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This week, I had the honour of attending a fundraiser celebrating the 3-year anniversary of Charlie’s Foundation. The Canadian and Dominican non-profit organization was founded in 2015 and teaches Dominican youth the English language through common education practices as well as sports, with the intention of improving the future career opportunities for its students. Did you know that a standard Dominican wage is $6 per day, whereas English-speaking locals have the potential to earn up to $30 an hour?
The evening was flawless from beginning to end. Hosted at Le Salon Richmond, the Redefine Success Fundraiser brought together a wonderful crowd to support an amazing cause. Sponsor Judith & Charles invited special guest, Arlene Dickinson, who you might recognize from Dragon’s Den, to talk about what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur and the importance of giving back. I had the opportunity to interview Ali Le Pierrès, Vice President of Charlie’s Foundation and the pleasure of speaking with Arlene. Continue reading to learn more about Ali’s journey as an entrepreneur and stay tuned for part two of this series where I share my key learnings from marketing maven, Arlene Dickinson.
Interview with Ali Le Pierrès
Q: A lot of people I know have spoken about their desire to start a non-profit organization but don’t know where or how to begin. What has been one of the greatest challenges in starting Charlie’s Foundation?
A: Getting used to the regulations, the laws, and the "way things work" in the Dominican Republic.
Q: Like any business, having short, mid and long term goals is critical when planning for success. Did your 3 year projection go as planned? If so, how did you keep it on course. If not, what changed and how did you reroute?
A: When we opened the foundation we were catering to children between the ages of 5 and 12. We knew from the start however, that we would have to expand our program, since our ultimate goal is for our students to find employment. As planned, we have started a new program for children over the age of 13.
Since these students did not start in the program at the age of 5, they have not yet mastered the language, and thus, we are still centering their classes around English as a second language. Each year, however, as our students get older, we develop the program a bit more, to include skills apart from English that will prepare them for the workplace. As of January, we will have a curriculum built for this group focusing on soft skills.
Q: What are some of the core strengths required to run a non-profit, or any business for that matter?
A: Complete, non-negotiable passion for what you are doing; that's what keeps you going.
Q: You mentioned you have deep respect for the culture of the Dominican people. What about their culture do you think Westerners could learn and benefit from?
A: Enjoy life: regardless of what you have, or what you do not have, there is always something you can smile, dance, or laugh about.
Learn what keeps the Dominican culture smiling, dancing and laughing in the short documentary produced by Charlie’s Foundation.
Q: How do you and the students of Charlie's Foundation define success?
A: Ultimately, we want to see our students successfully becoming employed thanks to the skills they will have learned at Charlie's Foundation. Right now, our oldest students are still only 14 years old, so, when we walk into Charlie's Foundation, we see success by seeing confident, happy, and engaged students who attend their classes each day (and often sit outside for hours either before or after class because they love being around the foundation so much).
We can see that the children are learning English because now you can tell them a set of instructions entirely in English and they'll do exactly what you have said. Each time we go visit, there are a few more students who have "crossed the confidence bridge" and are willing to speak to us in English. We all know it's one thing to understand a language but another to take that leap of faith and try to speak it in public.
For the students who are 13+, success is seen by them still attending the foundation and actively working towards a successful future for themselves. Most teenagers in La Ciénaga are out on the streets (since school is only 3 hours per day) with nothing to do. This leads to a lot of teenage pregnancy and drug use. When our 13+ students ask to volunteer at our summer camp all summer because "it will help them get a job in the future", that is when we feel success.
Currently, Charlie’s Foundation teaches English and Tennis to approximately 150 children who live in La Ciénaga, Cabarete. In time, the organization hopes to turn its program into a Career Readiness and Vocational Training program. The Redefine Success Fundraiser raised an impressive $150,000 on Thursday evening, which will allow Ali to get computers for her students and further position them for success.
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POST DATE 9/12/2016
END DATE 10/24/2016
JOB DESCRIPTIONQUALITY INSPECTOR
Adecco is currently assisting our client, an established manufacturing company located in Murrysville, in staffing a 1st Shift Quality Inspector position. This position will be a contract length project. Pay rate increases offered after 30 days and six months. The Quality Inspector is responsible for assembling and inspecting component parts.
Responsibilities for this Quality Inspector job include:
. Assembling component parts
. Visual inspection
Qualifications for this Quality Inspector job include:
. Basic assembly skills
. Ability to stand for the entire shift
. Ability to work in fast paced environment
. Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
. Possess excellent hand-eye coordination
. Must have strong attention to detail
. Steel toe footwear is required
. Proof of high school diploma or GED is required
. May be required to submit to a pre-employment drug screen
. Reliable transportation (not on bus line)
To apply, applicants should complete an application online at www.adeccousa.com or click on apply now! Or, call the Adecco Blawnox office at 412.828.5940 for more information
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This is my second ever kayak after upgrading from a rec yak. I was very happy with it for about a year until I really got the urge to upgrade. It is very stable and it tracks very well. A fast moving current or some wind does not phase this when you drop the rudder. I have had this out in turbulent seas on the ocean and never had a problem as long as I kept moving and stayed vigilante but you could take a moment to stop on the swells and have no problem staying afloat. I paddled approx 400 miles on this and I have never rolled a kayak so I am still pretty amateur. At this point I desire somthing a little longer, thinnner and faster. This boat has taught me a lot and I have to give it credit. I got a great deal on a used it used like brand new. Bulkheads stay pretty dry. Rear always and front lets in a little. The seat is not the most comfortable but it is not too bad. This is low maintenance and durable. I would recommend to anyone seeking a stable day tour yak. Also note I have the older model 2002 so I can't speak for the newer models refinements.
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Fressen Catering is a start-up company. Marketing is critical to its success and future profitability. Fressen will meet this demand with an ever expanding innovative repertoire of kosher meals. Product safety has become a optjon legal and regulatory concern in recent decades. From a previous legal regime whereby safe use of products was primarily the responsibility of the consumer, in recent years increasing liability has been placed on producers.
Many jurisdictions now place strict liability on producers, so that they can be held responsible even if there is no negligence on the part of the producer and sometimes even if the consumer was not sufficiently careful. The theory is that the producer is in the best position to know and mitigate the hazards of his product and therefore should bear the costs resulting from these hazards.Jewish law also puts responsibility on sellers to refrain from selling hazardous products, although the requirement is not through imposing monetary liability.
I am becoming more interested in Jewish observance, and with Passover coming soon, I started thinking about how my grandparents would selliny sell their chametz (bread, etc.) before the holiday. Can you give me some info about selling chametz for Passover in the modern selling a put option meaning kosher.
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[Python-Dev] ssize_t status (Was: release plan for 2.5 ?)
"Martin v. Löwis"
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Guido van Rossum wrote:
>> PEP 353: Using ssize_t as the index type
> Neal tells me that this is in progress in a branch, but that the code
> is not yet flawless (tons of warnings etc.). Martin, can you tell us
"It works", in a way. You only get the tons of warnings with the
right compiler, and you don't actually need to fix them all to get
something useful. Not all modules need to be converted to support
more than 2**31 elements for all containers they operate on, so
this could also be based on user feedback.
Some users (so far, just Marc-Andre) have complained that this
breaks backwards compatibility. Some improvements can be made still,
but for some aspects (tp_as_sequence callbacks), I think the best
we can hope for is compiler warnings about incorrect function
> When do you expect this to land? Maybe aggressively merging into
> the HEAD and then releasing it as alpha would be a good way to shake
> out the final issues???
Sure: I hope to complete this all in March.
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After months of rumors of the possibility that Oscar Isaac is going to play Moon Knight well now it's true! Cinematographer, Gregory Middleton, has confirmed that Oscar Isaac will be playing Marc Spector, aka Moon Knight. Here is what Middleton posted on his instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJth2nWsA-Y/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link This is exciting news! Oscar Isaac is a fantastic actor, … Continue reading Oscar Isaac Confirmed To Play Moon Knight!
We got another fantastic new trailer for the upcoming Disney+ series, WandaVision! Here's the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLf7hB-zSqI The trailers just keep getting weirder and weirder. At this rate, I don't know where the story will go other than messing with the multiverse. It feels good not really knowing what's going to happen in this series. Also, … Continue reading New ‘WandaVision’ Trailer Released!
We got confirmation that the upcoming Disney Plus series, She-Hulk, will be a comedy series. Here's what Collider said: According to Feige, She-Hulk will be a half-hour legal comedy — something the Marvel Studios head acknowledges is something "we've never done before." The new detail was included as part of Feige's conversation about a variety of upcoming … Continue reading ‘She-Hulk’ Series On Disney Plus Will Be A Legal Comedy
Season 2 of The Mandalorian has finished, and it was perfect! When it comes to the story, I believe that this one of the best Star Wars storytelling I've ever experienced. I'm a big fan of Star Wars, but The Mandalorian season 2 has made me fall in love with the franchise all over again. Each episode of the … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Review!
In the after credit scene for season 2 of The Mandalorian, we see the title The Book of Boba Fett coming in December 2021. A lot of people were confused if The Book of Boba Fett is was a new series, an episode, or considered season 3 of The Mandalorian. We got the official confirmation that The Book of Boba Fett will be a … Continue reading ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ Confirmed As A New Series!
According to Variety, Black Widow's Florence Pugh, will be making an appearance in the upcoming Disney Plus series, Hawkeye. Florence Pugh plays the character Yelena Belova in the MCU, and she's taking over the role of Black Widow after the death of Natalia Romanova. I'm curious what the dynamic would be between Yelena and Clint. … Continue reading Black Widow’s Florence Pugh Will Be Appearing in Hawkeye!
After months of speculation about who would be Kate Bishop in the upcoming Hawkeye series on Disney Plus, it's officially confirmed that Hailee Steinfeld is Kate Bishop! Here's a video of Hailee Steinfeld on set of Haweye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM2Cb3EgDuI&feature=emb_title I enjoy Hailee's work! She was in Bumblebee as Charlie Watson, Gwen in Into the Spider-Verse, Anna … Continue reading Breaking: Hailee Steinfeld is Officially Confirmed as Kate Bishop!
Everyone's favorite bounty hunter, Boba Fett, might be getting his own spin-off series! Here's what Deadline had to say: The confusion stems from the level of secrecy in the Lucasfilm camp. But persistent chatter could explain the discrepancy — that another Mandalorian-related project/spinoff, I hear possibly a Boba Fett miniseries, would film first, starting next week or later … Continue reading Boba Fett Spin-Off Series Possibly in The Works!
Ms. Marvel, Marvel's first Muslim hero to have her own comic series, has finally been cast. The news broke today that Iman Vellani will be playing as Kamala Khan in the upcoming Disney+ series Ms. Marvel! This will be Vellani's first big introduction to Hollywood, and to be cast as one of Marvel's beloved heroes is … Continue reading New Iman Vellani Has Been Casted As Ms. Marvel!
Nick Fury (played by Samuel L. Jackson), the man who has been there since the beginning of the MCU, will now get his own series on Disney Plus! Kyle Bradstreet will write and executive produce the upcoming series. The show does not have an official date or plot synopsis as of yet but expect to … Continue reading BREAKING: NICK FURY SERIES COMING TO DISNEY PLUS! | <urn:uuid:854412e2-9958-47c3-af46-9f20edfaf85f> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://imperiuscomicnews.com/tag/disney-plus/page/2/ | 2022-05-27T18:08:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662675072.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220527174336-20220527204336-00416.warc.gz | en | 0.93893 | 996 |
Verrazzano wrote, “We…found there an isthmus one mile wide and about two hundred miles long, in which we could see the eastern sea from the ship, halfway between west and north. This is doubtless the one which goes around the tip of India, China, and Cathay. We sailed along this isthmus, hoping all the time to find some strait or real promontory where the land might end to the north, and we could reach those blessed shores of Cathay.”
For about a century what we today know as Pamlico Sound was called Mare da Verrazzano, or the Sea of Verrazzano, and was considered an arm of the Pacific Ocean!
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This month's Ocracoke Newsletter is a chapter from Philip Howard's book, Digging up Uncle Evans, about the 1837 wreck of the Steamboat Home, one of the most horrific wrecks ever on the North Carolina coast. You can read it here: https://www.villagecraftsmen.com/the-1837-wreck-of-the-steamboat-home/. | <urn:uuid:98fe82a5-4aef-4b97-8b37-14bee4375082> | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | https://villagecraftsmen.blogspot.com/2018/12/ocracokes-pacific-coast.html | 2019-08-23T11:00:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027318375.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20190823104239-20190823130239-00447.warc.gz | en | 0.948609 | 252 |
Anglicare is continuing to provide Counselling and Food and Financial services via online (Skype and ZOOM) and by telephone.
Please see attached brochures with all contact details, and please refer clients to our broad range of services.
We also continue to provide free counselling and financial support for those in bushfire affected areas. Further details below:
Counselling: children, young people, adults, relationships, families, carers, domestic violence and trauma
Intake: 1300 651 728 acwollongong@Anglicare.org.au
Food and Financial Assistance: assistance with bills and food, NILS and StepUP Loans, Financial Counselling, Advocacy and referral support, Casework.
Continued Help in Bushfire-Affected Communities – free counselling (1300 651 728) and financial support (8624 8600) continuing to assist clients with long-term recovery https://www.anglicare.org.au/what-we-offer/bushfire-relief-efforts/
Nowra Family Relationship Centre provides assistance to families who are separated, considering separating or having relationship difficulties. This includes working with families around their parenting arrangements for their children as well as property mediations. Due to our desire to keep both the families who seek our assistance and our staff safe at this time, we are contacting our clients by phone or online platforms. Contact: 1300 651 728
Anglicare At Home
If you are aware of an older person who is vulnerable, perhaps even more vulnerable now because of self-isolation and would benefit from help at home Anglicare at Home:
For more information phone: 1300 111 278 https://www.anglicare.org.au/what-we-offer/home-care/
Coming Soon – videos on Domestic Violence, Mental Health and Anxiety, Bushfire recovery and COVID-19, and dealing with social isolation particularly for the elderly. Stay tuned for further updates.
Here at Ability Options / Olympus Solutions we have closed the doors to drop in and our face to face programs, and we are still available for individual support during business hours Mon-Friday.
We have moved our services to telephone contact only, but we are still facilitating referrals into our program.
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Wall Shear Stress Sensors
Lenterra, Inc. has announced the release of its RealShear™ line of sensors for the direct measurement of wall shear stress. According to the company, the sensors represent the first commercially available system of their kind in the world and offer these features:
- Continuous, real-time data measurement rates of up to 1,000 per second with no disruption of process flow.
- The ability to be used to calculate viscosity in combination with known flow parameters.
- Suitability for industrial mixing, extrusion, and pipelines.
- The ability to measure the wall shear stress in mixers and extruders in real time, which can help process engineers carefully control conditions to consistently produce product with desired properties.
- Increased throughput because no extra or unnecessary mixing is performed.
- Information that can be important in crude oil extraction, helping to estimate the relative amounts of hydrocarbons, water, sand, etc. present, and to predict when it is necessary to replace aging pipelines due to corrosion.
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Rev. Kenneth Sicard, O.P. and Dr. Brian Bartolini work collaboratively to lead Providence College’s strategic planning process. The College’s 2011-2015 Strategic Plan: Achieving Excellence. Pursuing Truth. Transforming Lives. is currently being updated. All strategic plan information and documents can be found on the College’s website.
Institutional Effectiveness (IE) | The systematic use of evidence within and across the institution used to inform decision-making, planning, continuous improvement, and overall effectiveness; the core functions that support this effort include strategic planning, assessment, institutional research, accreditation, and program review (CIP).
Brian J. Bartolini -- Associate Vice President/Chief Institutional Effectiveness OfficerDr. Bartolini, a member of the PC community since 1998, among other responsibilities, he leads the campus’ assessment programs and regional accreditation activities. He works with the College’s Executive Vice President to lead strategic planning. Bartolini is responsible for leading campus-wide assessment programs and regional and specialized accreditation efforts. He also provides leadership and support in the areas of campus academic policy, academic support and advisement, academic records, scheduling and registration, enrollment management and retention, sponsored research and programs, and student engagement in learning.
Rachel S. d'Oliveira -- Assessment Coordinator/AnalystRachel d'Oliveira is the assessment coordinator/analyst for academic affairs. She has worked at PC since 2013. Her responsibilities include coordinating campus-wide surveys and other assessment measures; recording department and program plans for the College’s assessment program; and assisting with the coordination of the Continuous Improvement Program. d'Oliveira earned her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from PC.
Catherine A. Gagne -- Associate Director of AssessmentCatherine A. Gagne has worked at PC since 2004. As associate director of assessment, Gagne is responsible for the coordination, implementation, and analysis of a comprehensive program of assessment at the College. In particular, she assists departments, programs, and offices with assessment planning and activities, gathers and analyzes assessment data and prepares related reports, and manages selected assessment projects and programs. Gagne earned her bachelor’s degree in health care administration and sociology from Stonehill College as well as a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Rhode Island.
Kristen C. Procopio -- Assistant Director of Institutional ResearchKristen Procopio has worked in the OIR since 2007. Prior to working at PC, she held the positions of research analyst at Emmanuel College, Boston and assistant registrar at Dean College in Franklin, MA. Her primary responsibilities include compilation and management of historical data extractions by the College for the purposes of longitudinal and point-in-time analysis; and providing analytical and data collection support through ad-hoc reporting and long-term project analyses to the College community. Procopio earned her bachelor’s degree in visual arts from the University of Massachusetts and her master of arts in teaching at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA.
Melanie R. Sullivan -- Director of Institutional ResearchMelanie Sullivan is the Director of the Office of Institutional Research (OIR). Her career at PC began in 2014. She is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the OIR, which include providing accurate data and analytical support for institutional reporting, policy development, and academic planning. She also conducts original studies that support efforts to improve institutional effectiveness. She further serves as a resource for offices and departments in need of research expertise for projects and initiatives that serve the College. Sullivan earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Wellesley College and a master’s degree in higher education administration from Boston College. | <urn:uuid:b6027330-fccd-4029-b64f-42697175aef6> | CC-MAIN-2016-40 | http://www.providence.edu/academic-affairs/assessment/Pages/default.aspx | 2016-09-28T03:29:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-40/segments/1474738661296.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160924173741-00024-ip-10-143-35-109.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936504 | 860 |
Walked past and saw these packaged puddings exactly the same as the ones at Prince Edwards. At that moment, I did not realise the name of the shop was different, I just recognised the packaging and the flavours. The range they sold was exactly the same as the range at Prince Edwards. As I did not try all the flavours last time at Prince Edwards, I bought the other flavours here.
After I checked Openrice I realised that this shop was called Hop Hing and the one at Prince Edwards is called Dai Kee, but the range is exactly the same. However they cost more here and are slightly bigger per slice. They cost $15 for 3, but at Dai Kee, they cost $4 per slice and you can just buy one if you want.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★ MIDDLE in the photo Pumpkin and Custard: This was quite nice and not too sweet with pieces of pumpkin. ★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★ LEFT in the photo Almond: This was my favourite one because it had the lightest taste. ★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★ RIGHT in the photo Taro and Sago: This one tasted nice, but its texture made itself the odd one out from the other two I tried. It was firmer than the other two, and there was more ingredients in it such as taro pieces and sago. It was the sweetest and had the strongest flavour of the three. ★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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How global warming finally became a presidential campaign issue
Michael Bloomberg announced his endorsement of Barack Obama today in a 969-word statement posted on Bloomberg View and his personal website.
The statement made reference to the differences between the candidates on same-sex marriage and abortion rights. But the primary issue the independent, aggressively antipartisan mayor cited for his decision is one that has decidedly not been front-and-center this campaign season, but which is suddenly unavoidable: climate change.
"We need leadership from the White House – and over the past four years, President Barack Obama has taken major steps to reduce our carbon consumption, including setting higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars and trucks," it said.
Bloomberg's statement follows a press conference in Manhattan earlier this week about the response to Hurricane Sandy, at which Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, "Anyone who says there is not a dramatic change in weather patterns is denying reality."
Cuomo's mere acknowledgment of the issue drew praise from environmentalists, notwithstanding the governor's statement that he didn't want to engage in a "political debate."
"Governor Cuomo is doing what leaders are supposed to do," said Steve Cohen, the executive director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, in an email to Capital yesterday. "He is using this crisis to set the agenda for the future."
Obama and Mitt Romney have both said in the past that they believe that climate change is occurring, and that man's actions have at least some impact on changing climate conditions.
In his endorsement of Obama, Bloomberg referred to Romney's onetime support for a regional cap-and-trade plan, then wrote, "[S]ince then, he has reversed course, abandoning the very cap-and-trade program he once supported," Bloomberg wrote. "This issue is too important. We need determined leadership at the national level to move the nation and the world forward."
The endorsement, in a sense, is a prod, too; Bloomberg is now talking more forcefully about global warming (and about Obama's record on emmissions and climate change) than Obama himself has in the wake of the hurricane.
At a public appearance in New Jersey on Wednesday afternoon, Obama didn't so much as mention it.
In theory, it might have been the perfect place to make a bipartisan case for addressing the issue, since he was making a rare joint appearance with Gov. Chris Christie, who has remained a Republican star despite bucking the party's base last year when he said "climate change is real," that "human activity plays a role in these changes," and that it is "impacting our state."
That kind of bluntness hasn't spilled over into this year's presidential election, or at least hadn't until the hurricane.
"Global warming" didn't merit so much as a mention in the presidential debates for the first time since 1988, and a New York Times story last week, which ran before the "Frankenstorm" predictions began to surface on the Weather Channel, noted the issue had been glaringly absent for much of the campaign.
The oblique mentions of climate change have mostly come in the form of talk about clean energy, which is itself couched more in economic terms than environmental ones.
"Don’t forget, you put $90 billion, like 50 years’ worth of [tax] breaks, into solar and wind, to Solyndra and Fisker and Tesla and Ener1," said Romney, in attack mode during the first debate. "I mean, I had a friend who said you don’t just pick the winners and losers, you pick the losers, all right? So this—this is not—this is not the kind of policy you want to have if you want to get America energy secure."
Both sides are still courting potential swing voters in the coal industry of states like Ohio, where climate change threatens to derail the fossil fuel business. Likewise, anything the likes of Andrew Cuomo or Michael Bloomberg have to say on the topic is going to be heard a lot louder in states like New York, which are already firmly in the president's column, than in any of the places that are ostensibly up for grabs.
Obama's surrogates haven't exactly flooded the national airwaves to talk about the issue, and the only mention has come from one who makes his own talking points.
"You remember what he did?" Bill Clinton asked a crowd in Minnesota yesterday, about Romney's performance in the first debate. "He ridiculed the president, ridiculed the president for his efforts to fight global warming in economically beneficial ways.
"He said, ‘Oh, you’re going to turn back the seas.’ In my part of America, we would like it if someone could’ve done that yesterday."
He added, "In the real world, Barack Obama’s policies work better."
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One of the most basic lawn care tips is to regularly water your grass and garden. The problem is, many Americans are wasting valuable water without realizing it.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, almost 50% of the water that American households use to keep their lawns and gardens growing strong goes to waste. By watering your lawn and garden less frequently and being more efficient when you do it, you can cut down on waste.
Doing this alone will keep your lawn and garden eco-friendly. But there are other steps you can take to protect the planet while caring for the grass, plants, and trees outside your home.
Here are five tips to help you “go green” when it comes to lawn care.
1. Stop Bagging Grass Clippings
Most homeowners hate the idea of leaving grass clippings scattered around on their yard when they’re done mowing it. It’s why so many of them rely on mowers with bags designed to catch clippings.
