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Pope Benedict XVI, who is 85, surprised the world Monday morning by announcing he will resign "due to an advanced age."
• Many news organizations have reported that Pope Gregory XII was the last leader of the Roman Catholic Church to resign, in 1415. However, in this clip NBC Vatican analyst George Weigel says it's been "717 years" since the last pope abdicated, by which he probably means Celestine V, who resigned 719 years ago, in 1294. Gregory was not the pope for whom was named the Gregorian calendar (that was Gregory XIII) or Gregorian chant (Gregory the Great or Gregory II, opinions differ). XII resigned so the church could unite under a single pope after a schism. He died in 1417. Here's some background on papal resignations. | <urn:uuid:089751d7-f613-442a-8ebf-9f54bc710433> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.poynter.org/tag/religion-reporting/ | 2017-01-18T18:14:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280310.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00026-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980471 | 167 |
Found this chart interesting. What I also find interesting is just how much PUBLIC money is spent on the chillllllldren. $140,000 PER KID IN THE US?
You see, when people say, "Don't you want children?"
I say, "I already support a couple thousand through taxation."
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Iowa Hawkeyes Flying Herky Kids TeeRegular price $32.00
The University of Iowa was founded on February 25, 1847, just 59 days after Iowa was admitted to the Union. This vintage-inspired kids tee features the iconic Flying Herky logo and is perfect for game days in Iowa City and for the kiddos to show their love for their future school on a regular basis!
Made of 50% Polyester, 50% Cotton, giving it an ultra soft, worn in feel and superior drape.
Details + Fit
- Unisex Youth T-shirt
- Classic Youth T-shirt cut with the perfect fit and feel for your little hustler.
- Cut and sewn right here in the U.S.A. | <urn:uuid:aa2d2264-9b9e-48ca-983c-99422d92ee39> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://www.charliehustle.com/products/kids-university-of-iowa-flying-herky-gold-t-shirt | 2023-03-25T07:37:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945317.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20230325064253-20230325094253-00657.warc.gz | en | 0.916887 | 165 |
Get discounts in more than 30 partners: D-Day and Battle of Normandy Museums, Heritage museums, activities and Leisure like Sand yachting, horse riding, golf… and also natural sites like gardens, river- or sea-boat trips and marschlands hikes. Enjoy as well local products and craft.
Enjoy your stay with friends and family and come and get your Pass’ for discounts during your visits!
Where can you buy your Pass’?
Buy your Pass’ at the Tourist Office or with one of the parners: 1 €/adult (non transferable)
(See list of partners below)
How to get discounts?
Present your Pass’ at each partner’ entrance.
In the 1st visited site: pay the normal price of the museum or activity and when visiting or practicing, activate your Pass’.
From the 2nd site on, you will have a discount.
- One Pass’ per adult. Reduced price is already given to children, the Pass’ is for adult only.
- At each visited site, the partner stamp your Pass’: it indicates that the discount have been given.
- Promotional offer that cannot be combined with other offers.
- It must be presented to each partner in order to check validity and get discounts.
Discounts in sites and local shops:
MUSEUMS AND TOURS
- Airborne Museum, Sainte-Mere-Eglise -1 €
- Azeville German battery -1,50 €
- Crisbecq German battery, Saint-Marcouf-de-l’Isle -1 €
- Airship hangar, Écausseville -1 €
- Historical tours – rental of touch pads, Sainte-Mere-Eglise et Carentan -2 €
- Ferme-musée du Cotentin, Sainte-Mere-Eglise -1,50 €
- D-Day landing Museum, Utah Beach, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont -1 €
- D-Day Experience, Saint-Come-du-Mont -1 €
- Bloody Gulch memorial, Manoir de Donville, Méautis -1 €
- Normandy Victory Museum, Catz -1 €
- World War II Museum, Quinéville -1 €
- Jeep Tour, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont -4 €
- Normandy Jeep Tour, Sainte-Mère-Église -25 €
ACTIVITIES AND LEISURE
- A2 parachutisme, Nouainville -24 €
- Aquadick swimming pool, Carentan -1 €
- Attelages et patrimoine en Cotentin carriage tours, Digosville -0,50 €
- Centre de voile Utah Mor Loisirs Sand yachting, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont -3 €
- Les écuries de la Gare Horse riding, Saint-Martin-d’Audouville -2 €
- Gardens of château Bellenau, Saint-Côme-du-Mont -1 €
- Gardens of Marais, Audouville-la-Hubert -1 €
- Gardens of Presbytère, Brucheville -1 €
- Gardens of Presbytère, Etienville -1 €
- Maison du Parc, Saint-Côme-du-Mont -1 €
- Promenades fluviales sur la Douve, River boat trips, Saint-Côme-du-Mont -1 €
- Promenades fluviales sur la Taute, River boat trips,Saint-Hilaire-Petitville -1 €
LOCAL PRODUCTS AND CRAFT
- Biscuit de Sainte-Mère-Eglise -10 % on home-made biscuits
- Biscuiterie de Quinéville -10 % on home-made biscuits (bags and boxes)
- Brasserie artisanale, Biers, Sainte-Mère-Eglise -10 %
- Hérout Ciders & Calvados, Auvers -5 %
- Les Délices d’Antain, Farms products and ice cream, Saint-Come-du-Mont -0,40 € on products
- Viviers d’Utah Beach (shellfish, seafruits, oysters, mussels…), Sainte-Marie-du-Mont 1kg mussels* offered | <urn:uuid:d8b9e432-9bd0-4796-8e44-7455904c6fcb> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.airborne-museum.org/en/prepare-your-visit/opening-times-and-rates/amazing-discounts-with-the-pass-baie-du-cotentin/ | 2020-09-22T23:02:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400208095.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20200922224013-20200923014013-00038.warc.gz | en | 0.682537 | 967 |
Cork Astronomy Club is coming to Ahakista to explore the relationship between landscape and the stars on the Sheep’s Head peninsula.
Ahakista is home to a stone circle and Stanley Murphy will explore the meaning and stories that lie behind these magnificent monuments which are scattered across West Cork’s landscape from Kealkill to Drombeg.
Then Eddy Lyons will tell us more about the skies above us. Our dark skies make the Sheep’s Head peninsula a wonderful spot for stargazing, and Eddie will help us figure out exactly what we should be looking for when we look up from this beautiful coastline.
Do bring binoculars if you have them!
This event is a perfect one to pair with a visit to the Rock Art exhibition running at Bantry’s Organico (Monday 20th-27th March).
Date: Saturday 25th March, 7-8pm talk followed by star-gazing to around 9pm.
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Why and how Gucci Mane releases so much music lies beyond the comprehension of many. But it happens, and it’s still happening even after Gucci decided to release three albums at once. After Dinner comes Dessert, the new EP that features production from Mike WiLL Made-It, Purps and Honorable C-Note. Perhaps the most surprising thing here is how there’s only three tracks.
Anyway, give the short set a listen below.
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Andres Iniesta has insisted that Lionel Messi must stay at the club this summer as the club won't find anyone else like him.
The midfielder told Spanish newspaper, El Mundo Deportivo: "He could not be better anywhere else other than here and Barca will not find another player like him."
The Argentinian striker has been at the Nou Camp for 10 years but the directors at the club are considering offers for the 26-year-old.
Clubs such as Bayern Munich, Paris Saint Germain and Manchester City have been linked with the forward as well as club in decline, Manchester United.
Since the club's transfer ban was lifted, Barcelona would be able to invest in a replacement and Iniesta believes this is important if the club wants to kick on.
"It is great news for the club to be able to continue to improve, independent of whether we win trophies or not. Barcelona always has to improve."
But as Iniesta said, it will very difficult for them to replace Messi, a striker still in his prime and with plenty of time left on his contract.
He has no real reason to leave the Spanish giants unless he wanted to work under his former coach, Pep Guardiola at the Allianz Arena.
His Bayern side won the league in record time whilst Messi's Barca side look on course to finish second having won no silverware this year.
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Haylee Andrews floater with three seconds left was the biggest shot of the young freshman’s career. Her shot over the Gonzaga defense gave the Pilots a 70-69 upset over the Gonzaga Bulldogs, putting the Pilots in the championship and two WCC teams in the NCAA Tournament.
The Zags couldn’t miss in the first quarter and led 29-14 after 10 minutes. At the pace, it really seemed like that would be the end of the game. Portland had plenty other to say. The Pilots owned the next 20+ minutes, overcoming a 20 point deficit to take a lead into the fourth quarter.
Much of that was coming off of gutty performances. Despite having the size disadvantage down low, the Pilots attacked the offensive glass like nothing else, generating second-chance points. On the flip side, the Zags continued to make turnover after turnover, many of them uncharacteristic of a team that has played so sharply throughout the year.
Gonzaga has zero turnovers in the first seven minutes. They finished the game with 13. Jenn Wirth, who was stellar in the first half, didn’t shoot her first field goal of the second half until their were seven minutes left in the game. Wirth finished with a Gonzaga-high 21 points.
The combination allowed the big scoring three of Haylee Andrews, Kate Anderson, and Alex Fowler, who scored 56 of the total 70 points.
Gonzaga wouldn’t be done quite like that, however. The Zags went on a late 8-0 run to reclaim the lead, 65-53, with three minutes left, punctuated by Kayleigh Truong icing three free throws like a veteran. They did all of this without Jill Townsend, who picked up her fifth foul with nearly five minutes left.
Andrews sneaked around to re-tie the game, and a free throw and bizarre turnover/fast break sequence later, the Zags held a 67-66 lead with 1:04 to go. The next 30 seconds were bizarre. Each team pounded it out down low, the referees ignoring multiple fouls on all sides, before finally calling Jenn Wirth with a foul as she dove for a loose ball.
Fowler iced two free throws with 25.2 seconds left to reclaim the lead, 68-67. Jessie Loera drove around, kicked it to Wirth, whose point blank lay-up just rolled off the rim. Portland grabbed the rebound but the Zags forced the tie-up, giving the Zags the ball with 12.3 seconds left. The Zags went right back to Wirth and she attacked straight at Fowler, giving the Zags a 69-68 lead with 8.6 seconds left.
It wasn’t enough, however. A time out allowed the Pilots to bring the ball up court, and Andrews, one of the brightest stars of the WCC, hit the game winner to send the Zags home.
With Gonzaga losing, it means that two WCC teams will make an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The question now surrounding Gonzaga is whether or not the team will still receive a high enough seed to host in Spokane. | <urn:uuid:5d0ff5b3-00c5-479e-8a01-3780046ab947> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://www.slipperstillfits.com/2020/3/9/21172204/haylee-andrews-and-portland-upsets-gonzaga-70-69 | 2021-10-18T00:49:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585186.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20211018000838-20211018030838-00236.warc.gz | en | 0.958128 | 658 |
I originally meant this for the Valentine's Contest, but I didn't get it finished by the deadline and it's 400 words too short.
Happy Valentine's Day to all!
I don't own Twilight.
The Perfect Present
Valentine's Day was coming up and Edward wanted everything to be perfect. Bella had been so tired lately but with good reason. Their baby was due in just over week and she was becoming uncomfortable.
He had arranged everything to be just right. It was all planned down to the last detail. He wanted to make sure Bella enjoyed their last Valentine's as a twosome. This time next year there would be, a very welcome, addition to their family.
He had asked Alice to take Bella out of the house for a few hours, under the pretense of shopping for the baby. Though, in Alice's case, it was probably more of a reality than pretense.
The cake was the last thing that was on his list to get. It was in the shape of a heart and in Bella's favourite flavour, chocolate with vanilla buttercream icing. Everything else was ready to be put up when Alice took Bella out. The balloons, red and white roses, and Valentine's themed table decorations. Edward, being a rather good cook, had also planned out a menu of Bella's favourite foods for dinner. He was looking forward to her reaction when she saw everything set out in their house.
After quietly depositing the cake in the garage fridge to keep cool, Edward entered the house. He was greeted with the sight of his beautiful wife who was cooking in the kitchen.
"Hey gorgeous, you didn't need to cook. You should be keeping off your feet." He said as he nuzzled her neck.
"You worry entirely too much. Besides feeling very much like an elephant, I'm fine. I needed to get up and move around." Bella smiled at his concern, giving him a tender kiss.
She was wearing black yoga pants and a blue tank top that managed to cover the entirety of her enlarged belly. Edward placed his hand on the most extended part, feeling for the baby's movements. He didn't have to wait long, as his hand was greeted with a strong kick.
"He's been busy," Bella commented. "I can't wait until he comes out. Then my stomach can stop being a makeshift jungle gym."
"Well, we have another week and a half to go," Edward said. "Did I mention how much I love you?"
"You might've once or twice." Bella laughed. She dished the food out onto plates. It was a simple meal of spaghetti and salad. She waddled over to the table, leaning back slightly to compensate for the extra weight in front of her. Edward smiled, remembering Bella's complaint that she was graceless enough as it was, and how an extra 40 pounds wouldn't help matters.
Bella's pregnancy had progressed normally, the doctor had actually been concerned that she hadn't gained enough weight. If someone had looked at her from her shoulders up, they wouldn't have known she was pregnant. It wasn't until the last trimester that her stomach had really swelled out. Edward loved her pregnant belly. She was carrying their child, and the fact never failed to astound him.
As they ate, they chatted about the day's events. Bella had taken maternity leave from her teaching job a month ago, and concentrated on getting the baby's room ready.
"Oh, Alice called and insisted on taking me out tomorrow to shop for the baby. I tried to tell her we've pretty much got everything, but she wouldn't take no for an answer. I know it's Valentine's tomorrow, did we have any big plans?" Bella inquired, taking a big bite of salad.
"Hmm, oh, nothing that special. Go with Alice, you'll be back in time for dinner won't you? Maybe we can go out or get take out." Edward tried to keep his tone nonchalant.
Bella narrowed her eyes. Edward could see what she was thinking. He had always made a big deal out of Valentine's Day, considering it was the day they had first met.
"You didn't ask Alice to take me out tomorrow, did you?" She asked, giving him a piercing look.
"Of course not, I know how big and uncomfortable you are. And you know how excited Alice is about the baby." Edward hoped he sounded convincing. The part about Alice was true enough. She'd screamed with excitement when Bella announced her pregnancy, declaring she'd be the best aunt in the world. Thanks to her, Bella and Edward's baby room was well stocked. Alice was nothing if not generous.
Bella pursed her lips, but nodded. Then she winced as the baby kicked her inside.
"I hope all this kicking means he's healthy!" She said, exasperatedly rubbing her abdomen.
"Stay where you are, I'll clean up." Edward warned, when Bella made to stand up with her empty plate. He watched her wander to the sofa and plunk down, sighing as she put her feet up.
Edward was finishing up the dishes when he heard a soft snore come from the direction of the couch. He glanced over to confirm that Bella was fast asleep. After drying his hands on the towel, he covered her with a blanket.
In the office, he dealt with some bills, and was about to call Alice, when he heard Bella cry out. Edward rushed back out to the living room to see Bella sitting straight up, both hands on her stomach.
"What is it?" He asked, anxiously.
"Umm, give me a few minutes and I'll tell you." Bella said, in a wary tone.
She relaxed her position slightly, keeping her eyes on the clock. Presently, her body tensed up again. This time, Bella didn't cry out, but Edward noticed her jaw clenching.
"It's the baby, isn't it?" It was more of a statement than question.
"Yes," Bella relaxed again. "About fifteen minutes since the last one. We should probably go to the hospital." She made to rise from the couch, but was detained by Edward.
"Wait, stay still, I'll get the baby bag." He rushed upstairs, located the bag, and returned to Bella in a matter of seconds. She looked amused as she gazed at her suddenly disheveled husband.
"You do realize it'll take the baby quite a while to get here, right? It's not like I'll give birth in the next few minutes or anything." She tried to get up again, and again Edward stopped her.
"No, I'll carry you." He told her, bracing his arms to scoop her up.
"No way!" Bella laughed. "I'm going to be lying down for a long long time as it is. Let me walk the ten steps to the car!"
Edward didn't like it, and hovered over her the entire way to the car. As Bella sat down, another contraction hit.
"Ungh." She groaned, grimacing.
Edward ran to the driver's side. The tires practically squealing as he reversed out of the garage.
They had been at the hospital for five hours, with Bella making slow progress. Edward hadn't left her side.
"Unreliable first baby." Bella muttered, as another contraction passed.
"I don't think the baby knew when he was supposed to come out." Edward remarked, which earned him a glare from his wife. The doctor came bustling in. First checking the monitor for the baby's vitals, then examining Bella to see how far along she was.
"Looks alright," He said. "But you haven't made much progress in the three hours you've been here. We're going to start trying to speed things up and give you some pitocin." He gave instructions to the nurse, who nodded and set about starting an IV drip.
"Do you think it'll work?" Bella mused, looking up at the bag of clear fluid.
About an hour later, the cussing out Edward was receiving from her, made it clear that the medication, was indeed, working.
Bella lay back against the sheets, exhausted, pale, and euphoric. After the pitocin, she had been administered, at her insistence, more drugs in the form of an epidural. Edward had been relieved. His hand was still red and swollen from Bella clutching it in a death grip. It was all over, and all involved were fine and healthy. For this, Edward was grateful. The last few hours had been stressful, with the baby's heartbeat dropping, and talk of an emergency caesarian.
Yet, it had all been worth it. Edward knew Bella thought so too. The result of all her efforts was lying in his arms, making the little noises associated with newborns. His beautiful little girl. She was so incredibly small, and so unbelievably perfect. He gazed, fascinated, as their daughter waved her tiny hands, her lips starting to pucker. He carefully handed her back to Bella. They'd opted not to find out the gender, but had referred to her continually as a 'he' throughout the pregnancy. Both were just as happy that a daughter had arrived instead.
"She's hungry." He said, watching as the baby started to nurse. Bella smiled down tiredly at their daughter.
"Isn't she beautiful?" She murmured, stroking the soft cheeks.
"Just like her mother," Edward leaned down to kiss Bella's hair. He noticed the sun coming up through the hospital window. "It's Valentine's Day." He stated.
"Oh, it is! I hope this didn't ruin any big plans you had." Bella looked up at him.
"Trust me, your gift far surpasses anything I could've planned," Edward hugged Bella to him with one arm. "I love you so much."
"I love you too."
Edward brushed his mouth against Bella's. They spent the rest of the morning marveling over their daughter, agreeing that she was the best Valentine's Day gift they'd ever received.
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A new study reported by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has found increased supply to be the main cause behind global obesity problems.
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Coronation Street: Season 1, Episode 7,454
Episode #1.7454 (25 Oct. 2010)
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Steve is astonished by Becky's decision to impersonate Kylie in front of the social worker. The Underworld girls are puzzled by a mystery bouquet. Norris offers Tina her old job back. | <urn:uuid:32351e79-6424-433e-912b-61838b327901> | CC-MAIN-2015-18 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1744036/ | 2015-04-20T01:03:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-18/segments/1429246644200.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20150417045724-00075-ip-10-235-10-82.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.878966 | 87 |
Gajendra Rana is a Garhwali Singer who Sung over 500+ Songs. You Can Download Gajendra Rana Garhwali Songs for Free From The List Given below.
He born in Delhi, but his village is Gend (Tehri District). Firstely he studied in their village school till 4th Standard. After that his father posted to Delhi and his further studies is done From Delhi. He stay in Delhi for 21 years, then he come to Dehradun, Uttarakhand, By following their passion on singing.
They Start their first album “Meru Gaun ku Daatu” But this album is flop for him, after 3 to 4 flop albums, he finely get a supper hit Album ” leela Ghasyari” which make their value in the music market. After Lela Ghasyari he gives other superhit albums like Raani Ghursyaani, Susma And maalu.
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The deadline is Aug. 25 to register for a golf tournament benefiting 4-H programs and youth development in Somerset County.
The Somerset County 4-H Golf Tournament, a Captain's Choice Scramble, is Sept. 6 at Great Hope Golf Course in Westover. Registration starts 7 a.m. with shotgun at 9 a.m..
The group's first annual golf tournament is open to individuals and teams with a per person cost of $65 that includes entry into all events, 18 holes of golf, a riding cart, range balls, lunch and a chance to win prizes. There will be 50/50 raffles, a silent auction, hole-in-one prizes and more.
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Recent conversion, spacious split level apartment in Bristol City Centre. This apartment boasts many original character features such as high ceilings, original windows such as sash/ casement and crittal windows supplying an abundance of light. The apartments also has; two double bedrooms, open plan lounge/contemporary kitchen, luxury bathroom with shower over bath.
The bespoke Mayflower kitchen is complete with appliances and granite work surfaces. Integrated appliances include a fridge with freezer shelf and washer/dryer. Oak wood flooring throughout and carpets to the bedrooms. The apartment is finished with blinds and fitted wardrobes to both bedrooms. Furnishings include double beds with mattresses, fitted wardrobes and bedside cabinets to the bedrooms. The lounge/diner has two 2 seater leather sofas, glass coffee table, glass dining table and four chairs.
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Green Bay Packers. Atlanta Falcons. A trip to the Super Bowl on the line. Is there anything more that needs to be said?
Well, yes, of course. Although we still have over 48 hours until kickoff (as of the time of this post going live), those hours will be chock-full of speculation and analysis as we and every other football fan and writer try to figure out what will happen on Sunday.
APC’s consensus is this: the Packers will get back to the big one for the first time since winning Super Bowl XLV after the 2010 season. However, this pick is hardly unanimous, and there is plenty of trepidation even among the APC writers who did pick the Packers to win.
So without further ado, here are our predictions for Sunday’s game, with several full explanations, and also our picks for the AFC Championship on Sunday evening.
2017 Championship Game Picks
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Evan “Tex” Western
Packers defeat Falcons 30-27
Everyone seems to think that it’s a foregone conclusion that they should take the over on the historically high 61-point line set by Vegas. I for one have a hunch that this game will actually be under that total for two specific reasons that both favor the Packers.
The first is the Falcons’ abysmal defense against running backs. Atlanta ranks 29th in DVOA against the run and 26th against running backs in the passing game. Because of this matchup and the injuries plaguing the Packers’ receivers, I see Mike McCarthy using the running game much more this week than he did a week ago in Dallas. This has the effect of slowing down the game and making for longer drives for the Packers’ offense. With the running game established, Aaron Rodgers can use play-action to his heart’s content and hit a couple of big plays in the passing game to his banged-up receiving corps.
Granted, Atlanta can score quickly, and that brings me to my second matchup - the Packers’ pass rush against Atlanta’s offensive line. Football Outsiders has them ranked 23rd in the NFL in adjusted sack rate, while their right guard, Chris Chester, has allowed the most pressures of any guard in the NFL this season. Guess who Chester will see throughout much of the game: Mike Daniels. That’s a matchup that the Packers must, and I believe will, win consistently. I believe they will force Matt Ryan into a handful of unwise throws, giving the secondary a chance.
Jason B. Hirschhorn
Falcons defeat Packers 38-28
The Packers remain the hottest team in the NFL, but their efforts to run the table have come at a significant cost. Jordy Nelson almost certainly will spend Sunday afternoon in street clothes on the sidelines while Davante Adams, if he plays, will take the field with a bad ankle. A red-hot Aaron Rodgers helped Green Bay survive the absence of one of those weapons during the divisional round and most of the wild-card round, but even the best quarterback in the league has limits.
Packers defeat Falcons 42-38
Green Bay has been great this year when facing a team for the second time. The first game with Atlanta was a one point victory for Atlanta on a last second play. That game, the Packers were without Clay Matthews, Damarious Randall, Quinten Rollins, Randall Cobb, Ty Montgomery and Jared Cook. Sure, the Packers are resting Davante Adams hoping to get him fully recovered, but the Falcons are doing a similar thing with Julio Jones. This is the most explosive offense the Packers have faced, but it is also the worst defense they will face in the playoffs (possibly the worst defense to make the playoffs). I see the Packers being able to answer every point the Falcons put up. In just about every second meeting, the Packers scored more points… and also gave up more. I think the Packers just do more scoring, and the defense makes one key stop.
Packers defeat Falcons 44-38 in OT
With all the pain the Packers have endured in overtime in the playoffs for the past few years, redemption is at hand. The Packers defense will give up some yards to Devonta Freeman and Julio Jones will have a score or two but the defense will hold when it counts. It seems that the Packers may lose another weapon in Davante Adams but, this year, Aaron Rodgers and company seem to find someone to fill in admirably each week. It’d be fun to see Geronimo Allison get the game winning touchdown in OT to send the Packers to the Super Bowl.
Falcons defeat Packers 52-45
Yes that is a high score, not I do not think it is ludicrous. It is almost the exact score of the 2009 Green Bay-Arizona playoff game that featured two great offenses and no defense to speak of, plus one additional PAT. The Packers have no ability to stop a team that was by far the best offense in football this year, and the Falcons are only marginally better on defense. At home, with the Packers banged up, I think Atlanta wins a fun shootout. If Adams can’t go, this could also be much uglier.
Packers defeat Falcons 38-31
Last week, I thought that the loss of Jordy Nelson would haunt Green Bay, but the rest of the receiving core picked up the slack. This week, Nelson will be out and Davante Adams will be playing hurt
Enough. Who cares. Throw the script out the window. Aaron Rodgers is a wizard, Mason Crosby is Mason Clutchby, and Jared Cook was our missing puzzle piece, the yin to our yang, the beer to our bratwurst (who, along with Ty Montgomery and Randall Cobb, missed the regular season contest against Atlanta). I wouldn’t be surprised if each team touches 50 in this game, because apparently matching up an undrafted free agent against the 24th overall pick in 2010, and now the 6th overall pick in 2011, is Dom Capers’ idea of a good time. So please, strap in, buckle up, and do NOT play a drinking game with this matchup; you’ll end up with a higher BAC than Michael Floyd. | <urn:uuid:212f9e93-d345-47db-a3ea-e81a9bcdc6e1> | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/2017/1/20/14338090/nfc-championship-predictions-packers-falcons-afc-steelers-patriots-upsets-super-bowl-li | 2023-06-01T22:37:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648209.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601211701-20230602001701-00023.warc.gz | en | 0.949271 | 1,520 |
Diamond proposes that one evolutionary advantage that we have is longevity. Discuss the implications of this advantage in evolutionary terms. Diamond suggests one advantage that progressed through the evolutionary tree, is longevity. We will discuss the reasons for longevity in the evolvement of the human species. Diamond addresses through chapter seven, how aging and menopause are strongly connected to longevity. Men and women have been tested in various different ways to solve the mystery behind the theory that reproduction is the cause of post-generative longevity.
Another benefit Diamond writes about is how technology is a big step toward progressing how lives much further then it was one hundred thousand years ago. The one theory written progressively is one of Charles Darwin’s ‘ Theory of Natural Selection’ which is one of the theories much argued about today. These topics, as well as being spoken about in Diamond’s book, are heavily argued about whether the theories are believable to endure human longevity to an increased size. In menopause, there are two different hypotheses to state post generative longevity; these are the ‘ Stopping-Early Hypothesis’ and ‘ The Grandmother Hypothesis’.
The ‘ Stopping-Early Hypothesis’ states, since human infants are too young to live without protection or motherly aspects,’…it is beneficial for women to cease reproduction at the age at which the risk of maternal death reaches a certain threshold. In contrast, ‘ The Grandmother Hypothesis’ states that survival long past the age of menopause have been selected for because grandmothers significantly improve grand offspring survival probabilities. ‘ (J. Beise) These two hypotheses have biological origins but have social implications; they are both tested for evolution of menopause and the evolution of post-generative longevity.
Menopause and post-generative longevity are artefacts of modern life that were not present for most human evolutionary history, and are in accordance with the lack of evidence from the fossil record of human ancestors surviving to late ages. Some have argued that because modern hunter-gatherer societies have life-expectancies well beyond the mean age at menopause means that the same was probably true for historical populations with similar lifestyles. While this argument is valid, the fact remains that the ‘ modern-artefact’ hypothesis can not be ruled out.
Having an extended lifespan was selected for early in human evolutionary history but the primary selection was the improved status and mating opportunities that age meets the expense of men. Men achieve status with age, and reproductive opportunities. According to this hypothesis, female longevity is a by-product of selection for longevity in males but there has never been sufficient selective pressure on females to alter their reproductive lifespan. In chapter seven, Diamond articulates that aging and menopause are crucial to today’s’ human existence as evolution is involved.
Aging and menopause gives Homo Sapien Sapiens a higher advantage in the evolutionary tree when it comes to longevity. Diamond suggests that modern humans have a longer lifespan than apes because modern humans age more slowly. ‘ The longer lifespan of modern humans than of apes rests not only on cultural adaptations; such as tools to acquire food and deter predators. It also rests on biological adaptations of menopause…’ (Diamond pg 117) Human female fertility rises gradually with age, peaks in the late twenties, and then begins to decrease until menopause occurs during the late forties or early fifties.
At this point it is not possible for women to reproduce anymore, yet women can expect to live between another 19-22 years even in contemporary hunter-gatherer societies without modern medicine. Evidence regarding the termination of reproduction prior to death amongst primates kept in captivity, well fed and free from predation, is very mixed. Where an animal dies having not reproduced for some years it is unclear, whether this represents menopause or just an increase in inter birth intervals with increasing maternal age.
