one of the most highly used measures for calculating the credit score of the borrowers. PD is also the primary parameter used in calculating credit risk as per the internal ratings-based approach used by banks.
The German Credit dataset contains observations on 21 attributes for 1000 past applicants for credit. Each applicant was rated as “good credit” (700 cases) or “bad credit” (300 cases).
In this case study, we will perform all the steps involved in model building and along the way, we will also understand the entire spectrum of the predictive modeling landscape.
In the second case study, we will build upon the knowledge we have gained in the first case study and apply it to a new data set which is more realistic in nature. We will use the loan data available from LendingClub's website. LendingClub is a US peer-to-peer lending company which matches borrowers with investors willing to fund their loans. The loan dataset contains actual data of the loans extended by them in their business. The dataset is much larger in size compared to the German Credit data and also contains a lot more variables that we need to work on. This case study will give us a more real-life experience of what we can expect when we build a model in our role as a data scientist in a bank.
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This past summer was an emotional one. Not only did we get to travel to England for the first time, but for the first time I felt a connection like no other to a family I've never known.
We went to England for a beautiful wedding and ended coming back home with so much more than a trip of memories. It was a trip of emotion and discovery. My search began while writing about the Faces Behind The Poppy. A story about my grandfather who fought in the Canadian Armed Forces for WWII. But his roots were from Taunton England. I didn't have much to go off of, other than my grandfather James Henry Rowsell lived in Taunton England from when he was born until he was about 10. His own father William J Rowsell served in the British Army in WWI, but his where about is unknown. To this day, we do not know where he ended up. According to my father, his mother only told him what she knew. And that was very little. As my grandfather (James Henry Rowsell) passed away when my father was only 3. And not much more was spoken of.
Here's what we know. My grandfather James Henry Rowsell and his mother Alice Manning lived in a small home in Taunton England. When he was about 10 they immigrated to Canada, with hopes of finding his father. Our understanding is that William J Rowsell had amnesia from the war and got on a boat and went to Canada. My grandfather and his mother never found William. So now, some 100 years later, I've started on my quest to find my great grandfather William J Rowsell.
While in England, we drove to Taunton. Other than my great grandfather's name, I had the address of where my grandfather grew up. I don't even have my great grandfather's birth date. But through all the records, somehow the address of where he grew up was in our records. Having never searched for a lost loved one, I had no idea where to start. So, I started with the address. And to my surprise, there it was. A home in Taunton England, where my grandfather grew up. So... I knocked on the door. To my surprise, a young woman in her late 20's early 30's answered. I explained my story that I had this address and thought that maybe my grandfather grew up here, and she let me in. Her name was Rebecca and she was in the process of packing and moving to Ireland. After discussing the history of her home, we believe that it's possible that my grandfather and his mother could have made this their home. It was originally built in 1910, and that's when my grandfather was born. Thank you Rebecca for your kindness and letting me in to take some pictures. While I was there, I really had a sense of my great grandfather being there. I didn't feel as though my grandfather was though. Perhaps that's because we knew where he was, back in Canada and knew where he was buried.
While in Taunton, we also visited the local museum The Museum of Somerset. It really took my breath away, as I had an overwhelming feeling that this is where my family history lies. While there I found a book called Tracing Your First World War ancestors by Simon Fowler. From the first chapter I was intrigued as to what I can find. "Even though the First World War lasted only a little over four years and while there is almost nobody now alive who can remember it, it continues to fascinate historians - professional and amateur alike. Most people are drawn to the subject by a desire to find out what happened to an individual, often a father or grandfather, during their military service, or are moved by the names on a local war memorial and want to know more about these men." That's me! The amateur who wants to find out about a great grandfather. In this book, Simon Fowler gives you a starting point. First and foremost, write down definite facts as well as anything that your are not absolutely sure of. He also suggests that it's pretty important to know which service (Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force) he was with. Find out which unit he served with, regiment or corps for the army, ships in the Navy and squadron in the Air Force. Find out when he served and when he was discharged. Do you know his date of death if killed in action or died of wounds? Where he served, usually, but not always, the Western Front (usually referred to as 'France and Flanders' in the records). Find out what injuries or disabilities resulted from his war service. They may have been physical such as an artificial leg or shrapnel in the body, or psychological - perhaps he was plagued by recurring nightmares? Also, see if he was awarded any medals.