But grass clippings could be the key to making your lawn and garden eco-friendly. You should leave the clippings on your lawn after mowing so that they can:
- Decompose and fall down into your soil
- Provide your lawn with the nutrients that it needs
- Help you steer clear of using harmful chemical fertilizers
Having grass clippings all over your lawn might not look great for a day or two, but it’s very beneficial for your lawn.
2. Create Your Own Fertilizer
While you can use grass clippings to fertilize your lawn, you might need something a little stronger for a garden. That might lead to you buying a chemical fertilizer for it.
Avoid this at all costs! Instead, make your own fertilizer by creating a compost pile outside your home. You can add table scraps to it each night and help it grow larger.
Once your compost is good and ready, you can use it as fertilizer in your garden. It’ll be better than anything you buy at a store.
3. Use Environmentally-Friendly Lawn Care Products
If you’re going to purchase lawn care products as opposed to trying to make them yourself, look for environmentally-friendly products that will work wonders for your lawn.
Whether you’re buying products to perform lawn aeration or to kill weeds, stay away from any products with chemicals that could take a toll on the planet. Research products to ensure they’re good for the globe before using them.
4. Invest in Electric Lawn Care Equipment
Do you still have a gas-powered lawnmower, trimmer, and blower? It’s time to trade them in for electrical models!
Electrical models are oftentimes more affordable than their gas counterparts. They can also save you a lot of money on gas while proving better for the Earth.
5. Water Your Lawn at the Right Time
As we mentioned earlier, you should try not to water your lawn any more than you have to.
And when you do water it, it’s best to do it at night. When you water your lawn at night, less water will evaporate. This will set your lawn up with all the water it needs and then some.
Also, check the weather. If you’re expecting rain in your area you can skip the sprinklers and let nature provide the hydration your lawn and garden need.
Make Your Lawn and Garden More Eco-Friendly From Now On
It’s important to take good care of your home’s lawn and garden. But you shouldn’t do it at the expense of Mother Nature.
Use the eco-friendly tips found here to change the way you care for everything outside of your home. You’ll keep your lawn and garden looking great without doing any damage to the environment.
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The veteran striker is back at Stamford Bridge after leaving in 2012 after penning a one-year deal, and is hoping to help the London outfit claim their first league title in over four years.
"I'm not coming here to break records, I just want to win trophies," Drogba told the club's official website.
"Five years is a long time not to win the Premier League title, so I want to win it. To lift the Premier League trophy is a fantastic feeling and we haven't experienced it for a few years - it's too long for a club like ours."
He went on to score 157 goals for the London club and the winning penalty that saw Chelsea defeat Bayern Munich in a shootout to win the 2011-12 Champions League.
"It's amazing to be back, truly a great feeling," Drogba added. "It was an easy decision to make; it's very difficult to say no to Jose and to Chelsea.
"He's the one who gave me a chance to play in the Premier League. We won so many trophies together and so many matches on the pitch.
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This product comes with a Standard ONE Year Warranty and bundled Full Access to the Platform and Free SIM, Connectivity, and Mobile App; extendable to THREE Years
End-to-End Temperature & Moisture Monitoring: The Ellenex Hay Temperature and Moisture monitoring is a submersible liquid tank monitoring system designed to measure and provide detailed information with high accuracy in a wide range of industrial fields.
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This review was conducted in partnership with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Management and Audit Services Division, an internal audit organization of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA). The objective of the review was to determine whether OHCA made inappropriate Medicaid payments to Reavis Super Drug for prescription drugs that Valley Hospice identified as prescriptions that it should cover for dually eligible beneficiaries. During the period January 1 through December 31, 2003, Reavis Super Drug billed Medicaid and received payment for 60 prescription drug claims that Valley Hospice should have paid for because the drugs were related to the beneficiaries’ terminal illness. OHCA recommended that it reimburse the Federal share of the identified overpayments of $3,680 to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services within 60 days of the closure of this review and that Reavis Super Drug (1) reimburse OHCA the $3,680, (2) perform an internal review on amounts billed and Medicaid payments received subsequent to the end of our review period and return any self-identified overpayments to OHCA, and (3) bill the hospice provider for the overpayment amount reimbursed to OHCA. | <urn:uuid:0dd18b6b-8880-4ccc-b6be-53600eab0ac3> | CC-MAIN-2018-13 | https://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region6/60600102.htm | 2018-03-20T11:44:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257647406.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20180320111412-20180320131412-00450.warc.gz | en | 0.946297 | 264 |
Section 125. A defendant may, at any time before execution, issue upon a judgment, release from attachment the property attached, or such part thereof as he may elect, by giving bond to the plaintiff with sufficient sureties, who shall be approved by the plaintiff or by his attorney in writing, by a master in chancery, or by a justice of a court of record if the attachment is made within the jurisdiction of his court, conditioned to pay the plaintiff within the time during which the property so released might have been taken on execution pursuant to section fifty-nine of this chapter, the amount fixed as the value of the property so released, or so much of said amount as may be necessary to satisfy the amount, if any, which the plaintiff may recover, and the property so released shall be described in such bond. The defendant, or a person in his behalf, may make written application to any magistrate who is authorized to approve the sureties upon said bond in the county where the property is situated, stating the names of the parties to the action, the name of the officer who made the attachment, the names and residences of the proposed sureties, and, except in case the proposed surety is a surety company qualified to do business in the commonwealth, setting forth the property with which each of said sureties proposes to qualify, and in case said property, as so set forth, be realty, then giving the name of the city or town where the same is located. The magistrate shall forthwith cause a copy of the application, with notice of the time and place for the hearing, to be served upon the plaintiff, if he resides in the county, otherwise upon the officer who made the attachment; but the plaintiff or his attorney may in writing waive such notice or may approve the bond or sureties at any time, or may agree that the amount of the bond is sufficient without approving the sureties, in which case the appraisal hereinafter provided for need not be made. The notice shall be served twenty-four hours, at least, before the time appointed therein for a hearing and as much earlier as the magistrate may order. At the time and place appointed, after hearing the parties, the magistrate shall appoint three disinterested persons to examine and appraise the attached property described in the application, who shall be sworn, shall appraise the property at its fair market value and shall make return of their doings in writing to the magistrate at a time and place fixed by him to which the hearing shall be adjourned. At such adjourned hearing the defendant may give bond to the plaintiff, with sureties, who shall be approved by the magistrate as herein provided. Upon the filing of such bond, as is required by the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-three, the attachment upon the property described therein shall be dissolved. When successive attachments in favor of different plaintiffs are made upon personal property the defendant may release from the attachments the property attached, or such portion thereof as he may elect, by giving bond with sufficient sureties to be approved as hereinbefore provided. The sheriff of the county in which the first attachment was made shall be the obligee on the bond, which shall be deposited immediately after it is given with the clerk of the courts for the same county, except that in Suffolk county it shall be deposited with the clerk of the superior court for civil business. The bond shall be conditioned on the defendant's paying to such sheriff within the time fixed by this section for giving bond to release attached property from attachment, the amount fixed as the value of the property so released and the amount so paid shall be held by the sheriff, after deducting the necessary charges, subject to the attachments in the order in which they were made, and shall be disposed of in the same manner as the proceeds of attached personal property sold under section eighty-seven. | <urn:uuid:f28824bb-2bc0-4a1b-a210-07805450031f> | CC-MAIN-2016-40 | https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleII/Chapter223/Section125 | 2016-09-28T22:27:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-40/segments/1474738661768.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160924173741-00006-ip-10-143-35-109.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967485 | 787 |
William "Liam" Clancy (2 September 1935 – 4 December 2009) (Irish Liam Mac Fhlannchadha) was an Irish folk singer and actor from Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary. He was the youngest and last surviving member of performing group The Clancy Brothers. The group were regarded as Ireland's first pop stars. They recorded 55 albums, achieving global sales of millions and appearing at a sold-out Carnegie Hall, New York and the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Liam was regarded as the group's most powerful vocalist. Bob Dylan regarded him as the greatest ballad singer ever, whilst Gay Byrne described him as one of the “most famous four Irishmen in the world”. He was a central figure during the 1960s folk revival, on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Shortly before his death in 2009 The Irish Times said Clancy "does seem a little like a figure from the Pleistocene era": upon his death the newspaper said his legacy was secured. | <urn:uuid:2560c68e-882f-4c35-9155-462a66b0c7f6> | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | https://www.liquisearch.com/liam_clancy | 2021-09-22T02:31:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780057303.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20210922011746-20210922041746-00687.warc.gz | en | 0.988485 | 208 |
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Schumer proposed a fix Sunday for Republicans who are blocking immigration reform because they don’t trust President Obama to implement it fairly: Make the next president do it.
“There’s a simple solution: Let’s enact the law this year, but simply not let it actually start till 2017, after President Obama’s term is over,” Schumer (D-NY) said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“Let’s say to our Republican colleagues, ‘You don’t trust Obama? Enact the law now, but put it into effect in 2017 and we can get something real done for America,”‘ said Schumer, the third highest ranking Senate Democrat.
Schumer said that passing immigration reform will only get more difficult in 2015 and 2016 amid the presidential campaigns.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) last week said immigration reform likely wouldn’t pass this year, mostly due to “widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws.”
Republicans fear that Obama, who has selective implemented provisions of ObamaCare, will ignore border security and interior enforcement measures, while granting legal status to millions of undocumented residents.
Boehner’s office bristled at Schumer’s plan.
“The suggestion is entirely impractical, since it would totally eliminate the President’s incentive to enforce immigration law for the remainder of his term,” Boehner spokesman Michael Steel told The Post.
House Republicans last week came up with an outline for immigration reform that was heavy on tough border security and interior enforcement.
They also endorsed legal status for American’s estimated 12 million undocumented residents, stopping short of the 13-year path to citizenship endorsed by Obama and included in a bipartisan Senate bill passed last year.
Schumer defended Obama against charges that he won’t enforce the law.
“He’s deported more people than any other president,” said Schumer.
On the same show, Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said some Republicans would be interested in Schumer’s plan.
“In other words, make sure the border is secure, make sure you have a workforce enforcement program that works,” he said, adding that Republicans want to avoid a repeat of the 1986 immigration reforms.
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The Budkins by Le Toy Van are unique, hand-finished, poseable, collectable characters. The Summer Fairy is the perfect accessory for any Fairy play scene.
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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has finally hit the screen today. The film remained the most awaited movie of the year and if you look at the box office, the film has already scored well over the countries like the US and other places. If you talk about the collection at the box office in North America, it has estimated to reach around 7 million USD on its opening day as per the Hollywood site in the US. Now, if you talk about the collection in India, the film had a decent review and collection as well. Right from the first show, the occupancy report has been decent that went to around 70 percent.
With passage of time, the occupancy went on to soar reaching to 100 percent at most of the places particularly at the multiplexes at the major cities of the country. Even the single screens seem to have done well over the box office. The film in India was released in around 1000 screens as most of the screens are busy with Salman Khan movie which is still earning big. However, with Jumanji releasing this Friday, the film has hampered the sequel to some extent. The film is likely to dominate during the first weekend as well.
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After a yearlong trial, American student Amanda Knox was found guilty for killing her British roommate while studying abroad in Italy in 2007. Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison, on counts of murder and sexual assault, while avoiding Italy's stiffest life sentence. Her ex-boyfriend Rafaelle Sollecito was sentenced to 25 years. Knox, 22, was accused of killing British roommate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, in November of 2007.
The juicy tale drew heavy media coverage in three countries. Knox, prosecutors alleged, was a promiscuous party girl who stabbed Kercher to death in a rage after the British 21-year-old refused to take part in a sex game with Knox and Sollecito and was sexually assaulted by a third accomplice, Rudy Hermann Guede. A native of the Ivory Coast, Guede opted for a separate, fast-track trial and was convicted of murder and sexual assault in October 2008 and sentenced to 30 years in prison, but Italian prosecutors say Knox and her boyfriend were accomplices. The prosecution's two main pieces of physical evidence against Knox small traces of her DNA on a knife and on Kercher's bra clasp were both disputed: defense lawyers maintained that the clasp wasn't discovered until six weeks after the investigation and that the knife didn't match Kercher's wounds. Knox, meanwhile, continued to maintain her innocence, saying in an impassioned final statement, "I'm no murderer. I am scared of being branded what I am not."
Fast Facts About Amanda Knox
Born July 9, 1987, in Seattle, the daughter of Edda Mellas, a math teacher, and Curt Knox, a vice president of finance at Macy's; the couple divorced when Knox was a toddler.
Has two younger sisters, Deanna and Ashley Knox, ages 20 and 14; Deanna withdrew from college for a semester because she couldn't focus in the wake of Knox's trial.
Began playing soccer at a young age, where her style of defensive play, her parents say, earned her the nickname Foxy Knoxy. The moniker has been used by the media and prosecutors to portray Knox as a seductress.
Graduated from Seattle Preparatory High School in the spring of 2005, and began attending the University of Washington that fall, working toward a degree in linguistics. Was named in the spring of 2007 to the University of Washington's dean's list.
Friends say the accusation is shocking; one referred to her as an "amazing person," another said she is "one of the kindest, gentlest human beings we know." But Knox did have another run-in with police when she received a public-disturbance citation for throwing a noisy party in June 2007 she paid a $269 fine.
Worked several jobs as a student to save the $10,000 tuition for her study-abroad program in Italy.
Left Washington to spend her junior year studying abroad as part of a yearlong course with University for Foreigners Perugia in Italy.
Began dating Raffaele Sollecito, 25, whom she met at a classical-music concert in mid-October 2007 in Italy; Sollecito, an Italian engineering student, is also charged in Kercher's murder.
On the night of the murder, Knox and Sollecito say they watched a movie, smoked marijuana and had sex at Sollecito's apartment, but were not at the house that Kercher and Knox shared with two other Italian roommates. The defense says Guede, who is appealing his 2008 conviction, was the sole killer of Kercher.
Her parents say they have already purchased a plane ticket back home to Seattle for their daughter.
"They say that I am calm. I am not calm ... I fear to lose myself, to have the mask of the assassin forced upon me."
While taking the stand for the final time at her trial in Italy (CNN, Dec. 3, 2009)
"Meredith was my friend, I didn't hate her. It's absurd to say that I wanted revenge on a friend who had been very kind to me."
To the court, after prosecutors called for a life sentence during closing arguments of the trial (Reuters, Nov. 22, 2009)
"It was a complicated situation."
Explaining at her trial why she originally confessed she was in the cottage the night of the murder when police asked her to imagine what might have happened that night. A higher court later ruled the confession couldn't be used as evidence because she made the statement without an attorney or translator present (TIME, June 12, 2009)
"When they took me before the judge and they said, 'You are a suspect in Meredith's death,' I was completely shocked and surprised. My jaw dropped."
Speaking in Italian in court, explaining her surprise at being questioned after Kercher's murder (TIME, June 12, 2009)
"When I feel uneasy or nervous, I act a bit foolish."
Explaining her behavior when questioned by police. Knox was reportedly doing cartwheels and handstands the day after the murder when she was brought into the Italian police station for questioning (People, June 29, 2009)
"She firmly believes that because she's innocent, the evidence will show that and she'll be released. So, it's good that it's getting started. She's also nervous. I mean, they say horrible things about her."
Edda Mellas, Knox's mother, on the day the trial began (Good Morning America, Jan. 16, 2009)
"The approach of Amanda toward life is exactly the same of Amélie spontaneous, immediate and imprudent."
Giulia Bongiorno, lawyer for Knox's ex-boyfriend Sollecito, likening Knox to the ingenue in the 2001 French movie Amélie the movie Knox and Sollecito say they were watching the night of the murder (Associated Press, Nov. 30, 2009)
"While I was [at the police station] I found Amanda's behavior very strange. She had no emotion while everyone else was upset. I remember one thing that really upset me. [Meredith's friend] Natalie said, 'I hope she wasn't in too much pain.' Amanda said, 'What do you think? She f___ing bled to death.' At that point no one had told us how Meredith died."
Robyn Butterworth, a friend of Kercher's, testifying in court (London Evening Standard, Feb. 13, 2009)
"Their behavior at the police station seemed to me really inappropriate ... They sat opposite each other, Amanda put her feet up on Raffaele's legs and made faces at him. Everyone cried except Amanda and Raffaele. I never saw them crying. They were kissing each other."
Amy Frost, a friend of Kercher's and a student at University for Foreigners Perugia at the time, testifying in court (The Independent of London, Feb. 14, 2009)
"She had harbored hatred for Meredith, and that was the time when it could explode. The time had come to take revenge on that smug girl."
Giuliano Mignini, lead prosecutor, during closing arguments (Associated Press, Nov. 20, 2009)
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Interview: Suryo Sulisto
How can Indonesia become a production base for investors, rather than just a market for expansion?
SURYO SULISTO: Indonesia needs to focus on attracting foreign direct investment that is long-term and aimed at boosting the country’s industrial fabric. There are two priorities in preparing Indonesia to reach this goal. The first is infrastructure, as there is an urgent need to speed up construction where this is lacking. Second, our government needs to put forth constructive and efficient policies to create an attractive environment for investment, in which there is less bureaucratic procedure, greater legal certainty and more attractive incentives in many areas for foreign investors.
Indonesia has the opportunities, resources, and the large and diverse market necessary to attract foreign and local investors. It is underserved in many key necessities, such as energy, food and water, but these needs could be better met with the help of investors. By focusing on those two priorities, we will be able to make Indonesia an even more attractive production base for investors and make those growth opportunities a reality. Because Indonesia lacks the expertise and human resources needed to develop the country, KADIN recognises the importance of recruiting foreign experts, and therefore seeks to facilitate their experience and create a more attractive environment for all potential foreign expertise and investors.
In what ways might President Joko Widodo’s signature maritime-axis doctrine boost productivity in Indonesia’s industrial sector?
SULISTO: Indonesia is a country of more than 17,500 islands, thus President Joko Widodo’s maritime-axis doctrine is a necessary plan for the nation. Connectivity is one of the country’s major problems, and as a result, it has a very inefficient logistics system, which ultimately poses a major challenge for its development.
This is why maritime development is one of the president’s priorities. However, maritime development in a country as big as Indonesia is an enormous task, because it involves many disciplines from many different sectors: the country needs the right set of fiscal policies, security, human resources, ship and port building, and many other components.
Indonesia has an enormous maritime territory, but there is a shortage of the human capital and expertise needed to take more advantage of this space, especially in sea exploration. Indonesia lacks the specialised education required for many of these key areas, and private sector investment could contribute immensely to the effort to fill these gaps.
The Indonesian government must be open to this investment, but it should also bear in mind that it should be inclusive. This could be achieved by consulting the Indonesian people and businesses, and by coming up with the right set of smart policies for investors. Investors from the private sector could design policies together, and provide better input as well as the appropriate help and materials for their projects.
What can be done to increase the contribution of the creative industries to economic growth?
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The boys love watching Dinotrux and a few weeks before Christmas we received a Dinotrux bundle which I knew the boys (M in particular) would be very excited about.
Dinotrux is an animation series that is streamed on Netflix. The characters are part dinosaur, part vehicle and there are hybrid reptiles too called Reptools too.
The Revvit toy was an instant hit with M. It has lots of fun features, one them being its head which is a spinning drill and is activated when you pull his tail. There are different tool heads which are neatly stored when not in use on Revvit’s back.
His mouth also doubles up as a real tape measure which you pull out and snaps back in when released. The Revvit also comes with a number of sounds and phrases too.
Dinotrux Skya’s Tall Tail Slide Playset
The Skya playset comes with a mini Revvit and two Scraptors. Skya’s neck is adjustable so that the mini Revvit can slide down at full speed! M spent hours doing this whilst also trying to knock the Scraptors over.
Dinotrux Pull back & Go Dozer
Last but not least – the Pull back & Go Dozer. It does what it says on the tin – pull back and it zooms ahead on it rolling wheels!
Overall, we love the Dinotrux range. It has been played with lots over the Christmas holidays. The toys are really sturdy and there are plenty of features to keep any Dinotrux fan entertained.
To see how the toys work in more detail you can check out the video we made below.
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SUNDANCE REVIEW: Energetic 'Connected: An Autobiography about Love, Death and Technology' Upbeat About Internet Age
PARK CITY -- (U.S. Documentary Competition) A personal yet universal story about the Internet Age, Tiffany Shlain's Connected: An Autobiography about Love, Death and Technology is a highly energized romp through a myriad of ideas about where the human race is headed. At a time when news is depressing and most films are grim, Shlain presents an upbeat and playful vision of the world based on what she sees as the interconnectedness of things. Using animation, archival footage, and bold graphics, this is a fast paced ride that will sweep up some members of the audience while leaving others in the dust. It's a film that should work on a thoughtful cable outlet, but the web is probably its natural home.
Constructed as a kind of valentine to Shlain's dying father Leonard, a neurologist and best-selling author of such speculative inquiries as Art and Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light, she continues with his methodology of juxtaposing unrelated facts, and presents them with such virtuosity that a magical causality seems to appear. Her great accomplishment is making brilliant transitions and sweeping associations between seemingly disparate elements. Thanks to Stefan Nadelman's creative animation, it's a brightly colored vision and it's fun to watch where she takes it. But the film ranges over so much material in just under 90 minutes that it's impossible to tell if her points hold water. Best to just go with the flow.
This is how it works. She starts out with a small personal observation about her addiction to texting, extrapolates it to the world at large and pretty soon comes up with a cool image of the Statue of Liberty holding a blackberry instead of a torch. She wonders what she has become, and what it means to be connected in the 21st century.
These are valid questions and to arrive at the answer she launches into a timetable of life through the ages, suggesting that part of the problem with our civilization is that over time the male-oriented left brain has taken dominance over the female-oriented right brain. To make her point she shows us a vintage image of a see-saw going up and down, teetering between here and there.
Then it's back to the story of her five miscarriages, her fertility treatments, and race to give birth before her father's passing. And this leads to a consideration of ecological issues such as the cancer-causing effects of cell phones and how toxic chemicals in the environment find their way into the umbilical cord. And from there, how great a tool the Internet is for working pregnant women who can't get around so easily.
What's on display here is the work of a nimble mind, a keen imagination, and a lively sense of humor leading to the not terribly earth-shattering conclusion that every decision we make affects everyone around us in the world. So how, she asks, do we make the next big leap in evolution, where do we want to go as a civilization? For her, the answer is social media, Twitter, the Internet and interconnected forms of communication not yet invented. Though she admits she and her husband try to unplug one day a week, she seems infinitely more optimistic than troubled by the abundance of information coming our way.
As Marshall McLuhan, whom she salutes, noted over 40 years ago, the medium is the message. So what she is saying may not be nearly as important as how she says it as long as the pieces all fit together. And in our dark, ironic times, any sincere messages are welcome. So simple slogans such as "live life to the fullest," and "if you're not living life on the edge, you're taking up too much room," may take on renewed meaning and have you leaving the theater (or wherever one sees movies nowadays), feeling better than you went in. And that's no mean feat in this day and age.
Venue: Sundance Film Festival, U.S. Documentary Competition
Production company: Moxie Institute Production, Impact Partners
Director: Tiffany Shlain
Screenwriter: Tiffany Shlain, Ken Goldberg, Carlton Evans, Sawyer Steele
Producer: Tiffany Shlain, Carlton Evans
Executive producer: Geralyn Dreyfous, Sarah Johnson Redlich, Pam Boll
Production designer: Stefan Nadelman
Music: Gunnard Duboze
Editor: Tiffany Shlain, Dalan McNabola
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Sarkar, S (2014) Power quality disturbance detection and classification using signal processing and soft computing techniques. MTech thesis.