Suggesting these biological adaptations developed around the time of the Great Leap Forward, it has changed the history of evolution to enable ape-men to revolutionise into modern humanity. One of Darwin’s evolutionary theories Diamond speaks about in his book is the ‘ Theory of Natural Selection’. ‘ Natural selection states that ‘ the survival of the fittest’. The idea is that when change occurs, those organisms best suited to the new circumstances will thrive. ‘ (allaboutsceince. om) Natural selection acts to preserve and gather minor beneficial genetic changes. Perhaps a member of a species developed a functional advantage such as; it grew wings and learned to fly. Its offspring would inherit that advantage and pass it on to their offspring. The inferior members of the same species would gradually die out, leaving only the superior members of the species. Natural Selection is the preservation of a functional advantage that enables a species to compete better in the wild and is the naturalistic correspondent to domestic breeding.
In 1860, Herbert Spencer, an English philosopher, began working on his First Principles, one of the goals that he sighted from it is final social balance; ‘ Evolution can end only in the establishment of the greatest perfections and the most complete happiness. ‘ (R. Richards) Spencer’s conception of evolution was the adaptational device that remained the principle of equilibration; disturbing forces in the environment would cause an unbalancing of the rhythmic forces of life. The adaptation of man’s nature to the conditions of his existence, cannot cease until the internal forces which we know as feelings are in equilibrium with the external forces they encounter. ‘(R. Richards) Due to the theory of change and the survival of the fittest, hardship creates intelligence to produce a further qualified journey to populate the rest of the world. Stretched over a few million years, the human lineage has developed different forms of technology. Made by Homo Habilis, around 2. million years ago, the stone hand axe was the start of an evolutionary chain of technology. From that time, man has seen a change in technical knowledge in so many different ways which has progressed to such extraordinary inventions that are considered common today, such as; guns, telephones, computers and remotely controlled surgical equipment. During the period between Homo Habilis and Homo Sapiens, there were a range of manual-made type tools such as; the hand axe and so called spears made out of bamboo or sticks, to achieve and improve on their hunting and defensive skills.
Throughout the thousands of years, as the human ancestry travelled across the globe, they would have met several species of animals and sources of food. As their adventure around the huge continent grew longer, their intelligence grew bigger, as they learned new skills and adapted with constantly new experiences. These new experiences might have been, to think of a variety of ways to hunt a particular species they had not seen before, or to think of different ways to get across a lake, a great valley or huge mountain ranges. As the ifferent species of Homo’s emerged, each one grew more intelligent eventually making them what they are today to design electricity and build planes, ships and invent other types of astonishing technology. As the human lineage discovered many amazing sorts of technology, it has increased our longevity much more than it was a few hundred thousand years ago. The human ancestry intelligence and mind brought a variety of aspects to life that has invented great steps today such as, cures for some diseases and surgery to difficult parts of the inner body.
Modern technology has improved ones life so much so that death now seems a vast distance away. By linking the human lineage to evolutionary circumstances, Diamond proposes longevity is one advantage that modern humans have. Aging is not only postponed caused by cultural adjustments but also by theories of biological adjustments. Menopausal women and middle aged men have been tested for reproductive solutions for post-generative longevity. Technology has and will be one of the manual or cultural traditions that make human longevity greater.
Speaking about the ‘ third chimpanzee’ throughout chapter seven, to prove to his readers, Diamond elaborates that his theory of longevity is an evolutionary advantage for modern humans. As a student, learning about this interesting subject, one can believe that there are numerous reasons that give us as humans, an advantage to keep evolving. Total : 1, 336 words Bibliography Books Richards, R. 1987. Darwin and the emergence of evolutionary theories of mind and behaviour. Chicago: The University of Chicago Oxford Science Publications. 989. Human Origins. New York: Oxford University Press Zimmer, C. 2001. Where did we come from?. Sydney: Australian: ABC books Diamond, J. 2002. The rise and fall of the third chimpanzee. London: Vintage Internet Sites http://www. allaboutscience. org/theory-of-natural-selection-faq. htm http://sciencedirect. com/science? _ob= ArticleURL= B6VRT-46KRHY9-4&… http://www. darwins-theory-of-evolution. com/ http://www. thesaurus. com http://libweb. anglia. ac. uk/referencing/harvard. htm? harvard_id= 63#63 | <urn:uuid:344fc30f-add4-47e2-ba67-349277cb024a> | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | https://nerdyseal.com/longevity-in-human-evolution-assignment/ | 2023-06-02T06:10:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648322.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20230602040003-20230602070003-00723.warc.gz | en | 0.950893 | 1,898 |
Here at the Hollywood Gazette, where we often focus on new businesses in town, we decided to look at some that have stood the test of time in our fun and funky city, and we found Hair Industry, one of the longest running business on Harrison Street. The full-service salon recently celebrated its 16th anniversary under the stewardship of Kim Longmire and Mindy Cousineau, who met almost three decades ago while working together in a salon in Aventura.
“It was 2002 when I was told that the salon where I was working was closing,” recalled Longmire, a Hollywood native who graduated from Beauty School at Hollywood’s Sheridan Tech. “I was offered a spot at another salon, in Aventura Mall, but I had really come too far as a stylist for that. When I heard that the Hair Industry was up for sale, I knew that I had to move fast. I began doing my due diligence, and when I thought about potential partners, Mindy immediately came to mind.”
“I was living in Aventura, had two small children, and the idea of owning a business…well, I thought that ship had sailed,” Cousineau smiled. “But, I thought about it, and I said yes.”
16 years later, the two reflect on what makes their partnership, and their business, a success.
“It’s so multi-faceted,” said Cousineau, a New Jersey native who has been living in South Florida since 1982. “Kim is the Yin to my Yang. Our partnership has lasted because we balance each other. We butt heads of course, but we compromise. I’m more frugal, and tight with the money…”
“I don’t sweat the small stuff; I know that things will always work out,” said Longmire.
“Money is not small stuff,” Cousineau reminded her partner with a smile. “I am more practical. I always think about ‘what if.’ Kim’s definitely more of the optimist.”
But both know that it’s not just their partnership that is the key to Hair Industry’s longevity; they wholeheartedly give that honor to their friends, family, employees (many of whom have worked with them for 10 years or more) and most importantly, their clients, of whom they say probably 75% followed them when they opened their new business. And, they noted, more than half are still with them.
What makes them stay? They credit their love of the industry, their love of the art, the love of their staff and the fact that they do beautiful and consistent work as key factors to their success. Yet more than anything, both the partners repeat, it’s love of their customers that makes them winners.
“Our clientele is our family,” Longmire said, and Cousineau agreed. “We surround ourselves with talented people and we try to be respectful. We work hard to create a beautiful environment. A visit to our salon is like a big rap session, a communal conversation, and the customers love it and love us, and we love them.”
“We hear it again and again,” Cousineau said. Added Longmire, “Clients tell us that they feel like they’re sitting in somebody’s living room. They’re peaceful here. They’re not rushed. They know us and our staff, and we know them and their families. They tell us that we’re not like other salons. And to us, that’s the ultimate compliment.”
Their clients are, say the women, the wind beneath their wings.
“When we started,” recalled Longmire, “they were so happy for us. So supportive, so ecstatic, like parents and friends, they were what they kept us going. Without them, we might have had a much more difficult start.”
Like any quality salon, they do their part to always offer the newest techniques and trends in hair care and styling, skin and nail care and more. They regularly attend beauty shows, have educators visit for in-salon training, and work closely with their staff to ensure clear and precise communications. Services are constantly being added to their repertoire so that their clients are always able to keep on top of the latest colors, styles, and trends.
So what’s the “secret sauce,” that makes Hair Industry one of downtown Hollywood’s longest running salon?
“It’s our love of Hollywood,” Longmire stated adamantly. The duo gives to local charities, and Longmire is heavily involved as a member of the Hollywood Women’s Club, the Hollywood Historical Society, Leadership Hollywood, The Lakes Civic Association, and the Downtown Task Force for the Chamber of Commerce. She was also the co-founder of a grassroots neighborhood organization called the New Image Task Force, in existence since 2010, which works closely with the city and the police department against crime and blight in Hollywood.
“When I found out back in 2002 that there was a salon available in Downtown Hollywood, I knew it was right, I was not nervous about it, not for one second. I love it here. I love the community, I am the forever optimist, I am the biggest cheerleader for Hollywood, always. Yes, it has its moments, and it always has its grit, but always, it has its glory.”
“Yes,” her partner agreed. “That’s our Hollywood. The Grit, and the Glory.”
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The Habit Of Art
En Lyttelton Theatre, National
Alan Bennett's new play is as much about the theatre as it is about poetry or music. It looks at the unsettling desires of two difficult men, and at the ethics of biography. It reflects on growing old, on creativity and inspiration, and on persisting when all passion's spent: ultimately, on the habit of art.
Sesiones de tarde
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Trieste (part 2)
Posted By: Aleks G.<firstname.lastname@example.org>
Date: 8 August 2007, 5:34 am
"I think he's gonna wake up
" a muffled voice announced.
Adam opened his eyes, but a dense mist and his own tiredness crowded his vision.
he's awake alright." the voice laughed.
Adam moved his arms, they hurt like a bitch, but he moved them. He pushed his palms up and hit glass, thick, cold glass.
"Vent the Freon-gas!" the voice yelled.
"Yes sir, venting now" another, more digitized feminine voice responded.
The cloudy mist that obscured Adams vision faded, and the image of a young man standing right in front of his glass prison appeared.
"Do you want to tell him or should I?" the man turned to look at the computer terminal behind him, where a beautiful, and scantily clad, woman sat. He recognized her voice as the one he heard earlier as she spoke.
"You tell him, Phoenix, you've probably been waiting for this for a long time."
"Thanks Trieste, Well
"Halkinson." Adam was glad he could remember his own name.
.I don't know how to put this exactly, but
.welcome to the future." The man grinned, but he looked like he wasn't kidding, "crack the case!"
The glass panel shuddered and groaned, and then it lifted up and out of the way. Adam jumped up, and then dumped out of the tube face-first. Trieste giggled at Adams clumsiness.
"Try to take it easy pal," Phoenix said, "You haven't used your body in five-hundred-and-some years."
"Come again?" Adam cried, still lying on the floor, "FIVE HUNDRED?!"
"Yeah, you were frozen in
"Ugh" Trieste groaned, "September 23rd, 2009"
welcome to the year 2547" the man groaned, and extended his hand to help Adam from the metal floor, "I'm Shaun by the way."
"Shaun Phoenix?" Adam asked, as he lifted himself to his feet, "Your name is actually Shaun Phoenix?"
why?" Shaun squinted.
.its just a little
.weird" Adam couldn't say what he wanted to say, it didn't feel right to say "Phoenix" was such a lame-ass name that it wasn't a surprise that he wasn't ever going to be famous, it just seemed too fake. "I'm Adam, Adam Tyler Halkinson."
I wanna make you crap yourself
" Shaun grabbed Adams arm.
Adam reluctantly followed Phoenix across the large room, which was filled with many more cryogenic-tubes. Shaun pointed at the beautiful girl sitting on the edge of the computer terminal, Trieste. Adam extended his hand to shake hers, and she humored him by extending hers as well, when his hand passed through hers, Adam jumped backwards. "What the hell are you?" He cried.
"I'm Trieste, his sexy assistant." the woman laughed pointing at Shaun. "They picked me because no human girl would ever put up with him for longer than a few minutes."
Adam laughed at her sharp humor, and Shaun glared at her.
" she laughed and folded her arms over her chest, "quit staring!"
"Ha ha Tri, very funny
" Shaun said sarcastically, "now uncross your arms; you'll want to give our guest a good look."
Adam blushed, "that's fine, and I think I can take a few more minutes without seeing anyone topless"
Trieste smiled at him, "You're one of the non-perverted ones, and I like you already"
Even though he was already blushing, he reddened even more, thirty seconds in a new world, and he had a girl who liked him.
"Alright, enough fraternizing," Shaun said, "let's get you to the military training camp, right through here."
Adam looked around, Shaun was pointing to a hollow space in a wall, no doorway in it or anything. Suddenly lights winked on in the top and bottom of the hollow spot, and a green haze filled the hollow opening. Shaun stepped half-way through and grabbed Adam's arm, pulling him into the green mist. The next thing Adam knew, he was in a completely different room. It was white, and all along the walls hundreds of different weapons, ranging from tiny, easy-to-conceal pistols, to Man-sized rocket launchers and back-pack sized bombs.
"Pick what you want, go test it out over there in the 'play-ground'" Shaun said, "someone will get you eventually"
Shaun shook Adams hand and stepped back through the teleporter. Adam looked at the buffet of carnage set out around him, he had unlimited choice. He immediately ran to the rifle area, a whole wall stacked with different long-guns. He grabbed rifle with a scope and a small ammo counter, and pulled a large chrome-plated pistol from the rack behind him. Adam stepped into the 'play-ground' with his rifle at his shoulder, ready to kill. A cardboard target popped up from behind a wall, and he took its head off. Another popped up in a window; he removed its arms, and put a bullet right through its heart. This rifle was great, a healthy combination of firepower, stopping power, and accuracy. To humor his 'targets' he slung the rifle and pulled the pistol from his holster. When a target popped up, he shot it, and the round blew a fist-sized hole in the targets chest, maybe using the pistol wasn't the way to be nice to his targets; it seemed to do more damage than the rifle. Adam walked through most of the training area with the pistol, opening large gaps in the heads and torsos of the cardboard targets. When he got to the end, he hit the small button labeled 'finish' and he heard what sounded like digital applause, from a single person.
"Very good," Trieste appeared before him, clapping, "and I can't wait to see what else you can do
" Adam caught her wink, but immediately dismissed it as just a clever joke.
An Artificial Intelligence construct coming on to me? Now who's crazy?
Adam nodded, hoping the A.I. wasn't actually attracted to him, hoping, praying that it was just a clever program to make the construct seem more human. Trieste put her hand on his shoulder, or as close as she could without going through him.
"Follow me, Adam
" she turned and led him to another teleporter, and Adam couldn't help but looking, she had a very nice body, and with what she was wearing, or wasn't wearing for that matter, it made her look all the better.
"Why thank you," she said.
"What?" Adam asked.
"Oh come on now," she giggled, "just because I'm facing away, doesn't mean I'm not tracking your eye movements, and your heart and respiratory levels. You like me don't you?"
"Aww hell," Adam rolled his eyes, "yes
but keep in mind I've been alone for a few years"
"Five hundred and thirty eight years," she corrected him.
"I meant years that I was conscious," he said with a sigh.
Trieste turned to face him, and Adam immediately looked at the ceiling, just to avoid making eye contact, and then the inevitable outcome of looking a bit lower than her eyes.
She giggled and walked around him. Inspecting his body, and that's when Adam realized he was only wearing underwear. He winced and tried to cover himself.
"Oh, it's much too late for that." Trieste smiled at him, "I took at least a hundred pictures, and you know what, I'm saving them."
Okay...it's not just a clever bit of programming.
"You'd do well in the Marine Core, Inner System Defense Division; you're well suited to armed combat, and this planet's gravity," she said matter-of-factly, then added "and you have a cute butt."
Adam tensed at the last few words, an A.I. had just commented him on his ass, and she's awfully forward for an A.I.
" Adam asked, "this planets gravity?"
.we didn't exactly move five-hundred years in the future without developing a bit of space-travel technology," she said, "we've explored several galaxies outside of this one, and found many inhabitable planets. The one you'd be suited for is called Satyr; it's a farming planet, one we share with the Alliance."
"Huh?" Adam squinted, all this information, something about an Alliance, what happened in the last five-hundred years? "What's the Alliance?"
Trieste sighed deeply, and her chest puffed out, nearly slipping free of the thin scraps of cloth keeping her decently clothed. "The Alliance are a group of Aliens that have some sort of religious standing with our planet, after a large signal pulse was sent out into space by some sort of foreign technology, the aliens came to Earth. There was a bit of a negotiational war, but nobody got hurt, and we developed a partnership. They agreed to trade their technology for our different cultures and our teachings of what we've learned about our universe."
"I see," Adam said, taking everything she said,
"Alright," Trieste said, "we better get going before someone thinks I'm trying to keep you all to myself."
Trieste stepped up to another teleporter, and faded right next to it. Adam knew he had to step through, but he wondered where he would end up next. The green haze filled his vision, and Adam felt gravity leave and return as suddenly as the blink of an eye. He appeared in a large closed dome. Dozens of lights illuminated the empty flat grounds. The two brightest spotlights shone on a white sheet that covered something over six feet tall. Trieste reappeared in front of him and walked him to the sheet, as a few people stepped through a door to Adams left, Trieste immediately moved to cover Adam, he was after all, still in his underwear. Among the group of five people were a scientist, a grizzled old man in a naval suit, and three standard soldiers. Trieste formed a holographic sheet to cover Adam from the waist down, and she stepped out of the way. The scientist opened his lab coat, and pulled an elastic-composite body suit from one of the deep pockets on his white coat. He tossed it at Adam,
"Put this on
.you'll have to take off anything you may have on now."
Again Trieste stepped in front of Adam, and he quickly pulled the stretchy black suit over his feet, and pulled it up to his chest. He found the arm holes and slipped into those as well, when he adjusted himself to the suit, it felt quite nice, and it fit snugly up to his neck. The scientist grabbed the sheet covering the object Adam noticed before, and ripped it off. Underneath, a suit of armor, but far more advanced than the one the three marines who were nearby wore. This was tougher, less bulky, more efficient, and it had a full helmet with a chrome plated visor.
"This," The scientist waved his hand at the suit, "is the product of fifteen years of calculations, studies, and testing. It is the best armor known to mankind, developed from reverse engineered alien technology."
Trieste leaned over to Adam,
"Here comes the best part."
"You, as an experienced armor tester from the twenty-first century, will be the first to test it," the scientist smiled. "Good luck soldier."
After nearly a half-hour of putting on the armor piece by piece, Adam started to get restless, but he tried to remain still as the scientist and the three marines assembled his 'second skin'.
.hit the charger." The scientist ordered.
A small blue bar appeared in the corner of Adams display on his visor, it filled up slowly, but as it got to half-way, he could feel his joints loosening up. Adam clenched his fingers, and he could feel the extra power he had now, the extra force he could produce.
"Now that you're nearly fully charged," the scientist walked a bit closer, "we need to find you an artificial intelligence to be your partner for life."
Trieste glowed for a moment; she jumped and put her hand in the air, yelling,
"I want to, I want to!" when she landed, her cloth straps snapped, and for a second she turned bright red before she spun around and 'fixed' the straps by re-coding them. She had a right to be embarrassed, everybody saw what happened, and she wasn't as willing to be so open in public anymore.
"Trieste, you seem to be a viable candidate for his armor, as soon as he reaches full charge, up-link yourself to his armor." The scientist said.
"Yes sir," the A.I. saluted, but kept her other arm across her chest, making sure she wouldn't slip out again.
As soon as Adam's suit beeped to indicate a full charge, Trieste faded, and he immediately felt her presence inside his armor and mind, it felt like warm chocolate was poured over his body, and he shuddered it off.
"Even your mind is sexy
" Trieste said from inside his mind, as she appeared in a small screen in the corner of his visor. "I'm going to love it here, but I might have to move some things
.tell me if you have a stroke." Her little quip worried him.
"Can she read my mind?" he asked the scientist. "Or screw with my brain functions?"
"Well," the scientist scratched his head, "she cant mess with your brain functions, but she can tell what you're thinking, I wouldn't think anything too bad around her, cause, she may like you, but she's nasty when she's pissed off."
Adam looked at the little image of Trieste show-dancing in his little screen.
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It’s still a little chilly out to be eating ice cream, but a little wishful thinking never hurt anyone. Maybe this strawberry banana milkshake with a splash of rum will make some nice warm weather arrive a little faster. Confession: I whipped up this boozy shake twice in 3 days, first for a movie night with an old friend over the weekend, and then just because it was Monday. (Both reasonable occasions, IMO.) I did us a real service, though, because at least now there’s no more ice cream in the house…
Boozy Strawberry Banana Milkshake
Basically serves 2, but if you want a mega serving like you’d get when ordering a milkshake at a diner, feel free to drink the whole thing by yourself. I won’t judge. Much.
- 1/4 c. milk
- 1/2 pint strawberry ice cream or frozen yogurt
- 8-10 fresh or frozen strawberries, hulled
- 1 medium ripe banana
- *Optional* 2-3 oz rum (or more, ya lushes)
- Place all ingredients in blender.
- Blend for about 30 seconds.
- Imbibe, and then please leave me a tipsy comment about how much you loved this milkshake.
This weekend I realized that I’ve pretty much fallen off the wagon when it comes to eating healthy foods. I’ve been averaging about 0 to 0.5 servings of produce each day, which is not great, since I really enjoy being alive. Um. Anyway, in an effort to not be such a nutrition fail, we decided to cook up some leafy greens with our dinner tonight, in the form of roasted Brussels sprouts.
Like every other yuppie couple around, Boyfriend and I have recently discovered an ardent love for these cruciferous orbs of delight. We’ve made them a few times at home in the past with middling results– they’ve been edible but haven’t come close to being restaurant-caliber. However, that all changed tonight when I devised an extremely lazy version of this wonderful-sounding dish from TakePart. The original recipe looked great and all, but I had neither a shallot nor a fresh chile pepper, and I wasn’t about to go in search of either one. That would require grocery shopping!
Seriously though, don’t worry if you don’t have a shallot or a chile either. Who needs a classy recipe that uses fresh ingredients? Well, we all do. But whatever, because these Brussels sprouts, seasoned entirely with stuff that already happened to be in my pantry, were awesome. We tore through the whole pan’s worth in about 5 minutes; Boyfriend, ever the chivalrous gentleman, showed remarkable restraint and let me have the last one. (I tried to pretend like I didn’t really care about it that much, but OMG gimme.)
Spicy Maple Roasted Brussels Sprouts for Lazy People
- Brussels sprouts, preferably fresh. Our supermarket sells ’em in a 10 oz package, or about 15 sprouts, which is perfect as a side dish for two or as the main course for a lonely vegetarian.
I can’t really give you quantities for the rest of the ingredients because I didn’t measure anything. I just poured what looked like the right amount of oil and seasoned it all to taste. So… happy guessing. Sorry!
- Extra virgin olive oil — I refuse to call it EVOO — enough to make a base to roll all y’alls brussels sprouts in
- Maple syrup — the real stuff, not Aunt Jemima! — to taste
- Black pepper, to taste
- Sea salt, to taste
- Garlic powder — and/or a minced clove of garlic, if you have it around — to taste
- Red chili pepper flakes, to taste
- Preheat the oven to 350.
- Mix all non-Brussels sprout ingredients in a small bowl; I actually used a ramekin.
- Remove stems and outer leaves from each Brussels sprout. Cut sprout in half; cut the monster ones into quarters if so desired. We did.
- Roll each sprout piece in the olive oil/maple syrup/spices mix until it’s thoroughly coated with delicious oily goodness. You can coat stray leaves in the stuff, too.
- Arrange sprouts flat-side down on baking sheet.
- Bake for 15-20 mins (longer, if you’ve got a ton of sprouts), flipping halfway through.
- Put all of the brussels sprouts in your face.
- Try not to be too sad when it’s all over.
A spate of less-than-frigid weather, combined with our latest FreshDirect delivery of goodies, has made me more amenable to whipping up some smoothies this week.
Tonight I fully intended to make a blueberry-banana smoothie with some spinach thrown in for good measure, but I didn’t realize that the bananas were already eaten until I’d dumped half of the ingredients into the blender! I knew I still wanted to add a little sweetness and creaminess to the smoothie. My options were to either add some vanilla rice milk, or use half of an avocado. I opted for the former (since I know Boyfriend is itching to turn the avocados into guacamole sometime soon).
Forgive my fugly food photography, please! In person, the smoothie is a lovely dark amethyst hue and is tasting mighty good alongside leftover Thai curry and quinoa.
Anyway, I present to you…
The “Crap, I ran out of bananas!” Healthy Blueberry Smoothie
5 ice cubes
1 cup baby spinach
1/2 cup blueberries
1/2 cup vanilla rice/hemp/almond milk (only after you realize the bananas are gone; otherwise, 1/2 or 1 banana)
1/4 cup orange juice
1. Put ingredients in blender.
2. Blend until smooth. (There will probably still be little pieces of spinach that won’t completely dissolve. I hope we can all be okay with that.)
3. Drink that bitch!
We got a giant hulking hokkaido squash in our farm box a while ago, and for weeks it sat on our countertop looking very fat, green, and intimidating. I wasn’t really sure what it was or what to do with it, what it would be good with, what it would taste like, etc. until I did a little research that said this kind of squash is even sweeter than butternut and works well in soups and pies. Pies! What! I’ve never had squash pie in my life so I was immediately intrigued. However, now that I’m trying to eat gluten-free, in order to make squash pie I would also need to either make or acquire a GF pie crust. And both of those options seemed like altogether too much effort last night.
Instead, I found a recipe for butternut squash pudding— “butternutscotch,” as the recipe I used calls it. The recipe is gluten-free, but definitely not dairy-free. I didn’t want to risk using soy milk with this recipe, either, since I’m not sure how one would replace heavy cream with a non-dairy substitute. Will have to do some research on that.
Of course, because I’m me, I didn’t quite cook the squash long enough, and I didn’t read the instructions correctly, so instead of mashing the roasted squash with a fork and then mixing it all up with the other ingredients I spooned the squash flesh (ew, flesh) into the blender and put it on pulse. It was really thick and after a few seconds it looked like nothing was happening. I was really afraid I broke the blender. That was not the case; the squash was just so plentiful and homogenous in the blender that I couldn’t see it mixing around. Everything else mixed up just fine with it. Phew.
Other stuff that I should have done differently: half of the squash was way more than 1 cup, so I added an extra egg, multiplied the dry ingredients by 1.5, and used 2 teaspoons of vanilla. I should’ve used just 1 teaspoon, though, since it’s so strong! I also messed up my sugar situation as the recipe called for brown sugar and I used half brown and half white, and I went a little overboard with upping the amount of sugar for my pseudo-doubling of the recipe. For all of you would be pudding-makers out there, BE YE NOT SO FOOLISH.
Anyway, although it’s a tad too sweet and the vanilla extract comes through a LOT, it’s still tasty enough that Boyfriend deemed it “delicious.” We’re psyched to eat this for dessert/snacks/really irresponsible breakfast(?) in the days to come.
Tonight I got home and wanted to eat anything BUT the delicious roasted root vegetable stew I made two nights ago (recipe forthcoming), so instead I made some breakfast for dinner– always a good thing! I paired cheesy, garlicky scrambled eggs with some leftover mashed sweet potatoes and a honeycrisp apple for a filling pre-yoga class meal.
Scrambled Eggs with Gorgonzola
- Extra-virgin olive oil, or your choice of pan-greaser
- 2 large eggs — I like brown, omega-3 fortified eggs, but that’s just me
- 2 tbsp gorgonzola cheese — although I probably used more…
- Splash of skim milk (optional)…wow, I was really giving the finger to my lactose-intolerant side tonight.
- Garlic powder, black pepper, and sea salt to taste
- Heat oil in pan.
- Whisk eggs in a bowl, then add milk (if desired) and seasonings.
- Add eggs to hot pan; stir/flip/scramble with spatula so you don’t end up with a weird omelette thing.
- When eggs are nearly cooked, add gorgonzola.
- When gorgonzola is nice and melty, remove from heat.
- NOM NOM NOM
After a decadent, spendy summer– full of exercise, mind you– Boyfriend and I found ourselves back in the kitchen with a new resolve to improve our cooking skills and preserve our bank accounts.On a chilly fall night a few weeks ago I realized we had some butternut squash and garnet yams on the verge of going bad, so I decided that the best thing to do was toss everything into a pot, then puree it all in the blender. (I have been loving my Breville Hemisphere Control ever since I got it this summer, and although it makes quick work of fruits and veggies for smoothies this was my first time using it for a creamy soup…luckily, it worked like a champ!)
This soup fed us for a whole week and never ceased to be delicious. And it couldn’t be easier!
Easy Fall Mélange Soup, aka Vegan, Gluten-Free, Butternut Squash-Yam-Apple Mashup
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/3 cup onion, chopped
- 2 cups butternut squash – peeled and cubed
- 3 garnet yams -peeled and cubed
- 1 large apple (I like honeycrisp) – cored, peeled, and quartered
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- To taste: Ground ginger, thyme, sea salt, and black pepper
- Combine all ingredients in a large pot or saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Let simmer until veggies are tender and soft, i.e. easily pierced/smashed with a fork– took about 45 minutes for us.
- Remove from heat and ladle pot contents into blender (in whatever size batches your blender can handle).
- Re-season, if necessary.
Score! Five more weeks until I hit the half-year mark of consistent weekly workouts.
My Foursquare-monitored exercise streak continued today as I checked into Dance New Amsterdam for 90 minutes of Mind Body Dancer Yoga. I wasn’t sure what to expect from this class, which is supposedly geared toward dancers (if the name didn’t make it obvious enough). Perhaps we’d spend half the class in Dancer’s Pose. Or get berated for not being sufficiently bendy. Thankfully, it was actually just a nice, flowing vinyasa class with a solid mix of Sun Salutations, standing poses, twists, etc. Because of the hot weather today, the last half hour of class included some cooling pranyama, restorative poses, and a generous savasana. Yum.