Okay... I thought to myself... this is all great if you have this information. All I have is his name, no birth date, no information as to his regimental number, where he served, or even if he survived. He had amnesia, and according to my grandmother, he got on a boat and went to Canada. Now what? So I certainly have a lot more work to do. This will be a challenge, but I'm up for it. My heart tells me my great grandfather made his way back to England, although his wife and son made new roots and family in Canada. I can't help but think that what if the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey was my great grandfather? Perhaps it is, perhaps it's not. After visiting Westminster Abbey and seeing the Unknown Warrior, my heart was torn towards the family that never knew what happened to him. A reminder for us all that we should all take a moment of silence on November 11th to remember those gave us a lifetime of freedom. For those who served, those who survived, those who died and those who serve today. Lest we forget.
Christina, this is absolutely beautiful. Such a gift to be able to discover and experience a part of your history. Thank you for sharing this beautiful story.
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24 schools and 3 sixth form colleges have been funded through SLN:COP to take part in a range of in-school delivery. Following a period of close consulation, our target schools have developed bespoke activities relevant to their schools and pupils’ needs to help increase attainment and raise aspirations. The following schools in Sussex are currently receiving direct funding to participate in SLN:COP as well as many taking part in our Pan-Sussex projects such as BAME Mentoring and Futures First. An overview of activities they are running can be downloaded here.
We look forward to updating you with Case Studies and ‘Schools’ Spotlight’ in due course.
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This is a superb antique Victorian burr walnut inlaid and ormolu mounted credenza, circa 1860 in date Oozing sophistication and charm, this credenza is the absolute epitome of Victorian high society.
The entire piece highlights the unique and truly exceptional pattern of the burr walnut grain extremely well.
This credenza is serpentine ended with elegant serpentine glazed doors on either side with a panelled door in the centre, which opens to reveal a velvet lined interior with a shelf and plenty of room to house your drinks, glasses, crockery, etc..
It has beautiful and intricate inlaid decoration on a walnut background.
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In these days when so many use online information to investigate their equipment purchases, is there a place for industry expos?
From a manufacturer’s perspective, market feedback and comments from equipment users is appreciated and taken seriously. In fact, there are many instances where valuable feedback translates into machine improvements on future new models.
Now approaching its fourth year next May, the Expo has proven a winner, with bigger crowds flocking every year and ever-increasing sales for the two hundred plus exhibitors. The Expo will be stage again between Friday 3rd to Sunday 4th May 2019 at the popular Panthers Penrith venue.
“There’s no doubt this western Sydney location is a real winner for visitors and exhibitors”, said the Expo CEO Steve Zivkovich.
“The huge attendance of 76,300 people in 2018 smashed the previous years’ record and is clear evidence this annual event has emerged as the focus of Australia’s earthmoving industry”, Steve said.
“We have been careful to focus on relevance for the industry by listening to all comments, and taking these on board to ensure exhibitors’ and visitors expectations are fully met.
“Support of our sponsors is critical to the success of the Expo. In the coming days we will be announcing key sponsorship arrangements. We also welcome any exhibitors interested in Associate Sponsorship”, Steve added.
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A CASUALTY OF WAR by Charles Todd is a winner. This Bess Crawford mystery has the war coming to a close. The story explores the impact World War I had on all who witnessed it: officers, soldiers, doctors, and battlefield nurses.
Fans of Bess will not be disappointed as she is still as independent, steadfast, intelligent, and resilient as ever. Per usual she seeks justice and works within societal norms where readers are able to absorb events that are researched and steeped in time and place.
In this novel Bess becomes the champion of Captain Alan Travis. She meets him near the front lines in France at a forward aid station after he suffered a head wound. He confides in her that he thinks his cousin, Lieutenant James Travis, shot him. To make matters worse after going back to the front-lines he is shot again, this time in the back. Because no one believes him and thinks his rage is due to shell shock, they incarcerate him in a ward for the mentally ill. Being from Barbados without any family support he begs Bess to help him. Although she is not sure his accusations are true, she is sure that the medical diagnosis of shell shock is wrong. With the help of her friend and her father’s former aide, Sergeant Major Simon Brandon, she journeys to James’ home in Suffolk to learn more about the cousins’ relationship and to hopefully enlist the support of the relatives. It is here that the mystery takes off.
The Todds: We’ve had to learn quite a bit about wounds in the Great War for the Bess Crawford mysteries. And we’ve seen photos of some of them that were unbelievably horrific. You realize, doing this sort of research, what the cost of war really is. But we have to know what Bess has seen and dealt with. The problem was, doctors were often learning as they worked, especially with head wounds. Today we know more about brain injuries, most particularly concussions from shells exploding too close, and wounds to the head. Amazing surgeries save men who would have died in Bess’s day.