The quality of electric power and disturbances occurred in power signal has become a major issue among the electric power suppliers and customers. For improving the power quality continuous monitoring of power is needed which is being delivered at customer’s sites. Therefore, detection of PQ disturbances, and proper classification of PQD is highly desirable. The detection and classification of the PQD in distribution systems are important tasks for protection of power distributed network. Most of the disturbances are non-stationary and transitory in nature hence it requires advanced tools and techniques for the analysis of PQ disturbances. In this work a hybrid technique is used for characterizing PQ disturbances using wavelet transform and fuzzy logic. A no of PQ events are generated and decomposed using wavelet decomposition algorithm of wavelet transform for accurate detection of disturbances. It is also observed that when the PQ disturbances are contaminated with noise the detection becomes difficult and the feature vectors to be extracted will contain a high percentage of noise which may degrade the classification accuracy. Hence a Wavelet based de-noising technique is proposed in this work before feature extraction process. Two very distinct features common to all PQ disturbances like Energy and Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) are extracted using discrete wavelet transform and are fed as inputs to the fuzzy expert system for accurate detection and classification of various PQ disturbances. The fuzzy expert system not only classifies the PQ disturbances but also indicates whether the disturbance is pure or contains harmonics. A neural network based Power Quality Disturbance (PQD) detection system is also modeled implementing Multilayer Feed forward Neural Network (MFNN).
|Item Type:||Thesis (MTech)|
|Uncontrolled Keywords:||power quality, wavelet transform, multi-resolution analysis, stockwell transform|
|Subjects:||Engineering and Technology > Electrical Engineering > Power Systems|
|Divisions:||Engineering and Technology > Department of Electrical Engineering|
|Deposited By:||Hemanta Biswal|
|Deposited On:||28 Aug 2014 09:36|
|Last Modified:||28 Aug 2014 09:36|
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May 26, 2016
Lopez Negrete Communications has become the total market agency of record for Lone Star College.
The agency won this distinction during an open review process held by the institution that included a total of 29 agencies. Out of the proposals received from those 29 agencies, Lopez Negrete successfully impressed Lone Star College, culminating in the latter’s decision.
“We’re very excited to work for an institution such as Lone Star College,” said agency president, CEO and cofounder Alex López Negrete. “They really understand that there is a new American mainstream comprised of a rich, diverse population – something that is especially true in this particular client’s footprint. We’re ready to get to work and tackle the unique opportunities this appointment brings us.”
As the institution’s new agency of record, Lopez Negrete will use its perspective on the new Omnicultural mainstream and skills in strategy, creative, media planning and buying, production, digital, social media and experiential to help Lone Star College continue its current growth trend and push it to even higher levels.
The agency’s solution involves an all-encompassing campaign with a digital component at its core. The campaign will focus on how far students can and have gone in their careers as a result of their enrollment in Lone Star College.
“Lopez Negrete doesn’t just produce great, award-winning work,” said Helen Clougherty, vice chancellor, chief of staff Lone Star College. “As a minority-owned HUB certified business, it reflects the diversity of the communities where Lone Star College has colleges and is sure to bring invaluable insight on how to engage with the younger, vibrant Houston population.”
By Sara Samora – Reporter, Houston Business Journal Lopez Negrete, president and CEO at Lopez Negrete Communications, has seen some progress in his company’s 35 years but felt more could be done. Now, between the Covid-19 pandemic and George Floyd, a Houstonian who died May 25 after a Minneapolis police officer held his knee to […]
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There are growing talks about a possible default of the US on its payments. While the chance of this happening remains very low, such an event will have a huge effect on the markets. How will currencies react? Here’s some background and possible movements for selected currencies. The Unites States is getting close to its self imposed debt limit of 14.3 trillion dollars. The president and the Democrats want to increase the debt limit in order for the government to continue functioning, while the Republicans, who rule Congress, want debt cuts and other concessions in return. If ends don’t meet, the government will reach this ceiling on May 16th, according to the recent calculations by the US Treasury. They could creatively calculate things differently and extend the deadline till July 8th. But anyway, time is running out. Reaching the ceiling means that the government won’t be able to borrow, and will have to cut on payments. Payments include medical services which the Republicans want to cut, the big defense bugdet ($664 billion in 2010) or interest payments on debt. The problem for the US and the whole world is if they miss one interest payment. A failure of the US to service its debt will be horrible – yields will rise, and the US won’t be able to borrow. The Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, described such a scenario as a “recovery ending event”. The whole world will enter into an economic turmoil as the once-considered safe investment will become very unsafe, even if very temporarily. This will be the big double-dip recession. It’s important to note that the chances are slim. There’s time to scramble some kind of deal in Washington. Nobody wants to be held accountable for such a turn of events. As it happened with the government shutdown talks, the politicians were eventually successful in cutting a deal. This time period could be extended. But what if this does happen? This is generally bad for the world, but some countries will weather this mess, some will enjoy it, and some will sink, and their currencies will react accordingly. The Greenback: Needless to say, the dollar will fall in such a case, together with the US economy. In 2008, it managed to emerge as a winner as the financial crisis that began in the US threatened to cause greater pain in other countries, and the US dollar became a safe haven currency. This scenario isn’t likely to be repeated in case of a US default, as the safe haven and default don’t go well together. But not all currencies will enjoy this fall equally. Euro: While Germany’s economy is doing great, the rest of the Euro-zone is still struggling with a sluggish recovery. Greece, Portugal and Ireland, which are indebted will find it even harder to get back to the bond markets, to grow or to service their current debt as global yields rise. Defaults are likely. Also other countries, that have serious debt, might find themselves struggling and joining the club: Spain, Belgium and Italy are next. The Euro is likely to fall with the United States, similar to the event of the 2008 financial crisis. British Pound: Britain’s economy is also in pain, also due to the austerity measures. A fall of the US means a fall to commodity prices as well, finishing off the inflation problems and accelerating the fall. Similar to the scenario with the Euro, the British pound may find itself in a deep fall. Japanese yen: The Japanese yen enjoyed the safe haven status in the past few years, despite a weak economy and increasing debt. With a default in the US, the markets will look to Japan in being the next economy unable to service its debt. Add the severe damages from the March 11 tragedy and the fact that a significant part of Japan’s exports are to the US, and you get a recipe for Japan losing its safe haven status, and the yen ebing relatively weak. Swiss Franc: Contrary to 2008, this time the Swiss franc will enjoy the safe haven flows in a much stronger manner. The Swiss economy is doing great, and while it will take a hit due to the global slowdown, it’s very well positioned and will attract a lot of money and the franc can leap. China and the yuan: On on hand, it will enjoy sinking dollar for more competitive exports (due to the peg of the yuan on the dollar), but on the other hand it’s the biggest holder of US debt. I believe that it will eventually strengthen in such a case, will let the yuan further appreciate against the dollar, and advance to being the No.1 economy in a matter of years rather than decades. Australian dollar: The Australian dollar might get an initial hit – such a major bad event will trigger risk aversive trading, and the Aussie will suffer. But given China’s strength (Australia’s main trade partner), the Australian economy and the Aussie dollar will eventually emerge as winners. Canadian dollar: The Canadian economy is very tightly linked with the American one. It’s not only a commodity country that enjoys higher oil prices, but also very dependent on its southern neighbor. The Canadian economy and the loonie will likely take a big hit in such a case. New Zealand dollar: Although at lesser scale than Australia, the kiwi is likely to weather the situation rather well due to the Chinese links. Physical previous metals: In case of a US default, the holder of the family silver or the gold bars in the couch will be very happy. When paper is worthless, gold and silver are – good as gold. This will accelerate the current trend. What are your predictions in case of a US default? Further reading: Will Bernanke weigh on the dollar? Yohay Elam Yohay Elam Yohay Elam: Founder, Writer and Editor I have been into forex trading for over 5 years, and I share the experience that I have and the knowledge that I've accumulated. After taking a short course about forex. Like many forex traders, I've earned a significant share of my knowledge the hard way. Macroeconomics, the impact of news on the ever-moving currency markets and trading psychology have always fascinated me. Before founding Forex Crunch, I've worked as a programmer in various hi-tech companies. I have a B. Sc. in Computer Science from Ben Gurion University. Given this background, forex software has a relatively bigger share in the posts. Yohay's Google Profile View All Post By Yohay Elam Opinions share Read Next AUD/USD Apr.26- Aussie Down Against US Dollar Monday Tamar Schoppik 11 years There are growing talks about a possible default of the US on its payments. While the chance of this happening remains very low, such an event will have a huge effect on the markets. How will currencies react? Here's some background and possible movements for selected currencies. The Unites States is getting close to its self imposed debt limit of 14.3 trillion dollars. 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Medical Student Health Literacy Perspectives and Experiences
Julienne K Kirk, Stephen W Davis, Jade Hairston, Kathryn Melius and Gail S Marion
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: November 09, 2015
Medical students described a variety of scenarios they experienced in their first two or three years of medical school and 17 quotes from the narratives were selected from 130 stories. There were four dominant themes identified from student narratives that were related to communication. These categories included information management, active listening, addressing feelings and reaching common ground. Results suggest that medical students can identify effective and ineffective communication and h...
Rethinking HIV Risks among Women on the US/Mexico Border: Alcohol and Latina Sex Behavior
Michael Parsa, Robert Woolard, Dustin Corgan, Susana Villalobos, Paul Chisolm, Lisa Montgomery, Jiayang Liu, Israel Alba and Patrick Tarwater
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: October 31, 2015
Most young Latina ED patients were unconcerned about risk of HIV infection in spite of their reports of HIV sex risk behavior. Latinas who were RAPS4 positive were more likely to report HIV sex risk behavior, but they had no greater concern about their HIV risk and no greater use of condoms. Preventive interventions should be developed to decrease alcohol use and to increase concern about HIV risk among Latinas....
Glycemic Disturbances on Admission as a Predictor of Inpatient Mortality
Daniel Saenz-Abad, Jose Antonio Gimeno-Orna, Maria del Carmen Lahoza-Perez, Elena Rivero-Sanz, Marta Jordan-Domingo, Artur Juan-Arribas, Maria del Mar Becerra-Mayor and Cristina Baquer-Sahun
Article Type: Original Research | First Published: October 30, 2015
This is a case-control retrospective analytical study. The cases were patients deceased during hospitalization and controls where those discharged in the same time period. Patients were age-matched and the final outcome of the study was hospital mortality. Rapid Emergency Medicine Score (REMS) and Charlson comorbidity index as well as blood analysis (full blood count, glucose, renal function, ions) were determined. Abnormal glucose levels (dysglycemia) were those considered to be < 70 or > 200 m...
Ventricular Arrhythmias in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients: Therapy of Electrical Storm
Tobias Willich and Andreas Goette
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: October 01, 2015
This review provides an overview of the available therapeutic options for acute care and management of malignant ventricular arrhythmias (VA) such as ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF) and electrical storm (ES). As therapeutic options antiarrhythmic drug (AAD) therapy, implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy (ICD), radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFA) and neuroaxial modulation like stellate ganglion blockade or renal denervation are available. AAD therapy is lim...
To Give or Not To Give - Is that the Question?: The Changing Face of Emergency Oxygen Therapy
Carol Ann Kelly and Dave Lynes
Article Type: Non-systematic Review | First Published: September 14, 2015
Oxygen's image, together with its reputation, is changing. No longer is it regarded as a benign panacea for all clinical presentations; indeed it is now increasingly evident that oxygen has the potential to contribute to clinical deterioration and mortality. There is an emerging recognition that oxygen is a drug when administered as a therapeutic intervention and should be used with caution. Contemporary guidelines offer criteria and directives for administration and prescription of oxygen, depe...
A Constrained Non-inferiority Approach for Assessing Clinical Efficacy to Establish Biosimilarity
Jason JZ Liao
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: December 3, 2015
To develop a biosimilar product, it is necessary to demonstrate biosimilarity between the proposed biosimilar product and the reference product in terms of the purity, potency, efficacy, and safety. In this paper, clinical efficacy data required for establishing biosimilarity are considered. Non-inferiority (NI) and equivalence methods are commonly used for analyzing clinical trials to meet this requirement. The equivalence approach often requires large, costly, and lengthy clinical trials....
Cross-Sectional Exploration on Feeding Practices of Feeders towards Preschoolers' Picky Eating Behaviors
Louisa Ming Yan Chung and Shirley Siu Ming Fong
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: November 14, 2015
Picky eating is quite common among preschoolers, which may lead to imbalanced diet. Picky eating behavior among preschoolers was found associated with feeding style. With the complex family structure of 2-career parents in Hong Kong and unique authoritarian Chinese feeding style, this study aimed to explore the differences in feeding practices among different preschoolers' feeding persons and to investigate if preschoolers' picky eating showed differences if they are fed by different feeding per...
Effect of Race/Ethnicity and Smoking on Diurnal Variations in Testosterone Levels
Ram B Jain
Article Type: Research article | First Published: December 10, 2015
The effect of race/ethnicity and smoking on diurnal variations in total serum testosterone level (T-TST) was evaluated by analyzing data from NHANES for 2011-2012 for adolescent and adult males. For adolescent males, diurnal variability in T-TST levels was substantially smaller among smokers than nonsmokers for non-Hispanic white (NHW) and Hispanics but the reverse was true for non-Hispanic black (NHB). For adult males, morning levels of T-TST were 21-31% higher than the T-TST levels during even...
Thyroid Profile of the Reference United States Population: Data from NHANES 2007-2012
Ram B Jain
Article Type: Research article | First Published: November 16, 2015
Objective: This study was undertaken to describe the thyroid profile of reference U.S. population including generating reference ranges for thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), free and total triiodothyronine (FT3, TT3), free and total thyroxine (FT4, TT4), and thyroglobulin. Design and methods: Publically available data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for the cycles 2007-2012 were analyzed for this purpose....
The Impact of Renal Transplantation on Lower Limb Perfusion
Paul Alexander, Emma Aitken, David Mansouri and David Kingsmore
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: November 25, 2015
The benefits of renal transplantation are now more accessible to older, more comorbid patients. Currently, those with peripheral vascular disease are often excluded partly due to the theoretical risk of post transplantation limb ischemia, where blood is diverted away from an already under-perfused leg. This study aims to determine if renal transplantation affects lower limb perfusion.... | <urn:uuid:cd50e268-d248-4877-83bc-5f71c2a4e4a6> | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | https://clinmedjournals.org/index.php?tpages=648&page=577 | 2023-02-07T20:19:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500641.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230207201702-20230207231702-00846.warc.gz | en | 0.901199 | 1,694 |
Habib was not beloved of the Emperor Licinius or his stooges in Syria, Julius and Barak. Habib was a deacon for Bishop Cona. A local stooge named Lysanius denounced him as a Christian and a warrant for his arrest was promptly issued. Because Habib was preaching in the town of Zeugma at the time, his family (even his mom) was arrested in his stead.
|C'mon -- he looked a little worse than this.|
Theotecna took him to Lysanias, explaining that he had surrendered himself as a Christian. Lysanias took it as a personal insult that someone would not run from his fearsome majesty, and ordered especially brutal torture to show these Christians that they should be afraid.
Because he was so insulted, Lysanias took a lot of time to question Habib in between the torture sessions. He scourged him, tore his flesh with iron combs, put him in the iron cask (?), and eventually burned at the stake.
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After reading a book or short story, you, the reader, must know the plot, theme (significance), characterization, point of view, setting, style, ending and tone of the work.
If you organize this information on note cards it will make writing the report easier. Even better, put paper slips or note cards between those pages that you want to quote passages from, or dialogue that illustrates those points that you want to make.
Plot - what is the story; a summary of the action.
Theme - the subject or central idea of the work.
Style / Structure - how the author uses words. For example Anne Rice, Stephen King, R.L. Stine, and Dean Koontz are horror writers but their styles are very different.
Setting - time and place, how does it contribute, does it shape or reveal character, does it have a symbolic value.
Point of View - first person, third person; again what does it reveal about the characters, how do the characters see events, how does it affect plot.
Characterization - what motivates them, how does setting effect them, what purpose do the minor characters serve, how are they described, is the main character active or passive.
ELEMENTS THAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR PAPER
- Impression - did you like it
- Analysis - did the author accomplish what he or she set out to do
- What does it mean
- Orientation - how does this work fit in with other works by the same author, other
- writers of the same genre, others of their time period
- Value - does it have any appeal, who is the audience for this
- Generalization - what broad statement can be made about this work
WHAT ELSE SHOULD YOU DO?
Read a brief biography of your writer to get a sense of who they are and what they have written. The index to CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS should be your first stop; it covers much more than just contemporary authors.
WHAT ELSE COULD YOU DO?
Read what other critics/reviewers have written.
Remember the librarians can help you! There are many sources for reviews and criticism, both printed and electronic. Just ask for help; that's one of the reasons we are here. All titles listed below are located in the Literature and Fiction Department.
How to Write Book Reports by Harry Teitelbaum (029.61 T265)
Modern English Handbook (808 G673)
A general English handbook but Chapter 18 (p. 353-366) is a concise guide to writing the book report. It also includes samples of criticism for poems and plays.
Writing Essays About Literature by Kelly Griffith (808 G853)
In addition to the basic points of writing essays this has many samples of criticism, including criticism of plays and poetry.
Literary Terms by Karl Beckson (803 B397 1987)
Arranged dictionary style but like the following book, it is a good source for definitions such as: theme, motif, dramatic monologue, etc.
A Handbook to Literature (803 H747)
Arranged dictionary style this book has clear definitions for such terms as: style, theme, mood, gothic novel, point of view, romanticism, etc.
The Holt Guide to English (808 I69)
Another standard textbook. Chapter 12 "writing on Literary Topics" (p. 300-411) covers the same points as the others but this has suggestions for your approach to writing and samples that include poetry, plays and a popular song lyric.
Holt Handbook (808 K615)
Brief and to the point; see chapter 41 "Writing About Literature," (p.700-712.)
How to Write Themes and Essays (808 M122)
Has 36 samples with constructive comments about them. What is unique about this book is that on page 129 there is a typical grade sheet; in other words what constitutes an "A", a "B", a "C" etc. followed by good information on how to begin and end your report / critique.
BIOGRAPHY / CRITICISM SOURCES
Contemporary Authors (809 C761 - Room Reference - Section #4) Biographies of approximately 100,000 writers, living and deceased.
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3 Reasons Not to Leave Your Job
With the Great Resignation upon us, you may have thought about leaving your job occasionally too. The pandemic has created an opportunity for many to re-evaluate their careers, and for many, that has meant resigning from their position for something new. It may feel tempting to quit your job right now because you believe you’ll be able to find something better – and you might – but there are also reasons you might not want to leave your current job. Here are three reasons why you should stay in your current role.
You Like the Work You Do
You may not enjoy every day at work or every task you do, but if you overall like the work you do, it might not be the right time to move on to a new position. If your job gives you value, you’re able to challenge yourself or help others; you’ll find satisfaction in the work you do. If you feel excited when you’re able to see the results of your work or know the work you’ve done has contributed to the company’s overall success, then it’s a good bet that you do generally enjoy the work you do.
You Like Your Coworkers
Often, your coworkers can make or break your working experience at a company. Who you work with matters – no, you don’t have to be best friends with your coworkers, but being able to get along with them is crucial at work. Being friendly with your coworkers at work can definitely make life easier. You’ll have people to chat with during breaks, you’ll have someone to sit next to in a meeting, and you’ll have automatic lunch plans if you don’t want to eat alone. Liking your coworkers means you’ll be able to form relationships that will lead you to more overall job satisfaction; you’ll feel more motivated and productive since you’ll be more comfortable at work.
You See a Future at the Company
Seeing a career path or having opportunities for your professional development is a great reason to stay at your current job. However, if your current company takes the time to invest in your growth – or encourages you to do so, don’t take that lightly. Not every company offers this kind of career development or even the transparency to see what your future could look like. Still, some other companies won’t or can’t provide you with development opportunities.
If you’re considering leaving your job as part of the “Great Resignation,” stop and consider these three things first. If you’re in a company where you generally like the work you do, get along well with your coworkers, and can see a future at your company, these are all great reasons not to leave your job. However, if your current employer lacks these things, it might be time to give EG a call to find your next great opportunity!
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Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor were in an on-screen matchup.
On Screen Matchups
Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor were in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen(2011) together.
Emily Blunt is a 37 year old British Actress. Born Emily Olivia Leah Blunt on 23rd February, 1983 in Roehampton, London, England, UK, she is famous for The Devil Wears Prada in a career that spans 2001–present. Her zodiac sign is Pisces.
Ewan McGregor is a 49 year old Scottish Actor. Born Ewan Gordon McGregor on 31st March, 1971 in Perth, Perthshire, he is famous for Trainspotting, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Moulin Rouge.. His zodiac sign is Aries.
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I...wha- do I...um...uhhhh
I'm 5'ing this b/c I feel you held nothing back while making this, and that just makes for great lulz.
I mean, that voice....just....... hilarious.
Very good and very cute! Lmao at the thumbs up guy at the end!
If I had been in that lake...
Awesome flash indeed sir :D
One of the overall best subissions ever.
Oh, and this is how it's done:
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Whatever happened to punkomatic.tk? That was a great site for submiting these songs.....
So juicy man, alot better than those atonal "dubstep" atrocities.
(from my last review), killed it man. I'm lovin the lyrics and I'm loving the flow from word to word; phrase to phrase. I would just add that your voice is perhaps just a little breathy. I'm not saying go rambo with your voice - the energy is great - but maybe support from abdominal muscles a bit more. I don't know, just play around with that idea, see what works.
Thanks for the criticism. I've always felt my voice was kind of breathy. I was hoping nobody would notice lol. I'll for sure be doing some ab work-outs before my next song. Thanks again for the feedback.
It's one thing to have some solid rhymes (which you seem to manage well), but it's a whole other thing when you fit them lyrically into a tight rhythm (like speaking rhythm, not just to the backing track). I can respect you as a rapper because you pretty much killed it here...in a good way of course. You also have a nice tambour to your speaking voice, which always helps :]
Keep it up man!
Thanks a lot!! It's really great to get this kind of feedback on here. I definitely hope to make some more like this.
Wow, such an awesome piece of art. I get the feeling that this could be some futuristic, alternate-universe drawing of Dorthy and Toto, but that could just be me.
This has got to be one of the best pics I've seen in a while. I mean Penguins amongst all the apocalyptic chaos? Righteous. Fantastic art too ;]
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Hope does live in Ethiopia. It’s in Sara’s 1-room plastic house. This just in from our Field Director, Joe Bridges - it is an important story where we see what it looks like to help children (and their families) SURVIVE and THRIVE.
"I got to visit Sara and her mom the other day and sat in awe as her sweet mom described how she holds her precious family together in the midst of debilitating poverty.
'Where would my children go if I did not care for them? I am all they have," she explained. As I listened, I thought of the children I’ve recently come into contact with who, despite having adequate resources at home, were still on the streets. You see, street life has become a cultural phenomenon that now seems to attract some that would seem to have no reason to be on the streets (obviously reasons are there and are deeper than the catch-all, poverty, but that’s for another blog).
Sara and her younger brother Abduselum, come home every night to a home made of plastic. All their worldly posessions stuck in crevices here and there. Do you think come home for this? No - they come home for a mom who is committed to them; a mom who has been and is consistently a part of their lives. Sara, Abduselum and their mom’s hope is not found in things, but rather in each other. We can learn a lot from them."
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Small list today, and I’m not in love with really any of these. Huge market gap down at this point. Thinking main trades may setup after the open. Need to see if the fade continues or if like usual this is just a drop that inevitably just grinds back.