My favorite thing about the class was that the flow felt steady and safe, not frenetic– we weren’t throwing ourselves from plank-to-chaturanga-to-up dog-to down dog over and over again. Another observation: despite the crowd being young, fit, dancer-y, and 100% female, I picked up on none of the weirdly competitive vibe that is unique to the NYC yoga scene. Zero. Everyone was just very much in their own world, doing what they needed to do. Kind of like in a dance class…duh.
After class, Boyfriend and I met for tapas at La Oficina Latina in Nolita, where I enjoyed a split second of accidental awkward eye contact with Adrian Grenier. You know, from Entourage, and that Melissa Joan Hart movie Drive Me Crazy from way back in 1999. I’m pretty sure he’s been in other stuff, too, but I honestly couldn’t tell you what. Conclusion: he’s pretty mega handsome, in a scruffy way. And he belongs to my coworker’s food co-op!
We then went on a quest for vegan dessert, and having missed the window for visiting Babycakes, we ended up at a hippie-ish place called Whole Earth in the East Village. Now, they supposedly have amazing vegan pumpkin pie, but I decided to ignore everyone else’s rave pie reviews and ordered a vegan triple-chocolate brownie. BIG MISTAKE. I’m highly doubtful that three(!) kinds of chocolate actually made it into the brownie, because it tasted mostly like cardboard and despair. It was one of those vegan baked goods that really tasted, well… vegan. But really, I should never say that, because I’ve had amazeballs vegan cookies, cupcakes, muffins, etc. So using “vegan” as shorthand for “disgusto” is hereby outlawed from my vocabulary. It was a shitty brownie, end of story. Next time I’ll listen to everyone and get the damn pie.
Anyway, I was disappointed to have blown $4 on a crappy dessert, and then we tried to hit up Lula’s for some dairy-free ice cream but were shot down as they’re not open on Mondays. So we went home without any treats, and I cried. And then we watched Sunday’s Mad Men and I cried for real. If you’ve seen the episode, you’ll know what I mean, I think. Maybe. I also kinda cry a lot, so who knows?
But I digress!
Tomorrow I’m trying a new workout. I’ll be visiting Pure Barre up near Columbus Circle, because my Tuesday dance class was canceled, my favorite Pilates teacher is all booked up, and I didn’t want to play the waitlist game with Physique 57 after accidentally canceling my reservation and losing my spot. (I’m also still too scared of spinning to use that Flywheel credit I bought on a whim the other week. Will my “preemie lungs,” as Boyfriend puts it, explode from all of that cardio? Will my butt fall off after sitting on a hard, narrow bike seat for 45 mins? These are the things I worry about.) Wish me luck! | <urn:uuid:0b103bdd-81fb-4597-a4e4-8869e446b992> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://cookingtosweden.wordpress.com/category/eating/ | 2017-06-27T15:39:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321458.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627152510-20170627172510-00052.warc.gz | en | 0.938183 | 3,489 |
Generic Name: Sorafenib (sor AF e nib)
Brand Name: NexAVAR
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Feb 16, 2019.
Uses of NexAVAR:
- It is used to treat cancer.
What do I need to tell my doctor BEFORE I take NexAVAR?
- If you have an allergy to sorafenib or any other part of NexAVAR (sorafenib).
- If you are allergic to any drugs like this one, any other drugs, foods, or other substances. Tell your doctor about the allergy and what signs you had, like rash; hives; itching; shortness of breath; wheezing; cough; swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat; or any other signs.
- If you have a long QT on ECG.
- If you have a certain type of lung cancer (squamous cell) and are getting either carboplatin with paclitaxel or cisplatin with gemcitabine.
- If you are taking any of these drugs: Carbamazepine, dexamethasone, phenobarbital, phenytoin, rifabutin, rifampin, or St. John's wort.
- If you are breast-feeding. Do not breast-feed while you take NexAVAR (sorafenib) and for 2 weeks after your last dose.
This is not a list of all drugs or health problems that interact with NexAVAR (sorafenib).
Tell your doctor and pharmacist about all of your drugs (prescription or OTC, natural products, vitamins) and health problems. You must check to make sure that it is safe for you to take NexAVAR (sorafenib) with all of your drugs and health problems. Do not start, stop, or change the dose of any drug without checking with your doctor.
What are some things I need to know or do while I take NexAVAR?
- Tell all of your health care providers that you take NexAVAR (sorafenib). This includes your doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and dentists.
- You may have more chance of getting an infection. Wash hands often. Stay away from people with infections, colds, or flu.
- Call your doctor right away if you have any signs of infection like fever, chills, flu-like signs, very bad sore throat, ear or sinus pain, cough, more sputum or change in color of sputum, pain with passing urine, mouth sores, or a wound that will not heal.
- You may bleed more easily. Be careful and avoid injury. Use a soft toothbrush and an electric razor. Rarely, some bleeding problems have been deadly.
- Very bad and sometimes deadly liver problems have happened with NexAVAR (sorafenib). Call your doctor right away if you have signs of liver problems like dark urine, feeling tired, not hungry, upset stomach or stomach pain, light-colored stools, throwing up, or yellow skin or eyes.
- A very bad skin reaction (Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis) may happen. It can cause very bad health problems that may not go away, and sometimes death. Get medical help right away if you have signs like red, swollen, blistered, or peeling skin (with or without fever); red or irritated eyes; or sores in your mouth, throat, nose, or eyes.
- Holes in the GI (gastrointestinal) tract may rarely happen.
- High blood pressure has happened with drugs like this one. Have your blood pressure checked as you have been told by your doctor.
- Have blood work checked as you have been told by the doctor. Talk with the doctor.
- If you are taking warfarin, talk with your doctor. You may need to have your blood work checked more closely while you are taking it with NexAVAR (sorafenib).
- Heart problems like a type of abnormal heartbeat (prolonged QT interval) have happened with NexAVAR (sorafenib). Call your doctor right away if you have chest pain or pressure, a fast or abnormal heartbeat, shortness of breath, a big weight gain, swelling in the arms or legs, or very bad dizziness or passing out.
- This medicine may affect being able to father a child. Talk with the doctor.
- If you are a man and have sex with a female who could get pregnant, protect her from pregnancy during care and for 3 months after care ends. Use birth control that you can trust.
- If you are a man and your sex partner gets pregnant while you take NexAVAR (sorafenib) or within 3 months after your last dose, call your doctor right away.
- This medicine may cause harm to the unborn baby if you take it while you are pregnant.
- If you are able to get pregnant, a pregnancy test will be done to show that you are NOT pregnant before starting NexAVAR (sorafenib). Talk with your doctor.
- Use birth control that you can trust to prevent pregnancy while taking NexAVAR (sorafenib) and for 6 months after stopping NexAVAR (sorafenib).
- If you get pregnant while taking NexAVAR (sorafenib) or within 6 months after your last dose, call your doctor right away.
How is this medicine (NexAVAR) best taken?
Use NexAVAR (sorafenib) as ordered by your doctor. Read all information given to you. Follow all instructions closely.
- Take on an empty stomach. Take 1 hour before or 2 hours after meals.
- To gain the most benefit, do not miss doses.
- Keep taking NexAVAR (sorafenib) as you have been told by your doctor or other health care provider, even if you feel well.
- If you have upset stomach, throwing up, diarrhea, or are not hungry, talk with your doctor. There may be ways to lower these side effects.
- This medicine may affect how wounds heal. If you need to have surgery, you may need to stop NexAVAR (sorafenib) before surgery. Start taking it again after surgery as you have been told by your doctor. Talk with your doctor.
What do I do if I miss a dose?
- Skip the missed dose and go back to your normal time.
- Do not take 2 doses at the same time or extra doses.
What are some side effects that I need to call my doctor about right away?
WARNING/CAUTION: Even though it may be rare, some people may have very bad and sometimes deadly side effects when taking a drug. Tell your doctor or get medical help right away if you have any of the following signs or symptoms that may be related to a very bad side effect:
- Signs of an allergic reaction, like rash; hives; itching; red, swollen, blistered, or peeling skin with or without fever; wheezing; tightness in the chest or throat; trouble breathing, swallowing, or talking; unusual hoarseness; or swelling of the mouth, face, lips, tongue, or throat.
- Signs of bleeding like throwing up blood or throw up that looks like coffee grounds; coughing up blood; blood in the urine; black, red, or tarry stools; bleeding from the gums; vaginal bleeding that is not normal; bruises without a reason or that get bigger; or any bleeding that is very bad or that you cannot stop.
- Signs of electrolyte problems like mood changes, confusion, muscle pain or weakness, a heartbeat that does not feel normal, seizures, not hungry, or very bad upset stomach or throwing up.
- Signs of high blood pressure like very bad headache or dizziness, passing out, or change in eyesight.
- Signs of kidney problems like unable to pass urine, change in how much urine is passed, blood in the urine, or a big weight gain.
- Signs of thyroid problems like a change in weight without trying, feeling nervous and excitable, feeling restless, feeling very weak, hair thinning, low mood (depression), neck swelling, not able to focus, not able to handle heat or cold, period (menstrual) changes, shakiness, or sweating.
- Sweating a lot.
- Very bad belly pain.
- Very upset stomach or throwing up.
- Pain in arms or legs.
- Feeling very tired or weak.
- A burning, numbness, or tingling feeling that is not normal.
- Redness or irritation of the palms of hands or soles of feet.
- Low mood (depression).
- Not able to get or keep an erection.
What are some other side effects of NexAVAR?
All drugs may cause side effects. However, many people have no side effects or only have minor side effects. Call your doctor or get medical help if any of these side effects or any other side effects bother you or do not go away:
- Upset stomach or throwing up.
- Hair loss.
- Feeling tired or weak.
- Dry skin.
- Not hungry.
- Weight loss.
- Belly pain.
- Muscle or joint pain.
- Muscle spasm.
- Change in taste.
- Mouth irritation or mouth sores.
- Pimples (acne).
- Runny nose.
These are not all of the side effects that may occur. If you have questions about side effects, call your doctor. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects.
You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. You may also report side effects at http://www.fda.gov/medwatch.
If OVERDOSE is suspected:
If you think there has been an overdose, call your poison control center or get medical care right away. Be ready to tell or show what was taken, how much, and when it happened.
How do I store and/or throw out NexAVAR?
- Store at room temperature.
- Store in a dry place. Do not store in a bathroom.
- Keep all drugs in a safe place. Keep all drugs out of the reach of children and pets.
- Throw away unused or expired drugs. Do not flush down a toilet or pour down a drain unless you are told to do so. Check with your pharmacist if you have questions about the best way to throw out drugs. There may be drug take-back programs in your area.
Consumer information use
- If your symptoms or health problems do not get better or if they become worse, call your doctor.
- Do not share your drugs with others and do not take anyone else's drugs.
- Keep a list of all your drugs (prescription, natural products, vitamins, OTC) with you. Give this list to your doctor.
- Talk with the doctor before starting any new drug, including prescription or OTC, natural products, or vitamins.
- Some drugs may have another patient information leaflet. Check with your pharmacist. If you have any questions about NexAVAR (sorafenib), please talk with your doctor, nurse, pharmacist, or other health care provider.
- If you think there has been an overdose, call your poison control center or get medical care right away. Be ready to tell or show what was taken, how much, and when it happened.
Always consult your healthcare provider to ensure the information displayed on this page applies to your personal circumstances.
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Tiesto, Calvin Harris & Steve Aoki Among Top DJs Lineup
For those who can’t wait for the evening clubbing – or who want to relive the night before – Las Vegas offers daylife, which is its roaring nightlife conducted under the sun and by a pool.
These pool parties are where the “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” begins for many people, and the Hakkasan Group’s wild WET REPUBLIC Ultra Pool has set the dates for its 2019 season. It’s March 8-Oct. 20 and it features world-renowned DJs Calvin Harris, Tiësto, Zedd, Steve Aoki, Martin Garrix among it’s music lineup.
Tiesto and Aoki spin back-to-back on one blockbuster weekend, April 27 & 28 (a Saturday and Sunday).
Known for its champagne showers and top-level artists, WET REPUBLIC celebrates its 12th year. Open Thursdays thru Sundays it features two large pools, six private dipping pools and bungalows and cabanas. DJs perform on a 4,100-square-foot sundeck.
And yes, there’s WiFi for all those Instagrammable moments.
If you want to go all out, the bungalows and cabanas have couches, giant flat screen TVs, ceiling fans, misters and premium bottle service. Bottle service is “hosted by a posse of model servers” according to Hakkansan and if you order champagne, you’re treated to a themed presentation paired with champagne showers and customized signage.
In addition to WET REPUBLIC, Hakkansan also puts on LIQUID Pool Lounge at ARIA Resort & Casino.
The cover charge to get into the pool parties is $25 for ladies and $40 for men. Access begins at 11 a.m., and the party runs until dark.
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Let’s see if you defense is a sharp as you like it to be!
You are placed east looking at NS bidding all the way up to 6 spades.
The bidding was a bit scientific, but que-bids are a frequently used convention for most experienced players.
Your partner led the nine of clubs, the jack taking over the ten and south plays the six. How do you play the defense?
It is pretty clear that south has a solid one-suiter. He has singleton clubs and when north showed a que-bid in diamonds he went directly to slam, could this indicate south also control the heart-suit?
At the table east continued with a trump, that was not the best defense since the cards looked like this
North won the jack, south ruffed a club with the ace then ran all his trumps (and the king of hearts).
The position had come down to this
The four of spades squeezed west in the red suits. He had to give up and declarer made 12 tricks.
What would have happened if east had asked himself the key-question before playing trick two? If south do not hold a diamond que-bid, maybe there is a chance to break up a possible squeeze when returning a diamond?
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The group from Uganda (Africa), who is in the fifth month of their 6-month tour, arrived yesterday around 2:00 pm where Joleen and others from West Side greeted them. Ethan joined them after his nap around 3:30 and was with them at the church until after 9:00 pm. I joined them at 5:00 for the meal. Ethan did well in spite of the long, exciting day (and everyone seemed to enjoy Ethan)!
The church provided a nice meal (served by the youth of West Side and Centre Grove churches) prior to the concert. People began trickling in around 6:00 pm and by 7:00 pm, the place was packed. The concert, which included both musical performances and stories of the children’s experiences of finding hope in Jesus Christ, was very inspiring.
We had the privilege of hosting two boys, Denis and Moses, and their chaperone, Uncle Frederick. We enjoyed having them stay in our home, and Ethan enjoyed playing in the playroom with Denis and Moses for about an hour before breakfast this morning.
I love Watoto’s emphasis on “raising future leaders” (BTW, Watoto is the Swahili word for “children”). It’s great to meet the needs of children, but I appreciate the vision of transforming the future of Uganda (and Africa, for that matter) by shaping the leaders of tomorrow.
At the concert, the choir highlighted opportunities to support the work of Watoto, through sponsorship as well as purchasing items like t-shirts, hats, African jewelry, and CDs and DVDs of the choir’s music. Check out watoto.com to learn more about sponsorship opportunities and/or to purchase items from the online store.
To learn more about Uganda (located in East Africa), visit:
I’m sure there were better photographers than I at the concert (they moved too fast for me and my camera), but here are some of the photos I took (below).
If you took photos at the concert (and/or hosted children in your home) and would like to add some of your photos to the gallery, please let Joleen or me know. Email them to us (if you have one of our email addresses) or if you need one of our addresses, post a comment or contact us through the contact page, and we’ll let you know where to send them.
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|Quilters have been busy at St. John's in Saxeville|
|Tuesday, July 16, 2013 12:16 PM|
Every Monday morning an industrious group of ladies can be found in the basement of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Saxeville busily producing quilts that will be distributed to people who are in need of them. The church bulletin from this past Sunday, July 14, told that 50 quilts were boxed and shipped on June 28 to those devastated by storms in Oklahoma. Twenty quilts have already been boxed and taken to the Veteran’s Home in King. There are 27 quilts ready for Lutheran World Relief with more in progress. Funds from two quilts that were sold at St. John’s rummage sale will be used to purchase more batting. St. John’s regularly provides quilts for all family members when a new Habitat for Humanity home is dedicated. Additionally, the bulletin said that 55 baby layettes have been completed and boxed to ship to Lutheran World Relief and more will be assembled later this year.
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"Oh, no. Not at all," he said, sitting at a table in the lobby of the Bellaire Theater, while his latest movie, "Capitalism: A Love Story" played for his fellow Bellaire residents. "Because you work hard for your money, and you have to be wise with your money. You probably don't have the time to go to Mr. Goodwrench every few months. Whereas with your Honda, you will never have it in the shop. At least I had a Honda, and that was my experience. I drove it for nine years. Most people know by now that what's in (a) Chevy comes from Brazil and Mexico and everywhere else. There's no such thing as an American car anymore."
If anyone should be invested in the plight of General Motors, it's Moore. Twenty years ago, "Roger and Me" marked his filmmaking debut, a bitingly humorous blend of fact and opinion in which he made light of his fruitless attempts to interview GM CEO Roger Smith. His goal was to ask Smith why he was shutting down plants in Moore's hometown of Flint, leaving the city a shell of its former self.
In "Capitalism," the filmmaker attacks American greed, which leads him full circle, back to "Roger and Me." In the new film he takes his father to his former worksite, a pile of rubble that used to be a GM factory. Now that the carmaker has struggled publicly and mightily to remain afloat in the wake of last year's economic collapse, Moore sadly revisits the topic.
"After 20 years of this, and still having to deal with these issues -- in some ways they're worse -- I've ramped up my sense of humor to deal with the anger," he said. "At some of the test screenings I've had of 'Capitalism,' the young people have marked this as my funniest film. The humor is there to alleviate the sense of outrage and despair."
"I don't feel like 'I told you so.' I feel like, 'What did I do wrong?' What didn't I do right 20 years ago when I made that movie, to have people right then, turn this thing around, and avoid this calamity: a company in bankruptcy? My Catholic guilt starts to work on me."
Such self-flagellation is a side of Moore his partisan opponents choose to ignore. But considering how hard Moore stumps for the left -- his "Capitalism" screenings in Bellaire benefited the Democratic party -- partisan criticism is inevitable. So, he faces an alleged hypocrisy: how can a man who has made a considerable fortune as a filmmaker come to terms with the new film's harsh anti-capitalist argument?
"Whatever success I've had is based on my hard work and creativity, not capitalism," he told a group of reporters in Bellaire for a press conference. "People talk about the 'old capitalism,' where 'the son of an autoworker can pull himself up by his bootstraps, and open a little store and sell shoes.' The only capitalism we can talk about is the capitalism that we have now. I don't think we can go back 50 years. We can't put this genie back in the bottle, not after the richest one percent has more money than the bottom 95 percent."
"Once you have that kind of (disparity), that means we've lost virtually all control. I'm not against people making money, working hard, doing well, selling shoes. To me, that's not capitalism. I'm talking about legalized greed. That's what capitalism is now. We actually put it in our laws, that it's the company's responsibility to maximize profits for its shareholders. If they don't do that, the S.E.C. (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) can come after them!"
One of Moore's favorite scenes in "Capitalism" is a Detroit African-American woman's reaction to Barack Obama's election victory. The camera holds on her as she openly weeps, and it's the kind of truthful moment that triggers the director's compassion of both moviegoer and director alike. Moore says that providing a voice for the everyday victim of injustice -- whether he or she has faced racism, foreclosure, unemployment or worse -- is what keeps him going as a filmmaker.
"I wish that black woman who starts to cry and starts to shake -- I know why she's crying, I know what she's been put through, being an African-American in this country. I hate that," Moore said. "I wish I didn't have to (make these movies), but if I didn't do it, who would?"
Of course, right in line with the personality so prevalent in his films, he uses humor to brighten the mood.
"'Roger and Me' came out when I was 35. I waited a while, hoping someone else would do it," he laughs. "I put it off as long as I could."
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Katie touched up her make-up and listened to the call Anthony was making..
"Ok dude we are nearly there meet us outside."..he said and hung up and looked towards Katie..
"Almost there girls"..he said as he turned off the highway onto a side road about five minutes later Anthony
parked the car..
Katie got out and looked around the noise and music coming from the house was so loud.."Sounds like this bucks party
is already in full swing."..she said just as a tall well built black man walked up to them..
"Hey found the crib no worries?"..He said and looked at Katie and Tara..
"Yeah was no hassle..now Vincent told you the instruction Phil and myself are inside we wont interfer in your fun with the girls
unless they are being overly abused or they call us is that understood.?'..Anthony said being a man that stood at 6 foot 7inches
very well built he was a force to be reckoned with and Phil was just a little smaller in stature but both experts in the martial arts.
And Anthony held a few titles in kick boxing..
"Yes he did and the others have been warned,,but their a cool..ok only the bridegroom dosen,t know you pair are his secret wedding
gift from us."..the guy said and handed a bag to Tara..
Tara opened the bag and pulled out two studded collars and chains...
"We are giving you pair to him as his pets..so if you can put those on and get undress out here i will lead you in."..He asked..
Tara handed a collar to Katie..."So how many men are in there?"..Tara asked as Phil did up the collar for her..
"You have eight black men waiting in there."..he grinned..
Tara grinned.."Nice going to be a good night."..She said and undressed and put her things back in the car..Katie undressed and did the same thing
with her stuff..
The man hooked the chains on their collars and walked them to the house and entered and poked his head around the corner..
"SOMEONE TURN THE MUSIC OFF I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR JOE"..He yelled and moments later the music was down low..
"Joe we got you a wedding gift hope you like..enjoy bro"..He said and lead Tara and Katie by the chains into the room and handed their chains to Joe..
Joe just stared and stammered over words..
"Oh fuck."he manged and looked at the others..
The guy that lead them in laughed.."You can do anything with them they are you pets until midnight and we all know how much you go on about white meat so here it is."..he said..
Joe looked at the two girls and grinned eyeing them over..."So you will fuck all these guys if i order it?"..He asked
Katie licked her lips.."yes if that,s what you wish.'..She said..
Joe,s grin broadened..'Well i will put one order out right now from now until midnight i want action non stop on and with these women."..He said and pulled the girls to him..
he took both their chains in one hand.."Both of you spread your legs"..He said and slipped a hand between Katie,s legs and rubbed her pussy..
then rubbed Tara,s pulling his hand out he lead them over to a seat and took a seat..
"Take my cock out i want first go before the rest do"..he said the bugle in his pants growing by the second..
Tara did the honors and released his cock from his pants it was at least 8 inches Katie didnt expect anything less as she lowered her mouth on the head of his cock..
While Katie was putting more of him in her mouth his fingers where working on Tara,s pussy Tara let out a moan and started feeling herself getting wet..
"So will you two go down on each other if a want that?"..Joe asked as his hands ran over Katie,s hair..
Tara nodded.."Yes anything goes Master."..She said and wriggled on his fingers..
"Ok swap spots."..he said and Tara took over sucking him and now Katie was getting her pussy fingered..
By now the other seven were milling around watching Joe getting suck off and fingering the other...Katie moaned as she got wetter..
Joe smiled.."Yeah get that cunt good and wet.'..he said and looked at the other,s now all rubbing their bugling pants..
Now clothes were being taken off and thrown into a corner Katie looked around and grinned as she looked at all the big black cocks..
Joe nodded to one guy who moved forward Joe looked at Katie.."Bend over and suck him and point your ass to me."..he ordered.
This guy was also a good 8 inches Katie took him in her mouth and began sucking then tongued his shaft as Joe kept the finger action
going in her pussy..
Joe looked down at Tara.."You get sucking someone finger her pussy will ya?"..He said and seconds later Tara moaned as two fingers started on her pussy..
Someone turned the music up and Katie smelt the scent of weed being smoked...
Tara let out a loud moan as she came over the guys fingers and quicken her pace on Joe,s cock making him groan loudly..
Joe pulled Tara,s head up and told the guy fingering her to stop.."Sit on my cock"..he said..Tara straddled him and lowered herself down slowly letting him enter
her and stretched her pussy..
"Hmmmmm"..was all that came from his lips as Tara began moving up and down on his cock Joe pulled his fingers from Katies pussy and held onto Tara,s waist and bounced her
up and down harder on his cock..Another cock was pushed into Katie,s mouth and now someone had taken over Joe,s fingering and pushed two
fingers in working her pussy fast..Katie gagged as the cock in her mouth was pushed further in Katie sucked harder and pushed back into the fingers and a few moments later
She let out a loud sigh as she came..
"Fuck these bitches are so horny"..Some guy laughed..
Katie smiled to herself now she was ready for some serious fucking and anything in general..
Joe let out a yell as he released his load into Tara,s pussy and dropped his head forward onto her chest..
"Damn"..he said and lifted Tara off and pulled on Katie,s chain making the cock in her mouth pop from her mouth as he pulled her to him..
"when iam ready to go again its your turn."..he said then pulled Tara back down as well..
"Until then these boys can do what they like to you...remember the rule action non stop."..he said and took a drink that was handed to him and released the girls chains..
One of the guys grabbed Tara and sat her down on his cock Tara gasped on how big he was as he grabbed her waist and rammed her down on his shaft..
Katie was bent over a Seat a cock was now being pushed into her pussy and a cock was going in her mouth..
Tara,s head got turned and a cock was pushed into her mouth and some one was now sucking one of her tit,s..Tara moaned and moved faster on the cock in her mouth..
"Going to blow on your face bitch."..the guy said and pushed Tara,s head down further on his cock..
Katie worked on the cock in her mouth she knew once they all came things would settle and some serious playing would start she had
been doing this sort of work for over a year and half now she knew how it all went the guy in her mouth blew his load and held his cock in place as Katie swallowed it all..
the guy grinned.."Nicely done not many white bitches will swallow a black bro,s load.'..he laughed..
Another cock was pushed into Katie,s mouth this guy pumped away to fast in her mouth would not take him long to release..
About forty minutes had passed and all eight men had blown their loads Joe called the two girls over and looked at them their bodies
were covered in cum from the ones they blew all over them..
"Now i would like you two to play with each other then we get back to business and i want it done right here in front of me on the floor."..He said..
Katie nodded and turned to Tara and lent down and started licking the cum of her tits Tara in return dropped her hand and put it between Katie,s legs and started playing with her.
Katie wriggled and open her legs a little further Tara inserted her finger Katie took one of Tara,s nipples in her mouth and began to suck.
Tara pulled out and took Katie,s head and lifted it up and kissed her deeply pushing her tongue in and started exploring Katie,s mouth.
Both girls went to the floor Katie putting her head between Tara,s legs and began tickling her with her tongue Tara groaned and arched her back Katie pushed her tongue
inside Tara and began darting it in and out Katie put a finger to Tara,s clit and began rubbing it Tara started bucking and Katie went faster..
"OHHHHH FUCK IAM GOING TO CUMMMMM OH SHIT"..She yelled as a shutter ripped through her and she came over Katies face..
Katie got to her knee,s Tara,s cum dripping down her chin Tara got to her knee,s and kissed Katie deeply again then licked her own cum from Katie,s face.
Joe reached down and grabbed Katie,s chain and pulled her to him roughly.."Get on my cock now"..he ordered the look off pure lust in his eyes..
Katie got on her feet and straddled Joe,s cock his hands were on her waist as he just pulled her down on his throbbing cock Katie let a yell out as it embedded itself inside her..
Joe bounced her hard and fast on his meat..Tara was told to get on all fours as one of the men slipped his cock into her wet pussy and another put his cock back in her mouth..
Joe went for a good ten minutes never dropping the speed he was bouncing Katie as she gripped his shoulders tightly..
'Ohhh fuck iam going to cum."..She said that seemed to egg Joe on as he got faster with his bouncing Katie threw her head back and came in a mass explosion Joe not to far behind her joe lifted her up.
"Suck me dry"..He said as Katie got to knee,s between his legs his cock was cover in her cum plus his own Katie took him in her mouth as she was sucking him she felt hands on her waist and herself being
pulled up and her legs pushed apart as another cock was being pushed into her pussy..
The party was in full swing the guys were laughing and joking the drinks were flowing and weed was being smoke non-stop..Katie felt a tug on her chain as Joe pulled her to him.."I need to take a piss and
your going to hold my cock while i do that.'..he said and started to lead her to the bathroom as she walked passed Tara was with three guys who were sitting around her laughing and watching Tara fuck herself with one of their beer bottles..
Joe lead her into the bathroom and left the door opened and walked to the toilet.."Nah i have changed my mind sit on the toilet iam going to piss on your belly."..he grinned.
Katie sat on the toilet and spread her legs as Joe took his cock and and pissed on her belly and watched as it ran down her belly into the toilet."..Fuck always want to do that dont now why."..he smiled.."Ok have a quick shower,,fuck i will come in with you"..he said
and reached in and turn on the water..
Katie stepped in and washed herself.. her body now all soapy.."Turn around".Joe said and spread her ass cheeks he rubbed her hole and inserted a finger then two and fingered her ass for a few moments before putting the head of his cock to her ass hole..
Joe pushed in Katie spread her legs a little more to take him and hung her head as Joe kept pushing himself inside her ass..
Joe pulled back a little then pushed in again this time going in further then started the motion of fucking her ass each time pushing in a little further stretching her ass hole each time until finally he was pounding her ass..Katie opened her eyes the
pain of the large cock now almost gone as pleasure took over.."thats it push it all the way in i really want all of your cock in my ass.''.
Katie almost purring the words..by now a few had come in search of them to see where they had got of too and heard the moans of pleasure coming from the shower and the sound of running of water..
"Ahh found you both.."..One guy said then looked over his shoulder.."THEY ARE IN THE SHOWER JOE IS FUCKING HER ASS"..He yelled and stood and watched stroking his own cock as he did..