EC: But it was not just the soldiers that suffered, but Bess as a nurse as well?
EC: You explore what happens when someone tells the truth and no one believes them?
The Todds: Bess realizes the Captain is a man in torment. She is not willing to just walk away. We wanted to have the readers understand the frustration and how it could lead to suicide. He felt so isolated, which is why we had him from Barbados where it was hard to get messages or send them. It is similar to a man or woman who is sent to prison even though they know they are innocent.
EC: You also show the atrocities of the Germans: I guess it is in their DNA?
The Todds: We wrote this book quote, ‘But now we were seeing what the German occupation had done to this part of France. Villages had been leveled, orchards cut down, garden walls turned to rubble, and the flowers that once had bloomed there had been churned into the earth. And often what couldn’t be taken away had been burned.’ The Germans had a scorched earth policy that was bloody vandalism. They even booby-trapped and poisoned wells. The example we put in the book is true where they booby-trapped an oven in a bakery knowing the allied soldiers were hungry and would open them.
EC: The book also explores the atrocities of those who enter the civilian life after fighting for their country?
The Todds: We talked about the burn cases, the amputees, and others that are released from the hospitals and sent back home. What happens to these men? Governments invest a great deal to train soldiers, but have not done a very good job in helping them transition to civilian life. We also explore this in our other series with Detective Ian Rutledge. In the first book people questioned if he is capable of functioning on his own.
EC: I found it very interesting that even after the armistice was declared soldiers died?
The Todds: The war did not end until the peace treaty. When the bells rung, it was not this magical hour where the pace let up. There were still patients and casualties. Peace is coming, but soldiers still must carry on and do their duty, even if it meant killing the enemy. The last combat casualty on record was an American Marine killed in battle after the famous 11th hour. In the middle of battle people don’t just throw down their guns and walk away.
EC: I am sure you are getting this question a lot, are you ending the Bess series now that the war is over?
The Todds: Unlike women of previous generations, Bess is used to serving, not just being useful, but also to having a profession, and the professional respect and recognition to go with it. It would be hard for her to go back and become the dutiful wife who was told what to do. Adjusting to peacetime is going to be difficult, but she will have many adventures. She will still be the amateur sleuth who solves crimes on a personal level. There will be all kinds of things we can explore with Bess. She will have a very interesting future where she might travel to Ireland or Australia.
EC: World War I marked societal transitions?
The Todds: Yes. It was a period where British society went from Victorian to modern day England. Because the men fought on the home front many women took over their roles. Also, the great amount of deaths had women filling in the vocational roles, as well as assuming responsibilities for families and households.
EC: The theme is Greed mixed with grief?
The Todds: Relatives had to face such losses. Since they were not there when their loved one died they always held out some hope. We used this to show how people prayed on them. They were considered easy pickings because many women were not able to manage their estates or handle any financial aspects. James’ mother was one of those who clung to the belief they might possibly be wrong. She never possessed compassion, which lead her to become a victim. Remember there were no grief counselors to help women cope.
EC: Can you give a shout out about your next book(s)?
The Todds: The next book is an Ian Rutledge story entitled THE GATE KEEPER It has a murder happen almost in front of Inspector Ian. It is more of a thriller than a mystery. Next fall the next Bess book has the war end but not the suffering. Men are in hospitals and do not suddenly heal. Bess realizes she must have a personal investment in her career.
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OBJECTIVE: To identify neuromuscular impairments most predictive of unfavorable mobility outcomes in late life. DESIGN: Longitudinal cohort study. SETTING: Research clinic. PARTICIPANTS: Community-dwelling primary care patients aged ≥65 years (N=391) with self-reported mobility modifications, randomly selected from a research registry. INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Categories of decline in and persistently poor mobility across baseline, 1 and 2 years of follow-up in the Lower-Extremity Function scales of the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument. The following categories of impairment were assessed as potential predictors of mobility change: strength (leg strength), speed of movement (leg velocity, reaction time, rapid leg coordination), range of motion (ROM) (knee flexion/knee extension/ankle ROM), asymmetry (asymmetry of leg strength and knee flexion/extension ROM measures), and trunk stability (trunk extensor endurance, kyphosis). RESULTS: The largest effect sizes were found for baseline weaker leg strength (odds ratio [95% confidence interval]: 3.45 [1.72-6.95]), trunk extensor endurance (2.98 [1.56-5.70]), and slower leg velocity (2.35 [1.21-4.58]) predicting a greater likelihood of persistently poor function over 2 years. Baseline weaker leg strength, trunk extensor endurance, and restricted knee flexion motion also predicted a greater likelihood of decline in function (1.72 [1.10-2.70], 1.83 [1.13-2.95], and 2.03 [1.24-3.35], respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Older adults exhibiting poor mobility may be prime candidates for rehabilitation focused on improving these impairments. These findings lay the groundwork for developing interventions aimed at optimizing rehabilitative care and disability prevention, and highlight the importance of both well-recognized (leg strength) and novel impairments (leg velocity, trunk extensor muscle endurance).