Today’s List: Full list from Yahoo Finance
Auris Medical Holding AG (EARS) -NasdaqGM
Target: Yesterday’s highs’ $6.25ish
General Steel Holdings, Inc. (GSI) -NYSE
Target: Pop’s to $3.50
LightPath Technologies, Inc. (LPTH) -NasdaqCM
Anavex Life Sciences Corp. (AVXL) -NasdaqCM
Target: Any upticks
Lucas Energy, Inc. (LEI) -NYSE MKT
Target: Fade, lower highs for the crack.
Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (SWHC) -NasdaqGS
Gotta watch this because of the news flow. But I’m a little torn on how to trade it, my thought is to go long or short, based off of VWAP. Thought many times yesterday about going long based on the presidential press conference. Such a no brainer after the fact..
SunEdison, Inc. (SUNE) -NYSE
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Twitch has a thing for playing Pokémon. Typically, it's a crowdsourced game with tens of thousands of players all helping input controls. Some college kids recently scaled that back and are trying to accomplish the same thing with just a fish.
Grayson the fish is trying to play Pokémon Red, although there's a good chance he doesn't know it. With his bowl sectioned off into nine zones -- eight of which host different controls -- Grayson's swimming around and trying to catch 'em all.
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One of the things any reputable business school teaches its students is economic forecasting, the method of calculating financial losses or benefits that might accrue as a result of an event, policy or legislation. Somehow the folks at the Regional Chamber and Growth Association seem to have no clue about how to do it. When the Rams made it to the Super Bowl last year, the RCGA calculated that the value of the "exposure" time for St. Louis was $344 million.
They tallied the actual mentions of St. Louis on- or offscreen and the number of times the words "St. Louis" appeared onscreen. It added up to 86 minutes. So they multiplied that figure by the airtime rate during the game -- $2 million for a 30-second spot -- and came up with $344 million. Late last year, when the city was debating an ordinance to exempt stock-option income from the earnings tax, the RCGA said the city would lose only about $350,000 a year. They based it on a "survey" of five
large local companies, which told them they (and their executives) had paid $120,000 a year in the past three years. They multiplied that figure by three (and subtracted $10,000 for no apparent reason) and came up with $350,000 as the figure for all of the hundreds of city companies and their executives. Funny thing is, no one blinked. Not Mayor Francis Slay, who pushed the exemption bill, not Ald. Lyda Krewson (D-28th), who sponsored the bill, and not the Post-Dispatch
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Wednesday, 26 August 2009
Instead I'd like to focus on the reaction to the reaction. That is to say, how our politicians in Scotland have reacted to the criticism this decision has been met with elsewhere, and what this might tell us about the current political landscape in Scotland.
The positions, with one or two notable exceptions, have been drawn as follows:
* Tory/LibDem/Labour - disagree with the decision, worried about the effect on our relationship with US, "repulsed" by the Libyan reaction.
* SNP - sticking with the decision despite criticism from the USA, emphasising that our relationship with the US is bigger than this one issue, unhappy with the "inappropriate" reaction in Libya.
In my opinion the SNP have demonstrated greater political maturity by correctly making the decision on judicial grounds despite external political pressures, and also by steadfastly holding true to their position in the face of quite vicious criticism. It has been nothing other than the behaviour of a responsible government, acting according to the law and recognising that a nation's credibility is ill-served by meekly rolling over and being tickled on the belly when the first dissenting voices are raised. In short, it's exactly the behaviour you would expect and demand of a sovereign national government, and hopefully a nice taste of things to come in an independent Scotland.
In contrast let's examine the opposition stance. Unable to find any substantive criticisms of the way the decision was made, and boy how they've tried, they have been restricted to feeble and ill-conceived sniping around the fringes (Megrahi should go to a hospice?! Nice one Goldie). There is of course nothing wrong with proper scrutiny of the executive. But the opposition have gone beyond this and badly shamed themselves by their attempts to score party political points over this issue, as notably expressed by Labour MSP Malcolm Chisholm.
Almost as bad has been the opposition's hand wringing display in the face of US criticism. It betrays an appallingly deferential attitude, born of a very obvious inferiority complex. Ironic really, as this was always the accusation levelled at proponents of independence.
Indeed, these recent developments have made it abundantly clear that the SNP desire for independence is an expression of nothing other than self-confidence in the abilities and status of Scotland. One could put it as follows: We will make our own decisions; where others disagree we will take account of their concerns, but we will make our own decisions; we are confident and secure in our relationships with other countries; we are confident in our ability to manage these relationships when we disagree.
This stands in marked contrast to the servile dependence of the unionist parties, and hence the UK, on the goodwill of the US to the exclusion of all other considerations. One could summarise this approach as follows: Please don't hate us, please! We'll do anything, if only you'll be our friend!
Soon Scotland will again face a choice at the ballot box. Take control of our future, assume full responsibility for our nation's fortunes and take our place among the fellowship of nations. Or skulk along as America's poodle's puppy, looking up with those big eyes, desperate to be loved.
I know which country I would rather live in.
Monday, 24 August 2009
Keep him in prison: 4 votes
Prisoner transfer: 1 vote
Compassionate release: 38 votes
An overwhelming endorsement for MacAskill's decision then. Thanks to everyone who voted.
Saturday, 22 August 2009
But, ever the optimist, it looks to me like a good step in the right direction is being made up in the Granite City. These facilities are precisely the sort of thing we need more of throughout Scotland and are a welcome follow up to the recently opened Toryglen Football Centre near Hampden and the soon to be built National Indoor Sports Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome near Celtic Park.
Sport should be a central feature of Scottish life, not for the feelgood factor of seeing our sportsmen and women or national teams performing well, although that is always welcome, but rather for the overall health of the nation. Hopefully facilities such as those mentioned above, together with already existing facilities and others in the pipeline, will encourage greater participation in sport, improvements to overall health, and, ultimately, an improvement in results at the elite level.
Again, I'll be an optimist - I am a Scotland fan after all! The relative sporting famine of the last few years and the historic underinvestment in facilities gives Scottish sport an opportunity to effect a Lazarus-style comeback. The rebuilding of our sporting infrastructure must continue, in every corner of Scotland. Radical changes (e.g. summer football) should be seriously considered and, let's face it, those vested interests that would oppose radical change have very little credibility left and must be swept away. And finally, just imagine how much sweeter Scottish success will taste after all these years of suffering! Onwards and upwards Scotland!
Friday, 21 August 2009
I've added a poll over at the right hand side for you to cast your vote: if you were Justice Secretary how would you have treated Megrahi?
Finally I was impressed with Rev Ian Galloway's words:
We are defined as a nation by how we treat those who have chosen to hurt us. Do we choose mercy even when they did not choose mercy?
This was not about whether one man was guilty or innocent. Nor is it about whether he had a right to mercy but whether we as a nation, despite the continuing pain of many, are willing to be merciful.
I understand the deep anger and grief that still grips the souls of the victims' families and I respect their views.
But to them I would say justice is not lost in acting in mercy. Instead our deepest humanity is expressed for the better. To choose mercy is the tough choice and today our nation met that challenge.
Tuesday, 11 August 2009
Scotland is currently an electricity exporter and has vast untapped potential for wind, tide and hydro-electric power generation, sources of energy that will likely play an important part if we are to maintain our energy supply whilst lowering carbon emissions. Add to that Britain's dependence on gas and Scotland looks increasingly important for Britain's future energy needs.
Given the challenging times ahead, surely no PM in their right mind (which admittedly rules out many of them) would want to see Scotland's sources of energy removed from the British equation...
Britain's energy crisis
How long till the lights go out?
Aug 6th 2009
Thanks to its posturing politicians, Britain will soon start to run out of electricity. What should it do?
IN THE frigid opening days of 2009, Britain’s electricity demand peaked at 59 gigawatts (GW). Just over 45% of that came from power plants fuelled by gas from the North Sea. A further 35% or so came from coal, less than 15% from nuclear power and the rest from a hotch-potch of other sources. By 2015, assuming that modest economic growth resumes, a reasonable guess is that Britain will need around 64GW to cope with similar conditions. Where will that come from?
North Sea gas has served Britain well, but supply peaked in 1999. Since then the flow has fallen by half; by 2015 it will have dropped by two-thirds. By 2015 four of Britain’s ten nuclear stations will have shut and no new ones could be ready for years after that. As for coal, it is fiendishly dirty: Britain will be breaking just about every green promise it has ever made if it is using anything like as much as it does today. Renewable energy sources will help, but even if the wind and waves can be harnessed (and Britain has plenty of both), these on-off forces cannot easily replace more predictable gas, nuclear and coal power. There will be a shortfall—perhaps of as much as 20GW—which, if nothing radical is done, will have to be met from imported gas. A large chunk of it may come from Vladimir Putin’s deeply unreliable and corrupt Russia.
Many of Britain’s neighbours may find this rather amusing. Britain, the only big west European country that could have joined the oil producers’ club OPEC, the country that used to lecture the world about energy liberalisation, is heading towards South African-style power cuts, with homes and factories plunged intermittently into third-world darkness.
In terms of energy policy, this is almost criminal—as bad as any other planning failure in New Labour’s 12-year reign (though the opposition Tories are hardly brimming with ideas). British politicians, after all, have had 30 years to prepare for the day when the hydrocarbons beneath the North Sea run out; it is hardly a national secret that the country’s nuclear plants are old and its coal-power stations filthy. Recession has only delayed the looming energy crunch (see article). How did Britain end up in this mess?
A free energy market needs more than one country
To the extent that successive governments had a strategy, it was on the face of it an attractive one: they believed in open energy markets. Beginning in 1990, the state divested itself of control of the energy industry. Power plants were privatised and a competitive internal electricity market was set up. Whereas most continental power providers, often state-backed, tied in supplies through long-term contracts (notably with Russia), British firms happily tapped the North Sea and planned to top up as necessary on the open market. This approach for the most part kept consumer prices down, but practical problems have long been clear.
Most obviously, the rest of Europe (wrongly) failed to liberalise wholeheartedly too. The market is thus a highly imperfect one: Britain was unable to buy gas at any price in 2004 and 2005, for example. Meanwhile, without any clear guidance from the government, Britain’s electricity providers have had little incentive to start adding the sort of capacity that would help the system as a whole function more robustly—let alone diversify the sources. Tony Blair spent most of his prime ministership running around the issue of nuclear power (at the last minute deciding it was all right). Asked about energy, Gordon Brown has tended to waffle on about his (unfulfilled) ambitions for renewable energy. Nobody has been willing to discuss pipelines, terminals and power generation.
To make matters worse, the new capacity that is in the works is probably the wrong sort. With no official energy policy, the power firms look sure to go for the easiest option—building more gas plants, which are cheap, relatively clean and quick to build. Britain’s dependence on gas for its electricity seems set to rise from just under half to three-quarters in a decade. Even if this new dash for gas happens fast enough to keep most of the lights on, which is by no means certain, it would leave the country overly reliant on one power source.
Electricity prices in Britain would be tied directly to gas prices, which can fluctuate wildly. Although many sources of gas are already bound up in long-term contracts, optimists think Britain might be able to get more of it fairly easily. Norway’s North Sea reserves have life in them yet. New technology to capture gas from coalfields has recently boosted supplies, which could help keep prices down. But those sources are unlikely to meet all the extra demand, leaving Britain in a position familiar to many of its neighbours: relying on Russia. It is not just that relations with Russia are at their worst since the cold war; Mr Putin’s crew seem more interested in terrorising their customers than developing new gasfields.
Brown out; then come the brownouts
With gas too risky, coal too dirty, nuclear too slow and renewables too unreliable, Britain is in a bind. What can it do to get out of it? At this stage, there is no lightning-bolt solution, but two things would prevent matters from getting worse.
The first has to do with infrastructure. Companies must be cajoled or bribed into building gas storage. At the moment there is barely a week’s worth, so there is nothing to lessen the impact of price rises and the shenanigans of foreign powers. More cross-Channel power cables would help, allowing Britain to import electricity directly from its better-supplied neighbours (and also helping create a Europe-wide power grid, thus improving security for all EU members).
Second, carbon must be taxed if firms are to invest in long-term, expensive, technology-heavy projects such as nuclear plants, cleaning up coal and taming renewable sources of power. Carbon is already assigned a price through the European cap-and-trade mechanism, but the system is focused on the short term, vulnerable to gaming and plagued by hugely fluctuating prices. A tax on carbon is hardly going to stop the lights going out in a few years, but it would provide a floor price for power, giving investors a clearer sense of likely profits. In the meantime you know who to blame.
Friday, 7 August 2009
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
Weary fa' you, Iain Gray!
Weary fa' you, Iain Gray!
Ha, ha, this grinnin' poet,
Rejoices that you, Iain Gray,
Invariably do blow it!
When baseless gripes ye wildly bray,
Ye mark how far ye've lost your way,
Wha plants the seed o' your doomsday?
'Tis you yourself that sows it!
He thought that it was Eck's high-noon,
Ha, ha, an' how he crowed it!
But tae Gray's poison Eck's immune!
By now ye'd think he'd know it!
How will this glaikit Labour goon,
Stop his poll ratings hurtlin' doon?
"By meek obedience before Broon!"
At every turn he shows it!
Poor Iain's tongue such drivel saith,
Ha, ha, he ought tae stow it!
Wi' his pal Murphy, puppets baith,
The London line, they toe it!
While "Scottish" Labour puts it's faith,
In Gormless Brown, yon flimsy wraith,
Frae Stranraer up as far as Aith,
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Block on Trump's Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
Even lawyers need a little love from their furry, scaly, and/or fuzzy companions. While the type of dog or cat may be telling enough as is, what about other pets? Like, maybe camels, anyone?
In honor of Shark Week, we thought we'd celebrate the other lesser appreciated animals in the kingdom. Here are some unusual pets, including sharks, and what this may say about the type of lawyer owning them:
Sharks. No, not Great Whites, but certain smaller species of sharks. You know what they say about owners and their pets looking alike? You are sometimes what you own. Small sharks, for the most part, however, operate like any other pet fish would, which is the good news. The bad news is, you could be the brunt of many, "Sharks? And you're a lawyer. Really?" remarks. Maybe try to reign it in more at work when it comes to your shark-like instincts, and you should be fine.
Ferrets. Ferrets are the cats of the weasel world. Essentially, they are pretty much another domesticated mammal (illegal in some states, however -- make sure you check your state's laws) with traits just like the cat. Owners of ferrets, therefore, are not too far off from just your every day attorney cat-owner. They like companionship, but not too much, and don't require dog-like levels of responsibility when it comes to taking care of them. On the other hand, watch out for the crazy cat/crazy ferret lady (or dude) jokes.
Snakes. Snakes have a pretty bad rep. But, much like lawyers, they are often misunderstood and not actually as "evil" as they seem. Take a leaf from JK Rowling's books for example -- the cunning and ambitious Slytherin house was constantly feared as possibly evil. And, okay, aside from being home to Lord Voldemort back when he was human (let's just overlook this minor detail), the most of the lot were still normal, non-evil students. They simply had a little bit of bite to their attitude.
Crabs, eels, and snails. No, not for eating (although, they are certainly edible and delicious if cooked right), but for the owning as pets. Why not? They seem low maintenance enough, right? What does it say about you, though? Two words, on what exactly these pets are: bottom feeders. 'Nuff said.
Parrots: A little quirky, yes, but really, parrots, much like their owners, just enjoy a good (albeit sometimes repetitive and squawky) conversation. The only real concern we have though, is a possible breach of confidentiality. Not only is this not ABA approved, but your client wouldn't be a huge fan if your bird was busy revealing all their dirty secrets to whoever came into your home. | <urn:uuid:3a9efb8d-f5fe-4ad9-b553-4120dde08105> | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | https://blogs.findlaw.com/greedy_associates/2013/08/sharks-and-other-unusual-pets-what-does-this-say-about-you.html | 2021-01-28T10:16:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610704839214.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20210128071759-20210128101759-00586.warc.gz | en | 0.975276 | 608 |
There are considerable benefits in staging a regular company conference for your own staff.
If you want to refresh on why they are important, check out our recent blog ‘five fundamentals for your internal company conference’.
Ok, so you are at the stage where you are starting to plan for your first or next company conference.
What do you include? What content will provide your delegates ‘your staff’ with a valuable learning and developmental experience?
As leaders in delivering conferences with content, here are our seven tips for content to include in your next company conference.
1. Welcome from your company leader
This can be an invigorating way to set the scene for the conference ahead. Whoever leads your business, whether that is a CEO, Managing Director or General Manager, this is an opportunity for them to reinforce the vision and values of the company as well as the value of all the people in the company. As a scene-setter, your leader can introduce the topic or theme of the conference and the desired outcomes so everyone has a clear focus.
2. Guest speaker
Attaining the services of a guest speaker creates another way for the delegates to engage with the topic. You will need to do your research on appropriate experts in that subject matter and their suitability as engaging presenters. Attaining testimonials or references for the speaker and meeting with them in person would be good due diligence. Often you will find that a guest speaker comes with a fresh perspective on the topic to reinvigorate your audience.
3. Inclusive forum
We have all been to a conference where the content has predominantly been someone talking at you for hours on end which can make it very difficult to maintain concentration and absorb the material. So a good tip is to vary the format and include some participatory sessions. A purpose of company conferences is to involve your people in the future of the company, so plan some sessions to create discussion, feedback and ideas on the topic area.
4. Corporate training workshop
In our recent blog on internal company conferences, our Managing Director Dwain Richardson highlighted the opportunity to use these events for the professional development of staff. Whilst your team is together, it presents an ideal time to train groups of employees which in turn can bring cost efficiencies. Some corporate training workshops are great to not only develop the personal attributes of your team and leaders, but also how to structure and empower cohesive and high performing teams.
5. Team building exercise
Once again to provide some variety in your conference to keep your delegates energised and focused, it can be beneficial to incorporate team building activities. These can be designed to reinforce the theme of the conference and get your people communicating and interacting whilst also having fun. Team building is all about understanding, appreciating, maximising and developing the people you work with, and are great to boost team culture within the organisation.
6. Technology integration
Technology plays an important part of our work and personal lives, so why not harness this within your company conference. Integrating interactive technology is a great way to engage your people and provide some options in how they can contribute at the conference rather than just verbally. Live polling and electronic surveys are useful platforms to attain immediate feedback and results. Just remember to ensure all your people know how to use the platforms effectively.
7. Reinforce the conference theme
How do you keep the spirit alive after the conference? How does your team maintain the buzz and connection that was reinvigorated? A simple thing to do is provide some visual reminders of the conference that your delegates can take with them to their everyday workplace. It may be a framed photo or another themed gift. Also provide some additional learning or developmental resources that your staff can access back in the office. Some regular communication from your boss or HR department on a topic from the conference can also complement the results achieved.
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Gone are the days when Nicki Minaj wore crazy outfits and even weirder wigs, as the rapper is now toning down her image.
American Idol judge Nicki, who sacked her style team recently, has been showing a more classic look in recent months and now she admits she’s quit wearing such weird clothing these days.
Describing her style at the moment, the Starships singer shared: “It’s just a more, I would say, a sensual, natural, sexier look.
“Like to me, I did the Harajuku stuff. I did the crazy stuff. And now I kind of want to tone that back. And it’s not toning my personality back, it’s just showing like I don’t only have to do that.”
Minaj launched her new clothing line with Kmart stores this week and explained to Us Magazine what she was setting out to create with her collection.
“With me doing the clothing line now, it’s like I definitely don’t want people to think, ‘Oh, well, she’s only going to have crazy stuff in her line,” she added.
“I want them to know I’m doing this for women in general, to feel beautiful and sexy.
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We have appeared on Countryfile, Blue Peter, short films and larger period drama productions. The donkeys can create that authenticity you are looking for in a historical reproduction.
We can have them pulling carriages and implements or just being led in a rope halter.
We trust them with anyone, including your actors (of any age) or we are happy to dress up and appear as extras.
Robert has worked as a background actor in his own time and this has allowed a better understanding of how a production is made.
Have an idea and think the donkeys would better the film? Contact us and we will work with you to meet your requirements.
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Businesspersons start their endeavors with bold dreams and big strategies. However, it’s really easy to get held back by the routine tasks involved in the construction of a business empire. No matter the industry, every firm has these routine daily tasks that can’t be ignored, and finally keep entrepreneurs from the work they wish to do. This is where a virtual assistant will shine.
Who is a Virtual Assistant?
Think of a virtual assistant as a person who takes care of your crucial administrative duties from a remote location. They take care of everything from answering questions to database log entry, website administration, and even social media campaign and marketing.
Most work on the basis of a contractor on a timely basis. They are workers who work from home, allowing for ample flexibility in how much or how little amount of work you wish to get done from them. If you, for instance, are running a small business in India, you can hire virtual assistant India to get much-needed help for your business.
Debbie Michell, a Vancouver-based virtual assistant explains exactly what people in her field do:
“I assist other small business owners with the daily activities of their business. These people set out to own their own company not understanding there are all these daily errands that need to be attended to,” Debbie said. “Maybe they don’t have a man for admin, or maybe they just don’t have the required time. Either way, I take these duties off their hands so they can concentrate on running their business more proficiently.”
The Benefits of hiring a Virtual Assistant
Questioning whether you should hire a virtual assistant? Here are five of the best benefits of doing so.
More Time to Do What You Love
Running a venture can seem like a limitless river of emails, phone calls, conferences, and schedules. These can quickly begin eating into your spare time, leaving you with less time to handle the vital stuff. Brittany Hardy, owner of Empty Desk Solutions explains:
“Sometimes we know our plate is totally full, yet we cannot understand that we require help. Virtual assistant services are the perfect solution to many of the day to day professional tasks that would otherwise require a part-time or full-time worker.”
Rely on an Expert
As the virtual assistant business grows, so too does the ocean of skills available to call upon. VA’s often have several years of practice and a lot of knowledge in their arsenal in areas such as marketing, social media, PR and even database entry. Claire Costa, a Vancouver-based Virtual Assistant explains the benefits:
“For small venture owners, taking care of specific parts of your business can mean making mistakes, simply because it’s not your area of know how. These mistakes can lead to so much unwanted extra work, therefore hiring a virtual assistant is as much an investment in your venture, as it is your own free time.”
As your venture expands, you’ll most certainly need help. Regrettably, you may not be ready to hire a real employee. Ascertain how much you can afford to pay to get vital admin tasks done, then find a virtual assistant to work within those boundaries. You don’t have to concern yourself with the tax implications, profits, or get locked into long-term contract agreements.
“Your virtual assistant will only charge for work done,” Claire explains. “You don’t need to worry about tracking hours, covering source deductions, and all the other challenges a full-time member of staff brings. It’s the finest option for a small businessperson. You have to focus only on how to hire right virtual employee.”
A Personal Business Relationship
“People are literally putting their business in my hands, and that’s a huge responsibility.” – Debbie Roche.
It’s usually at the start when you hire a personal assistant, for the VA to focus on simple tasks like data entry, email work, or making scheduled meeting arrangements, but as the trust develops, you’ll learn to be dependent on them more and more. As time passes by, you can ask your virtual assistant to take on more pieces of your professional life, and allowing you with more time for.
Through the upward pains of a small business, you’ve probably become familiarized to doing everything on your own. If you’re working 100-hour work weeks, it barely leaves any time for big-picture planning about vision and planning. Using virtual assistant services means more time to devise new projects, big decisions or innovative ways to grow your business. | <urn:uuid:17f7cb53-b9c3-4044-98a1-d561752a9020> | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | https://www.optimalvirtualemployee.com/guide-to-grow-your-small-business-with-virtual-assistant/ | 2019-04-20T06:18:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578528702.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20190420060931-20190420082931-00374.warc.gz | en | 0.951879 | 962 |
Happy New Year!