Joe blew his load and pulled out and Katie stepped from the shower and went to grab a towel the guy stroking his cock turned her around and bent her over and spread her ass cheeks her ass hole was still stretched from Joe
the guy shoved his cock in and started ramming her ass hard..Katie yelled out and held the side of the wash basin as the guy rode her ass hard his balls slapping against her each time he rammed into her..Katie reached down and started rubbing her
Wet pussy and moments later she let out another yell and came on her own fingers..
Finally the guy blew his load and joe had watched the whole fucking took her again by the chain and lead her back out to the other..
"Anyone want a stretched ass hole it just been fuck twice iam sure she would like another in there."..he laughed and roughly pushed Katie to bend over a guy walked over and filled Katie,s ass Katie closed her eyes tightly
This guy was bigger and thicker Katie spread her legs more as the guy pushed in deeper until he was all the way in he did a few slow strokes much to Katie,s relief before starting to pick up the pace..
Katie closed her eyes and moaned and started pushing back to match his thrusts by now Katie and the guy where really getting into this ass fucking..
"Ohhh my god ram it in..can someone rub my wet pussy?"..Katie asked almost in a begging tone as seconds later her clit was being rubbed..
"Rub it harder"..Katie said
About a minute later Katie came again in a rush the man who was rubbing her cleared the small table Katie was holding onto and laid on it his head under Katie,s wet dripping pussy..
Katie almost fell on him as he grabbed her clit with his teeth then began sucking it hard..
"Ohh fuck yeah...suck me hard"..She said and looked down at his huge cock just begging to be sucked Katie wriggled forward just a little and lent down as she did she looked over at Tara..
Tara was sitting on the floor her feet flat on the floor her legs bent up and spread a fist was ramming her pussy and a cock fucking her throat Katie looked back to the cock in front of her and
took him in her mouth the man groaned between her legs the guy behind her was still pounding her ass hard..Katie was in heaven at that very moment..
When both the men had blown their loads two more came over to replace them one laid on the table and told Katie to mount him once he was inside her the second filled her ass..
They fucked her like machines Katie doesnt know how many times she cried out and begged the men to fuck her harder Katie came twice with that fucking..
Katie heard Tara laughing then heard her yell at the top of her voice that the eight guys had to step up and fuck them longer and harder that they were still horny and the night was
Katie giggled but nodded in agreements with Tara Katie still feel so horny and reckoned she could fuck all these guys all night...
Tara nodded at the guy and got back to her feet and walked to where Katie was..
"These two here want me to eat you out again but since your on your back and your cunt is being eaten anyway iam going to sit on your face any objection.?"..Tara said with a grin.
Katie licked her lips.."None what so ever."..She said and waited for Tara to postion herself above her face Tara lowered herself down close to Katie.s face..Cum dripping from her cunt
onto Katie.s lips Katie shot her tongue straight into Tara hole then began licking the cum from around her pussy and sucking on her flaps Tara rotated her hips and pushed down on Katie,s face..
'Come on suck me harder Katie i have alot more cum in me yet"..She growled and grabbed Katie,s head and slammed it into her pussy Katie sucked harder as if fated both the girls came at the same time..
much to the guys standing around delight..
Katie looked up just as Tara was lifted off her face and being lowered down on a waiting cock Katie heard new voices sounded like two.
"What the fuck"..was all she heard and seen two more men walk into the room as she was being rolled over and cock being put back in her ass..
"These two females are Joe,s wedding gift from all of us they are his pets until midnight"..Katie heard someone explain..
"Hmmm i want in on this action where is Joe?"..he asked..
"Smoking some weed out in the kitchen"..the guy said Katie lifted her head and seen the two new arrivals
"Sweet Jesus"..She said softly..
The one she had heard speaking was huge then a cock filled her mouth and the new arrivals were forgotten as her ass was being serviced
and her mouth as well the stamia on these guys was excellent..
About fifteen minutes later the guy in Katies ass blew his load over her back and gave her ass cheek a slap her ass hole was gapping open since it had been fucked
so much and for long periods off time..But Katie still wanted more cock..
Just as another guy was going to enter her she heard Joe,s voice..
"Nah that one has a date with another man,s cock."..he laughed as the huge man Katie
had seen before walked out from out of the kitchen Katie nearly collapsed onto the table as the man walked towards her a wicked grin on his lips..
"Yeah my cock gets that reaction alot sweetheart..its 10 inches of pure heaven and nice and thick and since i have been told your ass has been fucked hard a number of times
you might just be able to take all this meat..damn iam going to try and get it all in you."..He said and walked up behind Katie..
"Going to fuck your cunt first just for a little bit get you all wet and coat this meat with your cunt juices." He said and started putting his huge cock inside Katie slowly..
"I promise i will be gently until it in i dont want to tear you apart these guys still have a little while with you both yet."..he said and pushed in further he slowly
started pulling in and out Katie groaned loudly and started pushing back onto him..
the guy stopped pushing.."that,s it you take it yourself i will take over when you have it all in."..he said Katie nodded and started rocking back and forwards.
It took Katie about two minutes to finally get him all the way inside her..
"Ok just slow at first please.'..She asked..
The man didnt answer and began fucking her slowly Katie lasted about a minute..."Ohhhh fuck...go faster i cant take this slow crap."..She yelled..
The man laughed and went a little harder..
"Come on Mark ram it harder she can take it.."..someone said..
Mark went harder Katie cried out not in pain but in pure ecstasy.."Harder fuck me harder iam going to cum.'..She cried out..
Mark went harder and was now really ramming into Katie,s pussy...
"Someone sit in front of her so she can hold on iam going straight to her ass from here"..he said as a man straddled the table and took Katie in his arms..
Katie screamed as she came she whole body shaking and let her head fall on the man,s shoulder that was holding her..
Katie felt two hands on her ass cheeks and them being spread apart.."Just relax this will only hurt for a little bit."..Mark said and shoved two finger,s into Katie,s ass
and fingered her hard spreading his fingers as he did..
Pulling them out Mark spat on her ass hole and started putting his cock in Katie sucked in her breath..
gripping the man who was holding Katie closed her eyes as Mark pushed in further Katie cried out mark started fucking her ass slowly..
"Damn is he going to get it in there?"..Kate heard someone say..
Tara walked over and faced Katie and started kissing her deeply and reached down and started massaging Katie,s clit..
"Show them you can take his cock Katie"..Tara said with a smile and kept rubbing Katie,s clit..
It took a good five minutes but finally all 10 inches of Marks cock was inside her ass hole..
"Iam going to leave in there Katie just for a minute or so then iam going to fuck you hard not many women can take all this."..He said
and reached under her and rubbed her pussy...Katie moaned as her ass relaxed and the pain started to recede..
Katie started to rock back onto Mark,s cock get a little harder and faster until Mark put his hands on her hips..
'Let me do it now Katie."..He said and began fucking her ass getting faster with each stroke and a little harder until he
was ramming her ass hard...
Tara was bent over facing Katie a cock up her ass also..
Katie asked for someone to finger her her pussy felt like it was on fire and aching she needed a release..
Joe did the honors and it only took seconds and Katie,s pussy shot so much cum over Joe,s fingers..."Wipe it around my ass hole so its not dry".
Katie said through short rapid breaths..
Joe,s smeared the cum around Katie,s hole..
Someone Katie didnt know who found some Ky gel and put some on Marks fingers Marks pulled out so just the head was still in Katie and smeared his meat with
A generous amount of gel then rammed back into Katie s ass if the guy was not holding Katie she would have flown off the table..
The gel did the trick..Katie yelled out.."Mark fuck me harder.". and started ramming back onto Mark,s cock..
Joe walked up to Katie,s face and smiled..
"Think you could handle a cock in your cunt as well?"..He asked as he stroked his cock..
Katie nodded.."As long as that cock of Mark,s stays in my ass."..She said
Mark stopped and the guy untangled himself from Katie,s grip while Joe then with a bit of effort got under Katie and moved down the head of his cock touching Katie,s pussy..
Mark smeared more gel on his cock as Katie lowered herself on Joe,s Cock it took the three of them a few seconds to get their
postions right..Katie nodded and both men slowly began fucking both her holes..
Katie shuttered as both of them picked up speed and were fucking her hard Katie came hard again still they keep going..
Katie never begged so much in her life to be fuck like she was beging fuck by these two guys...
Tara was having a party all of her own the other new comer was slamming her ass hard and another guy was fucking her mouth and another was blowing his load over her face..
It was not until about fifteen minutes later that joe blew his load in Katie and Katie came again just after he did Mark went for another ten minutes before he exploded in Katie.s ass..
Katie looked down at Joe.."I know iam your pet for another hour yet but please dont move yet your all that is holding me here"..She smiled..
Mark pulled out slowly and went to the front of Katie and grinned..
"That was great and once iam ready to go again i want to fuck your cunt just as hard."..He said
Katie smiled..."And i want you to fuck my cunt that hard too."..She said as her breath caught in her throat as someone rammed his cock back into her ass..
Tara was now getting DP hard and was screaming out to be fucked harder the screaming out soon stopped as a cock got rammed down her throat..
Half and hour later Mark walked back to Katie who was getting Dp and getting a load off cum shot over her face as soon as she seen Mark she looked down at his cock
it was hard and ready..
Five minutes later the two fucking her holes released their loads and moved away..Mark looked up at the clock.."Still 25 minutes until midnight i should finish fucking you by then"..He said
Katie smiled.."Hmmm you take as long as you need to i want that huge cock of your,s to fuck me in the worse way."..She said..
Mark laid her on the floor and laid between her legs and entered her Katie was so wet just waiting for this cock to fuck her..
Mark didnt disappoint and fucked Katie every way he could in her cunt Katie stopped counting how many times he had made her cum..
Finally Mark came it was 10 minutes after midnight he laid down on Katie..
"I want to fuck you again your cunt and your ass so iam going to book you ok"..He said..
Katie shook her and for the first ever since she had started doing this job she told Mark she didnt want him to pay to fuck her..
"I will give you my cell number.."I have never been fuck like that ever and damn i want that again so give me about a week to recover and we will spend a night together
in a motel and fuck the whole night if you want.'..Katie said..
Mark grinned.."Hmm would love that Katie and i will bring plently of gel for that ass of your,s"..he said and kissed her and got off..
Katie laid there for a few moments until she heard Anthony,s voice and then seen him standing over her..
"One more fuck Katie if we dont fuck you both now like we usually do after these jobs your both going to be to sore to touch.'..he grinned..
Katie laughed.."And i think i wont be walking straight for the rest of the week after to-night"..She said and Anthony undressed his eight inch cock already to go.
Anthony and Phil spent the next half and hour getting suck off and fingering and eating the girls until they began fucking them both side by side from behind..
Katie was looking at Mark who was leaning against the wall and watching and now and then he gave Katie a wink all that was going through Katie,s mind was that she wanted
Mark inside her again..
Finally the night ended and all four left after saying what a excellent night it had been and headed back..
By the time Katie got home she was so sore and her pussy and ass where stinging and red raw...Katie showered for the longest time then crawled into her bed
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He's the cult character of modern indie who just won't ever quit, and he's in London this spring for a special one-off show.
Jonathan Richman, he of Modern Lovers fame and beyond, is to play the Shepherds Bush Empire on May 9; tickets for this show go on sale tomorrow, Friday February 15.
Want one? It'll cost ya - £17.50 advance, likes, available online from Gigs and Tours.
Add this event to your gig calendar here.
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No 15, Near Periyar Bus Stand & Opp To Railway Station, West Marret Street, Madurai H O 625001 Madurai , Tamil Nadu
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Madurai Residency Hotel is located at West Marret Street, Madurai H O, Madurai. This is a good-value hotel, with bright, clean rooms some with temple view and the highest rooftop restaurant views in town. Breakfast is included with AC rooms.
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Lauzerte to Moissac. 27km
I was one of the last to leave this morning – at 6.30! It was crazy. The first person to get up in my dorm did so at 5am. At 6.30 it was just beginning to get light. I only just managed to see the markers to find my way out of town. I don’t know how the others managed in the complete darkness. They must have better torches.
I do like being up and about at this time of day. It has a lovely feeling and you get to see great skies
It was the usual collection of farmtracks and road walking. The day wasn’t as hot as promised, thankfully.
View of the countryside
I crossed one of those classic tree-lined French roads
The bark on the trees is amazing
Along the way this pile of apples had the notice ‘help yourself’ ( in French of course)The one I ate was very tasty.
It is getting towards the end of the tomato season
Some of the trees are losing their leaves
Along the path was a notice:There is another notice on the next tree – you might just spot it. It said:
Clever marketing. It was a hippyish drinks place:It is a long time since I have heard this Nepalese greeting – Namaste.
This structure is a dovecote. The only means of access to the interior is through a hole in the floor
you can see the holes for the birds in the tower.
This is the view over the town looking towards the flatter lands of the next few days. I only have another fourteen evenings of French dinners and then it’s into Spain. I shall miss France.
Here is a picture of a notice in tonight’s Gite. My favourite is No 2
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Experimental and Clinical Physiology and Biochemistry Journal publishes observational, experimental and clinical articles, practical recommendations for doctors, articles on the history of medicine, covering the evolution of ideas, emergence and development of scientific schools, as well as information about scientists, doctors and other prominent persons (anniversaries).
The journal aims at highlighting modern, topical issues of experimental and clinical physiology and biochemistry. The articles provide analytical overviews of authors, whose research had an impact on the development of physiology and biochemistry, indicate modern techniques and innovative approaches to the study of these branches of science from molecular level to the level of physiological systems. The journal is of interest to physiologists, biochemists, molecular biologists and physicians of various specialties as well as teachers and students.
Keywords: biochemistry, physiology, molecular physiology, medicine
Subject: Medicine (General)
Publisher: „Svit” State Publishing House
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Do We Value Free Stuff Less? The Downside of Freecycle
From Lloyd's experiences with delighted freecyclers to Rose's enthusiasm for the Really, Really Free Market, TreeHugger is full of examples of people getting stuff for free and being profoundly grateful for it.
But that's not always the case.
Lucy Siegle of the Guardian responds to a reader's email about the problem with Freecycle, in which they complain that a recent Freecycle transaction was ruined by the lack of gratitude, and sense of entitlement, of a recipient of a free mattress - who expected the giver to deliver the thing to them. Lucy argues that this is simply a sign of the times:
Your ungrateful recipient confused Freecycle's altruistic approach and the moon-on-a-stick expectations of consumerism. There's always one. Shaylesh Patel of Healthyplanet.org recently held a successful Stuff For Free giveaway in west London (look out for further events). Over three days he saved 25 tonnes of stuff from going to landfill. Hundreds of people went home happy – bar one man who wanted a bike earmarked for a charity: "He got annoyed," says Patel, "even though I explained that the charity would allow multiple people to use it."
I must admit that my limited experiences of Freecycle and other such institutions have been the exact opposite. When I picked up a free heater to warm my home office/shed, I was so profoundly grateful that I have come to treasure what would have seemed like a $15 piece of junk had I bought it on Amazon. When I have given away things, I have always been greeted with so much gratitude that it has far out weighed the monetary compensation had I gone to the trouble of listing the same items on Craigslist.
Sure, there are always a few bad apples out there. And yes, as a society, we may take some time to wean ourselves off of some of the expectations of hyper-consumerism. But that's more a problem with human nature and consumerism in general than it is Freecycle. The biggest barrier to sharing really is ourselves. It's time to get over it. | <urn:uuid:1431eed8-7e23-4e6c-a56a-f35150c7bfa5> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | https://www.treehugger.com/economics/do-we-value-free-stuff-less-downside-freecycle.html | 2017-05-24T12:54:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607813.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20170524112717-20170524132717-00257.warc.gz | en | 0.968812 | 438 |
The CW’s Arrow is finally adding a mask to Oliver Queen’s disguise. It’s about time the poor guy had more than a hood and some eye makeup to conceal his identity.
Oliver Queen has always had his trusty hood, a voice distorter, shadows and some fairly questionable eye makeup to conceal his identity when he’s fighting crime on Arrow. But now the man in green will have one more layer of protection to keep people from finding out who he really is: Oliver is getting a mask.
Entertainment Weekly has posted a picture of the new mask, which is simple and seems to fit Oliver’s personality perfectly. Why did they decide on a mask now, in the second season? Executive producer Andrew Kreisberg said it was all about the evolution of Oliver as the Arrow.
“Conceptually, it was something we wanted to do because Oliver himself is evolving as the Arrow — from vigilante to hero, sort of from Arrow to Green Arrow — and we wanted to see that progression in his costume as well,” Kreisberg said. “As Oliver is embracing being a hero, being a hero means stepping out of the dark and being more of a symbol, so he has to take steps to conceal his identity more.”
Adding a mask does seem like a good idea, considering how many people the Arrow has to deal with who also happen to know Oliver. “It’s going to allow the Arrow to interact with people who don’t know his identity in a much more organic way than having him constantly keep his head down,” Kreisberg revealed.
If you think that picking the mask was a simple process, think again. Apparently costume designer Maya Mani showed about 50 options to the producers before they decided on the final one. “A lot of our early attempts were very, shall I say, Joel Schumacher-esque. And it was really Greg who said not to overcomplicate it,” Kreisberg said. “And I think what’s so wonderful about the design that Maya came up with is that it really is very simple, and it feels as if it’s been part of his costume since the beginning. Once we finally had this mask and put it on Stephen [Amell], even Stephen was like, ‘This is the right one.'”
The decision to put a mask on the Arrow at all wasn’t a light one, either. “For all of the work that went into creating his mask, those are all the reasons we didn’t do it when we did the pilot,” Kreisberg said. “And also, sometimes, people have this knee-jerk reaction to seeing somebody in a mask. ‘Oh, that’s silly.’ But I think that now that people see how serious the show is and how grounded it is, the mask is going to feel like a natural evolution.”
Look for the mask to make its first appearance in Arrow‘s Dec. 11 episode. The reasons why Oliver will suddenly decide to add a mask to his disguise will be addressed on-screen. “He doesn’t just put on a mask,” Kreisberg said. “It’s actually a big plot point in an episode, and there really is a story behind not only the need for the mask but also who provides him with it. It’s going to be a little bit of a surprise, and once they see how the mask comes into creation, I think people will be really excited about it.” | <urn:uuid:6185d5de-2b43-4dc9-808e-8032074310f3> | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | https://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/1023685/arrow-finally-gives-oliver-a-mask/ | 2021-05-09T20:19:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243989012.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20210509183309-20210509213309-00420.warc.gz | en | 0.985251 | 756 |
In prior postings I've covered movies made by Mormons for Mormons and movies made by the Church. I'm not sure what to call the list by Time. The article entitled, "10 Memorable Depictions of Mormons in Pop Culture" contains the most bizarre list I've ever seen. It spans from 1887 to the present day. Some selections, like "Big Love," do not accurately profile Mormons at all but ancient off-shoots. If modern polygamists are off-shoot splinter Mormons then Lutherans are off-shoot splinter Catholics. Time probably cares little about accuracy though.
Pride & Prejudice, formerly titled Pride & Prejudice: A Latter-day Comedy, is probably one of the more well-known efforts. I've embedded the trailer above if you are unfamiliar with the movie. Time notes that it is available on Amazon but not Netflix. I found it on Netflix though, so much for Time accuracy. Time notes:
They earn more at the box office than most American independent features but are rarely reviewed by secular critics;It goes on to describe this type of Mormon fare as "ghetto cinema for white people." Maybe the name will catch on. One can only guess. | <urn:uuid:bf7aeafb-abd2-4c24-87e7-dd5f30bc5ce6> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://kristacook.blogspot.com/2011/04/ghetto-cinema-for-white-people.html | 2017-05-30T01:35:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463613738.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20170530011338-20170530031338-00493.warc.gz | en | 0.961044 | 247 |
I was appalled reading yesterday's Guardian to find that the weather report, the five-day forecast, Starwatch and Weatherwatch had been cleansed to make way for grossly oversized pictures of footballers. Yet another example of squeezing out vital data – eg the recent disappearance of the FTSE 100 from the financial section. I buy a newspaper to update myself on a daily basis over breakfast – I do not sit in front of a computer for most of the day. If I wanted to get my information online, I wouldn't buy a newspaper. You have increased the price of the Guardian by 20%, and now add insult to injury by reducing basic data. Please restore them.
• Re new format. Negatives: Sudoku still there. Can't do sums. Neutral: TV schedules start at 6pm. Bridge and Poker disappeared. Positives: Quick Crossword remains. That, Doonesbury and If… on the same page. Sport incorporated into main paper. Fewer separate sections. On the whole a definite improvement.
• Please, please, please reconsider including the sports pages with the main paper. In a household with more than one reader, this means whoever gets to the paper first hogs it until the content is too out of date to be of interest.
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
• I was just getting used to the fact that your revamp of the paper meant the best letters won't necessarily appear in their previous rightful place at the bottom of the left-hand letters column, but a cryptic crossword that folds in the middle is going too far.
• I controvert the assertion by Simon Tisdall (World briefing, 16 January): "US voters … know a phoney when they see one." If they did, Barack Obama would not be president.
Gerald Kaufman MP
Lab, Manchester Gorton
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Muscle aches and pains are common and can involve more than one muscle. Muscle pain also can involve ligaments, tendons, and fascia, the soft tissues that connect muscles, bones, and organs.
Muscle pain; Myalgia; Pain - muscles
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Download Mafikizolo ft Nyashinski & Dremo - Ojere Mp3
Here on Wapbaze we dish out a new package dubbed ''Mafikizolo ft Nyashinski & Dremo - Ojere'' go through it below and give your review
More For You: Mafikizolo - Mafikizolo (Sgruva Njalo)
Mafikizolo took a break from their Love Potion hit to join heads with Kenyan superstar Nyashinski and Nigerian fast rising artiste Dremo, who is signed to Davido’s record label, Davido Music Worldwide to remix his single Ojere.
Nhlanhla Nciza shows she can rap despite only been known for her vocal talents on the Coke Studio remake. Decent remix.
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For Immediate ReleaseOctober 15, 2020
Staying Up to Date on Preventive Vaccines Even More Important during COVID-19 Pandemic
Health officials from across the Bay Area are asking the public to fight the flu by getting the annual vaccination for influenza right now. Each winter, people sick with flu crowd hospitals and urgent care clinics, resources that may be strained due to COVID-19. Early and timely flu shots can prevent a disease that hospitalizes 200,000 Americans every year.
It is important to get a new flu vaccine each year. The flu vaccine offers protection for many months, but not forever. Also, the strains of influenza circulating in the community change over time, and the current vaccine offers protection against those strains.
To keep yourself and your family out of the hospital, doctors recommend an annual flu shot for everyone age 6 months or older. The flu shot is a safe, effective way to reduce your chance of missing work or ending up in the hospital due to severe flu. Symptoms of the flu can be similar to early symptoms of COVID-19, meaning that this year, people with flu symptoms may require a COVID-19 test and may need to stay home from work and isolate away from their families while awaiting results.
In the Bay Area, as is the case across the state and the country, the percentage of children up to date on immunizations has fallen as parents delay routine visits to their pediatricians, which is a serious concern. An annual flu shot visit is a great time for kids to catch up on all vaccinations.
For those with insurance, under the Affordable Care Act, a flu shot is available without cost as a preventive service from your regular doctor or most pharmacies. For those without health insurance, or anyone who finds it more convenient, there are many opportunities to get a free flu shot at community clinics, COVID-19 test sites, or mass vaccination events.
Flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. Flu is not COVID-19, which is caused by a different virus. Flu is not the same as the common cold, which is caused by different viruses.
It takes about two weeks for the flu vaccine to become effective after you get the shot, so getting vaccinated in advance of the arrival of severe flu in the Bay Area offers the best protection.
While the flu vaccine is recommended for everyone 6 months and older, it is especially important for pregnant women, children younger than 5, adults 65 and older, and those with chronic medical conditions, such as heart disease, asthma, and diabetes. People who live in the same household with someone at high risk can help protect that person from severe flu by getting a flu shot.
“Every flu season, intensive care units across Marin are substantially impacted by people seriously ill with influenza,” said Dr. Matt Willis, Marin County Public Health Officer. “If you’re eager to put the pandemic behind us, we urge you to get a flu shot to reduce the chances of influenza crossing paths with COVID-19. Managing surges in both illnesses would over-burden an already taxed healthcare system.”
Health officials advise individuals to take the following steps to protect themselves and loved ones from flu:
For more information about flu, visit flu.marinhhs.org. For those with medical insurance, flu shots are free as a preventive service at doctor’s offices and most retail pharmacies (e.g., Costco, CVS, RiteAid, Safeway, Walgreens). Those without health insurance can obtain free or low-cost flu shots through local community clinics. Find more locations near you that offer flu vaccine using the Vaccine Finder
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Read Commodore Format 6 online. Hyper links take you to specific articles. This issue had no subscriber’s newsletter. Read the accompanying Power Pack feature. It was in March of 1991 […]
- Read Commodore Format 6 online. Hyper links take you to specific articles.
- This issue had no subscriber’s newsletter.
- Read the accompanying Power Pack feature.
It was in March of 1991 that Los Angeles police officers were caught on camera beating up Rodney King. In the Persian Gulf war was at an end, and the US began pulling thousands of troops out of Iraq. The Comedy Central TV channel launched outside of America, and the second Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie (The Secret Of The Ooze!) was in the cinema.With the C64 conversions months away, there were no Turtles in this month’s CF (issue 6). But there wasn’t a shortage of ninja action, with March 1991’s lively Last Ninja/Shadow Dancer mashup cover one of the best the magazine was ever to have. It was a storming month for the Commodore 64, as the first Creatures game and Turrican 2 also put in an appearance.
The half-year-old Commodore Format had found its feet. It was now 99% games, with editor Steve Jarratt knocking out all of the unneccesary bits of the reviews in ruthless fashion. “Games explained, not described” was a key point of difference for the magazine. And it showed, as Steve toured readers around the 97% corker Last Ninja 3 with enormous screengrabs and useful captions a reader could come back to once they’d bought the game. Sections of LN3 were stuck together – a new thing in 1991 – so that it was easy to see just how big the levels were. Steve was trying to make CF a useful companion you would come back to over and over. Other magazines were beginning to look old fashioned. Gordon Houghton’s Creatures review went further, treating us to level one in its entirety across two pages. And the Clyde Radcliffe’s Amazing Gadgets box out explained just how many different power ups could help you get through the game. “Creatures is beautiful”, said Gordon – only bemoaning a lack of passwords for each level.
The Commodore 64 was still seeing some major names in 1991. Total Recall (based on the original Arnie movie) and comic book conversion Judge Dredd fared OK this month, but special mention has to go to the utterly abysmal Dick Tracy. After getting the previous month’s cover and a two-page preview spread, the 11% review was hidden away on page 41. It was utterly demolished by a magazine sometimes accused of overt generosity. “Awful backgrounds…jerky, blocky sprites…you’ll be so fast asleep that eight million volts won’t wake you” said Gordon, awarding it the lowest mark CF would ever give a game. Something of the spirit of ZZAP! there, perhaps. (EDIT: you can now read our special feature on the game and find out why it’s so bad here – Ed)
Elswhere, the Gamesbusters section had been revamped (“but Andy Dyer‘s still crap as ever!”, chirped Steve). Andy Roberts had stayed up all night to map out Rick Dangerous 2 by hand, and the first ever game to be reviewed in CF – the quirky Time Machine – had also been cracked. Roger Frames was in hospital after yet another accident (although his Mum sneaked him in a C64 so he could road test Top Cat and Gemini Wing), and Gordon Houghton talked us through the best guns and bombs in games ever. On the Power Pack, nifty US Gold puzzler Chip’s Challenge and cover game Shadow Dancer were the try-before-you-buy demos (remember the weird dancing dog when you used a power up?). There was also a pretty neat bowling game called Tenth Frame and Martin Walker’s Chameleon. READ THE FULL POWER PACK 6 FEATURE, AND MARTIN WALKER INTERVIEW, HERE.
It was such little touches – and those like the promise of a tips booklet in the next month’s magazine – that already had CF on top of the market just half a year after launch. “We’re not designed to be different”, The Mighty Brain told readers in this month’s letters column. “We’re designed to be better”. CF
- Read Every CF!
- Commodore Format 6 is dated March 1991. It first appeared on Thursday February 21st. The page count was down to 90 this month (from issue 1’s 100).
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Censor.NET reports citing the statement by Larysa Sarhan, the spokeswoman for Ukraine's prosecutor general.
"PGO is probing into the actions of the Odesa customs officials committed over the period between November 2015 and November 2016. The law enforcers suspect that the officials acting in conspiracy with the third parties could have been turning a blind eye to understated goods undergoing customs clearance. Accordingly, the amount of the collected customs dues was also cut. These criminal actions caused damage to the state worth 6.92 million hryvnia," she wrote.
"The investigation is conducted by the Major Crimes Department of the PGO's Main Investigation Directorate in conjunction with operatives of the SBU's Main Directorate for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime. More than 60 raids were simultaneously held in the territory of Kyiv, Odesa and Lviv regions as part of the pre-trial investigation," Sarhan said.
Spokeswoman for the prosecutor general stressed that "no search was conducted in Marushevska's apartment."
Odesa Customs former Head Yuliia Marushevska earlier reported that SBU and PGO operatives made an attempt to search her apartment.