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Delhi: ED files supplementary charge sheet in a disproportionate assets case involving former Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh. ED has named his son as an accused in the case. Patiala House Court has fixed 24th July as the date for the consideration of the charge-sheet.
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It is not always more praying that is wanted, but more prayer. Praying may be vociferous, it may be long, logical, or oft-repeated, and effect nothing. Prayer may come to little more than the lying down in the hollow of God’s hand, in the sense — I had nearly said agony — of utter helplessness and powerlessness; but the quiet confidence flows over the soul that God is, that God knows His ways, that God will fulfil the uttermost thought of His heart of love. But prayer, the soul’s holy reverent contact with its God, its grasp of His promises, its confidence in His character, its free access to Him with the pressing need, the urgent request — this is the frame almost invariably connected with deep and widespread blessing.
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>> The next frontier in the battle for transgender rights could be in the brain, like this one, where some scientists believed the key to a biological origin for transgender identity might be found. The science is not yet settled but neuroscientists are finding leads in brain structure and function.
>> I'm Reuters correspondent, Daniel Trotta in New York City. The latest scientific research indicates that being transgender is largely biological, potentially upsetting the legal battle over transgender rights and upsetting both transgender advocates and their socially conservative rivals. A definitive biological cause would upend the argument of social conservatives, who say that being transgender is largely a result of social factors.
But at the same time, the whole line of inquiry is making transgender advocates squirm.>> The trans community is concerned about the stigma.>> I spoke with Dr. Jack Thresher, a New York psychiatrist who is a leading voice on LGBT issues.>> We don't know, but there's certainly enough evidence that's beginning to emerge that there is some suggestion that at least in some people, there may be a biological component.
>> Other scientists are hesitant to declare a definitive origin to being transgender, mindful of the myriad biological complexities between cause and effect.>> And gender advocates worry that if a cause is found, those opposed to transgender rights could propose a cure, opening the door to so-called reparative therapies, similar to those that attempt to turn gay people straight.
Nevertheless, neurologists have found differences between the brains of transgender and non-transgender people that they believe develop in utero. Studies in research are scant because of small sample sizes of transgender brains. Dr. Vahram Haroutunian runs the Brain Bank, jointly operated by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and the Veterans Administration.
He spent most of his career on the preservation and study of post mortem brain tissue, an enviable resource for researchers.>> We talked about encouraging the transgender community to think about brain donation so that studies can be performed to understand what the biology is that contributes to an individual being transgender.
>> In the meantime, advocates and adversaries are each citing their interpretation of the science in forums as lofty as the top U.S. courts where battles over public bathroom access continue to be fought.
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Marla Gaglione earned her undergraduate degree in Political Science and Speech and Communications from Clemson University. Upon graduation she worked in higher education administration for several years at Saint Joseph’s University where she also earned her Masters in Business Administration. She earned her Juris Doctor from the Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law where she was the recipient of the Drexel Inaugural Scholarship. After graduation, she served as a Judicial Law Clerk with the Honorable Richard S. Hoffman, J.A.D.
Ms. Gaglione concentrates her practice in Wills, Estate Litigation, Guardianship, Real Estate, Personal Injury, Civil Litigation, Land Use, Municipal Court Defense and Local Government. She currently serves as the Municipal Court Prosecutor for the East Greenwich Joint Municipal Court, Greenwich Township Municipal Court and Woolwich Township Joint Municipal Court.
Ms. Gaglione is a former President (2016-2017) and current Trustee of the Gloucester County Bar Association. She also serves as Co-Chair of the Women in Law Committee and Due Diligence Committee. She is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and New Jersey State Municipal Prosecutors Association.
She is licensed to practice in both the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey.
Contact us at (856) 848-5858 in Woodbury, New Jersey, for legal personalized representation.
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ACI is cautiously projecting an upturn in cargo traffic next year, although the road to recovery looks like it will be a long one for airfreight, writes Joe Bates.