2014 was a great year for me, with lots of new and fascinating experiences. I'll have a short look back and try to list at least some of the (mostly) musical events of the year.
January was mostly spent in teaching and playing with my students. In February I traveled to Lisbon, to play with my friend, the great guitarist Bruno Santos, and to give master class at the Hot Clube/ Escola de Jazz Luiz Villas-Boas. I had a tremendous time there, and got totally enchanted about the city. Such a great vibe, I'd love to spend there more time at some point in my life for sure! On our concerts at Hot Clube, me and Bruno worked with drummer Luis Candeias and bassist Antonio Quintino. We also played a Sunday afternoon jam at a cafe Tati, which turned to be really great! There we played mainly with bassist André Carvalho, Luis on drums and Goncalo Marques. A lot of fun indeed!
Here's a few shots from IASJ and Cape Town:
After coming home from South Africa, I left for Italy for about a month. First stop was Atina Jazz Campus , as part of Atina Jazz Festival in Atina, Lazio (near Frosinone). I was heading the campus and we had a great collection of students and teachers from Finland, Denmark, Italy (naturally), Portugal, Serbia, Brazil, Hungary... Such a great campus, and musically so far the most satisfactory of these camps. Everybody worked really hard and still the vibe was loose and creative! Looking forward to next summer! Special thanks to teachers Markus Niittynen, Peter Szendofi Carlos Ezequiel Dario Germani Ettore Fioravanti Marta Raviglia Susanna Stivali Pericle Odierna !
September I spent mostly teaching and practicing, and playing with my students. Anyhow I did a weekend trip to Tallinn with my son Milo, for his fencing competition. Such a nice city!
Me, Tuure and Ville flew Japan Airlines via London, while Mike came directly from Amsterdam, so we met and rehearsed in Tokyo.
Our first gig was a small festival in Tokyo, called Ochanomizu Netsuretsu Gakkisai, organised be the Meiji University. On the same night we still dropped by in the famous Body and Soul club in Minami-Aoyama. Owned by a great old lady called Kyoko Seki, it is one of those places that has the right vibe for a jazz club. Me and Mike got invited to play a few tunes with the rhythm section of that night, Kengo Nakamura and Dennis Frehse who, except sounded great, were working that night with the well-established pianist Junko Moriya who was so kind to invite us on stage. After a couple of tunes also Tuure and Ville joined us, and we played some tunes from our repertoire.
The following day we were off to Niigata, to perform at the Jazz Flash which also a legendary club, with a long history. In some way, this felt like the opening night of the tour, and the audience really loved us. We also had a great party there after the concert, cannot really complain! Hope to go back soon!
Next day we traveled to Kobe, it took the whole day, but luckily that night was free. Next day we performed at Kobe Modern Jazz Club, organised by Dai Murata. What a brilliant night!
that has been working under the same owner and name since 1962. Small and quite cozy place, we played with a very good energy that night. After that we headed back to Tokyo, to meet some people and take care of business. Great dinners and lunches always in Tokyo! Next gig was at Jazz Club Someday in Shinjuku, which is quite a big place for a Japanese club, and also very well established. Unfortunately the owner hadn't obviously taken care of his business, so there was only a few customers. But, blessing in disguise - one of them was a well-known Swedish jazz pianist, Ronny Johansson with his wife. Ronny played with us a few tunes, so we did have small jam session as well.
And off we go - heading now back North, and performing on the same night in Nagoya. We had (again) our luxurious 30 minutes at the hotel before rushing to the club..
Next day we had to return to Tokyo for our hotel, and then continue to Mito, Ibaraki, for our gig that night. A bit of a stretch again, but we made it and had a great night at the Girl Talk which is undeniably the best club in the whole region. We had also some friends in the audience and it was wonderful to play there!
I also played several concerts with my students towards the end of the year, and we worked really hard for those. I was supposed to go to Cuba in early December, but for practical reasons we postponed the appearance at the Festival Jazz Plaza in Havana, for December 2015.
- give master classes and play some duo concerts with Benito Gonzalez in Spain and Italy (February)
- do a 5-day teacher exchange to Royal Conservatory in Den Hague
- do a tour in Asia with Mike del Ferro (+ a rhythm section for sure..)- including Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia (March)
- visit South Africa and perform and teach at the SAJE festival and Cape Town Jazz Festival, plus do some recordings there(March-April)
- visit Japan (May) for some concerts and business
Thanks so much for reading/going through all this! (not sure if I would've managed myself:)
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Heath bosses are failing to reach targets for cancer treatment times for patients in Doncaster - because patients fail to turn up for appointments.
The most recent official figures revealed to the NHS Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group this week showed that targets were missed for patients getting their first referral for an outpatient appointment; receiving their first definitive treatment after referral of screening.
Under Government targets 93 per cent of patients should have their first outpatient appointment within two weeks of being referred urgently with suspected cancer by a GP. The most recently published figure for people living in the Doncaster area, the figure is 92 per cent. The figure for the Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals Trust is 88.96.
The figure is different because the people living in Doncaster may be receiving treatment for hospitals outside the borough, and patients from outside Doncaster may be receiving treatment in the town's hospital.
But bosses have revealed that in March, almost half the breaches of the two week wait were down to people who had appointments cancelling them or just not turning up for an appointment which could potentially save their life.
The targets also state that 85 per cent of patients should have their first definitive treatment for cancer within 62 days of an urgent GP referral.
The figure for people living in Doncaster was 77.30 per cent for the most recent quarter. The Doncaster hospitals trust met its target, though, with a figure of 86.84 per cent.
Targets state that 90 per cent of patients should have their first definitive treatment for cancers with 62 days of a referral from an NHS screening service.
For patients living in Doncaster, the most recent figure is 84.60 per cent. For the Doncaster hospitals trust, the figure is 87.95 per cent.
Both Doncaster patients and the hospitals trust achieve the target of a waiting time of 31-days or less from diagnosis to first definitive treatment cancers.
In March 2017 for Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group there were 95 breaches of the two week wait target. Some 45 were due to patient choice; 43 were due to lack of outpatient capacity; three were because of hospital cancellation; two were due to administrative error; one due to the patient not being able to be contacted; and one breach is still being reviewed to understand the reasons for the delay.
If the 45 patients who didn’t attend or changed their appointment for whatever reason, had attended within the two weeks, the Trust would have met its target.
Dr David Crichton, Chair of NHS Doncaster CCG said: “We take cancer waiting time breaches very seriously and have regular meetings with the hospital Trust to examine why they have happened and see what can be done to prevent them occurring in the future.
“This currently includes looking at how we can make best use of our outpatient capacity and also minimise the number of cancellations.
“We also intend to explore how we can reinforce to patients the importance of attending an outpatient appointment for suspected cancer within two weeks of being referred by their GP. We understand there will always be some cases where this is not possible but this is potentially one of the most important appointments you will ever get from the NHS and should be seen as such.”
David Purdue, Chief Operating Officer at the Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals trust, said: “We work to national guidelines set for hospitals and try to see all urgent referrals for patients suspected of cancer within an appropriate time frame. In 2016/17 we achieved our overall target for two week referrals, however in both Doncaster and Bassetlaw we continue to see issues where first offered appointments aren’t always accepted by patients.
“To help with this objective in the future, working in partnership with our Clinical Commissioning Groups and local GPs, in April we switched from using paper-based referrals to a new digital system to ensure that all requests are received, and an appointment given, as soon as possible. I also want to highlight the importance of attending these, potentially, life-saving appointments so cancer can be detected and treated quickly, ensuring a better chance of recovery.”
Chief Operating Officer for Healthwatch Doncaster, Andrew Goodall said: "Targets are set because they are important. I don't have the details of why the targets have been missed but I would like to know the reasons, and if we could work together to improve things." | <urn:uuid:68df3bb0-aa06-4cbd-8015-c99028ae6a09> | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | https://www.southyorkshiretimes.co.uk/news/no-show-patients-hit-doncaster-cancer-treatment-targets-1-8608719 | 2017-12-18T05:22:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948608836.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20171218044514-20171218070514-00184.warc.gz | en | 0.971111 | 899 |
The Loyal Toast is proposed at official functions as the Toast to Her Majesty The Queen, Canada’s Head of State. Prior to proposing the toast, the Master of Ceremonies may wish to advise guests that when toasting The Queen, guests do not clink glasses. Following is a script for the toast:
"Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the Loyal Toast."
Once everyone is standing and guests are silent, the MC raises his or her glass and says, "The Queen, la Reine".
This is the signal for everyone present to raise their glass and repeat the phrase, "The Queen, la Reine".
On domestic occasions, the Loyal Toast is proposed after dinner and before dessert and coffee is served.
On international occasions (visits of foreign ambassadors, ministers, or delegations), the visiting guest of honour normally proposes the Loyal Toast at the conclusion of his or her remarks, in response to the Toast to the visitor's Head of State, which is proposed by the provincial host.
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How to Handle Nifty Breakout Trades?
One of the toughest part in trading is you see a trend breakout and not try to trade against it. However most of traders...
Aug 31, 2016
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Topic: Mac marketshare
09/03/2011, 11:09 am
The release of Mac OS X Lion has helped Apple grow its share of the PC install base to nearly 13.5% in the U.S. and more than 6% worldwide, according to new statistics.
08/17/2011, 11:08 am
A new, disputed report from one Wall Street analyst claims Apple's Mac sales have slowed significantly since the fourth week in July, suggesting its back-to-school promotion is not boosting sales as much as expected.
08/16/2011, 01:08 pm
Back-to-school sales have been particularly strong for Apple this year, with both the Mac and iPad proving popular, while non-Apple tablets have failed to gain traction with education buyers.
08/09/2011, 11:08 am
Apple's line of Mac computers are seen making further market share gains in the coming years, growing to 4.5 percent of sales in 2011, and 5.2 percent of new PCs sold in 2015.
08/08/2011, 09:08 am
Both Apple's Mac and iPad lineup are poised to make significant gains in the second half of 2011, as the Windows-based PC market remains "relatively stagnant" and is predicted to see 4 percent growth, according to a new analysis.
07/18/2011, 04:07 pm
The latest domestic sales figures from the NPD Group suggest Apple may have sold as many as 4.2 million Macs in the June quarter, a sum that would represent the company's best quarter ever.
07/13/2011, 05:07 pm
Apple's share of the U.S. personal computer market rose to nearly 11 percent during the second quarter of 2011, with the Mac maker representing the only major PC manufacturer to report double-digit growth in a market that contracted by more than 4 percent.
07/12/2011, 10:07 am
Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer this week boasted that sales of Windows PCs continue to vastly outperform the Mac, but also conceded that his company's mobile phone business has not done much to improve its market share.
07/01/2011, 07:07 am
Apple is expected to dethrone market leader HP in terms of global notebook shipments next year, if the iPad is categorized as a portable computer.
06/30/2011, 11:06 pm
An HP executive said Thursday that the TouchPad tablet is not meant to take the market away from the iPad and is instead aimed at the enterprise, while a new report claims Apple is set to overtake HP next year as the world's leading portable PC vendor, if iPads are taken into account.
06/28/2011, 12:06 pm
Needham & Company increased its revenue and earnings per share estimates for Apple on Tuesday, with new figures that reflect higher estimated shipments of 30 million iPads and 17 million Macs in 2011.
06/13/2011, 03:06 pm
Through the first two months of Apple's third quarter of fiscal 2011, U.S. Mac sales are up 15 percent year-over-year, but that number is expected to rise in June when Apple faces a more favorable 2010 comparison.
05/20/2011, 11:05 am
Mac sales in the enterprise during Apple's last fiscal quarter grew a whopping 66 percent, significantly outpacing the rest of the PC market, which grew just 4.5 percent in the enterprise.
05/16/2011, 03:05 pm
Mac sales a year ago were exceptionally strong, making Apple's year-over-year sales increase in April 2011 a "soft" 9 percent.
04/28/2011, 09:04 am
Apple's iPad accounted for 74 percent of tablet shipments in the first quarter of 2011, as combined Mac and iPad sales made Apple one of the top five PC vendors in the world by volume.
04/18/2011, 02:04 pm
Driven by strong sales of the new Thunderbolt-equipped MacBook Pro lineup, domestic Mac sales are estimated to have increased 47 percent year over year in the month of March.
04/13/2011, 05:04 pm
Apple's line of Mac computers saw great success in the U.S. in the first quarter of calendar 2011, growing 9.6 from 2010, while the rest of the American market fell 10.7 percent and netbook maker Acer tumbled 42.1 percent.
03/14/2011, 03:03 pm
U.S. Mac sales were on the low end of expectations -- but still up 16 percent year over year -- in the first two months of the March quarter, ahead of Apple's release of the new MacBook Pro lineup.
02/22/2011, 03:02 pm
The latest U.S. sales data shows Apple's Mac sales are up 20 percent year over year, putting the company on pace to meet an expected 3.6 million units sold in the March quarter.
01/26/2011, 08:01 am
With Mac and iPad sales combined, Apple computer sales grew 241 percent year over year in the fourth quarter of 2010, vaulting the company into third place in worldwide PC sales research, firm Canalys revealed on Wednesday. | <urn:uuid:0eb73bf2-c941-4151-b182-116b54e6e877> | CC-MAIN-2016-40 | http://appleinsider.com/topic/Mac+marketshare/page/4 | 2016-09-26T22:28:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-40/segments/1474738660898.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160924173740-00154-ip-10-143-35-109.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951299 | 1,084 |
Assassin's Creed III Patch Stabs Bothersome Bugs
Posted by Sammy Barker
In the back
Assassin’s Creed III will take a step closer to completion “by the end of next week”, when a planned patch for the title eliminates any lingering game-breaking bugs. Multiplayer updates will prevent players from getting stuck on the warm-up screen for the Fort Wolcott map, while other tweaks will stop cunning participants from contesting throwing knife kills.
On the single-player side, almost every mission will see a tweak or two, with missing objects, broken audio, and infinite death loops on the checklist. All pretty minor issues, we’re sure you’ll agree.
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The Origin of Self
In the prior three postings on the subject: Exploration of Consciousness
I have been developing a concept of human consciousness as it relates to sapience. I am following ideas put forth by the neurologist and neuroscientist Antonio Damasio as given in the bibliography. But I have some additional thoughts to add, drawn from the works of other scientists pertaining especially to the research on wisdom as well as my own work on the hierarchical cybernetic model of brain. I have been using some of the same terminology as Damasio so that if readers want to follow up and get more details they can read his books and find some consistency between what I am writing here and his work.
Damasio's insights regarding the origins or sources of consciousness are particularly useful and take a different tack from the regular philosophical and psychological approaches. Damasio begins with the fact that brains are about life management, starting with the oldest, most primitive forms. Evolution has favored increasing management efficacy because it provides the possessors an increased fitness, i.e. they can exploit more complex environments if they have more complex information processing ability and increased behavioral flexibility.
But with increasing brain complexity comes the need for the hierarchical organization of the control functions. The modern human brain represents the epitome of a hierarchical cybernetic system, complete with high-level planning (strategic management), very complex tactical and logistical coordination, and, of course, a panoply of highly adaptive operational level functions. And this latter level is where Damasio starts his story of the construction of consciousness in the human mind.
His main argument is that consciousness is built on three basic constructs: wakefulness (alertness, etc.), mind (the structured and unstructured processing of images), and the ‘self’ (an on-going narrative of the state of the individual's biology) (Damasio, 2010). In particular, the first emergence of a self (as I described in the first post) is based on an ability to differentiate between sensory inputs that originate in the body or are caused by the body versus those that originate from outside the body. The very first thing a brain has to be able to discriminate is between those sensations (stimuli) that are caused by non-self and those that are caused by self. In addition, however, the brain maintains what Damasio has called a ‘map’ of the internal milieu of the body, the conditions in the viscera and blood that are linked to homeostatic mechanisms. The brain monitors these conditions and manages the response mechanisms, such as hormone and neuromodulator secretion. It maintains a continual mapping of body states as they change and responds accordingly. This level (operations) is basic cybernetic feedback control.
The most primitive brains maintain these active maps or what I have been also calling the models. In this case the brain has a genetically endowed model of the body with sensory inputs from all parts of the body ending up feeding into the model of the body which is continually updated. The model contains reference states (ideals) that are used to compare with the current state and generate homeostasis responses as needed. But what is left in the brain is an ‘image’ of the body state at each instance. In the most primitive of brains that is the end of it. New states generate new images. But in evolutionarily more advanced brains these images are actually available to higher-order maps (see Figure 2 in Part 1 - Exploring Consciousness) where multiple sensory images are integrated in order to produce more complex behavior actions. These higher order maps may maintain something like working memory, or at least some kind of short term memory traces. They are also subject to modulatory inputs (e.g. neuromodulators from the homeostatic mechanisms) that can affect the further processing, acting as feedback to this level from the lower levels. The residual pattern images are part of a coordination level of cybernetic management. Their persistence over slightly longer time scales allow the spatial-temporal integration of patterns that can then provide coordination feedback to the lower levels. Damasio has described this phenomenon as the basis for what he calls “feeling”. It may be hard to imagine a fish, for example, having feelings. But this is because the feelings that humans have are at a higher level and being interpreted by consciousness. There are multiple levels of a self that have respective levels of feelings.
The primitive parts of brains, no matter how advanced, generate what Damasio calls the protoself, the primitive self that worms and fish experience. In Who is I? I provided some aspects of Damasio's extension in the theory of self, showing how more complex brains produce a ‘core’ self, the first level in which a self also is aware of itself being affected by the environmental situation. From there the most complex brains with extensive neocortex, having memories of both the biographical past and the projected future (plans and imagination).
The Strategic Self
Damasio gives a good account of how the biographical self emerges as a “protagonist” (his terminology) with a private sense of agency. His argument for the evolutionary fitness of biological management of the self in an increasingly complex world, likewise, sits well. The autobiographical self embedded in a mind that is extraordinarily competent at manipulating abstract mental models is clearly advantaged in survival and reproductive success in a world of so many ecological opportunities. Humans were obviously successful in invading and exploiting almost every ecosystem on the planet.
Human consciousness is not merely autobiographical. It includes a planning model above the super-observer model shown in the Who is I post. This model answers the question, “What should I do?” But the question being asked is not simply what should I do next (short-term). That is a tactical question. Rather the planning model extends the time, spatial and social horizons greatly. The time horizon can extend over years. The spatial horizon can extend as far as the mind has been exposed to stories to foreign lands, even to alien worlds. And the social horizon extends to not just kith and kin (the tribe) as cooperators, but to perfect strangers as long as there is a context for association.
Members of the species Homo sapiens think strategically in the sense that they can consider all of the past that they have informational access to, the current situation (also that they have informational access to), and with a sense of desired outcomes in the future, they can lay plans of action to get them to those outcomes. This can be done consciously, of course, with some effort. The farther the horizons anticipated, the more effort required. But somewhat ironically, the vast majority of humans do not really think strategically in a conscious fashion. Their brains are still engaged in planning, but they are doing it subconsciously and only become aware of the results as their intuitive judgments bias them to act in ways that tend to further their plans. Their tactical management thinking, that is: “What should I do next?” is what they are aware of and their intuitions provide the answers from deeper in their strategic management brain. The vast majority of people muddle through life unaware that their brains are trying to keep them alive and in the best possible situations.
For the vast majority of people in the world strategic thinking is not foremost in their minds because by the time they reach adulthood they have settled into something of a routine. As long as their environment does not really change that much they do not need to lay additional plans beyond the limited horizons they have already mastered. Strategic thinking, for most people, is something they do more as teenagers than as fully developed adults. We often call it daydreaming or imagining.
On some rare occasions an individual is born with a tendency to maintain a youthful mental condition that allows them to continue dreaming long into their adult lives. These are the explorers who wonder if the future would be more rewarding somewhere else. Among this lot, but rarer still, there are individuals who do not merely dream and wander in exploration, but people who consciously ask questions about the future and distant locations and peoples. These are the true conscious strategic thinkers. They are not just explorers, but intentional explorers who are seeking more information, better knowledge, and looking for the best solutions to living in a changing and dangerous world.
Such people experience a much broader (bigger) form of consciousness. Their considerations of the future are not merely fantasies (wishful thinking about the future), but realistic assessments of what is likely to happen in their world that will impact them and their kin, and what they should do about it in advance. They too have intuitions but their judgments take so much more into account and are better organized by broad systemic knowledge that they are more often veridical (i.e. correspond to what actually ends up happening) than the average person's.
The strategic self, whether operating in consciousness or just below the surface, might seem to be the epitome of self and is more or less where Damasio ends his model except for noting that consciousness itself is not the epitome of human cognition. He views ‘conscience’ as occupying a higher level than mere consciousness. After all, the worst criminal minds are conscious but clearly lack a conscience.
Conscience is what makes us more humanistic. In my model of sapience I point out that our judgments are as influenced by moral sentiments (cooperation, altruism, empathy) which are the basis of our social nature. We need not be conscious of our conscience in the same way we need to be conscious of our rational thoughts and, indeed we rarely grasp exactly why we perform acts of friendship and kindness other than to say it is our nature. We can become aware of emotions that attend these acts as well as, of course, negative emotions. When we do something wrong we feel regret and possibly shame. But these remain just feelings. What a strong strategic mind will do under these circumstances is re-analyze the conditions and acts that led to these feelings and think about how to correct for mistakes (how to try to be a better person in the future).
So, my theory of sapience and Damasio's model of consciousness + conscience seem to be complementary and cover a lot of ground in trying to explain the brain basis for what we humans experience as subjective reality. But, as I indicated at the end of the last post, there seems to remain one more aspect of awareness that is not yet accounted for. The planning model of figure 3 in Part 2 provides the basis for a strategic self. But, as I argued above, the scope of the various dimension horizons, is generally limited and most people do not really consciously plan out very far. The answers to the question, what should I do, are bound by constraints due to the limits of tacit knowledge that most people have. However, the same brain region that provides the basis for this planning model can be even further expanded in some individuals so that their horizons are far. In Figure 1 I show an expanded planning model.
Figure 1. The highest level cortical map that resulted from the expansion of BA10 in late human evolution provides a hyper-consciousness feeling. The new map extends and expands the planning map of earlier species of Homo.
The Ineffable Self
As with conscience there is no need to have the expanse of this model in consciousness for it to have its effect on the basic planning model processing. This particular model takes the questions of who have I been, who am I now, and who shall I become to some much greater scope. The figure shows the ineffable self wrapped around and integrated with the planning model because it is an extension of the latter, but with very different processing properties. The reason I call it ineffable is because one senses that there is something real there, but cannot observe it as a consciously held object. The protoself was observed by an observer model that interpreted what was happening as the organism's body states were affected by the environment and sensing what that environment was. This observer gave rise to the core self in Damasio's terminology. In turn the super-observer model observed the changes in the core self and combined that situation analysis with the autobiography of the individual stored in memories to produce the autobiographical self, a being with a private experience of agency and ownership of thoughts. The feeling of self culminates in humans in not only an ongoing narrative of the self living in the world, but as a story in abstract symbols of that narrative and hundreds of parallel narrative about what else is going on in the world. The use of language allows a highly efficient mental capacity for dealing with extraordinarily complex worlds.
The next higher order model is one that takes all that comes from the biographical self and transforms the narrative of past to present into a narrative of the future. As discussed above, sometimes this is explicit in conscious thought, but more often it is running in the background, so to speak. Nevertheless its effects are felt and observed in the super observer in which self consciousness operates.