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ICT Spring is a Global Tech Conference hosting an array of International Professionals. This two-day yearly event is held in Luxembourg City, at the heart of Europe, and offers the participants a unique opportunity to deepen their Digital Knowledge, capture the Value of the fast-growing FinTech Industry, and explore the impact of Space Technologies on Terrestrial Businesses, through exhibitions and demonstrations of the latest Tech Trends and Innovations. ICT Spring is also the perfect place to network with peers and future business partners.
More than 5000 visitors from over 72 countries will be in Luxembourg on the 21-22nd May.
As an influential voice in the tech community, the aim of ICT Spring is to encourage emulation and networking between business decisions makers, innovation managers, startups, researchers and venture capitalists on a European scale. This yearly event is dedicated to exhibiting and demonstrating the latest relevant trends and innovations and discuss their impact on society and the working world.
In case, you are looking for good reasons to join the conference, here you go:
Join an exclusive program of seminars and presentations delivered by some of the world’s biggest names in technology, science and digital marketing.
Explore and learn from the globe’s most disruptive and fastest growing startups will attend.
Get an opportunity to build strong relationships and partnerships with visionary decision makers, experts from the industry from all over the world.
And just have a look at the speaker’s line-up: https://www.ictspring.com/speakers/
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After alumni Cameron Kinley '17 snagged his first college interception as starting cornerback for the Naval Academy football team, the former Lynx and current Senior Class President of his college sent a text to Lausanne's Director of Social and Emotional Learning, Greg Graber, that said: "Mr. Graber! I had my first collegiate interception. I was able to stay calm and composed throughout the whole game. I owe a lot of that to you. I used the breathing technique from your book before the game, at half time, and many times before I took the field. Thank you."
"It was such a pleasant surprise to receive a text from Cameron," said Graber. "His performance is one of many examples of how social and emotional intelligence can enhance our performances in virtually any domain."
Experiences like Cameron's showcase the positive impact social and emotional learning can have on students. That's also why Lausanne decided to expand the program, developing new educational opportunities school-wide.
This school year, Graber will be assessing each academic division and department's needs regarding what social and emotional support programs will boost students' intellectual abilities, social skills, and overall well-being.
In Lower School, the SEL Director has visited some classes and led students in "mindful moments," which teach self-awareness and self-management skills. His time in the Middle School has included lessons on social awareness and relationship building skills. Upper School sessions have included him leading Juniors and Seniors in an IB SEL mentoring group with Lower and Middle School students. He has also taught mental performance tips to Upper School Students for standardizing testing, cognitive skills training with our varsity athletics teams and co-sponsors a mental toughness club.
"I am thrilled that Lausanne is forward-thinking enough to understand the benefits of a robust, comprehensive K-12 SEL program," said Graber. "It is relatively new in this region and some have misconceptions about what it is and what it isn't. Basically, we are teaching our students competencies of SEL: self-awareness, social awareness, relationship building, decision making and self-management. These skills will enable our students to succeed in school and life in general."
As COVID-19 has eliminated the use of test scores for this current application cycle, colleges and universities are refocusing their attention on soft skills- like emotional intelligence, executive functioning, and attributes that allow students to interact harmoniously with others.
For years, colleges and universities have placed a great deal of emphasis on a student's ability to understand and contribute to diversity, efforts in community building, resilience in overcoming adversity, in addition to evaluating a student's character and impact on others. But now, without testing, that focus is heightened.
Lausanne graduate Justine Okerson '01, who has served in admissions administration positions at elite universities such as Duke and William and Mary, also cites the need for students to possess strong SEL skills, saying, "Emotional Intelligence is more important now than ever in selective college admission and beyond as Lausanne alumni move forward into either career or graduate school."
As the SEL program continues to build over the next several years, different components will be implemented as needed, like the recently added self-care sessions to combat teacher burnout.
"It is our goal for these programs to add value to the lives of every constituent of our Lausanne community," said Graber. "We are fortunate to have such a strong and dedicated group of experts on our Social and Emotional Learning Advisory Council to give us feedback on what current trends we need to address within these programs."
The advisory council members are Dr. Danielle Jackson, Social Worker; Dr. Hugh Moore, Psychologist; Dr. Chandra Murphy, Psychologist and Owner of Mindful in Memphis; Dr. Patrice Reed, Pediatrician; Dr. Colby Taylor, Psychologist and professor at Christian Brothers University; and psychiatrist Dr. Lucas Trautman.
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Around 54% of small businesses have reported unsustainability due to the pandemic, but what has not been brought to light is the effect the crisis has caused on well-established labels, as well. Disney’s yearly income has gone down by 31%, hotels worldwide ought to have losing 42 % of jobs, fashion firebrand Gucci has had a 23% abate, with other luxury symbols even accompanying receipt fells as low-toned as 90 % in year over year auctions. Amidst the refuses, the question grows: How do you is submitted in response to a crisis in business? This article will go in-depth about different programmes substantiated brands have taken together with insightful information to help you reevaluate your own business during pandemic hardships.
The Accomplish on Brands
While manufactures across the board had been affected by the virus, some fellowships actually managed to increase sales during the crisis. Luxury symbols Versace, Jimmy Choo, and Michael Kors announced an 11.9% further increase a Q1 analysis, and Hermes flagship store in Guangzhou amassed 2.7 million in marketings in one day; which is the polar opposite effect on labels such as Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Bulgari, and Fenty who had reported a 15% decrease in Q1 sales.
Additionally, buyer behaviour in response to COVID has fluctuated exceptionally since the initial start of the eruption to recent elevates of restrictions. Behaviour once starting out as mass panic buying is now slowly easing back into normal browse practices prior to the pandemic. As the virus begins to diminish, the U.S. has prophesied an overall 11 % growing in retail shop with hopes to increase even more. “A few months into COVID-1 9, shopper browsing online has increased substantially across numerous lists, stated McKinsey& Company. “Even discretionary lists such as skincare and makeup, clothe, and jewellery and supplements evidence expected customer raise of more than 15%. ”
To escape being dragged down by the pandemic’s effect, you may be wondering, how do you administer brand crisis? The companies that prospered amid the virus eruption can be great brand crisis examples draw lessons from, in realize what programmes they have implemented and how to escape the negative effects of COVID.
Policy in Response to Shopping Behaviour
When figuring out brand crisis management to combat the effects of COVID-1 9, recollect to try out different methods and create a personalised plan to maximise the chances of success. Below is a list of tips-off to implement within your own strategy 😛 TAGEND
Adapt Your Products: Most corporations never sell masks until the beginnings of the pandemic, even if your own business has never sold COVID-safety concoctions , now is a great time to add it to your stock-take. Since buying behaviour deterred away from the retail marketplace first, the industry beginning to sell masks to their customers helped create a organize of revenue or could be an added bonus along with a consumers shopping cart. High-end firebrand 3. 1 Phillip Lim added concealments with Fuze Pathogen Control to their website for consumers to shop along with its signature robing products.
Show Support: It’s important during the crisis to show buoy is not simply to your consumers but too to non-profit organisations. You should be considering your business as a pulpit that can be used and is capable of helping others; the benefits of aiding others will also establish clients the beliefs behind a label and will most probably increase shopper loyalty. Fashion brand Tory Burch started offering masks to shoppers without any benefits for themselves. The costs of the disguise was to be broken into the production of building the mask and$ 5 each being bequeathed towards the Medical Corps and Tory Burch Foundation. Louis Vuitton, Burberry, and Channel have also rendered and carried out hundreds of thousands of protective clothing to health care workers at no cost to show their appreciation to the medical industry.
Network: Your firebrand shall not be required to be be “il rely on” only one manufacturing firm to produce your company’s commodities. Travel bans put in place and enterprises needing to downsize, your firebrand should be creating a network to sustain itself during the pandemic. It is smart to keep up with business relationships as a channel to also negotiate expenditures for manufacturing and ship inventory.
Communicate: There is an approximate 1. 8 billion people around the world that shop online. Screen time use is now germinating with more shoppers than ever browsing through social media and the internet, it’s crucial for your symbol to stay connected to your audience. This is a great time for your business to utilise popular scaffolds to contact people and essentially create a loyal customer base when the pandemic is completely gone. Makeup brand Glossier has taken the coming of revising and connecting with clients through their website’s blog that is being promoted on their Instagram. In a recent post, Glossier informed purchasers of their COVID-precautious and about their sales outlet decisions.
Advertise: As mentioned above, people are spending more meter on their screens than ever before. Increasing your visibility will therefore be a great factor in your sustainability as the pandemic freedoms. Your business should be taking the initiative to experiment different platforms to promote and advertise based upon where your audience occupies for successful ensues as per bringing in traffic to your website.
Maintain Your Site: This is a great time for your company to take advantage of and utilise free time by “workin on” your brand’s website. Whether your firm decides to update content, intertwine more keywords into textbook, or work on backlinking, these are all enormous ways to help with ranking and online visibility. Along with these methods, you should not lose hope if your business is not seeing immediate arises. These tips create a base and sustainability for the longevity of your online sales.
Even in times of indecision, sustaining your business and working on brand-new strategies will help out your label long term. Your companionship may not be seeing results immediately but in the long run, forming alliances, improving visibility, and maintaining your website will lead to better outcomes, so recollect to not lose hope amidst COVID occasion effects.
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COMING OCTOBER 15, 2019 to a BOOKSTORE NEAR YOU:
The Southern Pen (who is also co-hosting my book launch party) has made pre-ordering easy. Just click here and you can order a book, signed or unsigned, to be mailed to you when the time comes.
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I’m all about supporting local businesses and independent folks trying to make a living. That’s why I like IndieBound which hooks you up with local book stores. If you want to buy my other books via IndieBound, click the pictures here:
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Buy paperbacks or ebooks on Amazon now. Click on the word “Amazon” below:
- “Mismatched Shoes and Upside Down Pizza” is available at Amazon.
- “The Armadillo, the Pickaxe, and the Laundry Basket” is also available at Amazon.
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IEEE ComSoc YPs and WICE Best Paper Award (ICC’17)
The IEEE ComSoc Young Professionals and Women in Communications Engineering Standing Committees are presenting the IEEE ComSoc YPs and WICE Best Paper Award during IEEE ICC 2017. The purpose of this is two-fold:
- To acknowledge and promote worldwide the remarkable achievements of Young Professionals (YPs) and Women to the communications field.
- To encourage effective participation of YPs and Women in IEEE, ComSoc, and the IEEE Young Professionals community.
Rules & Eligibility
In order to be eligible for IEEE ComSoc YPs and WICE Best Paper Award, the candidates must meet the following criteria:
- Nominees must be YPs, i.e., the nominees must have received their first post-secondary degree (e.g. Bachelor’s level or an associate degree) within the past 15 years, relative to the nomination deadline. If this criterion is not met, the nominee must have “opted-in” to the IEEE Young Professional membership.
- Nominees are required to be members of the IEEE Communications Society.
- Nominees from any country are eligible.
- Nominees must be an author/co-author of a paper accepted to be published at the ICC 2017
- Previous recipients of the IEEE Best ComSoc YP in Academia and Industry Award are not eligible.
- Previous recipient of the 2017 IEEE WCNC YPs Best Paper Award is not eligible.
- The award must be received by the winner in person at ICC 2017. No award will be made in absentia, except under extraordinary circumstances, as determined by the IEEE ComSoc YP/WICE Awards committee.
To be nominated for the award the candidates must submit by May 1, 2017 via email to comsocYP@comsoc.org the following material in a single pdf file:
- Authors’ contact info and ICC 2017 paper info
- ICC 2017 paper
- A screen shot (from EDAS) in which both the paper status (accepted) and the scores (with comments) are visible
- Screen shot of the nominee’s membership status
Please indicate in the subject of the email the following: “Nomination for the IEEE ComSoc YPs and WICE Best Paper Award”
Results and Awards
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ur new contemporary bathroom has a formal aesthetic with orthogonal silhouettes. The accessories are essential, yet the space, flooded in natural light, is equally welcoming. The entire scheme is about your personal wellbeing: there’s a spacious and well-organized dressing table on one side, an oversized, monolithic bathtub on the other, softened by the exotic touch of a lantern that doubles a side table. Subtly blended in the background, the shower is made with great attention to detail: a maxi rain showerhead and a streamlined shower tray flush to the floor. For a bathroom devoted to elegance.
This large piece takes centre stage and adds an exotic touch. It becomes a side table as well for your sponges and shower gels.
This one has a clean and simple aesthetic, yet you can opt for a more irregularly shaped version: transform your old stepladder in a stylish towel rack.
Spacious, geometric and see-through: for your personal pleasure, go for a version such as this, elegant and practical. | <urn:uuid:23bc99cc-42a6-4710-b46e-98a325af85c5> | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | https://magazine.designbest.com/en/inspiration/bathroom/a-bathroom-defined-by-sharp-shapesand-light/ | 2021-09-17T07:54:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780055601.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20210917055515-20210917085515-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.918765 | 215 |
Deft, witty and surprisingly assured for a feature debut, Spaniard Maria Ripoll's English-language feel-good romantic comedy "The Man With Rain in His Shoes" makes pleasing, if slightly anodyne, viewing.
Deft, witty and surprisingly assured for a feature debut, Spaniard Maria Ripoll’s English-language feel-good romantic comedy “The Man With Rain in His Shoes” makes pleasing, if slightly anodyne, viewing. London-set pic’s attempt at a new twist on the theme of 20-ish angst is only partially successful, but the movie’s familiarity, international flavor and overall warmth could make it click offshore with the right marketing.Tight script by Rafa Russo tells of Victor (Douglas Henshall), a struggling thesp in his 20s who has a private life that’s as messy as his red hair. Regretting his breakup with Sylvia (Lena Headey) — who is due to marry Dave (Mark Strong) in two days — Victor gets drunk in the rain and runs into two otherworldly Spanish garbage men, Don Miguel (Eusebio Lazaro) and Rafael (Gustavo Salmeron). They quote a bit of Spanish poetry, which mysteriously allows Victor to travel back in time and start over his relationship with Sylvia. His task is to prevent Sylvia from meeting Dave; however, in his local pub, he meets drop-dead beautiful barmaid Louise (a bespectacled Penelope Cruz), which complicates matters. The time-shift plot is fairly well handled, although without the elegance of, say, “Groundhog Day”: The magical Spaniards feel tacked-on, and are little more than agents to drive the plot forward. Pic’s main pleasures are not in the plot — nor in the clumsy special effects and whooshing noises for the time travel — but in the movie’s low-key, sharp observations of young love as Victor lurches emotionally around, wet and drunk, in an entirely believable way. Perfs are solid, with the energy and verve of Scottish actor Douglas Henshall carrying pic through nearly every scene, even though his occasional habit of going over the top is as demanding on the audience’s patience as it is on the women around him. Ripoll uses the outsider status of dark-eyed Spanish actress Penelope Cruz to capture well the madness of London life during the Notting Hill carnival, and shows a good eye for romantic set pieces — a beautifully lit patch of derelict waste ground, a smoky, red-tinted bar. Russo’s script shows the strain of combining a busy story with rounded characters, and the dialogue is occasionally over-generalized, with only Henshall and Headey really breaking free of stereotype. Tech credits, by a Spanish-English crew, are excellent. | <urn:uuid:5391aa79-75bb-4d47-ae30-6dd197733230> | CC-MAIN-2015-48 | http://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/the-man-with-rain-in-his-shoes-2-1117477479/ | 2015-11-30T17:35:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-48/segments/1448398462709.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20151124205422-00217-ip-10-71-132-137.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946028 | 598 |
Cassandra L. Petz
GEN ST 199
Introduces students to various aspects of the University of Washington community. Includes exploration of university resources and opportunities, and academically related skill development. Credit/no-credit only. Offered: A.
This class is a fun and exciting way to be introduced to the University of Washington, we will cover many different aspects of UW, through projects, discussions and explorations!
Student learning goals
Identify general strategies for academic success, and understand the role of critical thinking and research in UW courses!
Engage with students who share academic interest and reflecting on their experience with academic coursework and build community within the program!
Learn about the vast campus and off campus resources UW and the City of Seattle has to offer in a fun and interesting way!
To aid in the discovery of your personal identity, and help to explore goals and majors one may pursue at the UW.
Form social groups that provide the peer academic and social support necessary for a successful college experience
General method of instruction
As a FIG leader, my job is to introduce you to the University in the best way possible. This is a class different from many others at the University of Washington because it is participation based. Classroom discussions, explorations, and projects will all play a crucial role in your success, but as long as you participate, it should not be difficult to succeed!
Be excited about the UW, and willing to learn about what makes the University of Washington excellent!
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Don understands the challenges of spiritual development in depth and takes his expertise to the pages of this book. He has a gifted way of explaining organic discipleship and development. His stories provide great context in practical applications to walk with Jesus. You’ll enjoy this book tremendously. –Dr. Wayne Cordeiro, Author, Senior Pastor and Founder, New Hope Christian Fellowship, Hawaii
Spiritual growth is a complex process that is too often portrayed as the end result of following a cookie-cutter recipe. Don Detrick shows why program driven and one-size-fits-all paths to discipleship don’t produce the fruit we hope for. Better yet, he shows what does work – a model of spiritual formation that has far more in common with organic farming than assembly line manufacturing. If you want to grow disciples, this book is for you. –Dr. Larry Osborne, Author and Pastor, North Coast Church, Vista , CA
Some explorers enthuse over their exploits with “you should have seen what I saw”, others return with a map. New ideas about church can sound exciting but without a map very few of us will make the effort to travel. Don Detrick is a spiritual cartographer. This book is a map to a new kind of church. Don’s map shows us how to travel from where we are as a church to where he thinks we ought to be and still get back home alive. Who knows, after a couple of trips you may decide to move there permanently. –Jim Henderson Author Jim and Casper Go To Church and The Resignation of Eve
It’s true. I’m biased when it comes to this writer since I’ve shared marriage, ministry, and life with Dr. Don Detrick for almost four decades now. But that gives me a distinct advantage when it comes to knowing the character and the heart behind the words of this book. Don’s love to see healthy growth—whether in the bonsai plants and roses he has tended through the years, or the people he has nurtured as a caring pastor and spiritual leader—is authentic to the core. In Growing Disciples Organically: The Jesus Method of Spiritual Formation, you won’t find some slick, step by step ‘how-to’ for easy, cookie-cutter discipleship. But you will find wise, biblical insights that will encourage you as you partner with the Master Gardener in growing lives (both your own and others) to look more like Jesus. I love this book and I love its author! Dr. Jodi Detrick, Author, The Jesus-Hearted Woman, Columnist for The Seattle Times, and National Chairperson for The Network for Women in Ministry
From his experiences in farming and ministry, Don Detrick is uniquely qualified to take us back to our spiritual roots. In Growing Disciples Organically, he explains that discipleship today has become too rigid, programmed and scheduled. In this book, he shows how spiritual formation is the natural (actually, the supernatural) result of authentic faith, spiritual nutrition, and a rich environment of love and acceptance. Don takes the confusion and mystery out of the process by providing clear biblical insights, inspiring stories, and practical suggestions. I recommend his book to every church leader. –Dr. George O. Wood, Author and General Superintendent Assemblies of God USA, Springfield, MO
Very few people have the combination of deep spirituality, sparkling intellect, and people-oriented practicality that Don Detrick has. In Growing Disciples Organically, he combines real-life farming experience with all of the above to offer a no-nonsense approach to making disciples of Jesus Christ. Deep enough for academic or church use and real enough for personal appropriation, this is the best book I’ve read on making disciples. –Dr. Joseph Castleberry, President of Northwest University, Kirkland, WA and author of Your Deepest Dream (NavPress, 2012)
As I read Don Detrick’s book, I found myself repeatedly saying, “Yes! Yes!” Detrick writes from years of experience as a church leader, pastor, and Christ follower. He reminds us in this powerful book that, too often, we in church leadership miss what is real and true. Could it be that we are using the wrong measure for success in church growth? Using the metaphor of organic farming, Detrick describes what it means to be a real, down-to-earth follower of Christ. Every pastor and church leader—anyone who longs for real success in the church—will want this book. —Nancie Carmichael, MA in spiritual formation; best-selling author and speaker
It appears that we have for some time now equated ‘largeness’ with success, when the real indicator has always been, for any fellowship, a transformed re-production of one’s faith. In Growing Disciples Organically, Don Detrick is on to something very unique and intriguing. Just as a beautiful plant can grow from a single seed, think what might happen to all of us if the ‘seed’ from this book would take root in our lives. –Dr. H.B. London, Jr., President, H.B. London Ministries Pastor to Pastors Emeritus, Focus on the Family
Growing Disciples Organically is a great read, a true page turner. Detrick contemporizes New Testament principles of church growth. Not a book presenting steps or methods, but a very engaging application of what Jesus taught. So many pastors and leaders are searching for the next “big idea” that they miss the organic growth principles of scripture.
Bob Schmidgal founded Calvary Church, Naperville, Illinois with a few people and some college students. He was our pastor when I served as President of the National Association of Evangelicals. One day I asked him why he didn’t join the hundreds of pastors traveling to Pensacola, Florida to be part of the revival that was taking place. His response was so simply. “God called me to pastor Calvary Church. He will give direction for what we need to do to reach this community.” When Bob died in his early fifties, attendance averaged over 4,000. Although he never read Growing Disciples Organically, he led following the exact concepts Detrick presents. This book is a “must read” for all pastors and leaders. –Dr. Don Argue Chancellor, Northwest University Former President, National Association of Evangelicals
If you are done with step-by-step, processed Christianity and want something that feels more authentic, then Don’s Growing Disciples Organically is for you! Don looks at the teachings of Jesus through the lens of his background growing up on the farm providing great insights on homegrown, nutrient-rich, unpolished disciples. –Wes Davis, Lead Pastor, Newlife.TV Church, Silverdale, WA
Growing Disciples Organically is a refreshing and truthful book, because it details the authentic experience of growing disciples. Having served in churches as a Pastor, as well as assisting pastors for many years, I have grown weary of “quick fix” methods for discipleship, and for that matter, quick fix methods for growing a healthy church.
Don Detrick has highlighted the truth that spiritual formation is a very personal experience with our Creator and His truth. As disciples we are connected to the real (not synthetic) Lord. Growth takes time, and as we grow we become healthier and stronger as the character of the Lord becomes part of us. We are formed much like a seed which is transformed into a seed provider. Detrick, who grew up on a farm, uses the metaphor of farming including soil preparation, planting, growing plants, and finally experiencing mature plants which produce seeds to start new plants. This is very similar to our spiritual formation experience . . . organically produced, connected to the real Jesus, and developing into disciples who are healthy, and able to reproduce our faith in others so they may begin their spiritual journey with Christ. –Dr. Wayde Goodall, Author and Dean, College of Ministry Northwest University, Kirkland, WA.
We can’t change anyone but we can mirror Christ’s method of spiritual formation in developing others. Don’s literal farming roots give a fresh perspective on growing disciples. A must read for those truly intent on nurturing growth in others. –Tracey C. Jones, Author and President, Tremendous Life Books
Growing Disciples Organically digs deeply into the gnawing challenge that seemingly confronts churches and leaders alike: So what does it really mean to follow Jesus in the 21st century?
Using his own family upbringing and pastoral experience, Don Detrick provides keen discernment on spiritual formation that gets beyond a veneer of “slick” to the heart of eternal matters that face every human being. If you are ready to stop long enough to take seriously the call to follow Jesus, Growing Disciples Organically may actually provide you a moment of keen insight that gives you new confidence on your spiritual journey. –Dr. Byron Klaus President, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, Springfield, MO
Don Detrick reminds us that growing disciples has more in common with fields than factories. Field work is hard work, but Don’s book Growing Disciples Organically prepares us all to be soulful, Master-like gardeners. –Chad Hall, MMC Director of Coaching at Western Seminary, Portland, OR and co-author of Faith Coaching: A Conversational Approach to Helping Others Move Forward in Faith | <urn:uuid:41490ca6-e5c6-4207-bac7-ab41c761e9af> | CC-MAIN-2017-30 | http://growingorganicdisciples.com/welcome/endorsements/ | 2017-07-27T14:31:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-30/segments/1500549428300.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20170727142514-20170727162514-00018.warc.gz | en | 0.950039 | 1,993 |
45th annual Arts and Crafts Showcase - Expired Event
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The NSSEO Foundation, Inc. hosts the annual Spring Showcase of Arts and Crafts. Over 100 artists and craftsmen participated in our March, 2016 showcase. The show featured 100% American made products, a Bake Sale, raffle of our Artists work, a cafe serving breakfast and lunch, shuttle bus service, and the work of a number of our student artists.
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'Women and Gender Perspectives in the Military' Book Launch at Georgetown University
On November 8, the Georgetown Institute of Women, Peace, and Security (GIWPS) celebrated the release of the new book ‘Women and Gender Perspectives in the Military’ with a talk by the book’s editors, Dr. Robert Egnell and Dr. Mayesha Alam, moderated by GIWPS Director Ambassador Melanne Verveer.
The book covers the comparative experiences of eight countries as they incorporate the WPS Agenda and gender perspectives into their security forces. Egnell and Alam discussed the difficulty of creating cultural change in masculinized spaces, a problem that extends beyond merely increasing the number of women in the military (although no military in the world is anywhere near gender parity). Egnell noted that while some countries such as Sweden had effectively created a culture that was critical of militarized masculinities and open to the inclusion of gender-sensitive approaches, women were still dramatically underrepresented and seemingly uninterested in joining the security forces. In contrast, other countries such as the United States had effectively increased women’s participation in the military but remained deeply masculinized, steeped in a culture that was hostile to gendered analysis.
Alam noted that one of the issues underpinning this incoherency between culture and participation was the issue of retention. Creating opportunities for women in security without creating a culture in which they felt valued makes it difficult for participation and cultural change to occur simultaneously. Furthermore, given the hierarchical nature of militaries, senior officials must create space for cultural change; increasing women’s participation without looking at how and where women are promoted will not sufficiently change military cultures, nor will putting the onus of incorporating gender perspectives exclusively on women.
Ultimately, Alam and Egnell found that even when there was resistance to cultural change, militaries were likely to respond to the instrumentalist argument that incorporating gender approaches leads to better effective military responses. During the question period at the end of the talk, many senior military leaders in the United States armed forces shared their experiences as women in the military. They told how their contributions and suggestions had increased mission effectiveness, such as, in Afghanistan, by flying helicopters at night along edges of the city rather than over residential areas, they saw reduced numbers of terrorist attacks.
The event raised many issues that warrant further consideration by militaries attempting to include gender perspectives in their operations. How do they achieve cultural change beyond just increasing women’s participation, and how can militaries internalize gender perspectives beyond seeing them merely as instrumental to better combat power?
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On Peacekeepers Day, UN to Spotlight Vital Role of Women Peace Operations
This year's theme for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers is Women in Peacekeeping.
International Day of UN Peacekeepers 2020: Women in Peacekeeping, a Key to Peace
Every year on 29 May, the United Nations commemorates the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. On this day, we pay tribute to all the women and men who have served as military, police or civilians in UN Peacekeeping operations. We commend their professionalism, dedication and courage and honour the memory of those who have lost their lives in the cause of peace. | <urn:uuid:2671b66f-ae36-4664-9182-58a58314de56> | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | https://www.securitywomen.org/post/women-and-gender-perspectives-in-the-military-book-launch-at-georgetown-university | 2020-06-06T13:42:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590348513321.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20200606124655-20200606154655-00102.warc.gz | en | 0.958836 | 717 |
Miami Heat is currently winning the NBA, 23 times in a row. The 2013 NBA Champions are on a roll and if you can win in telemarketing the same way as they dominate against other strong teams, you are definitely going to be a champion. Telemarketing is a lot like a basketball game, you should keep the ball on your side and keep scoring while battling the pressure of time and the defense of the other team. In telemarketing you have to take control of the call, score number of sales while taking the time constraints in consideration.
Listen to the Decision Maker
Miami Heat has a smart coach that the players consult when they need to carry out a play. In telemarketing there is a final decision maker, and it is best that he/she must be contacted regarding the sales effort. Hence he/she is the one you need to impress with the advantages that they will surely be getting. If you are not contacting the final decision maker your effort will probably go to waste.
Just Go Ahead and Score
In basketball there is a 23 second shot clock so as much as possible just don’t go around dribbling the ball. Aside from it’s going to be a waste of time, it’s going to give you space to make errors.
Telemarketing calls should be concise. Although the nature of the prospects business may be mentioned do not lengthen the call by engaging the decision maker into a conversation about their company. Time is important in business. Make the offer or the reason for calling detailed and set the decision maker’s expectation. Just go ahead and aim for the goal, which is to score a sale or appointment.
After you have convinced the prospect, try to get a sale or set an appointment. Watch out for the phrases that indicates positive response to your offer and take advantage of it. Once you get that affirmation, try not to ask more questions that might affect your prospects decision.
Focus on the Game Plan
Every call must have a plan and as much as possible stick to the plan. Do not let irrelevant topics distract you. Just ask only questions with context to the product or the services that you are offering. Miami Heat’s strength is their ability to pull off their game plan and close quarters. Stick to the call flow and once you have gained the prospects trust just go ahead and wrap up the call and move on the next. If you are setting an appointment let the prospect choose the time and date of their convenience, if possible give them options. If the prospect show signs that they are not interested just thank them and end the call and move on the next prospect.