ACI North America president, Greg Principato, reflects on the effect the US Government’s stimulus package has had on airport development and job creation.
Airport World catches up with Gatwick Airport chaplain and president of the International Association of Civil Aviation Chaplains, Jonathan Baldwin.
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Dear Donagh, Thank you and Simon for your wonderful site - you two are doing good work. Can you send me a bundle of your new bookmarks - I'd like to pass them around to some friends of mine…. It's useful to have the address and a brief description in such a handy format.
My question may be too general for an answer on your page, but it's a question that keeps coming back to me for several months now. Even a few words would help. What's the meaning of life? Or does it have a meaning? Obviously I must think it has, otherwise I'd have gone crazy in some way. But I'd like to get some sort of real answer, instead of the usual clichés. What does it mean, why are we here? Is it just some sort of cosmic joke? Are we just playthings of evolution? If it's too general just say so. I'll understand. Thanks again. Brendan McC.
Dear Brendan, Don’t worry about your question being general: it's a lot easier to respond to general questions than to particular ones! - easier because no one expects much of an answer. We're lucky if we can get even a fleeting glimpse of something.
Doesn’t it have to come with the package, somehow? It's hardly likely to be something that isn't there already. So I tell myself, anyway. The answer in the penny catechism didn’t take us very far: really it took us nowhere. We are here, it said, "to know, love and serve God, and by this means to be happy with him forever." 'By this means'. So, knowing loving and serving God was just a means to an end: the end being our own happiness. God was not the Ultimate, but a tool for our happiness. If a man said such a thing about his wife we would say he knew nothing at all about love.
Is the question 'what's the meaning of life?' different from the question, 'what's the meaning of this moment?' My sense is that they are the same question.
Well then, what's the meaning of this moment? Again, my sense is that this moment doesn’t have a meaning; it is the meaning. That's why I say the meaning must come with the package. I think the answer is always in the question, the solution in the problem.
If I look at this moment with only one interest - to find some verbal formula claiming to express its 'meaning' - then I am not looking at this moment. Or rather I'm not living it; I'm stepping back from living and I'm talking about living. We have tended to become fatally entangled in explanations, and we end by thinking that our religion itself is nothing but a big explanation. But it was called "the Way" before it was called Christianity, and long before it was ever seen as an explanation (see Acts 22:4; 11:26). To the extent that we see it as an explanation of the world, to that extent it has become a philosophy. Even a very famous theologian whom I was reading the other day used the word 'spirituality' in a dismissive manner, contrasting it with what he called "the hard intellectual work" of theology. However necessary this hard intellectual work may be, it isn't the full story - any more than hard manual work is the full story. To think so would be a kind of activism. Spirituality necessarily includes the passive as well: we have to hold our spirit in readiness, empty like a bowl. "All discipleship is feminine," someone said, and he didn’t mean that it was only for women. He meant that it is not a matter of imposing one's intellect and will on the world, but of having the wisdom to wait for wisdom. "My soul is longing for the Lord, more than watchman for daybreak" (Psalm 129). The watchman cannot bring daybreak about, nor can he do nothing to hasten it; but there are different kinds of waiting. We are both active and passive, and spirituality takes both seriously. "You know my resting and my rising," the psalmist says to God.
In that resting we may get some wisdom about our rising. In that resting or waiting - call it meditation, or contemplation, or anything you like - the question, "What's the meaning of life?" will be changed and deepened. If there was just curiosity in it, or restlessness or unhappiness or an impulse to control, these will be transformed into wonder. See how often the word 'wonder' occurs in the psalms. May I suggest that you live with Psalm 138 for a while? It has great resonance. It's a good place to live with your question.
If I lie inn the grave, you are there.
To finish I must be eternal, like you….
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The team of Transparency International Ukraine supports establishment and development of the National Agency for Finding, Tracing and Management of Assets Obtained through Corruption and Other Crimes (Asset Recovery and Management Agency – ARMA). For instance, we help to implement ARMA’s communication strategy and participate in independent civic oversight of the Agency’s activity. In liaison with ARMA, we update the statutory instruments pertaining to the Agency’s area of activity.
ARMA must be an effective component of the anti-corruption infrastructure that successfully performs its functions prescribed by the law.
With the help of social activists and journalists, we support maintenance of the register of politically exposed persons. These data being public reduces the risk of money laundering by civil servants.