With the expansion of the planning model to greater horizons something interesting happens. The effect of this expansion is felt in consciousness but only as an ineffable sense of a super-I, an ultimate I that is observing all that came from below but cannot cause the super-observer to form words to express what is happening. The super-observer is not observing that higher-order mental capacity. It receives influences (intuitions) from the planning model, but the effects of the “Grand Ineffable Sense of Self” are not observed directly. They are only experienced through the planning model's effects on the super-observer. This, I claim, is what makes the subjective experience of consciousness seem mysterious and unexplainable. Each one of us knows there is something else there besides our direct thoughts but we have no observational access to what it might be. So the easy thing to do is imagine it as a separate spirit, a soul. Descartes' dualism fell victim to this, but so have all of the more spiritualistic explanations over human history. We all have this private experience of something being there but we cannot see it in any direct sense. Until the age of brain science we are currently in, there was very little else we could think. Introspection would not expose it since only the super-observer could produce analysis of what it observed and the grand self was not in its view.
Of course this is not the definitive word on how the brain produces this thing we call consciousness or why some aspect of what we experience seems to defy description. The model I have presented is (hopefully) reasoned conjecture on my part based on several different but converging lines of neuropsychological research. Below is a general bibliography of reference works that I have tried to assimilate to construct this model. The study of the brain and its workings and evolution is an incredibly intellectually stimulating exercise. I heartily recommend it to anyone.
Where to Next?
In modern systems analysis one generally starts with an attempt to understand the whole system as a black box in order to situate its purpose in the grander environment in which it operates. You map and parameterize its inputs and outputs, you observe its behavior. Then you start to decompose the system into its constituent subsystems, and them into their constituents recursively until you reach a natural stopping place for analysis. This is called top-down analysis. Understand the whole before you attempt to understand the parts. The reason I have been mucking about in consciousness studies is that I am trying to get a handle on the top level of human mentation in preparation for such a top-down analysis of sentient systems. Such an analysis can lead simply to better, deeper understanding. But it can also lead to ideas for designing artifacts that emulate the natural systems.
In my PhD research I embarked on an agenda to emulate natural intelligence (not worrying about either consciousness or sapience!) in a machine. My strategy was to approach it from an evolutionary perspective. That is I started by looking for ways to emulate very primitive brains that showed the capacity to adapt to changing environments. I succeeded in emulating what I came to call a “moronic snail” brain in a mobile robot platform (MAVRIC). I was successful in getting some publications out on how I did it, but the field of Animatics (the simulation of animal-like behavior in robots) came to be dominated by the then-new non-traditional areas of artificial intelligence such as artificial neural networks (ANN), fuzzy logic, and some Bayesian statistical learning methods. These methods were showing some interesting first results and had the benefit of being functionally (and mathematically) easy to understand. My approach of emulating brains by simulating very low level functionality of real neurons (namely synaptic plasticity in multiple time domains) was ignored and I got discouraged (as an academic). Fortunately my work had been early enough to have garnered the necessary attention to support my granting of tenure.
I had been sitting on the sidelines as far as this research was concerned. Indeed I ignored the area because I found ANNs, for example, to be completely boring and never believed they would ever lead to the kind of sentient intelligence that remained the prize of AI. My robots had sat on the shelf for years while I went off to study energy, sapience, and then consciousness. And, wouldn't you know it, while I was ignoring the field several researchers finally started coming to the conclusion that the dominant paradigm in animatics was likely a blind alley. Concomitant with this dawning realization neuroscience had started unraveling the way in which concepts are organized and represented in the neocortex. The story is complex, but it turns out that the main premise of representation in ANNs was wrong and my neural models were right! That started me thinking about the problems again.
So now, several decades later, I have a big picture of what cognition looks like. I have worked out some details of how a hierarchical cybernetic system works and have developed a scheme for how to construct a brain using that and my version of neural simulations. So I am off to the research races again.
Back in Jan. 2011 I posted a brief on Brain Complexity at Multiple Scales in which I ran over the various size and time scales in which relevant cognitive processing took place. This followed the evolutionary strategy from simple to complex, but also previewed the program I intend to pursue. Having already done a simple invertebrate brain I now seek to invade the cognitive space of reptiles! In some future posts I plan to outline the steps I will be taking. The ultimate goal is to construct a neocortical framework for building mammalian-scale brains. This is now in the realm of feasibility given the newest generation of microcontroller devices, sensors, and actuators for robots. I plan to follow Damasio's framework of giving my brains access to more complex body states so that they can incorporate a protoself and core self (the reptile). With the addition of a neocortical framework I hope to develop a capacity for an autobiographical self in a machine.
Here is why I am pursuing this now. Human civilization is about to collapse. We may end up in a new dark age, we may even go extinct. Or we may salvage some semblance of civilization but only for a few survivors. If the latter turns out to be the case humanity is going to need some help cleaning up the mess. Assuming we find some way to power them, really intelligent robots with consciences might help out.
It is possibly a Quixotic dream of a foolish old man. I'm sure many will see it as so. But when we stop dreaming is when we stop being human altogether.
References and General Bibliography
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Blackmore, Susan (2004). Consciousness: An Introduction, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK.
Bourke AFG (2011). Social Evolution, Oxford University Press, Oxford,
Buller, David J. (2005). Adapting Minds, The MIT Press, Cambridge MA.
Cacioppo, John T., Visser, Penny S., and Pickett, Cynthia L. (eds)(2006). Social Neuroscience, The MIT Press, Cambridge MA.
Calvin, William H. (1996). How Brains Think: Evolving Intelligence, Then and Now, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London UK.
Calvin, William H. & Ojemann, George A. (1994). Converstations with Neil's Brain: The Neural Nature of Thought and Language, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading MA.
Carter, Rita (1999). Mapping the Mind, University of California Press, Berkeley CA.
Commons ML et al (eds) (1991). Neural Network Models of Conditioning and Action, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, Mahwah, NJ.
Damasio, Antonio (1994). Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain, HarperCollins Publisher, New York.
Damasio, Antonio (2000). The Feeling of What Happens, Mariner Books, New York.
Damasio, Antonio (2010). Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain, Random House LLC, New York.
Deacon, Terrence W. (1997). The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Brain, W.W. Norton & Company, New York.
Dennett, Daniel C. (1991). Consciousness Explained, Little, Brown and Company, Boston MA.
Donald, Merlin (2001). A Mind So Rare: The Evolution of Human Consciousness, W.W. Norton & Company, New York.
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. Damasio allows that all creatures with brains have minds; that the mind is not the same as consciousness, but rather the result of continuous processing of sensory-driven imgages in those brains.
. A model is any representation of the “thing” under consideration, the subsystem of interest. A map is generally thought of as a more static representation of a relation between two different “domains” (technically between a domain and a range, but I'm using the word domain more generally). However, a model is a dynamic maping, one in which the interally represented relations can change with changing associative conditions. Models can be used in control systems, e.g. what is often called a ‘plant model’ is a transfer function that maps control signals to the actuators of the plant from the sensory signals that measure the plant state or output. For my purposes (and I think Damasio would concur) map and model mean essentially the same thing.
. In this usage, an image is a pattern of roughly synchronized neural firings across a specific assemblage of neurons in a network. These firing patterns represent an image that is active in mind. When the system is not being stimulated (e.g. from below by sensory inputs) the images reside in dispositional form (Damasio's term) or in passive storage as long-term potentiation of the memory traces associated with that specific pattern. Only activate assembleges form images at a given instant.
. The evolutionary strategy might first look like a bottom-up approach but in truth it is what I call a “piece-wise” top down approach. That is as the system at a given stage of evolution is decomposed and understood the knowledge serves as a basis for what to look for when you start decomposing a more evolutionarily advanced system. So starting with invertebrate brains has given me the first insights into the neural processing of self vs. non-self (Figure 1 in the first post). It also gave me confidence to tackle a more advanced system like an early vertebrate brain (e.g. a fish), which is what I am working on at the moment. | <urn:uuid:64f385a6-2ea1-4d6c-be68-17a1d3341acd> | CC-MAIN-2015-14 | http://questioneverything.typepad.com/question_everything/2014/05/the-epitome-of-consciousness.html | 2015-03-31T06:34:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131300441.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172140-00080-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937997 | 5,487 |
What's with epic orchestral music and D minor? Whether it's in a film or a video game, most music is played in the key of D minor. Perhaps there is a 'composer's secret' where the key of D minor gives a more epic feel to the piece. Or maybe it's just the easiest key for the orchestra to play in (notably for the violins, as one of their open strings is a D4).
Good examples of such epic music include the soundtrack to the Pirates of the Caribbean movies (just look them up on Youtube). And, of course, who could forget Chevaliers de Sangreal? | <urn:uuid:59036049-2a4a-459b-80a6-4745a7e50ab6> | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | http://tomekkobialka.blogspot.com/2010/12/epic-music-and-d-minor.html | 2019-08-18T16:06:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027313936.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20190818145013-20190818171013-00554.warc.gz | en | 0.963315 | 133 |
Heath Cottage - Community Cohesion.
A selection of our Key Stage 2 children have been to visit some of the elderly within the community. They had a lovely relaxing afternoon reading their favourite stories and playing games with them. For many elderly people it is sad to say that many may not often get visitors. As part of linking within our community the children have been to visit and spent and enjoyable afternoon talking to many of the residents. It is hoped that they may be able to come and visit the children in school to watch some of our parades or assemblies. | <urn:uuid:ef6a9f93-c100-461c-8e71-9dbe82e12a9a> | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | http://www.mossfieldps.salford.sch.uk/news/detail/heath-cottage-community-cohesion/ | 2019-03-25T15:00:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912203991.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20190325133117-20190325155117-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.988281 | 114 |
Balancing between home, local and expat friendships is key to happiness when living offshore.
Based on our personal experience and that of our clients, we’ve come to the conclusion that a happy and well-balanced expat fosters three distinct categories of relationships.
First they protect their sense of personal identity by actively maintaining links with family and friends back home.
Secondly they make local friends to ensure they live in the present. And make the most of where they are.
And thirdly they build connections with others who are living (or have lived) outside the cultures they were born into, sharing the highs and lows of the expat journey.
Location will have a big influence on how easy (or hard) it is to develop each of these spheres.
When I lived in Singapore and India there were huge international communities. Sometimes the challenge was just getting out of what could easily become an unrealistic bubble world. And making the effort to connect locally.
By contrast, New Zealand is quite a different setting without the international schools, clubs and other amenities which bring expats together.
If you’re feeling disconnected as an expat, take a step back.
Your initial response may be emotional. But analysing the situation objectively can help a solution emerge.
Consider the characteristics of the environment you’re in. And the spread of your relationships across the three spheres.
Are adjustments required?
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Brazil's Dunga Says He's Happy for His Team to Play Ugly to Win World Cup
Brazil opens its soccer World Cup campaign against North Korea today with coach Carlos Dunga unconcerned about whether the team plays ugly to win a record- extending sixth title.
Dunga criticized journalists and commentators who’ve accused him of betraying Brazil’s famed Jogo Bonito, or beautiful play, since he became coach four years ago.
“Everybody has their own taste and preferences,” Dunga, captain of the 1994 championship-winning team, said in a pre- match press conference at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. “I really like winning, that’s all. It doesn’t matter whether someone likes you or not, what counts is what happens on the field.”
Dunga played in three World Cups as a player. He said that experience doesn’t make it easier to cope with nerves.
“I always feel butterflies in my stomach when I’m on field and my team goes out to play,” he said. “As coach, without a doubt, the pressure is tremendous. But at the same time when we are successful the joy we feel is double.”
Brazil has won the World Cup on every continent it’s been played previously. The last victory for the Selecao, as the team is known, came in 2002 in South Korea and Japan.
Dunga, 46, told reporters there were “no positives” from the negative comments he has received in recent months.
“I believe in freedom of expression but there should be certain limits of respect,” he said.
Japan and South Korea have already won in the tournament and Dunga said North Korea, playing in the World Cup for the first time since 1966, will be a tough opponent.
“They are no longer the weaker teams these days,” he said. “Eleven versus 11, whoever plays better will win. Football doesn’t lie.”
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These tablas are not what a tabla should sound like. First off the heads started making a vibrating sound right out of the bag. The larger drum doesn't even make the distinguishing lower tabla sound. Very poor overall quality. Do not buy these or you will be returning these as fast as you got them. | <urn:uuid:7f7dcc09-d95d-40a2-817f-bb11ff51935b> | CC-MAIN-2016-40 | http://www.musiciansfriend.com/drums-percussion/meinl-tablas | 2016-09-29T19:13:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-40/segments/1474738661910.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160924173741-00061-ip-10-143-35-109.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940669 | 290 |
It grew in just a couple of years from a hashtag to a powerful movement that has taken on police shootings of black people and is defiantly challenging the political establishment. Black Lives Matter (BLM) now has over 40 chapters in the United States and Canada. The Fifth Estate takes you inside the movement with the people who helped build it. Janaya Khan, the Toronto activist who has become its international ambassador, and Khan’s partner Patrisse Cullors – the co-founder of BLM – share their history and insights into the movement as it faces its toughest test in the face of a new Trump administration. Former members of the Black Panther Party also reflect on how they see today’s movement in light of their battles in the 1960s. | <urn:uuid:4b03e260-2ad0-4800-93e5-33c567dca855> | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | http://curio.ca/en/video/black-lives-matter-the-disruptors-15611/ | 2018-06-24T01:07:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267865995.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20180624005242-20180624025242-00317.warc.gz | en | 0.975967 | 152 |
CHATHAM BOROUGH — Three days after the murderer of the Rev. Edward Hinds was sentenced to life in prison, people remembered the priest fondly during a ceremony honoring him and other crime victims at St. Patrick Church, his parish in Chatham.
"Let us turn mourning into dancing," said Judith Ann Conk, a friend of Hinds for 40 years. She had attended nearly the entire trial of Jose Feliciano, 66. the church’s former custodian who was convicted of stabbing the 61-year-old priest to death in 2009. Feliciano's sentence denied him the possibility of parole.
"It is now time for each of us to take up the torch of Ed’s inner light," Conk said. She called on the listeners to be "inclusive" and "reach out to the poor, the sick, the depressed, the unwanted."
The Recognition and Remembrance Ceremony for crime victims, held by the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, was attended by about 150 people and dealt mostly with Hinds.
Prosecutor Robert Bianchi praised Hinds’ "pristine background." A graduate of Catholic schools at every level who personally prosecuted the case, Bianchi said he "did it from the heart … Trying this case was probably the greatest honor I have ever had as a trial attorney."
Hinds’ closest living relative, his first cousin, Jeannette Hinds Miller, didn’t attend the trial, but was pleased to be at the tribute.
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| Outdoor Board|| Dan Wesson .357 Mag 4-barrel set. - Clames on 11/27/14 at 1:26 pm|
Some old gun I was just given as a gift, never fired, looks like the cylinder was rotated once or twice.
I know... :snoozer:...
| Outdoor Board|| Data driven range time. - Clames on 11/9/14 at 4:04 pm|
Spent a few hours at the local range testing out some .223 handloads as well as working on a system to collect data for each rifle and various factory loads. More concerned with velocity and accuracy data for the .223 loads than I am with the .308 stuff for my GSR at the moment. Target was setup a...
| Outdoor Board|| Gotta love RCBS and their customer service. - Clames on 10/25/14 at 5:56 pm|
Lazy weekend with not much more planned than changing oil in the truck so I figured I'd load some .223 to kill time. Picked up my RCBS hand priming tool and discovered the small priming rod was missing. No idea where it went, my reloading bench is spotless and everything has its own drawer from sh...
| Outdoor Board|| I gotta stop buying these things. - Clames on 9/15/14 at 3:48 pm|
The 531 on the bottom was delivered today. Nice little knife, very thin, even more so than the 940's. Just ordered a custom Griptillian for somebody's Christmas gift too and now I think I'll have to have one made for...
| Outdoor Board|| OB Mechanics, let's see if you can figure this out. - Clames on 9/12/14 at 4:56 pm|
This spark plug was somewhat seized, took an overnight soak in Kroil and careful use of a breaker bar to work it out without taking the threads in the aluminum cylinder head with it. Little bit of oil puddled around the base of the plug, either from a slight leak in the valve cover gasket or a litt...
| Political Talk|| DC ban on public carry of handguns struck down in Palmer v DC - Clames on 7/26/14 at 5:27 pm|
[link=(http://alangura.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/DCT_OPINION.pdf)]Opinion text here.[/link]
[quote]In light of Heller, McDonald, and their progeny, there is no longer any basis on which this Court can conclude that the District of Columbia’s total ban on the public carrying of ready-to-use...
| Outdoor Board|| Made a (practical) addition to my 1911. - Clames on 5/14/14 at 6:03 pm|
Changed out the VZ Operator II's to a set of VZ Frags. These are the slimline grips which require thinner bushings and shorter screws. In fact even the shorter screws needed to be shortened a little more (from 0.346" to 0.328") to allow the magazines to clear.
| Outdoor Board|| A bad part of buying firearms accessories...(EDIT: :Banana:) - Clames on 4/3/14 at 12:04 pm|
...is the anticipation when the e-mail notice states that the package is "Out for delivery"....
| Outdoor Board|| Beretta A400 Xplor Unico KO 12ga - Clames on 1/30/14 at 7:56 am|
Shop just called and mine is in.... :nana: :nana: :nana:
Makes for a long day of work though... :banghead:...
| Outdoor Board|| American Made Kitchen Cutlery - Clames on 12/31/13 at 3:39 pm|
S.O. got me a carving set from Warther & Sons.
Very well made and balanced. Knives use S35VN steel (58-60 HRC) and are a great value compared with Wustof, Henckels, and other high-end makes. The carving knife has a...
| Outdoor Board|| Already Germans: H&K Polymer AR Mags - Clames on 12/11/13 at 3:18 pm|
Picked up three during their webshop's buy-2-get-1-free deal.
Compared to a windowed PMAG.
Definitely made out of a harder polym...
| Outdoor Board|| Another Ruger for my stable. - Clames on 11/19/13 at 5:54 pm|
Picked up a stainless Gunsite Scout. Makes the third Ruger I own along with a blued 22/45 and a 12ga Red Label.
| Outdoor Board|| I just bought a gun! Pic inside - Clames on 1/18/13 at 5:09 pm|
I'm actually making 15 Bean ham soup.
And this followed me home today.
| Outdoor Board|| 1956 Winchester Model 50 12ga - Clames on 12/3/12 at 6:37 pm|
This shotgun has been a little repair project of mine since after Thanksgiving.
It was complete except for needing an ejector/spring assembly and a closing spring plug clip. Filthy though, probably hasn't been seriously stripped an...
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Calls are mounting for Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to apologize for his controversial demand that Indonesia pardon two Australians currently on death row as a mark of gratitude for his country's aid for victims of the 2004 tsunami.
Following an ensuing campaign in Aceh to collect coins to repay the aid, a coalition of community groups in Jakarta calling itself the Pro-Indonesia Coalition has followed suit, staging a rally at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle to criticize Abbott on Sunday.
The protesters encouraged passersby to donate coins to help repay the A$1 billion that Australia donated to Indonesia to help the country recover from the 2004 tsunami.
'Don't let Tony Abbott hurt our dignity. Australia's money cannot buy us,' coalition coordinator Andi Sinulingga urged.
Andi added that the coalition would continue the fundraising movement until Abbott personally apologized for his statements.
In an apparently desperate attempt to gain 11th hour clemency for two Australians, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, who were sentenced to death for drug smuggling, Abbott pointed to Australia's tsunami aid as a reason for the Indonesian government to show mercy.
As reported by Reuters, Abbott claimed that Australia would feel 'grievously let down' if the executions proceeded despite the assistance given after the 2004 disaster.
'I was pointing out the depth of the friendship between Australia and Indonesia and the fact that Australia has been there for Indonesia when Indonesia has been in difficulty,' Abbott told reporters in Tasmania.
The change-collection movement sprang up in Aceh on Saturday as soon as Abbott's statement was reported by Australian media. Since then, the campaign has attracted supporters nationwide following a Twitter campaign using the hashtags #KoinuntukAustralia, #coinforAustralia and #coinforAbbott.
With Abbott's remarks drawing stinging criticism, Vice President Jusuf Kalla said that Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop had called him to clarify that Abbott had not meant he expected a 'return of the favor', but wanted merely to emphasize the good ties between the two countries.
Meanwhile, amid heated political fallout from the government's obdurate execution plan, the relatives of Chan and Sukumaran arranged a joint press conference, said to be the first of its kind ever, in Bali on Sunday, applauding the services the Indonesian government had provided to help both convicts face the current situation.
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BY: SRUTAKIRTI DAS
I was so busy taking care of her for the last 18 months I never had time to contemplate on what was happening right in front of my eyes.
May 09, 2010 — UK — It has been two weeks since my wife left this world under the protection of Srila Prabhupada. I have wanted to write my offering, my homage to her, but I haven’t been able to do it. I was so busy taking care of her for the last 18 months I never had time to contemplate on what was happening right in front of my eyes. I haven’t been able to think very clearly. My entire life was turned upside down in a moment.
Feelings of emptiness embrace me at every moment. Besides her leaving I’ve had to deal with more than a few devotees telling me she has visited them since her departure. Many would be skeptical, some may not. I have always been a skeptic myself. I have never felt mystical experiences, “beings” around me or anything like that. I don’t doubt it could happen, that someone might see her silhouette, hear her speak, or feel her presence. I know that anything is possible. Once, Srila Prabhupada was asked if there were any ghosts around. He answered, “wall to wall.” I even believe she did visit these fortunate devotees but that makes me more upset. What about me, your husband, who has taken care of you and nursed you 24 hours a day. I know I’m dull headed but damn. I have been talking to her and pleading for a dream, a voice or a breeze next to me. Anything! I have been so lonely.
On Tuesday, May 4th I left our home in the UK. I spent the next 3 days at my sister’s home visiting my eighty-seven year old mother. I wanted her to know I was okay and going to survive this trauma. She lost her husband at 30 and had to raise three of us on her own. She remained unmarried and never wavered in her duties since then. She drives to church every morning, still.
This morning at 4:30 a.m. I left my family and drove to JFK airport in New York. When I put my bags in the car I felt like it was a new life in front of me, but had no idea what it was. I was on my own now. I thought at least the time of the day was auspicious. I thought I am being forced to have complete faith in Guru and Krishna. It was a 100 mile drive from my mother’s house. I was taking my next flight to a quiet place to chant and hopefully write. I was going to be staying with devotee friends there for the next few weeks. While driving, every now and then I talked to Amekhala, out loud. This is not my style, but everything has changed. I prayed to her, to please give me some sign she was still with me. I really believed it was possible she could comfort me. I have just been thinking that I don’t deserve it because of my many sinful activities and offenses to devotees in this life.
The flight was at 8:45 a.m. Amekhala and I always left early for the airport, rather than rushing and being in anxiety about not being on time. I dropped off the Hertz one-way rental and asked a few people to help me find my way onto the train that whizzes around to the eight different terminals. I don’t know my way around JFK at all. I know Heathrow Airport in England very well. I checked my bags at Jetblue Airways. With plenty of time I went through security and then stepped onto the moving aisles headed to the main departure area. With my rolling hand luggage I stepped off the moving ramp and walked a few steps. I looked up. There was a large triangular shaped center area with three levels, some cushions and outlets where you can plug in your computer. It was the hub to all 30 gates. I thought that was great. I’ll plug in my computer and try to find a wireless signal. I took a few more steps and looked straight into her youngest son’s bright blue eyes. It was Vrinny! We couldn’t believe it. Impossible! It was a real live miracle for both of us. Since the day before I left the UK we hadn’t spoken a word. He was not in the house the morning I left the UK. Neither of us had any idea where or when the other was going. The day before he missed his connecting flight to Florida because it arrived late from Heathrow so he had to stay in New York an extra day and leave this morning. How cheeky of Amekhala to arrange it for us. It was my miracle, at last! We hugged and laughed both knowing this was no accident. Out of all airports we both could have been in and in one of the biggest airports in the world I walked right up to him. Ten minutes later it would not have happened. If I were him I would have already been at the gate because his flight was leaving in 45 minutes. He said he always waits to the last minute to get on the plane. I’m the exact opposite. I got there early and wanted to be on my flight first, but because I had plenty of time I didn’t walk to the gate.