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NatLife Sounds glad to present you a second part of True Trance Sounds V2 for Korg Minilogue XD analog and hybrid synthesizer.
The sound bank contains 50 punching patches that includes 35 sequences. Despite the specific orientation of this library, all sounds are as different as possible. So any fan of Minilogue XD will be able to find their sound. It includes FX’s, pads, plucks, leads, KEY’s, Basses, ARP and ACID sounds.
True Trance Sounds V2 for Korg Minilogue XD incl:
- 50 – Preset Sounds
- 35 – MIDI Sequences(inside the sounds)
2 – FX
5 – ARP
15 – Leads
7 – Plucks
6 – Pads
10 – Basses
5 – Keys
The installation instructions are included in the archive.
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Flame Red 3DS Heats Up Australia from 22nd September
Posted by James Newton
Just Europe left
Brace yourself Australia: you're getting a new 3DS colour in three weeks.
The Flame Red machine heads Down Under on 22nd September, retailing for $AU249.95. It follows the red console's North American launch on 9th September and its Japanese appearance back in July. Europe is still waiting information from Nintendo but it seems likely we'll hear soon. Of course, as soon as we hear any news we'll bring it to you right here.
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With its compact, lightweight design, the uvex pheos cx2 sonic is suitable for a whole host of applications. These functional wide-vision goggles offer impressive comfort and, thanks to uvex supravision coating technology, provide a clear field of vision even in extreme climates.
Weighing just 34 grams, the uvex pheos cx2 sonic is the lightest wide-vision goggle in the uvex range! The goggles provide a comprehensive level of protection thanks to flexibly adaptable soft components. The uvex duo component technology and the forehead and nose piece moulded directly onto the lens guarantee a customised fit. The X-tended eyeshield – which has already been tried and tested with the uvex pheos cx2 safety spectacles – completely covers the eye area.
Thanks to their compact design, the goggles can easily be worn together with helmets as well as respiratory and hearing protection. With the uvex supravision extreme coating, the lens is scratch-resistant on the outside and has anti-fog protection on the inside. In addition, the lens has high mechanical strength and can withstand small objects travelling up to 120 metres per second (B marking).
uvex i-gonomics – Innovation through relief
The uvex pheos cx2 sonic is part of the innovative uvex i-gonomics product system, which combines relevant safety features with outstanding ergonomic characteristics and makes them scientifically measurable. uvex i-gonomics includes products that have been developed largely based on ergonomic findings. To make it possible to monitor and compare products with regard to wearer comfort, uvex has introduced the so-called “Relief Index”. The Relief Index consists of three coefficients, which together, as a mean value, define the “relief factor” of a product. This enables uvex to produce maximum comparability – even across different product types and manufacturers. Relief is measured in three different categories: “force”, “weight” and “clima”. In doing so, uvex of course takes the disparate properties of the different product types into account – and so the test methods used within the measuring categories vary accordingly.
The uvex group
The uvex group brings together three globally active companies under one roof: the uvex safety group, the uvex sports group (with uvex sports and Alpina Sports), and the Filtral group (Filtral and Primetta). The uvex group is represented in 22 countries by 48 subsidiaries but chooses to do most of its manufacturing in Germany. Two thirds of the company’s 2,600-strong workforce (as at fiscal year 2016/2017) is employed in Germany. uvex is a global partner to international elite sport and equips a host of top athletes. The motto protecting people is at the heart of the company’s activities. uvex develops, manufactures and distributes products and services for the safety and protection of people at work, in sport and for leisure pursuits. | <urn:uuid:c23c51c3-f011-4ffd-af8f-cd5e82b5d94e> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://www.uvex-safety.co.id/en/media/press-releases/2017/uvex-i-gonomics-uvex-pheos-cx2-sonic-wide-vision-goggles/ | 2022-09-26T20:16:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030334915.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20220926175816-20220926205816-00716.warc.gz | en | 0.919361 | 646 |
CORAL SPRINGS — Devin Hester of Suncoast needed only to glance down at his track spikes to see what he wanted to do in his final state meet appearance Saturday night at the State 2A Track and Field Championships.
The University of Miami-bound senior came close to predicting his two victories in the 4x100-meter relay and long jump, and runner-up finishes in the 100 and 200.
Hester won the long jump with a career-best 24 feet, 1 inch jump. He finished second in the 100, edged by Demetrice Hankerson of Bradford by two-hundredths of a second in 10.87. He was edged out in the 200 by one-hundredth of a second in 21.96. Hester also ran the second leg of the winning 4x100. Suncoast won in 42.19.
"I wrote on my shoe what I wanted to do," Hester said. "I put 24 feet for the long jump on my right shoe. I wrote 10.7 for the 100 and 21.5 for the 200. I really wanted four gold medals. Those were my goals for state, but I think I just ran out of gas. This has been my best season of the four years, but I'm ready for football now at Miami. I want to make an impact right away. I want to make the big plays."
Suncoast nearly pulled off the sweep of team titles, finishing third with 47 points behind Lincoln Park (51.5) and Clewiston (49). But a few disappointing performances, including a sixth-place finish in the 4x400, ended the boys' hopes of duplicating the girls' team title, its unprecedented fourth consecutive.
"Devin did great, what a way to go out," Suncoast coach Stan Saunders said. "But I am disappointed with the boys team. They had a chance to win and gave up. I can't even think about the girls because I am so upset with the boys. My mind is on the boys. I don't understand. We just went 3:19 in the 4x400 and we have never done that. We just went flat and I won't know what happened until I talk with them. I am just so upset right now."
Suncoast's other top finisher was sophomore Dejuan Morgan, runner-up in the 400 in 48.80.
Erick Ward was ninth in the 800 in 2:01.65. Alex Brutvan of Pope John Paul II, who became ill before his races, finished fifth in the 1,600 in 4:26.17 and eighth in the 3,200 in 9:44.87. Dwight Stephenson of Pope John Paul II was 14th in the shot put at 45-05.
"My goals were to go top three in both so I am very disappointed," Brutvan said. "It's just poor timing to have this happen at state. Sometimes it doesn't work out as you plan. You just have to bounce back. I'm just looking forward to going off to college and running at Miami." Sharon Robb can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org. | <urn:uuid:0711bbee-b5eb-4128-87bb-f5555975da17> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2002-05-05/sports/0205050159_1_suncoast-coach-boys-jump | 2013-05-21T19:23:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700477029/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103437-00034-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986826 | 658 |
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday that six of its soldiers had been killed after successfully repelling an assault on a military facility in Chechnya, an attack the Islamic State militant group said it had carried out.
The National Guard of Russia said in a statement that a group of what it called "armed bandits" had launched an attack under the cover of fog in the early hours of Friday morning on an unnamed military facility.
It said a gun battle had ensued and that a number of Russian troops had been wounded in addition to the six who had been killed. It said six of the attackers had also been killed.
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement circulated online. It said six of its militants had targeted a military base at Naurskaya, north-west of Grozny, the Chechen capital, and that all six had been killed in a battle which it said lasted several hours.
Moscow has fought two wars with separatists in the mainly Muslim internal republic since the 1991 Soviet collapse, but such shoot-outs have become relatively rare in Chechnya.
The wider North Caucasus region remains volatile however with unemployment and corruption pushing some young men to embrace radical Islam.
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Question about Kenmore 22422 Top Load Washer
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The Burgundy is region of France world-renowned for its outstanding wine and food. It is the end of the rainbow for people who appreciate food and wine. This works out splendidly for my husband and me, as he loves great wine and I love great food. For many years, when I would visit my parents and family in Germany, my father would give us his car and we did a week or two exploring Europe. On an early trip, we stumbled upon the Château Bellecroix and stayed in their smallest room in the turret, lugging our suitcases up the stairs and smuggling in wine bought in a store. Living in a real chateau is such a great experience. It was fun and still is today, although now we prefer the ground floor. From this quiet and tranquil place, we visited all the great wineries and fantastic restaurants. By the way, this place is for sale.
My husband loves Chassagne Montrachet, where he shows me the Grand Cru vineyards . As good as the wines are, they have equally good restaurants. While my husband drooled over the wine, I asked the sales girl for recommendations of some good places to eat. She pointed out a cute little outdoor restaurant called La Cabone, which is run by the same woman who also owns a new restaurant called Ed.Em. I didn't eat in either one and wish I had, because we went on to visit Beaune and had a very bad meal. After being disappointed, I ended up in a nice patisserie with a great piece of a hazelnut chocolate dessert and an espresso. .
For the next two days, we relaxed at the Bellecroix and decided to have dinner on Friday night and a Sunday lunch at two totally different restaurants. In early years, the Bellecroix offered a great dinner. My husband proclaims they had the best foie gras, which the cook made himself. Unfortunately, the Bellecroix had closed its restaurant in January and the owner recommended a place in Rully, a nearby village. This place offers French country cooking at its best. My husband and I both loved our meal. Don’t expect anything fancy (because it isn’t), but boy is it good. I had snail raviolis served in a creamy cheese sauce. Both of our main courses were delicious with a great sauce and I had a delicious crème brûlée .
If you want a three-star spectacular and very expensive experience, make a reservation at the Maison Lameloise in Chagny. It will cost you a sack of gold, but you will experience French food and culture at its best. I can only describe it as a sensual sensation with flavors exploding in your mouth, an art form unto itself. It's not so much about the meat or the fish, but what it comes with it—the work and creativity that the chef puts into every single little detail. It is a culinary experience one never forgets in the hallowed temple of French cuisine.
The Sunday market in Chagny is large and a lot of fun. It sells live feathered animals of all sizes.
On this trip, we visited Dijon for the first time. Dijon is the capital of Burgundy and right away mustard pops into our minds. But Dijon is about so much more than just mustard. This quaint town in the northeast of France has a rich cultural heritage, with beautiful vineyards surrounding it—one of four official French cities of gastronomy. We stayed in a cute modern hotel called Vertigo. The staff was super helpful and friendly and the rooms were high-tech. We stayed for two days and never got into the car.
The first night we ate at the restaurant, bistro DZ’envies, a trendy restaurant with a canteen feel where chef, David Zuddas, will satisfy your culinary desires. And you don't need to dress up. We sat outside next to the Les Halles of Dijon’s market and enjoyed a remarkable meal.
The second night we ate at L’Oiseau Des Ducs, a restaurant with a Michelin star. This is part of the Bernard L’Oiseau chain and lives up to its reputation. Here we had the menu dégustion. When you order this menu, you get to sample small portions of the chef’s signature dishes. The food was wonderful with subtle flavors.
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Joseph Jordania (born February 12, 1954 in Tbilisi, Georgia, former Soviet Union) is an Australian-Georgian ethnomusicologist and evolutionary musicologist. In some early publications his name was spelled as Zhordania. He is a Honorary Fellow of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music at the University of Melbourne, Professor, Head of the Foreign Department of the International Research Centre for Traditional Polyphony at Tbilisi State Conservatory, and is known for his model of the origins of human choral singing in the wide context of human evolution. He was one of founders of the International Research Centre for Traditional Polyphony in Georgia. From 1995 he lives in Australia, maintaining close professional contacts with his native Georgia and the polyphonic centre.
Jordania’s academic interests include study of worldwide distribution of choral polyphonic traditions, origins of choral singing, origins of rhythm, origins of human morphology and behaviour, cross-cultural prevalence of stuttering, dyslexia and acquisition of phonological system in children, study of the cognitive threshold between animal and human cognitive abilities. His primarily expertise is Georgian and Caucasian traditional music and vocal polyphony. From the middle of the 1980s he started cross-cultural comparative study of the phenomenon of vocal polyphony and came to the conclusion that polyphony is not a late cultural invention, but rather an extremely ancient phenomenon, designed by the forces of natural selection as a part of the defense system for early hominids on African Savannah. He advocates that natural selection, not sexual selection, was the central force in human evolution, including the evolution of human musical abilities. His 1989 technical book "Georgian Traditional Polyphony in an International Context of Polyphonic Cultures (published in Russian) was dedicated to the comparative study of world distribution of vocal polyphonic traditions. His 2006 book "Who Asked the First Question?" was dedicated to the problems of the origins of human intelligence and language (the ability of asking questions is suggested as the central cognitive ability of Homo sapiens, and the decisive element of forming of human language), articulated speech (Jordania suggested that after leaving African cradle and settling in different regions of the Old World, different populations of early humans shifted to articulated speech in different epochs), stuttering and dyslexia (Jordania suggested that the existing differences in the prevalence of stuttering and dyslexia might have genetic nature and might be the result of the shift to articulated speech among different human populations in different epochs). Jordania also studied the evolutionary function of humming (humming as human contact calls designed to maintain audio contact within the group and to warn members of group about predators), and the distribution of singing behaviour in animal species in different natural environments (he suggested that only arboreal and aquatic species sing, but no terrestrial species apart from humans, sing). His 2011 book "Why do People Sing? Music in Human Evolution" is dedicated to the evolution of human morphology and behavior through the aposematic model of human evolution.
Jordania was born in Georgia (former Soviet Union). He received a BA degree in ethnomusicology from Tbilisi State Conservatory in 1978. During 1979-1983 he was elected as the President of the Board of Creative Youth of Tbilisi. In 1982 he received his PhD degree in musicology-ethnomusicology from Tbilisi Theatrical Institute, and served as lecturer, senior lecturer, assistant professor, and professor at the Department of Georgian Traditional Music at Tbilisi State Conservatory. For one year (in 1984) he served as a dean of the Faculty of Musicology. In 1991 he received the title D.Mus from Kiev Conservatory. From 1988 until 1995 Jordania was the head of the Musical Sector of the Centre of the Mediterranean Studies at the Tbilisi State University. He published his first monograph on choral polyphony in 1989. In 1984 he was instrumental in organizing the conference "Problems of Folk Polyphony". This conference became the beginning of the series of biannual international conferences (1984, 1986, 1988, 1998, 2000) and symposia (2002, 2004, 2006, 2010) on traditional polyphony, and led to establishing the International Research Centre for Traditional Polyphony at Tbilisi State Conservatory in 2003
In 2009, in recognition of "his contribution to systematic analysis of folk polyphonies of the world, proposing a new model for the origins of traditional choral singing in a broad context of human evolution" Jordania was awarded the Fumio Koizumi Prize for ethnomusicology.
Jordania family connections to the first president of independent Georgia (1918–1921) Noe Jordania were a key factor for the persecution of Jordania family members by communists. His grand-grandfather and grandfather disappeared during the 1937-1938 repressions under Joseph Stalin, together with most of their relatives. His father, Mindia Jordania (1929–1979) survived repressions only for being of a young age in 1937, gradually becoming one of the leading Georgian ethnomusicologists. His mother, Neli Imedashvili (b. 1931) is a noted piano teacher with internationally performing students. He has a younger brother, Nugzar Jordania, also an ethnomusicologist. During 1981-1995 he was a guitar performer of Georgian State Philharmonic Society (concerts, TV, radio appearances, recordings). He has two daughters (Megi and Nana), one son (Alexander) and two grandchildren (Niko and Manana). From 1988 he is married to ethnomusicologist Nino Tsitsishvili, author of the book National Unity and Gender Differences in Georgian Traditional Music (2010). From 1995 Jordania lives in Australia, Melbourne, maintaining close contacts with Georgia.
On the origins of choral polyphony
Jordania is known within ethnomusicology for his theory of the origins of choral singing and polyphony and his criticism of the widely accepted theory of the late cultural origins of choral polyphony. In Who Asked the First Question? Origins of Human Choral Singing, Intelligence, Language and Speech he suggested that human choral singing is an adaptation, created through the forces of natural selection during the millions of the years of competition with the African lions in African Savannah. He suggested that early humans took a tradition of loud rhythmic dissonant polyphony to different regions of the world (where it still survives in the most isolated mountainous places like in Nuristan, Tibet, Papua New Guinea, North Vietnam, Ainus, Balkans, Caucasus, Andes, among Pygmies. After the shift of human communication to articulated speech, which according to Jordania happened in different populations in different epochs, choral singing lost its primary survival importance and started to disappear.
Audio-visual intimidating display
Jordania promotes the idea that music (as well as several other universal elements of contemporary human culture, including dance and body painting) are the result the forces of natural selection, not sexual selection. He suggested that rhythmic laud singing and drumming, together with the threatening rhythmic body movements and body painting, was the core element of the ancient audio-visual intimidating display, which was used to scare away predators (primarily lions) and competitors. Audio-Visual Intimidating Display (or AVID) was a key factor also to put hominid group into an altered state of consciousness which he calls "battle trance" where they would not feel fear and pain, and would be religiously dedicated to group interests. Jordania suggests that listening and dancing to the sounds of loud rhythmic rock music, used in many contemporary combat units before the combat missions is directly connected to the primordial evolutionary function of music as an important psychological factor of defense. Apart from the defense from predators, Jordania suggested that this system was the core strategy to obtain food via confrontational, or aggressive scavenging.
Singing among animals species in different natural environments
Jordania suggested that singing behavior is very unevenly distributed among animal species, living in different environments (on the ground, in the water, on the trees). Most of the singing species live on the trees (like many bird species, or gibbons), some live in the water (whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions), and there are no animal species who live on the ground and sing except for humans. He suggested that this uneven distribution of singing is crucial for our understanding of the origins of the singing behavior in animals and humans. Jordania explains this fact as the result of the pressure from natural selection. Singing is a very costly behavior, not only because of the energy to produce sounds, but primarily for the security reasons, as all the possible predators can easily learn the whereabouts of a singing animal. Singing species that live on the trees are in a much more favourable situation, as trees allow different species to live according to their body weight. So different animals with different body weight live on different "levels" of the tree branches. Therefore tree living (or arboreal) species feel quite secure to sing or to communicate with a wide range of vocal signals. On the other hand, all the ground living (or terrestrial) animal species, despite the huge weight differences between them (ranging from rabbits to lions and elephants) live on the same "ground level", and maintaining silence is crucially important for them. Even most of the birds, the most ardent singers, stop singing and producing other sounds when they sit on the ground. Therefore, predator threat might be a primary reason why tree living species are generally much noisier than ground living species.
Jordania suggested that humming could have played an important role in the early human (hominid) evolution as contact calls. Many social animals produce seemingly haphazard and indistinctive sounds (like chicken cluck) when they are going about their everyday business (foraging, feeding). These sounds have two functions: (1) to let group members know that they are among kin and there is no danger, and (2) in case of the appearance of any signs of danger (suspicious sounds, movements in a forest), the animal that notices danger first, stops moving, stops producing sounds, remains silent and looks in the direction of the danger sign. Other animals quickly follow suit and very soon all the group is silent and is scanning the environment for the possible danger. Charles Darwin was the first to notice this phenomenon on the example of the wild horses and the cattle (Darwin, Descent of Men, 2004:123). Jordania suggested that for humans, as for many social animals, silence can be a sign of danger, and that's why gentle humming and musical sounds relax humans (see the use of gentle music in music therapy, lullabies) Cannibalism as a predator control mechanism in hominids and early humans
In his 2011 book "Why do People Sing? Music in Human Evolution" Jordania suggested that prehistoric cannibalism could have a function of predator control. Readily available human corpses during the epidemics and wars are known to increase the number of man-eating animals and also the number of the predator attacks on humans, so the practice of cannibalism could be a strategy to deprive predators chances to eat and to get used to human flesh as a part of their diet. According to Jordania, even after the fatal attacks of predators on hominids or humans, being superb at aggressive scavenging, hominids and early humans would attack the predators in groups and fight back for the dead body of the killed member of their group. Later they would cannibalize the body of the dead fellow member in a ritualistic manner. Although very costly and risky behavior, this behavior eventually taught predators that it was very costly to prey on hominids and humans.
Collective identity and the first ritual practices
Jordania suggested that in human evolutionary history reaching the state of the "battle trance" or a specific state of collective identity was crucial for the physical survival of hominids and early humans. He argued that as individual hominids were too weak and slow to survive predators on their own, in the most critical for survival moments (predator attacks, combat situations, mortal danger to your children) humans enter the altered state of consciousness where they do not feel fear and pain, do not question the behavior of other members of their group, and are ready to sacrifice their lives for evolutionary more important goal (like the survival of their children or the group). According to Jordania, human ability to follow the rhythm in big groups, to sing together in harmony, to dance for many hours and enter the ecstatic state, as well as the tradition of body painting, were all developed as the parts of first ritual practices in order to reach the state of collective identity. In the state of collective identity the needs for the group (keen) survival are overriding the instincts of individual survival.
Cognitive threshold between animal and human abilities
Jordania suggested that the ability to ask questions is the central cognitive element that distinguishes human and animal cognitive abilities. Enculturated apes Kanzi, Washoe, Sarah and a few others who underwent extensive language training programs successfully learned to answer quite complex questions and requests but they so far failed to learn how to ask questions themselves. Jordania suggested that the ability to ask questions is often assessed in relation to comprehension of syntactic structures, and this is not justified, as (1) questioning is primarily a cognitive ability, and (2) questions can be (and are) asked by young children without the use of syntactic structures (with the use of specific question intonation only, at the pre-syntactic, one word stage of language development). Jordania suggested a Latin motto Interrogo ergo Cogito (I ask questions, therefore I think) and considers the origin of questioning behaviour in human evolutionary history as the beginning of human cognition and language.
Stuttering, dyslexia, acquisition of phonological system
Jordania proposed that the asynchronous shift to the articulated speech in different populations resulted in significant cross-cultural differences in different speech- and reading-related pathologies (like stuttering and dyslexia), as well as the acquisition of phonological system by young children. He argued that there is a positive correlation between the presence of strong traditions of vocal polyphony (like in sub-Saharan Africa and some regions of Europe) and the higher rate of stuttering and dyslexia. He argues that these differences between populations might have innate character. He initiated studies of some understudied regions (for example study of stuttering prevalence among Chinese populations).
Some of Jordania's ideas are considered controversial by experts of different disciplines. Big part of musicologists considers polyphony as a relatively late cultural invention, not an ancient pre-cultural phenomenon. Big part of the speech pathologists consider that stuttering prevalence is same in every human population, and that there can not be any genetic differences between different populations in predilection towards stuttering. Expert of dyslexia consider that the reasons for the existing cross-cultural differences is the differences between the writing systems, not the differences in genetic predilection of different populations towards dyslexia. Most of the experts of educational system also consider that the reasons of the notable differences in higher literacy achievements of East Asian school students in comparison of many underachieving western (European, North American, Australian) students is the difference in cultural attitudes and educational system, not the genetic factor, as Jordania suggested. | <urn:uuid:72e13f75-6085-44d1-be65-d5f862828a8a> | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | http://informasihari-ini.blogspot.com/2012/05/cultures-of-yordania.html | 2018-07-20T02:52:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676591481.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20180720022026-20180720042026-00214.warc.gz | en | 0.951455 | 3,169 |
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This afternoon at Storage Visions, we had the fortune of bumping into our close friend Mike Chen, Marvell SSD and Strategic Marketing Director, who had a bit of a surprise in store. Some might remember Marvell’s announcement of their new 88NV1120 and 88NV1140 controllers back in December, but we don’t think anyone could have imagined a controller this small.
Contained on the industries smallest 2230 form factor SSD PCB, this controller is comparable to the size of the eraser on the end of a pencil, the entire SSD being almost exactly the size of an SD card, and it comes is a NVMe product in both PCIe and 6Gbps.
As stated in the original release, the 88NV1120 and 88NV1140 are the industry’s first NVMe controllers, both are void of any DRAM, and the ’20’ is 6Gbps while the ’40’ is PCIe 3.0. The controller itself uses Marvell’s 3rd-generation LDPC technology and supports today’s newest TLC NAND flash memory, as well as MLC.
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Just returned from the jungle-no snakes or anything! Saw Angle Falls-the highest waterfall in the world apparently. Had to endure numerous boat rides-of which several involved near capsize-and a trek through the jungle of an hour-up lots of slippy hard rocks-now have a dent in my leg to prove it-but well worth the struggle Have managed to break my camera so no pics on here until I get it fixed.
Will be nice to get out of this coutnry-nice people but too laid back-but very hot-so there is good and there is bad. We get a night bus to Santa Elena at 9-then off for a two days jungle trek and then boat trip down the amazon once we cross into Brazil. | <urn:uuid:6f060d29-814d-4d4c-9b15-6b71f37c3203> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://www.offexploring.com/acoton/blog/venezuela/ciudad-bolivar/20080224213922 | 2024-02-27T17:08:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474676.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20240227153053-20240227183053-00604.warc.gz | en | 0.921556 | 155 |
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Petrol price cut by Rs 0.56 a litre Last Updated : 08 Oct 2012 07:15:48 PM IST File photo related to Petrol and diesel price.
Petrol will cost Rs 67.90 per litre at Indian Oil Corp's petrol pumps in Delhi with effect from midnight tonight as against Rs 68.46 a litre presently, the company announced today.
Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL), the other two state fuel retailers, are expected to follow suit in cutting rates but price at their pumps would vary by one or two paise.
"It has been decided to revise the petrol prices downward by Rs 0.56 per litre (excluding state levies in Delhi) with effect from October 9," IOC said in a press statement here.
Petrol in Mumbai will be cut by 71 paise to Rs 74.43 and by 70 paise in Kolkata to Rs 75.44 a litre. In Chennai, it will cost Rs 71.48 per litre as against Rs 72.19 presently.
The government had in June 2010 deregulated petrol pricing, giving oil companies freedom to fix rates in line with cost.
Petrol price were last revised on June 24 when they were hiked by 70 paise.
"Presently, the rupee-dollar exchange rate has shown an appreciating trend. The international oil prices, however, continue to remain firm casting their shadow on petrol prices," IOC said, adding there had been significant volatility in international oil prices and exchange rate.
IOC said the trends in the international oil market and exchange rate would be closely monitored and would be reflected in future price changes.
Despite the pricing freedom, petrol prices have not moved in tandem with cost. IOC, BPCL and HPCL lost Rs 2,600 crore on sale of petrol during April-September "due to inability to change retail selling prices to the desired extent in line with market conditions," it said.
Since it being a deregulated commodity, losses on petrol are to be absorbed by the oil companies.
Other than petrol, the fuel retailers also lose heavily on sale of regulated products diesel, cooking gas (LPG) and kerosene.
They currently lose Rs 11.65 per liter on diesel, Rs 33.93 on kerosene sold through PDS and Rs 468.50 per 14.2-kg domestic cooking gas cylinder.
At this rate, the three firms are projected to lose Rs 160,000 crore in revenue on sale of the three products during the current fiscal, IOC added.
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I was psyched when I read it. Damien Martyn retires from cricket with immediate effect. Was he made to retire? Or is it peer pressure or is it high morality? Whatever be the reasons a calibre like Martyn is not fit to play Cricket in Aus; truly unbelievable.
I was just digging cricinfo to see his last few ODI innings in his illustrious career.
Read Team, Runs(Balls), First Innings(F)/Chase(C), Result
NZL 78(91) C Win
WI 17(24) C Loss
Ind 73(104) C Win
NZL 26(54) F Win
WI 47(71) C Win
Undoubtedly a pivotal role in most matches and importantly a match-winner.
Now think about the guy whom many in India sing false hossanas and paeans. Let me give a leniency here, I omit the SA tour undergoing now. Let us see the scoreline in last few ODIs
Aus 12(17) C No result (rain saves from ignominious defeat from 35-5)
WI 65(102) F Win
Aus 4(10) C Loss
Eng 35(41) C Win
WI 29(45) F Loss
Aus 10(26) F Loss
See the trick; apart from one stroke of brilliance against WI, he couldn’t even manage anything decent considering his stature. Makes me think WI innings was just flash in a pan. SA tour has truly exposed his state of natural decline. He still goes on and on. There is no peer pressure, there is no morality, and of course selectors don’t have gumption to strike with iron hand.
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A 62-meter Benetti superyacht built in 2010, it has six staterooms (not bedrooms), an elevator, an open-air gymnasium, a baby grand piano, a beach garage and a helicopter landing pad, reports Biz Journals.
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PLAN Australia celebrates its 20th anniversary this year partnering the broking industry. As the broking industry continues to adapt and grow, PLAN Australia CEO Anja Pannek explains why she believes customer obsession will be the key theme for the coming decade.
If there is one constant in the world of business, it’s that customer expectations continue to change, and businesses must continually adapt to keep pace.
Today’s customers are demanding faster, more personalised service, multi-channel interactions and long-term relationships, with a clear shift away from one-off transactions. They also want to be able to trust people and organisations when it comes to financial services.
In a service-led industry, strong customer relationships built on trust, have always been critical for broking businesses. In today’s experience world they are more important than ever. Those businesses that do not put the customer first will struggle for relevance in an increasingly competitive market.
Customer outcomes have also been a central focus of a number of regulatory reviews of our industry, with ASIC’s 2017 review of mortgage broker remuneration which highlighted a number of potential areas of conflict the industry could address, and the Financial Services Royal Commission that proposed a ‘best interest duty’ for mortgage brokers.
With the consultation period on draft amendments to the NCCP Act recently completed, the addition of a best interest duty is likely to be a game-changer for the industry.
The proposed reforms will build on the work already done by the Combined Industry Forum (CIF).
Customers will be able to go to a broker and know they are bound by law to act in their best interests – a change we believe will help to build even greater trust in our industry.
PLAN Australia is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and in that time, we have seen the broking industry transform significantly from an alternate channel for customers to the primary channels for customers and lenders, driving competition and great customer outcomes.