For instance, the Anti-Corruption Action Center has created and is administering the information database with a list of Ukrainian politically exposed persons. The register has been created to be used by journalists, activists and organizations as well as financial monitoring establishments, especially foreign ones. That is why all the information on the register is translated into English.
As part of the project, the Anti-Corruption Action Center submits dispute claims on public tenders in which journalists identified corruption. Thus, the public funds are preserved and public officials will be brought to responsibility. It is the joint pressure on law enforcement representatives that helps to achieve this result.
Profiles of officials on the PEP register that is used by foreign banks and intelligence agencies makes illegal financial operations complicated, if not impossible, which is why it is crucial to update information on the register regularly and translate it into English.
Nashi Hroshi (“Our Money”) project has been monitoring public procurement for six years. The organization has developed a regional network of investigative journalists and activists. Professional NH journalists work with regional journalists as well as those who would like to join the network but do not have the possibility or necessary expertise. Professional journalists provide assistance through educational videos, advice and personal support based on examples typical of a specific region.
Investigating corruption in the regions is often harder and definitely more dangerous than in the capital. It means that colleagues’ support is highly important both in the professional and personal context.
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You, like most people, have at least one hobby. Maybe you knit, paint, or create things from wood, but you aren’t making any money from that hobby. Earning a stream of revenue from a hobby seems like a distant dream to most people—wishful thinking at best—but it’s actually easier to convert a hobby into a running, revenue-generating business than you might realize.
If you want to start making money with your hobby, you need to recognize the key obstacles that stand in your way—and eliminate them, one by one.
Monetization. First, you’ll need to figure out exactly how your hobby could make you money. The most straightforward route is available for people selling physical products, such as arts or crafts—you can simply sell those items for money. If your hobby is more abstract, like playing music, you’ll need an alternative monetization strategy. There are many options for monetizing a website, including selling advertising space, relying on affiliate links, and charging for premium content, but you’ll need to settle on at least one choice and figure out what it will take to become profitable with it. For the most part, this comes down to achieving a specific amount of recurring traffic.
A target audience. You’ll also need to decide on a target audience. It’s tempting to target “everyone,” since that’s the broadest and biggest category, but with so much competition, you’ll need to narrow your focus if you want customers to see you as relevant to their interests. Choose a target demographic that could feasibly be interested in what you’re selling, and try to think outside the box so you distinguish yourself from the competition.
A place to sell. Next, you’ll need to figure out a place where you can sell your goods or services. You’ll probably want to have a website in place, as an anchor point for all your online marketing and advertising strategies, but you’ll also need to consider platforms and online marketplaces like Amazon, eBay, and Etsy. Alternatively, you could use listing software like Sellbrite to list and manage your products in multiple online marketplaces at once. It’s a good way to broaden your reach and simplify the management process simultaneously.
A brand. Before you’re able to scale, you’ll need to come up with a clever brand for your business, or for yourself. Having a consistent brand will encourage your customers to be more loyal to you, and will serve as a platform of identity you can use to increase your visibility. Your brand should include a professionally designed logo, a memorable and catchy name, and a set of characteristics that define your brand personality and tone.
A profitability model. Hopefully, you’ve already decided on a way to monetize, but that only guarantees you’ll have a channel for money to come through; you also need to figure out how you can get enough money to justify the time you’re putting into your hobby. For that, you’ll need to establish a profitability model; how much can you charge customers for each item, and how much money will you spend on materials and time putting those items together? Don’t forget to include the time it takes for you to manage your site. If you come up with a figure higher than the competitive rate, figure out a way to reduce your expenses or justify the increased costs.
A plan to scale. Your business might strike a profit while it’s small and serving a reduced number of customers, but it’s going to be most profitable when it’s operating at a larger scale. How can you get to that level? It might take some time, but you’ll still need a plan in place early on. Do you want to grow organically? Do you want to rely on customer referrals? Or will you rely on advertising to drive new traffic to your website? Each of these methods has advantages and disadvantages, so you might want to use them in combination with each other.
Time to manage the enterprise. Finally, your business’s success will depend on the amount of time you can put into it. Spending 15 minutes a week isn’t going to cut it if you want to strike a profit and secure a steady stream of income. Plan on spending at least a few hours a day, especially during the startup stage.
Few people are able to instantly turn their hobbies into a successful business. Like any entrepreneurial pursuit, it takes time to develop, and months to years of steady tweaking before you get everything right. However, if you love what you do, you’ll enjoy the process—and even if you don’t strike a steady profit, you’ll at least gain experience and have an excuse to spend more time on one of your favorite activities.
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