We both knew it was special. Not a blade of grass moves without the sanction of the Supreme Lord. We talked for almost an hour. We both knew Amekhala was with us laughing and smiling. I told Vrinny how much his mom had protected me over the last seven years and how since she left she has become my “guardian angel.” I know she will always help me. From the beginning of our relationship she has been what I wanted and needed. Vrinny also now understood she will always be there for him as well. We were both so happy and both needed this so much. I still can’t get over walking right into him. That “little” sign gave me so much.
Separation is not the same as lamentation. That one moment will carry me for a long time. I know there will be others. Every moment I make a choice to see Krishna or not see Him. He is always there. Amekhala will also be there with her look of approval, or disapproval. At this moment I am happy. Right now on my flight the seat next to me is empty but I don’t see it that way. I have to learn how to relish separation. That’s the purpose of this human life–to develop love for our Guru and Krishna, and in our separation, to want nothing else except to render devotional service and go back home, back to Godhead. There we will be together with all of Srila Prabhupada’s followers.
While I was taking care of Amekhala many devotees would tell me what a wonderful service I was doing and ask me if I was okay. I could only think of her condition. She was disintegrating before my eyes. She never complained about it and simply accepted it as her karma. She never wanted anyone to feel sorry for her. She said that she felt sorry for everyone else because she was almost finished with her suffering, but others would still have to go through it. That made her sad. Her strength and conviction always amazed me. This never changed throughout her painful ordeal. It was one of her most attractive qualities. She always remained positive in her life despite many very difficult circumstances. She used that experience to try and help others with their own hardships in the most caring way.
On January 20, 2010 she developed septicemia (an infection in the blood). Because of the chemotherapy session her immune system was extremely poor. Her temperature went up to 107 degrees F (42 degrees C). She was in a very blissful state at the time, in and out of consciousness. She kept telling me that the trick was to realize that we are not the doers. She kept emphasizing that Krishna was in control. Once she said, “But I am stubborn.” She said she understood that Krishna loves us because if He didn’t He wouldn’t put so much effort into trying to help us.
At that time she saw Srila Prabhupada with a dozen beautiful gardenia garlands around his neck, looking very regal. She said she always thought he was disgusted with her, but now she knew he loved her. She was worthy of being loved. Twice she saw Mayapur dhama. Each time she saw a very young boy she thought was Lord Caitanya. Each time He ran away laughing saying it wasn’t her time yet. Then she saw a little blue boy who also laughed and ran away. She said, “I have relevance! I deserve, only because Krishna loves me.” Then she said, “I am nothing and I don’t want anyone to think I am anything.” Then in her typically positive fashion said, “The cancer is not going to kill us. We are going to kill the cancer. Krishna has more power.”
She ended by saying with pride that even with a temperature of 107 degrees she still recognized everyone around her. At the time, over fifty devotees had rushed over to the house to see her because we thought she was in her final hours. Even in such a physical state, she gave all of her love and a blissful smile to every one of them. She stayed with us for nine more weeks, barely eating or drinking during that time.
Srila Prabhupada exhibited unalloyed love for Krishna. Amekhala exhibited to me her unalloyed love for Srila Prabhupada. She showed me the same undeviating love in our relationship. She wouldn’t settle for anything less for herself. She taught me so much in a short time. As the months passed by I realized she wasn’t my wife. She belonged to Krishna and was Srila Prabhupada’s daughter. I was being offered the opportunity to serve her. As the cancer progressed throughout her body she became weaker and the pain increased dramatically. I had to take care of all her needs. My only focus was to try and relieve her suffering. I was engaged in devotional service. I had no choice. I loved her.
I have been given more mercy than I deserve in this life. I want to learn to be grateful. I don’t want to spend my days filled with lamentation over “my” loss. I want to appreciate all I have been given. I had over seven wonderful years with Amekhala and have had forty years of association with devotees. I know I will be on a roller coaster of emotions for quite a while. However, I am happy knowing Amekhala devi dasi passed her final test and has given me tools to help me pass mine.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Amekhala who freely gave her loving care to so many devotees for forty years. Her example will be appreciated by so many for the rest of their lives. I am one of them.
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Carlisle and Coventry will be face to face this Saturday in English League 2 at 15:00 so try not to miss it. CarlisleCarlisle is ranked on the 6th place in the standings with 71 points, 69 goals scored and 68 goals received in the last 46 leagueevent...Read more »
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In 1952, a 52 year old salesman selling milkshake machines going about his business walked into a hamburger stand in California to sell milkshake machines.
As soon as he entered, he noticed something remarkable in how the hamburger stand worked in delivering their services.
He watched the employees working with precision under the supervision of the stand’s owners, happily responding to the long queue of customers in front of the stand in a very identical way.
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The systems used in the stand was one that made it very easy to work on to the extent that anybody can come in and work there.
This stand was owned by Richard and Maurice McDonald, and that milkshake seller was Ray Kroc who later franchised this business system.
That hamburger stand is what became today, McDonalds, the most successful small business in the world.
McDonalds is the largest retail prepared food distribution system in the world with over 36 thousand outlets in over 100 countries.
What amazed Ray Kroc was not the hamburgers, not how delicious they were, not the people working there, but the working system putted in place to work on.
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I once heard a story of Tom Watson, the founder of IBM when asked about what attributed to the success of IBM, he said; IBM is what it is today for three major reasons;
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The Museum Building
116 Center Street Pembroke, MA 02359
The Museum Building (c. 1847)Located at 116 Center Street Pembroke, MA 02359, the Museum Building (c. 1847) is comprised of two former one-room school buildings. The former Bryantville School, built in 1847, was donated by Marcus L. Urann and moved to the site in 1952. The former “Cedar Swamp Schools” was donated by Mrs. Oliver Amos and moved to the site in 1968. As part of the nation’s 1976 Bicentennial celebration, a Tool Museum was established in the lower level of the Museum Building.
The Friends Quaker Meeting House
70 Washington Street Pembroke, MA 02359 (Rtes. 139/53)
The Friends Quaker Meeting House (c.1706) is located at Routes 139 and 53 in Pembroke, MA. The interior is divided in half, with women sitting on one side and men on the other. In the 18th and 19th centuries, many leading citizens were Quakers. Among the oldest Quaker sites in America, the structure was deeded to the Historical Society in 1973.
The Adah Hall House
52 Barker Street (Rte. 14) Pembroke, MA 02359
The Adah F. Hall House Located at 52 Barker Street (Rte. 14) Pembroke, MA 02359, the Adah F. Hall House (c. 1685), located on Barker Street is one of the oldest dwellings in Pembroke. It stands on part of a large grant which Myles Standish gave to Robert Barker, the town’s first settler. The structure was deeded to the Historical Society in 1968 as a memorial to its former owner and occupant.
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179 Fairwood Dr Pembroke, MA 02359
Peter’s Well located Approximately 175 Fairwood Drive Pembroke, MA 02359 (42°04’28.5″N 70°47’37.7″W) is a 40′ X 60′ site that pre-dates the Revolutionary War, and was donated to the Society in 1964 by Charles J. Coffin. Located off Fairwood Drive, Peter’s Well is all that remains of the home site of Pierre (Peter) Pellerin and his family. They were among the 6,000 French settlers (Acadians) deported from Nova Scotia by the British at the beginning of the French and Indian War in 1755. Peter’s modest cabin was located on property known as Wallis Orchard. according to local legend, an earlier Wallis was among a small group of Huguenots who arrived in Pembroke in 1617 and established Sabbaday and Wallis orchards.
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Mr. Dan Kagwe
Mr. Dan Kagwe has worked extensively in the private sector including the Financial, Courier and Logistics industry in Kenya and the wider East Afrcian region for over thirty three years specifically holding senior Management level capacities at Fedex, Henkel Kenya and Diners Club International before joining Postal Corporation of Kenya in March 2013 as a General Manager in charge of Strategy & Business Development.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Hons) in Economics & Business Administration along with a Diploma in Marketing & Business Management. As an expert in Business process re-engineering, he has brought in a wealth of experience in Business Development to the Corporation . He is an associate member of the Kenya Institute of Management (KIM) and Marketing Society of Kenya (MSK), as an avid golfer, he served as the Chairman of Kampala Golf Club in Uganda among others.
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The Stanton and Westminster city councils will be meeting this week.
On Tuesday, the Stanton council will meet at 6:30 p.m. in its chambers in City Hall, 7800 Katella Ave., east of Beach Boulevard. The council will take up:
- approval of an agreement for improvements and design for the development of 208 single family condominium units, private streets and a private park area at Village Center Drive (12631-12831 Beach Blvd.);
- approval of the mayor’s appointments to various city boards, commissions, committees and agencies;
- an urgency ordinance and a non-urgency ordinance regarding accessory dwelling units.
On Wednesday, the Westminster council will meet at 7 p.m. in its chambers at 8200 Westminster Blvd. The council will consider establishing a policy regarding language interpreting at city council meetings.
The policy – as requested by city staff – should deal with issues such as:
- distinguishing between a speaker preferring to speak in English versus an inability to speak in English
- clarifying the amount of time given to someone who is reading already-translated material, or the amount of time given to someone who has someone else reading already-translated material
- if the city will continue providing an interpreter regularly and under what circumstances, and how to determine need for interpreting versus a language preference.
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President Joe Biden should declare a federal state of emergency for the state of Texas because of the unprecedented surge in illegal immigrants, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said.
Abbott, a Republican, declared a state of emergency for the county across the Mexican border earlier this year, but has not prevented thousands of illegal aliens from entering the United States in Del Rio in recent days.
“If you see that Val Verde County is dealing with financial stress and additional counties around the area with healthcare strains and other strains, the president needs to declare a disaster,” Abbott told reporters. Rio on Tuesday.
Abbott sent a letter (PDF) to Biden on Monday requesting but he has not yet listened.
Abbott said a dam on federal property was allowing migrants to “easily cross the river in Rio Grande” and that the “eu” showed no signs of slowing down while making it a life-threatening problem for area residents and irresistible to law enforcement and healthcare resources.
According to Texas officials, about 1,000,000 immigrants entered the area between September 16 and September 1. It is about half of the population of the small town, which is about 35,000.
“Families, including infants, need food, water and medical supplies that local governments cannot provide. Thousands of families have been left stranded in the 100-degree heat as their numbers continue to grow as they wait to be processed by about 64 federal agents in the area. People are camping in bad conditions and bathing in the muddy waters of the river, which is a big concern for health, ”Abbott said.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment. White House Press Secretary Jane Sackie told reporters Monday that the situation in Del Rio is challenging, seeing video footage of what is happening there is “devastating.”
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorcas told senators in Washington on Tuesday that the administration was implementing its plan, which included deporting many Haitians living in Del Rio.
And Biden told reporters in New York that his administration would “bring it under control,” referring to the crisis, which has erupted since taking office in January and overturned Trump-era immigration policies.
But despite the increase in federal assets in Del Rio and the flight of hundreds of Haitians to their home countries, about 8,300 migrants remain under the city bridge, its mayor, Bruno Lozano, told The Epoch Times.
Abbott said that in early February, along with others in the Biden administration, Mayorcas promised him that they would provide resources to prevent what had happened in Del Rio.
He said all these promises were never fulfilled.
It instructed Texas to send state law enforcement to the border, arrest illegal immigrants for infiltration, and take other measures.
In Washington, Mayorkas was sharply interrogated by Sense.
“Do you really believe that the border is not open?” Johnson asked.
“I do,” replied Majorkas.
The official said the number of encounters with illegal aliens on the U.S.-Mexico border has dropped over the past few weeks, with the number of encounters exceeding two million in both July and August.
Howley del Rio pointed to the situation and was surprised that the administration’s plan, which the Homeland Security Department said helped help crack down on illegal immigration, would begin to work.
“We are not finished with the implementation of our plan and I have never proposed otherwise. We continue to do what we need to do to secure our borders. It’s an ongoing process and, in fact, we’re working on it, “said Myorcas.
Charlotte Cuthbertson contributed to this report.
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The city of La Salle finished its safety inspection of the Kaskaskia hotel Thursday afternoon.
Results of the search still are pending and Deputy Clerk Brent Bader said it will likely be a few weeks until the engineer’s report comes back.
Building Inspector Andy Bacidore, Economic Development Director Leah Inman, Engineer Scott Brown of Wendler Engineering and two members of CL enterprises searched the building beginning at 9 a.m. Thursday.
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Leah Inman, La Salle economic development director, and La Salle Police Chief Mike Smudzinski gather Thursday, June 16, 2022, before going in to inspect the Hotel Kaskaskia in downtown La Salle. (Scott Anderson)
Bader said CL President Nathan Watson met the inspection group on-site and said the effort to search the Kaskaskia was collaborative. After the search of the hotel, Watson invited the city also to evaluate the proposed Rocket Brewpub building, 801-805 First St.
Both the Kaskaskia Hotel and the Rocket Brewpub are renovation projects owned by CL. The city acquired a search warrant this week to look for structural deficiencies in the walls or support beams. The search was sparked by community concerns for safety. The city has had an incident of a building collapse recently. In July 2021, a vacant tavern on the northeast corner of First and Tonti streets abruptly collapsed.
Bader said a complete building collapse is a worst-case scenario and said the city is more concerned about pieces of the building or glass falling on people below. He also said he appreciated the cooperation and help CL provided that allowed the city’s team to search both buildings.
Once Brown’s report is given to the city, Bacidore will review it and determine if there are any issues with either buildings in terms of city code. Without knowing the results of the inspection, Bader said he could not outline any definitive next steps of action.
CL’s Watson told the NewsTribune he will attend the next La Salle City Council meeting 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 27, at La Salle City Hall, 745 Second St. He plans to explain a new approach to the renovations and ask the council for feedback.
“The City approached us with requests to address broken glass and other safety issues,” Watson said Tuesday. “For the past couple of months our property manager has worked closely with the city of La Salle inspector to address those issues; most of them are completed and those remaining will be wrapped up very shortly.”
CL also hired a third-party engineering firm to conduct a structural survey of the hotel, the company said Tuesday.
“This is crucial information we need in preparation of a full renovation of the hotel,” Watson said. “We will be happy to share the results of that survey with the city of La Salle when it is completed.”
The Kaskaskia is undergoing a $30 million project to restore the six-story, historic hotel in downtown La Salle. CL plans to renovate and restore the many rooms for upscale living spaces, the ballroom, Wedgewood Room, Side Bar and Second Street retail uses, according to a press release from CL.
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Engage with maturity don’t expel with immaturity
It’s hard when we don’t get our own way. My kids have taught me that. They throw a tantrum, hit, throw and scream. That’s what immaturity fosters. Maturity provokes civility, conversation and peaceful discourse. When we choose to riot, rebel and resist, it communicates a message to others that is immature. God wants us to be mature as Christians. Not just mature but “Christlike.”
For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps. He never sinned, nor ever deceived anyone.
He did not retaliate when he was insulted, nor threaten revenge when he suffered. He left his case in the hands of God, who always judges fairly. 1 Peter 2:21-23
It’s tempting to bully behind your keyboard and tweetstorm. But it would be far more valuable to donate your time, financial contributions or professional skill-sets to an organize your community (life group, small group, facebook group, book club, etc) and find where you can be a resource of information and a steward of conversation. Many people feel like they can’t get involved because they don’t know where to start. Just find a door of opportunity and start the conversation.
Instead of creating walls, create opportunities
Jesus chose to go into difficult places, not avoid them. He was seen with the marginalized, the broken and the hurting. He was a friend of drunks, sexual deviants, outcasts, etc. He was more pro-woman than any political figure in history considering the context of the first century. He was more “politically right” with his beliefs about Scripture, loving the religious, supporting the Roman military and leading with charity. He also was more “liberal” with the way He chose to love: Jesus fed the hungry, reached out cross-culturally, identified with the poor, loved the religious and fought for the outsider. , etc. He chose to live by breaking down walls. When we break down walls and come together with those who are different than us, we show the world that we are His disciples and that Jesus is who He said He is (John 17).
Live in the “in-between”
We know a lot lately about not wanting to live in the “upside-down.” But do you know about living in the “in-between.” The in-between is that space between the extremes of faith and politics. Here’s what I mean. Take Matthew and Simon. These are two of Jesus disciples. Jesus recruited Simon the zealot (essentially and anti-government, religious radical) to be on his team and Matthew (a pledged allegiance to the Roman government employee). Jesus showed us all that two people on polar opposites of the political spectrum can live and love in community together. We will always be surrounded by these two sides: those who “share my faith but don’t agree with my politics” and those who “share my political view but don’t agree with my faith.” How you live in-between will determine how you honor.
“Pump the breaks” on conditional honoring
We are quick to dismiss others who don’t agree with our political views, parenting views, etc. We seem to have drifted into a conversational norm of “ I will respect you if you respect me but if we disagree then ‘screw you.’” People are going to disagree with you. Simply writing them off and calling them a name or putting a label on them doesn’t make us better as a community. Just because you don’t agree with them doesn’t mean they aren’t human. God wants us to honor all people (1 Peter 2:17). Honor is not emotional response but is meant to be a humble response. Even Jesus who was being dishonord by everyone around him who was deserving of honor but received none, chose the higher road and we should too:
“Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names.” Philippians 2: 3-9
Submission to authorities not subversion of authorities
Imagine being forced to live under a political leadership you didn’t vote for and completely despised. Some of us would say, “lived it for 8 years” and some would say “living it right now.” In Daniel, four young and ambitious leaders found themselves living under and working under an administration that was different than what they believed in. The administration was enforcing rules that was against the convictions these young people believed. Rather than rebelling and resisting, these young people took a different approach: they honored their leadership about the expectations, the rules and regulations they didn’t agree with:
[Daniel] asked the chief of staff for permission not to eat these unacceptable foods. Now God had given the chief of staff both respect and affection for Daniel. …Whenever the king consulted them in any matter requiring wisdom and balanced judgment, he found them ten times more capable (Daniel 1:8-9, 20).
The result of responding the right way gave them more political and relational clout than they ever could have imagined. Instead of just protesting and screaming at the sky, what if we chose to have rational discourse with those in charge over us? We may have the right to protest, but is it the right thing to do right now in your disagreement?
Put Yourself In Someone Else’s Shoes
Many of us don’t know what it’s like to be going through what they are going through. We don’t knjow what happening behind the scenes. So do your best to gain understanding. That’s wisdom according to God:
“The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; And with all your acquiring, get understanding.” Proverbs 4:7
So try to understand where the other is coming from. This will not only build a bridge but will help calm the waters as you empathize.
Before You Say it, Pray it
I’m guilty of just speaking what I’m feeling. Before you engage with someone or in something…give it some time in prayer. It’s there you will get God’s heart for your situation and for that PERSON. It’s a lot easier for you to see where they are coming from when you see how God sees them in prayer.
It’s Not About Being Political but Being Gospel
Gospel means “good news.” So be a bringer of “good news” not “bad news" or "fake news." You can’t have the Gospel without grace. We need the graciousness of God. So be a gracious person. Graciousness is one of the most potent postures you can make when engaging with others. We believe graciousness overrules combativeness at the end of the day. The Bible says this about graciousness,
“Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.” Colossians 4:5-6 NLT
I would define graciousness as this: having a forgiving attitude and a compassionate position while walking in wisdom with those whose attitudes and beliefs differ from yours. So be gracious towards others than being defensive towards others.
Conflict is rooted in not understanding where others around you are coming from. So when a conflict arises, rather than trying to "gain understanding" we instead are trying to tell them "what's going on." Stephen Covey speaks to this in 7 Habits of Highly Effective People when he says, "seek first to understand then to be understood." So guard yourself against assuming because when you assume you cease to draw close because you "already know" their thoughts and motives and remain at a distance. If you're going to assume something...assume the best about that person and not the worst! When you believe the best about someone you can't help but draw closer and draw from them.
Consider Others Better Than You
Remember … according to Jesus, everyone has equal value. No human is better than another. That's a hard attitude to have and to be consistent with. But Jesus held true to that by having this attitude: consider others better than you. The Bible says it best in Philippians 2:3-6 in the Message:
“If you’ve gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart, if you care— then do me a favor: Agree with each other, love each other, be deep-spirited friends. Don’t push your way to the front; don’t sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead. Don’t be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand. Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn’t think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges.” Philippians 2:3-6
Have Conversations Not Confrontations
We’ve seen enough confrontation to last us a lifetime. So let’s start having conversations. That means it is a two-sided dialogue. So be a "potent listener." Listening shows more power and grace than you can imagine. We have to listen in order to be listened to. Which means don't come in to the argument simply telling me just what to think or what you think but ask me what I think. How you say it is just as important as what you say. Stop trying so hard to be “convincing” and start by being “inviting.” Don’t see barriers but opportunities. Choose to rally around themes that can do the most good: love, honor, peace, humility, kindness, forgiveness and hope.
That means you need to be intentional to bring peace to people, places and discussions. This is not a peace that is fabricated but a peace that is faith-related. This is a peace that is not manipulated with the right substance or the right circumstance but a peace that is magnified as a person. This is a supernatural peace, a Godly peace, that has nothing to do with human beings or human circumstances. In fact it can’t be produced by anyone but it can be found by everyone . This peace is a Person. It’s Jesus. He is called “the Prince of peace” and He crushed evil like no one else could (Romans 16:20). So the closer you are to Jesus…the closer you are to peace. Jesus doesn’t get stressed out, worry, or get afraid but lives in perfect contentment. You can too.
Be a Good Neighbor
I know we already said it but we can’t say it enough: Love God and love your neighbor as yourself. True joy is NOT found in pursuing our own desires but fulfilling the desires of others. So we choose to keep our doors open and our lives open as good neighbors to create a better community. Acceptance is more palatable to culture than resistance so we choose to accept people where they are and influence people to where they could be in Jesus. So we follow the advice of Jesus,
“Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.” Hebrews 10:24
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The goal of this page is to create a database of women scholars that lists bibliographic material. Often women’s scholarship is overlooked because people don’t know where or how to find it. This page makes it easy to locate and use the work of women scholars. Primary sources are priority, along with secondary sources as relevant. The list is indexed alphabetically within specific time periods. Where a woman’s lifetime straddles two time periods, she will be categorized based on date of birth. To jump to a particular time period click the link below, otherwise scroll down to see all entries. Also be sure to check out the excellent resource: Marion Ann Taylor ed. Handbook of Women Biblical Interpreters: A Historical and Biographical Guide. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2012. This handbook provides more entries and biographical information than listed here, including women whose writing is not extant.
We need help developing this index, if you are interested in being on a team to build this database please e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.org. Any little thing helps. Perhaps you have done a relevant study or you have bibliography on a particular woman scholar?
- ANCIENT ISRAEL (c. 1200 B.C.E. – 538 B.C.E)
- SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD (c. 538 B.C.E. – 70 C.E.)
- EARLY JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN (c. 70 C.E. – 600 C.E.)
- MIDDLE AGES (c. 600 C.E. – 1350 C.E.)
- RENAISSANCE AND ENLIGHTENMENT (c. 1350 – 1800 C.E.)