We expect the pace of change in the next decade to be even more rapid and there are a number of ways we are helping broking businesses to prepare and continue to deliver even better outcomes for customers.
A customer-centric business plan
An essential component of every successful broking business is a sound business plan, which should be reviewed regularly to put the customers at the heart of every decision.
Throughout the year we encouraged brokers to analyse their customer base, process and team and look for ways to make their businesses as frictionless and customer-centric as possible.
With the right amount of planning, we believe there are always new ways to enhance the customer experience, whether that is diversifying into new areas of lending to meet a wider range of customer needs, or changing a process to speed up turnaround times for customers.
Another key hallmark of a customer-obsessed business is the ability to understand your customer, respond to their feedback and anticipate their future needs through meaningful conversations. We believe broker businesses that do this well will be the ones that thrive in the future.
Recent research by ASIC1 showed many customers find taking out a home loan a complex and overwhelming experience. Today’s customers need advice that goes beyond just price, with in-depth explanations of how to do an application, what information should be supplied, and why different lenders have different lending criteria and service standards.
As experts in their field, brokers therefore play an essential role in helping customers to navigate the current lending environment.
Leveraging the latest innovations and keeping it simple
Technology also has a key role to play in any customer-obsessed business. The CRM is an essential component in any broker’s toolkit, not only helping to remove the friction between broker, lender and customer but also providing opportunities to ‘surprise and delight’ the customer by enabling better communication and longer-term relationships. This means using your CRM to its full functionality, including storing all information about your customers, using the insight and reporting your CRM provides and leveraging customer marketing that delights at the right moments of truth.
The majority of aggregators offer help with understanding the CRM and getting the most out of it, enabling brokers to spend the maximum amount of time in front of customers providing immeasurable guidance and advice.
Having an established digital presence is also critical for today’s broking businesses as consumers increasingly want to switch seamlessly between physical and digital channels. Recent research by Accenture2 found that the ability to deliver a consistent level of service across all channels is an increasingly important differentiator for financial services providers.
What does this mean in simple terms?
We recommend brokers take a close look at their digital presence including social media, websites, digital marketing to see if all of these channels communicate and reinforce the broker’s customer proposition. If you were a new or existing customer would you be interested in your own digital channel and messages?
For example, for existing websites, are they mobile-friendly? Are you using social media to keep clients updated on the latest market information, demonstrating the value you deliver for your customers?
The next horizon of open banking will also drive further opportunities for the broker industry working with customers. We are very early in this journey in Australia however see this as a game changer.
Ultimately, to stay competitive businesses need to adopt this customer-obsessed thinking. It requires planning, and effective processes but taking the time and effort to put these in place will ultimately result in happier, more loyal customers and a more sustainable broking business into the future.
ASIC Report 516
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Taste is subjective. A few people disagree with my taste in food and they write emails criticizing my choices and ‘poor’ taste. Apparently, enjoying a good meal by the roadside is deemed unhygienic and low class by some.
Someone once commented that I didn’t know how to enjoy good food and by ‘good’, he meant expensive. That person may be right because I don’t have all the money in the world to spend on luxury food. What I do have is enough money to enjoy hearty, hawker fares on a regular basis.
I visited DISH recently with a few friends to try the Weekend Tapas Brunch (RM99 per person, RM179 with free flow of alcohol). The menu was fairly extensive but it was a tapas brunch, so portions were
tiny smaller. The organic eggs selection was quite good. I found the egg Benedict well made and beautifully presented. The white pillow gave way to a golden center, which oozed out like melted butter. I ordered three rounds of this for myself.
The smoked salmon and scrambled egg were nothing to shout about; I liked the poached egg with tomato better. I also didn’t care much for the boiled egg with focaccia soldiers, as the whole combination was underwhelming next to the egg Benedict.
There were three types of croquettes available — turkey ham and mozzarella, mushroom and rosemary, and chicken and red pepper. Of the lot, I enjoyed the turkey ham best. It had a firmer texture and bolder flavour compared to the mushroom, which was a tad mushy. These came with a side of tangy-rich tomato aioli.
Soups were hardly noteworthy — pumpkin soup with truffle, wild mushrooms and Parmesan was gritty in texture and diluted. The French onion soup was alright, but could have done with more gyurere for flavour and body.
We tried the Dish Caesar, Avocado and Crab Salad, Tomato and Mozzarella Salad and Citrus Cured Salmon and thought the avocado salad was the most decent. I liked how the creamy texture of the avocado complemented the crab flakes, but the latter could have done with less seasoning. The caesar salad comprised crispy chicken, tiger prawn, poached quail egg and anchovies with garden greens. I liked this as the prawn was fresh and succulent.
I wasn’t impressed with the tomato and mozzarella salad but found the cured salmon with horseradish ice cream interesting. It wasn’t something of my taste, but the ice cream was akin to the wasabi ice cream which I happen to like.
Service was all over the place despite the restaurant being less than half occupied. Our orders were mixed up and some of the dishes never arrived. The tortellini of braised duck took almost an hour (and 3 reminders) to be served, so I expected it to be good. Sadly, the skin was too thick and lacked that certain ‘spring’ you get with good tortellini. The shredded duck filling was quite tasty though.
My order of carbonara was forgettable, as was the risotto with black olive tapenade. The latter was mushy and under seasoned. What took even longer was the mac n cheese from the vegetarian selection. One of my dining companions said he could make a much better version in just 15 minutes. I believe him.
For a weekend brunch, it is odd that they ran out of ribeye when we were there on a Saturday. We settled for the striploin which I didn’t like one bit. The meat was overcooked – because it was sliced too thin – and lacked flavour. Better was the lamb kofta but like the pasta, it took ages to arrive. The meat was well seasoned and texture was chunky. I was tempted to order another one but considering the waiting time, I changed my mind.[/caption]
Skip the paprika chicken and go for the black angus beef burger. This was tasty, but hardly filling. I would need five portions of this to feel satisfied.
From the fish selection, I enjoyed the salt baked cod with red pepper sauce but found both the red snapper and salmon overcooked to the point of being tough and dry. The Thai calamari from the shellfish selection was deeply addictive while the mussels with apple and cider sauce tasted odd. I thought the cider gave the mussel a unpleasant aftertaste.
Desserts were a hit and miss for me. My favourite was the caramel chocolate delice with lime ice cream. Texture was rich, smooth and dense, and I appreciated the complexity. The lime ice cream helped balance the richness of the delice. I didn’t like the strawberry mousse but rif found it ok. The green guava crumble with caramel ice cream tasted decent but I wasn’t feeling the jack fruit in the chocolate mousse. I preferred the mousse on its own.
My second time experience was so-so and service was painfully slow. The only attentive waiter that afternoon was Azman — he was polite and quick to refill our drinks. While I found the brunch just alright, I enjoyed the company. Thanks Antoine and Skip, for joining us. 🙂
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Food: 5.5/10 (pork free)
Verdict: A few hits and misses but overall, brunch was decent.
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Busy Hands....gather no moss
Or something similar. What Grandma J is trying to say is she's been busy.
Now that September is here, October is on the horizon...and that's a busy month on so many fronts.
Here's a rundown, give or take any unknown minor adjustments:
*Sgt John is coming home on leave from Iraq with just enough time to take grandma J to all the dinners and casino trips he promised over the last several months....and she has the emails to prove it.
*While Sgt John is home,
*Sgt John thinks he'll have time for a quick three day weekend getaway to Las Vegas with his bride...and Grandma J will entertain the grandchildren and JJ while they're gone.
I know what you're thinking....who cares about October? September is just starting, and October is eons away, so how busy can you be?
Well, I'll tell you. A-Ron went with Grandma J to the fabric store after his three hour baseball practice. She wanted him to help her pick out fleece to make some more blankets for the children in the pediatric oncology ward for Christmas. He goes with Grandma J to distribute them and we need at least twenty. Right now? We only have six.
I figured I'd let A-Ron pick out the fabrics that he thinks an older kid would like. Here they are:
Yeah, good choice! SpongeBob SquarePants with Patrick. The one thing that really irritates me is the price of licensed fabric. Not only is it twice as much, but you have several wasted inches of fabric with their warning on it. In this case.....thank you Viacom.
Oh, and SpongeBob...was this really necessary?
This was A-Ron's second choice! Ummm, maybe Uncle Michael would like this one. Once again, Thank you, Twentieth Century Fox.
Now, I thought maybe A-Ron could find something a bit softer....something a girl would like. He claims he doesn't go there!
But, I finally got him to pick this out. It's some kind of Disney stuff that has nothing to do with princesses or pirates. Once again, we paid through the teeth for the Disney name.
And who notice that Grandma J took these pictures on her stripped down bed? Yeah, it's because she doesn't neglect her chores, even when she's having fun. Nope....she's airing out her mattress while her sheets are in the dryer. | <urn:uuid:8b0a6f43-d376-4baa-a0f4-7967c141ddcd> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://askgrandmaj.blogspot.com/2009/09/busy-hands.html | 2017-06-26T13:53:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320763.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626133830-20170626153830-00335.warc.gz | en | 0.982354 | 526 |
An action-thriller with a new perspective, “Meaghamann” features Arya and Hansika directed by Magilzh Thirumeni. Music is composed by SS Thaman and sony music bagged the audio rights of the movie. Audio launch is scheduled for August 14th and here is track list of the movie.
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|1.||Meaghamann||M.M. Manasi & M.M. Monissha||Karky|
|2.||Yaen Ingu Vandhaan||Pooja AV||Karky|
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PIA Invites Newly Wed Royal Couple to Visit Pakistan
Pakistan International Airline (PIA) incited the royal couple to visit Pakistan. On their twitter invitation, they remind them of Princess Diana’s visit to Pakistan. Prince Harry and Prince Meghan get married on 19th March 2018, Saturday.
Recently, the second son of Princess Diana got married to Meghan Markel. Meghan is the blackish women and was an actress in America. Probably, she is the first black women to enter in royal family from past 700 Years. The wedding creates excitement among the people and thousands of people watch it either live or on TV. Although he marriage has been ended the news is not. Every social media site especially twitter is filled with the new of this royal wedding. However, some people don’t like the princess Meghan but this couple also gathered a bundle of prayers.
On this regards, PIA tweeted to invite this couple to Pakistan. PIA remind them of the visit of Princess Diana in the northern region of Pakistan. They share a memorable picture of Princess Diana along with the traditional dressed little girls. PIA said; we watched this memorable royal wedding. After seeing this, we remind princess Diana and her visits to the northern region of Pakistan. As we thought, it would be a splendid moment when this new wed royal couple also visits Pakistan. Especially, the marvelous northern regions of Pakistan.
As Princess Diana had visited the northern region and mention Pakistan with kind and live words. No doubt, the host country does a very well prepared in the previous royal visit. By mentioning the royal couple, they said Princes Harry and Princess Meghan, we are ready. Please let us know when you will visit us.
However, there is an equal ratio of the criticized and agreed people. Some said it’s a good and pleasant to see this. They also welcomed this newlywed couple to visit Pakistan. While others criticized them as well even some of them are so horrible. They said the PIA should not invite them in this way. Although, there are not clear view that whether they will visit Pakistan or not. There is a strong prediction that, they will certainly visit us. As their mother visited a long time back after her wedding.
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demonstrated that these unknown "x" rays, as he called them, traveled in straight lines,
penetrated some materials, and were stopped by denser materials. He continued
experiments with these "x" rays and eventually produced an X-ray picture of his wife's
hand showing the bones and her wedding ring. On January 1, 1896, Roentgen mailed
copies of this picture along with his report to fellow scientists.
By early February 1896, the first diagnostic X-ray in the United States was taken,
followed quickly by the first X-ray picture of a fetus in utero. By March of that year, the
first dental X-rays were taken. In that same month, French scientist Henri Becquerel was
looking for fluorescence effects from the sun, using uranium on a photographic plate. The
weather turned cloudy so he put the uranium and the photographic plate into a drawer.
When Becquerel developed the plates a few weeks later, he realized he had made a new
discovery. His student, Marie Curie, named it radioactivity.
ii. Discovery of Harmful Effects.
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Edison reported eye injuries from working with X-rays. By June, experimenters were
being cautioned not to get too close to X-ray tubes. By the end of that year, reports were
being circulated about cases of hair loss, reddened skin, skin sloughing off, and lesions.
Some X-ray workers lost fingers, and some eventually contracted cancer. By the early
1900s, the potential carcinogenic effect of X-ray exposure in humans had been reported.
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Similarly, in the “Outcome” field, the possible values, “Deaths” and “Survivors,” are the row names.
3 ft Calculate your BMI (don’t report it to us). 8. 1 on page 8, explain in words, and use R to illustrate, the difference between modulus and integer divide. 9. In mathematics, a logarithm (to base b) of a number x is written logb (x) and equals the exponent y that satisfies x = by . In other words, y = logb (x) is equivalent to x = by In R, the log function is to the base e. Implement the following R code and study the graph: curve(log(x), 0, 6) abline(v = c(1, exp(1)), h = c(0, 1), lty = 2) What kind of generalizations can you make about the natural logarithm and the number e?
Int 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... Great! This is better. We now know that infert is a data frame with 248 observations and 8 variables. The variable names and data types are displayed along with their first few values. In this case, we now have sufficient information to start manipulating and analyzing the infert data set. 2 on the following page). We will see extensive use of this when we start programming in R. To get practice calling data from the command line, enter data() to display the available data sets in R. | <urn:uuid:1e99c7e5-7320-4cfe-a7ab-8fbfa55535b4> | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | http://todostenemosalas.com/library/applied-epidemiology-using-r-and-r-studio | 2019-04-21T04:27:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578530176.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20190421040427-20190421062427-00345.warc.gz | en | 0.860252 | 811 |
It’s been a while since P and I played “Dove cazzo è?” (Where the **** is it?), but last weekend’s photostroll with the dogs (while wearing my new official photostroll boots) gave me a perfect chance to round up some photos.
The rules are:
(1) I roam the village taking random shots of things.
(2) P has to tell me where I’ve found them–all of them.
(3) Loser cooks dinner and cleans up afterwards.
I started with an easy one, just steps from our house:
Turned up the heat with the door of one of the village’s 13 churches:
Which P got immediately as this is the church nearest the house he grew up in.
Then some random ruins:
P struggled a bit but described the general area, so I gave it to him. But then, the toughest one of all:
He had no clue that it belonged to this house:
Hah! Victory was mine!
But then I remembered another photo I had and wanted to ask him about:
P solved the mystery for me as to what this was used for, so we agreed to call this third edition of Village Games a draw.
Do you know what that pointy object is/was for?
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Many rituals, traditions, and beliefs are passed down from generation to generation over the centuries. Like Americans have Halloween, Chinese have the month long Hungry Ghost festival when the gates separating the realm of hell and the realm of the living will open.
During this period in the seventh month of the lunar calendar Chinese families make offerings to their deceased ancestors, hoping that wandering spirits that are appeased with food and offerings will not cause mischief to homes and work places.
For Taoists there are taboos to be avoided during the Hungry Ghost month such as not going out at night, keeping doors closed, and avoiding buying, renovating, and moving houses during the month. For many these beliefs are entrenched into daily life.
So what impact does this superstition have on home sales during Hungry Ghost month? The causal effects are hard to establish scientifically. Nonetheless understanding how such belief influence the decision-making of individuals in daily activities has become a growing focus of study.
There are many real-world examples of how superstitions influence people’s behaviour. For example, car owners pay higher prices for car-plates having the number eight – in Chinese it sounds similar to the word “prosper” and is believed to be auspicious.
House buyers were also found to have paid a premium for houses with unit numbers or addresses ending with the number eight. This is prevalent in places with a large Chinese population, such as Vancouver, Singapore, Hong Kong, and also China.
In housing, the issue then is whether superstition surrounding the seventh month leads to people putting off home purchases, and whether there is a corresponding fall in prices when transactions take place.
In our study we studied the buying behaviour of Chinese home-buyers and non-Chinese buyers during Hungry Ghost month, using data of 82,001 non-landed private housing transactions in Singapore from 2000 to 2009.
Contrary to predictions that buyers’ interest is dampened during the seventh lunar month, we found that the cumulative seventh-month transactions over the 10-year sample period have in fact been relatively strong.
On average, the lunar seventh month recorded sales of slightly above 850 units (see chart below).
The fifth, sixth and seventh lunar months were the most active in terms of the number of transactions, followed by quite a sharp fall in the eighth through to the 10th month.
The strong sales during Hungry Ghost month may have been shored up by non-superstitious buyers (including non-superstitious Chinese buyers), who found plenty of good bargains during a period when superstitious Chinese buyers stayed away.
When we plot the distributions for housing prices in the seventh lunar month relative to other months, we observed significant price discounts for house transactions, in the range of between $4,000-$8,000 per sq metre.
We next ran an empirical model, controlling for housing attributes (such as size, floor level, tenure and housing type), time variations (market cycles) and the effects of location on prices.
Our results show that prices for homes are 7.43 per cent lower for Chinese buyers when the purchase is made during the Hungry Ghost month relative to other months.
Chinese house buyers who are above 50 years of age are more likely to avoid buying houses during the Hungry Ghost month.
In the event that these buyers purchased a property during the Hungry Ghost month, they enjoyed an even higher discount of 8.45 per cent, compared to houses bought in other months.
Chinese buyers enjoyed a discount of 10.89 per cent in the resale market relative to other months, if the purchase is made during the seventh lunar month. The discounts are lower – estimated at 8.09 per cent – in the developer sales market.
So what about the belief that buying a home during Hugry Ghost month will bring bad luck?
One way to test this is to look at court records of car accident cases.
We found that Chinese buyers who bought houses in the Hungry Ghost months did not have a higher probability of being involved in car accidents.
The high sales volume in the lunar seventh month over the 10-year period of 2000 to 2009 may indicate that non-superstitious buyers have been able to arbitrage for lower prices in non-landed private housing markets during the Hungry Ghost month.
It seems to suggest that buyers who do not find it taboo to buy houses during the Hungry Ghost month are taking the opportunity to visit developers’ show-flats and to negotiate good discounts, when other superstitious Chinese buyers shun the market.
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This place is my go to get-work-done space. I have started coming on Friday's because this is when the weekend starts for me, meaning its the first day of doing the homework/lifework. This place for me is comforting because the esthetics are nice, white walls offset by the mellow dark yellow of the metal chairs and the intricate design of the tiled floors. The major reason I like coming here though is for the staff, they are nice and native English speakers so when I come in I get a "Hi" instead of a "Bonjour" which when you're an native English speaking expat living in France, you need sometimes.
Additionally they offer bike tours around Paris which I have heard great things about so that's cool.
Things I've had here:
+ Free wifi, nice people, ability to work on a laptop without feeling judged, outlets, english spoken.
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Why can some of us hear God speaking to us, while for some of us there is nothing but silence? Why do some of us find worship exciting and joyful, while for others it’s just part of the routine that we have to get through on a Sunday morning? And, actually, why do so many women come to church alone, because men just do not ‘get’ Christianity?
Last Saturday, a Women’s Day was held at our church. It was a really special day, full of love, kindness, prayer, great teaching and, of course, chocolates.
During the lunch break, a group of us had decided we would offer the washing and massaging of feet and hands as we prayed for people. We came in the morning, armed with towels, bowls, scented soaps and plenty of cocoa butter for massaging into tired feet and hard working hands. It was the nicest thing to do. I love spending time with other women, we all have such stories to tell and are capable of such compassion for one another.
But, oh boy, can we be bad at receiving! I was amazed at how uncomfortable so many people were with someone kneeling down and massaging either their feet or their hands, and praying. It led to some great conversations. We discovered that an awful lot of us feel very awkward about being given anything at all, we cringe at the thought of going forward to ask for prayer, even when we are really in need; I forgot to take a packed lunch with me, and I had to prod myself to say ’yes please’ to someone’s profered tuna roll.
That bended knee thing seems to have become really hard. Both men and women have now created such a fortress of self reliance and a fear of being beholden to anyone that it has become nigh on impossible for us to ask for or to accept anything.
Today, I heard of someone who lived homeless, in London, for eight months without telling a single one of his friends, his family, or indeed, his church community that he had nowhere to go. He simply couldn’t bring himself to ask someone for a space on their floor or a spare bed – to risk becoming one of ’the needy’ in the eyes of others – and so, he made the best of hospital waiting rooms, public loos, underneath bridges and doorsteps rather than risk telling anyone that he had nowhere to go.
I guess that admitting we need help feels weak, exposed, too much at risk of looking as though we’ve failed in some way. Putting ourselves in a position where we are prepared to receive, is too vulnerable, too hard a place to go.
But go there we must. If we want to experience the wonder of an intimate relationship with God, feel His presence, hear Him speaking to us, then we need to be able to submit to him, to give it all up. To be vulnerable.
Then, and only then will we discover the true depth of His love for us and how far He is prepared to go to keep us safe.
The assumption that anyone who is a Christian must be a wimp is rife among non-believers; however, I have a nasty feeling that fear of ‘wimpdom” is also significant among those who profess to believe in God. Hence, ’theoretical Christianity’ is prevalent; where we attend church regularly and go through all the motions, doing all the right things, but haven’t submitted fully enough into Christ’s dominion to receive the full benefits of the Holy Spirit.
Maybe that takes a bigger step of faith than we’re quite prepared to take.
I’ve been speaking to people about their journey to Christ in the last few weeks, and, among men particularly, the vast majority either gave their lives to Christ when they were still young enough to have not yet developed an unhealthy degree of self reliance, or they had reached such a desperate state of affairs in their life that they were finally, literally, brought to their knees.
Hence, whilst many men and women are comfortable with Christianity per se, it all tends to remain a bit theoretical if we don’t get to receive the Holy Spirit – and that can only happen when we empty ourselves of our expectations of what we think is important so that Christ can fill us up with something better.
Well, statistics indicate that men won’t go to the doctor, read instruction manuals or ask for directions, so they were always bound to struggle, but, actually we women aren’t much better.
Considering ourselves as ’sinners’ seems a bit grubby, maybe it feels a bit old fashioned, I don’t know. Either way, there are still an awful lot of us trying to get to heaven by ‘good works’ rather than Grace. One thing I do know is that until we grasp it, ’get’ that that is exactly what we are, and learn to bask in the wonder of His Grace, we’ll never realise the full joy of God’s closeness.
We need to come to terms with the fact that, no matter how upright we are as members of the community, men and women alike, church leaders, church cleaners, doctors, drug addicts, barristers, burglars, titled servants of the realm, homeless and
heartbroken. We might be pillars of the community, or we might be struggling to find a roof for our own head, we are equally failed and broken before God.
So. If you are reluctant to get your feet washed or to ask for prayer, if someone laying hands on you has your skin crawling, then, I wonder, are you correspondingly missing something in your relationship with God? Has it all become a bit dry and theoretical?
If so, you might like to try this prayer. It has it’s roots in the Orthodox Church, where, I admit, I would rarely go to look for prayers, but, as someone put it to me, it’s an extremely ‘muscular’ prayer, with every word loaded with meaning and value.
‘Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
Try to repeat it about a hundred times a day (yep – I really did say that), and, if you’re anything like me, the process could take about six weeks or more.
Be prepared for the long haul, learning to receive is not the work of a moment.
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I was 13 years old and I vividly remember how exciting that entire 82 playoff run was. I think we had like 15 interceptions in the four playoff games, including 5 apiece against Fouts and Todd. In the Super Bowl, I remember scoring quickly, then driving for what looked like another score when Woodley was blindsided and fumbled. That played seemed to give the Redskins life because we were dominating up to that point.
Years later, I heard Shula talking about not making the switch to Strock earlier. He said had Walker not returned the kickoff right before half, he was going to make the change to Strock in the second half. But after we got the lead back, he didn't think it was the right thing to do. Woodley was brutal the second half and never did recover.
That was such a special group. I remember a Sports Illustrated article on the Killer B's and it showed how all the different units hung out together. Showed the secondary eating dinner together and the linebackers hanging out by someone's truck drinking beers. Those guys were actually friends off the field and had a bond I don't think you'll ever see again in sports.
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DISCLAIMER: I know a guy named Joe and I was planning to write a classified ad for him. However, before I do, I have to tell you about a small company in West Texas.
Joe Hall has lived the American dream in Olton, Texas. He went to work at Jeffrey Lumber Co. in 1951 right out of high school, and ended up buying the company in the mid-1970s. Now, at the age of 76, he is looking to pass that business on to someone else with an American dream.
As president of Hall Lumber Co., Hall oversees a company that includes lumber, hardware, ready mix concrete, along with contracting work for heating, air conditioning, plumbing, and electrical.
Hall’s life story is not all that unusual for guys that grew up in the ’50s and ’60s. If you worked hard, learned a trade, and “kept your nose clean,” there were opportunities to grow and prosper in a small town - especially in West Texas about 35 miles from Lubbock. Hall learned the carpentry trade while working at the lumberyard and left the company to start his own construction firm in 1962. He continued to do business with the folks at Jeffrey Lumber until 1976, when he and his brother learned that the owner was ready to retire. They were able to get a Small Business Administration loan, and an American dream was born. They renamed it Hall Lumber Co.
The contracting part of the business came about in the 1980s. Hall obtained his air conditioning contractor license and also became a master electrician. Over the years the air conditioning business has grown nicely. Hall said, “16 SEER a/c units are our bread and butter.” He could put in just about any brand of equipment, but he installs mostly Rheem equipment. I asked him why, and he had to think about it for a minute, and then simply said, “I guess it’s because of the service I get from my distributor, Airco Inc.”
Tim Guilliams, president of Airco Inc., has been working with Hall Lumber since the early ’80s and from his perspective, “Hall Lumber is a rewarding business because of the interaction with the community, and the ability to provide services that are not available within a 50 mile radius.”
IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIRHall and his wife/co-worker Betty talk about the people that work at the company like they are family. Orillia Aldape is the manager of the lumberyard and according to Hall, “When she tells me to jump, I say how high.” Hall’s partner Ronnie Digby does “anything and everything.” He’s a cabinet builder, is certified to handle refrigerant, and does most of the a/c service work. Then there is their bookkeeper, Sanny Jimenez, and Constansio Rosales who has been with Hall for over 30 years. Rosales takes care of all the equipment including the cement trucks and the back hoe.
When asked what made his business unique, Hall simply said, “It’s still there.”
Upon further probing, Hall shared that Olton is a special place where there is a lot of pride in the community. “We keep the city clean and neat, and it’s just a good place to live and raise a family.”
Running a business in Olton is different. It’s the perfect fit for an All-American Joe. Hall knows there is another American dreamer out there, but he also doesn’t hesitate to offer some worldly advice to the next owner, because, you see, Hall knows just about everybody that comes into Hall Lumber. “You just don’t turn your back and walk away from a customer,” said Hall, “It may take 20 minutes to make a $5 sale and that’s just part of it.”
Joe Hall has lived the American dream, but he said, “It’s time to slow down, and that’s all there is to it.”
So, there is the story of a small business, in a small town.
The HVAC industry has provided a lot of opportunities for a lot of people to fulfill their dreams. Have you thought about owning a small business of your own? Have you dreamed about raising your family in a small town where everybody sticks together? Joe Hall found his answer in a lumber company in a small town in West Texas.
It’s nice to meet dreamers in this business. Any more out there?
WANTED: All-American Joe to continue building the American Dream. Call 806-285-2393.
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- salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon olive oil, or as needed
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Impact Seven, Incorporated was founded in 1971, and is located at 147 Lake Almena Dr in Almena. It employs 14 employees and is generating approximately $4,974,440.00 in annual revenue. Additional information is available by contacting this business at (715) 357-3334.
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Research supporting evidence use in healthcare commissioning decisions
27 November 2017
Psychometric tool developed to support Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to improve their absorptive capacity and ultimately their use of evidence in healthcare commissioning decisions.
In order to move ‘from what we know to what we do’ in the commissioning of health services, decisions should be underpinned by clinical and pluralist evidence; i.e. more than formal research evidence, but also evidence about patient experience, cost efficiency, and tacit knowledge held by clinical and managerial practitioners. Further, commissioners then need to enact a feedback loop to judge the success of the local service intervention, and so decide whether to scale it up.
A study, to be published in the NIHR Journals Library shortly, led by Professor Graeme Currie, Pro-Dean for Research at Warwick Business School and Deputy Director of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) West Midlands initiative, reveals that commissioners have insufficient critical review capacity to use evidence to inform decisions.
The study applied a theoretical concept from organisation science, that of absorptive capacity (ACAP). ACAP is synonymous with the term, ‘critical review capacity’. Absorptive capacity has four dimensions: acquisition of knowledge; assimilation of knowledge (combining new knowledge with pre-existing knowledge); transformation of knowledge (applying new knowledge to develop a service intervention); exploitation (evaluation of the service intervention towards potential scale up if judged successful).
Findings from this study shows that Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) led commissioning networks acquire pluralist evidence relatively effectively, but the way this informed decision making was weaker, particularly when considering any decision to scale up promising local innovation. The study also highlighted that certain types of evidence were of ‘marginal concern’ for commissioners, specifically relating to how patient experience might inform service development.
The research outcomes have been translated in to the development of a psychometric tool for CCG led commissioning networks to use to assess their ACAP, which can be benchmarked against other CCGs. The intention is not that it is used to ‘measure’ performance, but that it is used as an organisation development tool. The tool has been presented to NHS RightCare at a recent engagement event held at The Shard in London, and they remain interested in maximising this opportunity to engage and collect information from all CCGs in England.
This work will shortly be published in the NIHR Journal series.
This research, together with related research led by Professor Jacky Swan, was used to inform an NIHR Dissemination Centre Highlight 'How commissioners use evidence from research' avaliable here: https://www.dc.nihr.ac.uk/highlights/health-commissioners-research-evidence/about-the-research-on-how-nhs-commissioners-use-research-evidence.htm
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Improving the Absorptive Capacity (ACAP) of Commissioning Networks for Critical Review of Evidence to Reduce Unplanned Elderly Care Admissions into Acute Hospitals
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Many of us adopt a more professional persona in the workplace, behaving differently to how we would at home. But increasingly, staff are demanding more authentic leaders. They don’t want their managers to be aloof or display empty charisma; they want to be led by people who are genuine and not scared to reveal their more sensitive human side.
“How authentic you can be very much depends on the organisation and people you work with,” says Sally Duff, an independent consultant specialising in personal development. “So the extent to which you reveal yourself needs to be carefully considered as you can potentially damage your reputation and credibility. For example, in organisations where strong leadership is highly valued and expected, revealing your weaknesses can be career suicide.”
Taking the need to be authentic too far can prove dangerous for some leaders.
Where they often go wrong is “making the mistake of bringing their ‘raw authenticity’ to work,” says Penny Tamkin, associate director specialising in management and leadership at the Institute for Employment Studies (IES). “Letting raw emotions come through depending on how they feel at any given time, such as ranting and raging one minute, happy or grumpy the next, can be dangerous.
Authentic leaders inspire people to follow them – it’s an emotional rather than rational response that unlocks discretionary effort where employees will go that extra mile for you.
“A recent leadership study by the IES revealed that authentic leaders always think about how they come across and the impact they have on others, and are therefore careful about how they present themselves to their workforce, exposing a version of their ‘real self’ that gets the best out of staff,” she continues.
While it’s important not to bury weaknesses, Tamkin warns that you have to be careful how and when you reveal them.
“Authentic leaders are careful about the emotions they put on display and keep emotions that can elicit a negative response from staff – such as anger – under wraps,” she says. “They recognise they are on show and therefore control their behaviour in a way that’s authentic to their best self.”
There are many definitions within management and business literature of authentic leadership but, as a rule, authentic leaders tend to be genuine, transparent and trustworthy, display a strong moral code and can be counted on to keep their word.
But it’s often difficult for leaders to be completely authentic. “Sometimes an organisation’s culture or processes don’t create the right conditions for authentic behaviour,” says Roger Delves, director of the masters in management course at Ashridge Business School.
Delves points to the recent Barclays rate-fixing scandal as an example. Before its CEO Bob Diamond resigned, he claimed that the conduct of the fixers was not in line with “the values or culture of Barclays”. Yet it is leaders that set the culture – the way things are done – by their explicit instruction, tolerance and the kinds of behaviour they reward, say Delves.
He blames loosened legislative restraints and attractive reward incentives for this mismatch between the ideal and reality.
“Organisations create tantalising transactional reward systems that aren’t necessarily in line with their values,” he says. “And it’s not always easy to be authentic, especially in the face of temptation, where team leaders are incentivised with huge bonuses that they are then driven to achieve.
“But the trouble with creating this type of environment is that it can encourage inappropriate behaviours that often aren’t in line with company or personal values. It’s still important to value results, but a sustainable way of achieving them is needed, and authentic leadership is one way of doing that. But the problem is we don’t teach it or reward it, which has led to a decline in personal values.”
Duff believes authentic leadership is an ideal that is complex and hard to achieve.
“You can’t always be honest and open,” she says. “For example, as a leader presiding over a takeover or merger, you have no choice but to be cagey until you are legally allowed to reveal the facts. So you have to find ways to adapt and communicate in an authentic and honest way. And that’s no easy feat, especially in those kinds of situations.”
Robin Ryde, leadership expert and author of the forthcoming book Never Mind the Bosses, recalls the time when he was the youngest chief executive of the UK National School of Government: “In that role, I often had to put on a brave face and instil confidence in people even when things weren’t going well. I had to put on a show, without revealing what I was really feeling inside.”
Managers and leaders often struggle to be authentic in such contradictory circumstances.
But Ryde offers a solution: “In times of hardship and crisis, good leaders need to reveal their human side to get staff to go that extra mile for them. You can do this by revealing that you too are vulnerable, and this will instil confidence in you from your staff. For example, you can say something along the lines of, ‘I’m just as worried as you are, but I feel confident that if we pull together, we can achieve x,y or z’.”
Duff says leaders that allow staff to see their human side “are more likely to win hearts and souls, and get them on side, than someone who is aloof and doesn’t let their guard down. But it’s important to be consistent, or your actions will be viewed with suspicion.”
So how can managers and those vying for leadership roles become more authentic?
“You basically need to be aware of how you come across to others,” says Tamkin. “Organisations usually collate the information from 360-degree feedback questionnaires, staff surveys and so on. This information can be used to develop yourself in your quest to become more authentic. Sometimes only small adjustments in behaviour might be needed, but in other cases mentoring or coaching may be required to achieve a deeper shift in behaviour.”
Chris Welford, managing director of Sixth Sense Consulting, agrees: “If you want to be an authentic leader, be prepared to work on yourself, especially in becoming aware of how you react to situations. Executives shouldn’t go into a senior management job without having a sense of the kind of person they are. You should work on yourself, ideally with a coach, to find out who you are and how you can become a better person and leader.
“Authentic leaders are aware of what drives and motivates them, are reasonably comfortable with their feelings, and acknowledge that they too have flaws and are prepared to work on them.”
So how do you develop such self-awareness?
In his book True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership, former Medronic CEO Bill George suggests looking back over your life to identify key moments that helped to define who you are today. “These could be from early childhood, school, family, work, sports, military or religious experience, or people in your past life that had a significant impact on you,” he says.
“They could be high or low points in your life. These key events and people taught you lessons that played a part in shaping your values, principles and identity. When you examine those critical incidents from your past, you begin to piece together patterns of lessons learnt that help define what’s important to you today. In other words, you become self-aware.”
Once you have developed a strong sense of self-awareness, it’s easier to present a refined, edited version of the ‘best’ you and develop a leadership style of management that will allow you to be true to yourself.
“However, when leaders need to maximise their effectiveness, they may need to vary their style,” says Paolo Moscuzza, partner at business consultancy Organisation Effectiveness Cambridge. “And it’s vital to vary it in a way that’s still natural to you because if you vary your style excessively, the cracks will start to show.
“Take managers who are simply not interested in other people but need to show more interest – they can be more effective by simply asking their team members more questions. But if they take on a persona of excessive interest, this facade will crack quickly because it is not natural to them, and people will see through that.
“It’s about modifying the real you and creating behaviour that is sustainable by still being genuine to yourself and your experiences. For example, you might share the same kind of stories over lunch with colleagues that you tell your children at the end of the day. Of course, the delivery will be different to how you explain it to your kids, but if the story is genuine and relevant to you and your experiences, then you are still being authentic.”
Authentic leadership is complex and unlikely to be achieved through training programmes alone.
It’s an ongoing process by which leaders gain self-awareness and establish open, transparent, genuine and trusting relationships. Coaching and mentoring can help, but becoming an authentic leader involves transformation at a much deeper level. It’s about figuring out who you are and who you want to be as a leader, which requires individuals to work on themselves, and that can be a life-long journey.
But it’s certainly worth it, says Welford: “Authentic leaders inspire people to follow them – it’s an emotional rather than rational response that unlocks discretionary effort where employees will go that extra mile for you.”
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In honor of horrific workweeks, we’ve gathered five party songs from local musicians. Listen to them as you primp for a night out that will make you forget you even have a job.
Lead Rock Stars, the rock-and-hip-hop trio of Lead Man Lacy, Rock Candy and Jae rr Star, also wrote a song about partying VIP-style. In “Party Hard,” they brag, “Pull up in the flyest, crazy whip game/Ain’t no need for words, the bouncers know my name/Yeah, I’m VIP, and bottles are for free/Escort me to my table … What we do, party hard/We having a good time/And I ain’t goin’ home tonight.” Star says he wanted to produce a track with a party and techno-pop vibe. “All I kept thinking was, ‘I want to party hard to this music,’” he explains. “So I kept saying, ‘Party hard.’“ His mantra became part of the chorus. To hear “Party Hard,” visitReverbnation.com/leadrockstars.
“Call my homies get my girls/We gonna party the night away/We ain’t gonna get in line/VIP all the way,” sings Saskya Sky, a.k.a. the Haitian Princess, in the pop song she calls a departure from her previous tunes. “I was 19 when I wrote ‘Party,’ ” she explains. “I wanted to write something different from my previous songs, which were love songs and songs about things going on in the world. I wanted to do a feel-good song that was fun and about partying.” To hear “Party,” visit Reverbnation.com/saskyasky.
The ultimate drown-out-the-workweek party involves getting lost in music, and “We Live for the Music,” from Miami DJ Robbie Rivera’s third album, Closer to the Sun, is the perfect soundtrack for doing just that. Featuring singer Jerique Allan, the track opens with “We live for the music, no matter what this world comes to. “ Consider the song, with mesmerizing vocals atop rhythmic thumping beats, a prelude to an even bigger party; house music producer Rivera and his wife and business partner, Monica, are the duo behind the infamous Juicy Beach party held each March during Winter Music Conference. To hear “We Live for the Music,” visit Reverbnation.com/robbierivera.
Reggae singer Calibe’s “It’s My Birthday” is a high-energy collaboration with rapper Ultimate. “Even though it’s not my birthday/I’m gonna party like it’s my birthday,” Calibe sings. “We gonna party like it’s my birthday/It’s my birthday, it’s my birthday.” By the time Ultimate breaks into “It’s my day, nobody gonna get in my way/Give me some of that Grand Marnier,” listeners won’t need that Red Bull he’s requesting from the bartender. Calibe says she and other members of the production team BlackOut Movement were contemplating party songs when DJ Don P suggested the idea of partying like your birthday even when it isn’t. “The first hook melody that came to me is the melody we used. And, of course, I had to throw in the extra Jamaican flavor with the chant ‘Fling up your hands in the air,’“ Calibe explains. “We wanted to make sure that people have every excuse they need to have a great time anytime.” To hear “It’s My Birthday,” visit Reverbnation.com/calibe.
Jimmy Durkin makes no apology for planning to stay out all night in “Party On,” a song in which he proclaims, “I got a note here from my momma/Says I can stay out all night long/She don’t care if I party on … till the break of dawn.” The song was inspired by his memories of the Flick, the Coral Gables coffeehouse his father owned in the 1960s. At the venue, which hosted Dion, Joni Mitchell, Townes Van Zandt, Bobby Ingram and David Crosby, Durkin made coffee, set up the stage and learned about music. “I sat behind the little wall in front of the kitchen door, watching the performers onstage and dreamed of one day writing a song and doing that,” he recalls. Over the years, he wrote many songs and, in 2009, finally gathered the nerve to play an open mike at Luna Star Cafe in North Miami. He continues performing there and also has played at Titanic Brewery, the former site of the coffeehouse that inspired his song. After shows at the Flick, musicians would head to the Grove for more live music. “Being underage and the owner’s kid put me in a bad spot, but I had a car so eventually I was asked to tag along, because they needed a ride,” Durkin explains. “One evening, Vince Martin and Bob Ingram wanted me to come along to the Feedbag to hear this guy they wanted my dad to hire. … Someone said, ‘C’mon Jimmy. I keep a note here in my pocket from my momma, says we can party on till the break of dawn.” To hear “Party On,” visit Reverbnation.com/jamesdurkin. Luna Star’s next open mike, which Durkin now hosts, will begin 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26
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In 1988, Eddie Murphy generated a huge hit with “Coming to America.” He played an African prince who comes to the United States, pretends to be poor and nets a woman who falls in love with him and not his title.
Nearly a quarter century later, TLC has taken that concept and turned it into a reality TV show “Secret Princes,” shot over the summer in Atlanta and debuting Friday at 10 p.m. It’s based on a similar British show that aired in 2009.
The four members of royalty from England, Spain and India lived in a modest Midtown home for a few weeks and pretended to be average guys working minimum wage jobs. During the first of five episodes, they searched for ladies at the Highlander restaurant/bar in Midtown, shopped at the Clothing Warehouse in Little Five Points, bought food and wine at Candler Park Market and participated in speed-dating event at The Warren City Club in Virginia Highland. Later, they learn to line dance and cook and clean for themselves.
At the end of their stay, they will “reveal” their true selves to see how the women they dated react.
The producers couldn’t be totally honest with the owners and managers of these locales, who were told it was a Canadian reality show about foreigners adjusting to life in the United States.
Amy Winter, who runs TLC programming and has lived in Atlanta for 20 years, knew the city would be perfect for the men. “We wanted a metropolitan city that still had a hometown feel,” she said. “It had to be big enough to have a big active social scene but not so bustling that the men would get lost in it. And it has a diversity of women and neighborhoods. You can send them to a barbecue joint one day, a high-end restaurant the next. It kind of has a tick in every box.” (I’m sure the tax credits didn’t hurt either.)
She said the network had a tough time finding royalty willing to sign on to this reverse “Joe Millionaire,” the infamous Fox reality show a decade ago where a poor guy pretends to be rich, then reveals the truth to see if the woman sticks with him. (She didn’t.)
“It’s definitely a small pool,” Winter said.
She found it interesting to see how these men adjust to life without the trappings of royalty. “Are they wishing they could have those crutches back or is it freeing to be able to date without them?” Winter said.
The four bachelors who are on the show all are familiar with the film “Coming to America.” One joked, “At home, I had to fire the rose petal bearers as the rabbit got sick eating the petals, and it was a nightmare going out to eat because of the mess.”
And they all praised the women of Atlanta.
- Lord Robert Walters, 30. On his website, the British model claims lineage to Henry VIII and loves to show off his six-pack abs on the show.
He seems very comfortable facing a new environment and most bemused by the entire situation. “I was raised to be self-effacing, grounded and prejudice-free,” he wrote to me in an email interview. “I do not believe in class divide, I think you should treat a person by how they are as a human being never by their wealth or title. I was always taught to speak and treat everybody equally. Being rich, royalty or famous does not automatically make you a good person, on some occasion quite the opposite.”
Granted a low-level job at the Park Tavern in Midtown, he spends more time the first day flirting with the ladies than working. “I was not cut out to be a waiter,” he wrote, “pretty terrible honestly. I got into a lot of trouble working there… a lot of trouble! I think the problem is I get bored very easily so I would find other things to entertain me… like pushing a waitress down the hill in a beer cart – with her consent of course.”
He would have preferred working at the pet groomers, where Sal and Cisco landed.
While he enjoyed Atlanta’s “cool vibe,” he was a bit grossed out by Ludo’s messy room: “a pig would look at it and say, ‘Actually, I think I will check into a hotel.’ ”
His take on Sal: “very kind hearted, sweet lovable guy… I felt a bit protective over him. He is quite sheltered living in India. I think Sal found it to be the hardest adjustment.”
His take on Ludo: “Very, very young. I don’t think he has quite discovered his true self.”
His take on Cisco: “Brilliant company, my best friend on the show.”
Strangest place he saw in Atlanta was a “tattoo glory hole.” You place a body part there and someone will tattoo something of their choice. “This was not a place I would go again… ever!”
- Honorable Ludovic Watson, 23. (Call him Ludo). He lives at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, England, according to the U.K. Daily Mail. As the youngest of the quartet, he come across as innocent but open minded.
One thing he learned is he wasn’t particularly good about staying hygienic: “I don’t smell as good as I think I do.”
His favorite hangouts: Clermont Lounge, Sriracha House, Sister Louisa’s Church of the Living Room & Ping Pong Emporium, Southern Comfort restaurant and lounge
- Prince Francisco Joaquin de Borbon von Hardenberg of Spain, 33. (Call him Cisco.) Despite his European roots, he speaks in an American accent and seemed very laid back and well adjusted in the first episode. He attended American international schools and a university in Miami and even traveled to Atlanta during college as part of the crew team.
He said in an email interview that his family was surprised he did the show because “I have avoided cameras my whole life.”
As for being a royal, he said he doesn’t make a big deal out of it. “I consider myself pretty down to earth. The main difference is that most people know who I am, especially when they hear my name. To this day I still get amused with the reactions I get when people hear my name.”
And he got along with the other three effortlessly: “I think being the oldest I took on a bit of a big brother role, especially with Ludo and Sal. They were the ones who felt most out of place, so I always looked out for them. Rob is probably one of the funniest guys I’ve ever met, we became inseparable immediately! We still talk all the time.”
One thing he learned: Atlantans do pamper their dogs!
- Prince Salauddin Babi of India, 32. (Call him Sal.) He came across as the most pampered of the four men, insisting on his own bathroom.
‘I have always been surrounded by members of my staff who have always looked after me and fulfilled all my daily requirements thus it was a bit difficult to adjust but I did finally adjust!” he explained in an email. “I am very particular about cleanliness and personal hygiene! I feel a bathroom is a very personal space and thus I refused to share it with anyone else!”
He is under pressure to find a wife of his own before his parents find one for him. That is closest scenario to “Coming to America.” He also participated in a similar dating show in the Netherlands, coming up blank.
His favorite Atlanta spots were Bacchanalia, the Park Tavern and Piedmont Park.
10 p.m., Fridays, TLC
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Jesus has been talking for a while. He does that in John’s Gospel. On Maundy Thursday Jesus commanded his disciples to love one another, and then washed their feet. It’s been seven weeks and he is still explaining it. He’s praying, now, but his disciples hear it, and it is all part of the same one-sided conversation at the Last Supper. It is a prayer for unity, and it bugs me. Unity is wonderful. We are stronger together. Harmony means less anxiety. A team united around its coach’s system has a chance, while a team not united is painful to watch. What bugs me about unity?
I entered seminary in August 2001. In those days, the big debate in the ELCA was over human sexuality. Boy, those were the days, weren’t they! There were other debates, but they always came back to sexuality. In these debates there were always calm voices that called for unity. They would say, “Jesus wants unity.” “Our being divided hurts Jesus.” “The church needs to be united or people won’t join it.” When some Christians requested that the church accept the LGBT and develop a better theology of sexuality, those voices that called for unity spoke calmly and condescendingly as though those requesting justice were emotionally unstable, unrealistic, and threatening the unity of the Church. Then, in 2009, the ELCA held a series of votes and voted overwhelmingly that it was time to stop stalling, and it was time to accept clergy in same gender relationships and permit same sex unions. The calls for unity abruptly stopped. Suddenly, the voices that had called for unity were calling for disobedience.
The calls for unity had not been calls for unity. They had been demands by the powerful and comfortable that the weak and vulnerable conform to the wishes of the powerful and comfortable. That’s why calls for unity bug me. In my experience in the Church, they aren’t calls for unity; they are demands to maintain the current balance of power, or they’re appeals to our emotions and our nostalgia for a time when the Church was more powerful. Emotions play a key role in our decision making. In our three-tiered brain, the middle tier is the one that loves and hates and bonds and plays. The top tier may look at a problem and think it through and foresee consequences, but the emotions usually win. The top tier says, “That won’t work” The middle tier says, “But it reminds me of good times!”
Many of us in this room—I know I am younger than some but I remember the tail end of this—many of us in this room were alive at a time when the Church had a central role in public life as the enforcer of society’s values. That wasn’t always our job. For a lot of American history the church was the weirdos. But after World War II, we had beaten Hitler and felt good, and the Church and America were going to take on godless communism together, so we became the enforcer of American values. (No wonder the Church was anti-LGBT. Americans didn’t even know what the B stood for, or that the T was even a thing.) The Church prospered. Trinity went from being a house on this property to this space, then added an education wing, had packed services. It was that way everywhere. It didn’t last long. In the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War, the Church often found itself opposing society’s values. Our world decided it could get along without us.
We held on for a while. I remember when I was thirteen I was in the second year of confirmation and all the third year kids were gathered at the door and leaving. We’d barely started. I asked my mom, who was my confirmation teacher—that was an interesting dynamic—I asked why they were leaving. She told me that the pastor, who taught the third-year classes, had assigned them homework and none of them had done it, so he had said, “I’m not wasting my afternoon talking about what you couldn’t be bothered to do. Call your parents; have them take you home.” A pastor had that kind of authority. The Church had that kind of authority. I was 13. I was ordained at 26. By then? Nope. Couldn’t happen. The Church was no longer that authoritative. We’re back to what we had been. We’re the weirdos.
As God’s weird people, let’s look at Jesus’ prayer for unity. It bugged me, because of all of those calls for unity that were a desire to return to power. Jesus’ prayer is different. There is no appeal to uphold society’s values. There’s also no demand that we always reject society’s values. You don’t just refuse to do anything that comes from outside the Church. There are no outward signs to the unity Jesus desires. No distinct clothing, no armbands, fight songs, or enemies lists. There are no intellectual concepts we must grasp and hold in our minds in order to be united.
The unity Jesus desires flows from the Love Commandment. I said this was all part of his explanation of that instruction at the last supper. Jesus wants us to be for each other, as he and his father are for each other. In John’s gospel, Jesus glorifies the Father. He heals, he feeds, he teaches, he eats, he dies, he rises, all to glorify God the Father. After every sign he says, “Isn’t God great?” Even from the cross, he’s all, “Isn’t God amazing? God’s in control even in this!” That is being for someone else. Jesus is for God the Father. And God the Father is for Jesus, raising him from the dead and holding him up for the world to see this is the way God functions: God gives of God. God never runs out. God is right in front of you. God can do anything through you. God is nourishment freely given. The Father is for the Son, and the Son is for the Father. That’s what Jesus has been talking about.
Jesus has been talking. He washed feet on Maundy Thursday and he’s been explaining that and the love commandment for seven weeks. Today he says, “That was me being for you. My foot-washing, my serving you—that was my being for you. That was the Word made flesh existing as though all of you were my reason for existing.” Jesus gives us being-for-each-other by being-for-us. He always does this publicly. God can act privately, but this is public. It’s important that we hear God say, “I am for you. AND I am for her. And I am for him. And, I’m for you, yes. And I’m for that person you hate. And I’m for their blood enemies. And I’m for you; I haven’t forgotten you.” It’s important that we hear that, because that’s our unity. Our unity is that God exists for us so much so that we have to exist for each other. We don’t conform to what the temporarily powerful among us want; we are for each other because Christ is for us.
Today is the baptism of Abigail Branham. I’s public, and it happens to her, and we participate and watch. It’s important that we do that. If anyone were to say to me, “But Pastor! What about me?” I would say, “God loves you; today we’re baptizing Abby.” And in case Abby starts getting full of herself, I remind her that I splash everyone. Everyone will get wet. God loves everyone. It’s a neat thing that Abby is here, today. The Holy Spirit has been at work through her friends. God did not just one day plant the idea in Abby that she should get baptized. Nor is Abby here just because her friends are here. God has been at work in her friends, shaping all of them into being for each other.
That friendship is so close to what Jesus is getting at in John 17. The great theologian Sallie McFague once famously suggested that along with traditional trinitarian appellations of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we needed to adopt the names Mother, Lover, and Friend. Now, I know it’s Mothers’ Day, but my mom was my confirmation teacher, and…we’re not going there, today. Of the other two concepts, God the friend is where we find ourselves today. God is in that group of friends gathered for Joyful Noise at Trinity Lutheran Church. God is in us as a group of friends. Ours is a unity of friends of Christ. As friends we are separate people. We cannot command one another to conform because we’re all just kinda here. We have to take responsibility for ourselves, but we can help one another and we want to. Hurts between friends are grievous because there is no clear-cut authority figure, no formal parent-child route to follow for addressing the problem. And where parents are largely expected to forgive their children (and children are expected to ask forgiveness from their parents), with friends, it is always something of a joyous surprise when we reconcile. We didn’t have to do that, but we did.
Ours is a unity of friends, a unity from Christ, a unity that comes when the only person who legitimately could stand over all of us and wield power with unassailable authority, instead puts all that aside, and feeds us, and serves us, and befriends us. Jesus has been talking for seven weeks. He’s a long-winded friend. He’s a good friend to have. And he’s made us all friends of Christ here together. | <urn:uuid:6682e12a-2a90-4b4d-a931-e0ee6ab565b5> | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | https://tlcvalpo.com/easter7b-may-13-2018/ | 2021-07-24T03:36:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046150129.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20210724032221-20210724062221-00408.warc.gz | en | 0.981386 | 2,153 |
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About "Elementary Scales and Arpeggios"
High-quality Digital sheet music for viola, for viola in first position, fingerings included.
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Archive - Jun 2013
Taylor Shea used a strong 6th and 7th inning to close out Loup City Saturday night as Broken Bow took the 5-3 victory.
Broken Bow trailed 3-1 heading into the top of the 6th inning when two costly Loup City errors allowed Broken Bow to take a 5-3 lead.
Shea then recorded strikeouts in four of the last six outs to help Bow secure the victory.
Travis Kleeb got the start on the mound and had a solid outing as well in his five innings of work. He struck out four while walking just one and allowed just two earned runs on five hits.
The Broken Bow Spirit 18u totaled 13 RBIs in a 17-5 victory over Arcadia Friday night. Lizzie Griffith connected for three singles in all three of her plate appearances and finished the game with one RBI while Kelsie Myers hit a double in her one official plate appearance while walking twice. She finished with two RBI's on the night.
Tressa Ripp finished with two singles while Kassie Russell finished with one and they combined for three RBIs from the the top of the order.
Central Nebraska has been asked to brace for more weather Saturday evening. A weather warning from the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 9 p.m., and followed a few minutes later with a tornado watch for all of Custer County into 1 a.m. Residents are asked to be alert and take cover.
The severe storm that rolled through the county Friday evening downed trees, took off roofs, overturned pivots. Residents were out Saturday morning chain saws in hand. Turn to this week’s Custer County Chief for a tour in pictures of the damage.
The American Red Cross will be hosting a free training for those interested in learning about how they can help the Red Cross respond to disasters. Trained volunteers are needed to help respond in a variety of ways after a disaster has affected a community. The Disaster Services: An Overview course introduces these different activities to interested community members and prospective volunteers. 

After enjoying 99 years of life in Custer Center, Burnard Merle Whitney, died Friday, June 14, 2013, at Golden Living Center in Broken Bow. He was born May 16, 1914, to Harlen and Ollie (Street) Whitney in a sod home west of Broken Bow.
How does one sum up the life of a man who lived to be nearly 100 years old? Burnard was quite simply a farmer who loved the land where he was born, living within five miles of the original homestead all of his life. He was a part of the land and in some ways the land was a part of him.
Anthony Jay Campbell, 25 of Sioux City, Iowa, died Friday, June 14, 2013, in a drowning accident in the Missouri River. Services will be July 1, 2013, at 11 a.m. at the Grand View Park in Sioux City, Iowa. Graveside services will be July 3, 2013, at 11 a.m. at the Grand View Cemetery at Anselmo.
Tony was born Sept. 17, 1987, in Grand Island to Duane Drummond and Melissa Campbell. He attended several schools in Nebraska before moving to Sioux City.
Donald (Gene) Graves, 75 of Grand Island, died Friday, June 14, 2013, at St. Francis Medical Center with his loving family at his side.
Celebration of Life service was Tuesday, June 18, at the Bosselman Conference Center at Fonner Park, with Dan Naranjo officiating. His casket was carried in a horse drawn carriage to the Grand Island Cemetery.
Mr. Graves was born Dec. 10, 1937, on a farm near North Star, Neb., the son of Donald and Clara (Schultz) Graves.
Raymond A. Pandorf, age 93 of Callaway, passed away June 11, 2013, at the Callaway Good Life Center. He was born April 17, 1920, in Callaway, to Albert E. and Katherine V. (Ridder) Pandorf.
Raymond was raised in Callaway, and graduated with the Callaway High School class of 1938. In 1944, he entered the US Army and served as an airplane armorer gunner with the 397th Bombardment Group in central Europe during World War II.
Jacqueline “Jackie” K. Douglass, born July 4, 1927 at Niobrara, was the youngest of 18 children of Johanna Louise (Grunke) and George Hofer. In 1931, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest and Ida Kilpatrick of Brewster, took 4-year-old little Jackie into their home and hearts whom they reared and loved as their own.
Kay Coleen Waddington was born Aug. 21, 1936, to McKinley and Elsie (Sanders) Waddington. She passed peacefully at her home in South Beach, Ore., May 22, 2013.
Kay graduated from high school in Anselmo, and later from nursing school in Hastings. She continued her nursing career in the Los Angeles, Calif., area.
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Durham University Society of Change Ringers
Our Lady and St Nicholas
Saturday, 15 June 2019 in 2h 30 (7–3–3 in B♭)
5060 Grandsire Doubles
1 x 240, 5 x 720, 10 x 120, 1 x 20.
Composed by L W G Morris, Don F Morrison (No. 2157), Traditional
1 Abby L Antrobus (University)
2 Roy A Meads (St Cuthbert's)
3 Kathryn M Nye (St Chad's)
4 Katherine A Stonham (St John's)
5 Richard Bimson (St Hild & St Bede) (C)
6 Robert V Criddle (Grey)
Rung for the 60th anniversary of the Society, whose inaugural meeting was held on 19th June 1959.
First single method peal of Doubles for the Society.
1st peal of Doubles as Conductor.
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