- MODERN (c. 1800 C.E. – recently deceased)
- TODAY’S SCHOLARS (present)
ANCIENT ISRAEL (c. 1200 B.C.E. – 538 B.C.E)
There were some female scribes in the ancient Near East. Thus, it’s not impossible that an Israelite woman could have been a scholar, though we don’t have any extant evidence. However, despite all the questions of dating, historical facts, oral culture, and scribal activity, biblical references are cited below. These are words narrated as occurring during prophesying or otherwise seem interpretive. If extra-biblical Israelite material ever surfaces that will be included as well. If you have any additional information, including secondary bibliography that specifically studies these women’s words as possible interpretations of tradition please e-mail email@example.com.
SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD (c. 538 B.C.E. – 70 C.E.)
See note in section on Ancient Israel. If you have any information on female Jewish prophets, teachers, writers in the Second Temple period, including words recorded in pseudepigrapha, apocrypha, or Dead Sea Scrolls, please e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.org. We are also interested in secondary bibliography that specifically studies these women’s interpretation of tradition.
Mary, mother of Jesus
EARLY JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN (c. 70 C.E. – 600 C.E.)
Proba (c. 320-370)
- Cento Virgilianus. Latin and English translations available on pages 12-94 in: Clark, Elizabeth A., and Diane E. Hatch. The Golden Bough, the Oaken Cross: The Virgilian Cento of Faltonia Betitia Proba. Chico, CA: Scholars Press, 1981.
MIDDLE AGES (c. 600 C.E. – 1350 C.E.)
Catherine of Siena (1347-80)
- The Dialogue of Catherine of Siena. Available online in English (trans. by Algar Thorold) and in Italian. Available in hardcopy translated into English by Suzanne Noffke. New York: Paulist Press, 1980.
- The Letters of Catherine of Siena. Available online in English (trans. by Vida Dutton Scudder). Available in hardcopy translated into English by Suzanne Noffke. 4 vols. Tempe, AZ: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 2000-2001, 2007-8.
- The Prayers of Catherine of Siena. Translated by Suzanne Noffke. New York: Paulist Press, 1983. 2nd ed., San Jose: iUniverse.com, 2001.
- Drawn by Love (website with several resources)
RENAISSANCE AND ENLIGHTENMENT (c. 1350 – 1800 C.E.)
Adams, Hannah (1755-1831)
- The Truth and Excellence of the Christian Religion. Boston: John West, 1804.
- The History of the Jews from the Destruction of the Temple to the Nineteenth Century. 2 vols. Boston: John Eliot, 1812.
- Letters on the Gospels. Cambridge, MA: Hillard & Metcalf, 1824.
- A Memoir of Miss Hannah Adams, Written by Herself with Additional Notices by a Friend. Boston: Gray and Bowen, 1832.
Barbauld, Anna (1743-1825)
See full bibliography with electronic sources at A Celebration of Women Writers (scroll to down to “Barbauld”)
- Devotional Pieces Compiled from the Psalms and the Book of Job: To Which Are Prefixed Thoughts on the Devotional Taste, on Sects, and on Establishment. London: Joseph Johnson, 1775.
- Hymns in Prose for Children. London: Joseph Johnson 1781.
- Sins of the Government, Sins of the Nation: Or a Discourse for the Fast, Appointed on April 19, 1793. London: Joseph Johnson, 1793.
- Anna Barbauld on the Psalms (blog post)
MODERN (c. 1800 C.E. – recently deceased)
Achtemeier, Elizabeth Rice (1926-2002)
- (with Paul J. Achtemeier). The Old Testament Roots of Our Faith. Nashville: Abingdon, 1962.
- The Old Testament and the Proclamation of the Gospel. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1973.
- Jeremiah. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1987.
- Nahum-Malachi. Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1988.
- Preaching from the Old Testament. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1989.
- Minor Prophets I. NIBC. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1995.
- Preaching from the Minor Prophets. Grand Rapids: W.B. Eerdmans, 1998.
- Preaching Hard Texts of the Old Testament. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1998.
- Not Til I Have Done: A Personal Testimony. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1999.
- Profile: Elizabeth Rice Achtemeier (blog post)
Carus-Wilson (Petrie), Mary Louisa Georgina (1861-1935)
- Clews to Holy Writ; or, The Chronological Scripture Cycle: A Scheme for Studying the Whole Bible in Its Historical Order during Three Years. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1892.
- “Extension and Energy: Missionary Bible Study on Two of Christ’s Parables.” The Church Missionary Gleaner, Aug. 1898, 123.
- Unseal the Book: Practical Words for Plain Readers of Holy Scriptures. London: Religious Tract Society, 1899.
- Redemptor Mundi: A Scheme for the Missionary Study of the Four Gospels. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1907.
- The Expansion of Christendom: A Study in Religious History. London: Hodder and Soughton, 1910.
Winchester, Olive May (1879-1947)
- “Sin in the Light of To-Day,” Bibliotheca Sacra 76 (1919): 152-164.
- “Qualifications of an Interpreter”. Nazarene Messenger (November 1921): 5, 11.
- “Our Inheritance In Heaven”. The Preacher’s Magazine 4 (1929) 11.
- “Precepts For Christian Living”. The Preacher’s Magazine 4 (1929) 10.
- “Homiletical – Steps in a Soul’s Departure from God.” The Preacher’s Magazine 4 (1929) 9.
- “Expositional – Studies in Sermon on the Mount.” The Preacher’s Magazine 4 (1929) 7.
- Christ’s Life and Ministry. Kansas City: Nazarene Publishing House, 1932.
- A Brief Survey Of The Old Testament: Moses and the Prophets. Kansas City, MO: Nazarene Publishing House, 1941. (Revised in 1960 with W.T. Purkiser under the name The Story of the Old Testament [Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press]).
- “Women in the Teaching Ministry.” Herald of Holiness (2 July 1945): 5.
- Crisis Experiences in the Greek New Testament: An Investigation of the Evidence for the Definite, Miraculous of Regeneration and Sanctification as Found in the Greek New Testament, Especially in the Figures Emphasized, and in the Use of the Aorist Tense. Edited by Ross E. Price. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 1953.
TODAY’S SCHOLARS (present)
Today’s scholars will be added to this index as they are interviewed or profiled for this site. A biblical scholar includes not only those specializing in Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, but also those in fields that advance the knowledge of the scriptures. That could include scholars who are exploring reception history, hermeneutics, homiletics, or the ancient cultural contexts of the biblical texts.
Baynes, Leslie (New Testament; Second Temple Judaism)
Brown, Jeannine K. (New Testament)
Cohick, Lynn (New Testament and Christian Origins)
Firth, Jill (Old Testament)
Gafney, Wil (Hebrew Bible)
Garroway, Kristine (Hebrew Bible; archaeology)
Guerrero, Corinna (Biblical Studies)
Hunt, Laura J. (New Testament)
Imes, Carmen (Old Testament)
Jobes, Karen H. (New Testament Greek and Exegesis)
Junior, Nyasha (Hebrew Bible/Old Testament)
Keen, Karen R. (Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity; Old Testament emphasis)
Koenig, Sara M. (Biblical Studies)
Kovalishyn, Mariam J. Kamell (New Testament)
Lee, Lydia (Ancient Near Eastern Studies)
Leung Lai, Barbara M. (Old Testament)
McCray, Donyelle (Homiletics, Christian Spirituality, Multicultural Studies)
Nasrallah, Laura S. (New Testament and Early Christianity)
Parker, Cyndi (Geography of Biblical Israel/Biblical Studies)
Reeder, Caryn A. (New Testament)
Reese, Ruth Anne (New Testament)
Shafer-Elliott, Cynthia (Hebrew Bible; archaeology)
Shively, Elizabeth E. (New Testament)
Smith, Mitzi J. (New Testament and Early Christian Studies)
Stovell, Beth M. (Old Testament)
Warren, Meredith J. C. (Biblical and Religious Studies)
Wendel, Susan (New Testament)
Wilson, Brittany E. (New Testament)
Wolff, Celia (Christian Scripture and Ethics)
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Paul Braden, Associate Director, iXBRL Centre of Excellence, KPMG
“Excellent trainer. Nigel has great interpersonal skills and illustrates his training through story telling. He is down to earth, very approachable, and obviously loves what he does. He is very knowledgeable and gives great advice.”
Laura, CDE Global
“Great courses and highly recommend. In fact, I am now ensuring my colleagues are enrolled on these courses. Great tutor – 10 out of 10.”
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Zhejiang Kaseng educational toys Co., ltd
Model No.: MJ009
Type: Trick Toys
Certification: ASTM, CE, EN71
Packing: Customer Request
Function: Promotion Item
Style: Classic Magic
Packaging: Customer request
Productivity: 100000 pcs per month
Place of Origin: Zhejiang Jinhua
Supply Ability: 100000 pcs per Month
This tricks have long history and popular acceptable by people all over the world. Now here, we provide different kinds of classic tricks for you, such as ball and vase, Mystery Dice, Dynamic Coins, Spiked Coin and Magic Rope Trick, etc. To some extent, Classic tricks is easy to learn and perform, also props are convenience to take with your own. We believe it is worth for you to pay time on this item. Most of tricks are made of ABS material, this material is stable and safe, environment protection.
|Item Name||Ball and cups|
|Remark||Not suitable for under 5 years old|
Put ball into the middle cup base, the ball goes through the cup bases and falls down to the table.
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It is common knowledge now that DMAA has been included in the banned list of substances by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). This is partly due to the fact that Australian athletes were tested positive for DMAA and hence were banned from their sports. Ever since then, DMAA has been shrouded in mystery with people wanting to know whether it’s still legal or no and whether there would be any problems concerning shipment and customs.
DMAA was found in many workout and diet supplements till of late. This is how the athletes unknowingly ingested it. WADA has even considered banning caffeine, but hasn’t done so yet. This may be due to caffeine being present in many drinks, which would lead to more than half the majority of athletes to be disqualified. The reason for DMAA being banned in Australia is that there have been some concerns regarding health risks posed by the same. But despite these allegations, there is an alternative to DMAA that has been recently introduced in the market.
Many supplement companies tried coming up with alternatives to DMAA but fell quite short. Neuroshock, a supplement has been introduced in the market and is almost identical to DMAA in its effects. Its a bit more expensive than DMAA per dose, but has little to no crash when it wears off. Also, first time users have a longer lasting effect than DMAA. Neuroshock is pre-blended hence doesn’t need other ingredients to increase its effectiveness. | <urn:uuid:b3dd4740-cb24-4285-9c3e-bd59c0550ef8> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://hordeninehcls.wordpress.com/ | 2017-06-29T05:19:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323870.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629051817-20170629071817-00481.warc.gz | en | 0.985839 | 299 |
I’m up at Microsoft HQ with a group dubbed “leaders in various aspects of the web community” for a day that closed with an hour-long conversation with Bill Gates. Gates opened with remarks about recent products, as well as the coming ascension of Ray Ozzie and the looming decisions to be made by the two of them regarding “how much ‘Liveness’ do we get into [upcoming] products.”
As for products, he hinted at partnerships with car companies to be announced at CES and mused at the vast difference in business models – small, private sales to the military versus advertising – that have been applied to the data Microsoft uses for Virtual Earth.
We each got to ask Gates one question. I asked which applications he forecast to live within the browser and which outside of it.
He replied that the distinction would come to be silly from a technical standpoint, but that the necessary movement toward web APIs does present challenges on the business side. “One of the things that’s actually held the industry back on this is, if you have an advertising business model, then you don’t want to expose your capabilities as a web service, because somebody would use that web service without plastering your ad up next to the thing.”
His solution wasn’t very specific: “It’s ideal if you get business models that don’t force someone to say ‘no, we won’t give you that service unless you display something right there on that home page.”
Then for the tease: “And, you know, [inside the browser and outside the browser are] moving towards each other, but there’s still a bit of a barrier there, and new technology, things we’re working on, really will change that.”
The conversation was meaty at times, but also quite relaxed. I don’t think anyone in the room didn’t have a blog, so I’m not going to recap every last word here.
Fun tidbits that emerged from other people’s questions: Gates has Wicked, among other musicals, on his Zune; as a kid, he never wanted to be an astronaut or a cowboy (rather, a lawyer, mathematician, and briefly economist); and he’s delaying buying the new season of 24 on DVD so that people will have something to give him for Christmas.
Update: Posts from other participants: Niall Kennedy on his question about Linux IP, Mike Arrington on his question about DRM, Steve Rubel with a summary of the Gates Q&A, Kelly Goto with a writeup of the day, Ryan Stewart with some remarks, Molly Holzschlag on her back-and-forth with Gates about Microsoft’s bad reputation on web standards, Chris Pirillo with his personal account. | <urn:uuid:fb983515-07cd-4688-98ae-febfaad68405> | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | http://gigaom.com/2006/12/13/bill-gates-on-the-future-of-web-apps/comment-page-2/ | 2014-03-08T07:29:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1393999653836/warc/CC-MAIN-20140305060733-00057-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962774 | 600 |
At breakfast this morning we were talking about today’s ride — 92 miles, most directly on interstate 80 — and the dread we felt riding alongside 18 wheelers and RV’s. Actually, a lot of these darn trucks now have 3 containers — they’re more road train than truck. And more than 18 wheels.
I asked a simple question — how does tomorrow look? Not one person could answer. It’s interesting when you have an intense challenge like this, sometimes you just say “let me just get through today; then I will worry about tomorrow.” We all know there are two 100+ mile days later this week, but no one knew which day.
Rhetorically I asked the question in my first post “are there really people in that part of Nevada?” The answer is basically — not many. Beautiful Lovelock seems to have two industries — a casino and a Federal Prison (made famous for OJ Simpson’s incarceration). It was really one of only two towns on the 92 mile stretch today. I think tomorrow is the only town along the ride. There aren’t really even gas stations between these towns. It’s desert, desolate and hot.
Had an interesting lunch. Huge signs for Pizza drew Carl and I in, but as we got closer, we had some trepidation — it was a combination gas station, pizza parlor and convenience store owned by an Indian couple (from the sub-continent, not Native Americans). As we ordered two women, who were clearly regulars, picked up their pint of whiskey for the day. They looked pretty terrible — tattoos, bit of an inability to put together a coherent sentence, but friendly (and curious). Turns out the dough was made right there by the husband, and it was a fantastic pizza.
Today’s ride. 148 kilometers from Spark Nevada to Lovelock. I would never have thought 92 miles would ever feel like a rest day, but after two days of climbing this was really more straightforward. Another flat today. Learning that when these steel radials from those big trucks blow up all over the highway, all these tiny little wires get scattered all over the road like pollen in spring. Fortunately Dr. Carl (he really is a doctor) had a pair of tweezers to yank that little bugger out of my Vittoria Rubino Pros and get me on my way.
Today’s Song: Neil Young “Unknown Legend.”
Somewhere on a desert highway
She rides a Harley-Davidson
Her long blonde hair
Flyin’ in the wind
She’s been runnin’ half her life
The chrome and steel she rides
The very air she breathes
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Techno Brooklyn presents a Brooklyn warehouse party featuring extended sets from the relentless techno powerhouses Adriana Lopez, Drumcell & Flug. This party will feature a dark, ambient production.
Bogota-born, Barcelona-based Adriana Lopez is one of techno's most prominent and in-demand female artists and is considered a pioneer and key figure in the Colombian electronic scene.
Drumcell was born as Moe Espinosa in Los Angeles’ San Gabriel Valley. Far away from the glamour and glitter of Hollywood, he cut his teeth growing up in a vibrant, culturally diverse neighborhood that still breeds inspiration for his work. San Gabriel Valley is also where he and the Raíz brothers, Vangelis and Vidal, met and founded Droid Behavior in the early 2000s which lead to the infamous Interface warehouse series and lauded techno label Droid Recordings.
Flug, as his name suggests, allows his audience to take a trip back to their roots, back to their inner self and what it is to really feel techno. In venues such as, Space Ibiza, Suicide Circus Berlin, Rex Paris, Razzmatazz Barcelona, Hyte Amsterdam, or festival as DGTL, Nature One , MAYDAY, to name a few, the Argentinian´s definition of techno has been clearly demonstrated not only through his DJ sets that are as devastating as they are uplifting with his serious kick drums, use of hi-hats and reverberating basslines.
This event is 21+ only.
Doors open at 10:00pm on 10/15/21.
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I bought this stuff about two weeks ago, in the strawberry flavor. I thought having a nigttime protein would be awesome, but in all it hasnt been that great at all. It has Casein in it, which is a really slow acting protein, and its actually sopposed to supply your muscles all night long while you sleep.......problem is everynight after taking this I dont sleep. on off nights i never have a problem sleeping. but nights i use this product it is so hard for me to sleep, and once i do sleep i will wake up about 4 times to go to the bathroom. i never have to go to the bathroom 4 times during one night, even if i do drink a ton of water or milk before I go to bed. And this makes me so mad because i've heard the one of the main things you need to build muscle is SLEEP. so i just want to know if im the only one with this problem with this protien or if other people are having difficulty sleeping with it too. | <urn:uuid:15807136-e98a-42dc-a4ad-e15d55cdf17b> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.bodybuilding.net/supplements/nitro-tech-nighttime-nightmare-98.html | 2017-10-21T21:27:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187824899.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20171021205648-20171021225648-00024.warc.gz | en | 0.966191 | 211 |
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — One local business owner is hoping to find missing 6-year-old Faye Swetlik after the child and her grandmother helped her just a year ago.
Rachel Hames lost her dog a year ago, and Switlek and her grandmother helped her search until the dog was found.
Six-year-old Faye Marie Swetlik from Cayce has been missing since late Monday afternoon.
Swetlik was last seen around 3:44 p.m. Monday while playing in her front yard at Londonderry Lane in Cayce, just off Highway 302 in the Churchill Heights neighborhood.
Since then, law enforcement has been searching extensively around the area and have recently expanded the search.
Rachel Hames, who owns Bark-O-Lounger Grooming off Platt Springs Road, says she feels like she has to help.
"Since that I have this personal connection with Faye's grandmother, I felt obligated because she's so selfless for what she did for me and my family," said Hames. "I had to do something."
Last year, Hames' 13-year-old greyhound escaped her family's yard after someone broke into their gate at her home in Northeast Columbia. In an effort to find her greyhound, she made a group on Facebook to help find the dog.
"I didn't know Faye's grandmother at all and she showed up the next morning after I had posted it on Facebook ready to search," explained Hames. "She came by everyday for almost two weeks selflessly. I never asked her to do any of this."
Faye's grandmother helped search for Hames dog in the woods, by the river, and under porches no mater what the weather was that day. She even barbecued hot dogs in a parking lot hoping the scent would bring Hames greyhound back home.
"Because of that, I have this connection with her that will never be broken and I will keep doing what I'm doing to hope I can get her baby back to her."
Faye's grandmother even brought Faye along one day because the little girl wanted to help find the greyhound.
Hames describes Faye with a bubbly, happy personality who wasn't afraid to talk to anyone.
"She's an adorable little girl. She came to help look for my dog because she's a dog lover and she wanted to help. She told her grandmother she wanted to come and help and she did. That's my other reason why I need to find this little girl. She's just as sweet as her grandma."
Since Hames found out the six-year-old has been missing, she's made signs and sharing posts on social media to help with the search for Faye.
Law enforcement says they appreciate the community wanting to help but are asking for folks to not come to the neighborhood to search on the ground. The best way people can help according to police is helping spread the word about the missing child.
"There's only so much that I can do but I can't not do anything. It actually kept me up last night because I tried to put myself in her shoes... There's a clock running, you know, and it's ticking away and the longer it goes, the more urgent it becomes."
"I also know how much her grandmother adores her. This is her heart. This is her baby. She is their lifeblood."
Hames is hoping people in the community will keep their eyes open and lookout for anything that may see off. She says it's been an eyeopening experience seeing how the community is helping bring the six-year-old back home safely.
"There's definitely a sense of community and they've been amazing... It's impressive. I drive around locally and I've seen photos of her everywhere which is what we need."
While the community waits, Hames is clinging onto the hope Faye will be found and return home safely.
"I hope that she had just wondered off somewhere into the woods maybe and lost her way and maybe she's just curled up and sleeping. Maybe they'll find her a little dehydrated and a little hungry but safe." | <urn:uuid:9e8b410b-cbe6-4b9a-b0ac-1ad03afb186a> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.wltx.com/article/news/local/woman-helped-by-faye-switlek-wants-to-help-find-girl/101-6ba54132-2541-479b-b111-d0b8e98c75b9 | 2020-09-19T12:25:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400191780.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20200919110805-20200919140805-00446.warc.gz | en | 0.988066 | 872 |
Associated Companies in over 175 towns in Great Britain and in Barbados, Bermuda. Canada, Ceylon, Guyana,
Hong Kong, Jamaica, Malaya, Malta, Singapore, South Africa, Trinidad and West Africa etc.
Nottingham served as the Regional Headquarters for the East Midlands. In early 1951 a pilot cable television scheme was installed, between the Regional Headquarters and the central showroom, the planning of a complete feeder, for 14M Hz operation, was started during August. Wiring of a cable television feeder of the Nottingham system, on the Bells Lane Estate, began early in 1952 and the first demonstration subscribers were connected in April of that year.
Rediffusion House on Castle Boulevard housed regional offices, branch offices, service department, workshops, vehicle maintenance and regional training centre.
Rediffusion Headquarters, Castle Boulevard Nottingham 2008
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Your Help is Needed ! Beau Boughen who worked for Rediffusion at Wolverhampton, Stafford, Hong Kong and Nottingham Branch until 1985 would like to locate anyone from his era, especially Mr lionel T Mudd, Mike Rabb. or Harry Crewdson Good News ! Lionel Mudd has been in contact with Beau !
Do you have any memories of Nottingham Branch, Old Pictures etc. Please let us know.
Nottingham; Rediffusion House, Victoria Road, Sherwood, Nottingham. NG5 2LZ Tel. 0602 63363
Leicester; Malabar Road Leicester. LE1 2EQ Tel. 0533 21657
Northampton; 8 Tenter Road, Moulton Park Industrial Estate, Northampton. NN3 1PZ Tel. 0604 46348
Mansfield; George Street, Mansfield, Notts. NG19 6SD Tel. 0623 24801
Burton-on-Trent, 80 New Street, Burton - on - Trent Staffs. DE14 3QY Tel. 0283 64296
Lincoln, 345 High Street Lincoln. LN5 7DG Tel. 0522 24015
Norwich, Paddock Street Norwich. NR2 4TW Tel. 0603 23475
Regional Branch Offices
Shops Were Located in the Following Towns:
Arnold, Beeston, Bulwell, Burton-on-Trent, Clifton, Earl Shilton, Hinckley, Hucknall, Ilkeston, Leicester, Lincoln, Long Eaton, Mansfiled, Northampton, Nottingham, Retford, Sutton-in-Ashfield, West Bridgford, Worksop
James Dunne worked for Rediffusion Nottingham from 1963 to 1973 as a Network Technician.
James has provided some of his correspondence, certificates and a couple of photo's from his career with Rediffusion.
Click the link to James's scrapbbook. Scrapbook
Search the Rediffusion Website
See the early Rediffusion Nottingham pictures supplied by Ray Harby who worked at the Nottingham workshop from 1952 to 1965
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Click the link to Ray's memories
NOW UPDATED Memories
Watch the Youtube video of life in the TV workshop in Victoria Road Nottingham as filmed in 1983 by Andrew Watts.
Are you are in the film..... let us know.
Van Cavalcade 1955
Ford 5cwt Van 1954
Nottingham Television Workshop 1952
Frank Brooks Wedding
Frank Brooke and Bride
See Nik Shipman's Apprentice Papers
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